 | Bob Gabordi is executive editor of the Tallahassee Democrat and Tallahassee.com. He can be reached through this blog, at bgabordi@tallahassee.com or (850) 599-2177 |
| Posted 9/3/2009 8:55 AM EDT on tallahassee.com I’m just making my picks for the first regular-season edition of Game Plan, which publishes inside the Saturday edition of the Tallahassee Democrat and on Nolesports.com. Once again, for no good reason, I’m in the panel of football pickers/guessers. Lots and lots of exciting changes are planned for how we cover football this year. One thing I’m going to do differently is get your advice on my picks. So let me know what you think. Here we go: Miami at FSU: Wow, a blockbuster out of the gate. I’m going with FSU for a number of reasons, including about 80,000 screaming people at the Doak on a Monday night. Also, when in doubt, count subscribers, hmmm, FSU or Miami. FSU. Delaware State at FAMU: Don’t know if I have any readers at Delaware State, which I can only presume is somewhere in the state of Delaware. But my pal Jeff Sagarin, who has been doing computer ratings on teams for USA TODAY since the mid-1980s, rates Delaware State only very slightly ahead of Florida A&M. When in doubt … FAMU. Charleston Southern at Florida: This one was put in so I could be sure to get one right, even if I hate myself for it. Florida. Baylor at Wake Forest: Jim Grobe, coach at Wake Forest, is from Huntington, W.Va., where I used to live, and we have mutual friends. I even met him once. Plus he’s good and so is his team. Wake. Nevada at Notre Dame: The Irish can’t be bad forever, plus I’m Catholic. Notre Dame. Georgia at Oklahoma State: Almost went with Georgia in deference to the chair my wife accidentally bought me in the Bulldogs team colors. Just couldn’t. Just can’t. Oklahoma State. Missouri at Illinois: Not that I think she’d notice, either way, but Mary Ann Lindley went to Missouri, and so … Missouri. BYU at Oklahoma: Sooners might be the best team in the country this year. Then again, they might have been last year. BYU is good, but not so much. Plus, didn’t the Oklahoma band stop by Tallahassee last year after the bowl loss? Oklahoma. Alabama vs. Virginia Tech at Atlanta: All so very confusing. Don’t they both have nice home stadiums in which to play? Didn’t Bobby Bowden trick Alabama into playing in Jacksonville a couple of years ago by telling them it was halfway in between? Virginia Tech. Maryland at California: Who cares? Why is this one even on the list, Casey? California. OK, so how did I do, and what changes should I make? Don’t forget: If you want to join other fans talking about the game on Twitter and Nolesports.com, include the hashtag #noles in your Tweets. And if you’re big into FSU sports, you’ll want to become a fan of Nolesports.com on Facebook. You can send your comments via this blog by clicking the comments button below, e-mail bgabordi@tallahassee.com, private messages on Tallahassee.com, Twitter @bgabordi, Facebook, LinkedIn, Blogger.com or any other way you want. You can follow this blog on Twitter @bgabordi on this link. Here’s a link to my blog on Friendster. You can also find links to my blogs on Facebook.com, but you have to request to be my friend.
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