01-07-2020, 04:38 PM
Some great match-ups
UW/Michigan: gotta believe Michigan will be favored here, but I don't know who everyone is bringing back. That being said, I'm pretty sure UW Eason is going pro so UW should have a new Q, and I think Patterson is out of eligibility. I wonder if one of the two teams will feature KJ Costello at QB.
USC/Alabama: Yeah, RIP SC, though Tua is going pro, so Alabama will have a new QB
Cal/TCU: TCU had a down year and Cal should be on the upswing, so I am guessing Cal should win this rematch of the Cheez Its bowl. Looks like the two teams have been going in opposite directions
OSU/OSU: Oklahoma State should be favored, but Oregon State is better than it has been. Jake Luton finally exhausted eligibility this season (his sixth), so you wonder whether there is a reversion to the mean
Oregon/tOSU: As noted, Oregon has had monster recruiting.... and yet tOSU's has been better the last few years. Plus Justin Fields will be back for tOSU, while Justin Herbert will not be for Oregon.
I'm thinking the Pac-12 will go 1-4 in these high profile non-conference games.
BC
PS, you forgot Stanford/William and Mary
UW/Michigan: gotta believe Michigan will be favored here, but I don't know who everyone is bringing back. That being said, I'm pretty sure UW Eason is going pro so UW should have a new Q, and I think Patterson is out of eligibility. I wonder if one of the two teams will feature KJ Costello at QB.
USC/Alabama: Yeah, RIP SC, though Tua is going pro, so Alabama will have a new QB
Cal/TCU: TCU had a down year and Cal should be on the upswing, so I am guessing Cal should win this rematch of the Cheez Its bowl. Looks like the two teams have been going in opposite directions
OSU/OSU: Oklahoma State should be favored, but Oregon State is better than it has been. Jake Luton finally exhausted eligibility this season (his sixth), so you wonder whether there is a reversion to the mean
Oregon/tOSU: As noted, Oregon has had monster recruiting.... and yet tOSU's has been better the last few years. Plus Justin Fields will be back for tOSU, while Justin Herbert will not be for Oregon.
I'm thinking the Pac-12 will go 1-4 in these high profile non-conference games.
BC
PS, you forgot Stanford/William and Mary