Notes on a Scorecard - Aug. 26, 1992

Bound to happen during the college football season that begins tonight at Anaheim Stadium when Stanford plays Texas A&M; in the Disneyland Pigskin Classic:

UCLA will win a bowl game. . . .

Nebraska will lose a bowl game. . . .

The “dotting of the i” will be the most exciting play in the Ohio State playbook. . . .

Brigham Young, with LaVell Edwards, and Houston, with John Jenkins, will continue to throw the ball. . . .

Any time a USC opponent makes a first down, the alumni will clamor for the dismissal of Larry Smith and the rehiring of John Robinson. . . .

Alabama State will repeat as the black college national champion. . . .

Stanford will lose a game, but Bill Walsh will claim the Cardinal won, 3.2-2.1, in grade-point average. . . .

Penn State will play in the Blockbuster Bowl. . . .

Despite Lou Holtz’s prediction, Notre Dame will beat Northwestern. . . .

The Pacific 10 Conference will have the most players drafted. . . .

ESPN commentator Beano Cook will like Washington running back Beno Bryant. . . .

San Diego State running back Marshall Faulk and Alabama flanker David Palmer will ignore the sophomore jinx. . . .

Miami and Washington again will split the national championship. . . .

There will be a call for a playoff to decide a single national champion. . . .

The state of Kansas will have another winning season. . . .

The state of Oregon will have another losing season. . . .

Elvis Grbac will be confused with Eli Grba. . . .

If you turn on your TV set any Saturday, you will get a Notre Dame game. . . .

New Pac-10 assistant coaches making the biggest impacts will be California defensive coordinator Artie Gigantino and Arizona offensive tackle coach Jim Young. . . .

USC will have a winning record during the lengthy “payback” part of its schedule. . . .

East Carolina will win more often than North Carolina or South Carolina. . . .

Time of possession will be the most overrated statistic. . . .

Michie Stadium at West Point will be the most beautiful setting for a game, even if it is Army vs. Lafayette. . . .

John Mackovic will make Texas forget David McWilliams. . . .

Washington offensive tackle Lincoln Kennedy will win the Outland Trophy. . . .

The cold war between the NCAA and NFL will escalate. . . .

New Arizona State Coach Bruce Snyder will not thank the schedule maker for arranging Washington as his opening-day opponent Sept. 5 at Tempe. . . .

Despite the presence of Miami, Big East football won’t be as rough as Big East basketball. . . .

Pat Dye will settle for a tie. . . .

The Stanford band will create an election-year controversy. . . .

Nobody will be able to explain the bowl alliance system. . . .

Fresno State will give the Western Athletic Conference just what it really doesn’t need--more offense. . . .

Michigan State will reverse its loss to Central Michigan. . . .

A defensive back rated highly by NFL scouts will threaten to play pro baseball instead. . . .

The Miami-Florida State game Oct. 3 at the Orange Bowl will be called the game of the year. . . .

The Miami-Penn State game Oct. 10 at State College, Pa., will be called the game of the decade. . . .

Qadry Ismail will make more headlines with the Syracuse Orangemen than Rocket Ismail will with the Toronto Argonauts. . . .

Gerry Faust will suffer his fifth losing year out of seven at Akron. . . .

Florida will finish seventh in the nation and third in the state. . . .

Hawaii will give vacationing Pittsburgh a hard time Dec. 5 at Honolulu. . . .

The SEC East will be the toughest division in the country. . . .

Washington will have the biggest quarterback controversy in the state--Mark Brunell vs. Billy Joe Hobert--but Washington State will have the best quarterback--Drew Bledsoe. . . .

Cal State Fullerton will beat Cal State Northridge Sept. 5--and then lose to UCLA Sept. 12 and Georgia Sept. 19. . . .

Rick Mirer will become the fifth Notre Dame quarterback to win the Heisman Trophy.