Entries from November 2008

November 15, 2008

Basking in the Glow of Hitting My Game of the Year

Hard to see how I can top last week’s EASY 5-star cover with Cal, but we will see if I can get on another hot streak. 
Colleges
Michigan (-3.5) Northwestern
Arizona (+6) Oregon
Stanford (+24) USC
San Diego St. (+30.5) Utah (3-star)
Utah has its big rival up on board (BYU), with a BCS bid on the line.  I suspect they [...]

November 8, 2008

Cal is The Juice Blog’s College Pick of the Year

Colleges
Cincy (+7) West Virginia
(5-star Game of Year) California (+22) USC
Vandy (+24) Florida
I think the two most talented teams in the colleges are USC and Florida.  Despite this I think there are too many points involved with them this week.  This is Cal’s chance to prove that the Pac-10 isn’t just a conference of teams that [...]

November 3, 2008

Reexamining What I Wrote 4 Years Ago

With the election on the eve of destruction for the Republican Party, I thought I would publish again what I wrote 4 years ago.  The only criticism I have of my analysis is that I wasn’t harsh enough on the dire circumstances that the Bush administration and Republican Congress (especially the House) could bring to [...]