gpb@msdc.UUCP (George P. Burdell) (10/04/85)
We apologize for getting this out so late. George's owners have been very busy this week and couldn't get to George's posting until now. Let it be on the record that George is posting this on Friday morning, Oct 4th. Now that we got that over with, let's get on with the picks. Last week, George did well picking the winners. He was awful at picking the spreads. He picked 18 games right, 9 games wrong, and lost 4 to his spread. For the year, George has picked 58 winners, 30 losers, and lost 23 to spread (just over 50%). Like I said above, he didn't pick the spreads well at all. Here is his weekly and season totals. Points 0-4 5-9 10-14 15-19 20-up Total Week 5 5 6 4 4 13 32 Season 27 30 16 11 27 111 Now, to get to George's Top Twenty or so for week six. Air Force did it. With their 37 point victory over New Mexico on the road, the Falcons now perch atop George's mighty heap (I've been listening to Leonard too much). The Baylor Bears also moved up the pack with their shutout of Texas Tech. The rest of the list is no surprise. Auburn dropped and Tennessee moved up. Iowa and Michigan are waiting for Air Force to be shot out of the air. Here's his list: George's Top Twenty (or so) - Week six 1. Air Force Falcons 12. Southern Methodist Mustangs 2. Nebraska Cornhuskers 13. Brigham Young Cougars 3. Iowa Hawkeyes 14. Tennessee Volunteers 4. Michigan Wolverines 15. Alabama Crimson Tide 5. Florida Gators 16. Arkansas Razorbacks 6. Baylor Bears 17. Oklahoma State Cowboys 7. Oklahoma Sooners 18. Louisiana State Tigers 8. Ohio State Buckeyes 19. Purdue Boilermakers 9. Miami Hurricanes 20. Auburn Tigers 10. Maryland Terrapins 21. Arizona State Sun Devils 11. Florida State Seminoles Now, here are George's picks for week number six. Wyoming at Utah Utah by 19 Arkansas at Texas Christian Arkansas by 5 Arizona State at UCLA UCLA by 1 Baylor at Houston Baylor by 5 Boston College at Rutgers Rutgers by 8 Brigham Young at Colorado State Brigham Young by 14 California at Missouri Missouri by 1 Clemson at Kentucky Kentucky by 6 Duke at Virginia Virginia by 1 Florida at Louisiana State Florida by 2 Louisville at Syracuse Syracuse by 9 Maryland at North Carolina State Maryland by 8 Memphis State at Mississippi State Mississippi State by 5 Michigan State at Iowa Iowa by 13 Mississippi at Auburn Auburn by 6 Notre Dame at Air Force Air Force by 17 New Mexico at Nebraska Nebraska by 24 Northwestern at Indiana Indiana by 8 Oklahoma at Kansas State Oklahoma by 8 Oregon State at Southern Cal Southern Cal by 8 Ohio State at Illinois Ohio State by 6 Pennsylvania at Columbia Pennsylvania by 3 Princeton University at Brown University Brown University by 1 Purdue at Minnesota Purdue by 3 Rice at Texas Texas by 17 South Carolina at Pittsburgh Pittsburgh by 7 Southern Methodist at Arizona Southern Methodist by 6 Stanford at San Diego State San Diego State by 6 Texas A&M at Texas Tech Texas A&M by 4 North Carolina at Georgia Tech Georgia Tech by 8 Vanderbilt at Tulane Tulane by 3 Virginia Tech at West Virginia West Virginia by 3 Wake Forest at Tennessee Tennessee by 11 Washington at Oregon Washington by 1 Wisconsin at Michigan Michigan by 10 Yale University at Army Army by 24 Sorry that I'm not going to analyze the above. I really need to get this posted. Send your cards and letters to the address below. Have a good weekend. George P. Burdell George's Football Picks Atlanta, Georgia {gatech,ihnp4,mcnc,ncsu,akgua}!msdc!gpb