The season is over so now lets settle it on the field. These are the 16 teams based on wins & points allowed that have qualified for the playoffs. Each game on a Saturday at a neutral site, so in 4 weeks you'll have your champion with the title game played someplace warm like Miami or Tampa or indoors like San Antonio or Dallas. Here's how the first round would look....
#1 LSU 12-0 vs #16 Arkansas St 10-2
#2 Houston 12-0 vs #15 Oregon 10-2
#3 Alabama 11-1 vs #14 Arkansas 10-2
#4 Virginia Tech 11-1 vs #13 Southern Miss 10-2
#5 Boise St 11-1 vs #12 South Carolina 10-2
#6 Stanford 11-1 vs #11 Georgia 10-2
#7 Oklahoma St 11-1 vs #10 Michigan 10-2
#8 Wisconsin 10-2 vs #9 Michigan St 10-2
Remember, conference championships don't figure into my mix. If you had a playoff system like this why bother with conference championships because you've got Wisconsin & Michigan St playing again along with Alabama & Arkansas going at it again too. Skip the conference championship game and lets get right into the playoffs after everybody has played 12 games the 2nd Saturday in December. 10-2 TCU & Kansas State were the two left out in the cold because of too many points allowed, good luck in the bowl games where those who don't make this will play.
So lets look at this first round & I'll make some predictions. My apologies to Robert Wuhl but I'm taking Oregon to beat #2 Houston first round & I think South Carolina can take Boise St out too.
Round 2 might look like this..
#1 LSU vs #8 Wisconsin
#7 Oklahoma St vs #15 Oregon
#3 Alabama vs #6 Stanford
#4 Virginia Tech vs #12 South Carolina
The final four...
#1 LSU vs #4 Virginia Tech
#3 Alabama vs #7 Oklahoma St
Which leads to #1 LSU vs #3 Alabama for all the marbles. They loosen up this game and Alabama wins it 27-24 in one heck of a battle that could go either way Saturday Jan 7th.
Thank you all for taking time out for me this year. Feel free to leave any comments you have or make your own predictions. Have a great holiday season & we'll try it again come Oct 2012....
Brian
http://collegefootballplayoffs.blogspot.com/
Monday, December 5, 2011
Friday, December 2, 2011
Last week before the playoffs!
It's the last regular season Saturday & there are some games still left not including the conference title games which as you know I'm not a fan of, but money makes the world go round. Here's the 16 teams that are in it as of this week and three on the outside hoping for a little help....
1) LSU 12-0 127pa lw #1
2) Houston 12-0 251pa lw #2
3) Alabama 11-1 106pa lw #3
4) Virginia Tech 11-1 186pa lw #4
5) Stanford 11-1 244pa lw #5
6) Boise St 10-1 219pa lw #8
7) Oklahoma St 10-1 300pa lw #7
8) Wisconsin 10-2 182pa lw #12
9) Michigan St 10-2 185pa lw #10
10) Michigan 10-2 206pa lw #11
11) Georgia 10-2 213pa lw #13
12) South Carolina 10-2 226pa lw #14
13) Southern Miss 10-2 246pa lw #16
14) Arkansas 10-2 273pa lw #6
15) Oregon 10-2 276pa lw NR
16) Arkansas St 9-2 218pa lw #15
Out--Penn State
Just missed--Oklahoma, TCU & Kansas St with all three playing Saturday needing to win & keep their opponents from scoring little & needing teams like Boise St & Arkansas St to lose to have a chance at getting in. It's all about wins and points against with the previous weeks leading up to this. You've either taken care of business or you haven't but you might have one last chance Saturday.
We'll see how the weekend plays out and then next week I'll give you my playoff matchups & a little predicting of how this might all play out if my playoff system was a reality. Heck, right now that #8 vs #9 game is a reality Saturday night with Wisconsin & Michigan St facing off, and that's a nice #7 vs #10 game with Oklahoma St taking on Michigan if it were to start Saturday 12-3.
Stay tuned & we'll lay it all out next week!
Brian
http://collegefootballplayoffs.blogspot.com/
1) LSU 12-0 127pa lw #1
2) Houston 12-0 251pa lw #2
3) Alabama 11-1 106pa lw #3
4) Virginia Tech 11-1 186pa lw #4
5) Stanford 11-1 244pa lw #5
6) Boise St 10-1 219pa lw #8
7) Oklahoma St 10-1 300pa lw #7
8) Wisconsin 10-2 182pa lw #12
9) Michigan St 10-2 185pa lw #10
10) Michigan 10-2 206pa lw #11
11) Georgia 10-2 213pa lw #13
12) South Carolina 10-2 226pa lw #14
13) Southern Miss 10-2 246pa lw #16
14) Arkansas 10-2 273pa lw #6
15) Oregon 10-2 276pa lw NR
16) Arkansas St 9-2 218pa lw #15
Out--Penn State
Just missed--Oklahoma, TCU & Kansas St with all three playing Saturday needing to win & keep their opponents from scoring little & needing teams like Boise St & Arkansas St to lose to have a chance at getting in. It's all about wins and points against with the previous weeks leading up to this. You've either taken care of business or you haven't but you might have one last chance Saturday.
We'll see how the weekend plays out and then next week I'll give you my playoff matchups & a little predicting of how this might all play out if my playoff system was a reality. Heck, right now that #8 vs #9 game is a reality Saturday night with Wisconsin & Michigan St facing off, and that's a nice #7 vs #10 game with Oklahoma St taking on Michigan if it were to start Saturday 12-3.
Stay tuned & we'll lay it all out next week!
Brian
http://collegefootballplayoffs.blogspot.com/
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)