Ruminations on biblical studies, technology, economics, and sports from Jason A. Staples
This was a really interesting QB draft, as pretty much every major prospect had significant question marks, with the various draftnik experts having significantly different rankings for the QBs. It is somewhat surprising to me that, given these question marks, that four guys went in the top 12 picks. In a totally rational world, you’d [...] Read more »
Back at it in the week following my Greek Prelim—won’t have a whole lot of time for blogging until after my prelims finish at the beginning of December. Went 18–6 last week, which takes my season total to 151–49 (75.5%). ACC: UNC 31, Virginia Tech 30 — This is a toss-up game; were UNC tailback [...] Read more »
Already got one from Thursday night (posted to Twitter), as an overrated Virginia Tech team escaped a sub-par Georgia Tech team. Had my worst week since I can remember last week, going 13–9 and missing every close game. That drops me back to 133–43 (75.5%). ACC Virginia Tech 37, Ga Tech 17 Florida State 34, [...] Read more »
Missed my FSU-NCSU pick when Florida State decided to kick the ball around all game, flush a couple touchdown drives, and fumble inside the five yard line with under a minute to play. Jimbo Fisher was obviously devastated but extremely gracious—actually actively thanking the media after the postgame press conference, something I’ve never really seen [...] Read more »
A very tough week of picks this week; a lot of games that could go either way on the slate. ACC: Miami 28, UNC 24 (I would ordinarily pick UNC here, but with the loss of Pianalto, my gut says Miami) VaTech 45, Duke 13 (VaTech has cruised through the easy portion of their schedule, [...] Read more »
