First Pick Blog

With all the talk on NFL this Sunday I would like to take this time to change the subject and look at College Football. In the last season of the BCS ranking system, this year is as crazy as ever with the upsets of Virginia Tech, Michigan State, and USC this week has stirred the pot for what has already been a fairly exciting NCAA football season so far.  With the rankings as they are here are my 3 picks for the national title.

*note BCS rankings do not start ’till Week 8, so these are AP Polls*

#1. Alabama: I am not just saying this because they are number 1. I am saying this because they made Arkansas, a team that had SEC West supremacy hopes, and made them look like a high school team. Yes they did lose their star QB…but 55-0? That’s just sad. Saban knows how to get it done when it matters too.

#4 Florida State: My God is this team explosive, yeah they have played mostly cupcake teams. Even Wake Forest, a solid in conference opponent looked lost trying to chase around Heisman hopeful Chris Thompson. Yeah, this team is for real.

#11 Notre Dame: My inner Lou Holtz (Dr. Lou for many) was yearning to make this pick. They honestly have the toughest schedule out of anyone in the country I don’t care what you say.  If their defense keeps playing like they are playing, we might just see a BCS buster in their last year of independence. I honestly can’t wait to see the Stanford game October 13^th. Game of the week!?!?

 By Jimmy Luehrs