Top Ten 2009 Predictions
1) We will never hear the end of how great Tim Tebow is. It will not matter when they drop two regular season games -- I'll guess Georgia and, oh, Florida State, but could be anyone -- and he loses the Heisman.
2) Speaking of which, the Heisman watch will begin three days before the season's opening kick-off this Thursday. Generally the front-runner will be whichever quarterback (Sam Bradford, Colt McCoy, Tim Tebow) had the best, most recent game. If Jimmy Claussen actually shows something or USC's new QB, add them to the mix.
3) The 'BCS is crap' talking point will fill four of five college football broadcasts/columns all season long.
4) References to Texas not playing in the Big 12 championship last year: at least once every two times Texas is mentioned. Which is a lot.
5) 'Pick six' will be uttered the 543,551st time by October 17.
6) One wacky team -- a Utah, a Boise State -- will go unbeaten and everyone will talk about how wacky teams of the past -- a Utah, a Boise State -- can win on the big state. Before they're snubbed in the championship game for a one- or even two-loss team from the Big 12 or SEC.
7) The SEC will not win the national championship this year.
8) Notre Dame will lose five games.
9) The Big 12 will win the national championship.
10) We will continue to compare quality wins and quality losses and relative strength of schedules and conferences -- just like gymnastics judges -- until we have some sort of system OTHER than 119 teams playing, without playoffs, for a single championship game.
No sports league is more irrational. Let's just love it.
