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Welcome!

2012-12-14T23:47:00.005-06:00

Hey, thanks for stopping by my site! For the past few season I've provided some of the most reliable and accurate college football predictions around, and this year will be no different.

I'm pumped for the 2012 season and you should be too! There are several exciting story lines shaping up all across the country and if you're like me you'll be following the action closely every weekend! So make sure to stop by the site each week before checking out some of your favorite college football games on TV.

Thanks again for stopping by and happy football season!   On this you will find my predictions for the ACC, Big Ten, (Notre Dame), Big Twelve, Pac Twelve , and the SEC.

2012-13 College Football Bowl Schedule (Winners in Yellow)

2012-12-14T23:47:00.003-06:00

Bowl Game Matchup

Gildan New Mexico Arizona vs. Nevada

Famous Idaho Potato Toledo vs. Utah State

San Diego County CU Poinsettia BYU vs. San Diego State

Beef 'O' Brady's Ball State vs. UCF

R+L Carriers New Orleans East Carolina vs. UL Lafayette

MAACO Bowl Las Vegas Boise State vs. Washington

Sheraton Hawaii Fresno State vs. SMU

Little Caesars Pizza Central Michigan vs. Western Kentucky

Military Bowling Green vs. San Jose State

Belk Cincinnati vs. Duke

Bridgepoint Education Holiday Baylor vs. UCLA

AdvoCare V100 Independence Ohio vs. ULM

Russell Athletic Rutgers vs. Virginia Tech

Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas Minnesota vs. Texas Tech

Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Air Force vs. Rice

New Era Pinstripe Syracuse vs. West Virginia

Kraft Fight Hunger Arizona State vs. Navy

Valero Alamo Oregon State vs. Texas

Buffalo Wild Wings Michigan State vs. TCU

Franklin Amer. Mort. Music City NC State vs. Vanderbilt

Hyundai Sun Georgia Tech vs. USC

AutoZone Liberty Iowa State vs. Tulsa

Chick-fil-A Clemson vs. LSU

Heart of Dallas Purdue vs. Oklahoma State

TaxSlayer.com Gator Mississippi State vs. Northwestern

Capital One Georgia vs. Nebraska

Outback Michigan vs. South Carolina

Rose Bowl Game Stanford vs. Wisconsin

Discover Orange Florida State vs. Northern Illinois

Allstate Sugar Florida vs. Louisville

Tostitos Fiesta Kansas State vs. Oregon

AT&T Cotton Oklahoma vs. Texas A&M

BBVA Compass Ole Miss vs. Pittsburgh

GoDaddy.com Arkansas State vs. Kent State

BCS National Championship Alabama vs. Notre Dame

Bielema to Arkansas

2012-12-04T23:56:00.002-06:00

Arkansas ventured up north and nabbed Brett Bielema as its next football coach. Several high profile coaches such as Mike Gundy (OK State), Gus Malzahn (Arkansas St), and Chris Petersen (Boise State) were rumored to be early favorites for the job, but Bielema appeared to emerge from the shadows to land the gig.

Details of his contract have not been announced yet, but the coach was making $2.5 million at Wisconsin. Bielema should hit the jackpot at Arkansas but the expectations will be much greater. The Hogs finished with an 11-2 record at the end of last season. And if you recall, the Razorbacks started this season ranked in the top ten. Before the Bobby Petrino scandal broke, fans had their sights set on the national championship game. The team ended up going 4-8 this season.

Now while I believe Bielema is certainly capable of being a good coach at Arkansas, in my mind, he’s not a home-run hire. Sure, he went 68-24 during seven-seasons at Wisconsin and even led the Badgers to 3 straight Rose Bowl appearances but as a Razorbacks fan I wouldn’t take solace in that stat. He’s winless at Pasadena (0-2 in the Rose Bowl game) and has a losing record versus Top 25 teams (10-13). Versus the Top 10, Bielema is 2-6 all-time. He hasn’t won the big games but at Arkansas he’ll be expected to do just that every weekend.

