| 2008-9 COLLEGE BOWL AND NFL PLAYOFF PREDICTIONS | |||||||||||||||||
| College | College | Pro | Pro | Total | |||||||||||||
| OVERALL | Score | Game | College | Score | Wins | Pro | Col/Pro | ||||||||||
| PLACE | Total | Wins | Place | Total | Total | Place | Score | ||||||||||
| 1 | Bob Stanley | 524 | 22 | 4 | 118 | 8 | 1 | 642 | |||||||||
| 2 | Brett Carman | 511 | 22 | 2 | 156 | 6 | 3 | 667 | |||||||||
| 3 | Bob Thomas | 504 | 21 | 1 | 194 | 4 | 10 | 698 | |||||||||
| 4 | Dick Beeuwsaert | 522 | 21 | 3 | 190 | 6 | 8 | 712 | |||||||||
| 5 | Phil Hensley | 543 | 20 | 6 | 171 | 5 | 6 | 714 | |||||||||
| 6 | Bob Scholl | 526 | 20 | 5 | 193 | 4 | 9 | 719 | |||||||||
| 7 | Nelson Slagle | 575 | 16 | 9 | 165 | 5 | 4 | 740 | |||||||||
| 8 | Gerry Hamilton | 569 | 19 | 8 | 182 | 5 | 7 | 751 | |||||||||
| 9 | Dick Hammerstrom | 559 | 19 | 7 | 201 | 3 | 11 | 760 | |||||||||
| 10 | Jim Slagle | 592 | 16 | 11 | 170 | 5 | 5 | 762 | |||||||||
| 11 | Al Manzey | 576 | 18 | 10 | 204 | 4 | 12 | 780 | |||||||||
| 12 | Andrew Coates | 644 | 17 | 12 | 149 | 6 | 2 | 793 | |||||||||
| 13 | Jim Henning | 645 | 16 | 13 | 209 | 3 | 13 | 854 | |||||||||
| Total | 7290 | 2302 | 9592 | ||||||||||||||
| Average | 561 | 177 | 738 | ||||||||||||||
| Odds | 550 | 18 | 167 | 5 | 717 | ||||||||||||
| MISCELLANEOUS STATS | |||||||||||||||||
| Winner - Bob Stanley - also won in 1991-2. 8th predictor to win 2 or more College Bowl/NFL Playoff Predictions. | |||||||||||||||||
| Best College Bowl Picks - Bob Thomas 504, Brett Carman 511 and Dick Beeuwsaert 522 | |||||||||||||||||
| Best Pro Playoff Picks - Bob Stanley 118, Andrew Coates 149 and Brett Carman 156. | |||||||||||||||||
| 2nd Place - Brett Carman - First time in top 2. Bob Stanley, Gerry Hamilton, Nelson Slagle, John Slagle and John Blanda have finished 2nd 3 times. | |||||||||||||||||
| Most Winning Teams Predicted - Bob Stanley 30 of 45 (67%), Record - Nelson Slagle 30-2 (94%) in 1997-8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Most Best Picks in these predictions - Andrew Coates 9, Jim Henning 3 and Phil Hensley 3. | |||||||||||||||||
| Most Best or Tied for Best Pick in These Predictions - Andrew Coates 11, Dick Beeuwsaert 9, Jim Slagle 8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Best College Championship pick - Nelson & Al Manzey - Florida by 6 (Florida won by 10) | |||||||||||||||||
| Best Super Bowl Pick - Nelson, Pittsburgh by 8; Jim Slagle, Pittsburgh by 9 (Pittsburgh won 27-23) | |||||||||||||||||
| Best Combined Bowl Championship and Super Bowl Picks - Nelson 8, Bob Stanley 12, Andrew Coates 22. | |||||||||||||||||
| Only Nelson and Bob Stanley picked Florida to win NCAA Championship game and Super Bowl. | |||||||||||||||||
| BOB STANLEY WINS PRO PLAYOFFS AND OVERALL PREDICTIONS | |||||||||||||||||
| Bob Stanley beat Andrew Coates by 31 points in the Pro picks and Brett Carman by 25 points in the overall | |||||||||||||||||
| contest to win his 3rd title. Bob needed the last minute Steeler TD by Santonio Holmes to win both the Pros and | |||||||||||||||||
| overall contest. | |||||||||||||||||
| BOB THOMAS COLLEGE BOWL CHAMP, BOB STANLEY LEADS PRO PLAYOFFS AND OVERALL PREDICTS | |||||||||||||||||
| Bob Thomas edged Brett Carman by 7 points to win the College Football Bowl predicts. Brett and Bob Stanley both picked | |||||||||||||||||
| 22 winners in 34 games while Bob Thomas and Dick Beeuwsaert picked 21 winners. Only 18 favorites out of 34 games won. | |||||||||||||||||
| Bob Stanley leads Brett Carman by 18 points in the pro playoff picks with 3 games remaining. Bob has picked 6 of 8 s | |||||||||||||||||
| games while Brett, Dick Beeuwsaert and Andrew Coates have picked 5 winners. Eight of 13 predictors have picked 2 - 4 games | |||||||||||||||||
| correct as the favorite and home team has won only 3 games. | |||||||||||||||||
| Andrew Coates has been the best predictor on 8 games and tied on two others, all in the last 27 games. Next best showing | |||||||||||||||||
| is Dick Beeuwsaert with 2 best and 6 ties, Jim Slagle with 1 best and 7 ties and Jim Henning with 3 best and 3 ties. | |||||||||||||||||
| DICK BEEUWSAERT LEADS BOB THOMAS BY 21 POINTS THROUGH DEC 31ST GAMES | |||||||||||||||||
| Dick Beeuwsaert leads Bob Thomas by 21 points through the first 22 games through December 31st. Dick has picked 16 | |||||||||||||||||
| while 15 have been picked by Bob Thomas, Bob Stanley and Gerry Hamilton in places 2, 3 and 4th. The best picks for each game | |||||||||||||||||
| are highlighted by yellow (one best pick) or pink (shared best pick). Dick Beeuwsaert, Jim Henning and Jim Slagle have all at least | |||||||||||||||||
| shared best pick in 5 games. Everyone has had at least one best pick expect for some guy named Nelson. | |||||||||||||||||
| BOB SCHOLL LEADS DICK BEEUWSAERT BY 13 POINTS AFTER 5 GAMES | |||||||||||||||||
| Bob Scholl leads Dick Beeuwsaert after five games by 13 points. Bob and Dick are the only predictors to predict four | |||||||||||||||||
| of the five games correct. | |||||||||||||||||
| BOB SCHOLL LEADS AL MANZEY BY 10 POINTS AFTER FIRST FOUR GAMES | |||||||||||||||||
| Bob Scholl leads Al Manzey by 10 points after the first four games. Four other predictors are within 5 points of 2nd as noted | |||||||||||||||||
| above. Bob's key picks were South Florida by 17 over Memphis and a win by Colorado State over Fresno State. | |||||||||||||||||
| Strangely, 12 of 13 picked 3 point underdog BYU over Arizona - Arizona won by 10. There are 8 more games where the split on winners | |||||||||||||||||
| winners is either 7-6 or 8-5. The first two games were both split either 8-5 or 7-6 and the next two games are split 8-5 as noted in columns | |||||||||||||||||
| AR and AS. | |||||||||||||||||