PowerS’ pickS $15 Volume 8 Issue 1 2020 Spring Football Preview © 2020 BP Sports, LLC Powers’ Picks Star-Rated Plays in CFB/NFL 463-369-16 (56%) Including Post-Season! Season Win Total Projections Pg 4, CFB Game of Years Pg 5 No Sports, What’s Next? New CFB Head Coaches for 2020 Obviously, we are currently living in times of great uncertainty. First and foremost, our thoughts are with all of you as we hope you stay With the corona virus impacting practice schedules and recruiting safe and healthy in the coming weeks and months. across the country these new head coaches for 2020 will really be With the corona virus impacting (directly or indirectly) all of our lives challenged this season. Especially those coaches who were hired at the moment, sports is probably the last thing on your minds and deservedly so. Health and your families should always come first! late in the process like Michigan St’s Mel Tucker and Colorado’s However, for those of you that are in quarantine and need some extra Karl Dorrell who were both hired after signing day. reading material, we have spent the last two weeks with no sports try- ing to get a jump on the upcoming football season. Right now, there is Team 2019 Coach 2020 Coach Date Hired uncertainty on whether or not football will be played and even if it is played will there be fans in attendance? We don’t have those answers Appalachian State Eliah Drinkwitz Shawn Clark 12/12/19 right now, but we will try to be optimistic and project that we will see Arkansas Chad Morris Sam Pittman 12/8/19 some football this fall. Baylor Matt Rhule Dave Aranda 1/16/20 In this issue you will find pretty much everything you need to get a jump start on college football. We have returning starters, power Boston College Steve Addazio Jeff Hafley 12/13/19 ratings, strength of schedule ratings, season win total projections and Colorado Mel Tucker Karl Dorrell 2/23/20 also for the first time in March...projected lines on every single game. Colorado State Mike Bobo Steve Addazio 12/11/19 Please note that it is very early in the evaluation process and our final preseason power ratings and projections won’t be completed until Florida Atlantic Lane Kiffin Willie Taggart 12/11/19 mid-summer. Still, we are very confident that you won’t find a better Florida State Willie Taggart Mike Norvell 12/7/19 set of power ratings and projections right now in the market place. Fresno State Jeff Tedford Kalen DeBoer 12/17/19 For you NFL fans, the next issue (sent April 15th) will get you all set for the upcoming NFL Draft and NFL season. Hawaii Nick Rolovich Todd Graham 1/21/20 Finally, for those of you that are already signed up for the upcom- Memphis Mike Norvell Ryan Silverfield 12/13/19 ing football season, again we hope that this season will be played. If Michigan State Mark Dantonio Mel Tucker 2/12/20 for some reason it is not, then we will handle refund options at that time. Obviously, with the economy taking a major hit, discretionary Mississippi State Joe Moorehead Mike Leach 1/10/20 income will be hard to come by this year and maybe for the next Missouri Barry Odom Eli Drinkwitz 12/8/19 several years. Ole Miss Matt Luke Lane Kiffin 12/7/19 Therefore, any customer that is already signed up for 2020 football (newsletter or VIP) will be automatically enrolled in our “grandfa- New Mexico Bob Davie Danny Gonzales 12/18/19 ther” program. The “grandfather” program means that no matter what Old Dominion Bobby Wilder Ricky Rahne 12/9/19 price inflation rates are in the coming years and decades that we are in business, you will never pay more than what you paid this year for Rutgers Chris Ash Greg Schiano 12/1/19 our services. For example, if you paid $79 for this year’s newsletter. San Diego State Rocky Long Brady Hoke 1/9/20 That will be the cost of the newsletter next year. It will be the cost of the newsletter for you in 2025, 2035 and even the year 2045 as long UNLV Tony Sanchez Marcus Arroyo 12/11/19 as we’re still here and in business. USF Charlie Strong Jeff Scott 12/9/19 Again, our thoughts and prayers are with all of you out there. Stay UTSA Frank Wilson Jeff Traylor 12/11/19 safe and healthy and we will be talking to you very soon. Washington Chris Petersen Jimmy Lake 12/2/19 Sincerely, Washington State Mike Leach Nick Rolovich 1/13/20 Brad Powers and Staff Powers’ Picks #1 Newsletter Last 5 Years!! 