I like to do this for all major sports...posted all over various sites..
1. Early January - Giants to win the SB - Win
2. Late November - Kansas to win the NC - Win
3. Mid April - Lakers to win the NC - Loss
4. Mid April - Pens to win the Stanley Cup - Loss
5. Mid April - Cubs to win the WS - Pending
6. Late May - Germany to win the EC08 - Loss
2-3 record with one pending that looks not too bad right now. All the losses were runners up so I was pretty damn close
You kind of always wanna pick a team that no one is really looking at to win it all, but if you check out the last events ive picked more or less favorites or not complete suprises and have either won, or been the runner up. Last few years the national champions were
2007 - LSU - started the season #2
2006 - Florida - started the season #6
2005 - Texas - started the season #2
2004 - USC - started the season #1
So every team in the last few years has been pretty highly ranked. LSU in 2003 startd out the lowest ranked at #14.
So when I took a look at this I wanted to pick a team that was pretty highly ranked to start the season since that seems to be the trend. Here are the teams I looked at....
1. ohio state (#3)
2. oklahoma (#4)
3. florida (#5)
4. tennessee (#18)
Ohio State +550 - I figured they could get in again for the third consecutive year because the Big 12 has seemingly stayed the same, Michigan might worse then they were last year with a team in transition and a QB that has never started a game in college, but they have two possible losses @ USC, which i think they will win actually, and @ Wisconsin, which is the game i think they loss. This a series where home feild adavantage is huge.
Florida +700 - This team should be good this year and a lot of the reasons point to Tebow. But Tebow was on this team last year, and they lost Ingram earlier this month. They still went 9-3 last season and lost their bowl game with all that talent. After looking at it they have a few potential losses, georgia and tennessee are the big ones.
Tennessee +3300 - Im pretty high on this team for whatever reason , im not a huge fan of Fulmer though. 2 or 3 potential losses, most likely they lose to Georgia.
Oklahoma +700 - This is my team at the end of the day, im buying into what there selling and I think their schedule damn near garuntee's they get into the Big 12 championship. After that i think they get right into the national championship, the question for me is who they play and will they finally win a bowl game. Sam Bradford had a great season last year and this guy has a ton of potential, maybe a one day heisman. The schedule sets up perfectly. All the hard games are home and there arent that many home games. The game against Texas might of course be a problem, but they have a ton of question marks around them. The reason of their road games are Baylor, KSU, Okie St, Washington and Texas A and M. Not the toughest road games to say the least. TCU might not be a walk in the park but they win. Texas Tech will be a huge game, but the fact that its in Norman puts me over the top.
Call me crazy, call me nuts, Oklahoma gets to the national championship and hopefully wins it. I could see them playing Ohio State, but like I said, not sure.
Oklahoma +700 to bet 1 unit
1. Early January - Giants to win the SB - Win
2. Late November - Kansas to win the NC - Win
3. Mid April - Lakers to win the NC - Loss
4. Mid April - Pens to win the Stanley Cup - Loss
5. Mid April - Cubs to win the WS - Pending
6. Late May - Germany to win the EC08 - Loss
2-3 record with one pending that looks not too bad right now. All the losses were runners up so I was pretty damn close
You kind of always wanna pick a team that no one is really looking at to win it all, but if you check out the last events ive picked more or less favorites or not complete suprises and have either won, or been the runner up. Last few years the national champions were
2007 - LSU - started the season #2
2006 - Florida - started the season #6
2005 - Texas - started the season #2
2004 - USC - started the season #1
So every team in the last few years has been pretty highly ranked. LSU in 2003 startd out the lowest ranked at #14.
So when I took a look at this I wanted to pick a team that was pretty highly ranked to start the season since that seems to be the trend. Here are the teams I looked at....
1. ohio state (#3)
2. oklahoma (#4)
3. florida (#5)
4. tennessee (#18)
Ohio State +550 - I figured they could get in again for the third consecutive year because the Big 12 has seemingly stayed the same, Michigan might worse then they were last year with a team in transition and a QB that has never started a game in college, but they have two possible losses @ USC, which i think they will win actually, and @ Wisconsin, which is the game i think they loss. This a series where home feild adavantage is huge.
Florida +700 - This team should be good this year and a lot of the reasons point to Tebow. But Tebow was on this team last year, and they lost Ingram earlier this month. They still went 9-3 last season and lost their bowl game with all that talent. After looking at it they have a few potential losses, georgia and tennessee are the big ones.
Tennessee +3300 - Im pretty high on this team for whatever reason , im not a huge fan of Fulmer though. 2 or 3 potential losses, most likely they lose to Georgia.
Oklahoma +700 - This is my team at the end of the day, im buying into what there selling and I think their schedule damn near garuntee's they get into the Big 12 championship. After that i think they get right into the national championship, the question for me is who they play and will they finally win a bowl game. Sam Bradford had a great season last year and this guy has a ton of potential, maybe a one day heisman. The schedule sets up perfectly. All the hard games are home and there arent that many home games. The game against Texas might of course be a problem, but they have a ton of question marks around them. The reason of their road games are Baylor, KSU, Okie St, Washington and Texas A and M. Not the toughest road games to say the least. TCU might not be a walk in the park but they win. Texas Tech will be a huge game, but the fact that its in Norman puts me over the top.
Call me crazy, call me nuts, Oklahoma gets to the national championship and hopefully wins it. I could see them playing Ohio State, but like I said, not sure.
Oklahoma +700 to bet 1 unit
