With the first round of the College Football Playoffs starting tonight, seems like a good time to get everyone's predictions.
This is not a betting topic, and there are no prizes. If you're interested, just feel free to throw out who the winners are, what you think the scores will be, effectively whatever you want. Compliment or talk shit on the contenders, you know, have fun.
First Round Games:
Rank 10 Indiana @ Rank 7 Notre Dame.
Rank 11 SMU @ Rank 6 Penn State
Rank 12 Clemson @ Rank 5 Texas.
Rank 9 Tennessee @ Rank 8 Ohio State.
For myself, who I predict to win:
Indiana
SMU
Texas
Ohio State
Who I'd like to win:
Indiana
Penn State
Texas
Tennessee.
I will say I could be very wrong about tonight's game. But Notre Dame has a bad habit of choking hard in bowl games OR smashing it out of the park. They smashed it last year, so this year my bet is on the choke. And let's face it, Indiana is a MUCH better team than Oregon State was last year, and much fiercer competition than ND has really had to deal with this year. Likewise, with Ohio State. We've seen too many times where they pulled mediocre seasons and CRUSHED their bowl games. They are a Bowl-oriented team, always have been, and I believe they'll get the job done. But I'd MUCH rather see Oregon match up vs Tennessee. We already beat Ohio State, why do we want to beat them again?
Anyhow, thoughts?
One thing you forgot to consider is that bowl games outside of the CFP are completely irrelevant as none of the starters play so they don’t hurt their draft stock
