Deace’s 2012 College Football Preview

**capitalcityguy** · 07-23-2012, 09:14 AM

People seem to either love 'em or hate 'em. I for one, really appreciate his perspective. Deace's 2012 College FB Preview was just posted today.

I enjoy the Top 25 things that will or won't happen this year. Also, see he has AJ Klein as 1st team All American.

Deace's 2012 College Football Preview | Steve Deace

fyi...In searching to be sure this wasn't posted already, I did find thread on his Big XII predictions he did earlier for CF: http://www.cyclonefanatic.com/forum/...-forecast.html (Steve Deace: Big 12 football forecast)

**cmoore_23** · 07-23-2012, 09:33 AM

also has big 12 non conf upset of the year, Iowa State over Iowa

**capitalcityguy** · 07-23-2012, 09:50 AM

^ Yes, forgot to note that.

**dualthreat** · 07-23-2012, 10:22 AM

Good read. Though, 8th place in the conf won't play in the insight bowl.

**Clonehomer** · 07-23-2012, 10:24 AM

I wonder how the prediction of Indiana over Iowa will be handled on the Easrern side of the state.

**JP4CY** · 07-23-2012, 10:50 AM

Never would have thought Dantonio going to UT, but that's a good prediction.

**brother bob** · 07-23-2012, 10:51 AM

How does Jerry Kill win coy and is predicted dead last in their division?

**ElephantPie** · 07-23-2012, 11:07 AM

Originally Posted by brother bob

How does Jerry Kill win coy and is predicted dead last in their division?

He also says that Tennessee will fire their coach but later he has them finishing just outside of the Top 25. I know SEC fans, in general, are pretty rabid but I think a finish just outside the Top 25 would be a very positive improvement that they would be pleased with, given their poor performance the last several years.

When you make as extensive of a college football prediction for free as Deace does, I would expect there to be a few inconsistencies.

**Jables22** · 07-23-2012, 11:22 AM

I am always amazed at how much time this must take to put together every year.

**CysRage** · 07-23-2012, 11:29 AM

He predicts us to go to the Buffalo Wild Wings bowl (formerly Insight bowl). I wouldn't mind another trip to Tempe!

**CykoAGR** · 07-23-2012, 12:26 PM

I really enjoy Deace's college football analysis. He puts a ton of time and effort into this and I believe that he actually looks at each team in-depth not just the top 25.

My only comment might be where is Jake Knott on the AA list? Maybe Im biased but I expected to see him on one of the 3 AA teams.

**cygrads** · 07-23-2012, 12:48 PM

Originally Posted by CysRage

He predicts us to go to the Buffalo Wild Wings bowl (formerly Insight bowl). I wouldn't mind another trip to Tempe!

Count me in!!

**ahaselhu** · 07-23-2012, 03:26 PM

Originally Posted by brother bob

How does Jerry Kill win coy and is predicted dead last in their division?

That stuck out to me as well. Don't know how in the world that would happen.

Originally Posted by ElephantPie

He also says that Tennessee will fire their coach but later he has them finishing just outside of the Top 25. I know SEC fans, in general, are pretty rabid but I think a finish just outside the Top 25 would be a very positive improvement that they would be pleased with, given their poor performance the last several years.

When you make as extensive of a college football prediction for free as Deace does, I would expect there to be a few inconsistencies.

I certainly think its in the realm of possibility that he could be right about Tennessee. Its somewhat hard to remember now, but Tennessee fans consider themselves among the college football elite. I don't know if they'd be satisfied with "showing improvement". From what I've read, they expect a top 25 year this year.