College Football Predictions

Here are my predictions for the upcoming Michigan and Michigan State college football season:

Michigan

vs Connecticut (Win)
at Notre Dame (Loss)
vs Massachusetts (Win)
vs Bowling Green (Win)
at Indiana (Win)
vs Michigan State (Loss)
vs Iowa (Loss)
at Penn State (Loss)
vs Illinois (Win)
at Purdue (Win)
vs Wisconsin (Loss)
at Ohio State (Loss)

That leaves them at 6-6, which would get them into a bowl game.  I don't think that will be enough to save Rich Rodriguez's job though, especially since he will have went 0-3 to the three biggest rivals if my prediction is correct.   The only two games I debated about were Notre Dame and Michigan State.  I really think those two games could go either way, but I just don't see Michigan winning either one.  I do, however, think they have a better chance of winning the Michigan State game because the Notre Dame game is on the road.  If they do that, I believe that will be enough to save Rich Rodriguez's job, but I honestly don't think that will happen.  Moving on to Michigan State's season.

Michigan State

vs Western Michigan (Win)
vs Florida Atlantic* (Win)
vs Notre Dame (Win)
vs Northern Colorado (Win)
vs Wisconsin (Loss)
at Michigan (Win)
vs Illinois (Win)
at Northwestern (Win)
at Iowa (Loss)
vs Minnesota (Loss)
vs Purdue (Win)
at Penn State (Loss)

*Game will be played at Ford Field

Notice that Michigan State's first seven games will be played in the state of Michigan.  That looks like a recipe for success to me.  If my prediction is correct, they will start out 6-1 and finish the season with an 8-4 record.  I debated about two games on the schedule and those two games were Michigan and Minnesota.  Michigan State always seems to lose a game or two that they shouldn't lose, so I could see them dropping at least one of those games (and I predict it's the Minnesota game). If I am not right about that though, and Michigan State loses to both Michigan and Minnesota, that will drop Michigan State to 7-5 and bump up Michigan's record to 7-5 (if everything else I predicted falls into place).

Well, that is my prediction for the two major teams in my area.  I don't expect to be right because a lot of things can and will change during the season, but there's a reason they are called predictions. You do it before the fact, not after, so I'm going to have to stick to them and try to learn from them until I do it again next season.