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Welcome Back! Last week, I was a pretty terrible 40-24, for a .625 winning percentage.  Overall, I am 610-216, a .738 win percentage.  I don't think I'm going to get back to 75%, because I'm picking several upsets this week, and bowls are basically a crapshoot.  It's almost impossible to get above 50% simply because of all the bowl distractions for players, the long layoffs, the ones choosing not to play, the academic suspensions, etc.  Anyway, I'll worry about those later.  On to the games! Friday, November 30 Northern Illinois vs. Buffalo (Detroit)- The Huskies have stumbled into the championship game, losing their last 2 games to Miami and WMU.  The Bulls have been solid all year with just the 1 hiccup against Ohio 2 weeks ago (52-17 loss in Athens).  NIU has the better defense, but Buffalo is better on offense.  Buffalo wins. Utah vs. Washing...

Welcome Back! Here at Odds and Ends, I plan to look at some stats, trends, storylines, etc. as they play out.  I will also give my opinion on some issues, but you can take that for what it's worth. All Wins and No Wins This is where I will list all the teams that are still undefeated, and all the teams that are winless.  These lists will get smaller as the season goes on, of course. Undefeated Alabama Clemson Notre Dame UCF Winless NONE Some interesting tidbits: There are now no winless teams.  Undefeated teams remain at 4. There are no games between undefeated teams in week 14.  This means the only chance we have for such would be in a bowl game (or playoff). Here are the conference standings in relation to undefeated and winless teams.  The 1st number is the number of undefeated teams, the 2nd is the number of winless teams.  I trust you to know how many teams are in each conference. AAC 1-0 ...