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2016-17 College Bowl Picks

Wednesday, December 14, 2016

Picking every game of the college bowl season, most both straight and against the spread.

Dec 17 New Mexico Bowl: New Mexico over UTSA win 1-0
UTSA +7.5 win 1-0
Las Vegas Bowl: Houston over SD St. loss 2-1
SD St. +3.5 win 2-0
Camellia Bowl: Toledo over App. St. loss 2-2
Toledo -1 loss 2-1
Cure Bowl: UCF over Ark St. loss 2-3
UCF -5.5 loss 2-2
New Orleans Bowl SMiss over LaLa win 3-3
La La +5 loss 2-3
Celebration Bowl Grambling over NC Central win 2-0
Dec 19 Miami Beach Bowl Tulsa over CMichigan win 4-3
Central +12.5 loss 2-4
Dec 20 Boca Raton Bowl WKy over Memphis win 5-3
WKy -5 win 3-4
Dec 21 Poinsettia Bowl BYU over Wyo win 6-3
BYU -9 loss 3-5
Dec 22 Potato Bowl Colo St. over Idaho loss 6-4
Colo St. -13.5 loss 3-6
Dec 23 Bahamas Bowl ODU over EMich win 7-4
EMich +4 push
Armed Forces Bowl: LaTech over Navy win 9-4
Navy +4.5 win 5-6
Dollar General Bowl: Troy over Ohio win 8-4
Troy -4 win 4-6
Dec 24 Hawaii Bowl: Mid Ten over Hawaii loss 8-5
Dec 26 St Petersburg Bowl Miss St over Mia (Oh) win 9-5
Mia +13 win 5-6
Quick Lane Bowl Mary over BC loss 9-6
Mary -1 loss 5-7
Independence Bowl NC St over Vandy win 10-6
NC St -4.5 win 6-7
Dec 27 Heart of Dallas Bowl Army over NTex win 11-6
Army-10 loss 6-8
Military Bowl Temple over Wake loss 11-7
Temple -13 6-9
Holiday Bowl Wash St over Minn loss 11-8
Minn +9 win 7-9
Cactus Bowl Boise St over Baylor loss 11-9
Bay +7.5 win 8-9
Dec 28 Pinstripe Bowl Pitt over Northwestern loss 11-10
Nwestern +5.5 win 9-9
Russell Athletic Bowl Miami over WVA win 12-10
Miami -3 win 10-9
Foster Farms Bowl Utah over Indiana win 13-10
Indiana +7.5 win 11-9
Texas Bowl A&M over KSt loss 13-11
A&M -2 loss 11-10
Dec 29 Birmingham Bowl SFla over SCarol win 14-11
SFla -10.5 loss 11-11
Belk Bowl Va Tech over Ark win 15-11
Va Tech -7 win 12-11
Alamo Bowl Colorado over Ok St loss 15-12
Colorado -3 Ok St loss 12-12
Dec 30 Liberty Bowl TCU over Geo loss 15-13
TCU +1 loss 12-13
Sun Bowl Stanford over UNC win 16-13
UNC +3.5 win 13-13
Music City Bowl Tenn over Neb win 17-13
Neb +3 loss 13-14
Arizona Bowl Air Force over SAla win 18-13
SAla +13 loss 13-15
Orange Bowl Mich over Fla St loss 18-14
Mich -7 loss 13-16
Dec 31 Peach Alabama over Wash win 19-14
Wash +15 loss 13-17
Fiesta Ohio St over Clem loss 19-15
Clem +3.5 win 14-17
Tax Slayer Geo Tech over UK win 20-15
Geo Tech -3 win 15-17
Citrus Louisville over LSU loss 20-16
Louis +3.5 loss 15-18
Jan 2 Cotton Bowl Wisc over WMich win 21-16
WMich +7.5 loss 15-19
Outback Bowl Florida over Iowa win 22-16
Florida -2.5 win 16-19
Sugar Bowl Oklahoma over Aub win 23-16
Aub +3.5 loss 16-20
Rose Bowl USC over Penn St win 24-16
USC -6.5 loss 16-21
National Title Alabama over Clemson
Alabama -6.5

Athletes of the Year 2000-04

1995-99 is

Athletes of the Year for 2000-04 are here.

