Monday, January 1, 2018

Swagger's 18 Predictions for 2018


18.  Big Sky Conference adds Dixie State College of Utah as 12th school.  (14th for Football)  DSU will transition from DII to FCS in 2019-2020 and officially join in 2021-22.


17.  Las Vegas is awarded Super Bowl LVII



16.  PAC-12 will change conference football schedule to play 8 conference games instead of 9 leaving each school to add an extra non-conference game for 2019 going forward.  Oregon adds BYU for a 2020-2021 home and home.  Utah and Utah State will play annually again.



15.  No teams from Utah make the men's NCAA basketball championship field in 2018.  BYU and Utah play in NIT.  Weber State plays in Vegas 16.



14.  Alabama wins 2017 college national championship.



13.  Royals make NWSL playoffs in first season, but lose to Portland Thorns.



12.  BYU beats Nevada in New Mexico Bowl, finishes 10-3, earns first top 25 ranking since 2011.  (Losses to Wisconsin, Washington and Northern Illinois.)



11.  Utah State beats Toledo in the Idaho Famous Potato Bowl, finishes 8-5.  (Losses to Michigan State, BYU, Boise State, Colorado State and Wyoming)



10.  Utah beats Fresno State in the Las Vegas Bowl, finishes 8-5.  (Losses to Washington, Washington State, Stanford, UCLA and BYU)



9.  Rio Tinto Stadium is awarded the 2021 Women's College Cup



8.  Weber State loses to North Dakota State in the 2018 NCAA FCS Championship game finishes 13-2.  (Losses to Utah and North Dakota State)



7.  Washington, Ohio State, Alabama and Miami (Florida) are the 2018 football semi-finalists.  NCAA announces expansion playoffs to 16 teams beginning in 2022.



6.  Celtics win NBA championship.  Gordon Hayward does not return during the season.



5.  Jazz miss NBA playoffs. Draft Miles Bridges, SF Michigan State.



4.  Michigan State wins NCAA men's basketball championship.



3.  Tony Finau wins US Open.



2.  RSL makes MLS playoffs, but loses to Seattle in conference finals.  RSL finishes season unbeaten at home.



1.  BYU finally beats Utah in football.



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