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We haven’t even reached recruiting day, yet the View From North America is making its predictions for the fall of 2009…50) It won’t be a good year to wear bright orange because…49) ...

53 College Football Predictions for 2009

by Alex Ferguson (Columnist)

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January 11, 2009


We haven’t even reached recruiting day, yet the View From North America is making its predictions for the fall of 2009…

50) It won’t be a good year to wear bright orange because…

49) Tennessee will be third or fourth in the SEC East

48) Syracuse will continue to be the joke of the Big East

47) Auburn won’t be a factor in the SEC West…..

46)…and Clemson ain’t gonna set the ACC on fire.

45) Unless you’re wearing burnt orange, and then you’ve got Colt McCoy and Jordan Shipley coming back, and ESPN’s already talking about you being a potential No.1.

44) Or orange and blue, and then you, as a Florida Gator fan, will be celebrating a National Championship and probably the return of….

43) Tim Tebow. He’s Superman, right?

42) That’s quite scary that Tebow’s coming back. Oklahoma’s Sam Bradford should do, too; both aren’t ready for the big-time just yet.

41) And quickly back to bright orange: Dabo Swinney, Clemson’s new coach, struggles early, then expect the screams for his resignation start yet again.

40) But if you think Swinney’s got problems, then spare a thought for Auburn coach Gene Chizik. Suddenly everyone’s calling for his head…and he hasn’t even coached a game yet!

39) And if the Auburn job goes at the end of the 2009 season, then will anyone start talking about Texas’ defensive co-ordinator Will Muschamp taking a head coaching spot?

38) Speaking of head coaches taking up head coaching spots, didn’t Bo Pellini do well in his first year at Nebraska? Expect them to be a contender for the Big XII North title this year. The blackshirts are back!!

37) On the subject of "back," expect a BCS bowl for Notre Dame. They might be hated by everyone but their own fans (that includes senior members of The Vatican, boys and girls!) but with Washington and Washington State on the schedule (as well as Nevada) we can expect at least a 9-3 season.

36) Why 9-3? Because we think that they’ll lose to USC, Boston College and Purdue and/or Pittsburgh.

35) You’ll also talk about the return of Floridian superpowers Miami and Florida State, who have recruited brilliantly. Randy Shannon recruited well in 2008 and with a good amount of returning players this year. Bobby Bowden has done the same.

34) Here’s my big prediction (1): Florida State vs Miami in the ACC Title game.

33) Although Georgia Tech could well spoil the party. Seen that running game in 2008? It’s back in 2009, too (if you’d just forget the LSU game, where they were whomped)

32) How ‘bout ‘dem Tigers? After ripping the wings off the Yellow Jackets, some might expect LSU to challenge for the SEC title. Here’s my thought: Challenge? Yes. Win division? No.

31) That’s because my prediction is that the SEC West title will go to Alabama. If they can recover from their shellacking against Utah, the departure of quarterback John Parker Wilson, and the walking of giant left tackle Andre Smith – who’s going to play in the NFL. Not great news about Glen Coffee, though…

30) So that leaves the SEC East. Let’s assume that Georgia QB Matt Stafford leaves f

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  1. Tristan Clement 5 months ago

    typo on # 6?

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  2. Brian Bertrand 5 months ago

    I agree on Texas, especially if OU looses as many stars as expected. They should be favorites in the Red River shootout, and the Big-12 overall seems to be a bit less challenging overall in 2009 as opposed to 2008. As for USC, that is certainly plausible also..

    I'm going to select Texas and Florida as the most likely to meet in Pasedena next Jan.

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  3. David Arreola 5 months ago

    Florida, Tebow is coming back.

    The defense could return all 11 starters, but realistically Spikes will leave.

    The offense will most likely lose Harvin. Louis Murphy is gone too.

    However with Jeff Demps and Chris Rainey still back there, I feel the Gators are prime.

