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THE NEWSCASTER-Pigskin Predictors

PAGE 8 - January 14, 2009

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Baltimore (11-5, 2-0)

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at Pittsburgh (12-4, 1-0)

Last Week’s Winners

Week #20

Divisional Playoffs

Philadelphia (9-6-1, 2-0)

Baltimore at Tennessee

at Arizona (9-7, 2-0)

Arizona at Carolina

Philadelphia at N.Y. Giants

San Diego at Pittsburgh

Congrats to the Florida Gators National Champions.

Predictors Virtual Game:

It was a tough week for predictors on the pro games,

Florida vs. Utah

no one expected the unexpected. And a first for

Bowl Games:

pigskin predictors: all predictors came in with 4-

Ball St. vs. Tulsa

3, all except Jerry missed the 3 upset games in the

Florida vs. Oklahoma

NFL. Chris is our winner again on a tie breaker by

getting his picks in first. Jerry remains in the lead.

For the week: 4-3

Jerry Lemp

Chris Nielsen

Todd Sumlin

Harold Beasley

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# Wins-127

# Wins-128

# Wins-127

# Wins-109

# Wins-130

# Losses-72

# Losses-71

# Losses-72

# Losses-90

# Losses-69

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PRESS BOX

beat a superb Oklahoma team by

David Nelson with a jump pass for

folks, but this is our year to revel

have been an absolute nightmare.

winning the last quarter, the same

a touchdown with 3:07 remaining in

and even though I am prejudiced, I

This weekend the Ravens upset the

By Doug Johnston

formula they used against then num-

the game.

think the BCS got it right. With Tim

#1 seeded Titans 13-10 to earn a

ber #1 Alabama in the SEC champi-

Even though Daddy and

Tebow announcing Sunday that he

berth in the AFC title game against

Gators win National Title

onship back in December. The

Granddaddy weren’t at the game I’m

will be back for his senior season

the Steelers who beat the Chargers

Wish my Father and

Gators out first-downed the Soon-

sure that somewhere in heaven

and this being a very young team,

35-24 Sunday in the only game that

Grandfather could have been here.

ers 27-25, out-gained them 479-363

there was a big time celebration

the Gators have a legitimate shot of

followed the script. That game is

Granddaddy died in 1967 and

and had a 9 minute advantage in

going on with all those long suffer-

winning the SEC and playing for the

scheduled for 6:30 PM this Sunday.

Daddy passed away in 1990 so nei-

time of possession. Never-the-less

ing Gators who never experienced

BCS title again next year. By the

The Cardinals upset the

ther of those Gators was around to

it was a clean, (with the exception

the kind of gridiron success that has

way, the title game next year will be

Carolina Panthers Saturday and will

see Florida win its third NCAA foot-

of one bone-head play by an Okla-

fallen on the University of Florida

played in the Rose Bowl and even

face the Eagles, an upset winner

ball national championship last

homa defender who decided to twist

in the past two decades. Of course,

if I have to sell the farm I will be

over the NFC’s top-seeded Giants

Thursday. I try to stay cool about

Percy Harvin’s ankle after the

if you are a Texas, Utah, or South-

there if the Gators are in that game.

Sunday at 3 PM in next weeks NFC

these things, but I think that a little

whistle), hard hitting contest that

ern Cal fan you still have a legiti-

If you are a football prog-

championship game.

serious gloating is in order. Florida

wasn’t decided until Tim Terrific hit

mate gripe. I sympathize with those

nosticator, this years NFL playoffs

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