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Originally Posted by BuckeyeMike80
I don't know, I kinda saw LSU/Arkansas coming simply because LSU has struggled with strong running games all year long (even when healthy) and Darren McFadden is THAT good.....
WVU/Pitt was completely out of left field however.
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LSU-Arkansas may not have been a crazy game, in that LSU lost. But you really can't hold it against Mark May for picking LSU to win it. Same with West Virginia to beat Pitt.
Don't get me wrong - I've never really liked hearing Mark May talk. I don't care if he's talking about Ohio State or whoever, he just doesn't seem to be very credible to me. And the problem that I see is that I get the feeling that ESPN wants him to be the credible one. It's my opinion that Lou Holtz has taken the position of "Mr. Out-There," saying all kinds of nutty things. That's fine with me, because I can't usually understand him, anyway. Besides, he's really just a TV personality. He can be compared to Lee Corso. Just have him say crazy stuff to rally the troops for or against him, and he'll make ratings.
But that would make Mark May the Kirk Herbstreit counter-part. And that's very insulting to Herbie. While Kirk Herbstreit, who definitely is not always correct, sounds intelligent in his break-down of the game, Mark May does not. I get the feeling that his emotions get too much into the game, and that he believes that his predictions actually affect the outcome.