oski003 said:
Strykur said:
riogrrrandefan said:
chalcidbear said:
4. The PAC-12 championship will go to either the Trojans or the Cardinal.
Gotta wonder how much of this is a private vs public school thing. Hate to see it, but the private universities seem to be on top lately.
In every other league (ACC, Big Ten, Big-12, SEC) the major players are public schools, the only notable outliers are Notre Dame (which is its own animal), Miami and TCU.
In blue states, private is better. In red states, public is better.
?? True in many cases, and I may have misunderstood, but several counter-examples just off the top of my head:
Blue State: Washington (UW has been the dominant football school, made it to the playoffs last year).
Blue State: Oregon (UO has been the dominant football school, has made it to the playoff finals).
Blue/Purple State: Virginia (Virginia Tech has been the dominant football school).
Blue/Purple State: Colorado (Colorado and Colorado State are not great football schools, but this year both are better than Air Force per Sagarin).
Blue State: Maryland (Maryland is not a great football school but what private is better in Maryland?).
Blue State: New Mexico (ditto Maryland, except UNM and NMSU are even worse, but what private in New Mexico is better?).
Red State: Indiana (Notre Dame, private has been the dominant football school).
Red/Purple State: Florida (Miami, private could be the best team right now, though perhaps it's UCF and historically Florida State and Florida may have been better).
BYU (private) is not very good right now but historically may have been the best team in Utah (Red State).
