|
ALIAS |
NAME |
COLLEGE |
YEARS PLAYED |
CHAMPIONSHIPS WON |
LOCATION |
REMARKS |
Las Vegas Odds on Winning |
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JCS |
J. Charles Sawyer |
University of Tennessee – by marriage. |
23 |
6 |
Cocoa Beach, FL |
Hope he can find the time to pick this year what with
sitting on the beach, drinking margaritas, listening to
Jimmy Buffet and watching the last of the NASCAR races.
Hopefully, he doesn’t expect too much out of the Vols this
year – so he won’t be all that disappointed. |
4 to 1 |
|
9rT |
Lt Col Thomas Kennedy (Ret) –
Niner Tom |
Naval Academy |
13 |
1 |
Albuquerque, NM |
As much of an NFL fan as this guy is, the fact that he has
only won the college championship once and never the NFL one
must really irritate him tremendously. Maybe this will be
his break-through year; maybe the 49’ers will get to the
Super Bowl – probably not on both counts. |
13 to 1 |
|
JRG |
J. Robert Greenlee |
University of Minnesota |
5 |
0 |
Albuquerque, NM |
Now he has two other Big 10 (+2) fans to help him combat the
SEC’ers on the slte. However, not much hope that any
slow-footed Big 10 bunch can win the BCS when faced with an
SEC team on the other side of the field. |
200 to 1 |
|
Tx Tgr |
Danny Meigs – Texas Tiger |
Auburn University |
8 |
3 |
Austin, TX |
Looking to get back on top this year – just like his AU
boys. Plus now an elected official in the State of Texas he
will be working the nagging issue for all AU fans living in
Texas of being able to get an AU vanity license plate into
the Texas automobile tag system. Way to go Dano.
|
3 to 1 |
|
RWS |
Ray Sanders |
Auburn University |
7 |
0 |
Eglin AFB, FL |
The only member of this panel who actually buys season
tickets for his team plus he has promised to include the AU
fight song into the opening ceremonies of all his church’s
Bible Quiz events. Throw in a couple of prayers for the AU
too, RWS – we may need them. |
80 to 1 |
|
PJB |
Jeff Bufkin – Panther Jeff Bufkin |
Florida
International University |
6 |
0 |
Eglin AFB, FL |
I’m hoping that PJB can do well this year. It’s tough to
see a former co-worker struggle with not only picking games
but having to root for FIU too – not much solace in picking
in the past six picking years and for forever with FIU.
|
80 to 1 |
|
STC |
Susan Horelka – Susan the Chippewa |
Central Michigan
University |
9 |
0 |
Houston, TX |
I heard that STC won a golf tournament last spring. Glad
she won something. Little chance that she will win the
picking contest; little chance the Chips can continue their
winning ways (having just lost to Temple) and no chance that
Detroit will make the Super Bowl. Did you know that Detroit
is the only NFC team to have never played in a Super Bowl –
final Jeopardy question about a month ago. |
70 to 1 |
|
GHA |
Josh Newton – Giv’em Hell Alabama |
University of
Alabama at Tuscaloosa |
R |
0 |
Eglin AFB, FL |
I knew that I should have put in a rule against the use of
profanity in your 3-letter code name; but it’s no surprise
that a raging bammer fan would break our unwritten
gentlemen’s agreement. |
150 to 1 |
|
BAB |
Elizabeth “Doe” – Bama Babe – but she obviously doesn’t
understand how acronyms work |
University of
Alabama at Tuscaloosa |
2 |
1 |
Duck River, TN |
Defending pro picking champ and I think the first UAT grad
to ever win a championship here (I thought I had a rule
against that). I did enjoy the email cat-fight between her
and sister MAO regarding MAO’s swooning over Tom Brady. She
does appear to be rather literate for a UAT Home Economics
major. |
50 to 1
|
|
RTR |
Mary Rawle “Doe” – Roll Tide Roll |
Duck River High
School |
2 |
0 |
Duck River, TN |
Our little picking girl is growing up. She should be about
17 now and a senior in HS; homecoming dance and senior prom
coming up soon and then a couple of years at Duck River
Junior College before going off to UAT for that final
“refinement” like her mom and aunt (see how well they turned
out). However, she is still a minor so the ban on nudity
and profanity is still in effect this year. (I’ll have to
talk to GHA.) |
500 to 1
|
|
MAO |
Mary Ann Oler |
University of
Alabama at Tuscaloosa |
9 |
0 |
Houston, TX |
Given MAO’s anti-dominance in this event the last 9 years, I
have concluded that all the family picking genes went to BAB
and RTR and probably GHA (those UAT’ers are all related some
way, aren’t they). Big parade at MAO’s double wide this
Saturday as it is Bear Bryant’s 97th birthday –
if he were still able to count them. |
¥
to 1 |
|
V4F |
Pete Halvorson – Vikings for Farve |
University of
Minnesota |
R |
0 |
Houston, TX |
A co-worker/friend of MAO’s (must be a new hire) who is at
least wise enough to root for the Vikings instead of wasting
his time pulling for his Golden Gopher alma mater.
