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Archive for January, 2010

Brad’s College Football Season in Review- Sun Belt

Posted by deaconcat08 on 18th January 2010

Final Standings: 1.  Troy- Experts Avg. Prediction: 1, My Prediction: 1, Winner: Tie 2.  Middle Tennessee State- Experts Avg. Prediction: 3.6, My Prediction: 7, Winner: Experts 3.  UL-Monroe- Experts Avg. Prediction: 5.8, My Prediction: 6, Winner: Experts  4.  Florida Atlantic- Experts Avg. Prediction: 3.4, My Prediction: 2, Winner: Experts 5.  UL-Lafayette- Experts Avg. Prediction: 6, [...]

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Brad’s College Football Season in Review- MAC

Posted by deaconcat08 on 18th January 2010

Final Standings: MAC East 1.  Temple- Experts Avg. Prediction: 2.4, My Prediction: 2, Winner: Brad 2.  Ohio- Experts Avg. Prediction: 3.4, My Prediction: 5, Winner: Experts 3.  Bowling Green- Experts Avg. Prediction: 3.6, My Prediction: 4, Winner: Experts 4.  Kent State- Experts Avg. Prediction: 6, My Prediction: 3, Winner: Brad 5.  Buffalo- Experts Avg. Prediction: [...]

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Brad’s College Football Season in Review- Mountain West

Posted by deaconcat08 on 18th January 2010

Final Standings: 1.  TCU- Experts Avg. Prediction: 2.6, My Prediction: 3, Winner: Experts 2.  BYU- Experts Avg. Prediction: 2, My Prediction: 1, Winner: Experts 3.  Utah- Experts Avg. Prediction: 1.4, My Prediction: 2, Winner: Brad 4.  Air Force- Experts Avg. Prediction: 4, My Prediction: 4, Winner: Tie 5.  Wyoming- Experts Avg. Prediction: 8.4, My Prediction: [...]

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Brad’s College Football Season in Review- WAC

Posted by deaconcat08 on 18th January 2010

Final Standings: 1.  Boise State- Experts Avg. Prediction: 1, My Prediction: 1, Winner: Tie 2.  Nevada- Experts Avg. Prediction: 2, My Prediction: 2, Winner: Tie 3.  Fresno State- Experts Avg. Prediction: 3.6, My Prediction: 3, Winner: Brad 4.  Idaho- Experts Avg. Prediction: 8.2, My Prediction: 8, Winner: Brad 5.  Hawaii- Experts Avg. Prediction: 5.6, My Prediction: [...]

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Brad’s College Football Season in Review- Conference USA

Posted by deaconcat08 on 18th January 2010

Final Standings: C-USA East 1.  East Carolina- Experts Avg. Prediction: 1, My Prediction: 1, Winner: Tie 2.  Central Florida- Experts Avg. Prediction: 4.6, My Prediction: 4, Winner: Brad 3.  Southern Miss- Experts Avg. Prediction: 1.8, My Prediction: 2, Winner: Brad 4.  Marshall- Experts Avg. Prediction: 3.8, My Prediction: 5, Winner: Experts  5.  UAB- Experts Avg. [...]

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Brad’s College Football Season in Review- SEC

Posted by deaconcat08 on 18th January 2010

Final Standings: SEC East 1.   Florida- Experts Avg. Prediction: 1, My Prediction: 1, Winner: Tie 2.  Tennessee- Experts Avg. Prediction: 3.8, My Prediction: 4, Winner: Experts 3.  Georgia- Experts Avg. Prediction: 2, My Prediction: 3, Winner: Brad 4.  South Carolina- Experts Avg. Prediction: 4.2, My Prediction: 2, Winner: Experts 5.  Kentucky- Experts Avg. Prediction: 4.8, [...]

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Brad’s College Football Season in Review- PAC-10

Posted by deaconcat08 on 18th January 2010

Final Standings: 1.  Oregon- Experts Avg. Prediction: 3.2, My Prediction: 4, Winner: Experts 2.  Arizona- Experts Avg. Prediction: 6.2, My Prediction: 6, Winner: Brad 3.  Oregon State- Experts Avg. Prediction: 4.2, My Prediction: 3, Winner: Brad 4.  Stanford- Experts Avg. Prediction: 6.6, My Prediction: 5, Winner: Brad 5.  Southern Cal- Experts Avg. Prediction: 1, My [...]

