It's 4th and 1.2 (percentage points) to go for LA Picks12 weeks down, 3 (plus the magical bowl season) left.  With 80% of the season "in the books," it's fourth down and 1.2 yards to go.  Why 1.2?  Because LA Pick Performance is 58.8% (50-35-1) ATS for the year...1.2% below my goal of 60%.  So, I need a 5 win (or better) performance this week to reach my goal and then drive to the final goal line.  Given my outstanding midweek performance (11-6, 65%), I'm going for both Top 25 Matchups in the midweek with Ball State (-6.5) @ Central Michigan and Miami, FL (+4.0) @ Georgia Tech.

Miami Good Again?Miami ranked?  Yes.  Miami leading the ACC Coastal Division?  Yes.  Miami back on the map?  Not quite.  I'm not quite certain how this happened but somehow Miami finds itself controlling its own destiny to the ACC Championship.  Actually, they can wrap up the title this weekend if one of the following scenarios occurs: a win
and a North Carolina loss to North Carolina State, or a victory coupled with a
Virginia win over Clemson and a Virginia Tech win over Duke.  Seems like a lot, but crazier things have happened.  Heck, Boston College was 2-3 in ACC going into last weekend, and now they control their own destiny to win the ACC Atlantic.  Nothing is crazier than the ACC this year except for my fantasy football league where the top 8 out of 12 teams make the playoffs, and going into last week, the top 8 teams were 6-4.  Talk about parody.  Anyways, let's see if we can continue our winning streak from last week.