|
150 to 1 |
|
ANM |
Nancy E. Dunn –
A & M |
Texas A&M |
9 |
1 |
Houston, TX |
Hey, ANM – did you see that AU beat Arkansas State this
year? Our coaches showed the game film from the Texas A&M –
Arkansas St game two years ago and told our players to do
the exact opposite of the Aggies. Thanks for the help.
|
9 to 1 |
|
NMA |
Kevin Dunn – New Mexico Aggie |
New Mexico State |
8 |
2 |
Houston, TX |
His web-mastery is legendary in the football picking circle;
but one troubling item to me is that ever since we started
using the NMA system, I have not won a championship. I
suppose I should have learned from that darn basketball pool
he runs. Maybe his New Mexico Aglets can win the WAC once
while there is still a conference to compete in – but the
odds are long and time is short. |
4 to 1 |
|
JD |
Jack Dougherty |
Penn State |
1 |
0 |
Beaumont, Tx |
JD – I know someone else from Beaumont – Tiffany from this
season’s Top Chef. She was my favorite and I hated to see
her “voted out of the kitchen”. Hope your Lions win on
Saturday and ruin MAO’s Bear Bryant birthday bash. |
200 to 1 |
|
MH |
Rob Williams
“Meat Head” |
University of Florida |
4 |
1 |
Eglin AFB, FL |
No Tebow to pull the Gators out of the fire this year and
the first game fumbles almost gave Urban that heart-attack
he was threatening to have at the end of last season.
Gators still supposedly front-runner in the SEC East but I
just don’t see it happening. |
4 to 1 |
|
BC |
Billy Childress |
Auburn
University |
10 |
0 |
Eglin AFB, FL |
Told me that he makes his picks from his
i-phone. I would not have any idea how to even start that
or what number to dial to get to the picking web-site. (NMA
– is it a 1-800 number cause I ain’t paying no long distance
charges.) In any case, he hopes it improves his picking
stats – it can’t hurt much. |
40 to 1 |
|
LTF |
Tom Foster -
Little Tommy Foster |
Auburn
University |
11 |
0 |
Eglin AFB, FL |
At yesterday’s weekly AU luncheon, he stated that he would
rather beat UAT than win the SEC Championship Game. The
rest of us agreed with that assessment and upped it to
include some silly BCS crystal trophy. I won’t get into
some of his other opines given the continuing presence of a
minor. |
400 to 1 |
|
BSD |
David M. Bach -
Boomer Sooner Dave |
University of Oklahoma |
7 |
1 |
Tinker AFB, OK |
Maybe his Sooners won’t lose to Texas this year, maybe the
Big 12 (-2) will hang around for a few more years (it all
depends on what King Texas wants to do), maybe that galls
the daylights out of OU and A&M (the rest don’t really
matter); maybe he will actually finish the picking season
this year. Answers to all these questions TBD.
|
7 to 1 |
|
HBH |
James Wilson –
Hill Billy Hicks |
University of Kentucky |
R |
0 |
Eglin AFB, FL |
I rescued this guy out of Texas shortly after AU lost to UK
last year – so don’t accuse me of not having a soul. I even
picked him as Safety Employee of the Month this past July
just so I could make a joke about that being the highest
honor ever achieved by a Univ of Kentucky engineer – hmmm,
maybe I don’t have a soul or maybe my soul just has a
strange sense of humor. |
600 to 1 |
|
TLM |
Travis L. Miller |
Florida State University |
13 |
6 |
Tallahassee, FL |
Defending college champion with a new non-senile HC at FUS.
Maybe Jimbo will turn those guys into winners or at least
not losers to South Florida. |
2 to 1 |
|
GWM |
G. Wayne Miller |
Louisiana State University |
23 |
8 |
Houston, TX |
He just can’t wait to see what bone-headed time-management
SNAFU HC Les Miles pulls this year. Neither can I and I
hope it is in the AU game and given the MSU game last night
AU may need it. |
3 to 1 |
|
WEW |
Walter O. Monteith - War Eagle Walt |
Auburn University |
37 |
18 |
Eglin AFB, FL |
War Damn Eagle!
It’s good to be an Auburn Tiger.
(Sorry, RTR – “darn” just doesn’t work in WDE.)
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