Dunno about SemiFinals.. but we should beat UGAly and make a bowl. Im guessing Capital One or Outback.
On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 3:44 PM, Oliver Barry <[email protected]> wrote: > *10. Florida will make a bowl game:* Perhaps no coach will have a hotter > seat entering the 2014 season than Florida's Will Muschamp, who is coming > off a 4-8 disaster, the Gators' first losing season since 1979. Florida > gets back several injured starters, including quarterback Jeff > Driskel<http://espn.go.com/college-football/player/_/id/511889/jeff-driskel>, > and will go 9-3 this coming season to save Muschamp's job. > > Muschamp hired Duke offensive coordinator Kurt Roper to revamp his > offense, after the Gators ranked 112th nationally -- the third straight > year they were 100th or worse among FBS teams. Florida lost its last seven > games last season and threw only four touchdown passes during its losing > streak. > > > > I’ll go one step further. Florida will make a BCS bowl (one of the 5 > former BCS bowls) and will beat Georgia. > > > > Oliver Barry, CRS, GRI > > Bob Parks Realty, LLC > > REO Department > > 1517 Hunt Club Blvd > > Gallatin TN 37066 > > Phone: 615-826-4040 > > Mobile: 615-972-4239 > > [email protected] > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On > Behalf Of *Woody > *Sent:* Wednesday, January 08, 2014 12:43 PM > *To:* gatornews > *Subject:* [gatornews] ESPN.com Ten predictions for 2014 > > > Ten predictions for 2014 > > Updated: January 8, 2014, 11:32 AM ET > > By Mark Schlabach <http://search.espn.go.com/mark-schlabach/> | ESPN.com > > The BCS era ended Monday night, with No. 1 Florida State defeating No. 2 > Auburn 34-31 in the final BCS National Championship, halting the SEC's > string of seven consecutive national titles. > > This coming season, college football's national championship will be > decided by a new four-team playoff, and it's never too early to look ahead. > > While I have missed some predictions over the last few seasons, I did get > quite a few things right in 2013. I told you Auburn would be the most > improved team in the country, although I'll admit I didn't think Gus > Malzahn would guide the Tigers to the BCS National Championship game in his > first season as their coach. > > Here's what else I got right: The Big Ten would (fortunately) rename its > divisions, USC would fire coach Lane Kiffin, Ohio State wouldn't go > undefeated again, and Atlanta and Dallas would be the big winners in the > new playoff. I correctly had Alabama, Clemson, Florida State, Stanford and > Ohio State playing in BCS bowl games, although their specific destinations > weren't exactly accurate. > > Here's what I got wrong (among many other things): Alabama defeating > Oregon to win its third consecutive BCS national title; Michigan, Notre > Dame and Texas playing in BCS bowl games; and Purdue's Darrell Hazell being > the next big thing (whoops). > > Well, it never hurts to keep trying, so here are 10 bold predictions for > 2014: > > [+] Enlarge[image: Jameis > Winston]<http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2014/0106/ncf_national_champ_b3_600x600.jpg> > > AP Photo/David J. PhillipThe SEC's biggest roadblock to reclaiming a > national title: Florida State QB Jameis Winston. > > *1. An SEC team won't win a national championship for the second season in > a row:* After incorrectly picking USC to win a national championship in > 2012, I told myself I'd pick an SEC team every year until someone knocked > the league from its lofty perch. Well, Florida State finally did it by > beating Auburn at the Rose Bowl on Monday night, and I think the Seminoles > are going to be the team to beat again in 2014. With quarterback Jameis > Winston<http://espn.go.com/college-football/player/_/id/530308/jameis-winston>coming > back, FSU will be a popular choice as the No. 1 team in the country > heading into this coming season. > > The SEC is going to go through a transition in 2014 with so many > experienced quarterbacks leaving. Among the high-profile passers moving on: > Alabama's AJ > McCarron<http://espn.go.com/college-football/player/_/id/480215/aj-mccarron>, > Georgia's Aaron > Murray<http://espn.go.com/college-football/player/_/id/480210/aaron-murray>, > LSU's Zach > Mettenberger<http://espn.go.com/college-football/player/_/id/480251/zach-mettenberger>, > South Carolina's Connor > Shaw<http://espn.go.com/college-football/player/_/id/504292/connor-shaw>and > Texas A&M's Johnny > Manziel<http://espn.go.com/college-football/player/_/id/517475/johnny-manziel>, > who is presumably leaving the Aggies to enter the NFL draft. There will be > a lot of inexperienced SEC quarterbacks under center next season, so the > high-scoring football that resembled the Big 12 in recent