2014 College Football Predictions – follow up #1

Bold Predictions For 2014 – 1st Follow-Up    9/8/2014 Here’s my first follow-up to my predictions: Charlie Weis has won a game. Hooray!!!  Now clearly it wasn’t against a mighty powerhouse like Kansas State (he he ha ha), but he did manage a “W”, which was important...

Week 1 2014 Preview – Pondering the Future

Posted: August 27, 2014 1. The Quest begins Week 1 with the annual Gainesville trip, family in tow. Here’s to hoping it does not cost as much as last years trip to Syracuse….too late! But on the plus side, the kids first Gator game. Let’s hope it’s not another Georgia...

My Preseason Top 25 Poll – 2014

Posted: August 25, 2014 I now present the definitive Top 25 preseason poll. I polled all one of me, tabulated the results, and now present my top 25 poll. This poll is based on who I think are the better teams. In my opinion, a higher ranked team would beat a lower...

Final Top 25 Rankings – 1/7/2014

Posted: January 7, 2014 I now present the definitive Top 25 poll. Each week I will poll myself, tabulate the results, and then present them. The number in () is last week’s ranking. The number in [] is my preseason ranking. 1. Florida State 14-0 (1) [3] 2....

Top 25 Rankings – 12/9/2013

Posted: December 9, 2013 I now present the definitive Top 25 poll. Each week I will poll myself, tabulate the results, and then present them. The number in () is last week’s ranking. 1. Florida State 12-0 (1) 2. Alabama 11-1 (4) 3. Auburn 12-1 (2) 4. Michigan...

Top 25 Rankings – 12/2/2013

Posted: December 2, 2013 I now present the definitive Top 25 poll. Each week I will poll myself, tabulate the results, and then present them. The number in () is last week’s ranking. 1. Florida State 12-0 (2) 2. Auburn 11-1 (3) 3. Missouri 11-1 (4) 4. Alabama...

Top 25 Rankings – 11/25/2013

Posted: November 25, 2013 I now present the definitive Top 25 poll. Each week I will poll myself, tabulate the results, and then present them. The number in () is last week’s ranking. 1. Alabama 11-0 (1) 2. Florida State 11-0 (2) 3. Auburn 10-1 (5) 4. Missouri...

Top 25 Rankings – 11/18/2013

Posted: November 18, 2013 I now present the definitive Top 25 poll. Each week I will poll myself, tabulate the results, and then present them. The number in () is last week’s ranking. 1. Alabama 10-0 (1) 2. Florida State 10-0 (2) 3. Baylor 9-0 (5) 4. Oregon 9-1...

Top 25 Rankings – 11/11/2013

Posted: November 11, 2013 I now present the definitive Top 25 poll. Each week I will poll myself, tabulate the results, and then present them. The number in () is last week’s ranking. 1. Alabama 9-0 (2) 2. Florida State 9-0 (3) 3. Stanford 8-1 (4) 4. Oregon 8-1...

Week 11 Preview

Posted: November 7, 2013 Oklahoma at Baylor – Thursday night gets going with the nation’s number one offense in Baylor against the staunch defense of the Sooners. Baylor has the #1 offense and #6 defense in terms of points. But a quick look at the Baylor...

Top 25 Rankings – 11/4/2013

Posted: November 4, 2013 I now present the definitive Top 25 poll. Each week I will poll myself, tabulate the results, and then present them. The number in () is last week’s ranking. 1. Oregon 8-0 (1) 2. Alabama 8-0 (2) 3. Florida State 8-0 (3) 4. Stanford 7-1...

Week 9 Recap

Posted: October 29, 2013 Wake Forest at Miami – Miami ekes out another win to remain unbeaten. Next week…Florida State. One team will emerge with their first loss. I know where my money would be. Connecticut @ Central Florida – Could UConn be the worst team in...

Top 25 Rankings – 10/28/2013

Posted: October 28, 2013 I now present the definitive Top 25 poll. Each week I will poll myself, tabulate the results, and then present them. The number in () is last week’s ranking. 1. Oregon 8-0 (1) 2. Alabama 8-0 (2) 3. Florida State 7-0 (3) 4. Stanford 7-1...

Week 8 Recap

Posted: October 22, 2013 Wow what a week. Six of the top 12 teams go down, with three losing to unranked teams. Things in the SEC looked upside down with Tennessee, Missouri, Vanderbilt, Auburn, and Ole Miss winning while Florida, Texas A&M, Georgia, South...

Top 25 Rankings – 10/21/2013

Posted: October 21, 2013 I now present the definitive Top 25 poll. Each week I will poll myself, tabulate the results, and then present them. The number in () is last week’s ranking. 1. Oregon 7-0 (1) 2. Alabama 7-0 (2) 3. Florida State 6-0 (3) 4. Stanford 6-1...

Week 8 Preview

Posted: October 17, 2013 Central Florida at Louisville – Last chance for Louisville to lose and they are 12.5 point favorites. Gotta love the Cards schedule. Al will be pulling hard for his Knights but put the Cards down for undefeated and not a top 10 team in my...

Week 5 Recap

Posted: October 1, 2013 Miami at South Florida – I only mention this game because South Florida may be the worst team in D1. This game was 49-7 at one point. I bet Coach Taggert misses WKU right about now. Oklahoma State at West Virginia – Huge bounce back win for WVU...

College Football – My Take Aways from Week #1

Posted: September 3, 2013 Greetings, and glad the season has finally begun….and begun I mean all the Monday (or Tuesday) morning quarterbacking can begin. I’m probably as good at this, as I am making my weekly picks in our pool. So I am going to take a...

College Football – Preseason Predictions

Posted: August 2, 2013 For the record, I have had the highest “best bet” percentage over the previous 3 seasons in a “fairly legal” college football pool that’s been running for many years. The pool really doesn’t exist though,...