1. Ohio State, on a mission, goes undefeated and lands in the title game (again). Paced by Beanie and the Brians, OSU hangs half-a-hundred on more than one opponent, while the defense flirts with shut outs in several games.
2. The Big XII champ, ranked #2, is leapfrogged in the last week of voting by Auburn, both to atone for the 2004 slight, and to put an SEC team in the title game opposite Ohio State. Missouri and Oklahoma secede from the Union.
3. Northwestern finishes the season with a better record than Michigan, while Notre Dame fans furiously cut-up Michigan lowlights of players running into each other in the backfield, missing blocks on the line, and other such follies to the tune of Yakety Sax. YouTube clips will be up by Week 3.
4. USC's defense is lights out, but the offense struggles to gel early on. Therefore, the Pac 10 championship will be decided on Oct 25, when Oregon visits Arizona St. Also on Oct 25, later deemed
<something absurd> Saturday by Reece Davis and the other ESPN wonks, UConn will beat Cinci en route to winning the Big East, Va Tech will fall to FSU as Florida St gets back on the map in the ACC, Michigan State beats Michigan at the Big House, Wisconsin holds off Illinois in Madison, while Georgia's national title hopes are ruined at LSU. Meanwhile Texas Tech and Kansas blow up a scoreboard, OSU pounds PSU, Charlie's schematic advantage proves no match for Ty Willingham and Jake Locker, and ... well shit, I could do this for ten more paragraphs. Have you
SEEN the schedule for Oct 23-25?!
ESPN - NCAA College Football Schedule, College Football Schedule, NCAA Football Schedule
5. Florida scores first in the WLOCP, prompting some Gator players to do something stupid directed at Georgia's bench, which sets off a bench clearing brawl like what happened with South Carolina and Clemson a few years back.