seasons should be > a thing of the past. > > *2. Changes will be made to the targeting rule:* College football's new > targeting rule had a big -- and mostly positive -- effect on the game this > past season, as officials tried to eliminate head-to-head collisions and > above-the-shoulder hits on defenseless players to curtail the risks of > concussions. > > But the most controversial part of the new rule was that if a targeting > penalty was overturned by replay, the offending player wasn't ejected from > the game, but his team was still hit with a 15-yard penalty. The sport's > rule-makers have to change the rule during the offseason to not only > overturn an ejection, but also the 15-yard penalty if a foul wasn't > actually committed. > > *3. Alabama's Derrick Henry > <http://espn.go.com/college-football/player/_/id/546368/derrick-henry> will > become the sport's next superstar:* After watching Henry run for 100 > yards in Alabama's 45-31 loss to Oklahoma in the Allstate Sugar Bowl, > disappointed Crimson Tide fans had to be asking themselves why he hadn't > carried the ball more this past season. > > Henry, a 6-foot-3, 238-pound freshman from Yulee, Fla., looks like former > Heisman Trophy winner Ron Dayne, only with a lot more speed. He carried the > ball only 36 times this past season, presumably because he struggled in > picking up blitzes in pass protection. But with T.J. > Yeldon<http://espn.go.com/college-football/player/_/id/534409/tj-yeldon>struggling > to hang onto the football and Kenyan > Drake<http://espn.go.com/college-football/player/_/id/535744/kenyan-drake>falling > out of favor with the coaches, Henry might be poised to become > Alabama's No. 1 tailback in 2014. > > *4. There will still be controversy, even without the BCS:* By the > regular season's end in 2014, there will be two undefeated teams (let's say > Florida State and Oregon) and a handful of one-loss teams. The Big Ten, Big > 12 and SEC champions will be among the one-loss teams, and one of them will > be left out of the playoff, causing its fans to voice their displeasure > loudly. > > Even with four teams making a playoff, fans of the fifth-, sixth- and > seventh-best teams are going to be upset. And what's going to happen the > first time two teams from one conference get into the playoff? Look at this > past season. We can assume Florida State and Auburn would have been the > Nos. 1 and 2 seeds, respectively, but which teams would have been Nos. 3 > and 4? > > Alabama? The Tide finished 11-1 in the regular season but didn't even win > the SEC West and didn't have a lot of meat on their résumé. Michigan State? > The Spartans sure looked like one of the country's top four teams at the > end of the season, but their overall résumé left a lot to be desired. > Stanford? Sure, the Cardinal went 11-2, upset Oregon and won the Pac-12 > title, but their loss at Utah would have been difficult to overlook. And > what about Baylor? The Bears won the Big 12 and lost only at Oklahoma > State, but they played the softest nonconference schedule among the > contenders. > > Even though the upcoming playoff is expanding to four teams, I'm guessing > it's still going to be a big mess. > > [+] Enlarge[image: Charlie > Strong]<http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2014/0106/ncf_g_cstrongts2_600x400.jpg> > > Erich Schlegel/Getty ImagesTexas coach Charlie Strong will turn the > Longhorns into big winners once again. > > *5. Charlie Strong will produce a winner in his first season at Texas:*Here's > my safest prediction for this coming season: Strong, who left > Louisville to replace Mack Brown at Texas, won't be taking a selfie next to > the statue of UT booster Red McCombs inside Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial > Stadium anytime soon. McCombs, one of UT's most powerful boosters and > largest benefactors, criticized Strong's hiring, saying he would make a > good assistant coach or maybe even a coordinator. > > Strong, who went 37-15 in four seasons at Louisville, inherits a UT team > that was criticized for its lack of toughness late in Brown's tenure. > Strong figures to overhaul UT's strength and conditioning program, and > he'll put a tougher and more physical team on the field. The Longhorns > won't contend for a Big 12 title in Strong's first season, but they'll win > nine games and will be ready to return to the sport's upper echelon once he > identifies a capable quarterback in Year 2. > > *6. James Franklin will become Penn State's new coach:* Franklin, who > somehow guided Vanderbilt to back-to-back 9-4 seasons and bowl victories > for the first time in school history, is the favorite to replace Bill > O'Brien at Penn State. Franklin, 41, is a Pennsylvania native and played at > East Stroudsburg