Fraud Five

The Fraud Five by Mike Kern October 17, 2021 All the way from Myrtle Beach because I couldn’t let my folks down! Iowa – the second ranked Hawkeyes lost to Purdue, at home, for the […]

The Fraud Five By Mike Kern October 10, 2021 Alabama — Hate to do it, but every so often it’s Nick Saban’s turn too. I mean, his team was favored by 17, on the road, […]

Mike Kern’s Fraud Five And Then Some October 3, 2021 Maryland — It’s OK to lose to Iowa, as a slight underdog, even at home. But 51-14 does seem excessive. Good thing Terps at least […]

Mike Kern’s Fraud Five September 26, 2021 North Carolina — Excuse me, but weren’t the Tar Heels supposed to be all that? Then I guess you shouldn’t be losing 45-22 at Georgia Tech. But maybe […]

September 19, 2021 Miami — Was favored to beat Michigan State by almost a touchdown at home, because MSU ain’t supposed to be all that. But Canes lost by 21. Not what Manny Diaz probably […]

The Fraud Five By Mike Kern September 12, 2021 Florida State — Can’t be losing to an FCS team, for the first time ever by the way, and maybe not one week after you took […]

The Fraud Five By Mike Kern September 6, 2021 Mike Kern’s first Fraud Five Yes, it finally returns. Because America needed it once again. And imagine this: Florida State lost on a field goal that […]

Mike Kern’s last regular-season Fraud Five (but you never know, there might be a postseason edition. We can only hope). Buffalo — You can’t be unbeaten and a double-digit favorite and lose to a Ball […]

Mike Kern’s Fraud Five December 13, 2020 Florida — When you have a chance  to make the playoffs you can’t be losing, home or away but especially at home, as a 20-some point fave. Arizona […]

Mike Kern’s first December Fraud Five. Because everyone could use some early Ho Ho Ho. Wisconsin — It’s really not OK to lose at home to Indiana, which was missing its really good starting quarterback. […]