SEMINOLE FOOTBALL PREDIXN DERBY RESULTS GAME IV, FSU VS. SOUTHERN CAL

POS SAGE OF THE SIDELINES                          PREDIXN        DIFFER
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 1. Bob Stuke, Jr. <bstuke#bellsouth.net>          FSU 34, USC 13   5.00
 2. Eric Lyman <EJLyman#aol.com>                   FSU 24, USC 10   6.00
 3. Bob Murray <philipmurray#email.msn.com>        FSU 35, USC 14   6.40
 3. Mike Sukhadwala <sukhadwala#hotmail.com>       FSU 35, USC 14   6.40
 3. Scott Mandell <ScootM#aol.com>                 FSU 35, USC 14   6.40
 6. Lundblom <lundblom#aol.com>                    FSU 30, USC 17   7.00
 7. Herb Wills <HWills#FreeNet.TLH.FL.US>          FSU 24, USC 14   7.21
 8. JMcgee7493 <jmcgee7493#aol.com>                FSU 27, USC 17   7.62
 8. Bill Lott <William_A_Lott#mail.dbf.state.fl.us>FSU 27, USC 17   7.62
 8. GRUE <grue#prism.u-net.com>                    FSU 27, USC 17   7.62
 8. Danielle Baxter <Seminole_Fan#webtv.net>       FSU 27, USC 17   7.62
12. Maj. Phil <machupo#best.com>                   FSU 35, USC 16   7.81
13. Kurt Siefken <kas750#earthlink.net>            FSU 30, USC 18   8.00
13. JP <jpjohn#lex.infi.net>                       FSU 38, USC 10   8.00
14. Chuck Bauer <bauer#acns.fsu.edu>               FSU 35, USC 17   8.60
15. Eric Smythers <esmyther#warren-wilson.edu>     FSU 24, USC 17   9.22
16. Paul Arfmann <pmarfman#unity.ncsu.edu>         FSU 37, USC 17   9.90
17. John Thurber <JTHURB#aol.com>                  FSU 20, USC 14  10.77
17. Scott Hill <rambo67#webtv.net>                 FSU 34, USC 20  10.77
18. Elliotts <pke0587#ibm.net>                     FSU 35, USC 20  11.18
19. Garnet and Gold <seminole#carol.net>           FSU 35, USC 21  12.08
19. Danielle Galvin <dtg#mail.municode.com>        FSU 35, USC 21  12.08
20. Nipper's Buddy <tedford#usc.edu>               FSU 17, USC 13  13.34
21. Sean Linkenback <info#Godzillatoy.com>         FSU 45, USC 13  15.30
22. Bob Laffen <laffen#capital.net>                FSU 27, USC 26  16.28
23. Travis Vaughan <travismv#mindspring.com>       FSU 45, USC 17  16.55
24. Will Tyson <wtyson#soc.duke.edu>               FSU 42, USC 23  17.69
25. Diamond_Dog <skar#ocf.berkeley.edu>            FSU 48, USC 10  18.00
26. t o <gsuqb1Eyahoo.com>                         FSU 50, USC 16  20.88
27. Vincent Bell <pawpower#earthlink.net>          FSU 52, USC 18  23.41
28. Nonnie Maas <Nonnie#earthlink.net>             USC 13, FSU 10 -20.22

The actual score was Florida State 30, Southern Cal 10.

The predixns this week were a lot better than the weather forecasts, which called for hurricane Georges to put a hurtin' on northwest Florida. Instead, the weather was fair and it was the Trojans that got the hurtin'. Bob Stuke's 34 - 13 predixn enabled him to improve on his runner-up finish in last week's FSU-Duke PrediXn Derby; he was this week's champion with a difference of 5.00. Also returning to the top five was second place finisher Eric Lyman (6.00), sending his predixn from a laptop on the Amazon River. Bob Murray, Mike Sukhadwala, and Scott Mandell all tied for third (6.40).

As for the pro-fesh-nulls:

SAGE-FOR-SALE                                   PREDIXN        DIFFER
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John Nogowski (Tallahassee Democrat)            FSU 27, USC 17   7.62
Richard Rosenblatt (Associated Press)           FSU 41, USC 21  15.56

I'm getting kind of tired of beating up on these guys. Anyone know of any other journalists getting paid for questionable predixns?

My thanks go out to everyone who played this week. I don't know of a better bunch of people to have been humiliated by. ;-)

Next Saturday the Seminoles travel north (hopefully beyond the path of yet another tropical storm) to Byrd Stadium in College Park, Maryland, where Florida State will mix it up with the University of Maryland Terrapins. The Terps have never won a game with the Seminoles, being 0 for 8 since the teams first met back in 1966. However, Maryland won't keep losing to the 'Noles forever -- they aren't Duke, you know. Is this the year the Terps stick one to the 'Noles? Or will Yertle the Turtle stumble against the 'Noles a ninth time?

Let's see who knows. Send your predixn of the final score of Florida State at Maryland to:

HWILLS@FREENET.TLH.FL.US

Please put something like "FSU @ UMD" in the subject line so I don't mistake it for a message from another spammer selling androstenedione (my predixns are made without the use of performance-enhancing drugs, and I think it shows). Make sure you send your predixn early enough so that it gets to me before kickoff, which I think is at 1:00 PM EDT on Saturday, October 3, but I've seen other times listed. Why not avoid confusion and just send it now? Timely entries will be recorded to be scored and rated following the outcome of the game. Results, much like the ones above, will be posted to alt.sports.football.college.fsu-seminoles and will eventually make their way to the Seminole Football PrediXn Derby web page at http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Arena/5177/ (but don't hold your breath).

Good luck!

Herb Wills, HWILLS@FREENET.TLH.FL.US