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NCAA Football Picks for Week 14 (2009)
Wasn’t my best week last week on the picks; I picked three upsets that went to overtime and went the other way (Kentucky/Tennessee, Arkansas/LSU, BYU/Utah). I did get Mississippi St. over Ole Miss, but three ACC upsets surprised me as well: Clemson, Georgia Tech, and North Carolina all played rather poorly. Florida 27, Alabama... »
White Skill Players: The New Black Quarterbacks?
Sports Illustrated‘s Phil Taylor has drawn attention to football’s “new” discrimination: white skill-position players. As a former skill-position player with relatively light skin, I can attest to everything he brings up, and I completely agree with the notion of the white running back (or wide receiver, or cornerback) as the “new black quarterback.” Even... »
NCAA Football Picks for Week 13
Pretty good week again last week, as I went 19–2 and very nearly got the score correct on both the Connecticut/Notre Dame and Ole Miss/LSU games. I picked the Texas/TA&M winner on my Twitter feed last night (I had Texas, 45–14), so I’m 1–0 on the week but not close on the score. The... »
NCAA Football Picks for Week 12
Posting these a bit late this week as my Internet access is limited at SBL, so I’m just cutting and pasting from my offline word processor: FSU 38, Maryland 28 UNC 23, Boston College 21 Clemson 34, Virginia 13 Virginia Tech 31, NC St. 28 Miami 38, Duke 20 Georgia 38, Kentucky 31 Arkansas... »
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