Every year since 1998, I have sat down on either the Saturday or Sunday after Thanksgiving and drafted a set of bowl projections for the upcoming college football postseason.  Unlike those analysts who make bowl projections on a weekly basis throughout the season I prefer to put all my efforts towards one set of thoroughly [...]

Good Thoughts: 1.  Bad Teams Pulling Off Monumental Wins- Two teams who have had horrible 2011 seasons picked up monumental victories this weekend.  First of all, Florida Atlantic appeared to be on its way to ending legendary coach Howard Schnellenberger’s career with a winless season.  Nevertheless, the Owls broke through this weekend and knocked off [...]

The most comprehensive analysis of the college football bowl bubble is back!  For the third-straight year, I will be publishing weekly November columns analyzing which teams will get bowl bids and which will not.  Below, I have written a report for every team that has yet to be declared either bowl eligible or ineligible.  Please note [...]

For the third-straight year, I will be publishing weekly November columns analyzing the conference championship races.  Bold teams have already clinched their division or conference.  Italicized teams are my predicted champions of their respective conferences/divisions at this point in time.  This list is updated through all of the week 13 games, which were played on or [...]

Another week of upset magic for Brad Matthews!  For the fourth consecutive week I hit at least half of my non-longshot upset picks.  I now have a whopping 31-28 record with such picks, so it appears I may have a legitimate opportunity to finish above .500 in picking underdogs of at least three points to [...]

After four straight mediocre handicapping weeks, I’m finally back to my winning ways following a 6-4 performance in week 12.  Sixty percent isn’t amazing or anything but as a renowned sports handicapper I realize I have to at least get 55% of my picks correct in order to be taken seriously.  My overall record is [...]

Tonight, Justin and I present a special episode of the 68 & 16 sportscast.  This sportscast is 90 minute debate on multiple “outside the box” football related topics.  First of all, we discuss whether the NFL is watchable under its current television contract.  Secondly, we examine how fans picked their teams of interest.  Do you [...]

I have been planning to write a lengthy analysis of college football’s top rivalries for several months now, and I thought this would be the perfect time to publish it.  The first few “end of year” rivalry games (more on that classification in a bit) took place this past Saturday, and the next two weeks [...]

Good Thoughts: 1.  Stating Their CASE for the National Title- The Houston Cougars won’t end up in the national title game due to the bigotry and injustice that exists throughout college football. However, that won’t stop Case Keenum from making a strong run at the Heisman Trophy, and it won’t stop Houston from making a [...]

The most comprehensive analysis of the college football bowl bubble is back!  For the third-straight year, I will be publishing weekly November columns analyzing which teams will get bowl bids and which will not.  Below, I have written a report for every team that has yet to be declared either bowl eligible or ineligible.  Each week [...]

For the third-straight year, I will be publishing weekly November columns analyzing the conference championship races.  Bold teams have already clinched their division or conference.  Italicized teams are my predicted champions of their respective conferences/divisions at this point in time.  This list is updated through all of the week 12 games, which were played on or [...]

Thanksgiving is a week away and that means two things: 1. we are on the home stretch in the college football season and 2. college basketball is just beginning.  Justin and I discuss the conference title races as well as the upcoming slate of Saturday games.  We also review the first full week of college [...]

It’s becoming an axiom to live by… when Brad Matthews puts you on upset alert, then you better watch out because there’s a better than 50% chance you’re going to lose.  The numbers are staggering as I now have a 28-26 record in my weekly non-longshot upset picks after hitting two of my four picks [...]

For the third straight Saturday, I posted an even par 5-5 record with my weekly picks.  Even though 50% is not where I want to be with these, the good news is that I am still six games over .500 for the season.  The first change I am going to make in week 12 is [...]

Good Thoughts: 1.  The Great Southwest- It was a disastrous Saturday for most of the top teams in the country, as two teams from the top 5 picked up catastrophic losses (Stanford and Boise State) and another two looked absolutely horrible (LSU and Alabama).  In fact, there are only two teams that currently look like [...]