The Season Thus Far
| Date | Game | Dave's Pick | Comments | Dave's Record vs. Spread |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/24 | Texas A&M -6.5 @BYU | Texas A&M -6.5 | A&M is simply too strong for BYU to keep it this close. Oops! Maybe the new Big 12 teams aren't so great after all! |
0 - 1 |
| 8/25 | USC @Penn St. -2.5 | Penn St. -2.5 | USC will have to prove it to me before they regain my respect. I'm still waiting. |
1 - 1 |
| 8/31 | Clemson -2.5 @ UNC | Clemson -2.5 | Clemson is the far stronger team here. Yeah, I know a lot about football! |
1 - 2 |
| 8/31 | Texas Tech +6.5 at Kansas St. | Texas Tech +6.5 | Just a hunch on this one. Red Raiders look strong; KSU may be in for a letdown after last season. Some casinos had this one at a 7 point spread. I could have used a push this weekend. |
1 - 3 |
| 8/31 | Southern Mississippi +10.5 @ Georgia | Georgia -10.5 | I'm picking my alma mater here. I don't know if it is my head or my heart making the decision. UGA was the worst-prepared team I've ever seen at any level. I'm not impressed with Donnan so far! |
1 - 4 |
| 9/7 | Georgia Tech -1.5 @ NC State | NC State +1.5 | NC State is a home underdog going against Tech's brand-new redshirt fresman QB. Wishful thinking. Tom was right. |
1 - 5 |
| 9/7 | TCU +7.5 @ Oklahoma | Oklahoma -7.5 | Surely Oklahoma can do better than this. How the mighty have fallen. |
1 - 6 |
| 9/7 | Houston +23 @ LSU | LSU -23 | I hate giving anybody this many points, but I'm expecting a good team from LSU this year. The SEC just plain sucks. |
1 - 7 |
| You can make a lot of money by checking these picks each week and going the other way! | ||||
| 9/14 | BYU +5 @ Washington | BYU +5 | PAC 10 is weak, but was BYU win vs. A&M a fluke? We found out that A&M is awful. |
1 - 8 |
| 9/14 | East Carolina +6 @ West Virginia | West Virginia -6 | Eastern Carolina's glory days are behind them. If ECU goes for OT, I still had a chance. |
1 - 9 |
| 9/14 | Northwestern -9 @ Duke | Northwestern -9 | Order was restored somewhat to NCAA football last week when Northwestern lost to Wake, but they'll bounce back. I won one! |
2 - 9 |
| 9/14 | Vanderbilt +17.5 @ Alabama | Vanderbilt +17.5 | Vandy could hold Bama to less than 17 points. No way they lose by that many. I'm on a roll now! |
3 - 9 |
| 9/21 | Florida +3.5 @ Tennessee | Florida +3.5 | Time for the Vols' annual choke. At least they made it respectable. |
4 - 9 |
| 9/21 | Notre Dame -3.5 @ Texas | Texas +3.5 | Gold Domers lose outright in this one. Those half-points are nice when you can get them! |
5 - 9 |
| 9/21 | Texas Tech -1 @ Georgia | Texas Tech -1 | Dawgs will be outclassed. Sometimes its great to be wrong! |
5 - 10 |
| 9/28 | Colorado -3.5 @ Texas A&M | Colorado -3.5 | I'm not sure why, but A&M seems to be really bad this year. Yep. |
6 - 10 |
| 9/28 | Michigan -8 @ UCLA | Michigan -8 | I was impressed with the win at Colorado. Pac 10 is not too good, except for ASU. |
7 - 10 |
| 9/28 | Penn State -8.5 @ Wisconsin | Penn State -8.5 | PSU looks awfully good. The jury is out on the Badgers. Wisconsin may give some folks trouble, and PSU may be vulnerable. |
7 - 11 |
| 10/5 | Kentucky +22 @ Alabama | Alabama -22 | Kentucky is really, really bad. Will the holier-than-thou Curry ever coach again? |
8 - 11 |
| 10/5 | Michigan -6.5 @ Northwestern | Michigan -6.5 | It's nearing midnight for Northwestern. Things like blowing a 16-pt. 4th quarter lead are why I don't put money on this stuff any more. |
8 - 12 |
| 10/5 | Penn State +10 @ Ohio State | Penn State +10 | Ohio State's awfully good, but I like the idea of taking Joe Paterno and 10 points against anybody. Taking Paterno and 10 might be a good idea vs. Ohio U., but not Ohio State. |
8 - 13 |
| 10/12 | LSU +20 @ Florida | LSU +20 | This may be dumb because if Spurrier gets half a chance he'll run up the score. I'll learn one of these days. |
8 - 14 |
| 10/12 | Wisconsin +28 @ Ohio State | Wisconsin +28 | I'm guessing that OSU is ready for a letdown. Good guess. |
9 - 14 |
| 10/12 | Alabama -12 @ NC State | Alabama -12 | NC State isn't too good, but Bama still needs to find an offense. Bama is the country's most over-rated team. |
9 - 15 |
| 10/12 | Arizona St. -4.5 @ UCLA | Arizona St. -4.5 | I can't see UCLA keeping it within 2 TD's. Whew! What a comeback! |
10 - 15 |
| 10/12 | South Carolina -7 @ Kentucky | South Carolina -7 | You can't go wrong picking against UK. Slowly recovering from my disasterous start! |
11 - 15 |
| 10/19 | Nebraska -23 @ Texas Tech | Texas Tech +23 | Key is Hanspard. 23 was just too many points. That's the last loss of the year for Texas Tech. |
