If there’s one thing any regular visitors to this site noticed during football season, I’m wrong with great frequency. Looking over my predictions, some were correct – USF’s George Selvie fell far short of the 20 sacks he predicted for himself, recording a mere 5.5. However, this contributed heavily to my Orange Bowl prediction going into the toilet by mid-September, as Clemson and USF were never a threat to crash Dolphins Stadium on New Year’s. That’ll teach me for betting on Tommy Bowden.
Louisville helped me out a lot by beating only USF in the Big East, then promptly losing to Syracuse and finishing 1-6, good enough for last place in the conference.
Utah made the Sugar Bowl and Texas Tech made the Cotton Bowl, so my BCS predictions continued to go very well. I pushed on taking Indiana for more wins than Michigan as both finished 3-9.
My Syracuse predictions were far more incorrect than those for the Big East or NCAA at large. When the only prediction you get right is related to eating Dome Dogs, you know you are a shitty prognosticator.
So what have we learned?
- Don’t trust Clemson or USF – still
- When your team isn’t very good, it’s hard to predict who will do anything
- If you are considering asking me for gambling advice, you are probably better off just setting your money on fire.
Enjoy your New Year’s Day orgy of sporting events and I look forward to not being such a moron – or horrendous blogger – in 2009.
