Mandel Bleats for Pete

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PRESEASON BOWL FORECAST
Each week, I'll update my predicted lineup for the New Year’s Six bowls based on the latest week's games.
Peach: Ole Miss (at-large) vs. East Carolina (Group of 5)
Fiesta: Ohio State (Big Ten champ) vs. Washington (at-large)
Orange: Clemson (ACC) vs. Alabama (B1G/SEC/ND)
Cotton: Oklahoma (Big 12 champ) vs. Stanford (at-large)
Sugar (semifinal): No. 1 Florida State vs. No. 4 Georgia
Rose (semifinal): No. 2 Auburn vs. No. 3 UCLA
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I don't buy the UCLA pick and there's something about Auburn that seems like they had too much good luck last year that they'll get smacked with it this year, but I'd be 100% ok with that.
 
UCLA is not getting to the playoff. Their defense is terrible and Hundley is lost in the pocket, especially with the loss of Shaq at WR (their only deep threat last year) and a collection of toyds at RB, not counting Jack) If perkins falters I see Craig Lee taking over and he hasnt any carries.

UCLA is overrated. Just watch their game vs ASU last year. They gave up somewhere around 500yds to Kelly and co. and this was near the end of the season. They wont be able to score enough points to overcome their defensive woes, especially without Baar and Cassius Marsh. maybe ESPN's "experts" should watch a pac12 game or two before throwing out these tarded predictions
 
I don't buy the UCLA pick and there's something about Auburn that seems like they had too much good luck last year that they'll get smacked with it this year, but I'd be 100% ok with that.
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I'm not going to say that Auburn was a gimmick team last year, but I will say that there is no way they beat Alabama again on a fg return for td. I'd also bet that Saban has some new wrinkles to show against the Malzahn offense.
 
I don't buy the UCLA pick and there's something about Auburn that seems like they had too much good luck last year that they'll get smacked with it this year, but I'd be 100% ok with that.
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I'm not going to say that Auburn was a gimmick team last year, but I will say that there is no way they beat Alabama again on a fg return for td. I'd also bet that Saban has some new wrinkles to show against the Malzahn offense.
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Malzahn is a great offensive mind ... I trust that they are going to have a good offense.

But if you look at their games last year, they had a lot of luck. They outlasted Texas A&M. They won against Mississippi St at home in the last 30 seconds of the game. I'd argue that the win against Georgia was probably more of a fluke than the win against Alabama. That's 4 games right there that they had the ball bounce their way.

Look at the schedule this year. Home games against South Carolina, LSU, and Texas A&M give them solid chances to win. However, road games at Kansas State (will be an interesting one), Mississippi St, Ole Miss, Georgia, and Alabama will cause some problems for them.

My gut says that they won't be that much better/worse than last year. The difference is that the ball won't bounce their way EVERY time and they'll instead be looking at 9-3 or 10-2 and not winning the West this year.
 
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You guys are Mandel's "edgy" pick for 2014... he picked Tejas in the Ala"meh" Bowel last year and he also had us down for a three year bowl ban. So - bask in that sunshine, fellas!
 
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I get Mandel's goal here, which is that there is no way all the favorites will actually do as well as predicted, so make a few unconventional predictions and if you hit on one you're golden.
 
You guys are Mandel's "edgy" pick for 2014... he picked Tejas in the Ala"meh" Bowel last year and he also had us down for a three year bowl ban. So - bask in that sunshine, fellas!
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Big down vote for saying "tejas" ale'meh and bowel. But what would I expect from am Whoregon (Rolf ) fan.
 
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