The Return of My Rankings: College Football Rankings

Going to put my college football rankings on my blog this season. Kickoff to the new season starts in a couple of days. Games of the week: Thursday Texas A&M at South Carolina. Saturday's match up Clemson at Georgia. LSU and Wisconsin on Saturday. Here is how I have them ranked. Follow all season long to see how they finish.

1) Florida State University Seminoles The defending champions get to hold on to the top spot. They open the season taking on Oklahoma State in Arlington, Texas on Saturday.

2) Alabama Crimson Tide Alabama has been a consistent contender for years. The Tide hope to roll opening up against West Virginia in Atlanta on Saturday.

3) Oregon Ducks The Ducks open against South Dakota on Saturday. The Ducks same to be challengers out west year in and year out.

4) Oklahoma Sooners The Sooners start things off against Louisiana Tech on Saturday. Representing the Big 12.

5) South Carolina Gamecocks The Ole Ball Coach has been fielding solid college teams for year. This year's squad looks to be another good one. Opens the season Thursday hosting Texas A&M.

6) Ohio State Buckeyes I would have ranked Ohio State higher possibly second if their starting quarterback was not injured. Ohio States starts the challenge of their season meeting Navy on Saturday in Baltimore.

7) Auburn Tigers They had an incredible season last year. How well will they do this year? They start the season against Arkansas on Saturday.

8) Stanford Cardinal Stanford will be a challenger in the PAC-12. They open up with a cupcake game against UC-Davis.

9) Michigan State Spartans Might be a dark horse in the Big Ten but with the Buckeyes injury they might be a contender. Open the season against Jacksonville State which won't show anything.

10) Georgia Bulldogs open the season with a true test against Clemson on Saturday.

11) UCLA Bruins visit Virginia on Saturday. A PAC-12/ACC early season showdown.

12) Baylor Bears open against SMU on Sunday. A Texas show down early.

13) LSU Tigers have a monster opening in Houston against #14 Wisconsin on Saturday.

14) Wisconsin Badgers meeting #13 LSU on Saturday should be fun

15) Clemson Tigers The Tigers start the season with a showdown against #10 Georgia on Saturday.

16) USC Trojans open the season Saturday against Fresno State.

17) Notre Dame Fighting Irish open the season on Saturday hosting Rice.

18) Arizona State Wildcats clash with Weber State on Thursday in a tune up.

19) Texas A&M Aggies The Aggies kick off the season Thursday against #5 South Carolina. The first time these schools have met on the grid iron and it could be epic.

20) Nebraska Cornhuskers open the season Saturday hosting Florida Atlantic.

21) North Carolina Tar Heels tune up for the season with a visit from Liberty on Saturday.

22) Texas Longhorns the Strong era begins against North Texas on Saturday.

23) Washington Huskies open the season visiting Hawaii on Saturday.

24) Kansas State Wildcats should win the opener against Stephen A. Foster on Saturday.

25) Missouri Tigers starts the season against South Dakota State on Saturday.

MVP Kevin Durant

Congratulations to the Oklahoma City Thunder's Kevin Durant. He is the first person from an Oklahoma City NBA team to win the MVP award. The first person to win the award not named LeBron James to win the honor in three years and only the second person besides LeBron James to win the award in six years.

The Other Hardware:

Durant has already won an NBA Rookie of the Year Award, an Olympic Gold Medal, four NBA scoring titles, and has been named an All-Star five times.

The numbers..

Leading the league in scoring by averaging 32 points a game is a great argument for the MVP Award. Averaging 7.4 rebounds and 5.5 assists also helped. Leading his team to the playoffs with one of the best records in the NBA is icing on the cake!

I like Kevin winning since Oklahoma City is a smaller market team. Now we have to wait to see who ends up being the NBA Champs!

Reflections on the 2014: A to Z Challenge

The 2014 April A to Z Challenge is over and now it is time for the reflection part.



I survived and I did a post a day. Some posts were easier than others.



Did my blog grow?

Yes four more people started to follow my blog. I had over 2,000 pageviews for the month.
I really liked the comments. Most months I don't get many but in April I get a few. I like them, I like the feedback, the interaction, it kind of makes the blog come alive. I also stumbled into quite a few interesting blogs as well.

The staff was cool. I enjoy the challenge and have done it a few years running.

What didn't work..

I confess I had trouble figuring out how to follow some peoples blog. Some folks I couldn't even find their blogs. The challenge has grown so big!

I like the categories. Perhaps more linking by categories in the future would be a suggestion. This coming from the scatterbrained blogger.

The challenge did get me back to writing and back into blogging. Hopefully my blog will continue with the momentum and grow a bit more!

More than likely I will be back for the challenge in April of 2015!