5 Fearless Predictions for the 2013 College Football Season 4
Will Nick Saban again be lifting the BCS crystal when the season is over?
Though the fact that much of the country has been experiencing some of the warmest weather of the summer might suggest otherwise, the wait really is over and it is time for college football season.
The opening games on Thursday night just wet the whistle for what should be another great year across the country.
Rather than joining the thousands of others who have offered their preseason rankings and conference predictions, here are “5 Fearless Predictions” of things I expect to see happen in college football this season.
1. Someone other than Johnny Manziel wins the Heisman Trophy
This may have been considered an off the wall prediction after the freshman phenom won the Heisman Trophy and then led Texas A&M to a Cotton Bowl victory last season. However, he has spent the last nine months getting more attention for the parties he has attended and for all the time he spent signing autographs for “free” than for his upcoming sophomore season.
I think Manziel is a talented college football player (though unlikely to be a good NFL player), but his rise to the Heisman last season was a bit of a fluke as it was really the result of one huge performance against Alabama and the lack of a clear offensive star among the elite teams in the game.
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