The ESPN/Beano Cook chat was completely predictable. Note the following
Jordan (State College): Hey Beano, Notre Dame, Penn State, Florida State. Will we ever see these traditional powers back to form? Will any of them be “back” this year?
Beano Cook: Well, let’s take ND, first — they will finish 10-2. Penn State will finish 9-3 with a chance at 10-2. Florida State will win the ACC. FSU has a very very tough non-conference schedule, unlike Penn State, they like easy non-conference games.
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Adam (Gainesville): Three things you can always count on every year: Beano hyping Notre Dame and Penn State, Beano never picking Miami to win the NC out of either spite or jealousy, and the Clippers missing the playoffs. Sound right?Beano Cook: Let’s get one thing straight … I like Miami. The biggest story in the last 20 years in college football is Miami. 5 national titles out of 8 tries. That is absolutely unbelievable. Picking teams is not about me liking them or not, it’s about who I think will win. If Germany and France are fighting a war, I root for France … and pick Germany.
Notice he didn’t respond to the comments about ND and PSU. The fact that there is a press room in the Peterson Event Center named for this man is just galling.