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No one is beating SP by 32. IMO. That's a joke. I just hope we win by 1.wow...yeah this SP team will surprise this year. I don't predict they'll beat Crest , but it'll only be a loss by 10-13 points I believe. I know Simmons is typically remarkably accurate- but this one seems way off. This group is unheralded due to other groups getting a lot of undeserved spotlight. Picked basically to finish 3rd in conference too. I think that's funny. There are some guys on this team that nobody knows now, but they will know their names in one month's time.
FV will likely win 6-7 games max and Ashbrook won't be as good as last year's team whereas SPs will be better.
My prediction is SP takes the conference, and even if they enter the playoffs with 2-3 total losses, it'll be a better record and group than last year's chances for a playoff run.
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