SEMINOLE PREDICTION DERBY RESULTS, WEEK VI: FLORIDA STATE vs Wake Forest

POS SPORTS PSYCHIC                                 PREDICTION     DIFFER
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 1. Mike Sukhadwala <MSukhadw#Garnet.ACNS.FSU.edu> FSU 73, WFU 10   3.16
 2. Devon Norton <Pirate#Med.UNC.edu>              FSU 74, WFU 10   3.61
 3. Jason Jenkins <JasonJ#HiWAAy.net>              FSU 69, WFU 17   5.00
 3. <BN7516#coewl.cen.UIUC.edu>                    FSU 68, WFU 16   5.00
 3. Gary Hodges <Hodges#Mie.Met.FSU.edu>           FSU 68, WFU 10   5.00
 6. Allen Risley <Allen_Risley#Coyote.CSUSM.edu>   FSU 68, WFU 17   5.66
 7. Andrew Hankin <DrewK19#Polaris.net>            FSU 66, WFU  7   8.49
 8. TANK <KAS2928#Gold.ACNS.FSU.edu>               FSU 64, WFU 10   8.54
 8. GGK <GGK#Gate.net>                             FSU 69, WFU 21   8.54
10. <GooDeGoo#AOL.com>                             FSU 63, WFU 10   9.49
11. Denise Gardiner <McKeester#AOL.com>            FSU 63, WFU  7  10.82
12. Rick Workman <RickW267#AOL.com>                FSU 63, WFU  6  11.40
12. Tom Schaller <TSchalle#EMail.UNC.edu>          FSU 61, WFU 10  11.40
12. Irvin Edward <WIrvin#ucet.UFl.edu>             FSU 83, WFU 10  11.40
15. Todd Grimm <TGrimm1#ic3.Ithaca.edu>            FSU 62, WFU 19  11.66
16. Andrew Meehan <Moriarty#EMail.UNC.edu>         FSU 63, WFU  3  13.45
17. Jeff Dalton <JWDalton#Mailer.FSU.edu>          FSU 59, WFU  9  13.60
18. Joe Goebel <Goebel#Butler.edu>                 FSU 59, WFU  7  14.32
19. Lew Saphar <LSaphar#RBDC.RBDC.com>             FSU 57, WFU 13  15.00
19. Chris Schmitt <CSchmitt#Gauss.Math.FSU.edu>    FSU 57, WFU 13  15.00
21. Matthew Grice <MPG2438#EMail.UNC.edu>          FSU 56, WFU 13  16.00
22. Eric Lyman <EJLyman#AOL.com>                   FSU 56, WFU 10  16.28
23. Sean Azarin <machupo#best.com>                 FSU 55, WFU 14  17.03
23. Julie Givan <Givan#Huey.Met.FSU.edu>           FSU 61, WFU  0  17.03
25. Todd Brannon <JMB3715#Mailer.FSU.edu>          FSU 55, WFU 10  17.26
25. Edward Hesse <EHess#Gate.net>                  FSU 55, WFU 10  17.26
27. Herb Wills <HWills#FreeNet.TLH.FL.US>          FSU 56, WFU  6  17.46
28. John Ryan <Ryan#Grep.CS.FSU.edu>               FSU 55, WFU  6  18.38
28. <MASNole#AOL.com>                              FSU 59, WFU  0  18.38
30. Scott Stanford <SanTimes#AOL.com>              FSU 54, WFU 17  18.44
31. Stephen Brown <SBrown#nunic.nu.edu>            FSU 56, WFU  3  18.87
32. David Peck <DPeck#World.Std.com>               FSU 52, WFU 13  20.00
33. <Sechrest#Mail.UTexas.edu>                     FSU 52, WFU 17  20.40
34. Joshua Beach <JBeac#ComTch.iea.com>            FSU 51, WFU 12  21.02
35. Chris Doyle <CDoyle#Admin.FSU.edu>             FSU 52, WFU  6  21.19
36. Chris Gantt <Gantt#CS.UNC.edu>                 FSU 51, WFU 10  21.21
37. Martin <Martin#SCRI.FSU.edu>                   FSU 49, WFU  9  23.35
38. Adam <AJS3q#Faraday.clas.Virginia.edu>         FSU 49, WFU  7  23.77
39. Jeffrey Ereckson <Ereckson#Mindspring.com>     FSU 45, WFU 17  27.29
40. Sandra Grider <GriderS#SY2000.ocps.K12.FL.US>  WFU 35, FSU 27 -50.09

The actual score of the game was FSU 72, Wake Forest 13.

Supposedly, it should be hard to predict the score of a blowout, but there were a lot of close calls this week. The closest of course was that of Mike Sukhadwala, with a difference of just 3.16. Mike had suffered a disappointing defeat in the Central Florida game, finishing runner-up behind Denise Gardiner by just 0.05 points, so you know he's savoring this victory. This time the close-but-no-cigar spot went to Devon Norton, who scored 3.61. There was a pile-up in the third position -- Jason Jenkins, Gary Hodges, and BN7516 all had different predictions, but were all off by just 5.00. BN7516? No one had a name like that when I lived in Champaign-Urbana.

Denise Gardiner led former champions this week, finishing eleventh with a 10.82. Duke game winner Rick Workman was right behind, tied for twelth with 11.40. Top predictor from the N.C. State game, Lew Saphar, tied for 19th.

If you want to check up on the records of past champions yourself, Chris Schmitt has made the results of all of this season's Seminole Prediction Derbies are available on the WWWeb at:

http://freenet3.scri.fsu.edu:81/users/schmittc/winners.html

Coming up this week for the Seminoles is homecoming and the Georgia Tech Yellowjackets. Is Tech riding high after their win over North Carolina? Will they be fired up by the perceived insult of being scheduled as a homecoming opponent? Will they play better on the road because they won't be sharing the field with a big, silly-looking inflatable bug?

You make the call and send your predictions to:

HWILLS@FREENET.TLH.FL.US

Put "FSU vs. GIT" in the subject line so I know it's not just someone whining because I insulted "Buzz". Make sure your entry gets to me before kickoff on Saturday (3:30 PM EDT), maybe even by sending it to me now.

Herb Wills, HWills@FreeNet.TLH.FL.US