I was had!!!
USC pulled
one out of the hat, as they took the Sun Devils
by ten. As for me, I had the same fate as Arizona
State, up early, down late. Follow my 6-8 week
as I review the games I won, and the games that
ripped holes in my check book.
Kansas State (+7) @ Oklahoma
- I picked the Wildcat score. Unfortunately
I don't get half my money back for that one.
The Sooners couldn't and wouldn't be stopped
by Kansas State. A team the Sooners still seem
to own. Adrian Peterson lost any chance he had
to win the Heisman when he went out in the second
quarter with a foot injury. Stoops said he should
be fine, but eight carries for 51 yards isn't
going to get you any votes. Ask Laurence Maroney.
If you told me the Sooners were going to win
without Peterson in the game, I would have laughed
in your face. Then of course, you would have
laughed last. Lucky's Fearless Prediction:
Kansas State Wildcats 21 - Oklahoma Sooners
20. Actual: Wildcats 21 - Sooners 43.
Notre Dame @ Purdue (-3)
- A swing and a miss. Actually Purdue beat the
Irish by seven in the second half. Unfortunately
for me the Boilermakers gave the Irish a head
start. After the first half it was already 28-0.
At least I didn't have to watch Notre Dame after
the first fifteen minutes... I had a CSI episode
on Tivo... that sucked too! Can't win 'em all.
Lucky's Fearless Prediction: Notre Dame Fighting
Irish 23 - Purdue Boilermakers 30. Actual: Irish
49 - Boilermakers 28.
Temple @ Bowling Green (-28)
- Thank God for the Temple Owls! "Temple
is very, very, almost as bad as Duke. (0-4,
can it get any worse? yes, say 0-5) The Bowling
Green Falcons only have one win to show for
their first three games. But they're better
than that." (me) This game was easier than
the Texas Missouri game. Omarr Jacobs has enough
talent in his own right hand to beat the Owls
by 50. Jacobs numbers you ask? 26-30, 326yards,
4 touchdowns, 0 interceptions. He's a man among
Owls! Lucky's Fearless Prediction: Temple
Owls 13 - Bowling Green Falcons 49. Actual:
Owls 7 - Falcons 70.
Washington @ UCLA (-21.5)
- The Huskies take me down for the second time
this year. This game was way too close. Either
the Bruins took a huge step back or the Huskies
are way better than I expected. Bet on the step
back. The Huskies not only played close with
the Bruins, but they had UCLA beat. The Dogs
were up 14 in the fourth, but fell victim to
their own inability to finish football games.
The Huskies have allowed more points in 4th
quarters this year than all their first halves
combined. Lucky's Fearless Prediction: Washington
Huskies 17 - UCLA Bruins 50. Actual: Huskies
17 - Bruins 21.
Utah @ North Carolina (-3.5)
- A big win right on the money for me. The Tar
Heels are a better team than many believe. They'll
continue to prove themselves against tough competition
throughout the year. The Tar Heels will be bowling
come December. Lucky's Fearless Prediction:
Utah Utes 17 - North Carolina Tar Heels 27.
Actual Utes 17 - Tar Heels 31.
USC @ Arizona State (+16.5)
- Well, I won the bet, but lost the big upset
call. What can you do? If it wasn't for this
and that and all that other stuff the Sun Devils
would have won. Exactly. If it wasn't for the
Reggie Bush and Lindell White and.... the list
goes on and on. But remember, USC has made a
small habit of playing like shit in the first
half. Luckily for them the opposition in both
those games have come out in the second half
like a flat tire. If they continue to shit bricks
in the first half, their opponent might come
out in the second half with more confidence.
Lucky's Fearless Prediction: USC 37 - Arizona
State Sun Devils 42. Actual: Trojans 38 - Sun
Devils 28.
Minnesota (-2.5) @ Penn
State - I didn't see this one coming. I didn't
think Laurence Maroney would get held under
100 yards against anyone, let alone Joe Pa's
Nittany Lions. I thought the Gophers would score
way too many points for the Lions to follow,
but it was Paterno's Penn State squad that turned
up the fire on offense. Maroney fell from the
Heisman race in a big loss for the previously
undefeated Nittany Lions. But how great would
it be to see Joe Paterno's bunch of boys run
the table? After everyone was giving Joe a hard
time for continuing to coach. Stay as long as
you want Mr. Paterno! Lucky's Fearless Prediction:
Minnesota Golden Gophers 46 - Penn State Nittany
Lions - 27. Actual: Gophers 14 - Nittany Lions
44.
