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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 Fantasy Corner — Week 10

John Kalemkerian, Jamison Cook, Sam Ouhaj, Elizabeth Gasiorowski and Andrew McGuinness | Wednesday, November 11, 2020

We’re getting down to the nitty gritty as the trade deadline approaches throughout fantasy football leagues. Coming off yet another massively entertaining weekend of NFL action — whether that entertainment came via Tom Brady and the Buccaneers getting embarrassed or from the Jets possibly taking an intentional dive to increase their chances of drafting Trevor

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Zwiller: New NFL powers emerge after Week 9

Thomas Zwiller | Wednesday, November 11, 2020

Going into Week 9, it felt like I had a solid feel for the NFL season. The Seattle Seahawks and Tampa Bay Buccaneers were the top-tier teams in the NFC. The AFC had the Kansas City Chiefs and the Pittsburgh Steelers as their two top-tier teams. However, coming out of Week 9, I feel awfully

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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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Thomas: NFL midseason playoff predictions

Aidan Thomas | Friday, November 6, 2020

Although COVID-19 has turned the schedule upside-down, we’ve more or less hit the halfway point of the NFL season, with the trade deadline having passed on Tuesday. As such, I’ll offer up my midseason NFL playoff predictions, calling each division, as well as wildcard slots in each league. And, for the loyal readers who make

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Cook: The case for prohibiting sub-.500 teams from the playoffs

Jamison Cook | Friday, November 6, 2020

After eight weeks of NFL football, it is quite apparent to any football fan that the NFC East is the worst division in football. The Philadelphia Eagles have fallen backwards into first place with a record of 3-4-1, and with the rest of the division in shambles, it appears as if the Eagles will be

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Observer Fantasy Football Corner — Week 9

Andrew McGuinness, Elizabeth Gasiorowski and Jamison Cook | Wednesday, November 4, 2020

Sam Ouhaj Must start: T.J. Hockenson, TE, Detroit Lions George Kittle and Zach Ertz are both hurt and are out presumably till the end of the season. This has left fantasy owners scrambling for a new tight end, and the answer to that is T.J. Hockenson. Hockenson has established himself as TE-1 in Detroit and

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Zwiller: Mid-season NFL awards

Thomas Zwiller | Wednesday, November 4, 2020

After the first four games of the NFL season, I had wanted to do a quarter season awards show, but as I looked over the data, I realized that it was simply too early in the year to do so. So much could change through the remaining three-quarters of the season, that it was too

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Observer Roundtable: College football and NFL game picks

Liam Coolican, Nate Moller and Patrick Gallagher | Friday, October 30, 2020

Well it finally happened. After six straight upset picks, Patrick Gallagher finally missed on one, giving everyone else a chance to catch up. Unfortunately, only Nate Moller notched a correct upset call last week, correctly nailing the Wake Forest over Virginia Tech result. As such, Patrick maintains a 16-point advantage in this week’s leaderboard, while

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Ouhaj: NFL midseason awards

Sam Ouhaj | Friday, October 30, 2020

Can you believe it?! The NFL season is already at its halfway point. In a season many thought would be impossible to play during the COVID-19 pandemic, here we are. It is now time to evaluate who my favorites are to win the various NFL awards with the halfway mark. Today, I will be breaking

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