College Fan Face-Off, Week 11: Where will your team finish up?

Wow, what can I say? It's been a fun summer, but, as the college football season starts up next week, it's time for the Face-Off to sign off.

And what better way to do it than by showing our complete lack of objectivity by predicting our own team's records this season?

I must say, to be fair, that our fans were pretty objective -- for the most part. There were still a few chests puffed out, but, for the most part, the fans were either modest or pessimistic.

I must admit, I usually fall under the latter category. And, as a sports editor and the moderator of these debates, I should remain above the fray. But since is the last one, why not go ahead and add my own two cents about the season?

To be most objective I'll make predictions on a handful of teams (what fun is it making fans of just one team angry?). Here it goes...

-- GEORGIA: The consensus preseason No. 1 won't go undefeated; won't even lose just one game. The schedule is simply too tough. That said, Georgia will still play for an SEC title this season and, possibly, the BCS title. During the season, coach Mark Richt shows he's continuing his change of personality by going shirtless and painting a giant "G" on his chest.

-- GEORGIA TECH: Hang on Jacket fans; this could be ugly early. Remember all those fumbles in the spring game? That doesn't go away in just one preseason. By the end of the year, coach Johnson will have Tech playing well. But they'll be playing to maintain Tech's vaunted bowl streak (do trips to Boise, Idaho even count as bowl games?) and struggle to win six contests.

-- FLORIDA: Tim Tebow quits the Gators midseason to accept a unified bid from both the Republican and Democratic parties for president. Florida goes into a tailspin. Urban Meyer suffers a nervous breakdown in the build-up to the Georgia game because he can't sleep from all the celebration revenge he's planning (I hear he's invited Aerosmith to sing after the Gators opening score). In actuality, Florida will win 10 games thanks to its talent and schedule.

-- USC: Pete Carroll changes his name to M.C. P'dizzle and leaves the Trojans to join Snoop Dogg on tour. USC tries to rebound but can't overcome the loss of its leader. In actuality, I think USC is set up for a bit of a downfall this season, losing two games.

-- OHIO STATE: The Buckeyes actually win the national title after Michigan ends up getting an invite to play Ohio St. by mistake. "We knew we were golden when we saw the Maize and Blue," Buckeye coach Jim Tressel says. By the way, the score ends up 7-0 after Ohio St. breaks a long touchdown run and it takes the entire game for the Big 10 player to run the length of the field. All kidding and cheap shots aside, this may not actually be far from the truth. I believe Ohio State will play either Georgia or Oklahoma for the BCS title.

Read what our fans had to say and then have your say. Simply scroll down to the bottom and add a comment to the story, or shoot us an email at: [email protected]. Oh, and thanks for the comments from last week's issue: "Not Ohio St. again?! Pick the champ"

-- JOHN McGARVEY, 29, Gainesville (Ole Miss): I think that this is the year that Ole Miss climbs out of the cellar and surprises some people. The talent at Ole Miss has been there the last few years and increased dramatically when Ed Orgeron was at the helm. However, he just did not know how to win. By bringing in Houston Nutt, who knows how to win in the SEC, I feel that Ole Miss will be overlooked by the majority of the teams we play, and that will enable us to win a minimum of six games. We may even pull out some of the close games that we had last year, such as the Florida game when we lost 30-24, the 27-24 Alabama loss, and the Mississippi State coaching blunder that ultimately caused Ed Orgeron to lose his job. With an improved spirit, coaching staff and overall experience of the team, our Rebels will pull out some of those close games and finish with at least six wins.

-- DEREK GREENE, 27, Gainesville (University of Florida): I think Florida will go as far as its defense can go. On the other side of the ball, the Gators are stellar. If an Abrams Tank and F-22 Raptor fighter jet had a child, than that child would be Florida's offense. As I stated last week, the title game is Florida vs. Georgia. I think the Gators have a shot at running the table, but more likely will be a 11-1, maybe 10-2 team due to the difficulty of the SEC this year and the "any given Saturday factor." The schedule is in our favor, with the only difficult away games being Tennessee, who we have beaten three years in a row, and the neutral site for the previously mentioned "title" game with Georgia.

Finally, I would like to say thank you to the panel, I have enjoyed reading your comments this summer, and good luck to your teams -- as long as it's not against Florida. Also, thanks to Morgan Lee for his work in assembling and maintaining this forum.

-- SCOTT BECK, 36, Suwanee (Auburn University): Auburn will have another "Tuberville-type" season. I just don't see "special" in this team right now. God knows I'd love to have it happen, but the new offense and a newish defense will each win and lose us a game