gpb@msdc.UUCP (George P. Burdell) (01/02/86)
It's finally over. George's national champion based on his power rating points
is the.............
M I C H I G A N W O L V E R I N E S
It was close. If Oklahoma beat Penn St by 20 instead of 15, we would have
had co-champions. Michigan finished with a power rating of 132. The other
ratings are listed with George's final top twenty or so of the season.
As far as picking winners is concerned, George finished the season above
50%. For the bowl games, he picked 6 winners, 7 losers and lost 4 to his
spread. He picked the All American bowl on the head (Tech 17-14) and
was off by one on the Fiesta Bowl (Michigan 27-23 - George said Mich by 3).
His total for the season was 241-110-96==447 which translates to percentages
of 54-45-21. As for George's spread record, here's his table:
Points 0-4 5-9 10-14 15-19 20-up Total
Bowls 3 8 2 1 3 17
Season 105 111 73 51 107 447
Percentages 24 25 16 11 24
Now here is George's final top twenty or so for the 1985 NCAA Football
season. Included are our power rating points for the teams. In the case
of a tie, ranking is based on past week's rankings plus a little subjectivity
of the poster. We are a little disappointed that 1) Penn St isn't higher
but we explained that in an earlier posting; and 2) Georgia Tech is not
rated above Georgia. Oh well, that's life. Here's the list:
George's Top Twenty (or so) - Grand Finale
1. Michigan Wolverines (132) 12. Ohio State Buckeyes (123)
2. Oklahoma Sooners (131) 13. Baylor Bears (123)
3. Nebraska Cornhuskers (129) 14. Florida Gators (122)
4. Tennessee Volunteers (127) 15. Alabama Crimson Tide (122)
5. Air Force Falcons (126) 16. Auburn Tigers (122)
6. Brigham Young Cougars (126) 17. Arkansas Razorbacks (121)
7. UCLA Bruins (125) 18. Georgia Bulldogs (121)
8. Miami Hurricanes (125) 19. Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (120)
9. Texas A&M Aggies (124) 20. Penn State Nittany Lions (119)
10. Maryland Terrapins (124) 21. Florida State Seminoles (118)
11. Iowa Hawkeyes (124) 22. Southern Methodist Mustangs (118)
Well, that ends it for us here in football season. We hope you enjoyed
reading our postings as much as we enjoyed creating them. We hope to do
this next year. Maybe we won't post all of George's predictions, but
continue posting his top twenty or so and do a mailing list for the
predictions (like we are in basketball). We thank everyone who took the time
to drop us a line about how we do things and how wrong (or right) we were
in the predictions. Thank you for your time and interest. Have a happy
1986.
Until toe meets leather again....
George P. Burdell Mannie Lowe (msdc!mannie)
George's Football Picks
Atlanta, Georgia Win Strickland (gatech!win)
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