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The Harmon Football Forecast is one of the most highly regarded and widely read sports features in the country, published in over 200 newspapers.
| Harmon Stat Pack | |
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Wild-card games: 4 picks
Right: 3 Wrong: 1 Pct: .75 |
YTD: 256 picks
Right: 162 Wrong: 94 Pct: .633 |
| Harmon's archive | |
It all began when Bob Harmon began predicting college and NFL games in 1957. He devised a mathematical formula that picked winners correctly between 72 and 78 percent of the time; most seasons getting almost 75 percent of his picks right.
Today, Jim Harmon and his staff are the only forecasters who predict exact scores and chart every college and pro team.
Sunday's games (1/27/2002):
| *Pittsburgh 29, New England 17 |
| You can't ignore the stats in this matchup: the Steelers ranked third in the NFL on offense and first on defense, while the Patriots ranked 19th and 24th, respectively. Pittsburgh has won 11 of 15 games in this series, though N.E. won last, in 1998, 23-9. |
| *St. Louis 28, Philadelphia 14 |
| If any defense (other than Miami's) can handle the Rams' passing onslaught, it's the Eagles', but St. Louis' ground game should easily pick up the slack. The Rams' 20-17 OT win over the Eagles on Opening Day ended their four-game series losing streak. |
* Denotes Home Team
* Note: Picks are straight up.
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