You Have To Admire Mark Mincer’s Commitment To Principle…

Thanks to LSU upsetting Miami and Virginia Tech doing the same to Florida State the next night, Dave proved that even a blind squirrel finds an acorn every now and then by going 15-0 to lead the pack in week 1 of the Pigskin Prophets.

The Ratcliffe family – Hootie and Scott – both went 13-2 as did guest Roy Wheeler. Our other guest, Shawn Moore, was 11-4.

This week there are two new guests: Former All-American UVA running back Thomas Jones, who after 12 years in the NFL has now become an acclaimed actor; and Mark Mincer, owner of Mincer’s, the landmark retailer of UVA apparel synonymous with Charlottesville and UVA athletics.

The panel is unanimous in its belief UVA will win at Indiana and go 2-0, but the pick of the week belongs to Mincer. He is picking William and Mary over Virginia Tech, not because he necessarily believes it will happen, but according to a note he put next to the pick on the form he returned, “I do not/can not/will not ever root for Tech in anything.”

This week’s picks:

	Dave	Jerry	Scott	Thomas Jones	Mark Mincer
	15-0	13-2	13-2	0-0	0-0
UVA at Indiana	UVA	UVA	UVA	UVA	UVA
Duke at Northwestern	Duke	Northwestern	Northwestern	Northwestern	Northwestern
Ga. Tech at S. FLA	Ga. Tech	Ga. Tech	USF	Ga. Tech	Ga. Tech
W&M at Va. Tech	Virginia Tech	Virginia Tech	Virginia Tech	Virginia Tech	William & Mary
UNC at ECU	UNC	UNC	UNC	UNC	UNC
Clemson at Texas A&M	Clemson	Clemson	Clemson	Texas A&M	Clemson
Indiana St. at Louisville	Louisville	Louisville	Louisville	Louisville	Louisville
Penn State at Pitt	Penn St.	Penn St.	Penn St.	Penn St.	Penn St.
Georgia at S. Carolina	Georgia	Georgia	Georgia	Georgia	Georgia
USC at Stanford	USC	Stanford	USC	Stanford	Stanford
Cal at BYU	Cal	BYU	BYU	Cal	BYU
W. Michigan at Michigan	Michigan	Michigan	Michigan	Michigan	Michigan
Kentucky at Florida	Florida	Florida	Florida	Florida	Florida
Iowa St. at Iowa	Iowa	Iowa	Iowa	Iowa	Iowa
Colorado at Nebraska	Nebraska	Nebraska	Colorado	Nebraska	Nebraska