The pressure will be on Bielema to consistently produce Razorback squads capable of competing against the likes of LSU and Alabama. He’ll get a pass next season, but I believe anything short of a bowl-berth for the Razorbacks in 2013 is unacceptable. It’s true that Money talks, so I don’t fault Bielema for abandoning his post at Wisconsin but he just doesn’t seem like the right fit for Arkansas. Even though Bielema hit the payday with this move,for some reason I feel as if he’ll eventually lose more by heading to Arkansas.

Week 14 Predictions (In Yellow)

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2012 ACC Schedule

Saturday, December 1st:

Florida State

Georgia Tech

2012 Pac-12 Schedule

Friday, November 30th:

UCLA

Stanford

Saturday, December 1st:

Oregon State

Nicholls St

2012 Big 12 Schedule

Saturday, December 1st:

Oklahoma State
Baylor

Oklahoma
TCU

Kansas
West Virginia

Texas
Kansas State

2012 SEC Schedule

Saturday, December 1st:

Georgia
Alabama

2012 Big 10 Schedule

Saturday, December 1st:

Nebraska
Wisconsin

Week 13 Results

2012-11-25T16:45:00.000-06:00

Notre Dame = 0

ACC: 7/8 = 88%

Big Ten: 5/6 = 83%

SEC: 8/9 = 89%

Big Twelve: 1/4 = 25%

Pac-12: 3/6 = 50%

*Overall= 344/444 = 77%

*only counting the Notre Dame vs. USC, Georgia vs. Georgia Tech, Florida vs. Florida State, Vanderbilt vs. Wake Forest, and South Carolina vs. Clemson games once

Week 13 SEC Predictions (In Yellow)

2012-11-23T08:40:00.001-06:00

Friday, November 23^rd:

LSU

Arkansas

Saturday, November 24^th:

Georgia

Georgia Tech

Florida

Florida State

Kentucky

Tennessee

Auburn

Alabama

South Carolina

Clemson

Vanderbilt

Wake Forest

Miss. St

Ole Miss

Missouri

Texas A&M

Week 13 Pac-12 Predictions (In Yellow)

2012-11-23T08:37:00.000-06:00

Friday, November 23^rd:

Utah

Colorado

Washington

Washington State

Arizona State

Arizona

Saturday, November 24^th:

Oregon

Oregon State

Stanford

UCLA

Notre Dame

USC

Week 13 Big Ten Predictions (In Yellow)

2012-11-23T08:23:00.001-06:00

Friday, November 23^rd:

Nebraska

Iowa

Saturday, November 24^th:

Illinois

Northwestern

Michigan

Ohio State

Indiana

Purdue

Michigan State

Minnesota

Wisconsin

Penn State

Week 13 ACC Predictions (In Yellow)

2012-11-23T08:21:00.002-06:00

Saturday, November 24^th:

Georgia

Georgia Tech

Miami

Duke

Boston College

NC State

Virginia

Virginia Tech

Maryland

UNC

Florida

Florida State

Vanderbilt

Wake Forest

South Carolina

Clemson

Notre Dame

USC

Week 13 Big 12 Predictions (In Yellow)

2012-11-22T10:50:00.002-06:00

Thursday, November 22^nd:

TCU

Texas

Friday, November 23^rd:

West Virginia

Iowa State

Saturday, November 24^th:

Baylor

Texas Tech

Oklahoma State

Oklahoma

Week 12 Results

2012-11-20T18:34:00.004-06:00

Notre Dame = 100%

ACC: 7/7 = 100%

Big Ten: 6/6 = 100%

SEC: 9/11 = 82%

Big Twelve: 3/4 = 75%

Pac-12: 4/6 = 67%

*Overall= 323/415 = 78%

*only counting the Notre Dame vs. Wake Forest game once

Week 12 SEC Predictions (In Yellow)

2012-11-16T23:25:00.000-06:00

Saturday, November 17^th:

W. Carolina

Alabama

Jacksonville St

Florida

Georgia Southern

Georgia

Ole Miss

LSU

Syracuse

Missouri

Samford

Kentucky

Arkansas

Miss State

Wofford

South Carolina

Alabama A&M

Auburn

Sam Houston St

Texas A&M

Tennessee

Vanderbilt

Week 12 Pac-12 Predictions (In Yellow)

