Our predictions...take two: so what if Auburn didn't work out? We'll stick with the other half of our preseason Sugar Bowl pairing to win it all.(College Football)

Think your team has had it tough the first half of the season? Consider this: Months of planning, pouring over statistics and trends and analyzing minutia came down to one, simple what-the-heck statement--we'll pick Auburn. Thirty minutes into Game 1--at home on The Plains, no less--things had gone horribly wrong against Southern California. A week later, when we still believed those who lose early can make up ground late, the Tigers washed ashore like a bloated jellyfish at Georgia Tech.

Now, here's the beauty: We get a do-over. We're halfway through one of the more improbable college football seasons in recent memory--in which upsets and the unthinkable are ...