12 - 15 |
| 10/19 | Northwestern +4 @ Wisconsin | Northwestern +4 | Should be a great game. It was a great game, but what a tough way to lose for Wisconsin. |
13 - 15 |
| 10/19 | Southern Cal +7 @ Arizona State | Arizona State -7 | ASU is the class of this conference. What a gift! I didn't like overtime, but it helped with this pick! |
14 - 15 |
| 10/26 | Miami +2 @ West Virginia | West Virginia -2 | Miami's slide continues. A blocked punt with 20 seconds to go! Unbelievable! |
14 - 16 |
| 10/26 | Southern Mississippi -10 @ Tulane | Southern Mississippi -10 | We're talking blowout here. Should be my 5 star lock of the season. It's a good thing I didn't do something dumb like make this my 5 star pick of the year! |
14 - 17 |
| 10/26 | Texas Tech +1.5 @ Texas A&M | Texas Tech +1.5 | I'm convinced this team is underrated. They will be ranked when the season is over. |
15 - 17 |
| 11/2 | Arizona -1 @ California | California +1 | Bears have got a good season going. What a lousy way to decide a football game! |
16 - 17 |
| 11/2 | Maryland +5.5 @ Clemson | Clemson -5.5 | Clemson's ready to come around now. They're looking good! |
17 - 17 |
| 11/2 | Princeton +7 @ Columbia | Columbia -7 | Why not? Because I don't know a damn thing about the Ivy League, that's why not! |
17 - 18 |
| 11/2 | Georgia +34 vs. Florida in Jacksonville | Georgia +34 | Dawgs shock the nation at the Worlds's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party! Aaaargh! Fumbled kick cost me! |
17 - 19 |
| 11/9 | California +15 @ Arizona State | California +15 | Arizona State looks ripe for an upset. Give 'em credit. They went out and took care of business. |
17 - 20 |
| 11/9 | Clemson +17 @ Virginia | Clemson +17 | Clemson's rebound continues. This is the Clemson team I expected earlier. |
18 - 20 |
| 11/9 | Alabama +3.5 @ LSU | Alabama +3.5 | Risky pick here, but I don't think LSU is quite ready for the big time. Not by a long shot. |
19 - 20 |
| 11/16 | North Carolina -3 @ Virginia | North Carolina -3 | Pretty darn good UNC team should handle middle of the road Virginia. There goes the coalition! |
19 - 21 |
| 11/16 | Georgia +10 @ Auburn | Georgia +10 | Dawgs make bowl push against tough to figure out Auburn. That's a dumb way to decide the winner of a football game, but sure is entertaining! |
20 - 21 |
| 11/16 | Wisconsin +2.5 @ Iowa | Iowa -2.5 | Badgers season is going nowhere. That was too easy. |
21 - 21 |
| 11/16 | Alabama -12 @ Mississippi St. | Alabama -12 | Alabama may have a letdown after that impressive performance against LSU, but MSU is awful. Sometimes I have a hard time figuring this stuff out. |
21 - 22 |
| 11/16 | Southern Miss +28 @ Florida State | Southern Miss +28 | This one worries me, but when a team that I think has an outside shot at outright win is getting 28 points I've got to take it. I must've been delusional. |
21 - 23 |
| 11/23 | BYU -6 @ Utah | BYU -6 | I don't like picking WAC games, but this is a lock. That was too easy. |
22 - 23 |
| 11/23 | Iowa -11 @ Minnesota | Iowa -11 | Unless the fired coach syndrome strikes, Iowa should roll. Another easy one. |
23 - 23 |
| 11/23 | Michigan +18 @ Ohio State | Michigan +18 | That's too many points for this rivalry. Like taking candy from a baby. |
24 - 23 |
| 11/23 | Michigan State +8 @ Penn State | Penn State -8 | Penn State finishes on a high note. Winning was getting monotonous. |
24 - 24 |
| 11/29 | Virginia +1.5 @ Virginia Tech | Virginia Tech -1.5 | Hokies still not getting the respect they deserve. I'm glad they get a coalition bowl. I think they deserve it. |
25 - 24 |
| 11/29 | Colorado +19 @ Nebraska | Colorado +19 | Too many points to pass up. Rain and turnovers helped. |
26 - 24 |
| 11/30 | Florida -4 @ Florida State | Florida State +4 | Florida hasn't been tested like they will be tested this week. I generally like Florida people, but I get an inordinate amount of pleasure in seeing Spurrier in distress. |
27 - 24 |
| 11/30 | Tennessee -25 @ Vanderbilt | Tennessee -25 | Vandy is one of those teams that can come up and bite you, but not this time. This is an example of how stupid I can be. I knew beforehand that Vandy was very capable of this and I picked against them anyway. |
27 - 25 |
| 12/7 | Texas +20 vs. Nebraska @ St. Louis | Texas +20 | Nebraska is not invincible this year and 20 is an awful lot of points. This game is evidence that a playoff system is needed. Texas clearly looked like the better team, but gets no respect. |
28 - 25 |
December 30, 1997
