Nothing marks the start of another college football season quite like some outlandish preseason predictions. And during ESPN’s first College GameDay pregame show of the year, analyst Desmond Howard caused quite the stir with his thoughts on the upcoming College Football Playoff.
On Saturday morning, Howard revealed his wild prediction for the four playoff teams, picking the Texas A&M Aggies, the Pittsburgh Panthers, the Baylor Bears and, of course, his Michigan Wolverines to make the College Football Playoff field.
As for the winners, Howard picked Michigan to beat Baylor and Texas A&M to beat Pitt, setting up a national title game between the Wolverines and the Aggies – which he predicts Texas A&M to win to become the national champions.
Confident nobody will have a CFP like @DesmondHoward pic.twitter.com/CeMYOupcTo
— Bryan Fischer (@BryanDFischer) August 27, 2022
Naturally, Howard’s ridiculous preseason playoff prediction caused quite the commotion in the college football world as people Tweeted their various reactions to Howard’s nonsense.
that week one gas pack got desmond in a stranglehold https://t.co/Q5A6VrahL2
— Joe Ali (@JoeAli) August 27, 2022
Picking Baylor and Pittsburgh, Des knows some ball https://t.co/AghCU1mrFm
— alex (@revdarr) August 27, 2022
This is why you don’t do drugs kids https://t.co/iqf1GqxSbL
— Zach Money Cantrell (@YaboyZC) August 27, 2022
https://twitter.com/suckatsports/status/1563559796946583553?s=20&t=xuHYh0DqQWqz-1Et9MOJSw
The fact that he still picks Michigan to lose in the title game somehow makes this funnier? https://t.co/RuIlsOOw7O
— Matt Brown (@MattBrownEP) August 27, 2022
If Howard’s prediction holds true, it would mark the first time in the history of the College Football Playoff that four teams that are not ranked in the top five of the preseason AP Poll make the four-team playoff.
So basically, Howard is predicting the unprecedented to happen. But hey, it is college football, after all.
