I did these last year, with mixed results. Ole Miss and Cincinnatti as surprises--good calls. Penn State and Bama as disappointments--bad calls.

Here's hoping I'll hit over .600 this year.

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Bumped from the FanPosts. What do y'all think?

Found out today that Dantonio played DB for y'all back in the 70s.

This guy's one of the brightest young coaches in the country.  Is there any sentiment in Columbia to bring him back to his alma mater when Spurrier finally steps down?

He's currently making $1.1 at Michigan State, and I'm not sure you'd be able to pull him away, but I'd definitely have him in the back of my mind if I were a Gamecock fan.

Although I'd argue that post length doesn't necessarily equal verbosity, I think the sheer length of this single post may cause you to lose your title as the most verbose blogger in the college football world.

As one of the commenters noted.

Dude. This is 27 pages single-spaced at .7 inch margins, when taking out the images.

That's just a little bit obsessive.

They really do have a lot of SEC in them.

Here's a list of 'name' programs that have been down lately and whose conferences desperately need them to reemerge as national programs.  The recent SEC-centric college football coverage is mostly attributable to a lack of traditionally strong programs in the other conferences carrying their water.

Whether fair or not, when Kansas is atop the Big12 instead of Nebraska 90% of the country thinks that the Big12 is down.  So here's a list of 10 teams that have quality name value and could return to national prominence with the right circumstances and my quick thoughts on how far away they are from that goal.

Nebraska--why in the world did this team can Frank Solich?  What was once the most consistent team in college football is now getting regularly shredded.  I have no idea how Pelini will do as a head coach

Colorado--very close.  As I posted a few days ago, this is a team that I think is on the brink of big success.  They will be a very tough out when we visit Boulder in 2010. 

A&M--Mike Sherman is Chan Gaily, the Sequel.  They'll beat some good teams, but Sherman will not bring this team to the level of OU or Texas.  Realistically, that's about the best that they've ever consistently been anyway.

UCLA--a program chasing Rick Neuheisel just doesn't get it.  Whatever you think makes a solid program, one thing is always constant--consistency.  Neuheisel will be gone within 5 years and UCLA will be no further as a program than they are today.

Washington--they were once the rugged northwestern power that played great defense and had great athletes behind big o-lines on offense.  But that was a long while ago.  Unfortunately, I don't think that UW will ever return to upper echelon status.  Oregon is now the power in the northwest.

Penn State--everyone knows about the issues with Paterno, etc, but this program may be the proof that the Big10 really is a tough league.  Penn State entered the league as a top 10 program and now they've been reduced to second tier status within the conference--at best. 

Michigan State--like Colorado, I'm high on these guys.  Someone has to step up in the Big10 besides Wiscy and Michigan so that Ohio State doesn't have the luxury of sacking up about 3 to 4 times a year and coasting through the rest of their schedule.  If Dantonio can recruit like his predecessors, he'll make sure those guys win 8-9 games consistently with the occasional 10 win season thrown in.

Georgia Tech--Johnson will make them a top 20 team within 4 years.  That man's brilliant.

Pitt--whether the Wannstache is the man to get them over the hump remains to be seen, but he has proven that they can recruit talent.  They should be in BCS games once every three years with their conference set up, but I think they'll need a good hire after Wannstache is fired to do so, think Richt replacing Donnan.

Syracuse--unfortunately for them, I think it's a lost cause.  Stick to the hardcourt.

There's no doubt that Saban's improving Bama's overall talent level and generally whipping the Tuscaloosa Tuskmen into shape.  My question is, is there a coach in the SEC who's future is more tied to doubtful quarterback play?

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Now comes the Pac10, Big East and SEC

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With all of the attention Ingram's attention has been getting today, Savage--the CB at Auburn--has been ignored.

Florida has a ready replacement in Aaron Hernandez--the Plainsmen don't have a lot of secondary depth.  This makes me feel a lot better about our trip to the plains.

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