A Look Back at My 2008 Predictions

• Michigan's Freshman of the year: Michael Shaw - Close, but not quite. Not sure who would take that prize. McGuffie maybe.
• Michigan Defense will rank in the top 10 all year - Huge swing a miss here! Huge!
• Michigan will win 8 games this year - I meant to say lose. Yikes!
• Michigan State will lose to CAL and Florida Atlantic before the Big Ten begins (they will beat ND) - Close, they did lose to CAL but beat FAU in the rain (FAU did have like a 80 yard touchdown called back).
• ND will be 6-6 - Just call me Nostradamus!
• OSU will lose to USC and it won't be close (Big Ten teams don't travel well to the West Coast with a week to prepare) - Just call me Nostradamus!
• The SEC Champ will have at least 2 losses in conference - Swing and a miss! Florida has 1 and Bama has 0.
• OSU will go 11-1 and won't make it to the BCS Championship game because of the last two years performance - Didn't see the PSU lose early in the year. Still a pretty good prediction!
• Ryan Mallett will fumble snaps on the sideline at Arkansas - I am sure he fumbled a few while he watched his team play.
• Surprise Team of the Year is North Carolina - Pretty good. They played well this year!
• Coach of the Year is Butch Davis - Not going to happen but Tennessee wanted him.
• West Virgina will battle Cincinnati for the Big East Title - Just call me Nostradamus!
• This will be Kirk Ferentz last year at Iowa - Oops! Iowa had a pretty good year.
• App State will hang with LSU for a half and then the Dream Part 2 ends (sequels are never as good) : Just call me Nostradamus!
• Scoring will reach an all time high this year as the Spread has taken over college football: Correct! if your in the Big 12 or Florida. So, I will take credit for this one. Of course Gary Danielson thinks the Spread is dead but I think he only watches games with one of the Mississippi teams playing in it.
• JoPa will retire after this year due to pressure from alumni and fans after another average year: Bad Prediction here. In fact, he may go out after an invite from the Rose Bowl. He will be around for at least another year.
• We won't understand Lou Holtz at all on College Gameday, but he will predict ND to win 11-12 games and go to a BCS Bowl: Just call me Nostradamus!
• Herbie's hair on Gameday will be perfect: Just call me Nostradamus!
• Brian Kelly will be the "hot candidate" for any opening next year: Just call me Nostradamus!
• The Big Ten Network will cover the games but not as professionally as ABC/ESPN: Just call me Nostradamus
• Beno Cook will predict that Ron Powlus will win the Heisman this year: Just call me Nostradamus!
• All the Florida teams will improve and be ready to dominate again in 2009: Not a bad prediction! FSU and Miami are on the way up!
• Someone on Iowa will get arrested: I think that happened?
• Central Michigan will upset a BCS school: Just call me Nostradamus! They beat Indiana. I know, but they are still a BCS school!
• Brian Billick will be a head coach of a BCS school next year: Not yet!
• Norm Chow will do wonders at UCLA: Still needs some time!
• Joe Tiller will throw Michigan "under the bus" during his farewell speech: I'm sure it's coming!