So, I missed Week 7 due to tragedy in the family, and Week 10 due to a busy work schedule. After missing two weeks so early in the season, I gave up my picks (which take a lot of time) and just left my previous posts up. Here are all my NCAA Football Prediction posts from 2004 merged together in one place [previously found on my now-defunct sports blog].
WEEK 9
Overall Record to Date: 256-70 (0.785)
Sorry, was out of town last weekend, so I never posted these. But I did do them, and here they are. I think I'm going to combine all these NCAA and NFL prediction posts into one post each when the seasons end, just to save space and make things more organized.
Picks are sorted alphabetically by home team. My picks are in
BOLD CAPS. Correct picks are in
red and incorrect ones are in
yellow. Final score in [brackets]. And for your and my viewing pleasure,
Yahoo's Rankings and
Yahoo's Odds. Rankings are AP, I guess. And now, the picks:
Week 9 (Oct 21-Oct 23): Week 45-8 (0.849), Overall 256-70 (0.785)
BYU at Air Force [41-24]
Ball State at
AKRON [23-35]
#7 CALIFORNIA at Arizona [38-0]
UCLA at
#21 ARIZONA STATE [42-48]
#10 GEORGIA at Arkansas [20-14]
Kentucky at
#3 AUBURN [10-42]
IOWA STATE at Baylor [26-25]
Fresno State at
#19 BOISE STATE [16-33]
MEMPHIS at Cincinnati [10-49]
MARYLAND at Clemson [7-10]
Wyoming at
COLORADO STATE [7-30]
Temple at
CONNECTICUT [31-45]
#14 VIRGINIA at Duke [37-16]
San Jose State at
HAWAII [28-46]
NEBRASKA at Kansas State [21-45]
Arkansas State at
LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE [24-26]
UTEP at
LOUISIANA TECH [44-27]
South Florida at
#15 LOUISVILLE [9-41]
Troy State at
#18 LSU [20-24]
Buffalo at
MARSHALL [14-48]
UCF at
MIAMI (OH) [7-43]
Idaho at
MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE [14-34]
Illinois at
MINNESOTA [0-45]
#20 FLORIDA at Mississippi State [31-38] (wow.)
#22 OKLAHOMA STATE at Missouri [20-17]
Rice at
NAVY [13-14]
Tulsa at
NEVADA [48-54, 3OT]
San Diego State at
NEW MEXICO [9-19]
#4 MIAMI (FL) at North Carolina State [45-31]
New Mexico State at
NORTH TEXAS [26-36]
Boston College at
#24 NOTRE DAME [24-23]
BOWLING GREEN at Ohio [41-16]
Indiana at
OHIO STATE [7-30]
Kansas at
#2 OKLAHOMA [10-41]
Washington State at
OREGON STATE [19-38]
#25 IOWA at Penn State [6-4] (ugliest score in NCAAFB history!)
Rutgers at
PITTSBURGH [17-41]
#13 MICHIGAN at #12 Purdue [16-14]
East Carolina at
SOUTHERN MISS [10-51]
Oregon at
STANFORD [16-13]
Houston at
TCU [27-34]
Alabama at
#11 TENNESSEE [13-17]
Colorado at
#17 TEXAS A&M [26-29, OT]
#8 TEXAS at Texas Tech [51-21]
Central Michigan at
TOLEDO [22-27]
UAB at Tulane [55-59] (defense?)
Washington at
#1 USC [0-38]
UNLV at
#9 UTAH [38-63]
Eastern Kentucky at
VANDERBILT [7-19]
#5 FLORIDA STATE at Wake Forest [20-17]
Syracuse at
#15 WEST VIRGINIA [6-27]
NORTHERN ILLINOIS at Western Michigan [59-38]
Northwestern at
#6 WISCONSIN [12-24]
WEEK 8
Overall Record to Date: 221-62 (0.781)
In case you're wondering, last week's NFL and NCAA picks are noteably absent. My grandfather died last week, so I was out of town for a few days. Things are back to normal this week.
