My wrong college football predictions for 2024

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I have a long history of being a bad predictor.

I remember having a conversation with one of my best friends on a school bus headed somewhere on a field trip in 1984.

It went something like this:

HIM: All Madonna. All the time.

ME: Flash in the pan. She’ll never last.

HIM: You have to be kidding.

ME: If you want to know who’s going to last in music, it’s going to be Sheena Easton. We’ll be talking about her long after we’ve forgotten about Madonna.

This was about the time I began to choose the wrong Grammy winners, the wrong Academy Award winners, the wrong Star Search winners. I told the same friend The Cosby Show would be canceled six weeks after its debut. I thought New Coke was it.

Rest assured, these college football predictions won’t be accurate either. It’s fun to speculate though, so here goes:

SEC Champion

Georgia

SEC Order of Finish

Georgia

Texas

Alabama

Tennessee

Missouri

Ole Miss

Auburn

LSU

Oklahoma

Texas A&M

Kentucky

Florida

South Carolina

Arkansas

Mississippi State

Vanderbilt

SEC’s Leading Rusher

Jarquez Hunter, Auburn

SEC’s Leading Passer

Jaxson Dart, Ole Miss

12 Team Playoff Field

Ohio State

Georgia

Texas

Alabama

Tennessee

Michigan

Utah

Clemson

Penn State

Oklahoma State

Notre Dame

Tulane

National Champion

Ohio State over Texas

Heisman Trophy Winner

Will Howard