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Addison Recorder Pick ‘Em Week Eleven – Gramila and Me

November 6, 2014 by Alex Bean Leave a Comment

Welcome to the Addison Recorder‘s football Pick ‘Em column. Each week Alex and a guest writer will predict the outcome of the most intriguing games on the slate. He will try to be as expert as possible, but we make no guarantees for his guests.

This week we’re joined by Bean’s once and future cabinet-mate at Groupon, John Gramila. He said he might use augury for his predictions, so watch out. [Read more…]

Posted in: Football, Pick ' EM, Sports Tagged: Alabama Crimson Tide, Arizona State Sun Devils, K-State Wildcats, LSU Tigers, Michigan State Spartans, Michigan Wolverines, Northwestern Wildcats, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Ohio State Buckeyes, TCU Horned Frogs

Addison Recorder Football Pick ‘Em: Week Four

September 18, 2014 by Alex Bean 1 Comment

Welcome to the Addison Recorder‘s football Pick ‘Em column. Each week Alex and a guest writer will predict the outcome of the most intriguing games on the slate. He will try to be as expert as possible, but we make no guarantees for his guests.

Utah Utes Michigan Wolverines

Utah at Michigan did not go Bean’s way in 2008. (Image via)

Utah at Michigan

Bean:

This game is asking for my tears. Michigan has beaten a couple terrible teams with some authority, but got shut out for the first time since the first Reagan administration in their last game against Notre Dame. Utah, meanwhile, is coming off a very unlucky 5-7 season dictated by injuries and has destroyed the first two cupcakes on their schedule. I live in great fear of this game. I can already see Utah blitzing Devin Gardner into mistakes and getting enough big plays to walk out of Ann Arbor with a win. If this game was being played in Salt Lake City I would easily predict Utah. As is…<vomits>…Michigan by 3. [Read more…]

Posted in: Football, Pick ' EM, Sports Tagged: Auburn Tigers, Bowling Green Falcons, Clemson Tigers, Denver Broncos, Florida State Seminoles, K-State Wildcats, Michigan Wolverines, Seattle Seahawks, SUNSPHERE, Utah Utes, Wisconsin Badgers

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