By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com College Football Analyst It was "almost week" last Saturday in college football. Ohio State almost lost to Maryland, Michigan almost lost to Illinois, TCU almost lost to Baylor and USC almost lost to UCLA. Tennessee did lose, tho, and not in a small way, to, er, South Carolina!? Now we're about to get stuffed on Rivalry Week … [Read more...]
Week 11 College Football Games Picks From The Pigskin Prognosticator
By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com College Football Expert It's do or drop month in college football and this past week several teams did both of those things. Georgia reduced Rocky Top to rubble; Ohio State nearly got blown off the field by the wind tho certainly not Northwestern; USC woke up the hibernating Bears and nearly became the ones who got conquered; … [Read more...]
College Football Week 8 Picks From The Pigskin Prognosticator
By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com College Football Analyst There's bedlam not in Oklahoma but in Knoxville in part because suddenly mistake-prone Alabama can't kick a field goal or even properly field a punt, Big Blue has Penn State feeling blue and its fans feeling a-Maize-ing, USC is back in Troy rearming for the rest of the season, SEC officials still don't know … [Read more...]
College Football Week 7 Picks From The Pigskin Prognosticator
By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com's College Football Analyst College football rolls into the Third Saturday of October with the sun shining for some teams and rain clouds hovering over others. Bama is not Bama without Bryce, Tennessee is high on Rocky Top, USC is building with those transfer Lincoln logs, Georgia is winning while not impressing anyone anymore, … [Read more...]
College Football Week 6 Picks From The Pigskin Prognosticator
By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com College football analyst And another two go down. On Sunday morning, Karl Dorrell was fired at Colorado. By the afternoon, Wisconsin did the same to Paul Chryst. Early season fired football coaches should all gather on a beach somewhere to drink margaritas and Mai Tais. Or at the very least start a Facebook Group page. Misery … [Read more...]
College Football Week 5 Picks From The Pigskin Prognosticator
By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com College Football Analyst The Prognosticator is always amused by the college football analysts on all the networks previewing and predicting the week's upcoming games. They always talk matchups, who's playing quarterback and blah, blah, blah. Not once do they factor in the historical matchups of teams. You can only get that right … [Read more...]
College Football Week 4 Picks From The Pigskin Prognosticator
By Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com College Football Analyst Three weeks, two coaches fired with another one on the way. Here's what we know so far about college football 2022. Nebraska really stinks and things in Lincoln are far worse than we ever imagined, Georgia is really good, Auburn is an embarrassment to the SEC (so, too, is Missouri except it goes unnoticed … [Read more...]
College Football Week 3 Picks From The Pigskin Prognosticator
By The Pigskin Prognosticator PubClub.com College Football Analyst Week 2 always settles a lot more than Week 1 in college football because it begins to put those opening games into perspective. For example, Ohio State's somewhat narrow win over Notre Dame doesn't look quite as good after the Irish lost – in South Bend, no less – to Marshall. Florida is not back yet … [Read more...]
College Football Week 2 Picks From The Pigskin Prognosticator
By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com's College Football Analyst College Football is here and that's great but about all you can really tell about the Week 1 games is that some teams are 1-0 and others are 0-1. What might look impressive or disastrous in September may not be that way come late October as the season progresses and teams truly reveal themselves. That … [Read more...]
What To Expect In College Football For The 2022 Season
By The Pigskin Prognosticator, College Football Expert The arrival of the conference media days means that the college football season is within stadium binoculars view. It's a lot closer than USC or UCLA is to Columbus, West Lafayette or New Brunswick, that's for sure. This is a different kind of look at what to expect for the 2022 season. While others focus on players, … [Read more...]
The Pigskin Prognosticator Alabama vs. Georgia Bold Prediction For The Championship Game
By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com College Football Analyst And then there were two. The same two which a month ago played for the SEC Championship. The same two which were pre-season picks to make it this far. Ahh, the preseason. Remember that time? It's almost like Spring Training in baseball, where "every team is a contender." Turns out there are only two … [Read more...]
The Pigskin Prognosticator College Football Playoffs Analysis & Picks
By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com College Football Analyst The dust has hardly settled on all the coaching changes as well as on National Signing Day with its name, imagine and likeness impact as the College Football Playoffs lurk in the background of the holidays. Let's see, a group of boosters in Texas announces a $50K "charity" program for offensive linemen … [Read more...]
The Pigskin Prognosticator Conference Title Game Picks & College Football Coaching Changes
By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com College Football Analyst Rare is the time when conference championship games takes a backseat to what is happening at other programs. But this is 2021 and, as one legendary college coach would always tell his players before big games, "expect the unexpected!" It all started with Lincoln Riley suddenly switching from red and … [Read more...]
