College football analysts are trying to predict the future, but no one is playing consistently
A sports analyst's detailed but uncertain projections for upcoming conference championships.

The story
College football analysts are projecting potential conference championship matchups, with some teams facing tough decisions and close calls. The projections are based on current standings and potential outcomes.
Source: www.foxnews.com
Our reading
Joel Klatt, a college football analyst, is trying to predict which teams will make it to the conference championships, and he’s having a hard time because no one is playing consistently. He’s basically saying, ‘I don’t know, but I’ll tell you what I think anyway.’
It’s like when you try to guess who will win the office pool, but instead of just picking a team, you have to explain why they might or might not win, and you’re not even sure if they’ll make it past next week.
And yet, here he is, making bold predictions about who will face whom in the championship, as if the entire season is just a series of chess moves on a board that keeps getting rearranged by the players.