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| WINS | LOSSES | OVERALL | |
| Classics Weekend | 0 | 0 | 0-0 (null%) |
| Week #1 | 3 | 1 | 3-1 (75%) |
| Week #2 | 1 | 3 | 4-4 (50%) |
| Week #3 | 2 | 2 (1 push) | 6-6-1 (50%) |
| Week #4 | 3 | 2 | 9-8-1 (53%) |
| Week #5 | 2 | 2 | 11-10-1 (52.4%) |
| Week #6 | 0 | 5 | 11-15-1 (42.3%) |
| Week #7 | 4 | 1 | 15-16-1 (48.4%) |
| Week #8 | 1 | 3 | 16-19-1 (45.7%) |
| Week #9 | 3 | 1 (1 push) | 19-20-2 (48.7%) |
| Week #10 | 2 | 2 | 21-22-2 (48.9%) |
| Week #11 | 3 | 2 | 24-24-2 (50%) |
| Week #12 | 1 | 4 | 25-28-2 (47.2%) |
| Week #13 | 1 | 1 (1 push) | 26-29-3 (47.3%) |
| Week #14 | 1 | 1 | 27-30-3 (47.3%) |
| Bowl Games | 3 | 5 | 30-35-3 (46.2%) |
1999 Selections & Analysis
| WINS | LOSSES | OVERALL | |
| Classics Weekend | 1 | 0 | 1-0 (100%) |
| Week #1 | 4 | 0 | 5-0 (100%) |
| Week #2 | 2 | 4 | 7-4 (63.6%) |
| Week #3 | 4 | 1 | 11-5 (68.8%) |
| Week #4 | 3 | 2 | 14-7 (67%) |
| Week #5 | 3 | 1 | 17-8 (68%) |
| Week #6 | 3 | 3 (1 push) | 20-11-1 (64.5%) |
| Week #7 | 2 | 3 | 22-14-1 (61.1%) |
| Week #8 | 2 | 3 | 24-17-1 (58.5%) |
| Week #9 | 1 | 4 | 25-21-1 (54.3%) |
| Week #10 | 2 | 3 | 27-24-1 (52.9%) |
| Week #11 | 5 | 0 | 32-24-1 (57.2%) |
| Week #12 | 2 | 2 | 34-26-1 (56.7%) |
| Week #13 | 1 | 1 | 35-27-1 (56.5%) |
| Week #14 | 1 | 1 | 36-28-1 (56.3%) |
| Bowl Games | 1 | 4 | 37-32-1 (53.6%) |
1998 PICKS
| WINS | LOSSES | OVERALL | |
| Pig Classic | 0 | 1 | (0%) |
| Week One | 4 | 0 | 4-1 (80%) |
| Week Two | 5 | 2 | 9-3 (75%) |
| Week Three | 5 | 2 | 14-5 (73.7%) |
| Week Four | 6 | 3 | 20-8 (71.4%) |
| Week Five | 2 | 1 | 22-9-1 (70.9%) |
| Week Six | 3 | 3 | 25-12-1 (67.6%) |
| Week Seven | 4 | 2 | 29-14-1 (67.4%) |
| Week Eight | 5 | 2 | 34-16-1 (68%) |
| Week Nine | 2 | 3 | 36-19-2 (65.4%) |
| Week Ten | 1 | 1 | 37-20-2 (64.9%) |
| Week Eleven | 4 | 3 | 41-23-2 (64%) |
| Week Twelve | 1 | 5 | 42-28-2 (60%) |
| Week Thirteen | 3 | 1 | 45-29-2 (60.8%) |
| Week Fourteen | 1 | 0 | 46-29-2 (61.3%) |
| Week Fifteen | 1 | 1 | 47-30-2 (61.0%) |
| Bowl Games | 3 | 2 | 50-32-3 (61.0%) |
**Double plays are the rare selections touted in both the regular and Jingle Jangle Angle selections, and therefore are considered especially strong plays. For the sake of results tabulation, if the selected DP team covers, that would result in a 2-0 performance (1-0 in both the JJA's and regular selections,) but if they fail to cover, WW takes it in the shorts with an 0-2 mark (0-1 in both the JJA's and regular selections.) The double play results are incorporated in the above table.**
1997 PICKS
1997 HOME PAGES
Home pages for weeks 1-3 and 6 were lost in the shuffle and now are but fond memories.....
1996 PICKS
The Wizard finished the season a combined 74-55-4. Those numbers convert to an impressive 57.4% covering rate and leave old man vig weeping in his beverage of choice. For those of you who follow the performance of the nation's numerous football handicapping services, you know that hitting above 56% is considered a hot-diggity dog type of accomplishment. The bonus about the Wizard, unlike the aforementioned services, is that all his nuggets of wisdom were FREE.
Below is a breakdown of the Wizard's 1996 performance. As the numbers illustrate, the Jingle-Jangle Angles, which employed only technical analysis, finished stronger than did the weekly selections, which were a product of fundamental, situational, and technical handicapping.
The Jingle-Jangle Angles weekly installment finished the season a snappy 43-28-2 against the number. That's covering at a stellar 61% clip, which surprised the Wiz because he has historically performed better with the three-pronged analysis used in his weekly selections.
The Wizard's Weekly Selections finished 31-27-2 for the year. While not sizzling, that 53.5% covering rate was still enough to keep his loyalists on the plus side of the ledger. Given the fact that the teams he selected this season had 19 more turnovers than did their opponents in those games, the 53.5% rate becomes a bit more impressive.
Speaking of that nasty lady luck, several "bad beats" also kept the Wizard from an even more lucrative 1996. One that left an indelible scar on the Wiz was his USC selection as 7.5 dogs vs. ASU in a game that featured the worst ref call of 1996 that allowed ASU to win by 13 in overtime.
Notable others include Colorado vs. CSU in which the Chokaloes gave up a 40-yard TD pass with 19 seconds left on the clock to surrender the cover, and the Virginia Tech Orange Bowl selection where the Hokies failed to score what would have been a covering TD with a first and goal at the end of the game. Especially painful was the fact that a Hokie RB stumbled over his own blocker at about the 6-yard line when he had a clear path to the goal line.
Character builders are those "bad beats" and they make the Wizard all the more inspired as he looks forward to another winning season in 1997-1998.