Flashback: How Did I Do With Last Year's College Football Preview

Labour Day weekend only means one thing. The start of  the College Football season. That has been the case for as long as I can remember and this weekend will be no different. Many teams this week will go into the season with high hopes. Some of them with hopes of going to a BCS bowl and others hopes of reaching a bowl game for the first time in awhile.

You can view the AP Top 25 here.

What sticks out to me is the week one match up between the Oregon Ducks and the LSU Tigers. Both teams have aspirations of being in the BCS National Championship. The loser of the game will likely have to win their remaining games and even that might not be enough. I think the Oregon Ducks prevail in the game Saturday Night. LSU will be without their starting QB Jordan Jefferson as he has been suspended.

Oklahoma is the #1 team in the nation. The question for them is can they run the table and win the National title. The last team to start #1 in the nation and finish #1 in the nation was the 2004 USC Trojans. However, we all know that the Trojans had to forfeit the title because of the Reggie Bush debacle. It goes to show it is a really hard thing to accomplish. Personally, I highly doubt the Sooners win the National Title. They will get tested in week two when they travel to Tallahassee to take on Florida State. They will also play at Oklahoma State and of course the Red River Rivalry against Texas on neutral field. At least one of those games I predict they lose.

Sneaking into the Top 10 is the always talented Boise Sate Broncos at #7. They will began their season with a game against SEC powerhouse Georgia. Last year, Boise State was in National Title contention until their place kicker Kyle Brotzman missed two key field goals against Nevada to lose 34 -31 in OT. If Boise State can go undefeated this year and and be the only undefeated team, who knows, maybe the polls will be on their side this year. Boise State this year will make the move to the Mountain West from the WAC which should help their strength of schedule this year. Boise' State's big game this year is against TCU on November 12th at Boise.

It will be interesting to see how the teams switching conferences fair this year. Nebraska should be able to fair well in the Big Ten this year. Their my pick to win the Big Ten in fact. Their only obstacle will be at Wisconsin on October 1st. Other notables will be Colorado going to the Pac 12 from the Big 12 and Utah going to the Pac 12 from the Mountain West. We also can't forget about BYU becoming an independent after being in the Mountain West from 1999 to 2010.

The best conference this year has to be the SEC. Again the conference is stacked from top to bottom with eight of the 12 teams ranked. Once conference play starts up in late September known of the teams will have an easy week. Hey, why can't Vanderbilt be a competitive team this year and compete for a bowl?

In the end this College Football season will be a blast. We will see upsets, great finishes and of course a controversial ending at some point this year.  I think this will be a very competitive season. New rivalries will be forming and the debate about whether or not College Football needs a playoff will be here before we know it.  Enjoy it Football fans!

Heisman Trophy Winner   Andrew Luck - Stanford



BCS Bowl Predictions 

Rose Bowl  Florida State (At Large ) VS Wisconsin (At Large)

Sugar Bowl Alabama (SEC) VS Boise State (At Large)

Orange Bowl  Virginia Tech (ACC) VS Oregon (At Large )

Fiesta Bowl    Oklahoma (Big 12) VS West Virginia  (Big East)



BCS National Championship   Stanford VS Nebraska