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Week 10 Picks

FOOTBALL REIGNS SUPREME — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:22:40 GMT

Texas romps UCF
Pittsburgh beats Syracuse
West Virginia romps Louisville
Wisconsin beats Indiana
Michigan State over Western Michigan
Michigan beats Purdue
Minnesota beats Illinois
Miami over Virginia
Iowa over Northwestern
Arkansas over South Carolina
Oregon survives at Stanford
Ohio State wins at Penn State
Oklahoma State survives Iowa State
North Carolina survives Duke
Georgia Tech survives Wake Forest
Arizona crunches Washington State
Alabama stifles LSU
TCU crunches San Diego State
Tennessee beats Memphis
Utah beats New Mexico
Florida over Vanderbilt (even without Spikes...)
Houston over Tulsa
California over Oregon State
Florida State wins at Clemson
Cincinnati survives UConn
Oklahoma over Nebraska
USC rebounds against Arizona State
Fresno State over Idaho
Missouri ovver Baylor
Notre Dame survives Navy
Washington over UCLA
Kansas State upsets Kansas
Texas A&M over Colorado
NC State over Maryland

Week 9 Picks

FOOTBALL REIGNS SUPREME — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:59:11 GMT

1- West Virginia beats South Florida
2- Florida State survives NC State
3- UConn spanks Rutgers
4- Iowa slaps down Indiana
5- Ohio State throttles New Mexico State
6- Wisconsin escapes resurgent Purdue
7- Cincy mauls Syracuse
8- Mississippi holds off Auburn
9- Nebraska rebounds, beats Baylor
10- Missouri beats Colorado
11- UPSET ALERT. GEORGIA STUNS FLORIDA IN THRILLER
12- Central Michigan wins at Boston College
13- Miami (FL) beats Wake Forest
14- California wins at Arizona state
15- Texas A&M beats resurgent Iowa State
16- Texas Tech rolls Kansas
17- Michigan wins at hapless Illinois
18- Oregon State beats woeful UCLA
19- TCU rolls UNLV
20- Penn State at Northwestern
21- Kentucky beats Mississippi State
22- Oklahoma steamrolls Kansas State
23- Notre Dame beats Wazzu (and it's not a thriller)|
24- Georgia Tech runs over Vanderbilt
25- UPSET ALERT. TENNESSEE STIFLES SOUTH CAROLINA
26- Michigan State wins at Minnesota
27- UPSET ALERT. Oregon bests USC in raucous Autzen
28- Texas slams Oklahoma State
29- LSU stymies the Tulane Green Wave
30- Duke wins at UVA

WEEK THREE: 24 - 6 (80%)
WEEK FOUR: 22 - 8 (73.3%)
WEEK FIVE: 20 - 10 (66.7%)
WEEK SIX: 24 - 6 (80%)
WEEK SEVEN: 18 - 12 (60%)
WEEK EIGHT: 22 - 8 (73.3%)
OVERALL RESULTS: 155 - 65 (70.45%)
NOTES: Just trying to get out the recent slide in picks is all.

Week 8 Review, Week 9 Poll

FOOTBALL REIGNS SUPREME — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:29:31 GMT

Week 8 Review, Week 9 Poll

29-19 Florida over Mississippi State?
12-10 Alabama over Tennessee?
There are NO super-elite teams this year
There are NO super-elite stars either
(No offense, Mark Ingram, Alabama)
Notre Dame, living on the edge in 09
Iowa, REALLY living on the edge in 09
Miami has not looked great against decent squads
The verdict? The "U" is not back
Pittsburgh is really good...
South Florida is back to its mid-season flop form
BYU = vastly overrated
TCU = vastly underrated
Boise State = right there in the middle
USC's defense? Major weakness heading into Oregon
Texas 41, Missouri 7. Texas is #1 for the week
Texas A&M 52, Texas Tech 30
How about Navy at 6-2?
How about Georgia Tech as a title contender?
Illinois, Louisville - fire your coaches now...