Picks are sorted alphabetically by home team. My picks are in
BOLD CAPS. Correct picks are in
red and incorrect ones are in
yellow. Final score in [brackets]. And for your and my viewing pleasure,
Yahoo's Rankings and
Yahoo's Odds. Rankings are AP, I guess. And now, the picks:
Week 8 (Oct 12-Oct 16): Week 37-12 (0.755), Overall 221-62 (0.781)
#24 SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI at Alabama [3-27]
TROY STATE at Arkansas State [9-13]
Arkansas at
#4 AUBURN [20-38]
Ball State at
BOWLING GREEN [13-51]
MIAMI (OH) at Buffalo [25-7]
Wyoming at
BYU [13-24]
UCLA at
#8 CALIFORNIA [28-45]
Utah State at
CLEMSON [6-35]
Iowa State at
COLORADO [14-19]
#17 WEST VIRGINIA at Connecticut [31-19]
Middle Tennessee State at
#22 FLORIDA [16-52]
#6 VIRGINIA at #7 Florida State [3-36] (hah, that's what I get)
Vanderbilt at
#12 GEORGIA [3-33]
Duke at
GEORGIA TECH [7-24]
LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE at Idaho [25-38]
#14 MICHIGAN at Illinois [30-19]
#25 Ohio State at
IOWA [7-33]
#2 OKLAHOMA at Kansas State [31-21]
MARSHALL at Kent State [27-17]
SOUTH CAROLINA at Kentucky [12-7]
North Carolina State at
MARYLAND [13-3]
Tulane at
MEMPHIS [24-49]
#18 Louisville at
#3 MIAMI [38-41] (sheesh)
#19 MINNESOTA at Michigan State [17-51] (huh?)
#13 TENNESSEE at Mississippi [21-17]
NOTRE DAME at Navy [27-9]
Baylor at
NEBRASKA [27-59]
RICE at Nevada [10-35]
Central Michigan at
NORTHERN ILLINOIS [10-42]
#23 Texas A&M at
#16 OKLAHOMA STATE [36-20]
Arizona at
OREGON [14-28]
BOSTON COLLEGE at Pittsburgh [17-20, OT]
#10 WISCONSIN at #5 Purdue [20-17]
Temple at
RUTGERS [6-16]
COLORADO STATE at San Diego State [21-17]
LOUISIANA TECH at SMU [41-10]
Army at
SOUTH FLORIDA [42-35]
Missouri at
#9 TEXAS [20-28]
OHIO at Toledo [13-31]
#21 BOISE STATE at Tulsa [45-42]
TCU at
UAB [25-41]
AKRON at UCF [26-21] (sorry sis, 0-6 for the Knights)
New Mexico at
UNLV [24-20]
#15 Arizona State at
#1 USC [7-45]
North Carolina at
#11 UTAH [16-46]
HAWAII at UTEP [20-51]
OREGON STATE at Washington [29-14]
STANFORD at Washington State [23-17]
EASTERN MICHIGAN at Western Michigan [35-31]
There's some tough ones in there. Louisville sure gave Miami a run for their money.
WEEK 6
Overall Record to Date: 184-50 (0.786)
Picks are sorted alphabetically by home team. My picks are in
BOLD CAPS. Correct picks are in
red and incorrect ones are in
yellow. Final score in [brackets]. And for your and my viewing pleasure,
Yahoo's Rankings and
Yahoo's Odds. Rankings are AP, I guess. And now, the picks:
Week 6 (Sep 27-Oct 2): Week 40-13 (0.754), Overall 184-50 (0.786)
Navy at
AIR FORCE [24-21]
SOUTH CAROLINA at Alabama [20-3]
TCU at Army [21-17]
SMU at
#23 BOISE STATE [20-38]
UCF at Buffalo [20-48]
KENT STATE at Central Michigan [21-24]
UAB at
CINCINNATI [30-27]
BYU at
COLORADO STATE [31-21]
Pittsburgh at
CONNECTICUT [17-29] (where's Larry Fitzgerald now?)
Idaho at
EASTERN MICHIGAN [45-41]
Arkansas at
#16 FLORIDA [30-45]
North Carolina at
#9 FLORIDA STATE [16-38]
#13 LSU at
#3 GEORGIA [16-45] (dammit, the Dawgs look good.)
#4 Miami at
GEORGIA TECH [27-3] (my morals won't let me pick [SC]UM)
Tulsa at
HAWAII [16-44]
#19 MICHIGAN at Indiana [35-14]
Michigan State at
IOWA [16-38]
Ohio at
KENTUCKY [28-16] (huh?)