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  4. scott Bright 5 months ago

    Here's the way I look at the sec for 2009. Flordia great player's and coaches it's just hard to repeat.Georgia breaking in a new quaterback enough said. Tenn. New coach new schem (oakland Radiers) i don't know. kentucky their coach does a great job (go to 2009 bsaketball). South Caroline the ole ball caoach needs a 2009 offense that can get past the 50. the other side of the ball pretty good. Vanderbelt what time does classes start. Good coaching job. Alabama breaking in a new quaterback enough said. LSU Who to play at Quaterback and keep eveyone happy (doubtful}. OLE MISS good players enjoy before Nutt starts recuriting his players. Mississippi state starting over again enough said. Aburn see you in about 10 years enough said. Arkansas WATCH OUT here they come and once they get to the top they will stay for a long time!

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  5. scott Bright 5 months ago

    wanted to hit edit not flag as offensive. hit wrong button

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  6. Bud Ferrell 5 months ago

    I'm not going to be as presumptuous in 2009 as I was in early 2008 about ACC football. Every team disappointed me. This season should be better but will it??
    Every one knows that Virginia Tech, Georgia Tech, Florida State, Miami and North Carolina will be hard to beat but how about the wannabes?? It will probably take devine intervention for any of them to crack the top 3 in their divisions. The two academically elite schools of Duke and Virginia have some real SMART players but are they good FOOTBALL players?? Those two teams will be a coach's challenge but may surprise everybody. This conference needs some surprises and I haven't written them off yet as far as national attention is concerned.

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    • Alex Ferguson 5 months ago

      Florida State and Miami are going to be really, really good.

      Having said that, the wannabees may also be quite useful -Virginia aren't such a bad school, either.

      Won't be surprised when is all said and told if some ACC team is bitching because they don't have a Rose Bowl spot.

      This may well be the most balanced division in the Southland (yeah, this includes you, SEC!)

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  7. Edmon 5 months ago

    I like the quick hits style here.

    Florida does look like a runaway leader in the SEC East. Ole Miss, Alabama and LSU; any of them could make it to Atlanta. USC/OSU! It'll be the eighth or ninth "Game of the Century" so far. And it will likely not live up to the hype. Ohio State must win that game. If they don't, it could take a while for them to collect their respect from the nation. Texas looks like it could have a clear road. Still lots of talent down in Texas and most of their competition will be headed to the NFL.

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  8. Alex Ferguson 5 months ago

    Thanks very much. And yes - it'll live up to the hype. USC's incredibly deep - and OSU aren't too bad in that department either.

    Throw in 100,000-odd nutcases in the Horseshoe, and this is going to be terrific.

    Texas does NOT have a clear road. OU in the Cotton Bowl's going to be a monster. When you say: "Still lots of talent down in Texas?" did you mean the OU and Texas Tech players, too? Oh, and Texas would do well not to thumb their nose up at the visit to Oklahoma State. Zac Robinson's a darned good QB.

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  9. MIKE MOUHOURTIS 4 months ago

    THE GATORS ARE A CLEAR LOCK IN THE SEC EAST AND SHOULD HAVE NO PROBLEM WINNING IT ALL WITH AT LEAST SEVEN GAMES IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA. THE OFFENSE IS GOING TO BE STRONG AND WE ALL KNOW THAT DEFENSE WINS CHAMPIONSHIPS AND FLORIDA IS RETURNING ALL ELEVEN STARTERS FROM LAST YEARS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM. OH BY THE WAY DID YOUFORGET ABOUT TEBOW? I BET EVERYONE ELSE HASN'T. GO GATORS

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  10. Sean Callahan 3 months ago

    I don't know why my fellow gator above me is yelling but

    1. OSU vs USC is not even close to a top 10 game, see last year, OSU cannot compete with the top dogs anymore
    2. Big 12 isn't that good...tech and OU got beat by double digits by my boys and ole miss, and texas barely beat an OSU team who USC beat by 30
    3. USC is a year away, they will still win the pac-10 but whoop tee doo...what else is new, the rest of the conference is mediocre.
    4. LSU will not win the west, the only contender in the east is florida, and the champ game is almost always two teams who did not meet in the reg season(because one team is the best in the sec, and had they played, would of probably knocked them down a spot). It will be alabama, you are correct.
    5. National title game is a rather boring prediction, but I don't see any other choices
    UF vs OU/UT

    BUT i want a bold prediction for the road

    UF vs USF for the national title.....bold and lovable for all :P

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  11. Alex Ferguson 3 months ago

    Nice. How about the Big Ten?

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