gpb@msdc.UUCP (George P. Burdell) (11/05/85)
YAAAAWWWWWNNNNNNNNNN !!!
Well, George woke up from his hibernation. We apologize for not posting
last week's top 20 or so and picks for George. Basically, we didn't have
any time to do it. We know how much all of you look forward to seeing
George fall flat on his face from week to week so here we are again to
make everyone happy.
The past two weeks were fairly successful for George. For the 10/26 games,
George picked 24 winners, 10 losers, and lost 6 to his spread. For
the 11/02 games, George went 26, 7 and 7. For the season, George has
picked 177 winners, 72 losers, and lost 53 to the spread out of a total
of 302 games predicted. Just counting picking the winning teams gives
George an astounding 76 % right. Not bad for a bunch of bits.
As for his spread record, here it is for the past two weeks.
Points 0-4 5-9 10-14 15-19 20-up Total
Week 9 7 10 8 5 10 40
Week 10 9 10 10 4 7 40
Season 70 72 52 33 75 302
George's top twenty or so has tossed and turned. Once again Penn State
has failed to make it due the fact that they can't clobber anyone. I think
out of 8 games that they've one this year, six of them have been won by a
touchdown or less. That won't cut it for George's power ratings. Notre
Dame is the surprise entry for this week. I think Gerry Faust can breathe
a little easier especially since they clobbered USC. So here is George's
list.
George's Top Twenty (or so) - Week eleven
1. Nebraska Cornhuskers 12. Notre Dame Fighting Irish
2. Michigan Wolverines 13. Arkansas Razorbacks
3. Air Force Falcons 14. Auburn Tigers
4. Florida Gators 15. Georgia Bulldogs
5. Miami Hurricanes 16. Oklahoma Sooners
6. Brigham Young Cougars 17. Tennessee Volunteers
7. Ohio State Buckeyes 18. Southern Methodist Mustangs
8. Iowa Hawkeyes 19. Alabama Crimson Tide
9. Baylor Bears 20. Louisiana State Tigers
10. Maryland Terrapins 21. Oklahoma State Cowboys
11. UCLA Bruins 22. Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
Now on to this week's games. An interesting matchup will be #19 Alabama
at #20 LSU. George says LSU by 2 but that's with a 3 point home field
advantage to them. I think the Tide wants the SEC badly and will win.
#4 Florida will romp over #15 Georgia by better than what George says (4).
#5 Miami at #10 Maryland should be a tossup. George says Maryland by 2
but I think Miami wants revenge too much for last years come back.
Here are the others:
Alabama at Louisiana State Louisiana State by 2
Army at Air Force Air Force by 14
Baylor at Arkansas Arkansas by 1
Clemson at North Carolina Clemson by 1
Colorado at Kansas Kansas by 1
Cornell at Yale University Yale University by 4
Dartmouth College at Columbia Dartmouth College by 10
Duke at Wake Forest Wake Forest by 4
Florida State at South Carolina Florida State by 8
Georgia vs Florida Florida by 4
Hawaii at Texas-El Paso Hawaii by 11
Illinois at Iowa Iowa by 10
Iowa State at Nebraska Nebraska by 26
Kansas State at Oklahoma State Oklahoma State by 21
Kentucky at Vanderbilt Kentucky by 9
Louisville at Virginia Tech Virginia Tech by 21
Miami at Maryland Maryland by 2
Michigan State at Indiana Michigan State by 1
Mississippi at Notre Dame Notre Dame by 19
New Mexico at Utah Utah by 16
Oklahoma at Missouri Oklahoma by 15
Oregon State at Stanford Stanford by 4
Ohio State at Northwestern Ohio State by 20
Pennsylvania at Colgate Colgate by 13
Pittsburgh at Temple Pittsburgh by 2
Purdue at Michigan Michigan by 17
Rice at Southern Methodist Southern Methodist by 23
Rutgers at West Virginia West Virginia by 10
San Diego State at Wyoming San Diego State by 10
Syracuse at Navy Syracuse by 2
Texas Christian at Texas Tech Texas Tech by 6
Tennessee at Memphis State Tennessee by 12
Texas at Houston Texas by 7
UCLA at Arizona UCLA by 6
Southern Cal at California Southern Cal by 10
Virginia at North Carolina State Virginia by 6
Washington at Arizona State Arizona State by 4
Wisconsin at Minnesota Minnesota by 8
That's it for this week's prognostications. Be looking within the next two
weeks for "Debbie does Dallas." Er, I mean "George does Roundball" over in
../hoops. We are working on his power ratings right now. Please keep the cards
and letters coming. I'm surprised no one tried to wake George up himself
from last week's slumber. Anyway, have a good week and here's hoping
your team wins.
GOOOOOOO GATORS !!!!!
George P. Burdell
George's Football Picks
Atlanta, Georgia
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