2000

Athlete of the Year: Tiger Woods
Jan - Kurt Warner (Peter Warrick, Steve McNair, Torry Holt)
Feb - Andre Agassi (Pavel Bure, Shaquille O'Neal, Vince Carter)
Mar - Mateen Cleaves (Kenyon Martin, Alonzo Mourning, Marcus Fizer)
Apr - Vlad Guerrero (Vijay Singh, Randy Johnson, Lennox Lewis)
May - Shaquille O'Neal (Andres Galarraga, Pedro Martinez, Patrick Ewing)
June - Tiger Woods (Reggie Miller, Mary Pierce, Martin Brodeur)
July - Lance Armstrong (Pete Sampras, Tiger Woods, Mike Piazza)
Aug - Carlos Delgado (Will Clark, Tiger Woods, Karrie Webb)
Sept - Marion Jones (Venus Williams, Barry Bonds, Ian Thorpe)
Oct - Derek Jeter (Jim Edmonds, Edgardo Alfonzo, Mariano Rivera)
Nov - Ladainian Tomlinson (Shane Mosley, Lennox Lewis, Allen Iverson)
Dec - Marshall Faulk (Terrell Owens, Ray Lewis, Rich Gannon)

2001

Athlete of the Year - Barry Bonds

January - Ray Lewis (Josh Heupel, Kerry Collins, Jennifer Capriati)

February - Allen Iverson (Chris Webber, Kevin Garnett, Tim Duncan)

March - Shane Battier (Shane Moseley, Jason Williams, Jason Gardner)

April - Tiger Woods (Hideo Nomo, Barry Bonds, Hasim Rachman)

May - Barry Bonds (Shaquille O'Neal, Randy Johnson, Kobe Bryant)

June - Shaquille O'Neal (Jennifer Capriati, Patrick Roy, Karrie Webb)

July - Lance Armstrong (Dale Earnhardt, Jr., Goran Ivanisevic, Cal Ripken)

August - Sammy Sosa (Greg Maddux, Danny Almonte, Roger Clemens)

Spetember - Bernard Hopkins (Venus Williams, Barry Bonds, David Carr)

October - Curt Schilling (Rickey Henderson, Randy Johnson, Mike Brown)

November - Jeff Garcia (Marshall Faulk, Jerry Rice, Ken Dorsey)

December - Tim Duncan (Ahman Green, Brian Urlacher, Jason Williams)

2002

Athlete of the Year: Barry Bonds

January - Vernon Forrest (Ken Dorsey, Jerry Rice, Donovan McNabb)
February - Adam Vinatieri (Kobe Bryant, Sarah Hughes, Joe Sakic)
March - Sue Bird (Drew Gooden, Luke Recker, Cael Sanderson)
April - Randy Johnson (Barry Bonds, Tiger Woods, Paul Pierce)
May - Jason Kidd (Mike Cameron, Patrick Roy, Shawn Green)
June - Shaquille O'Neal (Lennox Lewis, Luis Castillo, Ronaldo)
July - Lance Armstrong (Serena Williams, Jeff Kent, Ernie Els)
August - Alex Rodriguez (John Smoltz, Rich Beem, Barry Bonds)
September - Serena Williams (Miguel Tejada, Oscar de la Hoya, Charlie Rogers)
October - Barry Bonds (Russ Ortiz, Emmitt Smith, Troy Glaus)
November - Carson Palmer (Brett Favre, Larry Johnson, Michael Vick)
December - Rich Gannon (Priest Holmes, Marvin Harrison, Mario Lemieux)

2003

Athlete of the Year: Lance Armstrong

January: Warren Sapp (Kellen Winslow, Rich Gannon, Serena Williams)
February: Kobe Bryant (Kevin Garnett, Tim Duncan, Michael Jordan)
March: Roy Jones (Keith Bogans, TJ Ford, Dwyane Wade)
April: Carmello Anthony (Diana Taurasi, Jean Sebastien Giguere, Tracy McGrady)
May: Tim Duncan (Jason Kidd, Annika Sorenstam, Kenny Perry)
June: Annika Sorenstam (Arturo Gatti, Martin Brodeur, Albert Pujols)
July: Lance Armstrong (Serena Williams, Barry Bonds, Bill Mueller)
August: Albert Pujols (Dontrelle Willis, Gary Sheffield, Alex Rodriguez)
September: Shane Mosley (Andy Roddick, Jamal Lewis, Michael Schumacher)
October: Josh Beckett (Ivan Rodriguez, Dante Hall, Mariano Rivera)
November: Jason White (Larry Fitzgerald, Mike Williams, Ray Lewis)
December: Jamal Lewis (Ben Roethlisberger, Peyton Manning, Priest Holmes)

