Regardless of the outcome of BYU, Georgia or anyone else this year, this will be one of my most exciting years for three reasons: (1) season BYU tickets, (2) tickets in hand for the BYU-UCLA game in the Rose Bowl, and (3) I'm going to the World's Largest Cocktail Party on Halloween.
Pre-Season Polls
You gotta love 'em because they wet our appetite for the upcoming season. But IMHO we should do away with them. Just start ranking after Week #1. It will likely be about the same but there is always the inevitable Week #1 upset that would shake it up just a little.
The Coaches Poll (my go to) said THIS. The AP and SI followed closely, the differences not even worth mentioning. And remember, there are only two types of pre-season rankings: wrong or lucky. Nonetheless, my 2015 predictions are:
The BYU Mangum-to-Mathews Miracle at Memorial was the highlight of the day. BYU goes into the game as the underdog, missing suspended players, no sure RB, lost two key defensive players and then thier QB, 1-second left, a back-up QB fresh off his mission, a throw, into the wind, a prayer, a catch, a call, a hug, game over. What a great game with a final stunner. "Hail yes!" per the Salt Lake Tribune.
Pre-Season Polls
You gotta love 'em because they wet our appetite for the upcoming season. But IMHO we should do away with them. Just start ranking after Week #1. It will likely be about the same but there is always the inevitable Week #1 upset that would shake it up just a little.
The Coaches Poll (my go to) said THIS. The AP and SI followed closely, the differences not even worth mentioning. And remember, there are only two types of pre-season rankings: wrong or lucky. Nonetheless, my 2015 predictions are:
- Ohio State will not repeat, even though there is every reason to believe they will (and they looked more dominant and ready than any other team I saw).
- BYU will do better than the 8-5 seasons they've had for 3-years in a row.
- Georgia will fall short in a big game...again (but I hope not).
- The SEC will prove its prominence over the PAC-12 (who self-proclaimed themselves better).
- Baylor or TCU will get their revenge for being left out of the 2014 playoffs.
- Oklahoma might be the sleeper team that missed all the summer hype.
After Further Review...
- Over the summer the PAC-12 decided to claim themselves the best conference in college football. Hmmm...maybe you should re-think that. UW lost to Boise, WSU lost to Portland State (FCS), Stanford lost to Northwestern and Colorado lost to Hawaii. And most telling: #15 ASU lost to un-ranked TA&M. Overall: PAC -12: 7-5, SEC: 10-1
- The BIG 10 didn't do much better with five of their teams going down. The strength-of-schedule may be a hindrance to the reigning champs come voting time.
- Taysom Hill learned passing accuracy over the summer. Well done (even if it doesn't matter now). BYU fans are sad to see Taysom go but relieved at the seamless transition to the back-up QB (Tanner Mangum).
- Although the returning starters for UGA looked impressive (as expected) there is still plenty of work to do before notching Ws over Vandy and the Ol' Ball Coach over the next two weeks.
The BYU Mangum-to-Mathews Miracle at Memorial was the highlight of the day. BYU goes into the game as the underdog, missing suspended players, no sure RB, lost two key defensive players and then thier QB, 1-second left, a back-up QB fresh off his mission, a throw, into the wind, a prayer, a catch, a call, a hug, game over. What a great game with a final stunner. "Hail yes!" per the Salt Lake Tribune.
