SEMINOLE FOOTBALL PREDIXN DERBY RESULTS WEEK VIII: FSU VS. WAKE FOREST

POS GURU OF THE GRIDIRON                           PREDIXN        DIFFER
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 1. Allen Risley <arisley#coyote.csusm.edu>        FSU 48, WFU  7   4.00
 2. Bruce D Stilmack <stilmack#wombat.eng.fsu.edu> FSU 48, WFU  9   4.47
 3. Kurt Siefken <kas2928#garnet.acns.fsu.edu>     FSU 48, WFU 10   5.00
 3. Paul Barkowitz <Paul_Barkowitz#transarc.com>   FSU 40, WFU 10   5.00
 5. Ed Taylor <edtaylor#digital.net>               FSU 49, WFU 10   5.83
 5. Fred P Snyder <fsnyder#clandjop.com>           FSU 47, WFU 12   5.83
 7. Matthew Bourland <bourland+#andrew.cmu.edu>    FSU 48, WFU 13   7.21
 8. bart <footin#atl.mindspring.com>               FSU 46, WFU 14   7.28
 9. John Thurber <JTHURB#aol.com>                  FSU 41, WFU  0   7.62
10. James Ewing <james.ewing#yale.edu>             FSU 52, WFU  6   8.06
10. Manny Bas <bas#nettally.com>                   FSU 36, WFU  6   8.06
12. Bob Stuke, Jr <bstuke#crl.com>                 FSU 52, WFU  3   8.94
13. shaggy <jmcgeene#tdo.infi.net>                 FSU 38, WFU  0   9.22
14. Greg Reeves <greeves#ix.netcom.com>            FSU 51, WFU  0   9.90
15. Don Beem <dabeemer#bsn.com>                    FSU 34, WFU  6  10.05
16. Bryan Herrington <BH_43#wow.com>               FSU 41, WFU 17  10.44
17. Deborah Flanagan <scholar#polaris.net>         FSU 54, WFU 13  11.66
18. Michael Threapleton <mjt#netrunner.net>        FSU 55, WFU 11  11.70
19. Eric Lyman <ejlyman#aol.com>                   FSU 56, WFU  7  12.00
20. Michael Edgerley <msedgerley#juno.com>         FSU 54, WFU  0  12.21
20. Heidi Satz <hms3843#garnet.acns.fsu.edu>       FSU 34, WFU 14  12.21
22. Sean Linkenback <showcase#onramp.net>          FSU 56, WFU  3  12.65
22. Mike Sukhadwala <msukhadw#garnet.acns.fsu.edu> FSU 56, WFU  3  12.65
24. <rkerr#mindspring.com>                         FSU 56, WFU 13  13.42
24. Justin Amman <JDA9841#Garnet.ACNS.FSU.edu>     FSU 56, WFU 13  13.42
26. Rick Workman <RickW267#aol.com>                FSU 56, WFU  0  13.89
26. Thurston Long <machupo#best.com>               FSU 56, WFU  0  13.89
28. Bob Stuke <coachbob#pbfreenet.seflin.lib.fl.us>FSU 58, WFU 10  14.32
29. Scott Mandell <ScootM#aol.com>                 FSU 59, WFU  6  15.03
30. Tony Patterson <Tony.Patterson.0202042#nt.com> FSU 59, WFU  3  15.52
31. Randolph Langley <langley#scri.fsu.edu>        FSU 60, WFU 10  16.28
32. <PSElliott#aol.com>                            FSU 59, WFU  0  16.55
32. Michel Mock <MMock8493#aol.com>                FSU 59, WFU  0  16.55
34. Al Kelley <kwestlaw#key.net>                   FSU 61, WFU  3  17.46
35. Dr Micheal vanPelt <us005330#mindspring.com>   FSU 62, WFU  9  18.11
36. Herb Wills <HWills#FreeNet.TLH.FL.US>          FSU 62, WFU 10  18.25
37. Stephen Brown <stbrown#cts.com>                FSU 62, WFU  3  18.44
38. Rae Adams <raead#freenet.tlh.fl.us>            FSU 63, WFU  7  19.00
39. Joey Morris <rjmorris#eos.ncsu.edu>            FSU 63, WFU  6  19.03
40. GRUE <grue#prism.u-net.com>                    FSU 63, WFU 10  19.24
40. Todd Bush <bush#mc.edu>                        FSU 63, WFU 10  19.24
42. Chris Rasmussen <cjr4a#virginia.edu>           FSU 63, WFU  0  20.25
43. Robert Taylor <RATaylor14#aol.com>             FSU 70, WFU  3  26.31
44. Joe Shaw <umpire#postoffice.ptd.net>           FSU 72, WFU  7  28.00
45. Sonny Pieper <sonnyp#atl.mindspring.com>       FSU 77, WFU  3  33.24
46. Kent Newsome <newsome#accesscomm.net>          FSU 84, WFU  0  40.61

