In addition to my picks of the week entries, I will also be publishing my weekly upsets to watch out for again in 2011.  While the first week is traditionally characterized by a bunch of blowouts, I have provided you with some upsets that could definitely happen this weekend. The lines below are ordered from smallest underdog to [...]

The college football season starts in 2 days with a unusually weak opening Thursday.  Saturday puts the season in full gear with blockbuster games featuring LSU vs Oregon and Boise St. vs. Georgia.  In this episode, Brad and I make our week 1 picks against the spread from each conference.  We also look for the [...]

Brad’s world famous weekly college football picks are back!  If you recall, I got off to a red hot start with my picks last year before finishing with a perfectly mediocre 75-75 record.  In 2009, however, I posted an impressive 78-62 mark, and I hope to replicate that kind of success this season.  All of the [...]

For those of you who are regular followers of my blog, you will know that I am the current coordinator of the NCAA-recognized College Football Researchers Association Poll.  I am thus asking you to please go to www.cfrapoll.com to see the College Football Researchers Association preseason poll which came out earlier today.  I’d like to [...]

I will now conclude my 2011 college football preview guide with one of my favorite entries– my analysis of the teams I expect to surprise in 2011.  Below you will see a listing of each team followed by my predictions for each and an average ranking of “expert” publications such as Athlon, Phil Steele, Sporting News, Rivals, and others.  The teams are [...]

On to the last two articles of my college football preview guide.    Several publications, including Phil Steele, produce annual surprise picks for teams who they think will do better than expected.  However, I don’t know of any expert predictions that do the inverse by picking teams who they believe will disappoint.  I think the reason [...]

As you may know, I annually make a more comprehensive and obviously more accurate set of bowl predictions during Thanksgiving weekend in November.  However, I see no harm in posting some potential matchups before the season starts, as I have had some success doing so years past.  In both 2010 and 2009, I correctly predicted the postseason bowl location for 12 different teams [...]

When all the smoke is cleared, here’s how I see the final postseason rankings for the 2010 season. Below I have attached a chart that includes my rankings for each team and after that I have included a full analysis for the teams I ranked 1-10.  For analysis on the rest of the teams, please scroll down and  see my team-by-team predictions arranged by conference.  [...]

In part two of our college football podcast, we preview the SEC, Big 10, Big 12, and Pac 12.  Justin, Tripp, and I also make our national title predictions.  I hope you’re ready for some surprises! http://68and16sportscast.tumblr.com/

As I mentioned in my introduction to my college football preview guide, I have published my team previews by conference in ascending order of strength.  However, I also thought it would be a good idea to put together an article that focuses just on the conferences  and my rankings and analysis for each. 1.  SEC- It is scary [...]

It is scary to think about, but the SEC really could and should be better than ever in 2011.  And as a result, the conference finds itself in the paradox of being so good that they could lose their five-year year grapple on the national championship trophy.   Since 2006, at least one team from this [...]

At first glance, it appeared that the departure of Nebraska and Colorado would destroy the Big 12, but the conference is still alive and well and might actually be better than it was in 2010.  Texas certainly can’t be any worse, as they suffered through their most disappointing season in decades last year.  If the [...]

Justin and I welcome Tripp back as we preview the upcoming 2011 college football season.  As other college sports shows focus on off the field stories like Miami and Texas A&M, we know that there is actual football only a week away.  In part one, we preview the small conferences, Big East, and ACC.  Join us later [...]

Before we get going with the Big 10 preview I have two points I want to discuss quickly: # 1: Offseason Ramblings- Am I the only guy in the country who is talking about college football right now?  We are less than two weeks from the start of the season and 90% of college football-based [...]

It is clear that the Big 10 and the Pac-12 were the two conferences were helped the most by realignment as both were able to expand their leagues to two divisions and create a conference championship game.  I also really like the format of the Pac-12’s championship game where the game will be played at [...]