Thursday, December 12, 2019

Casey Grant captures top honors in local college football pick 'em contest


Our local ESPN College Football Pick ‘Em contest came to an end on Saturday, and Casey Grant held on to win this year’s 15-week contest by correctly picking the outcomes of 99.8 percent (out of 150 games) this college football season. Having won this local contest, Grant is without a doubt among the best college football prognosticators in and around Conecuh County. Not only does he receive all the high honors and accolades that go along with this prestigious title, but he also might be someone good to talk to if you want to know who is going to win the national championship this year.

Clint Hyde finished in second place with 112 total points, just two points behind Grant. Three contestants finished our local contest tied for third place with 111 points each. They were Blake Stringer, Mark Cotten and Drew Skipper, who finished No. 1 in last year’s contest.

Jesse Jordan and Brett Loftin finished tied for sixth place with 110 points each. Arthur Ingram III and Justin Chandler finished tied for eighth place with 106 points each. Austin Weaver and I finished tied for tenth place with 105 points each.

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This year’s Army-Navy game will be played this coming Saturday at 2 p.m. at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia. The game will be televised on national television on CBS. As of Monday, Navy was a 10.5-point favorite.

Navy enters the game with a 9-2 overall record and ranked No. 23 in the nation. Army enters the game with a 5-7 overall mark and ranked first among FBS Independents.

On paper, Navy looks to be the top dog in this year’s meeting, but it’s a rivalry game, and you know that old saying about throwing the records out the window. Army will likely play their best game of the season on Saturday, so it will probably be a very entertaining game to watch, especially when you take into account that it’ll be about the only real game on television.

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I was disappointed by how the New Orleans Saints lost to the San Francisco 49ers, 48-46, on Sunday at the Superdome. I just knew the Saints were going to pull it out, but they still came up short in a game that saw a total of 94 points scored. New Orleans dropped to 10-3 with the loss, and the 49ers improved to 11-2, which will probably be enough for them to get a first-round bye in the playoffs.

New Orleans will have an extra day to lick their wounds this week as they aren’t scheduled to return to action until this coming Monday night when they will play the Indianapolis Colts on Monday Night Football. That game is scheduled to kick off at 7:15 p.m. on ESPN. The Colts enter that game with a 6-7 overall record and fresh off a 38-35 loss to the Tampa Bay Bucs. As of Monday afternoon, New Orleans was a nine-point favorite over the Colts.

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