WEEK 9 POLL
#1a Texas
#1b Alabama
#3 Florida
#4 Iowa
#5 TCU
#6 Cincinnati
#7 USC
#8 Boise State
#9 Georgia Tech
#10 Oregon
#11 LSU
#12 Penn State
#13 Pittsburgh
#14 Houston
#15 Oklahoma State
#16 West Virginia
#17 Virginia Tech
#18 Miami
#19 Ohio State
#20 Oklahoma
#21 Arizona
#22 South Carolina
#23 Ole Miss
#24 Central Michigan
#25 Utah

Week 8 Picks

FOOTBALL REIGNS SUPREME — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:54:43 GMT

Florida State beats North Carolina
Georgia Tech wins at Virginia
Ohio State survives Minnesota
South Florida beats Pittsburgh
West Virginia beats UConn
Northwestern beats Indiana
Mississippi scrapes by Arkansas
Oklahoma State wins at Baylor
Purdue spanks Illinois
Alabama survives Tennessee
Cincinnati beats Louisville
Miami survives Clemson
UPSET ALERT - Washington beats Oregon
UPSET ALERT - Michigan beats Penn State
Oklahoma survives at Kansas
UPSET ALERT - Boston College wins at Notre Dame
California rolls Washington State
Arizona beats UCLA
Iowa wins again at Michigan State
South Carolina beats Vanderbilt
Texas Tech throttles Texas A&M
Florida survives again, against Mississippi State (UPSET WATCH)
TCU crunches BYU
UPSET ALERT - Auburn wins at LSU
Houston survives resurgent SMU
Texas survives at Missouri
USC romps over Oregon State
Stanford beats Arizona State
Utah survives Air Force
Navy runs over Wake Forest

WEEK THREE: 24 - 6 (80%)
WEEK FOUR: 22 - 8 (73.3%)
WEEK FIVE: 20 - 10 (66.7%)
WEEK SIX: 24 - 6 (80%)
WEEK SEVEN: 18 - 12 (60%)
OVERALL RESULTS:
NOTES: HERE'S TO A GOOD WEEK SEVEN.

Week 7 Review, Week 8 Poll

FOOTBALL REIGNS SUPREME — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:38:22 GMT

1. Oklahoma is the best 3-3 team I've ever seen
2. I suppose Virginia Tech isn't the best one loss team
3. My apologies to USC...
4. With wins at Penn State and Wisconsin, how about Iowa...
5. Purdue 26, Ohio State 18? Things are getting dire...
6. Mark Ingram for the 2009 Heisman?
7. Florida should really thank the refs for the Arkansas win...
8. Georgia Tech could make a real BCS push this year
9. So could those Miami Hurricanes
10. Boise State should be heavily punished for its Tulsa performance..
11. Tulsa @ UTEP? UTEP 28, Tulsa 24.
12. We all knew Kansas would lose at some point
13. Poor, poor Sam Bradford
14. Poor, poor Bob Stoops
15. Poor, poor Oklahoma
16. Poor, poor Bobby Bowden
17. YES! To Lane Kiffin's latest swipe at Florida...
18. And, it's true (paraphrase: Bama is #1, compare Arkansas performances)
19. Welcome back to respectability (Indiana, Virginia, Cal, UGA, Clemson)
20. In the tank you go (Illinois, Vanderbilt, N. C. State, Hawaii)

#1        Alabama
#2        Florida
#3        Texas
#4        TCU
#5        Cincinnati
#6        Iowa
#7        USC
#8        Miami
#9        Georgia Tech
#10      Boise State
#12      LSU
#13      Oregon
#14      Penn State
#15      Virginia Tech
#16      Houston
#17      Oklahoma State
#18      West Virginia
#19      Pittsburgh
#20      BYU
#21      South Carolina
#22      Ohio State
#23      Oklahoma
#24      South Florida
#25      Utah

Week 7 Picks

FOOTBALL REIGNS SUPREME — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 23:02:10 GMT

Posting a day early for the Boise State at Tulsa game...