#17 FRESNO STATE at Louisiana Tech [21-28] (WAC title: gone. BCS game: gone.)
East Carolina at
#22 LOUISVILLE [7-59]
Miami (OH) at
MARSHALL [25-33]
Houston at
MEMPHIS [14-41]
Penn State at
#18 MINNESOTA [7-16]
Arkansas State at
MISSISSIPPI [21-28]
Colorado at
MISSOURI [9-17]
Kansas at
NEBRASKA [8-14] (ugly score)
#14 UTAH at New Mexico [28-7]
Wake Forest at
NORTH CAROLINA STATE [21-27, OT]
Middle Tennessee State at
NORTH TEXAS [21-30]
Akron at
NORTHERN ILLINOIS [19-49]
#7 OHIO STATE at Northwestern [27-33, OT] (I love it!)
#15 PURDUE at Notre Dame [41-16] (I love this too!)
Texas Tech at
#2 OKLAHOMA [13-28]
Iowa State at
#25 OKLAHOMA STATE [7-36]
#21 ARIZONA STATE at Oregon [28-13]
#10 CALIFORNIA at Oregon State [49-7]
RICE at San Jose State [63-70] (holy shit. can we get some defense?)
SOUTHERN MISS at South Florida [27-20]
Washington at
STANFORD [13-27]
Rutgers at
SYRACUSE [31-41]
BOWLING GREEN at Temple [70-16]
#8 Auburn at
#10 TENNESSEE [34-10] (I admit, AU's tops in the SEC)
Baylor at
#5 TEXAS [14-44]
Kansas State at
TEXAS A&M [30-42]
Ball State at
TOLEDO [14-52]
Utah State at
TROY STATE [21-49]
San Diego State at
UCLA [10-33]
Nevada at
UNLV [13-48]
New Mexico State at
UTEP [0-45]
Mississippi State at
VANDERBILT [13-31] (good job, Commodores)
#6 WEST VIRGINIA at Virginia Tech [13-19] (Mountaineers suck every year)
Illinois at
#20 WISCONSIN [7-24]
Louisiana-Monroe at
WYOMING [10-31]
Things of note: I hate Miami, but damn GT made them look good by playing like shit. That's two godawful games in a row for GT. Congrats to Navy for moving to 5-0, and to UCF for losing to possibly the worst team in Division IA football and falling to 0-4. It's going to be a long time before the Golden Knights see a W, I'd bet. Good job Northwestern Wildcats - NU is a team I always love to see do well in the Big Ten (Eleven?) because if NU is doing well, Michigan, Penn State, Ohio State, and the other overrated teams are struggling. Keep it up, Cats. Ole Miss almost lost to a cupcake, but Fresno State did. Kiss those BCS dreams goodbye, Bulldogs. Congrats to Rice for putting up 63 points and subsequently giving up 70 in
Division IA's highest scoring regulation game. Way to go, Owls. Whoo. Congrats to KSU and WVU for choking, and to Vanderbilt for actually winning an SEC game.
