Posted by Johnnymac 9:04 AM
A couple of things:

1.) Football picks - I admit I kind of fell off the wagon once the horns lost to KSU, which was also roughly the time I moved in with my in-laws. So the blog picks kind of fizzled. I also kind of quit caring about either of the pools, too, but that was more a function of just getting out of the money and having better things to do.

I have continued to wager, however, and after last weekend for the season I was 29-15-2 for $349 in college and 18-17-1 for $81 in the pros, so it has still been a profitable year so far.

As far as the bowl games go, my initial feeling is that I love Cal just giving the Ags 5 points in the Holiday Bowl, which, incidentally, is not being played in College Station, nor against the Longhorns, so I don't see the Farmers doing much more than showing up in San Diego and enjoying the weather. This one feelings like lock much the same way as USC did against Notre Dame.

Speaking of the Domers, I also like LSU giving less than 10 against Notre Dame - Brady Quinn will be in pain by the end of that one; and I like Louisville giving just 9 against Wake, mainly because Louisville will score a lot of points and as we saw last Saturday, Wake won't, or more precisely, can't. I'm sure I'll have an opinion on some of the other games, too, when we get closer.

As far as the Gallery Furniture ("Texas") Bowl goes, I was disappointed that neither Texas Tech (my dad's alma mater) or Oklahoma State (my father-in-law's) were selected., because I would have purchased tickets and attended the game. But even if I don't care to go to the game, I really like Rutgers getting +7 against Kansas State. Rutgers was a missed FG away from beating West Virginia on the road and going the Orange Bowl, KSU's claim to fame was that they hurt Colt McCoy and subsequently surprised UT in a trap game. I don't think their respective seasons warrant a full TD going the other way. Wow.

2.) Canonico and I reference this game all the time, and I finally found a version of it online. I present to you, 1994 Tyler John Tyler versus Plano East. God bless these kids!

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