The Fraud Five

November 26, 2023 Mike Kern’s Final Fraud Five of the regular season. Hard to believe it’s gone by that fast, but it does. This might be the last one until maybe the bowl season, depending […]

November 19, 2023 – Mike Kern’s Fraud Five Southern Cal — So what the hell happened to these guys. No college football playoffs, no Heisman Trophy. And now they’ve gone and lost to UCLA, 38-20. […]

November 12, 2023 – Mike Kern’s Fraud Five Penn State — I have never been a James Franklin basher. And the Nits are going to win 10 games and probably go to a New Year’s […]

November 5, 2023 – Mike Kern’s First Fraud Five of November Oklahoma — Maybe we should have seen this one coming, coming off that first loss at Kansas. Sooners lost again, at Oklahoma State, 27-24, […]

October 29, 2023 – Mike Kern’s last Fraud Five for October Hey, time flies! Oklahoma — Sooners, after escaping last week at end against Central Florida at home, were at Kansas, which ain’t a bad […]

October 22, 2023 – Mike Kern’s Fraud Five North Carolina — Can’t be ranked 10th, off to best start in forever, and lose at home as 24-point favorites to one-win Virginia, which had never beaten […]

October 8, 2023 – Mike Kern’s Fraud Five Miami — Even coach Mario Cristobal said afterward that they should have just taken a knee. His ranked Hurricanes had rallied from seven down in the fourth […]

October 1 2023 – Mike Kern’s Fraud Five LSU — With apologies to my Cajun friends, and they know who they are, it’s OK to lose at Mississippi, which was also ranked (but seven spots […]

September 24, 2023 I have to admit the favorites aren’t making it easy on me, but I’ll try to do my best. It happens. Colorado — Not trying to pick on Buffs, who’ve been the […]

September 17, 2023 – Mike Kern’s Fraud Five And away we go again! Oklahoma State — Cowboys were a touchdown favorite at home against South Alabama. They lost 33-7, to a team that ranks 132nd […]