Saturday, October 31, 2009


Revisited: Five Outrageous Predictions after 1 week

Time to look back on the early season predictions:
  1. Some portion of the Iowa fan base will try to run Ferentz out of town b/c they have 0 running game. This is one of those down years there that occurs roughly every other year at Iowa. Michigan fans would love/hate Ferentz as a coach. He's exactly like Lloyd Carr.  Uhh, not so much.  But that Northern Iowa game was awful
  2. The Michigan fan base will be unfairly screaming for Greg Robinson's head at some point. Against a weak receiving core and a QB who couldn't hold onto the ball, he looked like an awesome DC. This defense will get toasted by someone, maybe as soon as next week. I'm not a pessimist, but did you see JT Floyd getting burned by that Nunez character?  Spot on.  Our secondary does suck.
  3. Ron Zook is spending his last year as a D1 head coach. Check.
  4. Someone other than Florida, Texas, and Oklahoma will win the national title. Someone from another team will win the Heisman.  Too soon to tell, but I'm betting on Alabama at this point
  5. Ohio State is a mediocre team. Beanie Wells will be missed and TP cannot handle the load on his own. He's trying to do too much. It doesn't help that TP is clearly out to lunch. Google "Terrelle Pryor Michael Vick" for evidence. The defense looked slow and confused against Navy. The o-line continues to stink. Their final record: 7-5.  On track.  I'm going to replace the Wisonsin loss with a loss to Iowa.  Note: the Purdue prediction.  I based this on the fact that Tressel ball has never worked as well on the road.  
Team
Home/Away
Result
Navy
H
Win 31-27
USC
H
Loss 18-15
Toledo
Cleveland
Win 45-10
Illinois
H
Tight Win 16-13
Indiana
A
Huge Win 45-10
Wisconsin
H
Tight Loss 25-21
Purdue
A
Shocking Loss 30-28
Minnesota
H
Win 35-10
New Mexico State
H
Huge Win 50-7
Penn State
A
Big Loss 35-14
Iowa
H
Win 21-16
Michigan
A
Shocking Loss 35-28

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