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Brad’s College Football Season in Review- Big 12

Posted by deaconcat08 on 18th January 2010

Final Standings: North Division 1.  Nebraska- Experts Avg. Prediction: 1.8, My Prediction: 2, Winner: Experts 2.  Missouri- Experts Avg. Prediction: 3, My Prediction: 4, Winner: Experts 3.  Kansas State- Experts Avg. Prediction: 4.4, My Prediction: 5, Winner: Experts 4.  Iowa State- Experts Avg. Prediction: 6, My Prediction: 6, Winner: Tie 5.  Colorado- Experts Avg. Prediction: 3.6, [...]

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Brad’s College Football Season in Review- Big East

Posted by deaconcat08 on 18th January 2010

Final Standings: 1.  Cincinnati- Experts Avg. Prediction: 3.8, My Prediction: 5, Winner: Experts 2.  West Virginia- Experts Avg. Prediction: 3, My Prediction: 2, Winner: Brad 3.  Pitt- Experts Avg. Prediction: 2.2, My Prediction: 3, Winner: Brad 4.  Rutgers- Experts Avg. Prediction: 2.2, My Prediction: 4, Winner: Brad 5.  UConn- Experts Avg. Prediction: 5.8, My Prediction: 6, [...]

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Brad’s College Football Season in Review- Big 10

Posted by deaconcat08 on 18th January 2010

Final Standings: 1.  Ohio State- Experts Average Prediction: 1.4, My Prediction: 2, Winner: Experts 2.  Iowa- Experts Average Prediction: 3.8, My Prediction: 4, Winner: Experts 3.  Penn State- Experts Average Prediction: 2, My Prediction: 3, Winner: Brad 4.  Wisconsin- Experts Average Prediction: 7, My Prediction: 8, Winner: Experts 5.  Northwestern- Experts Average Prediction: 7.4, My [...]

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Brad’s College Football Season in Review- ACC

Posted by deaconcat08 on 18th January 2010

Well, the college football season has come to a close, and it’s time to look back to see how I fared with my preseason predictions compared to the experts.  This is the third season I’ve conducted an in-depth analysis  of my preseason picks, and while I ended up being more accurate than the experts average in [...]

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Final Playoff Results

Posted by deaconcat08 on 13th January 2010

Here is the final rundowm of this year’s Bowl Tournament Series college football playoff results.  For a full description of this format, go here: http://sportsentiment.com/2009/12/11/2009-bowl-tournament-series-bracket-announced/ First Round: South  Regional (4) Troy 30, (1) Alabama 27, Saturday December 19th- 3:30 (ABC/ESPN), Tampa, FL   (2) Ohio State 34, (3) Georgia Tech 20, Saturday December 19th- 12:00 (ABC/ESPN), Memphis, TN West Regional (4) [...]

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Championship Game- (1) Texas 34, (4) Penn State 10

Posted by deaconcat08 on 13th January 2010

                                  PSU                  TX score                          10                    34 1st downs                     10                     16 total offense                 248                   377 rushes/yds/td             27/118/0            33/106/2 comp/att/td                17/27/1             28/37/2 pass yds                      130                   271 3rd downs                    2/10                  8/15 4th downs                     1/3                     0 2 pt convs                     0                        0 red/td/fg                    2/1/1                 5/3/1 turnovers                      3                       1 fumbles                         1                       1 ints                               2                      0 pr yds                           7                      16 kr yds                          179                   49 [...]

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Semifinal # 2- (4) Penn State 28, (2) Ohio State 21

Posted by deaconcat08 on 12th January 2010

                                   PSU                 OSU score                          28                     21 1st downs                     12                     18 total offense                 288                   393 rushes/yds/td            22/59/1             37/111/0 comp/att/td               17/30/1             19/34/3 pass yds                      229                   282 3rd downs                     2/9                    7/16 4th downs                     1/1                    1/3 2 pt convs                     0                      1/1 red/td/fg                    2/1/0                 4/2/1 turnovers                       1                      3 fumbles                         0                       0 ints                                1                      3 pr yds                           18                     31 kr yds                           88                     88 total [...]

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Semifinal # 1- (1) Texas 41, (1) Cincinnati 7

Posted by deaconcat08 on 12th January 2010

                               Cincy              Texas score                          7                      41 1st downs                     7                      15 total offense                 185                   437 rushes/yds/td          31/48/0             31/151/1 comp/att/td               11/26/1             19/30/2 pass yds                      137                   286 3rd downs                   3/15                  6/14 4th downs                     0                      0 2 pt convs                     0                      0 red/td/fg                      0                   5/1/2 turnovers                      3                      2 fumbles                         0                      0 ints                               3                      2 pr yds                           20                     38 kr yds                           146                   17 total yds                       [...]

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