Dark horse predictions...
USC I think they win the Pac 12
Georgia wins the SEC
USC is a bold pick with Hollywood Hoke still farting around at the helm.
Next year with urbz as coach.
Minnesota
Florida, Auburn (tie)
Purdue
Tennessee
Virginia, Iowa, Boise St and NW.
molester state will have an above .500 year, possibly even 10-2.
mork my words.
Wasn’t sure if you were talking about MSU or PSU till the end.
Consider them morked
August 2nd, 2019 at 10:48 PM ^
For reals?
My Big Brother went to Cape Town & all I got was this shirt.
Agree. Authough it makes my stomach churn just thinking about it. I just can’t see their offense being as bad as last year.
Iowa to win the Big Ten.
Auburn to win the SEC and go to the playoff.
I guess Auburn is preseason #16 and not the biggest dark horse in the world. Whatever leave me alone I’m drinking
#16 is a dark horse for winning the SEC or making the playoffs. They're going to be an interesting team to follow this season. O/U on the number of losses before they try to hire Urban?
August 2nd, 2019 at 11:42 PM ^
Only if Satan retires or dies. Urbz ran from him once already.....
Big Ten - Wisconsin will come out and dominate the west again. Last year was a blip. There were major locker room issues there last year and those players are all gone.
Nation - LSU wins the SEC and makes playoff
Rutger wins 2 games!
That is a dark horse because their o/u is 1.5
Rutgers wins exactly 1.5 games.
Northwestern
Georgia
As in Syracuse to win the ACC? Or just so well?
Clemson isn't getting touched in the ACC
I agree with XM. Sparty makes me a little nervous, especially after reading Seth's preview in HTTV. Their defense looks like it could legitimately be in the top 5 (*could be*) and we can all laugh at Lewerke but he's a veteran now and Mork has done really well when he has a veteran QB.
UM by double digits.
August 3rd, 2019 at 11:22 AM ^
Hoping we can torch their secondary after reading the HTTV preview, otherwise it might be ugly.
Darker Horses:
Florida - SEC
Stanford - PAC
Wisconsin - B1G
Oklahoma State - B12
Virginia - ACC
I just don't get the Nebraska love a lot of people have this year. Pretty decent qb and... ........................????
a really bad defense
Yeah I'm not seeing it. Will be seeing tons of shots of Frost with that stupid look on his face like he hasn't been able to squeeze out a dump for three days.
A weak schedule.
That being said, I agree 100%. Everyone seems to have bought into Frost the savior. And I don't think he's a bad coach per se, but he went 13-0 at the best non Power 5 program in the country and everyone treats it like he just won the national championship at Rutgers.
This isn't Osborne's Nebraska. Shit has changed dramatically over the past 20-25 years. And he isn't Kirby Smart who has come in and dominated in recruiting.
Pelini won 9-10 games each and every year at Nebraska, sprawling 7 years and two separate conferences.
I don’t get the love either or see where they will get those 9-10 wins, but lesser coaches have done it.
The Big Ten is a tough place to find a dark horse candidate. The West is wide open. Illinois is a very dark horse, maybe Minny qualifies. None of the other five teams winning would be a surprise. I don't see a dark horse team emerging in the East, so I guess I'll just say Nebraska.
I'll go with Oregon to rebound and at least challenge in the PAC-12.
Black Beauty
August 2nd, 2019 at 11:27 PM ^
Is that your pet name for RGard?
That's raycyst
Maryland. They scare me the most out of any team not named Ohio State in the B1G.
Don't see one in the B1G. Same teams will be fighting for the CCG.
UM, OSU, PSU - Iowa, Wisky, NW (that is my prediction for where teams finish).
NEB makes a bowl game at 6-6 or 7-5?
How bout UVA to make ACC CCG to get pummeled by Clemson.
Maybe if Nebraska didn't have OSU as a crossover. But, they're gonna be in a dogfight against everyone on their schedule. The only team they seem like a clear favorite against is Illinois. NW, Wiscy, Iowa, Minny, Purdue, Ind, & Mary all seem like tough games for them.
Rutgers will propel themselves to 5 wins in the conference.
All time? How many more conference wins does rutger need for 5...1?
I'm pretty sure the Christian rapper Flame won a settlement for 2.8 mil. No need for predictions
Secretariat was a dark horse.
Well Big red.
Big Ten--Michigan State. 9-3 or 10-2 with a win over OSU or Michigan. They went 1-2 in their last 3 games of the year when their defense gave up a grand total of 26 points (and NU and Oregon offenses weren't bad at the end of the year). If they can just be functional (not even good) on offense they are going to be tough to beat.
Elsewhere--Baylor goes 10-2 and makes Big XII title game. I think Rhule is the most underrated coach in America. He understands program building, believes in defense (stands out as a contrarian in the Big XII) and has an experienced QB returning. It's a wide open league which helps as well.
MSU owns real estate in your head.
UM and OSU by double digits.
Purdue is fake news, and Brohm isn't as great as a lot of people think. I think there's a good chance Minnesota makes some noise in the west and maybe goes to Indy.
August 2nd, 2019 at 10:13 PM ^
B1G - Minnesota
Other - Fresno St.
August 2nd, 2019 at 10:28 PM ^
I don’t have any as I believe it will be the same 5 or 6 teams with a chance to make the playoff. And is Nebraska really a dark horse or is the big ten west just so bad that they have a chance to win it
August 2nd, 2019 at 10:29 PM ^
Is it the close game Nebraska gave OSU last year that's got everyone slobbering over them? If so, by that logic you should also be drooling over Maryland.
They won four of their last six games over the likes of Bethune-Cookman, Illinois and Minnesota.
Yes, their division is a joke but so is their defense. Remember when RichRod's defense made a ton of bad teams look like world beaters? It can be the same here. When you're going to have to win games by scores of 45-41 or 52-45, you can't expect to win the division.
I think that undefeated season at Central Florida has got a little too many people high on Scott Frost.
And 21 years later, Frost can still kiss my ass.
August 2nd, 2019 at 10:35 PM ^
I was rewatching that UT-NU Orange Bowl last night.
Frost was born punchable. Tough hombre though for a QB.