Football Predictions...

Well, it’s August, and that means that it is time for the Right Wing to unveil our preseason football picks. Buckle up for this one…

NFL: (* indicates first-round bye in playoffs)

NFC:
North: Green Bay*
South: New Orleans
East: Dallas*
West: Seattle
Wild Cards: Philadelphia, Minnesota

AFC:
North: Pittsburgh
South: Indianapolis*
East: New England*
West: San Diego
Wild Cards: Jacksonville, Cleveland

NFC Championship: Dallas over Seattle
AFC Championship: Indianapolis over Pittsburgh

Super Bowl: Indianapolis over Dallas

A Series of Compelling NFL Predictions:

1. Playoff Scenarios (The most in-depth prediction ever from the Right Wing)
AFC:
Wild Card Round:
Pittsburgh defeats Jacksonville, San Diego defeats Cleveland
Divisional Round:
Indianapolis defeats San Diego, Pittsburgh defeats New England
Championship Game:
Indianapolis defeats Pittsburgh

NFC:
Wild Card Round:
Seattle defeats Philadelphia, Minnesota defeats New Orleans
Divisional Round:
Seattle defeats Green Bay, Dallas defeats Minnesota
Championship Game:
Dallas defeats Seattle

2. Brett Favre will un-retire and play the last three games of the season with a CFL team.

3. The Green Bay Packers will go 11-5 with Aaron Rodgers at the helm. He will receive a phone call from Brett Favre everyday. Favre is only trying to screw with his head.

4. Brett Favre will not be traded for Manny Ramirez.

5. The Atlanta Falcons will not have the worst record in the NFL at season’s end. That honor will go to the Kansas City Chiefs. The Falcons will go 4-12; the Chiefs will finish 2-14.

6. The Patriots will NOT go undefeated in the regular season this time.

7. Brett Favre.

8. The New York Jets will try to talk Brett Favre into playing for them under the assumed name of “Chad Pennington.” As per the contract stipulations, though, Favre will be the only player on the field for the Jets offense.

9. 9-7. That’s all it will take to win the NFC South.


College:

ACC Atlantic: Clemson
ACC Coastal: Virginia Tech
ACC Champion: Clemson

Big Ten: Ohio State

Pac-10: USC

Big East: South Florida

SEC East: Georgia
SEC West: Auburn
SEC Campion: Georgia

Big XII North: Missouri
Big XII South: Oklahoma
BIG XII Champion: Oklahoma

A Series of Compelling College Football Predictions:

1. Ohio State will play a weak non-conference schedule (after the USC game)… again. And they’ll play for the National Title…. again. And they will lose to an SEC team… again.

2. South Florida will stun West Virginia in Morgantown on December 6 to wrap up the Big East and a BCS Bowl berth.

3. BCS Bowls: Round Two Predictions
Rose: USC vs. Wisconsin
Sugar: Auburn vs. BYU
Fiesta: Oklahoma vs. Arizona State
Orange: Clemson vs. South Florida
National Championship Game: Georgia vs. Ohio State

4. Arizona State vs. Georgia will be a more compelling non-conference game than Ohio State vs. USC. I just have a feeling on this one…

5. The Rose Bowl will once again be presented with a chance to break tradition and take a great team not in the Big Ten, but they will opt instead for a repeat of last year’s debacle in which powerhouse USC crushed a Big Ten foe that did not belong there.

6. By New Year’s Day it will be obvious that the Cotton Bowl will be one of the better match-ups of Bowl Season. (The Right Wing predicted match-up: LSU vs. Texas)

7. For the second year in a row, the Sugar Bowl will pit a strong SEC team against a heralded, but unproven non-BCS conference opponent. The SEC will again dominate.

8. A non-BCS Conference team will be close to undefeated once again, and they’ll be mad that they didn’t get into the title game. The rest of the country will point to their weak schedule, at which point the non-BCS conference team will point to Ohio State’s schedule.

9. LSU is already on upset alert… opponent number one this season: Appalachian State.

10. Georgia’s schedule is rated at the third toughest in the nation this year. After looking at it, I can only wonder which teams are number one and two on that list.

Last, but not least…
11. Newly Revised Pre-Season Top Ten (#) indicates predicted order of finish in BCS rankings
10. Texas (14)
9. Missouri (9)
8. Clemson (6)
7. Auburn (4)
6. West Virginia (12)
5. Florida (10)
4. Ohio State (2)
3. Oklahoma (5)
2. USC (3)
1. Georgia (1)