The Pigskin Prognosticator: Georgia-Tennessee & Other Key College Games Picks
By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com College Football Analyst This is CYA week in college football. That's when embattled football coaches start firing assistants (as if that's really going to help at this point in the season) and are basically telling their athletic directors "see, I'm doing something – please don't fire me!" Look for further "staff adjustments" … [Read more...]
The Pigskin Prognosticator: College Football Playoff Rankings Weekend Games Picks
By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com College Football Expert The College Football Playoff Committee has spoken and the resulting chills and thrills are going through schools and fans now like a cold November wind. People do like to overreact to such things without taking a moment to step back and seeing the big picture. Which in this case is the fact that a lot of … [Read more...]
The Pigskin Prognosticator: World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party Weekend Games
By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com College Football Blogger The World's Largest Cocktail Party is this weekend, the annual Georgia-Florida game in Jacksonville, FL, and it has all the makings of a Dawgs day afternoon. Elsewhere it is Halloween eve, which may cause a few teams to get spooked – anticipating this, Cincinnati let this happen a week earlier against … [Read more...]
The Pigskin Prognosticator: Alabama-Tennessee Is Still An SEC Rivalry
By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub College Football Blogger If you listen to the media and tune into programs like the Paul Finebaum Show (as pretty much everyone in the South does), then you will hear there is no rivalry anymore between Alabama and Tennessee. The Tide has won 14 straight in the series, it's no longer competitive, the fans don't care and it's no … [Read more...]
The Pigskin Prognosticator: Can Alabama Bounce Back From Last Week’s Shocker?
By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com College Football Analyst The Crimson Tide got held back by an unexpected wall in College Station – I mean where did that team come from!? – and now tries to weather the storm in a remote Mississippi town known as Starkville to get back into serious National Championship contention. The answer as to whether or not Alabama can … [Read more...]
The Pigskin Prognosticator College Football Week 6 Picks & Predictions
By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com College Football Blogger And then there were two? After the first weekend in October?? That remains to be seen but there were some interesting developments in Week 5 that lead into Week 6 in college football. One of the Cockroachs got crushed while the other one was kept alive by Coach Oh (No!), Oregon proved that Duck Farts … [Read more...]
The Pigskin Prognosticator On The Cockroaches Of College Football
Auburn & Notre Dame Keep Surviving While It's the Hogs At The Dogs And Alabama Hoping To Roll Over Ole Miss By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com College Football Blogger I have a nickname for two college football programs. Upon first reading this you are likely to come to the quick conclusion that it is an incredible insult. But that is not the case. … [Read more...]
The Pigskin Prognosticator College Football Week 4 Picks & Predictions
UCLA Trampolines Turn Out To Be Fool's Gold By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com College Football Blogger Sometimes, the Pigskin Prognosticator buys fool's gold. Goes against what I know best, and that is picking games based on certain schools' tendencies and traditions of successes or failures. So when that gold looks good – like the gold on UCLA's … [Read more...]
The Pigskin Prognosticator College Football Week 3 Picks & Predictions
A White Out At Penn State, The Renewal Of An Old Big-8 Rivalry And Alabama Goes To The Swamp By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com College Football Blogger As college football rolls into its third week we know a few things while some others remain a mystery. For example, the Nuts' defense cracked and now the team is fighting for its playoff life. The Hogs … [Read more...]
The Pigskin Prognosticator Predicts The Alabama-Ohio State Outcome (And Why)
Like It Or Not, The Crimson Tide & Buckeyes Play For College Football's National Championship By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com College Football Blogger The Tide is high and the Buckeyes are blooming. Alabama and Ohio State are playing in college football's National Championship on Monday, Jan. 11, at Hard Rock Stadium outside of Miami, tho … [Read more...]
The Pigskin Prognosticator Picks The College Football Playoffs Semifinals Games
Breaking Down The Alabama-Notre Dame & Clemson-Ohio State Winners By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com College Football Blogger There are some who said it would never happen, a few who didn't want it to happen but were forced to make it happen, and others who wish it had never happened at all. But college football went forward in 2020 and thanks to … [Read more...]
The Pigskin Prognosticator College Football Conference Championships Game Picks
ACC, Big 10, Pac-12 & SEC Title Games With Playoffs On The Line By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com College Football Blogger While the ACC and Big 10 slept, the Florida Gators wept, the USC Trojans kept (their faint playoff hopes alive) and a flying shoe got more attention than the final results. Florida is no longer a shoe-in for the playoffs even … [Read more...]
