Expectations and, in some cases, hopes for 2013:

• The Jaguars fire General Manager Gene Smith. Nothing personal, but he has done a horrible job. The Jaguars may have the weakest roster in the NFL.
• Unless some freshmen step in and make major contributions immediately at wide receiver, the Gators will not win the SEC East, much less the SEC title.
• Tiger Woods wins a major championship.
• The Angels will regret signing Josh Hamilton to a 5-year, $125-million contract. I’ll be surprised if they get more than one outstanding season from him.
• The Jaguars’ starting quarterback on opening day is not currently on the team’s roster.
• The self-proclaimed NFL draft experts will look foolish – again – when the draft ends.
• Maurice Jones-Drew will not play for the Jaguars.
• Coach Nick Saban will still be coaching Alabama, not the Cleveland Browns or any other NFL team.
• The Heat won’t repeat as NBA champs, but the new title holder won’t be the Knicks.
• Florida’s Billy Donovan will not leave for another college job or the NBA.
• Tickets to Miami Marlins games will be inexpensive. Dirt cheap, in fact.
• FSU, minus a quality quarterback, will struggle and Jimbo Fisher will coach his last season with the Seminoles.
• Tim Tebow will be the starting quarterback on opening day for some NFL team – and it won’t be the Jets or the Jaguars.
• Alabama will stomp Notre Dame in the BCS Championship Game.
• Justin Blackmon will be another of Gene Smith’s first-round draft busts. He’s lazy, physically and mentally.
• There will be a major push nationally to change the racist nickname of the NFL’s Washington franchise. I’ve been pushing for a change for years.
• SEC defensive coordinators will figure out a way to slow down Texas a&M QB Johnny Manziel.
• The Eagles’ Andy Reid will be unemployed the shortest amount of time of the half dozen NFL head coaches who get fired after this season.
• UNF basketball coach Matthew Driscoll will be courted by at least one big-time basketball school to take over its program.
• Colin Montgomerie is a worthy addition to the World Golf Hall of Fame.