College Football Top 25 Preview

One of my favorite times of the year are the last few days before the College Football season kicks off.  I absolutely love College Football with such a passion that it hurts when it is not the College Football season.  It gets me really pumped up to go to youtube and find all the season preview videos and see the passion, pride, and sacrifice that these college athletes play with.  As, we are now less then 3 days from the football season kicking off, here is my season preview for how I would vote the top 25 teams in College Football.  Along with a preview of the Top 25, I will also present to you my first prediction for how I think the national championship will play out.  Enjoy this top 25 and feel free to give me your take into how you see the Inaugural football playoffs will play out.

Top 25 Teams For College Football (1-10)

  1. Oklahoma Sooners

2. Oregon Ducks

  3. Florida State Seminoles

4. Auburn Tigers

  5. Alabama Crimson Tide

6. Baylor Bears

  7. UCLA Bruins

8. Stanford Cardinal

  9. South Carolina Gamcocks

10. LSU Tigers

The 2014 Heisman Trophy winner will be...................

 

Last year was a landslid with regards to who was going to win the Heisman Trophy.  This year is going to be very different, it is anyone's to win or lose, especially with the landscape of college football being so level.  Jameis Winston has a great shot to repeat as Heisman Trophy winner, however these other three candidates have a great shot as well.  Here are my favorite candidates for the Heisman trophy as well as there stats from last year.


Brett Hundley
 Rushing Stats- 160 Attempts, 970 yards, 222 Yards Lost, 748 Net Yardage, 4.7 Average, 11 TD's, 86 Longest Run, 57.5 Average per game
Passing Stats- 13 Games Played, 152.9 Passing Efficiency, 245 Completions, 371 Attempts, 9 Interceptions, 66.8 Completion Percentage, 3,071 yards, 76 Longest Pass, 236.2 Passing Yards Average Per Game

 
Marcus Mariota
Rushing Stats- 96 Attempts, 860 Yards, 145 Yards Lost, 715 Net Yards, 7.4 Yards Average, 9 Touchdowns, 71 Longest Run, 55.0 Rushing Yards Per Game Average
Passing Stats-13 Games Played, 167.7 Passing Efficiency, 245 Completions, 386 Attempts, 4 Interceptions, 63.5 Completion Percentage, 3,665 Yards Passing, 31 Touchdowns, 75 Longest Pass, 281.9 Passing Yards Average Per Game

    Bryce Petty
Rushing Stats- 94 Attempts, 339 Yards, 130 Yards Lost, 209 Net Yards, 2.2 Yards Average, 14 Touchdowns, 27 Longest Run, 16.1 Rush Yards Per Game Average
Passing Stats- 13 Games Played, 174.3 Passing Efficiency, 250 Completions, 403, 3 Interceptions, 62 Completion Percentage, 4,200 Yards Passing, 32 Touchdowns, 93 Longest Pass, 323.1 Passing Yards Average Per Game

    Jameis Winston
Rushing Stats- 88 Attempts, 412 Yards, 193 Yards Lost, 219 Net Yards, 2.5 Yards Average, 4 Touchdowns, 21 Longest Run, 15.6 Rush Yards Per Game Average
Passing Stats- 14 Games Played, 257 Completions, 384 Attempts, 10 Interceptions, 66.9 Completion Percentage, 4,057 Yards Passing, 40 Touchdowns, 94 Longest Pass, 289.9 Passing Yards Average Per Game

As for the winner of the Heisman trophy, I strongly believe that it will come all the way down to the end of the season with these three quarterback being joined by Todd Gurley in New York.  In the end this is my projection for how they will finish. 
5. Todd Gurley
4. Jameis Winston
3. Brett Hundley
2. Bryce Petty
1. Your 2014 Heisman Trophy winner is...........

  Marcus Mariota!!!!

College Football Game VS. NFL Football game( Part 1)

Bulldog Stadium- Fresno, CA             VS.      Candlestick Park


If you are a big football fan(I am talking American Football) and you only had the opportunity to go to either a College Football game or an NFL game, which would you choose.  For me, that is one of the easiest choices that I could make.  I have actually been to both college football games and one NFL game and the atmospheres are totally different at each.  My choice if I had to choose would be to attend a big time college football game over an NFL game.  In this article I will highlight the reasons why I would choose to go to a College football game, as well as tell you about my one experience at an NFL game and how I did not enjoy the experience.

Before I get into a lot of details about why I prefer a college football game over an NFL football game, you first need to find out how I was raised to appreciate college athletics so much more then professional athletics.  I was born in Fresno, California and as I grew up my dad took me to all kinds of different sports at Fresno State.  I especially loved football and baseball, but my dad wanted to emphasis a deep love for all sports.  So, along with football and baseball he also took me to see softball, volleyball, soccer(men's and women's), swimming, diving, and even horseback riding.  Through all of these sports I came to love Fresno State and especially Fresno State athletics.  I know that Fresno State is not a big time academic school; like Duke, Stanford, or Harvard, or even a powerhouse athletic school; like Michigan, Ohio State, or Miami, but I have seen a few big time shining moments at Fresno State that make me proud to say that I am a bulldogs fan.  The two moments that stand out for me the most were the 1998 National Champion Women's Softball team and the 2008 National Champion Men's baseball team.


Seeing Fresno State win two National Championships was such a thrill, the words cannot describe how proud and fortune I am.  Along with these two National Championships I have also seen a lot of very good Fresno State football team as well.  Even though they have never been a powerhouse in football or any other sport for that matter the football team has beaten a lot of very good football teams.  They have beat the likes of Oregon State, USC, Georgia Tech, Boise State, and many other national powerhouses.  Along with seeing a lot of good teams beat up on the powerhouse teams I have also had the privilege to see some great coaching and players don the Red and Blue.  Some of these players and coaches can be seen in the pictures below.
 

The Pac of Quarterbacks: The Pac 12 has gunslingers everywhere

At the beginning of each new college football season there is always one conference that has a bunch of great quarterbacks that makes all the other conferences look like they are starting a bunch of middle school quarterbacks.  Last year it was the SEC that had all the quarterbacks,  this year it is the Pac12 that has all the great quarterbacks. As, I was looking at the list of schools I realized that every team in this conference has a quarterback that can produce at a very high level.  It makes this conference very intriguing along with very open both in the North and South divisions.  Below is a list of these quarterbacks in the order that I see them stacking up this year.

1. Marcus Mariota- Oregon

2.    Brett Hundley- UCLA

3. Sean Mannion-Oregon State

4. Taylor Kelly-Arizona State

5.   Cody Kessler-USC

6. Kevin Hogan- Stanford

7.     Jared Goff- Cal

8.    Cyler Myles- Washington

9. Conner Halliday- Washington State

10. Travis Wilson- Utah

11. Jesse Scroggins- Arizona

12. Sefo Liufau