CBS-Bold prediction -- CBJ out before november

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5. At least five Power Five coaches will not make it to November: That's a lot of fives. We are in a day and age now in college football where schools refuse to wait before making a coaching change -- or, at the very least, get the process started. Les Miles was infamously fired by LSU last September after losing to Auburn when he probably should have been released after the end of the 2015 season. October is the new December and there are a number of coaches on the hot seat entering this season. Among them are Kevin Sumlin (Texas A&M), Hugh Freeze* (Ole Miss), Brian Kelly (Notre Dame), Todd Graham (Arizona State), Jim Mora (UCLA) and Butch Jones (Tennessee).
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mmajaz12 said:
http://www.cbssports.com/college-fo...ictions-for-the-2017-college-football-season/
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I hate the month of June. That is when we see we have way too many sports journalists, and we get crap articles like this. Bold prediction? We read this crap every year. At least these twerps are consistent.

Since you are in India, do something useful for a change. Find one of those computer virus scam call centers that is pissing everyone off, and beat the Hell outta the first employee you run into. You got too much time on your hands.
 
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Witch Doctor say with these uneducated sports opinions, Witch Doctor bet Ben dont make it at CBS until Aug. lol but then there is some Tenn. "fans" that like to commiserate these type of stories. Witch Doctor say Bones predict another "Butch Jones Poll " coming soon..lol

BNL
 
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Witch_Doctor said:
Witch Doctor say with these uneducated sports opinions, Witch Doctor bet Ben dont make it at CBS until Aug. lol but then there is some Tenn. "fans" that like to commiserate these type of stories. Witch Doctor say Bones predict another "Butch Jones Poll " coming soon..lol

BNL
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No need to roll the bones to know a poll is coming, WD.
 
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How far out there is this guy with his "bold predictions"? Well, just look at them all together:
1. A true freshman (specifically, FSU's Cam Akers) will win the Heisman for the first time. [Who? Right.]
2. This year's leading RB will be Justin Jackson of Northwestern. [Yes, that guy we played a couple of years ago, who did ok but got showed up by both Hurd and Kamara.]
3. Tua Tagovailoa will be a steady part of Bama's offense. [Who? Right.]
4. Kansas State wins the B12 and Coach Snyder retires on top.
5. At least five Power 5 coaches are fired before November. [he names 6, as OP listed]
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Yep, that far out.

He did the same thing last year. Says he got one of them right, though he doesn't offer any detail...it might be one of those, "well, it's kinda sorta right, if you look at it from this angle here" things.
 
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VFL-82-JP said:
How far out there is this guy with his "bold predictions"? Well, just look at them all together:

Yep, that far out.

He did the same thing last year. Says he got one of them right, though he doesn't offer any detail...it might be one of those, "well, it's kinda sorta right, if you look at it from this angle here" things.
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That's why they're called bold predictions not logical
 
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Volsfaninva917 said:
That's why they're called bold predictions not logical
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There's bold and then there's just ridiculous.

A lot of guys who make "bold predictions" get them about half right, half wrong. They're bold, but realistic. The key is, these guys are professionals who spend their days looking much more closely than the average reader at the football world. Their "bold" is supposed to be about seeing stuff the rest of us haven't noticed, so going out on a limb with a prediction that's actually fairly well grounded, we just don't see it yet. Example: when Herbstreit makes a "bold prediction," I'm wondering what he knows that the rest of us don't. And he's very often right.

This guy just throws stuff at a wall hoping some of it might stick.

Why even make "bold predictions" if there's little chance any of them will come true?
 
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TNnative said:
I hate the month of June. That is when we see we have way too many sports journalists, and we get crap articles like this. Bold prediction? We read this crap every year. At least these twerps are consistent.

Since you are in India, do something useful for a change. Find one of those computer virus scam call centers that is pissing everyone off, and beat the Hell outta the first employee you run into. You got too much time on your hands.
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Comeback post of the year IMO! I especially appreciate that last parry. :hi:
 
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VFL-82-JP said:
There's bold and then there's just ridiculous.

A lot of guys who make "bold predictions" get them about half right, half wrong. They're bold, but realistic. The key is, these guys are professionals who spend their days looking much more closely than the average reader at the football world. Their "bold" is supposed to be about seeing stuff the rest of us haven't noticed, so going out on a limb with a prediction that's actually fairly well grounded, we just don't see it yet. Example: when Herbstreit makes a "bold prediction," I'm wondering what he knows that the rest of us don't. And he's very often right.

