CFT 2017 Preseason Previews: Playoff Predictions

Fair warning: CFT’s 2017 College Football Playoff predictions are boring But, sometimes, reality is boring. Alabama and Ohio State have pulled ahead of the pack in recruiting, return a number of players — or, at least, a large enough number to outflank the competition — and are still coached by Nick Saban and Urban Meyer. As such, our staff is picking (with one outlier) those two to square off for the 2017 national championship, with different views on how the title game goes down. Kevin Rose Bowl: Ohio State over Florida State Sugar Bowl: Alabama over Penn State CFP National Championship: Ohio State over Alabama Bryan Rose Bowl: Ohio State over Florida State Sugar Bowl: Alabama over USC CFP

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Pettaway stays ready

Pettaway has embraced the bruiser role in the West Virginia backfield. While a constant phrase used by college coaches, Martell Pettaway is a testament to that. Ten games into his true freshman season a year ago, Pettaway seemed destined for a redshirt.

LSU has found its new tiger mascot, and he's very cute (Updated)

It’s official: Harvey is now Mike VII. LSU announced Monday morning, the first day of fall semester, that the 11-month-old Siberian-Bengal male tiger that arrived on campus last week “officially began his reign” as LSU’s new mascot.