gpb@msdc.UUCP (George P. Burdell) (11/20/85)
Sorry, no cute subject line this week.
Well, what we predicted would happen is happening. George has averaged himself
out. His results in picking the games has stabilized. He had a slightly below
average week last week. Out of 40 games, George picked 21 winners, 7 losers,
and lost an above average (or under average depending on your point of view)
12 games to his spread. For the year, his record is 221-88-71==380 which gives
him a 58% percentage of winners. That's a 1 percent drop from last week.
His spread record was a little crazy. Here it is:
Points 0-4 5-9 10-14 15-19 20-up Total
Week 12 6 12 6 8 8 40
Season 88 89 63 46 94 380
HOORAY. Penn State finally cracked George's top twenty (or so) this week!
They finally beat somebody bad (Notre Dame 36-6). Unfortunately it is
late in the season and the power ratings do not adjust the way they did
at the beginning of the season. So they did not move up much. The rest of
the pack stayed the same (more or less). Here's the picture:
George's Top Twenty (or so) - Week thirteen
1. Michigan Wolverines 13. Arkansas Razorbacks
2. Nebraska Cornhuskers 14. Georgia Bulldogs
3. Oklahoma Sooners 15. Tennessee Volunteers
4. Air Force Falcons 16. Notre Dame Fighting Irish
5. Miami Hurricanes 17. Florida Gators
6. Brigham Young Cougars 18. Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
7. Iowa Hawkeyes 19. Alabama Crimson Tide
8. UCLA Bruins 20. Southern Methodist Mustangs
9. Auburn Tigers 21. Penn State Nittany Lions
10. Baylor Bears 22. Oklahoma State Cowboys
11. Maryland Terrapins 23. Florida State Seminoles
12 Ohio State Buckeyes 24. Texas A&M Aggies
It's a light week this week because some teams have off to gear up for
the big rivalry game at the end of the season. Some teams have that game
this Saturday. These games usually decide the bowl berths so a lot rides
on emotion. I look for George to have a bad couple of weeks. Some games
of interest include #2 Nebraska at #3 Oklahoma (George says Nebraska by 1),
#12 Ohio State at #1 Michigan (Michigan by 13 but should be ignored),
(real #1 but)#21 Penn State at Pitt (PSU by 2 but should be about 7),
#20 SMU at #13 Arkansas (Arkansas by 6), and #8 UCLA at USC (UCLA by 9).
Here is the full list of George's picks.
Air Force at Hawaii Air Force by 13
Arizona at Arizona State Arizona State by 5
Baylor at Texas Baylor by 6
California at Stanford Stanford by 2
Clemson at South Carolina Clemson by 6
Colorado State at Miami Miami by 26
Columbia at Brown University Brown University by 30
Cornell at Princeton University Princeton University by 12
Dartmouth College at Pennsylvania Pennsylvania by 12
Duke at North Carolina North Carolina by 10
Harvard University at Yale University Harvard University by 10
Illinois at Northwestern Illinois by 13
Kansas State at Colorado Colorado by 19
Louisiana State at Notre Dame Notre Dame by 7
Michigan State at Wisconsin ** EVEN **
Minnesota at Iowa Iowa by 15
Mississippi at Mississippi State Mississippi State by 8
Missouri at Kansas Kansas by 9
Nebraska at Oklahoma Nebraska by 1
New Mexico at San Diego State San Diego State by 7
Oklahoma State at Iowa State Oklahoma State by 12
Oregon State at Oregon Oregon by 17
Ohio State at Michigan Michigan by 13
Penn State at Pittsburgh Penn State by 2
Purdue at Indiana Purdue by 5
Southern Methodist at Arkansas Arkansas by 6
Syracuse at Rutgers Syracuse by 15
Tennessee at Kentucky Tennessee by 7
Texas A&M at Texas Christian Texas A&M by 18
Texas Tech at Houston Houston by 1
UCLA at Southern Cal UCLA by 9
Utah at Brigham Young Brigham Young by 19
Washington State at Washington Washington by 6
That's it for this week. Next week the bowls will be out (with the
slight exception of some of the contracted ones). George will also predict
the bowls before they come around. I think there is only two more weeks of
the regular season left. Hope everyone has had fun this season and also
hope you all enjoy the rivalry weeks ahead. Til next week!!
George P. Burdell
George's Football Picks
Atlanta, Georgia
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