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I have a few myths I’d like to quash for the 2021 college football season. Here they are …
UGA’s defense will lead the Bulldogs to a national title: The defense is amazing and the numbers are off the charts, but somewhere along the line UGA will get into a shootout. It could be in the SEC title game or the playoff, but at some point the Bulldogs will need to win a huge game with their offense. And that should worry fans a bit.
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Oklahoma will run the table: There are too many weaknesses on this Oklahoma team to think the Sooners will win out regardless of who plays quarterback. The offensive line is still a massive problem and the defense comes and goes. Everyone thinks clearing Texas will have them undefeated and in the playoff, but just watch — the Sooners are going to lose one of their next six games.
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Ohio State will lose to either Penn State, Michigan State or Michigan: The Buckeyes have Penn State and Michigan State at home and they are clearly a more talented team than either. Michigan on the road will be hard, for sure, but this is a team that is coming together offensively, and I see signs of the defense improving. It’s a gauntlet of a schedule - and Indiana always gives them trouble as well - but I see them winning out.
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Ed Orgeron will be fired at the end of the season: I know I’m in the minority here, and losing Kayshon Boutte for the season doesn’t help, but I feel Orgeron will be back next season. The rest of the schedule is absolutely brutal, with Florida, Ole Miss, Alabama, Arkansas and Texas A&M still to come and a 4-8 season is really possible, but this isn’t a Gene Chiziksituation, in my book. Yes, the Tigers are playing poorly and down to their competition at times, but this is still a young team and the roster is loaded with talent for a run next season. Pushing the man who won you a national title in 2019 out the door seems premature.
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The Pac-12 is out of the playoff picture: Oregon still has a chance. It doesn’t help that the Ducks don’t have many good teams left on the schedule and they could easily stumble to an inferior team on the road, but if they win out they have a chance. The win over Ohio State will become more impressive as the season continues, and I see teams ahead of them like Penn State, Michigan and Oklahoma dropping games that could push them up many needed slots. They need some help, for sure — like a Cincinnati loss and an Iowa loss — but they aren’t dead yet, as many think.
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UGA’s defense will lead the Bulldogs to a national title: The defense is amazing and the numbers are off the charts, but somewhere along the line UGA will get into a shootout. It could be in the SEC title game or the playoff, but at some point the Bulldogs will need to win a huge game with their offense. And that should worry fans a bit.
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Oklahoma will run the table: There are too many weaknesses on this Oklahoma team to think the Sooners will win out regardless of who plays quarterback. The offensive line is still a massive problem and the defense comes and goes. Everyone thinks clearing Texas will have them undefeated and in the playoff, but just watch — the Sooners are going to lose one of their next six games.
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Ohio State will lose to either Penn State, Michigan State or Michigan: The Buckeyes have Penn State and Michigan State at home and they are clearly a more talented team than either. Michigan on the road will be hard, for sure, but this is a team that is coming together offensively, and I see signs of the defense improving. It’s a gauntlet of a schedule - and Indiana always gives them trouble as well - but I see them winning out.
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Ed Orgeron will be fired at the end of the season: I know I’m in the minority here, and losing Kayshon Boutte for the season doesn’t help, but I feel Orgeron will be back next season. The rest of the schedule is absolutely brutal, with Florida, Ole Miss, Alabama, Arkansas and Texas A&M still to come and a 4-8 season is really possible, but this isn’t a Gene Chiziksituation, in my book. Yes, the Tigers are playing poorly and down to their competition at times, but this is still a young team and the roster is loaded with talent for a run next season. Pushing the man who won you a national title in 2019 out the door seems premature.
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The Pac-12 is out of the playoff picture: Oregon still has a chance. It doesn’t help that the Ducks don’t have many good teams left on the schedule and they could easily stumble to an inferior team on the road, but if they win out they have a chance. The win over Ohio State will become more impressive as the season continues, and I see teams ahead of them like Penn State, Michigan and Oklahoma dropping games that could push them up many needed slots. They need some help, for sure — like a Cincinnati loss and an Iowa loss — but they aren’t dead yet, as many think.
https://n.rivals.com/news/mind-of-mike-should-iowa-be-no-1-
https://n.rivals.com/news/mind-of-mike-should-iowa-be-no-1-
https://n.rivals.com/news/mind-of-mike-should-iowa-be-no-1-