Florida (-4) @ Alabama
- Looks like I was wrong about a lot of things.
Mainly those men in Alabama. This was an amazingly
bad day for the Gators. "A Meyer-coached
team had never been held without a touchdown,
and the Gators hadn't been kept out of the end
zone since 1992."(CBS) A nice double team
on those two streaks. Meyer was welcomed to
the SEC by Alabama to the tune of total destruction.
A young man named Tyron Prothro took a short
slant and ran bye the Gators like they were
stuck on pause by Tivo. Now that'd be an expensive
upgrade. Looks like Meyer's Gators, and myself,
are back to the drawing board . Lucky's Fearless
Prediction: Florida Gators 32 - Alabama Crimson
Tide 20. Actual: Gators 3 - Crimson Tide 31.
Navy (-6) @ Duke - Duke
gets beat at home by Navy and nobody says a
thing. That's how bad Duke football is. Navy
outmaneuvered and outscored the Blue Devils,
even with 11 points from Duke in the fourth
quarter. I get a big smile on my face when I
win money off of a Duke loss. Lucky's Fearless
Prediction: Navy Midshipmen 38 - Duke Blue Devils
13. Actual: Midshipmen 28 - Duke 21.
Virginia Tech (-10.5) @
West Virginia - Virginia met their match against
their cross state rivals. The Hokies were better
than the Mountaineers in every aspect of the
game. Marcus Vick looked better than ever, and
his confidence was booming throughout the game.
Look out for these Hokies! Lucky's Fearless
Prediction: Virginia Tech Hokies 49 - West Virginia
Mountaineers 21. Actual: Hokies 34 - Mountaineers
17.
Clemson (-7) @ Wake Forest
- Bottom line... I just flat out didn't think
the Clemson Tigers were this bad. I was wrong.
Clemson was held scoreless in the fourth quarter,
and instead of destroying Wake, they got beat
by four. So I struck out on this game. Even
the best go down to a knuckle-baller sometimes.
Lucky's Fearless Prediction: Clemson Tigers
45 - Wake Forest Demon Deacons 14. Actual: Clemson
27 - Deacons 31.
Michigan @ Michigan State (-5.5)
- This game was close just like I had imagined.
I was down seven late in the game until the
biggest damn guy on State's team picks up a
fumble and bumbles eighty firkin yards for a
touchdown to tie it up. As you well know, that
wasn't gonna do it for me. So I was back to
my old antics, hope for overtime, an easy score
from the Spartans and hold the Wolverines to
nothing. Unfortunately the Wolverines marched
down the field and had a 20 yard field goal
to win it. Fortunately the bonner missed it
wide right. My overtime wishes had been granted.
Then my wishes turned to the shits. The spartans
were held scoreless and Michigan's bonner of
a kicker puts the ball through the uprights
for the three point victory. Lucky's Fearless
Prediction: Michigan Wolverines 17 - Michigan
State Spartans 24. Actual: Wolverines 34 - Spartans
31.
Indiana @ Wisconsin (-17.5)
- The Badgers walloped the Hoosiers. If it wasn't
for a meaningless score with a minute and change
left on the clock the score would have been
41-17. If you do the math, that would have made
me a winner. As it stands, mark Lucky down for
another loss by a half a point. Son of a.....
Lucky's Fearless Prediction: Indiana Hoosiers
17 - Wisconsin Badgers 38. Actual; Hoosiers
24 - Wisconsin 41.
Texas (-14.5) @ Missouri - This
one was as easy as Tracy Cox. Honestly, I wish all games
could be like this. Vince Young was dominate, kid looked
like an NFL starter playing middle school ball. Missouri
wasn't ready, and they'll never be ready for Texas.
Lucky's Fearless Prediction: Texas Longhorns 56 -
Missouri Tigers 17. Actual: Texas 51 - Missouri 20.
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