This is where I should make a joke about Georgia retiring Reggie Ball’s number. But I won’t. The situation is too dire for jokes. Unlike Peyton Manning, who never beat Florida, Ball has no NFL future to make people forget about his inability to beat Georgia. And unlike Manning, Ball lost on at least one and possibly two occasions to a markedly inferior team due almost entirely to his poor play.

In fact, the best thing that will happen to Ball for the rest of his life will be for me to mention him in the same sentence as Peyton Manning, an accolade he doesn’t deserve even when comparing the worst of their statistics. No, what’s in store for Ball is a Sonny Liston-Mike Tyson-style carnival of depravity, only without the fame and drugs and illusion of fortune to blind him to what he’s become. He’s doomed to watch it happen.

He’s Roy Munson and Ray Finkel. When future Georgia Tech quarterbacks lose even a single game to the Puppies from Athens, they’ll instantly draw comparisons to Ball, whose shady legacy will be dragged through the gutter for generations long after his bloated body turns up in the Chattahoochee, penniless and weighed down by vodka.

I recommend that Tech fans start a fund to hire a personal “bodyguard” for Ball to protect him from himself. Everything he touches shows promise then whithers and dies violently, so he shouldn’t be allowed to touch himself.

Week 13 Results

Player ATS Win % Fav %
Carl Lindecrantz 17-1 94.44% 38.89%
Lush 13-5 72.22% 50%
Kenneth 12-6 66.67% 55.56%
Bill 10-8 55.56% 66.67%
Audacity 9-9 50% 83.33%
Cee yoU Next Tuesday Sir 9-9 50% 83.33%
Josh Page 9-9 50% 72.22%
Patrick 9-9 50% 72.22%
ARBY 8-10 44.44% 77.78%
Alyssa 8-10 44.44% 88.89%
Amber 8-10 44.44% 88.89%
Tony 8-10 44.44% 88.89%
Ben K 7-11 38.89% 61.11%
Rusty 7-11 38.89% 72.22%
Sara 7-11 38.89% 61.11%
Scott 7-11 38.89% 83.33%
Furious D 6-12 33.33% 100%
buzzbrockway 6-12 33.33% 66.67%
griftdrift 4-14 22.22% 77.78%
Bull 0-18 0% 0%
CM 0-18 0% 0%
Dignan 0-18 0% 0%
Epistemizer 0-18 0% 0%
Garrett 0-18 0% 0%
Jared Brown 0-18 0% 0%
Jerry 0-18 0% 0%
Kelley Roberson 0-18 0% 0%
Ron 0-18 0% 0%
Salvatore Sheffo 0-18 0% 0%
Scott Sherman 0-18 0% 0%
Scrivener 0-18 0% 0%
Seth 0-18 0% 0%
The Ixxperience 0-18 0% 0%
TheMuse 0-18 0% 0%
Thomas 0-18 0% 0%
brit878 0-18 0% 0%
chuck 0-18 0% 0%
rugby_fan 0-18 0% 0%

Overall Standings Through Week 13

Player ATS Win % Fav %
Rusty 145-112 56.42% 78.6%
Carl Lindecrantz 144-113 56.03% 50.97%
Alyssa 142-115 55.25% 81.32%
Kenneth 142-115 55.25% 63.42%
Lush 142-115 55.25% 71.98%
Ben K 139-118 54.09% 72.76%
griftdrift 139-118 54.09% 80.16%
Audacity 138-119 53.7% 82.49%
buzzbrockway 135-122 52.53% 71.6%
ARBY 134-123 52.14% 82.49%
Sara 134-123 52.14% 74.32%
Josh Page 133-124 51.75% 71.98%
Patrick 133-124 51.75% 75.49%
Furious D 132-125 51.36% 82.1%
Cee yoU Next Tuesday Sir 131-126 50.97% 79.38%
Tony 125-132 48.64% 64.2%
Garrett 124-133 48.25% 80.16%
Bill 121-136 47.08% 51.75%
Scott 121-136 47.08% 75.1%
Scrivener 115-142 44.75% 73.93%
rugby_fan 115-142 44.75% 64.98%
Amber 113-144 43.97% 50.97%
brit878 110-147 42.8% 66.93%
Epistemizer 106-151 41.25% 49.81%
The Ixxperience 82-175 31.91% 45.53%
Jared Brown 81-176 31.52% 45.91%
Thomas 81-176 31.52% 43.97%
Dignan 54-203 21.01% 28.79%
Seth 53-204 20.62% 23.35%
chuck 53-204 20.62% 24.12%
Kelley Roberson 51-206 19.84% 19.46%
CM 48-209 18.68% 29.96%
TheMuse 27-230 10.51% 12.45%
Jerry 18-239 7% 8.56%
Salvatore Sheffo 17-240 6.61% 5.84%
Bull 15-242 5.84% 5.84%
Scott Sherman 15-242 5.84% 5.84%
Ron 12-245 4.67% 4.28%
ATS
Against The Spread: A win is rewarded for accurately predicting when a team does or does not cover the spread. An inaccurate prediction results in a loss.
Win %
Win Percentage: Percentage of games won.
Fav %
Favorite Percentage: How many times a player predicted the favorite would cover the spread

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