Bold Takes for the 2023 Season: Part Three

Neither Texas or Oklahoma will win the Big 12

This one is from Alec Nederveld. He stated "On their way out of the conference, neither SEC-bound school will win the conference. To me, Texas is an "I'll believe it when I see it" deal, and while Oklahoma improved, teams such as Kansas State and Texas Tech have more experience and are veteran lead. I can see one of those two snatching the conference title over the Longhorns and Sooners."

Penn State beats one of Michigan and Ohio State, but loses to a west team and misses the B1G Championship Game.

These last two predictions come from our @mfscollege social media team. They said "This happens because they have inexperienced starters at skill positions, such as Drew Allar at QB. He'll be an awesome player, but there could be some growing pains early." 

Penn State will play at Illinois in week three, host Iowa week four, and travel to Northwestern in week five. The Illini and Hawkeyes are both physical teams who have had success against the Nittany Lions, both winning their 2021 matchup. Could this upset happen again? We'll see.

Washington Wins the Pac 12

They explained by saying " Michael Penix Jr. with good health and an improved line is dangerous. Washington is going to have a deep WR room, which includes Rome Udenze, Ja'Lynn Polk , and Jalen McMillan  who could all get drafted. Odunze is one of our WR picks to potentially rise up to an early day two, or even a day one pick. Their defense also took notable steps forward over the offseason. If they show improvements on D, it will be hard for anyone to hang with them."

If you want to see more bold takes from the staff, check out part one and part two of the series.