The Sports Guy (5-2) Advertising Rep. 1 (3-4) Contributing Editor (5-2) Advertising Rep. 2 (3-4) Advertising Rep. 3 (4-3) Intern 1 (4-3) Intern 2 (4-3) High school               1) Merrill at SPASH (9/8) SPASH Merrill SPASH SPASH Merrill Merrill Merrill 2)Almond-Bancroft at Iola-Scand. (9/8) A-B I-S I-S I-S  A-B I-S I-S College football               3) Oregon at Wisconsin (9/9) Oregon Wisconsin Wisconsin Wisconsin  Wisconsin Wisconsin Wisconsin 4) Miami at Washington (9/9) Miami Miami Miami Washington  Miami Miami Miami 5) Ohio State at Arizona (9/9) Ohio State Ohio State Ohio State Ohio State  Ohio State Ohio State Ohio State NFL               6) Green Bay at Buffalo (9/10) Buffalo Green Bay Green Bay Green Bay  Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo 7) Atlanta at Denver (9/10) Denver Denver Denver Denver  Atlanta Atlanta Denver The Sports Guy and Contributing Editor took the early lead in the The Gazette's "pick 'em and pray" column. There's a three-way tie for second place with Intern 2 also at 4-3. Because of space constraints, all seven picers can't make the paper every week, but the predictions are posted on The Gazette's website, www.pcgazette.com. Here's our comments: The Sports Guy: 1) SPASH will bounce back but Merrill might give the Panthers some headaches. 2) Almond-Bancroft will improve to 3-0 while trouncing the T-Birds. 3) Shoes or no shoes, Bucky would have had trouble with the Ducks. 6) The Packers have never won in Buffalo and don't expect it without Levens and McKenzie. 7) Terrell Davis better be back or the Super Bowl XXXIII rematch might go to the birds. Advertising Representative 1: 1) Merrill 24-12 – SPASH loses for the second and last time this season. 2) Iola 34-13 – T-Birds outsoar Eagles. 3) Wisconsin 30-29 – Ducks blinded by glare of shiny new Badger shoes, Wisconsin wins on last-second boot. 4) Miami 28-27 – Hurricanes blow into town, leave Huskies in their path. 5) Ohio State 40-21 – Compared to Notre Dame-Nebraska, this is like the jayvee game. Bonus pick – Notre Dame 30, Nebraska 27. 6) Green Bay 30, Buffalo 28. Favre comes out of game early and the troops rally 'round Hasselbeck; new era begins. 7) Denver 28-14. Falcons can't get off the ground in Mile High air. Contributing Editor: 1) Panthers dine on 'Jays. 2) I-S wins Hyphenation Bowl. 3) Badgers win by a foot. 4) Huskies perish in hurricane. 5) Big 10, baby. 6) If they lose this week, I'm not picking them again. 7) Atlanta had its good year for the next two centuries. Advertising Representative 3: If I picked what I wanted to happen, Green Bay and Wisconsin would win by landslides. But I'm picking what will happen – Buffalo is a much better team than the Packers that showed up last week. Oregon could very well surprise Bucky too.! Intern 1: 1) It's not QBs that win games – it's the big defense that crushes the QBs; and Merrill, they have "D." 3) Anyone want some shoes? Even with some of the boys out shoe shopping, Wisconsin is going to K-Swiss Oregon. 5) With Ohio State's NFL set-up offense, the weapons are too dangerous. 6) Buffalo's big "D" is coming off of a big game and they want more. 7) Whose running back will be hurt more? Toss up.