Bold predictions for the second half of the season

It's common knowledge that sportswriters are always right. Just look at our preseason predictions. We had Alabama at No. 1, and sure enough, there are the Crimson Tide, chugging right along with one blowout win after another. Pretty smart, eh? Not many folks have the kind of institutional knowledge that allows them to make bold predictions like that.

Now to be fair, we got a few things wrong too. Turns out that half of our preseason top 10 already have multiple losses, and no, Bryce Love probably isn't going to win the Heisman Trophy (though he could still run for 900 yards against Oregon State's defense on Nov. 10).

The point is, we put ourselves out there, and we do it strictly out of the…