[NU Sports] PIGSKIN PICKS - Standings

Tue Oct 31 23:48:05 CST 2006

The weekend before Halloween didn't scare up the
standings much, but there are some big showdowns
coming up in November that could still flip the races
around a bit. To the honor roll ...

UNANIMOUS PICKS

* WISCONSIN over Illinois
* OHIO STATE over Minnesota

We had to sweat out the Badgers, but the Buckeyes
never looked threatened.

UPSET SPECIALS

* VIRGINIA TECH over Clemson: The wacky ACC continues
to provide the bulk of our upset specials this year.
The Gobbler triumph was predicted only by Bob Waldele,
Mike Whelan, Ace McInturff, Ray Stahl, Eric Steffe and
Clark Zahn.

Now to the big board ...

                     PICKS RECORD        UPSETS
LW TW  Name	     Wk 9  Overall Pct.  W9 Ovrl  Wks
=====================================================
 1  1) Trey McAdams   8-2   85-20  .810   0   2	  9
 2  2) Chris Bailey   7-3   82-23  .781   0   2   9
 2  2) Chuck Herron   7-3   82-23  .781   0   4   9
 2  2) Marilyn Zilka  7-3   82-23  .781   0   4   9
 8  5) Mark Ament     8-2   66-19  .776   0   0   7
 7  6) Ivars Embrekts ---   62-18  .775   -   2   7
 5  7) Stephen Truog  7-3   81-24  .771   0   3   9
 6  8) Brad Wilson    7-3   73-22  .768   0   2   8
11  9) Michael Vance  8-2   65-20  .765   0   1   7
12 10) Ryan Farney    8-2   80-25  .762   0   0   9
12 10) Brian Winkler  8-2   80-25  .762   0   3   9
10 12) Matt Barnard   7-3   72-23  .758   0   0   8
 9 13) Alan Wolfson   6-4   79-26  .752   0   0   9
18 14) John Hodges    9-1   78-27  .743   0   1   9
15 14) John Labbe     8-2   78-27  .743   0   1   9
18 14) Eric Steffe    9-1   78-27  .743   1   1   9
16 17) Clark Zahn     8-2   63-22  .741   1   2   7
xx 18) Carl Rossi     8-2   48-17  .738   0   6   6
14 19) Jim Bendat     6-4   70-25  .737   0   1   8
21 19) John Lieske    9-1   70-25  .737   0   3   8
18 21) Phredd Groves  8-2   77-28  .733   0   3   9
22 21) Kelly Sevilla  9-1   77-28  .733   0   2   9
24 23) Ray Stahl      9-1   76-29  .724   1   4   9
23 24) Bruce Taylor   ---   57-23  .713   -   0   7
25 25) Sam Wolfson    9-1   75-30  .714   0   2   9
16 26) Peg Wolfe      5-5   60-25  .706   0   3   7
26 27) Jim Leonard    ---   65-30  .684   -   4   8
27 28) Bob Waldele    8-2   53-27  .663   1   3   7
28 29) Ace McInturff  7-3   65-40  .619   1   7   9

Not eligible at this time (must be in 2/3 of weeks)
---------------------------------------------------
xx xx) Michael Whelan 9-1   53-12  .815   1   1   5
xx xx) Joe Thiegs     ---   44-11  .800	  -   0   4
xx xx) David Warner   ---   39-16  .709	  -   0   4
xx xx) Arthur Miller  ---   31- 9  .775   -   1   3
xx xx) Neil Kaplan    ---   26- 4  .867   -   1   2
xx xx) T. Haleas      ---   14- 1  .933	  -   0   1
xx xx) Jason Singer   ---   14- 1  .933   -   1   1
xx xx) Roger Bradshaw ---   13- 2  .867   -   0   1
xx xx) Harlan Hieber  ---   11- 4  .733   -   0	  1

And now to the rankings for this week ...

LW TW  SjTOP 25 COLLEGE RANKINGS
================================
 1  1) OHIO STATE - Looking almost unbeatable
 2  2) MICHIGAN - Mediocre effort, but still a win
 4  3) WEST VIRGINIA - Time to put up or shut up
 5  4) TEXAS - Lucky in Lubbock, but still alive
 6  5) AUBURN - Sluggish and almost blew SEC hopes
 7  6) FLORIDA - D looks dominant, but O is a mess
 8  7) TENNESSEE - Nice road win to stay in the hunt
 9  8) CALIFORNIA - Rose Bowl theirs to lose now
11  9) LOUISVILLE - Chance for BCS bid is there
 3 10) SOUTHERN CAL - Finally got burned on close call
12 11) ARKANSAS - Still control SEC title fate
13 12) NOTRE DAME - Looked bad vs. backup QB ... again
14 13) LSU - Everybody in SEC has forgotten Tigers
15 14) OKLAHOMA - Impressive win for injured OU
16 15) BOSTON COLLEGE - Are they the ACC's best now?
17 16) WISCONSIN - Dug big hole early, but won
10 17) CLEMSON - Not ready for prime time yet
18 18) BOISE STATE - Not deserving of BCS bid
19 19) GEORGIA TECH - See ya in Jacksonville
20 20) RUTGERS - Unbeaten but totally unproven
21 21) WAKE FOREST - Chance to move up vs. BC
NR 22) VIRGINIA TECH - Magic under lights continues
23 23) TEXAS A&M - Now the big part of sked begins
24 24) PENN STATE - Badger battle for a Citrus bid?
NR 25) WASHINGTON STATE - Cougin'em no more at Wazzu

DROPPED OUT: (22) Nebraska, (25) Oregon
OTHERS TO WATCH: Alabama, Georgia, Missouri,
Pittsburgh

Remember, picks in by Thursday's game!
GO CATS!!!
-SjT

* * * * * * * * *
STEPHEN J. TRUOG
sjtruog at yahoo.com
GO CATS!!!

____________________________________________________________________________________
We have the perfect Group for you. Check out the handy changes to Yahoo! Groups 
(http://groups.yahoo.com)