1. College Football Playoff Scenario: What’s Going To Happen?
If and when there’s a 2020 college football season in some form, and there’s a College Football Playoff …
As always, Alabama loses a ton of talent to the NFL. As always, Alabama still has as much or more talent as just about everyone else. After failing to get into the College Football Playoff last year – and getting walloped by Clemson in the 2017 season national championship – the focus is there, the pieces are there, and the schedule isn’t all that bad.
There’s USC, but that’s in AT&T Stadium in Arlington. There’s Georgia, but that’s at home. So are the Texas A&M and Auburn dates. Going to LSU is nasty, but that’s the one superstar program that loses even more than Bama does.
The Tide will get to the SEC Championship at 11-1 and win it, or 12-0 and lose it. More on this in a moment.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, in my 5 Nutty Predictions thing I said that Clemson would lose twice. Now I have to be a bit more responsible. I do think two losses are possible, but it’s Clemson. It’ll be the preseason No. 1 team, and losing once is likely, but it’ll take a disaster to drop two games. Put the Tigers in for the sixth year in a row.
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Ohio State is going to roll through everyone – almost. Broken record time, but like Alabama and Clemson, losing NFL talent just doesn’t matter to the Buckeyes.
The program is a machine, Michigan is Michigan, Michigan State is down, there’s no Wisconsin on the regular season slate, and there’s nothing to really worry about other than road games to Oregon and Penn State. Split those, and – especially if there’s a win over the Nittany Lions – get to the Big Ten Championship (again) and beat Wisconsin (again).
Back to Alabama and the SEC. Here’s the call for the fourth spot.
The Pac-12 and Big 12 champions will each have two losses, and Notre Dame will come really, really close, but not quite at 11-1.
There’s going to be a battle for the CFP between 11-1 Penn State that loses to Ohio State, and 12-1 Georgia that loses to Alabama. OR, it’ll be Bama that loses the SEC Championship and gets in over the Nittany Lions.
The Dawgs don’t play LSU or Texas A&M, but they do have to go to Bama early in the season. They either pull off the upset there, or take the SEC Championship in the rematch.
Alabama vs. Clemson in the Sugar, Ohio State vs. Georgia in the Rose.
There. No need for a season – just make that happen.
20 for 2020 Offseason Topics
20. Best Teams To Not Make CFP
19: Teams That Will Rebound Big
18. Teams That Will Fall Back
17: Every Power 5 Team’s Letdown Game
16. Top 5 Instant Impact New Head Coaches
15. 2nd Year Coaches Who’ll Be Better
14. Power 5 Hot Seat Coach Rankings
13. Key Transfers You Forgot About
12. Five Big Power 5 Upset Alerts
11. Great Players About To Go Nuclear
10. Group of 5 Teams In New Year’s Six Chase
9. Power 5 Sleeper Teams
8. Most Interesting Quarterback Battles
7. 5 Teams That Might Disappoint
6. 5 Teams That Might Surprise
5. Group of Five Conference Ranking
4. Power 5 Conference Ranking
3. Top Non-Obvious Heisman Candidates
2. 5 Nutty Predictions That Might Be Right
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