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11-22-08 College Football Picks

Another 3-3 week for me as I still remain one game below the .500 mark.  Only a few complaints from the excuses department this week.  USC blew it!  How in the world do you let Stanford score a touchdown on the final play from scrimmage?  This cost them the spread as they only won by 22 (instead of 23).  On top of that, I will never pick a UNC football game ever again.  I feel like Butch Davis reads this column every week and tells his team to go out and make (amsteffe) cringe.  Due to time constraints this week I am going to be a little brief, so bare with me.  I owe RJ Warner a pick between the Oklahoma/Texas Tech game this week, and will hold true to my promise.

Come with me on my quest to get above .500…

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College Football

11-15-08 College Football Picks

Another 3-3 week for myself, as my overall record becomes 8-10. I don’t really have much from the excuses department this week. The USC offense didn’t show up to play. The Georgia defense didn’t show up to play. North Carolina continued to prove me wrong. I continue to find success in the Big Ten and Big East. This week there is a huge slate of impressive games that I am really excited about. I promised an SC member a pick between Oklahoma and Texas Tech and will fulfill that promise next week.

As stated in each column before, I will pick an interleague game in each of the “Big Six” conferences using the lines from Sportsbook.com. (I still haven’t received any advertising money from them.) Follow me on my journey into spreads and statistics as I try to get over the .500 mark this week.

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General Sports

11-8-08 College Football Picks

First off how about the Ole Miss Rebels! If you read my recent article about who was the best .500 football team in the country, I strategically said it would be decided in that Ole Miss/Auburn game.
The picks made an improvement this past week, although it wasn’t as much as I would’ve liked. I finished the week 3-3, but with two devastating last minute losses. Michigan looked to have won in West Lafayette before falling apart on a last minute hook-and-ladder play that mirrored the heroics put on in the Fiesta Bowl by Boise State a few years ago. Although Purdue really has nothing left to play for, I guess they thought ruining my Big Ten pick for the week would be worth while. The other loss came on a Florida State fumble into the end zone, which was recovered by Georgia Tech to seal the game. Missouri just flat out stunk against Baylor and narrowly avoided an upset.

The picks this week will be done as usual, a pick against the spread from a game in each of the “Big Six” conferences using the lines from sportsbook.com. There are some very decisive games coming up this Saturday, which should make for an interesting set of picks this week.

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College Football

11-1-08 College Football Picks

Well, a 2-4 record last week was not what I was looking for. I will be the first to tell you that I am upset with my performance last week, and will look to redeem myself this coming Saturday. First, a message from the excuses department. The real key factor to my losing record past saturday was my 0-3 start to the day. I was flabbergasted when I saw the final stats. Boston College, Northwestern, and Cincinnati combined for a whopping 14 turnovers. On top of that, they were -13 in the turnover margin. You can’t win games nor cover the spread with this kind of a performance. I felt somewhat better when I saw that ESPN “experts” had similar picks to myself, but then quickly went back to a sigh of despair when I thought about my 0-3 morning. Now back to regularly scheduled programming. Bare with me this weekend, as I will bounce back like I have time and again.

Once again, I will be using the lines given by Sportsbook.com. I will post one pick against the spread in each of the “Big Six” conferences, along with a breif analysis. Allow me to use the moniker given to the 2008 USA Olympic Basketball Team, as I will call this “Redemption Weekend.” (Lame, I know, but what do you expect from a guy in my position?)

Enough with the past, on to the November 1st picks…

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College Football

10-25-08 College Football Picks

Well, a long overdue abscence from the SportsColumn has subsided.  Due to my success this year with the picks I’ve been making in my office pool, I will be posting my picks every week for the rest of the college football season.  We all know this has already been an exciting season with many twists and turns, so please don’t go bet your homes on these picks.  (Unless your home is about to be forclosed due to your awful subprime mortgate you received.)

I have truly been a terror on the betting lines this year, I only hope I can pass along some good luck to all of you sports enthusiasts.  Each week I will be picking a game from each of the “Big Six” conferences with a breif analysis alongside.  I will be using the lines from Sportsbook.com.  (They didn’t pay for that advertisement.)  I’m going to try to get my column up on here by Thursday of each week.  Now that all of the rules and regulations are aside, without further adieu, The First Annual Steffey Report…

Cheesy Drumroll Please…

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