WEEK 5
Overall Record to Date: 144-37 (0.796)
Picks are sorted alphabetically by home team. My picks are in
BOLD CAPS. Correct picks are in
red and incorrect ones are in
yellow. Final score in [brackets]. And for your and my viewing pleasure,
Yahoo's Rankings and
Yahoo's Odds. Rankings are AP, I guess. And now, the picks:
Week 5 (Sep 19-26): Week 35-10 (0.778), Overall 144-37 (0.796)
WASHINGTON STATE at Arizona [20-19]
Oregon State at
#22 ARIZONA STATE [14-27]
Alabama at
ARKANSAS [10-27]
WESTERN MICHIGAN at Ball State [14-41]
NORTH TEXAS at Baylor [14-37]
BYU at
#21 BOISE STATE [27-28]
Army at
CONNECTICUT [3-40]
#23 MARYLAND at Duke [55-21]
CINCINNATI at East Carolina [24-19]
Kentucky at
#16 FLORIDA [3-20]
Clemson at
#8 FLORIDA STATE [22-41]
#4 MIAMI at Houston [38-13]
#15 PURDUE at Illinois [38-30]
MICHIGAN STATE at Indiana [30-20]
TEXAS TECH at Kansas [31-30]
Akron at
KENT STATE [24-19]
MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE at Louisiana-Lafayette [17-24]
Arkansas State at
LOUISIANA-MONROE [28-21]
Mississippi State at
#13 LSU [0-51]
Iowa at
#18 MICHIGAN [17-30]
Northwestern at
#19 MINNESOTA [17-43]
Vanderbilt at
NAVY [26-29]
NEW MEXICO at New Mexico State [38-3]
#24 LOUISVILLE at North Carolina [34-0]
Bowling Green at
NORTHERN ILLINOIS [17-34]
Washington at
NOTRE DAME [3-38]
Buffalo at
OHIO [0-40]
Idaho at
OREGON [10-48]
Nevada at
SAN DIEGO STATE [10-27]
San Jose State at
SMU [13-36]
Troy State at
SOUTH CAROLINA [7-17]
#1 USC at Stanford [31-28]
South Florida at
TCU [45-44, OT]
Louisiana Tech at
#11 TENNESSEE [17-42]
Rice at
#5 TEXAS [13-35]
Temple at
TOLEDO [17-45]
SOUTHERN MISS at Tulane [32-14]
MEMPHIS at UAB [28-35]
Utah State at
UNLV [31-21]
Air Force at
#14 UTAH [35-49]
Syracuse at
#12 VIRGINIA [10-31]
N.C. State at
VIRGINIA TECH [17-16]
Boston College at
WAKE FOREST [14-17]
Penn State at
#20 WISCONSIN [3-16]
MISSISSIPPI at Wyoming [32-37] (missing Eli yet?)
Things of note: When did Washington become such a joke of a team? And can somebody take note that I actually picked UL-Monroe AND Southern Methodist to win a game? Every time I have to pick a Pac-10 game, I feel like it's a crapshoot if USC isn't involved. Nobody plays defense at all (sans USC) and the teams are as inconsistent as they get (see Oregon State and Arizona State).
WEEK 4
Overall Record to Date: 109-27 (0.801)
Picks are sorted alphabetically by home team. My picks are in
BOLD CAPS. Correct picks are in
red and incorrect ones are in
yellow. Final score in [brackets]. And for your and my viewing pleasure,
Yahoo's Rankings and
Yahoo's Odds. Rankings are AP, I guess. And now, the picks:
Week 4 (Sep 12-18): Week 38-9 (0.809), Overall 109-27 (0.801)
#20 WISCONSIN at Arizona [9-7]
#16 IOWA at Arizona State [7-44] (ouch!)
#5 LSU at
#14 AUBURN [9-10]
Connecticut at
BOSTON COLLEGE [7-27]
#1 USC at BYU [42-10]
North Texas at
COLORADO [21-52]
#22 MINNESOTA at Colorado State [34-16]
TOLEDO at Eastern Michigan [42-32]
UAB at
#8 FLORIDA STATE [7-34]
Marshall at
#3 GEORGIA [3-13]
Army at
HOUSTON [21-35]
WASHINGTON STATE at Idaho [49-8]
Northern Illinois at
IOWA STATE [41-48]
Louisiana-Lafayette at
KANSAS STATE [20-40]
INDIANA at Kentucky [32-51]
ARKANSAS at Louisiana-Monroe [49-20]
Louisiana Tech at
#4 MIAMI [0-48]
San Diego State at
#17 MICHIGAN [21-24]
Ohio at
MIAMI (OH) [20-40]
NOTRE DAME at Michigan State [31-24]
Vanderbilt at
MISSISSIPPI [23-26, OT]
Ball State at
MISSOURI [0-48]
Buffalo at
NEVADA [13-48]
TROY STATE at New Mexico State [18-22]
GEORGIA TECH at North Carolina [13-34] (sweet mother of god.)
#9 OHIO STATE at North Carolina State [22-14]
Kansas at
NORTHWESTERN [17-20]
Oregon at
#2 OKLAHOMA [7-31]
SMU at
OKLAHOMA STATE [7-59]
New Mexico at
OREGON STATE [7-17]
UCF at
PENN STATE [13-37]
NEBRASKA at Pittsburgh [24-17]
HAWAII at Rice [29-41] (Tommy Chang? Overrated.)
