D-Money's 2012 College Football Predictions

 


   Well, despite all the scandals, money taking, suspensions and probations this past offseason I am ready to start watching some College Football. I'm glad this was an Olympic Year because the Olympics are something I can keep my focus on until the College Football Season starts since the Indians suck donkey balls (lost 27 of the past 32 games as I posted this).

  Also, keep in my mind my buckeyes can not go anywhere in the post season this season due to the Tattoo Scandal that forced Jim Tressel to resign and last season gave the Buckeyes a 6-7 record in which was there first losing season since 1988 (4-6-1) and their first 7 loss season since 1897 when pretty much our grandparents weren't even thought of yet. Terrelle Pryor will never be allowed back to Ohio State, he's dead to BUCKEYE NATION!!

Time for an "Urban" Renewal Ohio State!!!

  However, hope is here, ladies & gentlemen. Urban Meyer became the 24th head coach this past season and not only has he got the best assistants in the country, but he's has gone out and recruited like crazy since he came here this past November. He's installed a new attitude in the players and the system and given fans hope for the future. With that it is our hope he'll give us a National Championship or 2 while he is here.

   Anyway, I am just excited for College Football Season to start up this weekend as any fan. I love sports, to watch and participate in a few. Mostly I'm a distance runner and I stick to what I'm good at but I love to be competitive. Though the sports I watch on TV the most are College Football, College Basketball, Soccer, and any Running/Track & Field Event that they air.

  Well, Ladies and Gentlemen without further aldo. Here are my predictions. I'm only doing the Main BCS Conferences since they are important and probably the Mid-American Conference since it's locally where I'm and the BCS Conferences and the MAC are the only teams that most people in the Midwest give a Shit about but I'll tell you who I think will win those Non-BCS Conferences.

SEC
East Division  Conf Overall
Georgia           8-0  12-1
Florida            6-2   9-3
S.Carolina       5-3  9-3
Tennessee       4-4   8-4
Vanderbilt       2-6  6-6
Missouri          2-6  5-7
Kentucky        0-8  3-9

West Division   Conf  Overall
 Alabama           7-1     12-1
 LSU                 6-2     10-2
 Arkansas           5-3       9-3
Auburn             4-4       7-5
Texas A&M     3-5       7-5
Miss  State       3-5       7-5
Ole Miss          1-7       4-8
CONFERENCE CHAMPION: Alabama

Big Ten
Leaders  Division     Conf  Overall
Wisconsin                7-1     12-1
Ohio State               6-2     10-2
Illinois                      4-4      8-4
Purdue                     3-5      6-6
Penn State               2-6      5-7
Indiana                    0-8      3-9

Legends  Division   Conf   Overall
Michigan                 7-1     10-3
Michigan State        6-2     10-2
Nebraska                5-3      9-3
Iowa                       3-5      7-5
Northwestern          3-5      6-6
Minnesota               1-7      5-7
CONFERENCE CHAMPION: Wisconsin

BIG 12    Conf  Overall
Oklahoma         8-1    11-1
West Virginia    7-2    10-2
Texas                6-3     9-3
Oklahoma St     6-3     9-3
Kansas  State    5-4     8-4
TCU                 5-4     7-5
Baylor               3-6     6-6
Texas Tech       3-6     6-6
Iowa  State       2-7     5-7
Kansas             0-8     2-10

PAC 12
North Division     Conf Overall
Oregon                 9-0    12-1
Stanford               6-3      8-4
California              5-4      7-5
Washington St      4-5      6-6
Washington          2-7      4-8
Oregon State       1-8      2-10

South Division    Conf  Overall
USC                   8-1    12-1
UCLA                6-3      8-4
Utah                   5-4      7-5
Arizona               4-5     6-6
Colorado            1-8     3-9
Arizona  State     0-9    1-11

CONFERENCE CHAMPION:   USC

ACC
Atlantic Division  Conf  Overall
Florida  State       8-0    13-0
Clemson              7-1    10-2
NC.State             4-4     7-5
Maryland             3-5     6-6
Boston College    2-6     4-8
Wake Forest       1-7     3-9

Coastal Division    Conf  Overall
Virginia  Tech        6-2     10-3
North Carolina      5-3       9-3
Georgia Tech        4-4       7-5
Virginia                 4-4       7-5
Miami (Fla)           4-4       6-6
Duke                    0-8       3-9

CONFERENCE CHAMPION: Florida State

BIG  EAST   Conf  Overall
Louisville                  6-1    10-2
Pittsburgh                 5-2      8-4
South Florida           5-2      8-4
Rutgers                    4-3      8-4
Cincinnati                 4-3      8-4
Connecticut              3-4      6-6
Syracuse                  1-6      3-9
Temple                     0-7     3-9

Other Non BCS Conferences

Mid American: Ohio
Conference USA: Tulsa
Mountain West: Boise State
Sun Belt: Florida International
WAC: Louisiana Tech

It looks pretty basic I think. I think Ohio State can be realistically 10-2. I hope that come Michigan game Michigan goes into the game with a chance to go to the Rose Bowl and we beat them and they go on to the Big Ten championship game and lose to Wisconsin. They go from playing a BCS Game(Rose Bowl) to playing the Capital One Bowl Game!! LOL. Good way for the Urban Meyer year one project to begin by beating Michigan and spoiling their season since OSU can't go anywhere this year. Call me crazy but I think the SEC could send 11 teams to bowl games. YOU CAN TAKE THAT TO THE  BANK!!!!!

