gpb@msdc.UUCP (George P. Burdell) (10/09/85)
Well, here we are again. George had his best week ever last week. He even helped me win a T-shirt from the local fishwrap for a contest they hold each college football season. That's right (all you Atlanta readers) -- George Beat the Press !!! Anyway, out of 36 games predicted, George picked 23 winners!!! That's slightly under 64 percent right. He lost 7 games out right and lost 6 to the spread. For the year that makes him 81-37-29==147 which translates to a 55.1% winning ratio. We look for that to climb as the power ratings balance themselves out. As for spreads, well so many people are blowing away their competition that George isn't picking them very well. Here's his totals for last week and the season. Points 0-4 5-9 10-14 15-19 20-up Total Week 6 4 7 7 5 13 36 Season 31 37 23 16 40 147 About George's Top Twenty or so: Air Force couldn't hold on to it's top spot. It seems a lot of people have trouble holding on to George's numero uno. I think this is our seventh number one for seven weeks (I could be wrong, I'll have to check our files). The Cornhuskers nabbed the top seed because the Falcons couldn't get their talons into the Irish hard enough. Other teams of interest include the best ranked 3-2 team in the nation. Yes, George is talking about them Turtles from College Park. They took number 10 this week. My Bumble Bees from the flats snuck back in by shutting out UNC (number 16). The Hoosiers make their first appearance in our list by being undefeated. It's their best start in a long time after having broken the nation's longest losing streak from last year. Now here is George's list for this week: George's Top Twenty (or so) - Week seven 1. Nebraska Cornhuskers 13. Florida State Seminoles 2. Michigan Wolverines 14. Ohio State Buckeys 3. Air Force Falcons 15. Army Cadets 4. Oklahoma Sooners 16. Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets 5. Florida Gators 17. UCLA Bruins 6. Brigham Young Cougars 18. Alabama Crimson Tide 7. Iowa Hawkeys 19. Oklahoma State Cowboys 8. Arkansas Razorbacks 20. Virginia Cavaliers 9. Baylor Bears 21. Tennessee Volunteers 10. Maryland Terrapins 22. Southern Cal Trojans 11. Auburn Tigers 23. Indiana Hoosiers 12. Miami Hurricanes 24. Penn State Nittany Lions This looks to be an interesting week for the Vegas oddsmakers, bookies, prognosticators, and would be fortune tellers. There are five interesting games that are worth noting here. Alabama-Penn St (1): this game should really be that close. It's going to get a lot of viewer attention. FSU-Auburn (4): The question here is which Auburn will show up at the tiger den. Neb (7)-Okla St.: I think this game will be closer than what George says because it's in the Cowboy's ranch house. Tenn-Fla (11): This game should be closer than 11 points. One thing for sure, the airways will be filled with pigskins. Vir (6)-Clemson: I personally hope Clemson gets their act together and win this one so my Jackets can win the ACC this year. Well, here are George's picks for week number seven in their entirety: Air Force at Navy Air Force by 11 Alabama at Penn State Penn State by 1 Arkansas at Texas Tech Arkansas by 13 Baylor at Southern Methodist Baylor by 3 Boston College at Army Army by 12 Brown University at Pennsylvania Pennsylvania by 2 Colorado State at New Mexico New Mexico by 9 Columbia at Princeton University Princeton University by 14 Colgate at Dartmouth College Colgate by 6 Duke at South Carolina Duke by 4 Florida State at Auburn Auburn by 4 Georgia at Mississippi Georgia by 1 Harvard University at Cornell Harvard University by 3 Hawaii at Wyoming Hawaii by 7 Houston at Texas A&M Texas A&M by 2 Illinois at Purdue Purdue by 3 Indiana at Ohio State Ohio State by 7 Iowa at Wisconsin Iowa by 6 Kansas at Iowa State Kansas by 7 Louisiana State at Vanderbilt Louisiana State by 5 Michigan at Michigan State Michigan by 9 Minnesota at Northwestern Minnesota by 5 Mississippi State at Kentucky Kentucky by 4 Missouri at Colorado Colorado by 5 North Carolina State at Pittsburgh Pittsburgh by 10 Nebraska at Oklahoma State Nebraska by 7 Oklahoma at Texas Oklahoma by 6 Rutgers at Temple Temple by 5 San Diego State at Brigham Young Brigham Young by 13 Texas Christian at Rice Texas Christian by 5 Tennessee at Florida Florida by 11 Tulane at Memphis State Memphis State by 13 UCLA at Stanford UCLA by 10 Utah at Arizona State Arizona State by 1 Virginia at Clemson Virginia by 6 Wake Forest at North Carolina Wake Forest by 2 Washington at California Washington by 2 Washington State at Oregon State Washington State by 4 West Virginia at Syracuse Syracuse by 1 Now watch this week. My analysis above George's picks will totally be wrong. Alabama will romp over Penn St. Auburn will crush the Seminoles like they were Podunk U. Tennessee will cripple Kerwin Bell and Galen Hall. And Virginia will run up the score using the third and fourth string offense. Does that cover all bases or what?!? Have a good week and Happy 100th Birthday Georgia Tech !!!!!! See ya next week! George P. Burdell George's Football Picks Atlanta, Georgia {gatech,ihnp4,mcnc,ncsu,akgua}!msdc!gpb