The Fraud Five

September 21, 2025 – Mike Kern’s latest Fraud Five. While I’m watching my grandkids for a week. So please bear with me. I’m a little sleep deprived. Illinois — It’s ok to lose at Indiana. […]

September 14, 2025 – Mike Kern’s latest Fraud Five. Enjoy. Little tougher week than usual but please bear with us. We try. UCLA — Lost at home to New Mexico 35-10. After having already lost […]

September 7, 2025 – Mike Kern’s second Fraud Five. Just home from Myrtle Beach Florida — Can’t be losing to South Florida at home on a late field goal. Was favored by 17. Scored 16. […]

August 31, 2025 – Mike Kern’s First Fraud Five of the Season. All the way from Myrtle Beach. Cause I Couldn’t Resist. Alabama — Nick Saban’ s replacement has been there for 14 games. He’s […]

December 1, 2024 Mike Kern’s final regular-season Fraud Five Ohio State — Buckeyes were favored by 20 at home. Scored 10 points and lost by three. Ryan Day is 47-1 against Big Ten teams not […]

Mike Kern’s Fraud Five November 24, 2024 And yes, it’s close to the last one for the regular season. But there’s often plenty of candidates in the postseason. So … Alabama — It’s one thing […]

November 3, 2024 Some weeks it’s pretty much self explanatory and takes care of itself. Penn State — Maybe I have the Nits too far up, since they were a slight underdog at home against […]

Mike Kern’s Fraud Five October 27, 2024 It was a rather lean week but as always we’ll try to do our best. So please extend me some slack. Liberty — You thought just because this […]

Mike Kern’s Fraud Five October 20, 2024 And is the season really more than half over already? Texas — Hard to fault anyone for ever losing to Georgia, which almost never loses to anyone not […]

Mike Kern’s Fraud Five October 13, 2024 I was tempted to include the Phillies, for all the obvious reasons. But it almost seemed predictable. And maybe I’m getting softer in my older age. Perhaps next […]