BOTTOM FIGURE GOING INTO WEEK 8 (FINAL WEEK OF REGULAR SEASON): LJFDELSTOA (1.42) leads KELSO (16.16)
TOP FIGURE FOR WEEK 8: LJFDELSTOA (0.24), KELSO (4.28)
FINAL FIGURE FOR REGULAR SEASON: LJFDELSTOA (1.66) leads KELSO (20.44)
FROM...
KELSO
NAVY [-14-105] over ARMY WINNER
ARMY/NAVY [>65 OVER-105] LOSER
FRESNO STATE/NMSU [UNDER 66"-101] WINNER
UCLA [+20-110] over USC WINNER
UCLA [+940] over USC LOSER
ARIZONA STATE [-7 -102] over Arizona LOSER
HAWAII [-14-107] over Washington LOSER
North Texas [-2"-105] FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL LOSER
TENNESSEE/LSU [>OVER 60"-105] LOSER
MISSOURI [+3-104] over Oklahoma LOSER
LJFDELSTOAA
NEVADA -7.5 [-1.12] LOUISIANA TECH WINNER
NORTH TEXAS -2.5 [-1.05] FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL LOSER
FRESNO STATE -12.5 [-1.08] NEW MEXICO STATE LOSER
NAVY -14 [-1.06] ARMY WINNER
RUTGERS +2.5 [+1.00] LOUISVILLE LOSER
OKLAHOMA -3 [-1.06] MISSOURI WINNER
PITTSBURGH +28 [-1.02] WEST VIRGINIA WINNER
VIRGINIA TECH -4.5 [-1.05] BOSTON COLLEGE WINNER
LSU -7.5 [-1.01] TENNESSEE LOSER
HAWAII -14 [-1.10] WASHINGTON LOSER
And with this partial, we head into College Bowl season with the Barry Switzer Vase very likely to stay in Hell.
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2 comments:
The Pitt over WVU pick was brilliant. I actually called it for some strange reasons:
1. I hate Pitt because I'm from a Penn State family
2. The Pitt football team has no character
3. The only things that would motivate the Pitt team would be drugs, money, sex, or the opportunity to totally fuck up the lives of a bunch of WVU hillbillies
Too bad I don't gamble.
Good thing you don't gamble. This is a common mistake nearly every fan makes, applying concepts familiar to the fan to the college or pro athlete or team. I have no idea whether or not "character" exists but I know that we don't have to tools with which to do so yet. The way a fan perceives "character", though, is not measurable because it doesn't exist. NCAA sports are pretty much professional sports and these kids have been doing this since they were 5 years old or so. The vast majority of the play is automatic. NCAA fortball may lend itself to some non-football factors such as look-aheads, bounces, overweight importance of coaching changes but generally speaking those are caputured by the results.
You can make an argument that boxing is a test of "character" in those terms but the ability to "take punches" is a quantifiable skill. Personality is important but not in the way you think. Highly intelligent fighters with relaxed personalities (Lewis, Jones, Mayweather, Trinidad down to J. Smith, M. Spinks, for example) have longer and more successful careers than beserkers do (Bowe,Cooney, Tapia, Tyson, for example). Fans, of course, hate technical proficiency and a professional bearing. They want to see a brawl and the cerebral fighter goes against every prejudice they have. The bright guys are thought to lack "character" in one way, the beserkers in a different way, but "character" is always a code word for "white".
Read Dave Zirin on the subject of race and sports. Bookmark "The Wages Of Wins" website. They take apart sports questions with analysis and math and get answers.
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