Look, No Streaks!

I won't say it's William Green's fault. I refuse to say it. It shouldn't come down on one person, and if it does then that person is me. But his sitting out of the Boston College-Miami game may have been a reason why they lost. I hope he got something productive done on the sidelines. I hope he at least did his homework. Because now my streak is over, and he didn't help.

The streak stands as a testament to prognostication. I predicted games no one predicted. Not to sound arrogant (it was, after all, more luck than anything else,) but I could have gone undefeated if William Green hadn't screwed up. No. No, I won't blame him. I can't blame him. There's no way of knowing BC would have won with Green in the game. I just have to keep telling myself that.

Anyway, so here it is: The games I picked to bring me to 19-1. Some of college football's biggest upsets this season are contained herein, and I picked them all. Even the one that didn't happen.

1. Fresno State 32, (23) Wisconsin 20 (Shock of the Week) - September 8, 2001

2. (15) Washington 23, (10) Michigan 18 - September 8, 2001

3. (4) Nebraska 27, (17) Notre Dame 10 - September 8, 2001

4. Virginia 26, (18) Clemson 24 (Shock of the Week) - September 20, 2001

5. (12) UCLA 13, (21) Ohio State 6 - September 20, 2001

6. (20) South Carolina 16, (16) Mississippi State 14 - September 20, 2001

7. (25) Clemson 47, (11) Georgia Tech 44 OT (Shock of the Week) - September 29, 2001

8. (8) Tennessee 26, (14) LSU 18 - September 29, 2001

9. Georgia 26, (7) Tennessee 24 (Shock of the Week) - October 6, 2001

10. (3) Oklahoma 14, (5) Texas 3 - October 6, 2001

11. Arkansas 10, (9) South Carolina 7 (Shock of the Week) - October 13, 2001

12. (12) Michigan 24, (16) Purdue 10 - October 13, 2001

13. Boise State 35, (10) Fresno State 30 (Shock of the Week) - October 19, 2001

14. (6) UCLA 56, California 17 - October 20, 2001

15. Syracuse 22, (4) Virginia Tech 14 (Shock of the Week) - October 27, 2001

16. (11) Washington 33, Arizona State 31 - October 27, 2001

17. (6) Michigan 24, Michigan State 26 (Shock of the Week) - November 3, 2001

18. (10) Washington 42, (13) Stanford 28 - November 3, 2001

19. (3) Florida 54, (15) South Carolina 17 - November 10, 2001

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