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Final Week of Nicks Picks for 2002 Season



This Week's Game Capsules - Saturday, November 30

Ohio (4-7, 4-3 MAC) at UCF (6-5, 5-2 MAC)
Site: Citrus Bowl (70,188/419 Bermuda Grass) Orlando, Fla. Time: 1:30 Series: first meeting Last Meeting: none The Coaches: Ohio-Brian Knorr (5-17, second season); UCF-Mike Kruczek (32-23, fifth season). UCF has won six of its last eight with both losses by three points ... overshadowed by UCF's potent passing attack is Alex Haynes, who has rushed for 305 yards the last two games (156 at Miami and 149 versus Kent State) ... for the first time in school history, UCF has two receivers with 1,000 yards - Doug Gabriel (68 rec., 1,058 yards) and Jimmy Fryzel (56, 1,045) make up the Golden Knight's receiving combo ... UCF defensive end Rashad Jeanty had a busy afternoon last week at Miami as he was credited with a sack, a forced and recovered fumble, three pressures and five tackles ... the Bobcats lead the MAC in rushing at 244.4 ypg after averaging just 165.0 ypg the first four games of the season ... Ohio has rushed for an average of 289.8 ypg its last seven contests ... Joe Sellers' 109 tackles is the most by a Bobcat since 1996 when Dennis Fitzgerald had 120.
Line: UCF by 16.5
Prediction: UCF 38

You picked the wrong team to win the game. And the score won't be that close.
BG 45-26
Bg has controlled this series and will continue to do so after some bad seasons. Lost 4 straight to Toledo (1995-98) which had never happened before. The last time Toledo beat BG when they had a team with a winning record was 1984. The recent Toledo wins were against bad Falcon teams.
1986 5-6, 1988 2-8-1, 1990 3-5-2, 1995 5-6, 1996 4-7, 1997 3-8, 1998 5-6
and 2000 2-9

bgnormals Wrote:You picked the wrong team to win the game. And the score won't be that close.
BG 45-26
Bg has controlled this series and will continue to do so after some bad seasons. Lost 4 straight to Toledo (1995-98) which had never happened before. The last time Toledo beat BG when they had a team with a winning record was 1984. The recent Toledo wins were against bad Falcon teams.
1986 5-6, 1988 2-8-1, 1990 3-5-2, 1995 5-6, 1996 4-7, 1997 3-8, 1998 5-6
and 2000 2-9

Wow...those are a lot of losses vs Toledo. Besides, when it comes to college sports, what do any of those years before 1998 have to do with anything? The only people left on either of those teams is Amstutz!!! All the kids on the teams were still in High School (an exception would be Will Bratton, extra year due to medical petition).

If you want to look at it that way then BG has won 2 out of the last three.
Soon to be 3 out of 4

bgnormals Wrote:If you want to look at it that way then BG has won 2 out of the last three.
Soon to be 3 out of 4

I prefer to look at it a different way..........split over the last four years. The home team tends to have a significant advantage in this series!!

Just in case you forgot.........BG @ Toledo!

Or you could look at it another way......Toledo has won 5 of the last 7 meetings!

Thanks for the picks, Nick!