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0 Comments | Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), December, 2006

Byline: Lindsey Willhite and Adam Rittenberg Please don't alert the IRS or Eliot Ness, but I have a secret to share: Shortly after filling out my predictions, I received two unrelated invitations to join bowl pools. Since I've no intention of sharing any "riches" with other pool participants, I thought about switching some of my picks to throw them off.

Instead, I'm simply going to suggest they copy Comrade Adam's selections. By my count, he's going to be wrong roughly 12 times over the next three-plus weeks. How did he manage to fly coast-to-coast this fall seeing so many games, yet retain so little knowledge? And, hey, nice Holiday Bowl pick, Hippie. Didn't you grow up in Berkeley? How dare you turn your back on the Golden Bears? Of course, this is...