SEMINOLE FOOTBALL PREDIXN DERBY RESULTS GAME II, FSU VS. MARYLAND

POS PEERLESS PROGNOSTICATOR                         PREDIXN        DIFFER
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 1. chris brady <chrispat#mediaone.net>             FSU 51, UMd  7   1.00
 2. Mike Sukhadwala <MSukhadw#Garnet.ACNS.FSU.EDU>  FSU 49, UMd  6   1.41
 3. Mike Edgerley <msedgerley#juno.com>             FSU 48, UMd  6   2.24
 4. Ken Meyers <Meyers#ibm.net>                     FSU 48, UMd  9   2.83
 5. Robert Kerr <rkerr#mindspring.com>              FSU 48, UMd 10   3.61
 6. <PSElliott#aol.com>                             FSU 52, UMd  3   4.47
 7. Bob Stuke, Jr <bstuke#bellsouth.net>            FSU 45, UMd 10   5.83
 7. Scot Lerner <slerner#bellsouth.net>             FSU 55, UMd 10   5.83
 7. Steve Allbritton <allb#mindspring.com>          FSU 45, UMd 10   5.83
10. Herb Wills <HWills#FreeNet.TLH.FL.US>           FSU 44, UMd  6   6.08
11. BB3 <BB3#SPAMJAMMERibm.net>                     FSU 48, UMd 13   6.32
12. <Peterroy#aol.com>                              FSU 44, UMd 10   6.71
13. John Schultz <jschultz#media-general.com>       FSU 42, UMd  6   8.06
14. Bill Lott <William_A_Lott#mail.dbf.state.fl.us> FSU 45, UMd 14   8.60
15. <JMcgee7493#aol.com>                            FSU 41, UMd 10   9.49
16. <PanamaRMB#aol.com>                             FSU 41, UMd  3   9.85
17. Oren Webster <ThnkTank#concentric.net>          FSU 58, UMd 13  10.00
17. Noles <t-turner#worldnet.att.net>               FSU 42, UMd 13  10.00
19. Scott Mandell <ScootM#aol.com>                  FSU 60, UMd  6  10.05
20. Greg Reeves <greeves#ix.netcom.com>             FSU 40, UMd 10  10.44
21. <sinsashnl#aol.com>                             FSU 47, UMd 18  11.40
22. <NOLES26#aol.com>                               FSU 39, UMd  3  11.70
23. <bitts#wam.umd.edu>                             FSU 38, UMd  7  12.00
24. Fred Desing <desing#nu.cs.fsu.edu>              FSU 38, UMd  6  12.04
25. Tchaka <tchaka#wrldweb.net>                     FSU 62, UMd 13  13.42
26. <ronps#knox.mindspring.com>                     FSU 37, UMd  3  13.60
27. Bob Laffen <laffen#capital.net>                 FSU 38, UMd 14  13.89
28. Dan Seamon <dseamon#ix.netcom.com>              FSU 38, UMd 17  15.62
29. Sean Linkenback <Showcase#onramp.net>           FSU 34, UMd  6  16.03
29. pEzCoRe <???lancec#ct.net???>                   FSU 34, UMd  6  16.03
31. GRUE <grue#prism.u-net.com>                     FSU 34, UMd 10  16.28
32. Danielle Galvin <dtg#mail.municode.com>         FSU 34, UMd 14  17.46
33. Eric Smythers <esmyther#warren-wilson.edu>      FSU 70, UMd 10  20.22
34. Neil Whiteman <new1207#garnet.acns.fsu.edu>     FSU 27, UMd  3  23.35
35. jp <jpjohn#lex.infi.net>                        FSU 24, UMd 10  26.17
36. JGood30922 <jgood30922#aol.com>                 FSU 21, UMd  7  29.00
37. <Vitesse1#aol.com>                              FSU104, UMd  6  54.01

The actual score was Florida State 50, Maryland 7.

After a rocky start in Game I, our gurus of the gridiron honed their prognosticating skills and came up with some awfully close predixns in the Maryland game. Congratulations to this week's champion, Chris Brady, who scored a season-low difference of 1.00. Runner-up Mike Sukhadwala (1.41) is no stranger to top finishes, having won three or four predixn derbies over the 1995 and 1996 seasons. Mike Edgerley (2.24), Ken Myers (2.83), and Robert Kerr (3.61), complete the top five. Kerr establishes himself as the early-season consistency leader; he was also fifth in Game I. It was a tough contest this week, and I'm sure a lot of folks are feeling the way I do: How did I come up with this great pick (6.08) and still get slaughtered in the standings?

Maybe this Saturday will be different. Next up is the Seminoles taking on the Clemson Tigers in Clemson, S.C. FSU has never lost a game in the Tigers' Memorial Stadium, even dating back to those years when the Seminoles weren't good enough to be in the ACC. Does the streak end here?

If you think you can dislodge Robert Kerr from the top five, or maybe just come up with a super predixn of the final score of the FSU - Clemson game, send your predixn to:

HWILLS@FREENET.TLH.FL.US

Make sure you put something like "FSU @ Tigers" in the subject line so I won't mistake your message for Great New Business Opportunity #1336. What else...make sure you send the entry early so that it gets here before kickoff time on Saturday, September 20. All entries will be recorded to be scored and ranked following the final outcome of the game. Results will be posted in alt.sports.football.college.fsu-seminoles, and also to a particularly shoddy excuse for a website at http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Arena/5177/.

Thank you and congratulations to everyone who put their forecasting skills on the line in Florida State vs. Maryland. Good luck with your Florida State at Clemson predixn!

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