The Pigskin Prognosticator College Football Picks Ohio State-Michigan Canceled Week
Big 10 Worms It's Way Out Of A Corner By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com College Football Blogger There is a conclusion in the SEC, submission in the ACC, confusion in the Big 10 a blindsided Buff in the Pac-12. With Alabama and Florida set to play for the SEC Championship, Notre Dame gifted a place in the ACC title game, the Big 10 failing to can save … [Read more...]
The Pigskin Prognosticator College Football Thanksgiving Weekend Games Bold Picks & Predictions
A Unique Look At This Week's Top Games – The Ones That Still Are Scheduled, Anyway By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com College Football Blogger The schedule makers have been doing as much juggling the past week as a circus clown. Except this isn't funny. Confusing, now that's a different matter. Tennessee was scheduled to play Vanderbilt but the … [Read more...]
The Pigskin Prognosticator College Football Week 12 Games Bold Picks & Predictions
Indiana Hopes To Go Nuts Against The Acorns In This Week's Top Game By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com College Football Blogger In this year of the underdog and the unheard of, there is still some stability with the powerhouses. While there is Liberty, Coastal Carolina, Cincinnati, Indiana and BYU, there is also Alabama, Ohio State Notre Dame, Clemson … [Read more...]
The Pigskin Prognosticator College Football Week 11 Games Bold Picks & Predictions
With Much Of SEC Plus Ohio State Sidelined, These Teams Take Center Stage By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com College Football Blogger After smooth sailing for much of the season, the Good Ship College Football ran aground this week, especially in the SEC. COVID-19 protocols caused the postponement of four games – including Alabama-LSU – and this leaked … [Read more...]
College Football Week 10 Games, Picks & Predictions – The Pigskin Prognosticator
Which Team Will Win Clemson-Notre Dame And Welcome To The Party, Pac-12 By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com College Football Blogger Usually, the crazy things in college football happen on the field. But in this odd year, they are taking place both inside and outside of the white lines and some of the happenings are clearly out of bounds. For example, … [Read more...]
College Football Week 9 Games, Picks & Predictions – The Pigskin Prognosticator
Will Penn State Recover And Upset Ohio State? By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com College Football Blogger With the Big 10 back in the game, a few things are now loud and clear about the 2020 college football season. Some teams are already making noise that they need to be heard, others are proving to be a laughing stock and SEC officiating at Auburn games … [Read more...]
College Football Week 8 Games, Picks & Predictions – The Pigskin Prognosticator
Big 10 Joins The Season; Bama On A Roll By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com College Football Blogger After watching the first part of the college football season from the bench, the Big 10 finally gets off the sideline and onto the field. The teams are sure to keep a safe social distance from their school presidents, who tried to squash the season only to … [Read more...]
College Football Week 7 Games, Picks & Predictions – The Pigskin Prognosticator
Alabama-Georgia The Key Matchup In Latest Crimson Tide 'Game Of The Century' By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com College Football Expert First, it was defense on the field. Now, the SEC can't seem to defend against another relentless opponent: coronavirus. Just as the Prognosticator settled in to write this week's column, Nick Saban – tho asymptomatic … [Read more...]
College Football Schedule Oct. 10 Games Picks From The Pigskin Prognosticator
Hurricane Winds Are Blowing In Louisiana And Mississippi While There Are Potential Winds Of Change In Auburn, Oklahoma And Texas By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com College Football Expert There's a lot of storms brewing in college football this week, one created by a Delta Force hurricane and more from stirred up alumni and fans. Hurricane Delta has … [Read more...]
College Football Schedule Oct. 3 Top Games Pigskin Prognosticator Picks
Will Florida Chomp Or Flop, Georgia-Auburn And Alabama-Texas A&M Predictions By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com College Football Analyst College football is back. The SEC is back. But enough with the welcoming committee it's time to get down to some serious football! Week 1 – all previous weeks were just warmups until the SEC teams took the field – … [Read more...]
College Football Schedule Sept. 26 Top Games Pigskin Prognosticator Picks
Kiffin & Air Raid Debuts, The SEC Is Back & FSU-Miami Is Wide Right (Or Is It Wide Left?) By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com College Football Expert We usually have to wait until about November for the word "crazy" to describe the college football season, but in 2020 it's been used long before the first kickoff. The coronavirus pandemic, … [Read more...]
College Football Rivalry Week Picks & Predictions From The Pigskin Prognosticator
Alabama-Auburn, Ohio State-Michigan Winners Plus Other Key Matchups -By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com College Football Blogger The rivals are ready and the fans are fired up, for it's the end of the season for some teams and the end of the chase for the playoff season for others. There are often debates about which schools have the greatest rivalry - … [Read more...]
