Well there are only 4 games left in the season and there are 20 teams that either have a playoff spot as of now or are within 2 games of a playoff spot, it should be exciting. So here are my predictions for the 6 playoff teams in each conference, the big time awards, and the Super Bowl. and yes all the playoff predictions are tie breaker accurate.
NFC:
1. NO 15-1
2. Min 14-2
3. AZ 12-4
4. Dal 10-6
5. GB 11-5
6. Phil 10-6
JUST MISSED
NYG and ATL 9-7
AFC
1. Indy 16-0
2. SD 12-4
3. Cin 11-5
4. NE 10-6
5. Balt 10-6
6. Den 10-6
Just Missed
Jax: 9-7
Mia and Pit 8-8
NYJ: 7-9
AWARDS
MVP: Brees
OPOY: Chris Johnson
DPOY: Charles Woodson
Coach: Marvin Lewis
OROY: Percy Harvin
DROY: Brian Cushing
PLAYOFFS
WILD CARD ROUND
AZ over Philly 27-20 A rematch of last years NFC title game ends in a similar manner with the Cardinals just having too much offense for Philly
GB over Dallas 24-17 The Pack's #1 ranked D forces a key turnover to lead the Pack to victory in Dallas
Balt over NE 31-27, the Pats Defense sucks and by this time Suggs and Reed will be back and the Ravens will be seeking revenge
Cincy over Den 24-20 Cincy gets revenge for the week 1 miricle loss by making Kyle Orton beat him, he can't.
DIVISIONAL ROUND
AZ over MIN 31-24 We just saw this game this week and I see Warner outdueling Farve once again.
GB over NO 37-34 The Packers Defense comes up with a key stop and Aaron Rodgers pulls his team from behind to win, the difference will be the fact that Mason Crosby's leg is much stronger then John Carney's.
SD over Cin 31-20 San Diego's balanced attack leads them to victory as Sean Phillips and Shawn Merriman reek havoc on Carson Palmer.
Balt over Indy 34-31, Indy has a habit of sitting their players out if they got everything clinched and usually when the next game they play is after a bye they lose (2000 against the Titans and 2005 against Pittsburgh) also key players like Brown, Garcon, and Collie have no playoff experience so I see one of them making a key mistake to cost them the game.
CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND
Packers over Cardinals 34-24: The difference in this game will be Charles Woodson's ability to limit the success of one of the Cardinals WR and the Packers Linebackers controlling Hightower and Wells enough to come away with a tough road win.
Chargers over Ravens 27-17: The Chargers are able to pressure Flacco into a couple of key mistakes as Philip Rivers and the balanced Chargers offense wins the game for them, expect Darren Sproles to make a key special teams play.
SUPER BOWL 44
Chargers over Packers 34-27 The difference in this game will be the Chargers ability to run the ball better then the Pack while Sean Phillips and Shawn Merriman get pressure on Aaron Rodgers all game long. MVP: Rivers
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Monday, December 7, 2009
Bowl Preview
Well after Texas narrowly avoided jaunting themselves out of the BCS title game but they ended up beating Nebraska and the best player in college football Ndamukong Suh and now will play Alabama in the BCS title game. While I do feel, after careful examination, that Bama is well deserving of a spot in the title game I feel Texas is not even the best team in their own STATE that honor belongs to TCU, who should be playing Bama in the title game but if not them Tony Pike and Cincy should be playing for the title.
Heisman Trophy prediction: While i feel Suh is the best player in college football I am realistic in acknowledging the fact that a D-linemen won't win the Heisman. That being the case I think the Heisman should go to Stanford RB Toby Gerhart but I think it will go to the RB for #1 Alabama Mark Ingram.
Top 5 Non-BCS games:
1. Capital One Bowl: Penn state vs. LSU
2. Holiday Bowl: Nebraska vs. Arizona
3. Meineke Car Care Bowl: Pitt vs. UNC
4. Sun Bowl: Stanford vs. Oklahoma
5. Gator Bowl: WVU vs. FSU (Bowden's last game)
Now on to the BCS Bowls
Orange Bowl: GT vs. Iowa: I feel the way to beat Tech is to get out to a huge lead and force them to abandon their option offense I don't think Iowa will be able to do this and Tech will win 24-17.
