Bob McCarty Writes

It appears I blew it when it came to predicting the outcomes of the Pacific Life Holiday Bowl played last night in San Diego.
In my second annual college football bowl game predictions post, I had picked #13 Oklahoma State to defeat #17 Oregon, 29-20.  Unfortunately, the Ducks had other plans for the Cowboys of my [...]

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The first prediction made in my second annual college football bowl game predictions post came true last night as the #21 Missouri Tigers defeated the #23 Northwestern Wildcats in overtime, 30-23, in the Valero Alamo Bowl in San Antonio.  Only the score was different than I predicted.
Okay, so my prediction has Missouri winning by a [...]

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Imagine receiving a ticket after ordering food at a restaurant’s drive-thru window.  Though frightening, it might become possible if two state governors find a way to combine their seemingly-unrelated efforts to raise taxes.

A piece published in the New York Daily News almost two weeks ago outlined Gov. David Paterson’s effort to impose 88 new fees [...]

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Due to the fact that there are seven — count ‘em, seven — Big 12 Conference teams involved in college football bowl games between Dec. 29 and Jan. 8, I decided to include all of their games as well as all of the BCS bowl games in my predictions this year which appear below:
Monday, Dec. [...]

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