Welcome to another year of pick 'em, the contest started by former Wave Report publisher Scott Kushner and continued without interruption by me, where we pick eight games per week vs. the point spread in every week Tulane plays a game.
The rules haven't changed: the Tulane game counts double, home teams are listed first (neutral games designated as such) and the spreads come from VegasInsider.com consensus. In the case of the Grambling game, I picked my own line since there's no official line versus FCS opponents. For the uninitiated, if a team is favored by 7.5 points, that means it has to win by 8 or more to cover the spread and it will be listed as -7.5. If it an underdog by 7.5 points, it will be listed as +7.5.
I post a weekly recap and running tally each week. The person with the most points at the end of the year wins the grand prize, which is ... a nice recognition that stays on the top of the message board above the previous four winners. You get to drop your lowest weekly score so that you won't be penalized too much if you forget to enter your picks in one of the weeks.
I shy away from Thursday games always and usually Friday games (unless it involves Tulane) to give everyone more time to enter their picks.
Tulane (-19.5) Grambling
LSU (-14.5) BYU
Alabama (-7) FSU (Atlanta)
Michigan (-3.5) Florida (Arlington, Texas)
Notre Dame (-17.5) Temple
Virginia Tech (-4) West Virginia (Landover, Md.)
UCLA (-4) Texas A&M
Georgia Tech (+4) Tennessee
The rules haven't changed: the Tulane game counts double, home teams are listed first (neutral games designated as such) and the spreads come from VegasInsider.com consensus. In the case of the Grambling game, I picked my own line since there's no official line versus FCS opponents. For the uninitiated, if a team is favored by 7.5 points, that means it has to win by 8 or more to cover the spread and it will be listed as -7.5. If it an underdog by 7.5 points, it will be listed as +7.5.
I post a weekly recap and running tally each week. The person with the most points at the end of the year wins the grand prize, which is ... a nice recognition that stays on the top of the message board above the previous four winners. You get to drop your lowest weekly score so that you won't be penalized too much if you forget to enter your picks in one of the weeks.
I shy away from Thursday games always and usually Friday games (unless it involves Tulane) to give everyone more time to enter their picks.
Tulane (-19.5) Grambling
LSU (-14.5) BYU
Alabama (-7) FSU (Atlanta)
Michigan (-3.5) Florida (Arlington, Texas)
Notre Dame (-17.5) Temple
Virginia Tech (-4) West Virginia (Landover, Md.)
UCLA (-4) Texas A&M
Georgia Tech (+4) Tennessee
