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NCAA Football Picks 2010 – Week 9

Jason A. Staples — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 16:25:18 +0000

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 before in that kind of context. Either way, I’m 0–1 for the week. Last week: 18–5, Season 120–35 (77.5%).

ACC:
Florida State 38, NC St. 24
Miami 38, UVa 7
UNC 34, W&M 24
Clemson 35, BC 10
Wake Forest 31, Maryland 28
Navy 45, Duke 27

SEC:
Georgia 29, Florida 20
South Carolina 31, Tennessee 14
Auburn 38, Ole Miss 31
Arkansas 45, Vandy 17
Kentucky 35, Miss St. 31

Top 25:
USC 41, Oregon 38
TCU 42, UNLV 7
Nebraska 35, Mizzou 24
Utah 31, Air Force 21
OU 54, Colorado 17
Ohio St. 63, Minnesota 7
Stanford 38, Washington 28
Arizona 41, UCLA 24
Nevada 45, Utah St. 20
Baylor 31, Texas 28
Oklahoma St. 48, Kansas St. 35

NCAA Football Picks 2010 – Week 8

Jason A. Staples — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 14:30:18 +0000

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, leading many to think they’ve dramatically improved; they’ll fall again once they have to play decent teams)
Boston College 20, Maryland 17
Clemson 31, Georgia Tech 24
Virginia 28, Eastern Michigan 24

SEC
Georgia 38, Kentucky 35
Arkansas 41, Ole Miss 31
Auburn 31, LSU 20
South Carolina 37, Vandy 10
Miss St. 31, UAB 13
Alabama 42, Tennessee 14

Other Top 25:
Oklahoma 33, Mizzou 27

OU holds a long winning streak against Missouri, but this might be Mizzou's best chance in years.

TCU 35, Air Force 14
Michigan St. 35, NW 20
Utah 31, Colorado St. 17
Ohio St. 38, Purdue 13
Stanford 45, WSU 10
Iowa 31, Wisconsin 20
Nebraska 31, Oklahoma St. 21
Arizona 28, Washington 24
Texas 45, Iowa St. 7
West Virginia 34, Syracuse 17
Baylor 35, Kansas St. 28

Last week: 20–7; Season: 102–30.

Urban Meyer Resigns from Florida

Jason A. Staples — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 00:24:44 +0000

Shocking news has rocked the college football world today as Urban Meyer has resigned as the head football coach at the University of Florida, citing health reasons. My initial guess is that it has to do with the brain cyst Urban had long struggled with, which has tended to flare up in high stress situations, with extremely debilitating results—getting worse over the years. Urban had gotten better at managing stress (and UF’s success surely helped), but he was hospitalized in bad shape after the devastating loss to Alabama. Other reports have suggested that Urban has had tightness in his chest and heart/stress symptoms, though his heart has a clean bill of health at this point. Either way, this ‘Nole is sorry to see Urban have to step down under these circumstances, but I respect him for his decision and wish him and his family the best.

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