Here is who is going to BCS Games this year

Rose Bowl: Wisconsin vs USC
Orange Bowl: Louisville vs Michigan State
Sugar Bowl: Georgia vs West Virginia
Fiesta Bowl:  Oklahoma vs Oregon
BCS National Championship Game: Alabama vs Florida State

Well that's what I think is going to happen. Being a little more realistic this season. Let's see how it all shakes out. Enjoy the season and GO BUCKEYES!!! That's my two cents!!

The Magic of the Olympics!!!

As I am starting to type this right now the Closing Ceremonies of the XXX Olympiad in London, UK is on right now. One of the many reasons I haven’t been blogging for awhile is that I’ve been getting into watching the games. Some nights it’s has cost me a little bit of sleep but I’ve been able to watch some highlights from www.nbcolympics.com  I love the Olympics. They come only every 4 years but they are great to watch. I love the events that go on, not only the Track & Field and the Swimming but all sorts of sports that you don’t see on Television that often. In fact the best sport I got into was of course synchronized diving. When it was introduced as a sport years ago I thought it would look very dumb. But, I kept watching and thought the technique, timing, and teamwork of each partners’ form was very important to their dive as a whole and that was cool. The US even broke our drought in medaling in the driving by 2 of our ladies getting the silver. First diving medal since 2000 since China has been dominating. One of our guys’ duos got a bronze and Dave Boudia got our first diving gold in the 10m platform since Greg Louganis did in 92.

Also, speaking of China after getting less gold medals than China in 2008 in Beijing, mostly I think the Chinese are cheats and have a ton of people; however we were able to beat them in gold medal count 46-38 and in the overall medal count 104-87, GO USA!!!

It was hard not to look at the spoilers because there is the 5 hour differential between Eastern Time and London time though in the afternoon on weekdays the last 2 weeks and on the weekend they showed some events live as they happened. The big stuff NBC was able to show in primetime instead of showing on their lesser networks (NBC Sports Network, CNBC, MSNBC, etc) it’s hard to watch the primetime stuff if you don’t want to wait to know what happened. You can’t script emotion, especially when it came to watching the Men’s 10000 Meter Final on Saturday Afternoon.

Now that was a great moment for Mo Farah and Galen Rupp. Training partners coached by Alberto Salazar, both getting gold and silver beating the reigning world record holder in the 10000 Meters and defending gold medalist Kenensia Bekele from Ethiopia who finished 4^th. Farah had his home country cheering him on and Rupp was the first US male to win a medal in the Olympic 10,000 meters in 48 years, the last medal being Billy Mills's gold in the 1964 Olympics.

Farah would do it again in the 5000 Meters.

 

Yet, I know he’s from Jamaica but Usain Bolt is the man. The Lighting Bolt strikes 3 times in the 100 meters, 200 meters, and the 4 x100 Meter Relay in London just like he did in Beijing!!

 http://universalsports.com/video/2012-london-olympic-games-jamaica-wins-mens-4x100-relay-with-world-record/

I got home before my Monday group run to watch the US women’s soccer team in extra period against Canada for a chance to be in the Gold Medal Final. It looked like it would come down to penalty kicks but Alex Morgan thought otherwise with this goal and the US won and went on to beat Japan to win Gold.

There were a lot of great moments as well. After a slow start Michael Phelps one again proved he was the king of the pool by winning 2 silvers (one relay and one individual) and 4 gold (two in relays, and 2 in individual events)

And our Men's Basketball Team won the gold. Well barely against Spain and they let Spain score 100 points on them. Still great but embrassing. The 1992 Dream Team would have crushed these guys. I know it's become a different style of game since then and International Competition has gotten a little bit better but come on NBA Players Basketball is our sport and you should show the rest of the world so like Jordan, Bird, Barkley, Magic, Karl, Clyde and the rest did back in 92.

 However, I think what makes the Olympics special is that athletes come from all over the globe from different types of nations including nations that have developed and I never heard from (Micronesia for example, did Bill Gates buy land from Russia and make it a country??) O Wait here’s some info about Micronesia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federated_States_of_Micronesia

Anyway, Athletes from all over the globe have come to compete in their sport to prove they are best, or for pride for their countries, or as a personal victory to themselves and their families that they had made it here.


http://sports.yahoo.com/news/olympics--one-man-s-memories-of-a-memorable-london-games-20120812-193859.html

Good article, mentions a couple of other exciting things I forgot to mention. London did a great job of hosting these games. Hopefully the facilities and the Olympic Village won’t go to waste and they can still be used whenever they hold world championships for swimming, diving, track, or possible the World Cup. Look online for pictures currently at the Bird Nest Stadium in Beijing used in the last games.

The Olympics are great to watch every 4 years. It's something we should not be too spoiled upon. Be very hard for it to occur every 2 years or even every other year due to how much it cost cities and countries to be host. These are most sports we don't get to see on television that very often. Which I think is very cool to see rowing, mountain biking, the triathlon, fencing, diving, gymnastics etc. Yet, we tend to honor them after its over and forget all about them until another 4 years. I still try to keep up on these sports if they are on. Yet, I'm already looking forward to Rio in 2016 and like I said I'll try to keep track of who will be representing us in these sports either in the world championships or the olympics.

Though, I'm a College Football, College Basketball, Soccer, and Track & Field/Running type of a guy. After the Olympics are now over I'm already counting down till Buckeye Season. 13 days 21 hours and 58 minutes by the time I finish this post.

Keep watching sports fans. That's my two cents.