University. Franklin has recruited exceptionally well at > Vanderbilt, and would seem to be more equipped to do it at Penn State, > which has a larger football budget and more fertile recruiting base. > > How rare is it for an SEC coach to leave a school on his own accord? > Franklin would become only the fourth SEC coach in the last 25 years to > leave for another school, joining Dennis Franchione (Alabama to Texas A&M, > 2002), Guy Morriss (Kentucky to Baylor, 2002) and Kiffin (Tennessee to USC, > 2009). > > *7. Clemson and South Carolina will move their game to a parking lot:*Perhaps > no rival coaches exchange verbal jabs as much as Clemson's Dabo > Swinney and South Carolina's Steve Spurrier. Spurrier is 6-2 against the > Tigers during his nine-year tenure at South Carolina, and he loves > reminding Swinney about his recent five-game winning streak in the series. > > After South Carolina defeated Wisconsin 34-24 in the Capital One Bowl on > New Year's Day, Spurrier said winning bowl games in Orlando was nice, and > "that state championship isn't bad, either." Two days later, after Clemson > beat Ohio State 40-35 in the Discover Orange Bowl, Swinney boasted about > the Tigers becoming the first team from South Carolina to win a BCS bowl > game. > > The Gamecocks and Tigers might want to move their annual game to a beach > in Charleston, S.C., or a parking lot outside a mill in Greenville, S.C. > Spurrier would probably win, regardless of the setting. > > *8. Bobby Petrino will be back in big-time coaching:* It looks like > Petrino's exile from BCS leagues won't last very long. Louisville athletics > director Tom Jurich, one of the best in the business, might be trying to > make a splash after losing Strong. Western Kentucky's Petrino, who had a > 41-9 record in four seasons with the Cardinals before bolting for the NFL's > Atlanta Falcons, might be heading back to Louisville, which moves to the > ACC next season. Talk about completing the (motor) cycle. > > [+] Enlarge[image: Bobby > Petrino]<http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2014/0107/ncf_g_petrino_b1_600x400.jpg> > > Michael Chang/Getty ImagesCould Bobby Petrino return to big-time football > for the 2014 season? > > Of course, Petrino was unceremoniously dumped by Arkansas after wrecking > his motorcycle and then lying to Hogs AD Jeff Long about the incident in > April 2012. Petrino sat out the 2012 season and then was hired by WKU in > December 2012. He had an 8-4 record in his first season with the > Hilltoppers. > > Other finalists for the Louisville job: Clemson offensive coordinator Chad > Morris, Michigan State defensive coordinator Pat Narduzzi and current > Louisville coordinators Vance Bedford and Shawn Watson. > > *9. Winston will win back-to-back Heisman Trophies:* Winston was so good > this past season, completing 66.9 percent of his passes for more than 4,000 > yards with 40 touchdowns and 10 interceptions, that it's easy to forget it > was his first season as a starter. He'll be even better as a sophomore, > even if juniors like Kelvin > Benjamin<http://espn.go.com/college-football/player/_/id/514119/kelvin-benjamin>and > Nick > O'Leary<http://espn.go.com/college-football/player/_/id/517377/nick-oleary>enter > the NFL draft. > > Winston will become the first player since Ohio State's Archie Griffin to > win two Heisman Trophies, then he'll become the No. 1 pick in the 2015 NFL > draft. Other candidates for the 2014 Heisman Trophy: Oregon quarterback Marcus > Mariota<http://espn.go.com/college-football/player/_/id/511459/marcus-mariota>, > Georgia tailback Todd > Gurley<http://espn.go.com/college-football/player/_/id/534669/todd-gurley>, > UCLA quarterback Brett > Hundley<http://espn.go.com/college-football/player/_/id/511982/brett-hundley>, > Oklahoma quarterback Trevor > Knight<http://espn.go.com/college-football/player/_/id/534449/trevor-knight>, > Baylor quarterback Bryce > Petty<http://espn.go.com/college-football/player/_/id/480746/bryce-petty>and > Ohio State quarterback Braxton > Miller<http://espn.go.com/college-football/player/_/id/512838/braxton-miller> > . > > *10. Florida will make a bowl game:* Perhaps no coach will have a hotter > seat entering the 2014 season than Florida's Will Muschamp, who is coming > off a 4-8 disaster, the Gators' first losing season since 1979. Florida > gets back several injured starters, including quarterback Jeff > Driskel<http://espn.go.com/college-football/player/_/id/511889/jeff-driskel>, > and will go 9-3 this coming season to save Muschamp's job. > > Muschamp hired Duke offensive coordinator Kurt Roper to revamp his > offense, after the Gators ranked 112th nationally -- the third straight > year they were 100th or worse among FBS teams. 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