Kent State at
RUTGERS [21-29]
South Florida at
SOUTH CAROLINA [3-34]
#10 CALIFORNIA at Southern Miss
[POSTPONED TO 12/4/04]
Cincinnati at
SYRACUSE [7-19]
#11 Florida at
#13 TENNESSEE [28-30]
CLEMSON at Texas A&M [6-27]
TCU at Texas Tech [35-70] (wow.)
#24 LOUISVILLE at Tulane
[POSTPONED TO 12/4/04]
Navy at
TULSA [29-0]
Air Force at
UNLV [27-10]
#15 UTAH at Utah State [48-6]
#23 BOISE STATE at UTEP [47-31]
Akron at
#12 VIRGINIA [0-51]
Duke at
VIRGINIA TECH [17-41]
UCLA at Washington [37-31]
#21 Maryland at
#7 WEST VIRGINIA [16-19, OT]
There are some very tough games this week.
WEEK 3
Overall Record to Date: 71-19 (0.789)
Picks are sorted alphabetically by home team. My picks are in
BOLD CAPS. Correct picks are in
red and incorrect ones are in
yellow. Final score in [brackets]. And for your and my viewing pleasure,
Yahoo's Rankings and
Yahoo's Odds. Rankings are AP, I guess. And now, the picks:
Week 3 (Sep 7-11): Week 35-10 (0.777), Overall 71-19 (0.789)
Middle Tennessee State at
AKRON [31-24]
Mississippi at
ALABAMA [7-28]
#17 UTAH at Arizona [23-6]
#7 TEXAS at Arkansas [22-20]
LOUISVILLE at Army [52-21]
Oregon State at
BOISE STATE [34-53]
Penn State at
BOSTON COLLEGE [7-21] (tough pick)
SYRACUSE at Buffalo [37-17]
New Mexico State at
#12 CALIFORNIA [14-41]
MIAMI (OH) at Cincinnati [26-45]
GEORGIA TECH at #20 Clemson [28-24] (was there ever a doubt?)
Duke at
CONNECTICUT [20-22]
WAKE FOREST at East Carolina [31-17]
Eastern Michigan at
#11 FLORIDA [10-49]
UCLA at Illinois [35-17]
Iowa State at
#16 IOWA [10-17]
Toledo at
KANSAS [14-63]
Fresno State at
#13 KANSAS STATE [45-21] (KSU sucks. Every. Year.)
Louisiana-Lafayette at
LOUISIANA TECH [20-24]
Temple at
#23 MARYLAND [22-45]
#4 FLORIDA STATE at #5 Miami [10-16, OT] (ugh.)
Central Michigan at
MICHIGAN STATE [7-24]
#18 AUBURN at Mississippi State [43-14]
SOUTHERN MISS at Nebraska [21-17] (hah!)
TEXAS TECH at New Mexico [24-27]
Arizona State at
NORTHWESTERN [30-21]
#8 MICHIGAN at Notre Dame [20-28]
Marshall at
#9 OHIO STATE [21-24]
Houston at
#2 OKLAHOMA [13-63]
Tulsa at
OKLAHOMA STATE [21-38]
Indiana at
#24 OREGON [30-24]
Ohio at
PITTSBURGH [3-24]
Ball State at
#25 PURDUE [7-59]
#3 GEORGIA at South Carolina [20-16]
BYU at
STANFORD [10-37]
SMU at
TCU [0-44]
Wyoming at
TEXAS A&M [0-31]
#19 MISSOURI at Troy State [14-24] (wow)
#10 WEST VIRGINIA at UCF [45-20]
Colorado State at
#1 USC [0-49]
Idaho at
UTAH STATE [7-14]
North Carolina at
#15 VIRGINIA [24-56]
Western Michigan at
VIRGINIA TECH [0-63]
Colorado at
WASHINGTON STATE [20-12]
UNLV at
#21 WISCONSIN [3-18]
And no, I will never pick against Georgia Tech. That's just not right. The Texas Tech pick is a tough one too. Oh, and there was no way in hell I would've picked Troy to pull the upset this week. Congrats Trojans, that's a huge huge win for your program. Marshall last week, ranked Mizzou this week - where in the hell is TSU coming up with these wins? Oh, and with all the upsets, I'm getting slaughtered here.
