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• 2017 Week 8 College Football “Six Pack” Predictions

  By MichaelDay on October 19, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Here we are at week 8 of the college football season, and my prognosticating results haven’t exactly improved. Unfortunately, this is real life, so I can’t just magically pencil in an undefeated round, either. If I could, I would definitely… Read More ›

• 2017 Week 7 College Football “Six Pack” Predictions

  By MichaelDay on October 12, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Just when I thought I was over my fear of picking teams to cover large point spreads, Auburn allows too many fourth quarter points last week to cover the spread, which (of course) pasted another L on my record since… Read More ›

• The Thunder Discount – Sam Presti got things done

  By MichaelDay on October 11, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Sam Presti equals quality GM. Yes, he has made mistakes (like everyone else), but there is no way to shortchange his GM rating after this past NBA offseason – he was able to obtain both Paul George and Carmelo Anthony… Read More ›

• 2017 Week 6 College Football “Six Pack” Predictions

  By MichaelDay on October 5, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Do you believe that momentum exists in sports? Can teams capture and harness this force? What about momentum for prognosticators – is it possible to build upon good results from last week? If so, then this week should turn out… Read More ›

• 2017 Week 5 College Football “Six Pack” Predictions

  By MichaelDay on September 29, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Nothing like waiting until the last minute to post this week’s “Six Pack” predictions, but sometimes real life gets in the way. Hopefully, the human prognosticators rebound this week – yep, you guessed it, the computer came out on top… Read More ›

• 2017 College Football Week 4 “Six Pack” Predictions

  By MichaelDay on September 21, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Before diving into this week’s “Six Pack” predictions, let’s recap a few lessons learned from last week. From a prognosticator perspective, run as far away as possible from any game involving Butch Jones’ Tennessee Volunteers. Who knows what this team… Read More ›

• 2017 College Football Week 3 “Six Pack” Predictions

  By MichaelDay on September 14, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Like some of the teams’ performances from last week, my predictions were sub par. While my computer opponent managed to break even with a 3-3 mark, I stumbled out of the gate with a 2-4 record. Not a good way… Read More ›

• Week 2 College Football six pack predictions

  By MichaelDay on September 7, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  College football returned a little too early for me. See, I had big plans to mine college football player data to build statistical models that would surely lead to better predictions. (This is just a fancy way of saying I… Read More ›

• Sam Hinkie is a genius

  By MichaelDay on June 22, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Sam Hinkie apologists are having their fun these days, just check out the hashtag #RTArmageddon, due to the undeniable fact(s) that their prophet made all of the necessary moves to lay the foundation for obtaining tonight’s number one pick in… Read More ›

• (Past) time to face the music: Congratulations Golden State

  By MichaelDay on June 20, 2017 • ( 2 )

  

  Due to a recent bout with a couple of migraines, I wasn’t up to writing a normal post; as a result, I decided to record the audio version where I concede defeat regarding my NBA Finals prediction and promise to… Read More ›