Boise State survives Tulsa
Cincinnati beats South Florida
Pittsburgh wins at Rutgers
Connecticut beats Louisville
UPSET ALERT: Oklahoma stuns Texas
Ohio State rolls Purdue
Michigan State beats Northwestern
UPSET ALERT: Wisconsin stuns Iowa
Clemson beats Wake Forest
Georgia scrapes by Vanderbilt
West Virginia survives Marshall
USC clamps down Notre Dame
Nebraska beats Texas Tech
Penn State beats Minnesota
UCLA beats California
Boston College beats N. C. State
Florida survives an Arkansas upset bid
TCU beats Colorado State
BYU wins at San Diego State
Virginia Tech rolls on, beats Georgia Tech
Kansas survives again, beats Colorado
Miami wins at UCF
Illinois finally wins, beats Indiana
Arizona beats Stanford
Auburn recovers, beats Kentucky
Missouri beats Oklahoma State
Alabama throttles South Carolina
Washington wins at Arizona State
Virginia beats Maryland in an ACC pillow fight
Texas A&M wins at Kansas State

WEEK THREE: 24 - 6 (80%)
WEEK FOUR: 22 - 8 (73.3%)
WEEK FIVE: 20 - 10 (66.7%)
WEEK SIX: 24 - 6 (80%)
OVERALL RESULTS: 115 - 45 (72%)
NOTES: Let's see can I keep up the momentum swing...

Week 6 Review, Week 7 Poll

FOOTBALL REIGNS SUPREME — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:31:49 GMT

1) Virginia Tech is the best one loss team, bar none
2) The most talented does not make you the best... (USC)
3) 45-19, The Vols over "vaunted" Georgia?
4) LSU's offense is beyond dismal, in case you didn't know...
5) Alabama, still looking like the #1 team to me
6) I'm dying to see these BCS rankings this weekend
7) Texas, looking and worse and worse by the game
8) Houston, welcome back.
9) So, how good are you South Carolina?
10) Welcome back, Sam Bradford
11) Washington, living on the edge...
12) Welcome back to being respectible, Nebraska
13) Here's some advice Kansas, it's called DEFENSE
14) The surprise teams keep getting better (Marshall, Idaho)
15) Does Ohio State know what offense is anymore?
16) Duke 49, NC State 28. Say it isn't so?
17) Dear TCU, BCS teams beat Air Force by more than a FG
18) Texas Tech 66, Kansas State 14. With a back-up QB...
19) Virginia 47, Indiana 7? What?
20) Ball State, 0-6 and it's not looking up...

WEEK 7 POLL
#1 Alabama
#2 Florida
#3 Texas
#4 Virginia Tech
#5 USC
#6 TCU
#7 Miami
#8 Cincinnati
#9 Boise State
#10 Ohio State
#11 LSU
#12 Nebraska
#13 Georgia Tech
#14 Iowa
#15 Oregon
#16 South Florida
#17 Penn State
#18 South Carolina
#19 BYU
#20 Oklahoma State
#21 Oklahoma
#22 Houston
#23 Auburn
#24 West Virginia
#25 Utah

Coming up next... WEEK 7 PICKS

Thursday Night Update - Huskers!

FOOTBALL REIGNS SUPREME — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:47:25 GMT

After watching Nebraska completely dominate the 4th quarter, scoring 27 unanswered points en route to a 27 - 12 win, I think it's official, Nebraska is back (or at least on the right track). Remember, they are one miraculous last minute drive at current #5 Virginia Tech from being undefeated. While the offense could use some work, the defense is solid and unyielding all across the board.

Looking at Nebraska's upcoming schedule, I don't see why the Huskers couldn't go 6-1 or so heading into the Big XII Championship Game. They host Texas Tech at home, Iowa State at home, Baylor on the road (without their star QB for the season), host an unimpressive Oklahoma squad, Kansas on the road, Kansas State at home, and an awful Colorado team on the road. That would put Nebraska at roughly 10-2, deserving of a top ten ranking, heading toward a likely matchup with a top 5 Texas in Dallas. And who's to say the Huskers couldn't pull it off?

The job Bo Pelini has done in his short time at Nebraska is incredible, considering the previous trainwreck regime that was Bill Callahan. It appears he has increased confidence and talent on the defensive side of the ball - something that was woefully absent under Callahan. Does anyone else remember that 76 point game against Kansas in 2007? Or any of those other 40-50 point shreddings? Exactly.

