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Twitter Tuesday: Josh Rosen, Florida State, Big Ten East

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Our weekly #TwitterTuesday file continues this week where you ask National Recruiting Director Mike Farrell your football questions via social media. Here are five questions we chose, including Farrell’s take on what would happen if Josh Rosen had picked Michigan.

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Josh Rosen has talent around him at UCLA but, as we’ve seen in his three seasons and especially Sunday night, the Bruins' coaching decisions deserve some scrutiny. Rosen is on his third offensive coordinator in three seasons and is not working under a quarterback guru like he would be at Michigan under Jim Harbaugh.

With what Harbaugh has done in a short period of time at Michigan with Jake Rudock and now Wilton Speight, two very average quarterbacks, it’s fun to think of how much Rosen would have developed at Michigan. Would the Wolverines be the favorites to win it all this year with Rosen under center? That might be far-fetched but, after watching the Wolverines play against Florida, they’d certainly be a favorite to make the College Football Playoff.

Rosen visited Michigan right before he committed to UCLA during the recruiting process and most didn’t give the Wolverines much of a chance at the time. But imagine this – not only Rosen plugged into that offense but Rosen and Harbaugh on the same team with their outspoken natures. That would be fun.

It’s obviously very early in the season and a few teams have looked good, but Auburn has the best chance to upset Alabama and unseat the Crimson Tide.

What about LSU? After all, The Tigers dismantled a pretty good BYU team and looked solid offensively and very strong defensively in the process. I just don’t think they can get past Alabama with Danny Etling at quarterback.

I like the fact that Auburn has a well-balanced offense now with Jarrett Stidham. You also have to account for the rivalry factor. You never know what can happen in big-time rivalry games and, if Auburn can navigate the schedule and beat LSU on the road and Georgia at home, the Iron Bowl could be epic.

Personally, I don’t think anyone will touch Alabama in the SEC this season, but give me Auburn if I’m picking a dark horse.

Their seasons aren’t over, but their national title hopes appear to be gone already.

With the loss of quarterback Deondre Francois, it's hard to envision Florida State running the table and ending up in the College Football Playoff. The Seminoles can likely survive another loss, but do we really think the ‘Noles will go 10-1 from here on out and win the ACC title? The team's defense will still be tough, but you have to expect some big mistakes from a freshman quarterback and the offensive line didn’t look as good as I’d hoped. Clemson now becomes the favorite in the ACC.

As for Florida, the team's offensive woes persist. I still think the Gators can compete to win the SEC East, but there is no way they would be able to hang with Alabama.

Both the Gators and Seminoles could end up with nine or so wins this year and play in a nice bowl game, but their playoff hopes appear to be dashed a week into the season.

The simple answer is yes. However, there were many, many red flags surrounding Malik Henry from his time in California to his brief stay at IMG and then his senior year back on the West Coast. So am I surprised he’s not at Florida State anymore? Not at all.

What does surprise me a little bit is that Jimbo Fisher and his staff didn’t recruit a second quarterback back in the 2016 class with so many question marks off the field regarding Henry. Now the Seminoles have two true freshmen and J.J. Consentino as their options with Francois out for the season. That’s not a great situation.

I’d keep Ohio State at No. 2 in the AP Top 25 despite the team's average performance against Indiana and I’d push Michigan up to No. 6 in the country after the Wolverines' impressive performance against Florida.

The big question is Penn State. The Nittany Lions looked great in their dominant win over Akron, but I felt at No. 6 they were ranked a little high coming into the season. Despite my gut feeling about James Franklin's team being overvalued, it would be No. 4 right behind Clemson at No. 3.

I’d put Oklahoma right between Penn State and Michigan at No. 5, drop USC down to No. 7 after a weak performance and drop Washington, after a weak outing against Rutgers, down to No. 10 behind Oklahoma State (No. 8) and Wisconsin (No. 9).

Alabama, of course, would remain No. 1.

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