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Observer Roundtable: Future Playoff and Championship picks

Aidan Thomas, Patrick Gallagher, Nate Moller, Liam Coolican and Dominic Gibson | Wednesday, November 11, 2020

Well, here we are: the last Observer Roundtable picks for college and pro football. But don’t cry because it’s over; smile because it happened. And smile even wider because we’re doing special “future picks.” For college football we have the Power 5 Conference Championships (1 point for each correctly picked participant, plus 1 for picking

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Observer Roundtable: ND-Clemson, Cocktail Party and Michigan looking to rebound

Nate Moller, Patrick Gallagher, Aidan Thomas, Liam Coolican and Dominic Gibson | Friday, November 6, 2020

Last week saw a lot of blowouts, and as such, upset picks were difficult to come by. None of our writers successfully notched an upset prediction, leading to a low scoring week. For the second straight week, Nate Moller was our highest scorer, collecting nine of 12 possible points outside the upset prediction. He’s challenging

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Adams: Takeaways, takeaways and more takeaways from another CFB weekend

Hayden Adams | Monday, October 26, 2020

Bet you thought you’d seen the last of these. Well no sir/madame. I’m back and still lamenting Kentucky football cause the heartbreak never stops. Enjoy! 1. Aren’t you glad Notre Dame doesn’t lose to unranked teams? Yes, it’s become a bit of a moral victory at this point, considering the Irish can’t seem to get

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Observer Roundtable Week 6: Three top-25 duels, undefeated NFL teams highlight weekend

Aidan Thomas, Patrick Gallagher, Liam Coolican, Nate Moller and Dominic Gibson | Friday, October 23, 2020

Notre Dame is a Catholic university. But if there’s ever a time to believe in the football gods, it’s right now. Last week, sportswriter Patrick Gallagher hit on his fifth straight upset pick (underdogs of at least 7 points), with yet another double-digit underdog pulling through, as he continues to expand his lead on his

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Observer Roundtable Week 5: Bulldogs take on Crimson Tide in regular season

Dominic Gibson, Liam Coolican, Nate Moller, Patrick Gallagher and Aidan Thomas | Friday, October 16, 2020

Patrick Gallagher – 68 points (14) Liam Coolican – 57 points (16) Dominic Gibson – 44 points (INACTIVE) Nate Moller – 44 points (12) Aidan Thomas – 41 points (5) NCAAF #3 Georgia @ #2 Alabama (-5.0) Boston College @ #23 Virginia Tech (-11.0) UCF (-3.0) @ Memphis NFL Chicago Bears @ Carolina

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Adams: Even more takeaways from another college football weekend

Hayden Adams | Monday, October 12, 2020

This is becoming a weekly tradition at this point, but what the heck? I get to write about, and you get to read about, college football. Take that, COVID. And no, there will not be any Kentucky football discussion. I’ll give everyone a respite for at least a week. So let’s get to it. 1.

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Observer Roundtable Week 4: Hurricanes-Tigers headline top-25 matchups

Aidan Thomas, Patrick Gallagher, Liam Coolican and Nate Moller | Friday, October 9, 2020

The consistency is real. Knocking down his third straight upset pick, Patrick Gallagher has posted 18 points in each of the first three weeks of the roundtable, establishing a 13-point advantage on a crowded leaderboard. He was one of three sportswriters, joining Aidan Thomas and Nate Moller, to nab 18 points this past week, as

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Adams: Some more takeaways for ND Football after another bye week

Hayden Adams | Monday, October 5, 2020

I’m not even going to explain why I am writing this at this point. You probably already know. If not, all you need to know is Kentucky football lost yet another heartbreaker this weekend because they shot themselves in the foot over and over again. With Notre Dame taking yet another week off of college

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Observer Roundtable Week 3: Georgia, Alabama face tests

Aidan Thomas, Dominic Gibson, Liam Coolican, Nate Moller and Patrick Gallagher | Friday, October 2, 2020

Consistency is key, and sportswriter Patrick Gallagher proved it last week, putting up 18 (out of a possible 24) points for the second consecutive week, to claim a 7-point lead in the overall leaderboard heading into the third week of the roundtable. Patrick’s big week was fueled by his massive upset call, as he picked

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Adams: Three takeaways for ND from this weekend’s CFB slate

Hayden Adams | Monday, September 28, 2020

I’ve said it a million and one times, but I am from Lexington, Ky., and as such I have a rooting interest in University of Kentucky athletics. The Southeastern Conference kicked off their football season this past Saturday with a full slate of games that included Florida-Ole Miss, LSU-Mississippi State, Georgia-Arkansas and Auburn-Kentucky. That last

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