At this rate, it'll only be a matter of time before Nebraska is competing for a national championship, and don't think that Pelini doesn't know what it takes to win one, having led a stout LSU defensive run that culminated with a 2007 BCS title win over Ohio State. With Pelini at the helm, the era of the vaunted "Blackshirts" has certainly been revived, and is probably around to stay.

Week 6 Picks

FOOTBALL REIGNS SUPREME — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 17:28:09 GMT

1) Nebraska beats Missouri
2) West Virginia beats Syracuse
3) Arkansas beats Auburn
4) Minnesota beats Purdue
5) Michigan State beats hapless Illinois
6) Virginia Tech beats Boston College
7) Tennessee beats Georgia
8) Oklahoma State survives at Texas A&M
9) Mississippi State beats Houston
10) Kansas throttles Iowa State
11) South Carolina beats Kentucky
12) Pittsburgh beats UConn
13) Indiana wins at Virginia
14) UCLA upsets Oregon
15) Ohio State beats Wisconsin
16) Oklahoma routs Baylor
17) N. C. State beats Duke
18) Alabama wins at Mississippi
19) Arizona State beats Washington State
20) Wake Forest beats Maryland
21) Oregon State beats Stanford
22) Miami (FL) beats Florida A&M
23) Texas Tech thrashes Kansas State
24) Texas mows over Colorado
25) TCU wins at Air Force
26) Florida State upsets Georgia Tech
27) GAME OF THE WEEK: Florida romps against LSU (with or without Tebow)
28) Washington beats Arizona
29) Iowa over Michigan
30) Hawaii survives Fresno State

WEEK THREE: 24 - 6 (80%)
WEEK FOUR: 22 - 8 (73.3%)
WEEK FIVE: 20 - 10 (66.7%)
OVERALL RESULTS: 91 - 39 (70%)
NOTES: Just trying to get out the recent slide in picks is all.

Week 5 Review, Week 6 Poll

FOOTBALL REIGNS SUPREME — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:52:16 GMT

1) 2 field goals = output of California's last two games... (awful)
2) Welcome back USC of old, less about 10 points of offense per game
3) 5-0 Wisconsin, with a trip to tOSU on deck. Who woulda thunk it?
4) Ditto Auburn, at 5-0, #17. Apologies to Chizik for trashing his hire.
5) Same ole same ole for LSU with their "escape" at Georgia...
6) Clemson, how in the world do you lose to Maryland?
7) North Carolina, how in the world do you lose to Virginia?
8) Houston, how in the world do you lose (like that) to UTEP?
9) Florida State, how in ... oh wait ... nevermind ...
10) Michigan State > Michigan, told you so...
11) Notre Dame, you're next when USC comes a callin
12) Could WVU's offense be ANY messier with the football?
13) Washington is so close to being 4-1 and in the top 15
14) Arkansas 47, Texas A&M 19. Another fraud, busted...
15) Miami 21, Oklahoma 20. Goodbye OU, with regards from the BCS
16) Per #15, Miami > Oklahoma. Told you so...
17) Ole Miss 23, Vanderbilt 7. And it looked even worse...
18) Play that way this weekend, and it'll be Alabama 42, Ole Miss 14
19) Ron Zook, feel free to recuse your coaching license immediately...
20) Iowa 24, Arkansas State 21? Iowa's getting rather USC-like eh?

WEEK SIX RANKINGS
#1 Alabama
#2 Florida
#3 Texas
#4 Virginia Tech
#5 USC
#6 TCU
#7 Boise State
#8 LSU
#9 Cincinnati
#10 Miami (FL)
#11 Ohio State
#12 Iowa
#13 Oregon
#14 Auburn
#15 Nebraska
#16 Kansas
#17 Penn State
#18 Oklahoma
#19 Oklahoma State
#20 Missouri
#21 South Florida
#22 South Carolina
#23 Mississippi
#24 BYU
#25 Georgia Tech

Coming soon... WEEK SIX PICKS