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4Quarters Weekly College Pick’em: Jerry and Mike Go Bowling! (Dec. 20 Poinsettia Bowl)

Both Jerry and I started off the bowl season 1-1 after Nevada couldn’t hold its 21, then 17 point leads including being up with 46 seconds left. Each of us had Utah State over Toledo, now we move on to perhaps the bowl with the longest name tonight.

Again, instead of giving you each bowl game all at once we’ll give you are picks in a daily dose of them.

Thursday – December 20, 2012
San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl (San Diego, California): BYU Cougars (7-5) v. San Diego State Aztecs (9-3, 7-1 MWC), 7 pm/ESPN
M – Rocky Long and Bronco Mendenhall have a past, both have worked together at different schools and now meet in the SDCCU Poinsettia Bowl. All of that is fine and dandy but the Cougars offense is awful despite having a salty defense, I like the Aztecs at home in this game. The Pick: San Diego State 20 BYU 10
J – Each could have a better record with a few breaks going their way. The Cougars have owned the all-time series against their former Mountain West rivals, but Riley Nelson will need to have a sensational game for BYU in order to overcome the Aztecs home field advantage. That factor I think will help continue SDSU’s success post-Brady Hoke. The Pick: San Diego State 34 BYU 20

Rankings are from BcS Standings

Current Bowl Record: Mike (1-1), Jerry (1-1)
Regular Season Total: Jerry (91-49), Mike (91-49)

Previous Bowl Pick’em Results 

Current Bowl Results –

Gilden New Mexico Bowl: Nevada 48 Arizona 49
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl: Toledo 15 Utah State 41

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12/20
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Four Quarters Top 25 Poll: Week 2

Last week with just myself and Jerry Durney doing the voting things looked a chaotic with some teams tied and others ranked higher than they should’ve been. I freely admit using my top 14 from my Monday’s edition for skewing the votes and expect next week for things to finally smooth themselves out. I’d say the top 10 is probably pretty close with the rest causing conversation for you the readers.

So here we go with week two of the 4 Quarters top 25 poll which will take place every week until after the bowls are done. Voting was done by myself, Jerry, Nate Jessen and Neil Walter this week.

Voting Key: 25 pts – 1, 24 pts – 2, 23 pts – 3, 22 pts – 4, 21 pts – 5, 20 pts – 6, 19 pts – 7, 18 pts – 8, 17 pts – 9, 16 pts – 10, 15 pts – 11, 14 pts – 12, 13 pts – 13, 12 pts – 14, 11 pts – 15, 10 pts – 16, 9 pts – 17, 8 pts – 18, 7 pts – 19, 6 pts – 20, 5 pts – 21, 4 pts – 22, 3 pts – 23, 2 pts – 24, 1 pt – 25

1 Alabama (2 first place vote) (5-0, 2-0 SEC), 147 points –LW-1
2 Oregon 146 (2 first place votes) (6-3, 3-0 Pac-12), 146 points – LW-2
3 West Virginia (5-0, 2-0 Big XII), 128 points – LW-T5
4 Kansas State (5-0, 2-0 Big XII), 117 points – LW-8
5 South Carolina (6-0, 4-0 SEC), 116 points – LW-T5
6 Florida State (5-1, 2-1 ACC), 104 points – LW-3
7 Oregon State (4-0, 3-0 Pac-12), 94 points – LW-T11
8 Notre Dame (5-0), 91 points – LW-T9
9 LSU (5-1, 1-1 SEC), 88 points – LW-T5
10 Ohio State (6-0, 2-0 B1G), 77 points – LW-T11
11 Louisville (5-0), 70 points – LW-17
12 Oklahoma (3-1, 1-1 Big XII), 65 points – LW-18
13 Texas (4-1, 1-1 Big XII), 62 points – LW-T11
14 Clemson (5-1, 2-1 ACC), 58 points – LW-T19
15 Southern California (4-1, 2-1 Pac-12), 54 points – LW-T19
16 Mississippi State (5-0, 2-0 SEC), 53 points – LW-21
17 Georgia (5-1, 3-1 SEC), 51 points – LW-4
18 Ohio (6-0, 2-0 MAC), 35 points – LW-16
19 Rutgers (5-0, 2-0 Big East) – LW-NR/Stanford (4-1, 2-1 Pac-12) – LW-NR, 34 points
21 Northwestern (5-1, 1-1 B1G), 23 points – LW-14
22 Cincinnati (4-0, 1-0 Big East), 22 points – LW-NR
23 TCU (4-1, 1-1 Big XII), 20 points – LW-15
24 Louisiana Tech (5-0), 17 points – LW-NR
25 Washington (3-2, 1-1 Pac-12) –LW-22/UCLA (4-2, 1-2 Pac-12) – LW-23, 12 points

