Friday Jan 02, 2009
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Friday Jan 02, 2009
With the games of New Years Day now past, here is my next update.
Since the last update, in picking winners I went 7-3 for a total of 17-10 which is getting better. Against the spread I went 4-5-1 for a total of 15 11-1.
- Houston/Air Force - Had Air Force winning by 0.5 so missed on both since Houston was favored by 4
- Oregon State/Pitt - Had Oregon State by 1.1 and they won but line was 3 so a push on the spread
- Vanderbilt/BC - Had BC by 2.5 but Vandy won but had Vandy +3.5 so won the spread
- Kansas/Minnesota - Had Kansas by 7.9 and they won but had Minnesota +10.5 so lost on the spread
- LSU/Georgia Tech - Had Georgia Tech by 6.2 so missed on both
- Iowa/South Carolina - Had Iowa by 3.3 and they won and line was 3 so won the spread
- Georgia/Michigan State - Had Georgia by 2.2 and they won but had Michigan State +8
- Nebraska/Clemson - Had Nebraska by 0.6 and they won and also had them +3
- USC/Penn State - Had USC by 1.1 and they won but had Penn State +10
- Virginia Tech/Cincinnati - Had Virginia Tech by 2.9 and they won and line was Cincinnati by 2.5 so won that too
As far as the conferences go, here is the status:
| Conference | Predicted Record | Actual Record |
|---|---|---|
| ACC | 7-3 | 4-6 |
| Big-Televen | 1-6 | 1-5 |
| Big-12 | 7-0 | 3-1 |
| Big-East | 3-3 | 3-2 |
| C-USA | 2-4 | 3-1 |
| Independents | 1-1 | 1-1 |
| MAC | 3-2 | 0-3 |
| Mountain West | 1-4 | 2-2 |
| Pac-10 | 4-1 | 5-0 |
| SEC | 2-6 | 3-1 |
| Sun Belt | 1-1 | 1-1 |
| WAC | 2-3 | 1-4 |
With conferences games complete or possibility to still have my predictions on, the predictions are still generally dead on (Big-Televen, Big-East, Independents, Sun Belt) or 1 off (Big-12, Conference USA, MAC, Mountain West, Pac-10, SEC, WAC). Of course, the SEC still has 4 games to play and the Big-12 3 so I could be way off too!
As far as over and under achievers, the ACC underachieved by 3 games, the Pac-10 finished perfect, and the SEC is on track to over achieve.
Current predictions for today's games are Texas Tech by 9.1, East Carolina by 2.5, and Alabama by 4.8.
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