Alabama-LSU Game Predictor College Football Picks From The Pigskin Prognosticator
Another 'Game Of The Century' Takes Place Among Top SEC West Teams By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com College Football Blogger It's another "Game of the Century," Tuscaloosa again serving as the focal point of college football in a titanic matchup that may (or may not) determine one (or quite possibly two) teams in the College Football … [Read more...]
The Pigskin Prognosticator World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party Weekend Picks
Georgia-Florida About The Only Big Game In College Football's Week 10 By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com College Football Blogger The red solo cups are largely empty as the high fives of college football won't be playing this weekend, but the drinks will certainly be flowing at the World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party. There's more than a football … [Read more...]
College Football Week 5 Picks & Predictions From The Pigskin Prognosticator
Winners & Losers For Late September Games By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com College Football Blogger Central Florida's season has hit the Pitts, Notre Dame now needs to wake up the playoff committee as well as some echoes, Utah has proven to be another Pac-12 blip on the radar and the Big Dawgs from Athens overcame their big-game nervous nature to … [Read more...]
College Football Week 4 Picks & Predictions From The Pigskin Prognosticator
Who Will Win And Why Between Georgia-Notre Dame, Texas A&M-Auburn And Other Key Games By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com's College Football Blogger It's the Battles Of The Other Boys in Week 4 as Clemson and Alabama rest comfortably in the sweet arms of Charlotte and Southern Miss, respectively. Wisconsin and Utah try to put on "hey look at us" … [Read more...]
College Football 2019 Week 1 Games Predictions From The Pigskin Prognosticator
Oregon-Auburn Opening Weekend's Marquee Matchup By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub's Expert College Football Analyst The 150th season of college football kicked off with a "zero" week, and that's what it looked like for fans of Florida, Miami and Arizona. Already now proven to be overrated is Florida, the Gators looking like minnow bait to the rest of the … [Read more...]
College Football Blogger: CFP Playoff Predictions From The Pigskin Prognosticator
Alabama-Oklahoma & Clemson-Notre Dame Winners (And Why) By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com College Football Blogger The appetizers have been laid out on the table – the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl, the Cheeze-It Bowl, even the Bad Boy Mowers Gasparilla Bowl among the offerings – but these are mere pre-party snacks while we all await the main … [Read more...]
College Football Blogger The Pigskin Prognosticator: Is A Notre Dame Or UCF Upset Lurking?
Not All Pre-Thanksgiving Games Are Turkeys By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com College Football Blogger Thanksgiving is the following weekend but there's a lot of turkey being served up this week with a lineup of games that will stuff the pockets of several small athletic departments in exchange for getting slaughtered. Served up on the platter for … [Read more...]
College Football Blogger: The Pigskin Prognosticator World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party Weekend
Georgia-Florida And Other Scary Games On Halloween Weekend By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com College Football Blogger Several years ago, an old-timer sports writer took a detour to the press box before the Georgia-Florida game. Tens of thousands of people – twice as many as the Gator Bowl in Jacksonville held, he noted – were tailgating and partying in … [Read more...]
College Football Blogger: The Pigskin Prognosticator Week 8 Picks & Predictions
The Third Saturday Of October Means The Alabama-Tennessee Game By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com College Football Blogger Paul "Bear" Bryant was taking slow, long strides off the Neyland Stadium field when one of the few UT fans left in the stands yelled down at the legendary coach. Bryant's Alabama team had just scored two touchdowns in the final … [Read more...]
College Football Blogger: The Pigskin Prognosticator Week 7 Picks & Predictions
Georgia Looks To Put Coach O Into The Dawg House By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com College Football Blogger They are toasting the team in Texas, feeling pretty sold in South Bend and cracking up in Columbus (hey, we kept our coach and look at our team!) but also starting to feel bad in Baton Rouge while its near anguish in Auburn. College football has … [Read more...]
College Football Blogger: The Pigskin Prognosticator Week 6 Picks & Predictions
Will LSU Get Swamped In The Swamp? By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com College Football Blogger They are sighing relief in Columbus and Clemson, trying to put on happy faces in Happy Valley, feeling solid in South Bend, starting to believe in Baton Rouge and starting to make room for another trophy in Tuscaloosa. As college football heads into October, a … [Read more...]
College Football Blogger: The Pigskin Prognosticator Week 5 Picks & Predictions
Ohio State-Penn State & Stanford-Notre Dame Picks & Predictions By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com College Football Blogger There's a whiteout happening in Happy Valley, a blacked-out in Blacksburg, a Frost-out in Lincoln land, a bit of a thawing out in Austin and a crimson hot Hawaiian volcano exploding in Tuscaloosa. As college football heads … [Read more...]
