Football Predictions

NFL: The New England Patriots look very strong, but they are not beyond vulnerability. Injuries late in the season or peaking too early can undo any team. I doubt they will finish the regular season undefeated, but if they do, more power to them. If the Patriots stumble in the playoffs, it will more than likely be to the Indianapolis Colts.

In the NFC, I believe the Green Bay Packers will beat the Dallas Cowboys tonight but lose to them in the playoffs.

Playoff Projections
AFC
New England Patriots
Indianapolis Colts
Pittsburgh Steelers
San Diego Chargers
Jacksonville Jaguars (wild card)
Cleveland Browns (wild card)

NFC
Dallas Cowboys
Green Bay Packers
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Seattle Seahawks
New York Giants (wild card)
Winner of Philadelphia Eagles and New Orleans Saints on December 23 gets the final wild card

Super Bowl 42: New England Patriots over the Dallas Cowboys
A no brainer but not a certainty by any means

College: I'm seriously considering a boycott of college football if they do not implement a playoff system. To not have one is simply asinine. The crazy thing is you can still retain the top 15 major bowls with a 16-team playoff format. With this format, 15 games would be played over a period of four weeks. Each of the 15 games could be played as corporate-sponsored bowls with the final 7 games designated to the Sugar, Orange, Tostitos, Rose, Capital One, Cotton, and Gator Bowls on a rotating basis.

Anyway, here are my bowl projections
Orange: Georgia vs. Virginia Tech (or Boston College)
Sugar: LSU vs. Hawaii
Rose: USC vs. Ohio State
Tostitos: Oklahoma vs. Arizona State
Allstate Championship Bowl: West Virginia vs. Missouri

I might very well skip the BCS this season if Hawaii doesn't get into a BCS bowl. Even Kansas might not make it to a BCS bowl at 11-1. And if Ohio State makes it back to the Championship Bowl by default, I will certainly cheer for the other team.