THE NEWSCASTER-Pigskin Predictors
PAGE 8 - October 1, 2008
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Last Week’s Winners
Week #4
ATL @ GB
1:00 PM
HOU @ JAC 1:00 PM
IND @ HOU 1:00 PM
ARI @ NYJ 1:00 PM
SD @ MIA
1:00 PM
GB @ TB
1:00 PM
PIT @ JAC 8:15 PM
WAS @ DAL 4:15 PM
Chris Nielsen was our winner this week on a 5
#9 Wisconsin at Michigan
Tie Breaker:
way tie breaker. All predictors went over the
Colorado at Florida State
TB___ @ DEN___4:05 PM
score on the Tenn-Auburn game, but Chris was
#13 South Florida at NC State
the first one to report his picks. All predictors
#8 Alabama at #3 Georgia
were tripped up by the Florida loss and the Michi-
Mississippi at #4 Florida
gan win. Predictors said Michigan would lose from
North Carolina at Miami(FL)
4-8 games this year. We’ll See.
Tennessee___ at #15 Auburn___
For the week:6-5
For the week: 6-5
For the week: 6-5
For the week: 5-6
For the week: 6-5
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the SEC so if the Gators win-out
on a fourth and one in Ole Miss
that put scoring touchdowns as
fault.
in the remaining six conference
territory as time was winding
their first priority: If you do that
It appears that Florida will
games they will have a 7-1 confer-
down, the Gators went to their
the field position will take care of
continue to try to nickel and dime
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ence record and will earn a berth
bread-and-butter short yardage guy
itself. Field position is a byproduct
teams to death even though they
in the SEC championship game by
and it was as predictable as the sun
of moving the football down the
supposedly have the fastest team
virtue of the fact that the Gators
rising in the east and setting in the
field.
in America. It is safe to say we do
Gators Still Control Their Destiny
will have beaten every team in the
west. The play failed. Ole Miss met
It is interesting to note that the
50
have the fastest bench in America
By Doug Johnston
east.
Tim Tebow with 10 players, (about
mania over the spread offense is
because that’s where the majority
I am a believer in Urban
11/2 tons of humanity), at the point
starting to wane. Looking at the AP
of those 4.2 sprinters are most of
As disheartening as the
Meyer as a person and football
of attack and even Superman
top ten this week, not one team in
the time. Coach Meyer’s philoso-
University of Florida’s loss to Ole
coach. That being said let me say
couldn’t move that pile forward. I
that group runs the spread offense.
phy is to limit turnovers and play
Miss was Saturday, it doesn’t
that the play calling was question-
hope the failure to gain that criti-
Hmm, better take heed Michigan.
for good field position. I think the
change the fact that the Gators still
able, at best, against Ole Miss.
cal first down doesn’t affect
You got what you wished for in
most successful offenses I have
control their own destiny. Ole
With the entire game on the line
Tebow’s confidence. It wasn’t his
seen over the years are the ones
Miss is in the western division of
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