College Football Week 5 Expert Picks

For the Wildcat Country podcast I co-host with my buddy Shane Dale, I spoke to (former ESPN) college football analyst Mark May this week, who said no matter what happens, the Pac-12 has no chance at making this year’s final four in the College Football Playoff. His rationale is that an Oregon or USC at 7-0 doesn’t stack up to a 9-1 SEC team, Notre Dame, Miami, or Texas for example. With all due respect to Mr. May…he’s right.

Week 5 CFB ‘Expert’ Picks

If there’s one thing I hate about college football year-in, year-out, it’s the preseason polls. Continually they reward subpar teams early in the season for having name recognition (Michigan and Texas A&M are examples this year) while penalizing teams (i.e. Kansas State) who weren’t expected to be as successful this season.

Week 5 CFB Expert Predictions

Over the summer, I made a ‘friendly’ wager with a former USC QB acquaintance of mine that the Wildcats would absolutely win the game. In fact, I was so confident that I kept upping the wager until the two of us settled on a fair prize for the winner. Now I wish I could take […]

Week 4 NFL Picks + Week 5 CFB Predictions

If I told you that an NFL team would run 30 more plays than their opponent, possess the ball for 13 minutes longer, and commit no turnovers, you would almost certainly agree that they would win the game, correct? Unfortunately the Arizona Cardinals lost 28-17 to the Dallas Cowboys on Monday night despite posting those […]