Here are my picks in order of most confident to least confident.  I wish I could claim this LA Tech victory, since I liked them a lot in this game, but I refuse to take any credits for picks that I make prior to publication.  Please feel free to comment.  Pick # 1: Nevada (-4.5) vs. [...]

As you may have noticed, I have been tearing these up lately, as I hit 6 out of 8 of my picks last week including my longshot of the week.  I am now 2-2 on the year in picking double digit longshots to win, with one of those losses coming in the final minute.  Unfortunately, this [...]

The College Football Researcher’s Association poll returned to its roots this week by issuing high rankings to several non-BCS teams.  As early as 1901 in the first split national championship of the 20th century, the CFRA has always stood up for teams located outside the current Big 6 conferences.  It was that year that the [...]

are horrible.  After last week’s games, I have no idea how you can’t rank South Carolina or South Florida.  Besides USF, there are 5  other unbeatens who aren’t ranaked.  Virginia Tech at # 6 is also ludicrous.   I’m not trying to influence the CFRA voters who are still working on their ballots, but give me a break.

Haven’t had the chance to get these out on this week, so I’ll just publish my picks, without any analysis, in case you need them immediately.  Here are my picks in order of most confident to least confident. 1.  Kansas (-13.5) vs. Southern Miss 2.  Minnesota (+2.5) vs. Northwestern 3.  Air Force (-15.5) vs. San [...]

I hit 2 of my 5 upset picks last week, but I was all over my longshot prediction, as Northern Illinois rolled over Purude.   For the first time in a while, I like a lot home teams this week.    As always, these are ordered from smallest underdog to largest, and the value in each parentheses represents the number of [...]

I’ve talked about this concept for a long time, but I recently came up with a name/definition for it and thought I’d share.  Let me know if you agree with my premise.  Theory of Fanhood Relativity:  If you have a rooting interest in multiple teams who are playing each other, it’s okay to cheer for the [...]

From ESPN’s Forde-Yard Dash: “You can always count on Ohio State to lose a big game and USC to lose a small one.”

I just wanted to inform everyone that I wrote an opinion article for SurveyMagnet.com this weekend about the best conference in college football.  The article is currently featured on their home page (www.surveymagnet.com), but the direct link to it is: http://www.surveymagnet.com/2009/09/guest-blogger-opinion-from-brad-matthews-which-conference-plays-the-best-college-football/ Please read and respond if you’d like.

It’s nice to see the College Football Researcher’s Association shake-up college football  by producing a somewhat unconventional poll.  While the general makeup is similar, there were a few teams who were ranked either much higher or lower than in the AP and Coaches.  Here are this week’s rankings: 1.  Florida (7)- 175 points 2.  Texas- [...]

Here are my picks in order of most confident to least confident.  Please feel free to comment. Pick # 1: Clemson (-7.0) vs. Boston College- This seems like an absolute lock  to me.  Clemson is playing at home against a BC team that should finish near the bottom of the Atlantic.  I think you’ll see [...]

After absolutely tearing things up during the first week, none of the ten upsets that I wrote about last week were accomplished.  To all those who saw the Michigan and Houston stunners coming, then congratulations.  Anyway, time to regroup and try again this week. Here are upsets that I could see happening this weekend.  These are ordered from [...]

As I mentioned in my previous entry, with the help of a few other college football experts, I am renewing the legendary College Football Researcher’s Association poll for the season.  The votes have been calculated for this week’s rankings, so without further ado, may I present to you the first CFRA poll since  1935. 1.  [...]

Way back in college football’s inaugural season of 1869 two polls were formed that enabled a group of  fans to vote on a national champion.  One of those polls, the College Football Researchers Association Poll (also known as the CFRA poll), emerged as the most preeminent poll in college football until the Associated Press rankings took [...]

I went 6-4 last week, which isn’t horrible.  Unfortuantely, this week I’m not quite as confident about my picks.  Everyone has a fatal flaw when it comes to picking games, and mine tends to be that I underestimate home field advantage and end up picking  too many road teams.  That’s what I felt like happened this week, [...]