2004

Athlete of the Year: Peyton Manning

January - Matt Leinart (Brian Boucher, Ty Law, Deion Branch)
February - Kevin Garnett (Jameer Nelson, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., Kobe Bryant)
March - Diana Taurasi (Chris Webber, Tracy McGrady, Emeka Okafor)
April - Phil Mickelson (Barry Bonds, Tim Duncan, Roger Clemens)
May - Antonio Tarver (Tim Duncan, Kobe Bryant, Randy Johnson)
June - Rip Hamilton (Vlad Guerrero, Martin St. Louis, Maria Sharapova)
July - Lance Armstrong (Roger Federer, Alfonso Soriano, Todd Hamilton)
August - Michael Phelps (Hicham el Guerrouj, Vijay Singh, Carly Patterson)
September - Roger Federer (Ichiro Suzuki, Bernard Hopkins, Vlad Guerrero)
October - David Ortiz (Adrian Peterson, Carlos Beltran, Manny Ramirez)
November - Peyton Manning (David Greene, Kyle Orton, Matt Leinart)
December - LeBron James (Reggie Bush, Tracy McGrady, Jerome Bettis)

Athletes of the Year 1995-99

Tuesday, December 13, 2016

1990-94 is

Here were the athletes of the year, 1995-99.

1995

Athlete of the Year: Hakeem Olajuwon
January - Steve Young (Tommie Frazier, Natrone Means, Eric Davis)
February - Rebecca Lobo (Shaquille O'Neal, Jaromir Jagr, Sterling Marlin)
March - Tyus Edney (Randolph Childress, Corliss Williamson, Ed O'Bannon)
April - Ben Crenshaw (David Robinson, Eric Lindros, Michael Jordan)
May - Hakeem Olajuwon (Reggie Miller, Penny Hardaway, Martin Brodeur)
June - Martin Brodeur (Steffi Graf, Hakeem Olajuwon, Hideo Nomo)
July - Steffi Graf (Ramon Martinez, John Daly, Michael Schumacher)
August - Michael Johnson (Mo Vaughn, Monica Seles, Leland McElroy)
September - Cal Ripken (Danny Wuerffel, Emmitt Smith, Albert Belle)
October - Tom Glavine (Randy Johnson, Chipper Jones, Orel Hershiser)
November - Brett Favre (Eddie George, Danny Wuerffel, Mario Lemieux)
December - Jerry Rice (Glyn Milburn, Herman Moore, Byron Hanspard)

1996

Athlete of the Year - Michael Johnson
January - Tommie Frazier (Brett Favre, Emmitt Smith, Larry Brown)
February - Michael Jordan (Magic Johnson, Terry Norris, Donovan Bailey)
March - Tony Delk (Tim Duncan, Mike Tyson, Allen Iverson)
April - Chris Osgood (Ken Hill, Hideo Nomo, Brady Anderson)
May - Jaromir Jagr (Barry Bonds, Dwight Gooden, Michael Jordan)
June - Michael Johnson (Oscar de la Hoya, Patrick Roy, Michael Jordan)
July - Carl Lewis (Steffi Graf, Amy Van Dyken, Kerri Strug)
August - Tiger Woods (Darryl Strawberry, John Smoltz, Rodney Peete)
September - Steffi Graf (Pete Sampras, Jake Plummer, Danny Wuerffel)
October - John Wetteland (Bernie Williams, Dennis Eckersley, Javier Lopez)
November - Evander Holyfield (John Vanbiesbrouck, Troy Davis, Brad Otton)
December - Brett Favre (Patrick Roy, Wayne Gretzky, Ron Dayne)

1997

Athlete of the Year - Tiger Woods
Jan - Desmond Howard (Natrone Means, Dorsey Levens, Desmond Howard)
Feb - Dominic Hasek (Tiger Woods, Michael Jordan, Mark Jackson)
Mar - Mike Bibby (Keith Van Horne, Tony Gonzalez, Bobby Jackson)
Apr - Tiger Woods (Larry Walker, Kenny Lofton, Wayne Gretzky)
May - Roger Clemens (Tino Martinez, Tim Hardaway, Karl Malone)
June - Michael Jordan (Mike Vernon, Ernie Els, Tony Gwynn)
July - Martina Hingis (Pete Sampras, Roger Clemens, Justin Leonard)
Aug - Jeff Gordon (Roy Jones, Davis Love, Mark McGwire)
Sept - Barry Bonds (Ken Griffey, Charles Johnson, Mark McGwire)
Oct - Livan Hernandez (Gary Sheffield, Orel Hershiser, Charles Johnson)
Nov - Charles Woodson (Nick Van Exel, Barry Sanders, Terrell Davis)
Dec - Barry Sanders (Corey Dillon, Jerry Rice, Brian Griese)

