Week one of the college football season was full of surprises, including the Wolverines and the Irish taking an early lead in the inaugural Prognostication Index. With his shrewed pick of Alabama over Virgina Tech, Desmond Howard jumps out in front with a perfect rating. Granted, he only made one pick, so Notsodamus needs a bigger sample to see if this holds up. Of announcers with at least four gradable picks, Lou Holtz is the leader with a 0.75 PI. Lou accurately predicted wins for the Irish, the OSU Cowboys, and the Tide. His only blemish was his pick of OU over BYU. Out of predictions recorded by Notsodamus, no-one picked that game correctly.
Salsa Boy Kirk Herbstreit got off to a rocky start, going 1-6 with a 0.58 PI. His only correct selection was Notre Dame over Nevada, which was picked correctly by all announcers except Mark May. Herbstreit was also negatively impacted by not picking the Alabama/Virginia Tech game as he called the game later that night. This game was picked correctly by everyone. Salsa lovers and Sooner fans hope that their horses can recover from a terrible opening weekend to be contenders.
There were no observed pick changes this week, but Notsodamus didn't expect there to be in the opening week. The talking heads just made their picks for the year, and with only one week of football in the books, most picks are still solid. Notsodamus wonders what Mel Kiper will do, as he picked Oklahoma for the BCS National Championship.
For detail on the picks recorded during the week, click here.
Click here to see those picks recorded by Notsodamus which do not have a result yet. Florida, Texas, Oklahoma and Notre Dame have all been picked as BCS National Champions.
Sunday, September 6, 2009
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Mark May is an asshat. Because of his absurd bias, he's going to be "negatively impacted" by incorrect Notre Dame calls frequently this year.
ReplyDeleteNice start with the blog!
I see you have some picks by Erik Kuselias, does that mean you are doing Pro Football Picks as well? I listen to Mike and Mike in the morning and I know they have picks if you want to add those?
ReplyDeleteYes, Joey. Notsodamus would like to track predictions for all sports. It will be interesting to determine if one sport's experts are better than another's. Right now, Nostodamus is limiting this blog to cover only TV and Radio predictions, and will not be commenting on print or internet picks.
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