Keyshawn Johnson and Iron Mike Enter the Rankings with a "Boom!"

NFL Announcers, Welcome to the Party. This week, the Sunday guys flexed their muscle as Keyshawn Johnson and Mike Ditka opened the NFL season with perfect weeks. Pink ties and fuchsia sock aren't the only think Key can match-up. The rest of the ESPN Sunday Countdown crew, Tom Jackson, Cris Carter, and Chris Berman all had better than a 0.75 Accuracy Index. Boomer was the worst of the pros with a 6/8 week, missing his picks of the Browns and the Dolphins.

Of the college football guys, Desmond Howard continues the strong weekend for Michigan going 2/3 on his picks, for a total of 3/4 on the season. Desmond incorrectly picked Tennessee over UCLA, which everyone got wrong.

Although Lee Corso is only 10/19 for a 0.53 Accuracy Index, he made the pick of the week, Houston over Oklahoma State. Although this was his "Upset Alert", he made the pick so strongly that Fowler asked him if he was picking Houston to win, and Corso said, "Yeah!" While Upset Alerts would normally be excluded from the rankings, this pick was included due to Corso's conviction.

Chris Fowler, Mike Mulligan, and Brian Hanley bring up the rear. Fowler made one pick, FSU over Miami, and Mulligan and Hanley both picked Notre Dame over Michigan. However, Hanley did say that he "wouldn't bet a dollar on it", so he didn't feel that good about his pick.

Michigan and Notre Dame at the top of the Rankings

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.