College Football Predictions 2006
May 23, 2008
Summer is about to end and the pigskin is about to fly so it’s time for our college football predictions 2006 edition. We are going to go through five BCS conferences and give you an honest take on who we think is going to win the league. You will then have a solid outlook on the teams who will be most likely to be crowned national champion. If you like to bet on futures as much as we do, then you’ll know that there is a lot of money to be made if you make some correct predictions as to which teams will win the conference titles. We have been successful in the past at this task, and we are hoping for more of the same this year.
When you take a look at the ACC you really only need to know about two teams, Florida State and Miami. These two have the best shot at winning the league and getting the automatic berth into the BCS. They play in the first week of the season and Miami coach Larry Coker has already said that some of his top players from a year ago will not play due to disciplinary reasons. We have to believe that this will give the edge to Florida State and we are predicting them to win the conference.
At the top of a lot of national polls are the Buckeyes from Ohio State, but we are going to go with an underdog in the Big 10. The team from Iowa, led by Kirk Ferentz is poised to make a big run this year after underacheiving a season ago. They will need to replace an NFL caliber linebacking corps, but the offense should be dangerous in deed. The fact that the Buckeyes have to travel to Iowa City this season also bodes well for the Hawkeyes claiming the Big 10 title.
With Oklahoma losing their starting quarterback due to NCAA violations, Texas is the new favorite to win the Big 12 conference. Everyone is picking these guys but we are going to go with another underdog in this spot. You can get the Cornhuskers from Nebraska at a steep discount at a lot of different sportsbooks and we suggest you take them. The team has the easiest schedule in the North, virtually ensuring us that they will be in the Big 12 title game. Are they as good as some of the teams in the South? No, but the value is there when you know there will only be one team to beat at the end of the season.
Let’s make the Pac 10 short and sweet, until somebody beats USC, we are riding them. California has been making strides, but they simply do not have enough pull recruiting wise yet to keep refilling the depth charts with blue chip style players like the Trojans do. This team will once again contend for a national title, even without a lot of talented players from a year ago.
The SEC is going to be an all out battle, and we like the Gators to come out on top. Everyone Urban Meyer has gone the second year has been the time to get things turned around, and we expect this year to be no different. Auburn and LSU also have good shots at winning it, but expectation are too high at South Carolina, Tennessee, and Alabama if you think these three teams can contend on a national level. Chris Leak goes out with a bang, taking the Gators back to the promise land.
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