Football season is finally here. It was a long off-season, but football is back. Last week I did the Pre-Season Rankings, but here is how I think the season will finish out with the Final Four entering the first ever College Football Playoff. Secondly, I'll predict where I think each SEC team will finish for the season.
1. FSU - The Seminoles will go wire to wire during the regular season. They have the fortune of having 2 of their 3 potential upset alerts in Tallahassee. Clemson doesn't have Taj and Sammy, and Notre Dame doesn't have the personnel to match up with The Program. The real upset alert is going to be Louisville with Bob Petrino back at the helm. Either way, they win the ACC in a walk and will be one of 4 teams in the playoff. Excited FSU fans? You should be.
2. Michigan State - With Braxton Miller going down, The B1G TEN is ripe for the picking. They have one game they won't be favored in, and that's against the Ducks in Eugene. Even if they lose, they'll still likely be undefeated in the conference and will win the conference championship in Indy. Spartans, what is your profession?
3. Oklahoma - The Sooners get Tennessee, Kansas State, and Baylor in Norman, while they play Texas in Dallas. Not having to play a championship game is a major benefit as well. Big Game Bob's Boys will match up against Sparty in Pasadena. Don't pre-game too hard.
4. Alabama - You didn't think the SEC was getting locked out of this thing did you? Nope. Even with questions at Quarterback, the Crimson Tide have consistently loaded up with the best group of talent in the country. I'll get to how they get to the dance in a second, but the Sugar Bowl is going to be a hot ticket with Bama facing off against Florida State.
Sugar Bowl - It's a close game the entire way in NOLA, but National Champions rarely repeat. Florida State gives Bama everything they can handle, but Bama's defense ultimately triumphs against Winston and the Seminoles. Bama wins the game on what else, a field goal, 27-24.
Rose Bowl - While this game may not be as sexy as FSU and Bama, the last two National Champions, it is gritty. The Sooners aren't going to unload on Sparty they way they did on Bama, who didn't really want to be in the Sugar Bowl last year. Sparty shocks everyone and upsets the Sooners 21-17.
National Championship Game - Everyone who doesn't own some form of houndstooth clothing is cheering for Sparty. Michigan State throws everything they have at Bama, but talent and skill trump drive and heart in Dallas. Alabama claims it's 4th National Title in 6 years 34-17, and we all have to hear people with rotary telephones brag for the entire spring and summer of 2015; at least we finally get to see what Finebaum's callers look like.
So, while we now see that Bama brings the new trophy back to SEC Country, let's see how the rest of the conference does.
SEC EAST
1. South Carolina 11-1 Orange Bowl
2. Georgia 9-3 Cotton Bowl
3. Mizzou 8-4 Gator Bowl
4. Florida 8-4 Music City Bowl
5. Tennessee 6-6 Liberty Bowl
6. Kentucky 4-8
7. Vanderbilt 4-8
SEC WEST
1. Alabama 11-1 Sugar Bowl National Championship
2. Ole Miss 9-3 Capital One Bowl
3. LSU 8-4 Outback Bowl
4. Auburn 8-4 Peach Bowl
5. Mississippi State 8-4 Belk Bowl
6. Texas A&M 7-5 Texas Bowl
7. Arkansas 4-8
SEC Championship Game - Saban and Spurrier face off in a media-hyped event for the ages. While Mike Davis does his best to put the Gamecocks over the hump to their first SEC title, Bama's running back corps and defense are too much for Spurrier and the Sandstorm crew. Bama takes another SEC Title 30-20.
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