The Beeze's NCAA Conference Predictions

Yeah, that's the best thing you're going to see at a Arizona State game this year!

So this is my predictions for how the conferences will shake out this season in college football...This is based entirely on my own opinions, from my years of sitting on my ass and watching football, as well as sitting on the toilet and reading up on as much college football news as I can...

Let's start with the Big-Ten...


No, it won't be Ohio State and Michigan...Ohio State isn't even eligible for the Big-Ten Championship...Penn State is also ineligible...First we'll start with the "Leaders" division...Yes, the Big-Ten named their divisions, "Leaders" and "Legends"...I had no idea Twats and Douchebags was already taken...

Leaders
1. Wisconsin
2. Ohio State
3. Illinois
4. Penn State
5. Purdue
6. Indiana

Wisconsin has the most talent, right now and their division is weak...Ohio State will do okay, but will still be adjusting to Urban Meyer football, which is a lot different from Jim Tressel ball...Well, except for the criminals, and cheating parts!

I have to say this...I can't wait for Saturday, to watch the Ohio University Bobcats beat up Penn State in not-so-"Happy Valley!"

Legends
1. Nebraska
2. Michigan
3. Michigan State
4. Northwestern
5. Iowa
6. Minnesota

Seriously, why are they still playing football at Minnesota? That program is a joke...The most important game on the schedule is Michigan at Nebraska on October 27th...The winner of that game will take the division, and I'm putting my money on the 'Huskers...And I'll take Nebraska over Wisconsin in the conference Championship game...

Now lets look at the Big East...

1. South Florida
2. Rutgers
3. Louisville
4. Cincinnati
5. Syracuse
6. Pitt
7. UConn
8. Temple

Okay, this conference is in a sad state...This is the year B.J. Daniels and USF put it all together...Louisville heads to Rutgers the last week of the season...That will decide 2nd place, and I'm taking Rutgers D over Louisville's QB Teddy Bridgewater, who is getting a bit of hype...Syracuse will be up slightly, while Pitt slides...Temple, UConn, stick to Basketball.

Moving from the Big lEast, will go next to the slightly better, ACC...

Atlantic
1. Clemson
2. Florida State
3. Wake Forest
4. NC State
5. Maryland
6. Boston College

Yep, I'm taking Clemson over the over-hyped FSU...Clemson is loaded at the skill positions, and has a solid defense...Wake Forest will be up this year...Boston College is clearly focusing solely on Hockey...

Coastal
1. Virginia Tech
2. Georgia Tech
3. North Carolina
4. Miami
5. Virginia
6. Duke

No surprise here...VT is always in it...UNC has some good talent, but they're still learning about football there...Duke, still hasn't figured it out! Tech will take the conference Championship game, well, since Clemson never seems to win a big game.

Well, now we should get to the most loved, and hated conference out there...

The SEC...


Oh, were looking for some Southern Fried Hottie...Sorry about that...I just thought in this world of hyped QB's, people should get use to seeing AJ McCarron...McCarron will be leading Alabama to the SEC Championship game...There's no doubt the West will be a battle between 'Bama and LSU...The Tide have the better all-around team, and the better QB...It's theirs to lose...

West
1. Alabama
2. LSU
3. Arkansas
4. Auburn
5. Miss State
6. Texas A&M
7. Ole Miss

East
1. Georgia
2. South Carolina
3. Missouri
4. Florida
5. Tennessee
6. Vanderbilt
7. Kentucky

Georgia is loaded, and there toughest competition is South Carolina, which they'll take care of, because Spurrier seems to find ways to lose...Mizzou, Florida, Tenn, and Vandy are in a log jam...Kentucky...Another Basketball school still trying to figure out this pesky Football...I'll take Alabama over Georgia in the Conference Championship game.

Now it's time for the Big-12...

1. Oklahoma
2. Kansas State
3. Texas
4. TCU
5. West Virginia
6. Oklahoma State
7. Baylor
8. Texas Tech
9. Kansas
10. Iowa State

To me, Oklahoma is a no-brainer...Just a loaded team...2nd and 3rd will be decided December 1st when Texas visits K-State...Texas' defense will keep them in the hunt this year, but I'm gambling on Collin Klein and Kansas State to shake things up...West Virginia will realize they're not in the Big East anymore...

Now, we'll end with the Pac-12...



North
1. Oregon
2. Washington
3. Stanford
4. Washington State
5. California
6. Oregon State

You can't go against Oregon and their high-octane attack...They're loaded with talent on both sides of the ball...Washington is going to compete, and scare some people...Washington State is going to surprise people, and if they get a bit of luck, they could pull out an upset or two...

South

1. USC
2. Utah
3. Arizona
4. UCLA
5. Arizona State
6. Colorado

Yeah, I hate USC, but you gotta except that they're a powerhouse...The rest of the division, flip a coin...It's just a bunch of average, with the exception the steaming pile of crap known as Colorado...Sad what has happened to that program...

The Pac-12 is a two team race, and it looks to be the same two teams for awhile...Oregon and USC just keep reloading, and the rest of the conference can't keep up...As good as I know USC is, I'm going to put my money on Oregon, in the conference championship game...Hopefully Notre Dame LB, Manti Te'o will take Matt Barkley out on November 24th, to help out the Ducks...

I know the smaller conference fans will give me shit if I don't give them love, so real quick here...Boise State takes the Mountain West...Fresno State, and Wyoming will push them, and we'll see major improvement from Colorado State...

Ohio will take the MAC East, while Bowling Green gives them a good push...Toledo will take the MAC West in a tight battle with Western Michigan...The OU Bobcats will beat the Rockets in the Championship game...

