gpb@msdc.UUCP (George P. Burdell) (12/17/85)
...and it's a 7-10 split !!!
Bowling season is now upon us. The pinnacle for most teams and a national
champ will be crowned (or two) with the usual problems associated with
the selection criteria. Well, enough of that. For the regular season,
George picked 235 winners, 103 losers, and lost 92 to his spread.
Translating that into percentages is 55-24-21. Not a bad season but he
could do better. Here is George's spread rating going into the bowls:
Points 0-4 5-9 10-14 15-19 20-up Total
Season 102 103 71 50 104 430
Percentages 23 24 17 12 24
Sorry I'm not going to include George's top twenty or so for the regular
season. Suffice it to say that there was no change from the four
games of December 7th. So, what's next is George's picks for the bowls.
Sorry Fresno St and Bowling Green fans, George did not pick the California
Bowl. Who really cares anyway?? No, what happened was that we didn't
follow any of those teams throughout the season so we couldn't predict
the game. The biggest bad by George in these picks is that he
predicts Oklahoma will beat Penn St. by 10. I don't agree. I hope
Penn St wins the nationally championship. I'll be up in that
neck of the woods on the 3rd anyway.
Cherry: Syracuse vs Maryland Maryland by 8
Independence: Clemson vs Minnesota Clemson by 1
Holiday: Arkansas vs Arizona State Arkansas by 6
Liberty: Baylor vs Louisiana State Baylor by 3
Fla. Citrus: Ohio State vs Brigham Young Brigham Young by 5
Sun: Georgia vs Arizona Georgia by 6
Aloha: Southern Cal vs Alabama Alabama by 4
Freedom: Washington vs Colorado Colorado by 2
Gator: Oklahoma State vs Florida State ** EVEN **
Peach: Army vs Illinois Illinois by 4
All-American: Michigan State vs Georgia Tech Georgia Tech by 3
Bluebonnet: Air Force vs Texas Air Force by 12
Fiesta: Michigan vs Nebraska Michigan by 3
Cotton: Texas A&M vs Auburn Auburn by 2
Rose: UCLA vs Iowa Iowa by 3
Sugar: Miami vs Tennessee Miami by 2
Orange: Oklahoma vs Penn State Oklahoma by 10
There you have it! We hope you enjoyed our picks all season. I would
like to say one thing about some of the discussion whether these
picks condone or do not condone gambling. We are not using the information
we compute for betting purposes. We also posted at the beginning of the
season that no one should use these spreads for that purpose. Hell, we
only picked 55% correct. If you count the "service charge" that bookies
use for you to place a bet, you would be losing money. We are only posting
these picks for your amusement. We also posted the picks to generate
some discussion about the game of college football. I think it was
a fun season and judging from the responses I did get compared to the
people who post most often to this group, a lot of you enjoyed reading
these postings. Next year, we probably will only post George's top
twenty and record in picking and offer the picks by mail (like we are
doing in basketball where we have about 30 people receiving the picks
by mail). I apologize to anyone we might have offended out there but
I don't think that is very many.
Now on a lighter note. Here is our wish to you that you have a safe and
enjoyable holiday season and to a very prosperous 1986.
Happy New Year !!!
George P. Burdell
George's Football Picks
Atlanta, Georgia
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