2012-11-16T23:21:00.001-06:00

Saturday, November 17^th:

Colorado

Washington

Washington State

Arizona State

USC

UCLA

Stanford

Oregon

Arizona

Utah

California

Oregon State

Week 12 Big Twelve Predictions (In Yellow)

2012-11-16T23:19:00.003-06:00

Saturday, November 17^th:

Texas Tech

Oklahoma State

Oklahoma

West Virginia

Iowa State

Kansas

Kansas State

Baylor

Week 12 Big Ten Predictions (In Yellow)

2012-11-16T23:18:00.001-06:00

Saturday, November 17^th:

Northwestern

Michigan State

Indiana

Penn State

Ohio State

Wisconsin

Iowa

Michigan

Minnesota

Nebraska

Illinois

Purdue

Week 12 ACC Predictions (In Yellow)

2012-11-14T21:59:00.001-06:00

Thursday, November 15^th:

North Carolina

Virginia

Saturday, November 17^th:

Florida State

Maryland

Virginia Tech

Boston College

South Florida

Miami

Duke

Georgia Tech

Wake Forest

Notre Dame

NC State

Clemson

Notre Dame

Wake Forest

Week 11 Results

2012-11-11T12:06:00.005-06:00

Notre Dame = 100%

SEC: 4/7 = 57%

ACC: 4/6 = 67%

Big Ten: 5/5 = 100%

Pac-12: 5/6 = 83%

Big Twelve: 5/5 = 100%

*Overall= 294/381 = 77%

*only counting the Notre Dame vs. BC game once

Week 11 ACC Predictions (In Yellow)

2012-11-09T23:15:00.002-06:00

Thursday, November 8, 2012

Florida State

Virginia Tech

Saturday, November 10^th, 2012

Miami

Virginia

Georgia Tech

North Carolina

Wake Forest

NC State

Maryland

Clemson

Notre Dame

Boston College

Week 11 Big Ten Predictions (In Yellow)

2012-11-09T23:14:00.001-06:00

Saturday, November 10^th:

Wisconsin

Indiana

Northwestern

Michigan

Purdue

Iowa

Penn State

Nebraska

Minnesota

Illinois

Week 11 SEC Predictions (In Yellow)

2012-11-09T23:12:00.005-06:00

Saturday, November 10^th:

Arkansas

South Carolina

ULL

Florida

Missouri

Tennessee

Texas A&M

Alabama

Georgia

Auburn

Mississippi State

LSU

Vanderbilt

Ole Miss

Week 11 Big 12 Predictions (In Yellow)

2012-11-09T23:10:00.000-06:00

Saturday, November 10^th:

Iowa State

Texas

Kansas

Texas Tech

West Virginia

Oklahoma State

Baylor

Oklahoma

Kansas State

TCU

Week 11 Pac-12 Predictions (In Yellow)

2012-11-09T23:08:00.000-06:00

Saturday, November 10^th:

Colorado

Arizona

Oregon State

Stanford

Arizona State

USC

Oregon

Cal

Utah

Washington

UCLA

Washington State

Week 10 Results

2012-11-09T07:25:00.001-06:00

Notre Dame = 100%

SEC: 6/8 = 75%

ACC: 3/5 = 60%

Big Ten: 5/5 = 100%

Pac-12: 5/6 = 83%

Big Twelve: 3/5 = 60%

Overall= 271/352 = 77%

Week 9 Results

2012-11-09T07:25:00.000-06:00

Notre Dame = 0

SEC: 67 = 86%

ACC: 2/5 = 40%

Big Ten: 4/6 = 67%

Pac-12: 2/6 = 33%

Big Twelve: 3/5 = 60%

*Overall= 248/322 = 77%

*Only counting the Notre Dame vs. Oklahoma game once.

Week 10 Big Ten Predictions (In Yellow)

2012-11-02T22:30:00.002-05:00

Saturday, November 3^rd:

Michigan

Minnesota

Iowa

Indiana

Nebraska

Michigan State

Illinois

Ohio State

Penn State

Purdue