Prediction Recap

The Colonel made mention of our recent accurate call (the Maryland game) so that reminded me to look back at my preseason predictions to see how things played out. I was really hoping to be 11-0 or 10-1 at this point in the year but that is not how the ball bounced (literally!). Anyway for fun here are my original guesses with updated comments.

Potential Laughers: (prediction 5-0, actual 5-0)
Purdue – Turned out to be a laugher.
Air Force - laugher, though the Falcons came in highly touted.
Navy – Laugher, finally put these guys in their place.
Wake Forest – Not a laugher, more of a a dogfight. Deacons are good.
Boston College - Way too close for my taste but we got the W.

ND should Win: (Prediction 3-0, Actual 2-1)
USF – I called this game right, but 5 turnovers killed us.
Pittsburgh – Close game again but we tough it out on the road
Maryland – This was easier than I expected, should have been in the laugher category

Pick-em: (Prediction 2-1, Actual 1-2)
Michigan – man, we should have won this one but we did not. Absolutely on target with my "pick-em" guess.
MSU – Best performance of the year was needed big time back in September, easier than expected.
USC – Darn the Trojans, they out played ND and we helped with a few crucial turnovers again.

Should lose: (Prediction 0-1, Actual TBD)
Stanford – was hoping this would be a classic and it may still be if we play up to our potential. Stanford got thumped by Oregon but can still be unstoppable. Just want us to play well and see what happens.

So my 10-2 is obviously way off but 9-3 would feel real good at this point.

Go Irish.