Droppings Out: Nebraska (4-2, 1-1 B1G), 7 points – LW-24, Miami (FL) (4-2, 3-0 ACC), 2 points – LW-25
Receiving Votes: Boise State (4-1, 1-1 MWC), 11 points, Texas A&M (4-1, 2-1 SEC) 7 points, Iowa State (4-1, 1-1 Big XII), 4 points, Michigan (3-2, 1-0 B1G) 4 points, North Carolina State (4-2, 1-1 ACC), 2 points

Mike’s Week 2 Ballot – 1 Oregon (25), 2 South Carolina (24), 3 Alabama (23), 4 West Virginia (22), 5 Florida (21), 6 Kansas State (20), 7 Notre Dame (19), 8 Ohio State (18), 9 Oregon State (17), 10 Louisville (16), 11 Ohio (15), 12 Mississippi State (14), 13 Oklahoma (13), 14 Stanford (12), 15 Clemson (11), 16 Southern California (10), 17 Florida State (9), 18 Georgia (8), 19 Texas (7), 20 Rutgers (6), 21 LSU (5), 22 Louisiana Tech (4), 23 Boise State (3), 24 Iowa State (2), 25 Michigan (1)

Nate’s Week 2 Ballot – 1 Oregon (25), 2 Alabama (24), 3 South Carolina (23), 4 West Virginia (22), 5 Kansas State (21), 6 Florida (20), 7 Southern California (19), 8 Louisville (18), 9 Florida State (17), 10 Oregon State (16), 11 Ohio State (15), 12 Rutgers (14), 13 Oklahoma (13), 14 LSU (12), 15 Texas (11), 16 Cincinnati (10), 17 Mississippi State (9), 18 Clemson (8), 19 Stanford (7), 20 Boise State (6), 21 Louisiana Tech (5), 22 Tulsa (4), 23 UCLA (3), 24 Texas A&M (2), 25 Iowa State (1)

Neil’s Week 2 Ballot – 1 Alabama (25), 2 Oregon (24), 3 West Virginia (23),  4 South Carolina (22) 5 Kansas State (21), 6 Florida (20),  7 Norte Dame (19), 8 Oregon State (18), 9 Florida State (17), 10 Southern California (16), 11 LSU (15), 12 Clemson (14),  13 Georgia (13), 14 Stanford (12), 15 Oklahoma (11), 16 Louisville (10), 17 Mississippi State (9),  18 Rutgers (8), 19 Cincinnati (7), 20 Texas (6), 21 Texas A&M (5), 22 Louisiana Tech (4), 23 Ohio (3), 24 North Carolina State (2), 25 Iowa State (1)

Jerry’s Week 2 Ballot – 1 Alabama (25), 2 Oregon (24), 3 South Carolina (23), 4 Florida (22), 5 West Virginia (21), 6 Notre Dame (20), 7 Kansas State (19),  8 Ohio State (18), 9 Oregon State (17), 10 LSU (16), 11 Florida State (15), 12 USC (14), 13 Oklahoma (13), 14 Texas (12), 15 Clemson (11), 16 Louisville (10), 17 Stanford (9), 18 Mississippi State (8), 19 Ohio (7), 20 Rutgers (6), 21 Cincinnati (5), 22 Texas A&M (4), 23 Louisiana Tech (3), 24 Boise State (2), 25 Michigan (1)

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2012
10/09
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Four Quarters Top 25 Poll: Week 1

I’m one who thinks that college football should wait until the first week of October before polls are released. So with my blog I decided I’d made that happen with the help of my regular cast of characters to put this in motion. Here is how it’ll work points will be awarded with team one getting 25 points each team that follows will go down with team 25 getting one point.

So here we go with week one of the 4 Quarters top 25 poll which will take place every week until after the bowls are done. This week myself and Jerry Durney doing the voting, others were not respondent this week.