2015-19 Combined Nationwide Football Newsletter Contest (Regular Season Only) We are happy to provide you with the records, standings and plays used from the Power Sweep (3H, 4H & Underdog), Gold Sheet (Key Releases), Power Plays (4.5H), Sports Reporter (Best & Super Bets), Winning Points (Best Bets & Preferred), Playbook (3-5H’s), Pointwise (Ratings 1-4) and Powers’ Picks (1-4H’s) College NFL College/NFL Combined Newsletter W L T % Net Newsletter W L T % Net Newsletter W L T % Net Sports Reporter 136 115 8 54.18% 21 Powers’ Picks 147 99 7 59.76% 48 Powers’ Picks 322 259 14 55.42% 63 Powers’ Picks 175 160 7 52.24% 15 Sports Reporter 92 77 3 54.44% 15 Sports Reporter 228 192 11 54.29% 36 Power Sweep 137 127 4 51.89% 10 Gold Sheet 133 113 9 54.07% 20 Power Sweep 223 203 11 52.35% 20 Playbook 96 93 11 50.79% 3 Power Sweep 86 76 7 53.09% 10 Gold Sheet 257 257 14 50.00% 0 Winning Points 202 201 8 50.12% 1 Pointwise 124 124 9 50.00% 0 Pointwise 321 321 21 50.00% 0 Pointwise 197 197 12 50.00% 0 Winning Points 165 166 9 49.85% -1 Winning Points 367 367 17 50.00% 0 Power Plays 104 109 10 48.83% -5 Power Plays 43 47 0 47.78% -4 Playbook 214 224 17 48.86% -10 Gold Sheet 124 144 5 46.27% -20 Playbook 118 131 6 47.39% -13 Power Plays 147 156 10 48.51% -9 Combined 1171 1146 65 50.54% 25 Combined 908 833 50 52.15% 75 Combined 2079 1979 115 51.23% 100 Final 2019 College Football Power Ratings (Vegas Ratings Not AP Poll Style) Rk Team Start Finish Diff Rk Team Start Finish Diff Rk Team Start Finish Diff Rk Team Start Finish Diff 1. LSU 90.95 104.45 +13.5 38. Boise State 76.55 74.55 -2.0 75. Western Kentucky 58.74 65.74 +7.0 112. Nevada 60.86 55.86 -5.0 2. Ohio State 88.60 103.10 +14.5 39. Cincinnati 74.96 74.46 -0.5 76. Western Michigan 65.54 65.54 0.0 113. UNLV 55.67 55.17 -0.5 3. Clemson 99.54 101.53 +2.0 40. Missouri 81.55 74.05 -7.5 77. Buffalo 57.40 65.40 +8.0 114. Georgia State 51.96 54.96 +3.0 4. Alabama 99.90 93.90 -6.0 41. Kentucky 72.99 73.99 +1.0 78. Northwestern 75.03 65.03 -10.0 115. Coastal Carolina 51.73 54.73 +3.0 5. Georgia 93.01 91.01 -2.0 42. Michigan State 84.38 73.88 -10.5 79. Utah State 69.67 64.67 -5.0 116. East Carolina 54.87 53.87 -1.0 6. Florida 86.70 88.20 +1.5 43. UL-Lafayette 59.36 72.36 +13.0 80. Southern Miss 64.63 64.13 -0.5 117. Toledo 63.73 53.73 -10.0 6. Wisconsin 81.71 88.20 +6.5 44. Arizona State 74.57 72.07 -2.5 81. Tulsa 61.08 64.08 +3.0 118. Rice 45.48 52.98 +7.5 8. Oklahoma 89.67 88.17 -1.5 45. Nebraska 79.80 71.80 -8.0 82. Fresno State 71.01 64.01 -7.0 119. Texas State 53.19 50.69 -2.5 9. Oregon 84.43 87.93 +3.5 46. Louisville 65.28 71.78 +6.5 83. Marshall 66.61 63.61 -3.0 120. Rutgers 58.53 49.03 -9.5 10. Michigan 89.42 87.42 -2.0 47. South Carolina 80.26 71.76 -8.5 84. Ohio 66.44 63.44 -3.0 121. South Alabama 45.54 48.54 +3.0 11. Notre Dame 86.31 87.31 +1.0 48. Florida Atlantic 64.74 71.74 +7.0 85. Georgia Southern 61.26 62.76 +1.5 122. New Mexico 51.23 47.73 -3.5 12. Auburn 86.93 86.92 0.0 49. Mississippi State 83.14 71.64 -11.5 86. Ball State 54.36 62.36 +8.0 123. UTSA 49.41 47.41 -2.0 13. Utah 81.68 86.18 +4.5 50. California 71.79 71.29 -0.5 87. NC State 72.35 62.35 -10.0 124. New Mexico St 49.72 47.22 -2.5 14. Penn State 83.62 86.12 +2.5 51. Florida State 80.46 70.96 -9.5 88. Houston 68.11 62.11 -6.0 125. Old Dominion 48.73 45.23 -3.5 15.