Orley cain't figure out his Saints
My pal Orley can’t seem to get his Saints right. He picks ’em to win, they lose. He picks ’em to lose, they win. Me? Man, I been watching those guys since I was 13. I got ’em figured out. Yeah, right....
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We're headed into November, all tied
You’ve heard of a blind spot? If not, I’ll give you a sample. Orley Hood has a blind spot. They are called the New Orleans Saints. I can’t tell you the last time Orley forecast a Saints game correctly....
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Big Friday, huge Saturday
Big, big night for some big, big schools in the last games of the high school regular season. Think of it as moving day, like Saturday in major championship golf. A win tonight could mean two...
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Youth vs. experience, sort of
In Mississippi’s World Series of college football prognosticating, Rick Cleveland took a one-game lead over the older, more experienced Orley Hood this past week. Young Rick posted a 10-4 showing,...
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Egg Bowl predictions and more
The two old-timers picked some pretty clean cotton this past week. Orley Hood was 13-2, including that Stanford over Oregon pick, while Rick Cleveland went 12-3, despite ignorantly picking USM over...
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The picks: We're both going with Bama
All righty then … On top of the heap (mighty small heap, as heaps go) by two games over Rickey C. as the season slides inexorably toward its denouement. We start with … Louisville at Rutgers: The Big...
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Orley: Remembering 1996 Final 4 and before
Just breezin’ on a cloudy Friday … It was another Friday, back in March of 1996. We’d been bused across the Hudson River from Manhattan to New Jersey, to the arena where the Nets played, for the show...
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Orley: on Bailey and the essence of heroes
(Note from Rick Cleveland: One of grandest compliments a columnist can receive is when a reader asks about a column written years and years ago. Recently, a reader of this website learned of Orley...
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Great piece by great writer about great man
Orley Hood, surrounded by Betty Lou and Bailey Howell. (Note from Rick Cleveland: The late Orley Hood was a huge Bailey Howell fan. And, I know for a fact, Bailey Howell was a huge Orley Hood fan. The...
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Orley Hood: at his best and his maddest
At the end of the Orley Hood Memorial Service, attended by nearly 400, the standing ovation was for Orley Hood. (Note from Rick Cleveland: We had nearly 400 folks here Wednesday afternoon for the Orley...
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