Buffalo Bulls 2009 College Football Predictions, College Football Picks & College Football Odds: As long as Head Football Coach Turner Gill is on the sidelines, Buffalo will be hanging around the top of the Mid-American Conference. The Bulls won the conference last year by handing Ball State their first loss of the season in the conference championship game. The bowl game did not go too well, but winning the conference is an amazing accomplishment considering where this program was a mere two years ago. Odds makers at Sportsbook.com have college football predictions on the Buffalo Bulls 50-1 odds to win the BSC 2010 National Championship.
Zach Maynard will bring a running attack to the quarterback position, but can he be the leader that Willy was? With Naaman Roosevelt and Brett Hamlin returning, Maynard will have targets. Roosevelt caught 104 passes for 1,402 yards and 13 touchdowns. He will certainly give Maynard a viable option, but it remains to be seen if Maynard can consistently get him the ball. Making matters worse, three starters are gone off of the offensive line and guard Peter Bittner and tackle Andrew West have to quickly become leaders.
The turnovers should keep coming with the return of the back seven. Linebacker Justin Winters is a tackling machine and Raphael Akobundu and Scott Pettigrew are young linebackers who had solid campaigns. They should only be better with a year of experience. Yet, the real strength is in the secondary. Safety Mike Newton is an experienced senior and strong safety Davonte Shannon is probably the best player on the team and is ready to become a MAC superstar.
Another expected strength for the Bulls is their special teams, led by returning placekicker A.J. Principe and punter Peter Fardon. Principe already ranks fifth on the all-time scoring list at UB, and first among kickers, after only two seasons. Fardon started as a true freshman, albeit at 26 years of age, after coming to Buffalo from Australia. An excellent athlete, Fardon stepped in impressively by averaging 39.1 yards per punt, dropping 23 punts inside the 20-yard line.
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