Predictions don’t matter. Predictors do. That’s why Kirk Herbstreit’s playoff field for the 2015 college football season has caused dizziness and shortness of breath in Tempe.
His list includes Arizona State.
Herbstreit is careful, smart and not prone to hyperbole. He is so meticulously objective that he angers Ohio State fans who want preferential treatment from their former quarterback, so much that Herbstreit was forced to move his family from Columbus to Nashville.
In short, Herbstreit’s words are heavier than most in the college game and reflect a significant victory for ASU:
It means the Sun Devils have finally cracked the preseason national championship conversation.