Sadly, A Hiatus

In my last post I promised to deliver my four year rankings in response to the hubbub of national signing day. I don't like breaking promises, but unfortunately I'm doing so now. The four year rankings will come, eventually, but for now I have to follow the lead of Urban Meyer and announce a hiatus from the Freshman Fifteen for a time. This is for several reasons. One, it's honestly very hard to get motivated to write about college football when the season's been over for a month. And two, and this reason carries much more weight, I've just got a lot to focus on right now, and this doesn't rank high on the priority list. Sorry.

So I'm going to take the self-imposed pressure of posting weekly away, and instead post as I'm able and motivated. You can keep up with when those come by following me on twitter (@jweimer25), looking me up on facebook, or just checking this space periodically. I do have some posts in the works I'd like to write, namely the four year rankings, next year's top 15, and a my annual venture into college basketball in March. I may post about some random, totally non-college football related items too if I feel like it. You'll just have to bear with me and be in rapt suspense.

And so as I go for a time, I'll leave you with this bonus, free of charge. It's my brief Super Bowl analysis and prediction.

You're welcome.

Super Bowl XLIV: Indianapolis vs. New Orleans

When you have two of the top teams in any sport, especially football, matched up, it's often best to first look at the weakest unit to determine the outcome. In this case that's the Saint defense. If it weren't for a slew of Viking mistakes, New Orleans wouldn't be in this position as their defense gave up a half century of yardage in the NFC Championship. And now they face the most cold, calculated, defense-dissecting quarterback in the game, with 2 weeks to prepare. Goodbye New Orleans. Add to that the fact that the entire New Orleans fan base is simply ecstatic to have reached this point. That will to some degree rub off on the team; everyone lauding them and patting their backs for having reached this point. We could be looking at a blowout on Sunday.

New Orleans will move the ball, to be sure, but the Colt defense is underrated and will have used their 2 weeks to design schemes to befuddle Drew Brees and contain Reggie Bush. They'll slow down New Orleans enough in the first half for Peyton Manning to carve the Saint defense up and open a big lead. From there, New Orleans will score points in comeback mode, making the score closer than the game actually was. Remember Super Bowl XXIX, when San Francisco played San Diego, and the 49ers rolled to a huge lead early, then kept piling on enough points as San Diego racked up some of their own, making the final a bloated 49-26? This game could look a lot like that one.

Indianapolis 45, New Orleans 28