Voting Key: 25 pts – 1, 24 pts – 2, 23 pts – 3, 22 pts – 4, 21 pts – 5, 20 pts – 6, 19 pts – 7, 18 pts – 8, 17 pts – 9, 16 pts – 10, 15 pts – 11, 14 pts – 12, 13 pts – 13, 12 pts – 14, 11 pts – 15, 10 pts – 16, 9 pts – 17, 8 pts – 18, 7 pts – 19, 6 pts – 20, 5 pts – 21, 4 pts – 22, 3 pts – 23, 2 pts – 24, 1 pt – 25

1 . Alabama Crimson Tide (5-0, 2-0 SEC), 50 points
2. Oregon Ducks (5-0, 2-0 Pac-12), 48 points
3. Florida State Seminoles (5-0, 2-0 ACC), 46 points
4. Georgia Bulldogs (5-0, 3-0 SEC), 44 points
T5. West Virginia Mountaineers (4-0, 1-0 Big XII), South Carolina Gamecocks (5-0, 3-0 SEC), LSU Tigers (5-0, 2-0 SEC), 40 points
8. Kansas State Wildcats (4-0, 1-0 Big XII), 36 points
T9. Florida Gators (4-0, 3-0 SEC), Notre Dame Fighting Irish (4-0), 33 points
T11. Texas Longhorns (4-0, 1-0 Big XII), Oregon State Beavers (3-0, 2-0 Pac-12), Ohio State Buckeyes (5-0, 1-0 B1G),  26 points
14. Northwestern Wildcats (5-0, 1-0 B1G), 23 points
15. TCU Horned Frogs (4-0, 1-0 Big XII), 20 ponts
16. Ohio Bobcats (5-0, 1-0 MAC), 17 points
17. Louisville Cardinals (5-0), 16 points
18. Oklahoma Sooners (2-1), 15 points
19. Clemson Tigers (4-1, 1-1 ACC), Southern California Trojans (3-1, 1-1 Pac-12), 14 points
21. Mississippi State Bulldogs (4-0, 1-0 SEC), 13 points
22. Washington Huskies (3-1, 1-0 Pac-12), 12 points
23. UCLA Bruins (4-1, 1-1 Pac-12), 9 points
24. Nebraska Cornhuskers (4-1, 1-0 B1G), 7 points
25. Miami (FL) Hurricanes (4-1, 3-0 ACC), 2 points

Jerry’s Top 25 – Week 1
1. Alabama (25), 2. Oregon (24), 3. FSU (23), 4. Georgia (22), 5. South Carolina (21), 6. LSU (20), 7. West Virginia (19), 8. Kansas State (18), 9. Florida (17), 10. Notre Dame (16), 11. Texas (15), 12. Oregon State (14), 13. Ohio State (13), 14. Clemson (12), 15. USC (11), 16. TCU (10), 17. Northwestern (9), 18. Oklahoma (8), 19. Louisville (7), 20.Washington (6), 21. Mississippi St. (5), 22. UCLA (4), 23. Nebraska (3), 24. Ohio (2), 25. Miami (FL) (1)

Mike’s Top 25 – Week 1
1. Alabama (25), 2. Oregon (24), 3. FSU (23), 4. Georgia (22), 5. West Virginia (21) 6. LSU (20), 7. South Carolina (19), 8. Kansas State (18), 9. Notre Dame (17), 10. Florida (16), 11. Ohio (15), 12. Northwestern (14), 13. Ohio State (13), 14. Oregon State (12), 15. Texas (11), 16. TCU (10), 17. Louisville (9), 18. Mississippi State (8), 19. Oklahoma (7), 20. Washington (6), 21. UCLA (5), 22. Nebraska (4), 23. USC (3), 24. Clemson (2), 25. Miami (FL) (1)

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2012
10/03
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Thursday w/ 4Quarters

Almost done with the week here are four Thursday topics for you to enjoy.

Tonight the University of Nebraska at Kearney football team begins life as a MIAA member.

First Quarter: MLB

1) Today’s MLB scoreboard
2) Day baseball in Cleveland, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Minneapolis and Wrigley Field
3) Chicago White Sox (72-57) J. Quintana (5-2, 2.86) @ Baltimore Orioles (71-58) Z. Britton (3-1, 5.59), 11:35 am
4) St. Louis Cardinals (71-59) J. Garcia (3-5, 4.15) @ Washington Nationals (78-51) E. Jackson (7-9, 3.72), 6:05 pm

Second Quarter: College Football

1) 9 South Carolina Gamecocks @ Vanderbilt Commodores, 6 pm/ESPN
2) UCLA Bruins @ Rice Owls, 6:30 pm/CBS Sports Network
3) Washington State Cougars @ BYU Cougars, 9:15 pm/ESPN
4) Minnesota Golden Gophers @ UNLV Running Rebels, 10 pm/CBS Sports Network

Third Quarter: Division II College Football

1) 10 Hillsdale @ 11 California-Pennsylvania, 4 pm
2) 22 Central Missouri @ 7 Missouri Western, 6 pm
3) 1 Pittsburgh State @ Northeastern State, 6 pm
4) Nebraska-Kearney @ 25 Washburn, 6 pm