Rose Bowl: Oregon, and national coach of the year candidate Chip Kelley, have rebounded nicely from the opening night debachle at Boise to make the Rose Bowl where their three headed monster of LaMichael James, LaGarrett Blount, and QB Jerimiah Massoli will carry them to a victory over Ohio State by the score of 31-20.
Sugar Bowl: Tony Pike and the Bearcats came back to win the Big East against Pitt and now faces Tim Tebow and Florida. In this game I see Tony Pike having a great game with Mardy Gilyard making a key special teams play to lead the Bearcats to victory 34-31.
Fiesta Bowl: Suprise, Suprise the two non-BCS party crashers are matched up against each other. This allows the BCS conferences to avoid the emabarassment of what happened last year to Bama and three years ago to Oklahoma by having two non-BCS schools beating BCS schools which would push the record of non-BCS teams in BCS games to 5-1. In this game I see TCU making a late stop to win this game by the score of 27-24.
BCS National Title game: For the second straight year two heisman candidates and two national championship winning coaches meeting in a Big 12-SEC matchup and you can expect the SEC to come out on top again. Texas, will struggle on offense as Bama has no reason to fear their running game outside of McCoy while on offense Alabama will be extremly balanced and end up winning by a score of 27-20.
So we will end the season with 3 unbeaten teams for the second time (2004) and yet two teams will never have the chance to play for the national title so until we have a 8 team playoff we will never have a true national champion.
Heisman Trophy prediction: While i feel Suh is the best player in college football I am realistic in acknowledging the fact that a D-linemen won't win the Heisman. That being the case I think the Heisman should go to Stanford RB Toby Gerhart but I think it will go to the RB for #1 Alabama Mark Ingram.
Top 5 Non-BCS games:
1. Capital One Bowl: Penn state vs. LSU
2. Holiday Bowl: Nebraska vs. Arizona
3. Meineke Car Care Bowl: Pitt vs. UNC
4. Sun Bowl: Stanford vs. Oklahoma
5. Gator Bowl: WVU vs. FSU (Bowden's last game)
Now on to the BCS Bowls
Orange Bowl: GT vs. Iowa: I feel the way to beat Tech is to get out to a huge lead and force them to abandon their option offense I don't think Iowa will be able to do this and Tech will win 24-17.
Rose Bowl: Oregon, and national coach of the year candidate Chip Kelley, have rebounded nicely from the opening night debachle at Boise to make the Rose Bowl where their three headed monster of LaMichael James, LaGarrett Blount, and QB Jerimiah Massoli will carry them to a victory over Ohio State by the score of 31-20.
Sugar Bowl: Tony Pike and the Bearcats came back to win the Big East against Pitt and now faces Tim Tebow and Florida. In this game I see Tony Pike having a great game with Mardy Gilyard making a key special teams play to lead the Bearcats to victory 34-31.
Fiesta Bowl: Suprise, Suprise the two non-BCS party crashers are matched up against each other. This allows the BCS conferences to avoid the emabarassment of what happened last year to Bama and three years ago to Oklahoma by having two non-BCS schools beating BCS schools which would push the record of non-BCS teams in BCS games to 5-1. In this game I see TCU making a late stop to win this game by the score of 27-24.
BCS National Title game: For the second straight year two heisman candidates and two national championship winning coaches meeting in a Big 12-SEC matchup and you can expect the SEC to come out on top again. Texas, will struggle on offense as Bama has no reason to fear their running game outside of McCoy while on offense Alabama will be extremly balanced and end up winning by a score of 27-20.
So we will end the season with 3 unbeaten teams for the second time (2004) and yet two teams will never have the chance to play for the national title so until we have a 8 team playoff we will never have a true national champion.
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