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Week 9 Football Bowl Projection Breakdown

The possibility of Ole Miss and Alabama making the playoffs still exists. For that to happen, the Rebels and Tide have to win out, which would include victories over Mississippi State for both squads. A one-loss Mississippi team would then play in the SEC title game, while a one loss Alabama team would not have to sweat out that game and should make it into the playoffs anyway. It’s not a fair scenario ...

Week 8 Football Bowl Projection Breakdown

Despite the disheartening loss to Florida State, Notre Dame is not out of the playoff picture yet. As it turns out, the schedule has not been too tough, but the Irish still play at Arizona State and at USC. If they can win those, and the rest of their games, Notre Dame will be right in the middle of the playoff picture. The way things are going there will not be too many one loss teams. But, of course, ...

Week 7 Football Bowl Projection Breakdown

It was Prove It Saturday for many teams who pulled off big wins last Saturday and needed to show that they were for real by beating other quality teams. Up 58-37 with under 11 minutes left in the game, TCU looked like they were going to follow up their big win over Oklahoma with another win over Baylor. However, Baylor mounted a massive comeback and took that game from TCU. Whether one thought the Horned ...

Week 6 Football Bowl Projection Breakdown

We expected some upsets with so many quality match-ups this week, but our projected playoffs have been scrambled after losses by Oregon, Alabama and Oklahoma. Florida State was the only team to survive and they have still looked extremely vulnerable. Joining the Seminoles in the playoffs are Notre Dame, Auburn and Michigan State. The Irish still have to hit the road and face ...

Week 5 Football Bowl Projection Breakdown

It looked like week five may have been one of those weeks that would shake up the top bowl games. However, most of the favorites went on to win, albeit not easily. Florida State was down 24-7 at the end of the first quarter against North Carolina State, but came back to win 56-41. The Seminoles have certainly been vulnerable, but for now they survive and stay in the playoffs. Texas A&M had to come ...

This Week in the SEC-Week 5

It was an….interesting week. Auburn slipped past K-State after the Wildcat’s kicker missed four field goals. Indiana SOMEHOW beat an SEC-team after losing to Bowling Green. LSU almost completed an improbable comeback, but lost to an unranked MSU team. And Nick Saban continues the tradition of embarrassing Will Muschamp. It’s hard to believe we are already at Week 5, and we have a matchup that ...

Week 4 Football Bowl Projection Breakdown

The biggest changes in this week’s Bowlology comes in the SEC where LSU lost their conference opener to Mississippi State. It was not a huge surprise, but LSU doesn’t lose at home to teams like MSU very often. The Tigers have one more week to work things out before they head to Auburn. But for now that has knocked LSU out of the big bowl games. Florida State has not looked great, but beating Clemson ...

Week 3 Football Bowl Projection Breakdown

The ACC was full of surprises on Saturday. Virginia Tech lost to East Carolina in a 28-21 thriller, but that will not hinder their ability to compete for an ACC Coastal title. Virginia beating Louisville has larger implications. The Cavaliers are sitting at 2-1, with their only loss coming in a close 28-20 game against UCLA. That is not a bad loss by any means and this is a team that will reach six wins ...

This Week in the SEC-Week 3

There weren’t that many big games last week, but that didn’t stop SEC teams from making a statement. In the 11 non-conference games last weekend, The SEC outscored opponents 550-126...and yet some people say the Pac-12 is better. And with ten non-conference games again this week, the SEC looks forward to embarrassing their foes again, but we also have a big conference match-up that might just ...

The Big Ten had an awful week and it seems very unlikely that a one loss team from the conference will make the playoffs. Losses by Michigan State, Michigan and Ohio State were the marquee games, but Purdue also fell to Central Michigan and Northwestern lost to Northern Illinois. But it is worth looking deeper than just the wins and losses. Nebraska had a lot of trouble with McNeese State, Iowa barely beat Ball State, Illinois just slipped past Western Kentucky and Maryland struggled against South Florida. Overall, the Big Ten looked bad on ...