The 71st AT&T Pebble Beach hosts a number of top flight players. Here are mine and my commenters predictions for this weekend’s tournament at the iconic course.
White’s World-Paul Casey
Walter Pittman- Dustin Johnson
Bama Golf-Dustin Johnson as well
Spike me Up- Pony goes with Phil
Brownie- Brownie takes Jason Day.
We picked this on a group text yesterday as Command Central was down due to the storm.
On another note, Brownie picked Super Bowl LIV correctly. Mike said the best player would win the game and that player was Patrick Mahomes. That is exactly what happened. White’s World and Bama Golf went with the NIners. And while a couple of coaching mistakes at the end of the first half and on the Niners last drive and a missed call on a late hit out of bounds on a key third down and some missed PI calls by the controversial Bill Vinovich crew were costly, it can’t be denied the greatness of Ma-home-es. Quite a game. The halftime show was a disaster, but the pregame, the game and some of the commercials were excellent.
Will have college basketball coverage coming up in the next couple of weeks with March just around the corner. Golf coverage is in full focus now, and NBA , NHL playoffs getting closer along with MLB cranking up soon with pitchers and catchers about to report to Florida and Arizona respectively. Will have all that coming up in the near future.
College Football recruiting culminated Wednesday, though there will be more transfers/graduate transfers picking schools and a couple of later signees. Georgia finished No.1 in Rivals and 247 Sports rankings. Alabama was 2 in 247 and 3 in rivals, Clemson was 3 247 and 2 in rivals and LSU was a consensus 4. Per Rivals, No.5 Ohio State, No.6 A&M, No7, Tennessee, great class for Jeremy Pruitt, No.8 Florida, Dan Mullen too, No.9 Oregon and No.10 was the Auburn Tigers.
247 Sports had No.5 Ohio State, No.6 A&M, No.7 Auburn, Gus and company got a better ranking here, 8. Florida, 9. Texas,, which was interesting as Rivals had them at 13, and 10. Tennessee.
Spring games will crank up in March and be a full go in April. A lot of interesting stuff to be reconciled. What will happen with the Bama quarterback situation with the now veteran Mac Jones battling it out with incoming 5 star freshman Bryce Young, the No. 2 player in the country in 2020, and 4 star redshirt freshman Taulia Tagovailoa. Auburn lost some players on their defensive front and offensive front but there is talent in the hopper, so we’ll see how that shakes out in the spring. Also, Bo Nix with a year under his belt how good can he become in his sophomore year. Dylan Moses, Alex Leatherwood, both exceptional players and the real surprise, the great Najee Harris, are returning for their senior seasons. So that should really give the Crimson Tide a boost.
So a lot coming up. Will keep you apprised on it all.
TV for Pebble Beach this weekend is
today (Friday) 2-5 PM CT, Golf Channel,
Saturday 12-1:45 PM CT, GC, 2-5 PM CT, CBS,
Sunday: 12-1:45 PM CT, GC, 2-5:30 PM CT CBS.
Have a great weekend.
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Thanks DW. Yes I had the Niners but thought their defense would be better but KC looked to be the better team. I love the Pebble Beach area and maybe we should have a Whites World tournament out there some day.
Several SEC teams did well in recruiting this year. As you mentioned Alabama has some good players coming back. It will be interesting to see how their QB situation turns out. Thanks as always for your predictions and analysis!
Agree with BAMA Golf. Need a White’s World event
Sounds like a good plan, fellas.
Count me in on a Clam Bake at Pebble. Thanks DW!
Thanks Walter! Why don’t we just shoot for MBC, BCC or Shoal. A little more feasible economically.