Football Article 2004
Big Ten Archive
Making Money with the MAC
by Max of Doc's Sports
The MAC has always been under appreciated in the college football world. But the conference has gained respect in recent years - especially with opposing coaches and athletic directors who have scheduled MAC teams for non-conference play.
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2004 NFL Season Predictions
Doc's Sports has some suggestions for NFL season totals for the 2004-05 season. All numbers come from the Imperial Palace in Las Vegas.
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Fourth and Inches - Week 12
by Doc
The regular college football season is quickly coming to an end. What an exciting season it has been.
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Fourth and Inches - Week 11
by Doc
Our two college 6-unit plays split this past weekend as we won with Purdue -5 over Ohio State, and lost with Minnesota -4½ over Iowa.
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Fourth and Inches - Week 10
by Doc
Our Underdog Game of the Year entered the Winners column as expected, using Texas A&M plus 12 points, over Oklahoma.
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Fourth and Inches - Week 9
by Doc
Our college football picks service continued the season without a losing Saturday as we posted 5 wins and 1 loss for the day this past weekend. Our selections were anchored mostly with underdogs as we had Illinois, Oklahoma State, Michigan State, Northwestern and Florida, all getting points.
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Fourth and Inches - Week 8
by Doc
Our Big Ten Game of the Year came up short, as Iowa beat Penn State, 6-4. In talks with a defensive coach from Penn State, he assured me that they would keep this Hawkeye team under ten points.
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Fourth and Inches - Week 7
by Doc
Our second college six-unit play of the year won as expected as Wisconsin, a 7-point underdog, beat Purdue straight up, 20-17.
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Fourth and Inches - Week 6
by Doc
Our first six-unit play of the year came home as expected as Penn State, a 10-point underdog, gave Purdue all it could handle. In reality, the Nittany Lions had several opportunities to win this game straight up, only to falter when they got inside the 10-yard line.
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Fourth and Inches - Week 5
by Doc
The roll continues as our selections service picked up another +16 units this past weekend. For the season we are now plus 60 units, showing a +$5,270.00 profit based on a $100 per unit play.
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Fourth and Inches - Week 4
by Doc
Our College Game of the Year is now history as Arizona State, a 7½-point favorite, took care of business and beat Oregon State, 27-13. I must admit my heart stopped for a time as the Beavers took an early 7-0 lead.
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Fourth and Inches - Week 3
by Doc
The Big Ten Conference has always been known for 'smash-mouth' football - a strong defense with a powerful running game to back it up. But what about this year? Not so fast! Other than Minnesota and Purdue, the Big Ten offense in general may be the worst in several years.
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Fourth and Inches - Week 2
Week two in college football is now history. Were there any big surprises? Indiana +20, winning straight up over ranked Oregon had to be the biggest.
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Fourth and Inches - Week 1
The first week of the 2004 College football season is now history. Each year the first and second week of the season always brings some big surprises. The biggest surprise of the first week this season has to be the Big Ten's eye-opening results. The conference was 9-2 straight up and 9-1 vs. the line.
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