Is it too early to predict the 2024 season? We don’t think so. One college football analyst doesn’t think so either.
247Sports college football analyst Brad Crawford sent out his way-too-early college football semifinal predictions for the 2024 season. Texas made the cut.
In his scenario, the Longhorns reach the final four as the SEC’s second-highest finisher. Understandably, Georgia is the team Crawford has winning the SEC. In all likelihood it is probably how the two teams should tier in the conference after Alabama lost legendary head coach Nick Saban.
Texas looks like a semifinal contender again in 2024. Albeit, it will have to win a game or two to reach the final four of college football’s top sport.
Let’s take a look at how Crawford sees the playoff unfolding.
Quarterfinal: No. 5 Texas over No. 4 Kansas State
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Could you draw up a bigger matchup for the Big 12 conference than this? The conference’s champion Kansas State faces off here against the team that left the Big 12 for greener pastures. Texas will once again have the talent advantage in this iteration of the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl. The battle tested Longhorns led by starting quarterback Quinn Ewers defeat Kansas State quarterback Avery Johnson and the Wildcats to go the Cotton Bowl semifinal.
The trouble with this matchup is whether or not Michigan will have a playoff worthy head coach. Jim Harbaugh appears set on heading to coach an NFL franchise, while his starting quarterback and several linemen are set to head to the league. Ohio State has plenty of questions of its own. Among them are whether or not quarterback Will Howard can lead a championship contender. Despite all of that, can you imagine seeing one of college football’s top rivalries played in the postseason? Crawford sees Ohio State moving to the next round to…
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Author : Longhorns Wire
Publish date : 2024-01-16 17:21:10
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