This guy just throws stuff at a wall hoping some of it might stick.

Why even make "bold predictions" if there's little chance any of them will come true?
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That's the job of a sports writer, to give their opinion. Just because we may not agree with them doesn't make them wrong and of course it doesn't make them right either
 
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So-called journalists that make "bold" predictions are like a drunk at a craps table. Both are nuisances to all around them.
 
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VFL-82-JP said:
How far out there is this guy with his "bold predictions"? Well, just look at them all together:

Yep, that far out.

He did the same thing last year. Says he got one of them right, though he doesn't offer any detail...it might be one of those, "well, it's kinda sorta right, if you look at it from this angle here" things.
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There are a lot of things that came true that would have been "bold" predictions that no one would have thought were realistic if they were made at the time.

If a writer said Johnny Manziel and Jamies Winston would win the Heisman the year that they did, it wouldn't have been realistic. If someone said Missouri will win the East the years they did, it wouldn't have been realistic. If someone said Auburn will play for the national title in 2013, it wouldn't have been realistic. If someome said Lamar Jackson would win the Heisman before last season, it wouldn't have been realistic. Etc, etc, etc.

If you don't know who Cam Akers is or the QB at Alabama named Tua, I would be a little slower to poke fun at the writer. Especially when writing that "professionals are supposed to see stuff the rest of us haven't noticed" and apparently you don't know who those two dudes are.....which would be an example of a professional seeing something you haven't noticed.

We've all seen crazier stuff than what he predicted.
 
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crusse10 said:
I'm honestly in awe that Ole Miss hasn't yet found it prudent to part ways with Freeze
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They have a Catch-22 with Freeze right now. If they fire him for cause, it looks like they're admitting to loss of institutional control under his tenure. That's one of the things they're currently being accused of which potentially carries a program death penalty.
 
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mmajaz12 said:
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This is BS...on one hand CBS has articles predicting he's going to be fired by november and ranked 52...then they have an article saying he actually has his act together.

Stick with me here, but last few days I've had an evolving thought that Big Orange Brand is finally turning away from the iceberg. Stability is set a the top w/ new chancellor and AD. Butch has seemingly made some excellent staff moves and is recruiting like a mad man. Tennessee HS talent is on the rise. Though many players unproven, if we stay healthy, it seems we have better two deep than before.
Grades are no longer a large concern. Barnes had his best recruiting class yet, and looks like UT/Memphis game coming back. Made solid hire in BB. Point being, I KNOW all this has to translate to wins, but it seems like we're finally getting alot of the large and small details right...and that shouldn't be discounted because over the past decade it seems we've purposefully made decisions which are opposite of conventional wisdom., being disjointed at every turn. Guess will find out if all this translates to wins...
 
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Add bold to the list.


I would bet money that mattered Butch doesn't get fired before November.
 
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There are a lot of things that came true that would have been "bold" predictions that no one would have thought were realistic if they were made at the time.
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We've all seen crazier stuff than what he predicted.
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If you can't see the difference between a Herbstreit "bold prediction" (to use just one reasonable example) and this guy's outrageous guesses, then I can't help you.

Sure, crazy stuff happens. Good analysts find the nuggets of knowledge that allow them a reasonable chance at predicting a few of those crazy things. This guy doesn't have that feel at all. And, by his own admission, he's apparently not very good at it.


p.s. Since you seem to think this writer might actually not be full of bull, let's do this: I'm gonna make a "bold prediction" right now that this guy gets at least four of these five predictions dead wrong. I would say all five, but there's a lot of fudge-room in his #3 about the Bama freshman (like, how does he define "steady part"?). If he gets any of the other four predictions right, I'll learn the Gator fight song (assuming there is one) and type all the lyrics into a post here on VolNation. If he gets all four of them wrong, you get to hand-type all the lyrics to Rocky Top into a post for us here. Deal?
 
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That's not so bold of a prediction. Who would be the interim HC if it were to happen? That would be bold.

Hmm.

We have several with HC experience, some of it is Interim, but that counts for something.

I'd go with Scott. If he were to win out, including the bowl game, keep him as HC.
 
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Maybe someone needs to write an article about how many journalists CBS needs to fire before November.
 
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Maybe CBS should hire some writers who know something about football. Things like strategy, offense, defense, and player personnel.
 
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