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2018 Way-Too-Early College Football Polls

Well there was certainly no way LR could move the ball at will on UGA by that point in the game. Maybe the play action seam pass to Flowers would have made a difference on that drive instead of settling for a field goal.
 
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College Football Playoff, bowl projections: Preseason calls for each of the 2018-19 games

Jerry Palm projects how the 2018-19 college football bowls will fill out ahead of the season

Dabo Swinney has built a relatively new powerhouse at Clemson, one that is now beginning to rival the one Nick Saban has built at Alabama. Clemson, my pick for the No. 2 seed in the CFP, figures to be a strong favorite again in the ACC and will be trying to make its fourth consecutive playoff. The Tigers have finished the regular season at No. 1 two of the last three years only to lose in the CFP to the Tide. Clemson is also trying to decide on a quarterback with senior returning starter Kelly Bryant trying to hold off five-star freshman Trevor Lawrence.

Ohio State has the talent to make another run through the Big Ten, but the question surrounding the Buckeyes is whether Urban Meyer will be there to guide them? We will not have the answer to that question for another week or so as Ohio State evaluates Meyer's status with the team. He is on paid administrative leave while the school investigates what he knew about former assistant coach Zach Smith's domestic violence issues. On the field, all eyes will be on Dwayne Haskins as he replaces four-year starter JT Barrett at quarterback. The Buckeyes just missed out on last year's CFP because of a 31-point loss at Iowa.

2019 College Football Playoff

Dec. 29 Orange Bowl Miami 4/8 p.m. ESPN

Semifinal: (2) Clemson vs. (3) Ohio State

Entire article: https://www.cbssports.com/college-f...reseason-calls-for-each-of-the-2018-19-games/
 
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CFT 2018 Preseason Previews: Playoff Predictions

Every season is a snowflake, in that each set of circumstances is unique to the dynamics and characters of that season and is unlikely to be repeated again. We saw Ohio State jump TCU in Baylor in 2014. The 2016 debate saw a 1-loss non-division champion (Ohio State) jump a 2-loss conference champion (Penn State), despite the non-champion losing to the champion. Last year we saw a non-division champion that lost its final regular season game (Alabama) fend off a 2-loss conference champion (Ohio State).

But one lesson has remained constant: talent wins out. The College Football Playoff has not been kind to the underdog. With the understanding that there’s really no such thing as a Cinderella in a system that selects excludes 126 of the 130 teams, the biggest upset we’ve seen is… Ohio State over Alabama in 2014? And given what we know now, that Buckeyes win wasn’t an upset at all. Only three “developmental” programs have reached the Playoff in four seasons — Oregon in 2014, Michigan State in 2015 and Washington in 2016. Oregon blew out an overrated Florida State team, then was blown out itself by Ohio State in the championship game. Michigan State lost to Alabama 38-0 in the 2015 Cotton Bowl. Washington was dusted 24-7 by Alabama in the 2016 Peach Bowl.

Meanwhile, Alabama has reached three straight title games. They played Clemson twice, and Georgia once.

Getting to the College Football Playoff is extremely hard for anyone to do. Winning it, for anyone other than the elite of the elite, has proven to be impossible. Such a reality appears in the CFT staff’s picks for the 2018 CFP field.

Kevin
Orange Bowl: Clemson over Penn State
Cotton Bowl: Alabama over Oklahoma
CFP National Championship: Alabama over Clemson

Bryan
Orange Bowl: Clemson over Wisconsin
Cotton Bowl: Alabama over Washington
CFP National Championship: Clemson over Alabama

Zach
Orange Bowl: Clemson over Washington
Cotton Bowl: Georgia over Wisconsin
CFP National Championship: Clemson over Georgia

John
Orange Bowl: Ohio State over Clemson
Cotton Bowl: Georgia over Washington
CFP National Championship: Ohio State over Georgia

Entire article: https://collegefootballtalk.nbcspor...-2018-preseason-previews-playoff-predictions/

Hey, John's THE MAN!!!

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