College Football Blogger: The Pigskin Prognosticator Week 4 Picks & Predictions
Stanford-Oregon No Longer A Marquee Matchup By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com College Football Blogger Three weeks into the season and we've seen a tidal wave rolling over the opposition, a suspended coach who keeps tripping all over himself while his team pours it on others and other coaches – two in just their first year – needing a fire hose to try and … [Read more...]
College Football Blogger: The Pigskin Prognosticator Week 3 Picks & Predictions
Ohio State To Fall To TCU; LSU In Key Matchup On The Plains By Kevin Wilkerson, The College Football Pigskin Prognosticator While some teams are trying to reason with the hurricane season, others are trying to ride out a stormy first two weeks. Arizona is learning that Kevin Sumlin can't coach without Johnny Manziel, USC is realizing that Clay Helton can't … [Read more...]
College Football Blogger: The Pigskin Prognosticator Week 1 Game Picks
Breaking Down Michigan-Notre Dame, Washington-Auburn, Alabama-Louisville By Kevin Wilkerson, The Pigskin Prognosticator College Football Blogger Here are this week's key games. All times Pacific Time because The Prognosticator lives on the West Coast. Saturday, Sept. 1 • Oregon State at Ohio State (9 .m., ABC) The Meyer Mess makes this matchup something … [Read more...]
Why Alabama Will Beat Georgia For The College Football National Championship
The Pigskin Prognosticator Picks The Tide To Roll Over The Dawgs By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com College Football Blogger The ultimate "oh-NO!," scenario has hit college football. Not only is Alabama in the championship game but so too, is another SEC team, and you can hear the moans echoing from across plains of Oklahoma to the frigid tundras of the … [Read more...]
Alabama, Georgia To Advance In College Football Playoffs: The Pigskin Prognosticator
Tide To Escape Clemson In Another Classic; Dawgs Will Shut Down Baker Mayfield By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com College Football Blogger The College Football Playoffs kick off just about the time that New Year's Eve hangover starts to fade away and people start to emerge from their caves like bears coming of their dens in the springtime. And if you're … [Read more...]
College Football Rivalry Week Top Games Predictions From The Pigskin Prognosticator
Who Will Win The Iron Bowl, Ohio State-Michigan, Clemson-South Carolina & Mike Leach's Wedding Advice Video By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com College Football Blogger Ahh, Rivalry Week. It's the time of the year in college football when diehard fans boycott any products made in a rival's area or that's even associated with them, avoid mentioning … [Read more...]
USC-UCLA Highlights A Weak College Football Week: The Pigskin Prognosticator
Miami Looks To Avoid An Upset While Wisconsin Hopes To Badger Michigan By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com College Football Blogger Like a running back who has just broken through the line of scrimmage for an 80-yard touchdown run, college football is headed to the bench to take a breather. After heart-pumping and breakaway games all season, we now have … [Read more...]
College Football Week 11 Top Games Picks & Predictions: The Pigskin Prognosticator
Going Between The Helmets Of Notre Dame-Miami, Georgia-Auburn & Ohio State Football By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com College Football Blogger As the fall leaves blow around the stadiums and people are bundled up in the stands, some teams are beginning to reveal their true colors. Ohio State's scarlet perfectly personifies the red-cheeked … [Read more...]
College Football Week 10 Games Picks & Predictions: The Pigskin Prognosticator
Alabama-LSU In Prime Time & There's Bedlam In Oklahoma By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com College Football Blogger If you think there's Bedlam in Oklahoma, you should go to Florida. Or Tennessee. Or Arkansas. Or onto campus at Texas A&M. There's a whole lotta shakin' goin on in the Southeastern Conference and 'ol Jim Mac finally led the … [Read more...]
College Football Week 5 Top Games Picks & Predictions The Pigskin Prognosticator
Butch Jones, Bret Bielema & Jim Harbaugh Keep Fans Entertained Even In A Weak Week Of Top Games By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com College Football Blogger Just as the Prognosticator envisioned, Iowa gave us a Big 10 treat last week in its almost-upset and certainly thrilling game against Penn State. And while Purdue did not exactly take Michigan … [Read more...]
College Football 2017 Week 2 Top Games Picks From The Pigskin Prognosticator
Oklahoma-Ohio State, Georgia-Notre Dame, USC-Stanford & Nebraska-Oregon Highlight Weekend Action By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com College Football Blogger The 'ol pigskin bounced in several interesting directions during an entertaining opening weekend in college football. It bounced into the hands of a 5-star freshman at Alabama when a 5-star running … [Read more...]