FLORIDA
There were a few major college football analysts who had Texas in their College Football Playoff field, so they had to cross off a team after Week 1.
CBS analyst Brian Jones’s pick made it to Week 2, at least, but after picking Florida to be in the field of four Playoff teams, the Gators went down at home to Kentucky on Saturday night.
On Tuesday night, Jones was forced to explain himself after the Gators’ big loss:
Just let him explain. @JonesN4mo would like to walk you through why he had Florida in his College Football Playoff Final. pic.twitter.com/j5P4qbFB1o
— CBS Sports Network (@CBSSportsNet) September 12, 2018
“They had 18 players returning,” he explained. “And who’d won two of the last three SEC East titles? Florida. Who has defeated Georgia three of the last four years? Florida. I admit I was wrong, but it’s still the second week of the season.”
Indeed it is only the second week of the season, but that loss showed that Florida still has a long way to go to be in Playoff (let alone SEC East) contention. Better luck next year, Brian!
Unless some REALLY weird things happen, 3/4 of his board is already wrong….
Who went 4-7 last season? Who lost to Georgia 42-7?
Who was looking for attention when he made that irrational prediction?
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I know what it is. HE WAS DRINKING THE ORANGE GATOR-ADE AGAIN! C’mon man!!!
I love how idiots like BJ think that the 2015 and 2016 seasons some how reflect whats going to happen in 2018 – just STOPPPPP dude – i hope you dont use such faulty logic in other areas of your life
Using a program’s history from 4-5 years ago (especially when it was under a different coach and playing against coaches also no longer in the SEC) as major justification for a prediction is asinine. He should have the word “expert” removed from his title. That’s plain and painfully amateurish.
What’s worse, is thinking that a 4-7 Florida team under an entirely new staff and new offensive and defensive schemes is going to win the SEC and make it to the playoff during its first year of a rebuild — especially in light of the other teams in its division and conference. A truly laughable prediction that should destroy his credibility and, by extension, CBS Sports’ as well.
His reasoning MAYBE justified a bold/crazy prediction that florida would win the east. But it in no way justified picking them to beat Bama/the west winner or to make the playoff. The most plausible prediction he had for uf was them beating michigan st, and I’m frankly not sure about that one.
That being said, uf could technically still win out and make the playoff…it just looks impossible for them to do that.
I don’t think he took any consideration for conference championships.