K's Totally Useless College Football Top Twenty

1. Alabama
2. Oregon
3. Clemson
4. Florida State
5. South Carolina
6. Stanford
7. Texas A & M
8. Ohio State
9. Louisville
10. LSU
11. Florida
12. Georgia
13. Michigan
14. Wisconsin
15.Oklahoma State
16. Oklahoma
17. Texas
18.UCLA
19. Washington
20. (tie) Notre  Dame
             North Dakota State

ACC Grant of Rights

http://blogs.newsobserver.com/dukenow/duke-acc-grant-of-rights-coach-k

Looks like you can stop the rumors about more teams leaving the ACC!!

A Great American Story!!!

"You are blowing up all over Twitter!"

Sweet Home Alabama!! Damn!

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaaf-dr-saturday/crimson-tide-quarterback-aj-mccarron-apparently-dating-miss-211351301--ncaaf.html

Roll Tide, indeed!!!

A much more valuable trophy than the Heisman Trophy!!

4-4!! Officially Out of the Bowl Prediction Business

except for a few games here and there.

Little Caesars Bowl?!

Little Caesars Bowl: Western Kentucky (7-5) vs. Central Michigan (6-6)

Read More: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/college-football/news/20121214/bowl-game-pickoff/#ixzz2GBuOJJxj

Proof that there are too many bowl games. Western Kentucky will be coached by an interim coach. That's all I know about Western Kentucky.  I know less about Central Michigan.

My useless pick is Western Kentucky.

4-3 Bowl Record

Damn SMU!!

HAWAII BOWL

Hawaii Bowl: Fresno State (9-3) vs. SMU (6-6)

Read More: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/college-football/news/20121214/bowl-game-pickoff/#ixzz2Fw8nq290

Fresno State is a big favorite in this game. I think this will be a close high scoring game, but I am picking the Fresno State Bulldogs.

Saturday's Bowl Picks

2-2 and pissed at myself because in each of my losses I originally was leaning towards picking the other team. Oh well.

New Orleans Bowl:  East Carolina (8-4) vs. Louisiana-Lafayette (8-4)

I like the Ragin Cajuns in this one

Las Vegas Bowl: Boise State (10-2) v. Washington (7-5)

Another tough one for me to pick. This is a different Boise team than the past few years, relying more on defense than offense. In a close call, I'm going with Boise.

Beef O'Brady's Bowl

My record is now 2-1 so need this one to stay above .500

Ball State v. UCF.

Been going back and forth on this one.  Ball State is on a winning streak. I'm going with the Cards on this one.

Poinsettia Bowl

San Diego State (9-3) vs. BYU (7-5)

Cougars offense has been inconsistent, but BYU has one of the nation's better defenses. I usually  go with defense over offense, but for some reasons (maybe it's the cheerleaders), I am picking San Diego State in this game.

Weekend Highlights

1. Second row behind the Mississippi State bench. The Bulldogs started the game with 4 freshmen, but any win for Loyola is a good win.  The Horizon League should be entertaining this year.

Loyola Defeats Mississippi State

2. Butler's defeat of Indiana puts DUKE in the #1 spot in the basketball polls.

Not quite making up for the low light at Soldier Field on Sunday. I apologize to Brian Urlacher, as I obviously was the reason that the Bears lost.

Daniel's Bowl Picks

http://thechicagoan.tumblr.com/post/38007824966/these-are-the-bowls-ill-be-watching

2-0 College Bowl Picks Thus Far

Gotta brag while I still have a winning record.

The GILDAN NEW MEXICO BOWL!!!

Finally, at noon on Saturday, you can sit by your TV and watch Nevada and Arizona play in the Gildan New Mexico Bowl.
This should be a high scoring affair with either team having any defense.

I think Rich Rod will lead the Wildcats over the Wolfpack. Arizona over Nevada 42-35.

It's that Time of Year!

College Bowl Season! First games on Sunday. Predictions coming soon.

More Conference Realignment Talks

Cincinnati Wants ACC Invite

Click on the link above for the article and then click on the attachments at the bottom of the article. Cincy really was begging the ACC for an invite.  As I told someone awhile again (and was laughed at), it looks like the ACC is holding out hope that Notre Dame will eventually become a full-time ACC member (joining for football too) before adding another team.

This certainly does not look good for the Big East, especially when coupled with the news that the Catholic school members of the ACC met to discuss forming a Catholic school basketball conference.

ACC Welcomes Louisville!

Pitino, Boeheim, Williams and K all in one conference. @accmbb will become the premier conference once again #realignment
— Bruce Pearl (@coachbrucepearl) November 28, 2012

UConn and Cincinnati continues to beg ACC for an invite!

As a traditionalist and an old guy, not happy about Maryland leaving the ACC. But replacing the Terps with Louisville is a "win-win." Better football and basketball program than Maryland.

http://blogs.newsobserver.com/accnow/tudor-louisville-would-improve-acc-football-hoops

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/writers/stewart_mandel/11/28/louisville-acc-conference-realignment/index.html

ACC Expansion- Louisville to Receive Invite?

Rumored that UConn and Cincinnati also want in.

Monday Morning Ramblings

1. Bears- that was nice! Somehow back in first place in the NFC North. Interesting that when the Bears get trounced, it's- "that's the real Bears" but when the Packers get trounced, it's- "Oh, it's a bad game that happens to everyone, it means nothing." Ah, okay. Everyone in the NFC North lost this weekend except for the Bears.

2  Big Ten Championship will feature a 7-5 Wisconsin team. Nice job, Big Ten. Once the Big Ten suspended both Penn State and Ohio State, they should have realigned the Division. Here's hoping that Bucky lose the championship game and then loses it's Bowl game to finish at 7-7.

3. Some people are feeling sorry for Gene Chizik- really!! Poor guy is going to keep getting paid by Auburn to do nothing (which is pretty much what he did the last two years). The guy is an awful coach- some booster bought him Cam Newton and he wins the National Championship. Don't make him a good coach.

4.  No one has played the early season schedule that DUKE has- Kentucky, Louisville, Minnesota and VCU. Should be #1 or #2 in the polls right now.  Thankfully unlike college football, the champion in this sport will be determined by a playoff.

5. NIU- the best college football team in the state!! It look like the Illini hired the wrong MAC coach last season.