Al’s 2014 College Football Predictions

August 27, 2014 Everyone has their predictions, so why not me as well? I’m going to take a different spin on things, adding a little CollegeFootballQuest flavoring to my mix on some of them, and of course, not pick this years champion: Charlie Weis has to go. I am not...

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...

Groving – an experience like no other

Posted: October 31, 2013 Ole Miss “Groving”, or “footballing”, “tailgating”, or whatever you’d like to call it, is everything that is right in college football, college sports, and sports in general. Everything that is done in Oxford can be described as...

Ole Miss Press Release

Date: October 22, 2013 | …and finally, after several years of planning, the guys will visit storied Ole Miss, and The Grove. “Outside of discussing the locale we are visiting in a given week, The Grove is the only consistent location that other football fans across the country consistently ask us if we have been to yet,” Jarrett claims.

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...

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 7 Preview

Posted: October 10, 2013 Rutgers at Louisville – This is the first game of the back to back gauntlet that will define the Cardinals season. This week Rutgers, next week UCF. These are the toughest games on the Cards schedule. And they are 19 point favorites. Nice...

Week 6 Recap

Posted: October 8, 2013 I did not have the opportunity to watch any games prior to 8pm as CollegeFootballQuest was in Syracuse this weekend and I was accompanied by my wife and kids. So, some of this recap is based on heresay and highlights. Texas @ Iowa State –...

Top 25 Rankings – 9/30/2013

Posted: September 30, 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 4-0 (1) 2. Alabama 4-0 (3) 3. Stanford 4-0 (4) 4. Florida State 4-0...

Top 25 Rankings – 9/23/2013

Posted: September 23, 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 3-0 (2) 2. Alabama 3-0 (1) 3. Florida State 3-0 (3) 4. Stanford 3-0...

Week 3 Recap

. Posted: September 17, 2013 TCU at Texas Tech – It was not pretty, but the Red Raiders get the win and send TCU to a 1-2 start. Not what the Horned Frogs were looking for. TCU has some tough games coming up so this was a game they needed. This game sends TTU into the...

Top 25 Poll – 9/16/2013

Posted: September 16, 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 2-0 (1) 2. Oregon 3-0 (2) 3. Florida State 2-0 (3) 4. Ohio State...

Week 3 Preview

Posted: September 12, 2013 TCU at Texas Tech – This is a game to look forward to. Texas Tech has put up some points in its first two games, but TCU’s defense should play better than either SMU or Stephen F. Austin. This will be a measuring stick game for TT....

Top 25 Poll – 9/9/2013

Posted: September 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. Alabama 1-0 (1) 2. Oregon 2-0 (2) 3. Florida State 1-0 (3) 4. Ohio State...

Top 25 Poll – 9/3/2013

Posted: September 3, 2013 I now present the definitive Top 25 poll. Each week I will poll myself, tabulate the results, and then present them. As a reminder, this poll is based on who I think is the better team. In my opinion, a higher ranked team would beat a lower...

Week 1 Recap

. Posted: September 3, 2013 North Carolina at South Carolina – I think everybody got what they expected in this game, at least on a team level. SC was never in jeopardy of losing, but did not quite dominate. The interesting note on this game was the reaction to the...

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,...