1998

Athlete of the Year: Mark McGwire
Jan: Terrell Davis (John Elway, Vin Baker, Martina Hingis)
Feb: Dale Earnhardt: (Antawn Jamison, Dominic Hasek, Tara Lipinski)
Mar: Chamique Holdsclaw (Antawn Jamison, Bryce Drew, Andre Miller)
Apr: Mark McGwire (Mark O'Meara, Pedro Martinez, Chuck Finley)
May: Karl Malone (Kerry Wood, David Wells, Mark McGwire)
June: Greg Maddux (Ollie Kolzig, Michael Jordan, Sammy Sosa)
July: Ronaldo (Zinedine Zidane, Se Ri Pak, Marion Jones)
Aug: Jeff Gordon (Eric Davis, Mark McGwire, Cynthia Cooper)
Sept: Sammy Sosa (Roger Clemens, Mark McGwire, Barry Bonds)
Oct: Scott Brosius (Shane Spencer, Kevin Brown, Jason Elam)
Nov: Ricky Williams (Cade McNown, Terrell Davis, Randy Moss)
Dec: Randall Cunningham (Steve Francis, Gary Anderson, Ron Dayne)

1999

Athlete of the Year: Tiger Woods
Jan: John Elway (Peerless Price, Terrell Davis, Chris Chandler)
Feb: Jeff Gordon (Patrick Roy, Oscar de la Hoya, Jeff Maggert)
Mar: Rip Hamilton (Lamar Odom, Wally Szczerbiak, Scoonie Penn)
Apr: Jose Maria Olazabel (Jaromir Jagr, Fernando Tatis, Chris Antley)
May: Pedro Martinez (Nomar Garciaparra, Allen Iverson, Luis Gonzalez)
June: Tim Duncan (Andre Agassi, Maurice Greene, Payne Stewart)
July: Mia Hamm (Lindsay Davenport, Hicham el Guerrouj, David Cone)
Aug: Tiger Woods (Dale Jarrett, Sammy Sosa, Michael Jordan)
Sept: Felix Trinidad (Barry Bonds, Serena Williams, Chipper Jones)
Oct: Orlando Hernandez (Kurt Warner, Nomar Garciaparra, Mariano Rivera)
Nov: Peyton Manning (Tiger Woods, Ron Dayne, Ladainian Tomlinson)
Dec: Kurt Warner (Edgerrin James, Stephen Davis, Gary Payton)

Athletes of the Year 1990-94

Monday, December 12, 2016

As long as I can recall, I've done some sort of award for athlete of the week/month/year (for a couple of years I even did it daily).

The records that survive are from 1990- so when I started this blog I moved that material here.

Here are the Athletes of the week/month/year from 1990-1994.

1990

Athlete of the Year: Joe Montana
January: Joe Montana (PT Willis, Mario Lemieux, Jerry Rice)
February: Buster Douglas (Mark O'Meara, Derrike Cope, Lionel Simmons)
March: Bo Kimble (Akeem Olajuwon, Susan Butcher, Stacey Augmon)
April: Nick Faldo (Mark Langston, Barry Larkin, Dave Stewart)
May: Michael Jordan (Craig Perret, Cecil Fielder, Jari Kurri)
June: Monica Seles (Randy Johnson, Nolan Ryan, Hale Irwin)
July: Greg Lemond (Martina Navratilova, Betsy King, Nolan Ryan)
August: Leroy Burrell (Alex Cole, David Justice, Jose Maria Olazabel)
September: Ty Detmer (Pete Sampras, Howard Griffith, Bob Welch)
October: Billy Hatcher (Rickey Henderson, Dave Stewart, Evander Holyfield)
November: David Klingler (Derrick Thomas, Bernard King, Larry Bird)
December: Warren Moon (Mike Tyson, Kenny Anderson, Charles Barkley)

1991

Athlete of the Year - Michael Jordan
January - Thurman Thomas (Chris Zorich, Marcus Allen, Matt Bahr)
February - Stacey Augmon (Jimmy Jackson, Dominique Wilkins, Scott Skiles)
March - Brett Hull (Oliver Taylor, Sergei Bubka, Christian Laettner)
April - Roger Clemens (Hakeem Olajuwon, Ian Woosnam, Magic Johnson)
May - Mario Lemieux (Nolan Ryan, Larry Bird, Magic Johnson)
June - Michael Jordan (Monica Seles, Scott Erickson, Barry Larkin)
July - Steffi Graf (Cal Ripken, Ian Baker Finch, Dennis Martinez)
August - John Daly (Mike Powell, Fred McGriff, Carl Lewis)
September - Jimmy Connors (Marshall Faulk, Barry Bonds, Chuck Knoblauch)
October - Jack Morris (Alejandro Pena, Kirby Puckett, Steve Avery)
November - Desmond Howard (Michael Jordan, Barry Sanders, Guy Forget)
December - Emmitt Smith (Kevin Willis, Bobby Hebert, Joey Mullen)

