Sometimes, we just can’t help ourselves.
As soon as the clock read zero in the National Championship game and, to my chagrin, the SEC overwhelmed my Buckeyes for the second straight year, we had already moved on to next year.
The following day, the College Gameday staff discussed their preseason Top Five and who was going to win the Heisman Trophy. Rivals and Scout rolled out the red carpet for the February Signing Day and discussed the potential impact of high school prep stars on their respective colleges.
As soon as the 2007 season finished, it was already time to speculate who was going to be on top next year and beyond. Months before fans around the country pack the stadiums for a fall afternoon game, analysts, pundits, and Bleacher Bums alike had already forecasted the season.
By now, thousands of preseason polls have been produced—ranging from reputable publications such as the Associated Press, ESPN, Sports Illustrated, and Phil Steele’s exhaustive, all-knowing college football bible to your run-of-the-mill WordPress blog.
But don’t fret over keeping track of all of these polls because they all truly have one thing in common. We have no idea how the season will turn out, but a poll always serves as a great conversation starter:
“Can you believe the audacity of Phil Steele ranking South Florida at No. 8 in the Top 25? Matt Grothe hasn’t proven himself as a winner in the clutch!”
“How in the world could Lindy’s Magazine rank Knowshon Moreno as a better running back than Chris “Beanie” Wells? Don’t we all know Wells outperformed Moreno the entire season with an injured wrist and a bum ankle?”
“USC shouldn’t be ranked that high. Sanchez dislocated his knee, McKnight is injured, and they only return four starters on offense…four.”
The problem with us so-called analysts is that we all have the same flaw: we think we are better prognosticators than the next guy. Never mind the fact that we picked Michigan and Louisville to finish in the Top 10 and omitted Missouri, Kansas, and the ever-so dangerous Appalachian State Mountaineers from last year’s poll.
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