Friday, September 2, 2011

Are You a Wizard? Dr. Norris and I Predict the Future.


Whilst looking back upon (and mocking) past years' predictions in SI.com's "Crystal Ball Predictions," I decided I should offer up my own predictions for comparison.  I recruited my colleague, Dr. Norris Camacho, to provide his own predictions as well.

BCS Title Game
Norris: Alabama-Wisconsin. Biel with it. Alabama wins. Again.
Jason: Alabama-Stanford. Saban wins #3 for the Lollipop Guild.

Rose Bowl

Norris: Oregon-Nebraska
Jason: Oregon-Wisconsin

Fiesta Bowl

Norris: Oklahoma-VT
Jason: Oklahoma-Notre Dame

Orange Bowl

Norris: Florida St.-WVU
Jason: Florida St.-WVU

Sugar Bowl

Norris: LSU-Oklahoma St.
Jason: Texas A&M-Michigan St.

Surprise Team

Norris: Houston
Jason: Arizona St.

Flop Team

Norris: South Carolina. Last year was mostly smoke and mirrors.
Jason: Nebraska. If Martinez isn't 100%, the team is entirely mortal.

BCS Buster 

Norris: None. Houston will not be able to obtain a high enough ranking.
Jason: None.

Heisman Winner

Norris: Case Keenum. If he stays healthy, his garish numbers will overshadow non-AQ bias if no one else stands out, especially since Russell Wilson’s and A.J. McCarron’s passing totals combined will still only account for about 70% of Keenum’s.
Jason: Andrew Luck. Amish beard, bro. Amish beard.

First Player out of Heisman Race

Norris: T-Mart, because that sideline is volatile. And because B1G defenses had an entire off-season to get used to his schtick, which was sort of unexpected last year.
Jason: Marcus Lattimore, because South Carolina won't be in the national title hunt, and if you're not in the national title hunt, you're invisible to Heisman voters.

Next Household Name

Norris: Coryell Judie. A&M’s (hopefully) resurgent defense will get some attention, and their first shut-down corner in a decade is also a volatile return man. [/blatant homer pick]
Jason: Darron Thomas.  Overshadowed by Lamichael James, but I think fear of James is what will lead to more prolific passing/rushing from Thomas.

Coach on the Hottest Seat 

Norris: Neuheisel. The QB injuries his team has endured seem to be COTG telling him that that whole 2000 Washington team thing did not go unnoticed. UCLA needs to do better in both productivity and character if they want to take advantage of the Kiffin Era at USC.
Jason: Neuheisel. The monopoly on sweatervests is officially over.

Bold Prediction 

Norris: Arkansas will have a losing season. The loss of their best skill players will cause a bumpy start to the season, and the team’s faith in Petrino will gradually unravel over the course of the year because he is a sentient droid with no discernable human emotion.
Jason: Conference Realignment Armageddon will happen within three weeks of the conclusion of bowl season.

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