WEEK 2
Overall Record to Date: 36-9 (0.800)
Picks are sorted alphabetically by home team. My picks are in
BOLD CAPS. Correct picks are in
red and incorrect ones are in
yellow. Final score in [brackets]. And for your and my viewing pleasure,
Yahoo's Rankings and
Yahoo's Odds. Rankings are AP, I guess. And now, the picks:
Week 2 (August 30-Sep 6): Week 35-9 (0.745), Overall 36-9 (0.800)
#13 CALIFORNIA at Air Force [56-14]
Utah State at
ALABAMA [17-48]
UTEP at
ARIZONA STATE [9-41]
New Mexico State at
ARKANSAS [13-63]
Louisiana-Monroe at
#17 AUBURN [0-31]
BOSTON COLLEGE at Ball State [19-11]
Idaho at
BOISE STATE [7-65]
NOTRE DAME at BYU [17-20]
WAKE FOREST at #15 Clemson [30-37, 2OT] (upset pick-o-the-week)
Colorado State at
COLORADO [24-27]
Buffalo at
EASTERN MICHIGAN [34-37]
Middle Tennessee State at
#11 FLORIDA [POSTPONED TO 10/16/04]
Central Michigan at
INDIANA [10-41]
Kent State at
#19 IOWA [7-39]
TULSA at Kansas [3-21]
NEVADA at Louisiana Tech [21-38]
Kentucky at
LOUISVILLE [0-28]
Oregon State at
#4 LSU [21-22, OT]
Troy State at
MARSHALL [17-15]
Northern Illinois at
#23 MARYLAND [20-23]
#5 FLORIDA STATE at #6 Miami
[POSTPONED TO 9/10/04]
Miami (OH) at
#8 MICHIGAN [10-43]
Toledo at
#25 MINNESOTA [21-63]
MEMPHIS at Mississippi [20-13]
Tulane at
MISSISSIPPI STATE [7-28]
DUKE at Navy [12-27]
WASHINGTON STATE at New Mexico [21-17]
Cincinnati at
#9 OHIO STATE [6-27]
Bowling Green at
#2 OKLAHOMA [24-40]
Akron at
PENN STATE [10-48]
Syracuse at
#24 PURDUE [0-15]
HOUSTON at Rice [7-10]
MICHIGAN STATE at Rutgers [14-19]
TEXAS TECH at SMU [27-13]
San Jose State at
STANFORD [3-43]
Northwestern at
TCU [45-48, 3OT]
#16 VIRGINIA at Temple [44-14]
UNLV at
#14 TENNESSEE [17-42]
North Texas at
#7 TEXAS [0-65]
Baylor at
UAB [14-56]
OKLAHOMA STATE at UCLA [31-20]
PITTSBURGH at USF
[POSTPONED TO 12/4/04]
Texas A&M at
#20 UTAH [21-41]
SOUTH CAROLINA at Vanderbilt [31-6]
Fresno State at
WASHINGTON [35-16]
East Carolina at
#10 WEST VIRGINIA [23-56]
UCF at
#21 WISCONSIN [6-34]
And what the hell is up with
NINE teams changing places in the rankings, despite not playing a game? What is that shit?
WEEK 1
Okay, after a .734 season last year, I'm back picking the winners of NCAA football games. I'm going to try to pick every single game with two I-A teams, but things like Tuesday and Wednesday games might throw me a curve later in the year.
Oh, and while I'm thinking of it, join my free
Yahoo! College Football Pick'Em league. League number is 6654, password is 'andscrewuf'. It's a fun little competition me and my friends have every year, and even though I always win, they enjoy playing and getting beat. And the trash talking is usually pretty good too.
Now, for the picks. They're sorted alphabetically by home team. My picks are in
BOLD CAPS. Correct picks are in
red and incorrect picks are in
yellow. Final score in [brackets]. And for your and my viewing pleasure,
Yahoo's Rankings and
Yahoo's Odds. Rankings are AP. And now, the picks:
Week 1 (August 28-29): Week 1-0 (1.000), Overall 1-0 (1.000)
Virginia Tech at
#1 SOUTHERN CAL [13-24]