Houston will take the Conference USA Championship after beating UCF...Tulsa is the only other team with a shot, except they have to deal with Houston's non-stop offense...And we'll give the Sunbelt to Arkansas State...Does anyone follow the Sunbelt?

Later, the Beeze.

Monday Moaning

Who's up for some Horse Play? Why not, the BCS is full of Horse Shit! Yes, I'm sure it will be the big topic all over the blogosphere...The NCAA Football Championship game is going to be a rematch between LSU and Alabama...Rematch? This shit is truly retarded...Those who argue in favor of the BCS say that it works because it all about the games that are played...Well clearly it's not, because these two teams already played, and LSU won...There is no need for this game...'Bama, Saban, and their shitty kickers already showed they can't beat LSU...Next please!

Who should be next? Well based on who played who, and who beat who, and what the records are, there is no doubt in my mind that Oklahoma State should be playing LSU for the title...But people are in so much aww of the SEC and keep saying they have the best talent, so of course the polls are going to push for two SEC teams in the Championship game...

Now if you look at the SEC standing and stats, half the conference just sucks...Just like half the Big Ten sucks...Just like half the Big-12 sucks...75% of the PAC-12 sucks...All but 2 teams in the ACC suck...And all of the Big East sucks! So is this love affair with the SEC justified? I don't think so!

But this topic is an annoying topic that seems to come up almost every year, because this fucked up system works so well!

So this weekend, the Beeze family started celebrating our oldest daughter's birthday at a fundraiser for my childhood parish...Nothing like a little Breakfast with Santa to get in a festive mood...


The kids had fun making ornaments, listening to stories that Mrs. Claus was reading, and of course, sitting down with the big guy...

After that I got the baby down for a nap and got ready to watch some football...I really liked seeing the guy I've been hyping for the Heisman, Robert Griffin III get some National TV time...


And again, he did what he has done all year long...He lit people up...As a matter of fact, he lit up the Texas Longhorns...


The fact that it has taken this long for the National Media to give him any love is ridiculous...Dude has thrown for 3,998 yards, with a 72.4 completion percentage, 36 TD's and only 6 INT's...He's also rushed for 644 yards and 9 TD's...I'll gladly take him over Andrew Luck!

Then Sunday came...We had our daughter's birthday party...A couple hours of kid madness, and then we came home and got some quiet...The baby was napping and the other two played quietly...I was making dinner and listening to the radio, while the wife watched some shitty show on TV...Then 4 o'clock came, and the Browns game started...Every time the Browns play the Ravens I think about Steve Everritt, and what a cool guy he was, and how proud he was to be a Brown, even after they moved...


But, the game started, and it was hard to be proud to be a Browns fan again...Mike Polk wasn't lying when he called Browns Stadium a "Factory of Sadness"...

My thoughts on this week's game was summed up in 3 of my tweets...

-every week the Browns find a way to keep it ugly...So many hours wasted watching this crap!

-Browns offense is awful. McCoy looks like crap. WR's drop everything he gets to them. OL is a train wreck. I'm done wasting my time

-Even Cribbs looks like a lump of shit...Glad he got that big contract extension...Twat!

Yeah, that's it...A friend of mine broke it down pretty well too...

tylerwhidden
-"Browns suck. Plain and simple. It's like a conspiracy against fandom. Every time the Browns play, an abortion happens"

That's all I have on the Sports world for right now...I mentioned listening to the radio earlier...I spent any free time I had listening to the Opie and Anthony channel on XM this weekend...All weekend they did a tribute to their friend Patrice_O'Neal who passed away last week...O'Neal was a smart and hilarious comic, who was just, finally getting the recognition he deserved...He's already greatly missed...I'm going to listen to some more now...

Have a week...

Later, The Beeze.

To Pay or Not to Pay....

Everytime a major College Football program gets in trouble, the topic of paying college athletes comes up...For a number of years I was in favor of giving players a stipend...Yes, these athletes get full scholarships to these universities, but I always bought into the theory, of they still need spending money...And why shouldn't they get a tatse...They are making their Universities, and the NCAA boat loads of money every year...

But my opinion may have switched...Yes, they are making the NCAA and their Universities tons of money, but that free room and board, books, and free education, is pretty fucking expensive these days...

And then we start getting the articles, and tv shows, and radio hosts, who say these kids take the money, because of a socieconomic difference...This is brought up mainly because such a large number the players caught are black...Well, that's a weak, bullshit excuse...Because, as you can see from the Ohio State scandal, and now the Miami scandal, these players didn't take teh money to buy pizza, or take their girl friend out on a date...No, instead they make deals for cars...Tattoos...Strippers...Partying...Hookers...Hookers' abortions..."Bling"...Fancy clothes, and other unnecessary bullshit...

Included in the names dropped in teh Miami scandal, was Kellen Winslow Jr...Don't try that socieconomic shit there...Dude was a rich kid, who's daddy made plenty of cash in the NFL, and was smart with his money...Jr. wasn't some kid who had it tough, growing up in the hood...He was just a rich punk, who wanted more...

Stop trying to play the race game, or the poor kid game...This game is all about Greed...The NCAA is greedy, making money on the backs of teh schools...The schools are greedy, making money on teh backs of the players...The players see that, and they're greedy, and they want theirs...And they willingfully, take illegal gifts and money, from greedy doners who want to feel a part of something bigger...Trickle-down economics is still alive and kicking...

And as much as we want to see the NCAA be tough on these programs, and make major changes to fix things, they won't...There is too much money to be made off of these players and programs!

Later, The Beeze.