The actual score was Florida State 44, Wake Forest 7.

Allen Risley, one of this season's top forecasters, won this week's Predixn Derby with his 48 - 7 call; his difference of 4.00 is the tenth closest this season. Risley had another of the top ten predixns of 1996 when he won the Duke Predixn Derby with a difference of 3.16. Only Thurston Long has also won two Derby's this season. What I want to know is, how are any of the rest of us gonna win one of these things with these two guys grabbing all the titles for themselves?

Bruce Stilmack made his debut in the top five (4.47), while Kurt Siefken (5.00) logged his third top five finish. Only Al Risley has also made the top five three times during 1996. Tied for third with Siefken was Paul Barkowitz, a steady performer cracking the top five for the first time. And tied for fifth (5.83) were Ed Taylor and Fred Snyder. Taylor had been in the top five just two weeks ago; this was Snyder's first trip to that height.

Former winners and how they did today? Well...

PREDICTOR              PREDIXN          ACTUAL SCORE    DIFF   THIS WEEK
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Allen Risley           FSU 45, Duke 10  FSU 44, Duke 7   3.16   1 ( 4.00)
Thurston Long          FSU 52, NCSU 14  FSU 51, NCS 17   3.16  26 (13.89)
Thurston Long,                                                 26 (13.89)
Michael Upchurch (tie) FSU 24, UNC 14   FSU 13, UNC 0   17.03  DNP (--)
P. S. Elliot           FSU 35, Clem 3   FSU 34, Clem 3   1.00  32 (16.55)
Stephen Brown          FSU 35, UM 14    FSU 34, UM 16    2.24  37 (18.44)
Grady Moore            FSU 29, UVa 20   FSU 31, UVa 24   4.47  DNP (--)
Cockrell (tie)         FSU 33, UVa 28   FSU 31, UVa 24   4.47  DNP (--)
Al Kelley              FSU 51, GIT  7   FSU 49, GIT  3   4.47  34 (17.46)
Allen Risley           FSU 48, WFU  7   FSU 44, WFU  7   4.00   1 ( 4.00)

I had hoped to have some other interesting statistics to report, but the old ISP went down just before kick-off on Saturday while I was trying to log the last of the predixns. As it is, I'm going to be late reporting the usual nonsense. Maybe next week.

Hey, no one got injured making their predixn this week, did you? I suffered severe bruises to my pride due to my performance, but I've come to expect that. This was a bad week for injuries, starting with Busby's cracked wrist, moving on to Byron Capers' broken finger, and let's not forget Andre Cooper getting racked up during *warm-ups*. I don't know who Coach Bowden is going to have left to put on the field against Southern Mississippi, who visits Doak Campbell next Saturday. The Seminoles used to play USM quite a bit, back when both schools were independents trying to fill up their schedules. The last meeting, 1989, is the one Florida State fans remember best: the Golden Eagles thumped the #1 ranked Seminoles in a season opener. Now, most of the current Seminoles weren't even in high school yet when this happened, so "revenge" isn't a word that's going to come up this week, but "caution" is, especially in light of what almost happened to Stevie Spurrier's boys at Vanderbilt yesterday.

Will the Golden Eagles humble another highly-touted Seminole team? No way? Send your predixn of the final score of the game to:

HWILLS@FREENET.TLH.FL.US

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Thanks for playing, everyone. I'm looking forward to getting the USM predix. Good luck, and get psyched for the Gators!

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