Getting back from a nice four day weekend. I had a couple of Thanksgivings to go to, a trip to the Melodrama, time to spend with Heather and Zeplen and the chance to get some much needed shopping done.
With it being Monday, its also time for this week's edition of the Mock 32:
1-Florida State
32-Washington
16-Northern Illinois
17-UCLA
8-South Carolina
25-Georgia
9-Baylor
24-Fresno State
4-Alabma
29-Miami (FL)
13-Clemson
20-Duke
5-Missouri
28-Notre Dame
12-Oregon
21-Wisconsin
3-Auburn
30-Iowa
14-LSU
19-Louisville
6-Oklahoma State
27-USC
11-Arizona State
22-Texas A & M
7-Stanford
26-Cincinnati
10-Michigan State
23-Texas
15-UCF
18-Oklahoma
2-Ohio State
31-Vanderbilt
Here's how I think it would go down:
Florida State over Washington...FSU is too unstoppable and Washington is very average
Northern Illinois over UCLA...UCLA got nice win over the weekend but I think Northern Illinois is good enough to win this match up
Georgia over South Carolina...Georgia's had a tough year but I think they find a way to beat South Carolina again
Baylor over Fresno State....Baylor didn't look great beating TCU...Fresno State looked worse losing to San Jose St.
Alabama over Miami (FL)....Tough loss for Alabama doesn't give their Saturday justice
Duke over Clemson...Duke's improbable season continues for at least another round
Missouri over Notre Dame...Missouri is off to the SEC Championship Game
Oregon over Wisconsin....Oregon seems on the downward trend, then again Wisconsin lost to a team they should have handled
Auburn over Iowa....This game would be over before a game ending field goal attempt
LSU over Louisville...When in doubt, pick SEC over American Athletic
Oklahoma State over USC....OSU needs to get past bedlam to get into a BCS Bowl
Texas A & M over Arizona State...Manziel's last stand
Stanford over Cincinnati....Cardinal off to compete for the PAC 12 title
Michigan State over Texas..Spartans off to attempt to throw even more chaos into system
UCF over Oklahoma...Not sold on either team but someone has to win
Vanderbilt over Ohio State....Not sold on Ohio State as #2 team....yes they won but giving up 41 to a mediocre Michigan team doesn't inspire confidence
Now to the Round of 16:
Florida State over Northern Illinois....In a rematch of last year's Orange Bowl. Probably closer this time around
Georgia over Baylor....Baylor has the offense but they didn't exactly bounce back last week
Alabama over Duke....Duke's dream season is over
Missouri over Oregon...Setting up for an SEC elite eight match up
LSU over Auburn....The only team to figure out how to beat Auburn does it again.
Oklahoma State over Texas A & M
Before moving on, some words on Auburn's win on Saturday. The missed field goal return is something that will likely never be repeated again (at least in a game this big). Saturday afternoon, Heather was on our laptop ordering and buying Christmas cards and I had Zeplen strapped to my stomach with one of those baby holders that allows you to strap an infant to the stomach. After doing a Christmas Card photo shoot involving a Christmas Tree farm and ugly Christmas sweaters, we came home. Towards the middle of the 4th quarter I switched it to the Alabama-Auburn game as Alabama was getting into prime mental error form. All of this leading up to the missed field goal return...I was in such OMG thats actually happened mode that I temporarily woke up Zeplen. Anyways, i'll be able to tell him years from now when they show this replay that he was watching the game along with me.
Stanford over Michigan State...two evenly matched teams with strong D...Stanford's more battle tested and can lay claim to ruining Oregon's season
Vanderbilt over UCF....Neither team is elite...when in doubt pick SEC over American Athletic
Round of 8
Florida State over Georgia....Winston Keeps Rolling
Alabama over Missouri...Setting up what was the 1-2 match up in the Final Four
Oklahoma State over LSU.....At least one OSU is in the final four
Stanford over Vanderbilt.....Likely highest combined GPAs for the Elite Eight Matchups
Final 4
Alabama over Florida State.....I think Winston has a bad game, as things progress over several weeks media circus around allegations against him ultimately proves too distracting
Stanford over Oklahoma State....In battle of teams that are capable of shutting down high octane offenses
Final
Stanford over Alabama....I think this would be an epic defensive struggle primarily played between the 20s. In the end, Alabama commits one mental error too many.
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