Fourth Quarter: Other Sports

1) NFL – More preseason football tonight
2) NHL – GET A DEAL DONE!
3) US Open – Kim Clijsters lost her final match of her great career to Great Britain’s Laura Robson
4) CFB – Hurricane Isaac had a hand in PPD three football games this weekend

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2012
08/30
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4Quarters 2012 CFB Conference Predictions Sure to go Wrong: First Four

College football starts on Thursday with the first slate of games beginning so how about the conference predictions sure to go wrong beginning with the MAC, WAC, Sun Belt Conference and Independent’s (they’ll be listed in order of how I think record wise). So with that said here are the first four this week and yes we’ll do four each day with Thursday being bowl picks.

MAC –
East: 1. Ohio Bobcats 2. Miami (OH) Redhawks 3. Buffalo Bulls 4. Bowling Green Falcons 5. Kent State Golden Flashes 6. Massachusetts Minutemen 7. Akron Zips

West: 1. Toledo Rockets 2. Norther Illinois Huskies 3. Western Michigan Broncos 4. Eastern Michigan Eagles 5. Central Michigan Chippewas 6. Ball State Cardinals

MAC Title Game (Ford Field/Detroit, Michigan): Ohio Bobcats over Toledo Rockets

WAC –
1. Louisiana Tech Bulldogs 2. Utah State Aggies 3. San Jose State Spartans 4. New Mexico State Aggies 5. Idaho Vandals 6. Texas State Bobcats 7. UTSA Roadrunners

Sun Belt –
1. Florida International Golden Panthers 2. Arkansas State Red Wolves 3. Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns 4. Western Kentucky Hilltoppers 5. Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders 6. Louisiana Monroe Warhawks 7. North Texas Mean Green 7. Florida Atlantic Owls 8. South Alabama Jaguars

Independent’s –
1. BYU Cougars 2. Notre Dame Fighting Irish 3. Navy Midshipmen 4. Army Black Knights

* = On Probation cannot compete for the conference title

4 Quarters College Football Predictions Sure to go Wrong Schedule –
Monday, August 27, 2012: MAC, WAC, Sun Belt, Independent’s
Tuesday, August 28, 2012: ACC, Big East, Conference USA, Mountain West
Wednesday, August 29, 2012: Big XII, Big Ten, Pac-12, SEC
Thursday, August 30, 2012: Bowl predictions

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2012
08/27
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Thursday w/ 4Quarters

Almost done with the week here are four Thursday topics for you to enjoy.

Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh Jennings survived a three set match against the Austrians last night. Photo by Streeter Lecka

First Quarter: MLB

1) Today’s MLB scoreboard
2) Day baseball in Cincinnati and San Francisco
3) Philadelphia Phillies (47-57) C. Hamels (11-5, 3.31) @ Washington Nationals (61-42) R. Detwiler (5-4, 3.24), 6:05 pm
4) Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (57-48) C.J. Wilson (9-7, 2.88) @ Texas Rangers (60-43) R. Dempster (5-5, 2.25), 7:05

Second Quarter: College Football USA Today Preseason Top25

1) LSU/SEC (18 first place votes) 2) Alabama/SEC (20) 3) Southern California/Pac-12 (19) 4) Oklahoma/BigXII (1) 5) Oregon/Pac-12 6) Georgia/SEC 7) Florida State/ACC (1) 8) Michigan/B1G 9) South Carolina/SEC 10) Arkansas/SEC 11) West Virginia/BigXII 12) Wisconsin/B1G 13) Michigan State/B1G 14) Clemson/ACC 15) Texas/BigXII 16) Nebraska/B1G 17) TCU/BigXII 18) Stanford/Pac-12 19) Oklahoma State/BigXII 20) Virginia Tech/ACC 21) Kansas State/BigXII 22) Boise State/MWC 23) Florida/SEC 24) Notre Dame/Ind 25) Auburn/SEC

Complete Poll

Third Quarter: XXX Summer Olympics in London

1) Today’s medal count
2) Online schedule
3) Swimming continues tonight
4) Women’s gymnastics all-around is (now) tonight in primetime on NBC

Fourth Quarter: Other Sports

1) NBA – Portland has narrowed down the choices for its head coach vacancy
2) NHL – Shane Doan still a free agent
3) NFL – The Cleveland Browns were sold to a Tennessee businessman
4) MLS – Tonight the LA Galaxy hosts Real Madrid

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2012
08/02
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