1992

Athlete of the Year - Mario Lemieux
January - Mark Rypien (Mario Bailey, Cornelius Bennett, John McEnroe)
February - Alberto Tomba (Magic Johnson, Kristi Yamaguchi, David Robinson)
March - Christian Laettner (Wayne Gretzky, Larry Bird, Fred Couples)
April - Fred Couples (Christian Laettner, Deion Sanders, Roberto Alomar)
May - Mario Lemieux (Mark McGwire, Terry Norris, Jaromir Jagr)
June - Michael Jordan (Monica Seles, Tom Kite, John McEnroe)
July - Steffi Graf (Kevin Brown, Nick Faldo, Tom Glavine)
August - Vitaly Scherbo (Carl Lewis, Terry Pendleton, James Toney)
Sept - Dennis Eckersley (Dan O'Brien, Robin Yount, Barry Bonds)
Oct - Pat Borders (Steve Young, Art Monk, Jerry Rice)
Nov - Riddick Bowe (Emmitt Smith, Shaquille O Neal, Chris Jackson)
Dec - Charles Barkley (Jerry Rice, Emmitt Smith, Joe Montana)

1993

Athlete of the Year - Michael Jordan
January - Emmitt Smith (Frank Reich, David Robinson, Troy Aikman)
February - Alexander Mogilny (Hakeen Olajuwon, Mark Price, Tom Kite)
March - Sheryl Swoopes (Mario Lemieux, Hakeem Olajuwon, Jason Kidd)
April - Hakeem Olajuwon (Bernhard Langer, Shannon Miller, Alexander Mogilny)
May - Wayne Gretzky (Curtis Joseph, Michael Jordan, Riddick Bowe)
June - Michael Jordan (Julie Krone, Lee Janzen, Steffi Graf)
July - Ken Griffey (Barry Bonds, Greg Norman, Miguel Indurain)
August - Steffi Graf (Tony Gwynn, Paul Azinger, Don Mattingly)
September - Barry Bonds (Mark Whiten, Jon Carney, Terry Pendleton)
October - Paul Molitor (Dave Stewart, Lenny Dykstra, Joe Carter)
November - Evander Holyfield (Jerry Rice, Glenn Foley, Hakeem Olajuwon)
December - Sterling Sharpe (Marcus Allen, Rodney Hampton, Steve Young)

1994

Athlete of the Year - George Foreman
January - Charlie Ward (Sterling Sharpe, Ricky Watters, Emmitt Smith)
February - Bonnie Blair (Johnny Miller, Tommy Moe, Oksana Baiul)
March - Wayne Gretzky (David Robinson, Glenn Robinson, Corliss Williamson)
April - Michael Moorer (Jose Maria Olazabal, Ryan Klesko, Joe Carter)
May - Hakeem Olajuwon (Charles Barkley, Ken Griffey, Mike Richter)
June - Brian Leetch (Patrick Ewing, Hakeem Olajuwon, Ken Griffey)
July - Romario (Martina Navratilova, Leroy Burrell, Kenny Rogers)
August - Nick Price (Geoff Bodine, Tiger Woods, Dan Marino)
September - Jerry Rice (Steve McNair, Kordell Stewart, Rashan Salaam)
October - Natrone Means (Patrick Nix, Joe Montana, Brook Berenger)
November - George Foreman (Barry Sanders, Roy Jones, Steve Young)
December - Steve Young (Barry Sanders, Marcus Allen, John Walsh)

Tendown, December 11, 2016

Sunday, December 11, 2016

252 is here. This Tendown 253

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2. The Latest from Piketty

the bottom half of the income distribution in the United States has been completely shut off from economic growth since the 1970s

3. Dave Interviews Tina

Fey I went to vote for the People's Choice Awards online because actors in our show got nominated, and I realized that I hate everything. Every movie. "That was dumb, didn't see it, haven't seen it, hated it." TV might be better than movies. Shh, don't tell anyone.

Letterman Does that go off the record here?

Fey No, I stand by it. TV's better than movies. Everybody knows it.

4. What Sanders Actually Said About Identity Politics

5. The Best Player in the NBA Through 20 Games - Kevin Durant

6. Good looking out, Portland.

7. Happy Endings.

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