You, the fans, deserve to have your demands met. The college football offseason — or talkin’ season, according to Steve Spurrier — is a glorious time when we all make predictions for the upcoming season and then get ripped to shreds by all of you who not only think that we’re wrong, but believe we hate your team due to long-tenured personal bias. If you had that reaction, then this column is specifically tailored to you.
The world severely lacks accountability these days, but I won’t stand for that. I write this end-of-the-season accountability story every offseason, condemning myself to a life of despair due to my dumb preseason predictions, But, I do have to pat myself on the back a little bit as well.
We just finished an incredible 2022 college football season, so here’s my parting gift as we head into the new talkin’ season.
The ugly: A down year for Michigan
In our preseason Big Ten preview, I picked Michigan as the most overrated team in the conference. In fact, I had the Wolverines third in the conference with very little hope of making the College Football Playoff or even flirting with a New Year’s Six Bowl.
All they did was win the conference for the second straight year — this time with an unblemished record. It was a banner year for coach Jim Harbaugh, and quite frankly, one that I didn’t see coming. I’m sorry, Michigan fans. I won’t doubt you again (unless Harbaugh leaves).
The good: Texas A&M didn’t deserve the hype
The Aggies entered the season with questions at quarterback, uncertainty in the trenches and with a coach — Jimbo Fisher — who is among the most stubborn in the country. Yet, the media picked them to finish second in the division and they actually had three first-place votes. I didn’t buy it. I said they’d finish fourth in the division and picked them as the most overrated team in the conference.
“The truth is that the quarterback situation is questionable; banking on their ability to take the top off of opposing defenses through the air is based on hope more than reality,” I wrote. “Texas A&M also lacks experienced depth up front on the defensive line — something championship-caliber teams absolutely need in order to win at a high level.”
While I was right about the Aggies being overrated, I don’t think anybody on the planet picked them to finish last in the West. It was that bad of a year in College Station.
The bad: Miami winning the…
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