With the end of the NFL season last Sunday, now is a good time to review the results of some of professional football's most well-known prognosticators. How accurate were their predictions against the spread?
Starting us off is ESPN's Bill Simmons. According to his Wikipedia entry, Bill has been a writer for ESPN's print magazine and web site for over five years. He is a prolific writer and shares his sports knowledge with readers on a near daily basis. His record after Week 16 is 102-114-9.
Next up is a penny. Pennies are made with copper-plated zinc. Sometimes they are dirty. Sometimes they are pretty and shiny. On the penny is the 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln. After Week 16, the penny's record is 110-110-4.
The Associated Press is the world's largest news association, and one of the most trusted ones as well. They have over 4,000 employees working in over 240 bureaus around the world. It is unclear how many of the 4,000 employees contribute to its weekly football picks. After Week 16, the AP's record is 110-106-8.
We come to our final prognosticator. A weather vane is a movable device attached to an elevated object such as a roof for showing the direction of the wind. A weather vane can come in many shapes and sizes, like a rooster or an arrow. Do you know which way the wind is blowing? You would if you had a weather vane! After Week 16, the weather vane's record is 104-94-6 (the weather vane was unable to make picks in Week 15 due to excessive rust).
Pancake City will update this summary as more sport columnist picks are found.
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