Welcome to JEM Football Service

Welcome and thank you for logging on to JEM Football Service. We have been handicapping college football for 8 years. Since our inaugural season of 2001 we have compiled a 246-194 record for 56%. Go to our history page to see a breakdown of how we did in 2009 and our overall record since 2001. All of our results this year will be certified with The Sports Monitor.

All of us at JEM Football Service are driven by three core principles. Providing our customers with ...

• Solid Picks
• Low Cost
• Great Service  ...more about us

Please take a moment and go to our JEM News page. We've posted a few articles on some hot topics in college football like..." home field advantage" and coaching changes. We think you'll find them interesting and a little surprising. Feel free to go to our Contact Us page and give us your feedback. Let us know if you think we are right, wrong, or if nothing else brought up some good points. We look forward to hearing from you!

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   2009 was another successful year for JEM Football Service but more importantly, a profitable year for our customers. Our regular season final record of 33-28, 54.1% ranked our service 42 out of 123 of the top handicapping services in the country as documented by The Sports Monitor. That’s an improvement of 1.6 percentage points from last season and our ranking improved by 18 positions. Our bowl season was even hotter!... 4-1 for 80%!! As always, all of our results are certified with  The Sports Monitor.

   All of us at JEM Football Service worked very hard this season to provide value to our customers with sound, solidly researched picks at a low price delivered with great customer service. We look forward to the opportunity in 2010 to not only improve our results but to exceed your expectations in service as well. During this offseason, if you are using another handicapping service, or are new to the industry and need a service you can trust please take the time to compare our results and our rates with our competitors.  As we mentioned earlier, we ranked 43 out of 123 of the best handicappers in the business according to The Sports Monitor. That puts JEM Football Service in the top 35%. Now compare our prices with the other services ranked near ours. Again, we believe our results, value and service can’t be beat. Finally, this is the time of year we like to take a moment and truly thank all of our loyal customers. We hope it is our pleasure to serve you again. Thank you!  

2009 in review…

                As we look back on the 2009 NCAA football season one thing stands out compared to the last two years, stability. There was much less volatility at the top of the BCS standings this season. Other than disappointing seasons at Oklahoma (7-5) and USC (8-4) there was not much drama in the top 5 over the course of the season. Remember 2007 when the #1 ranking was passed around like a hot potato and the national champion was a 2 loss LSU squad? Most seasons fans and media wonder if anyone will be playing for the title without a loss. This season saw relatively few upsets and 6 teams… Alabama, Texas, Florida, Boise St, TCU and Cincinnati all finished the season undefeated. Quite a new problem for the BCS!

                Some of the top storylines for 2009 were…

1.       USC’s 7 year reign on the Pac 10 finally came to an end and so did the Pete Carroll era. With the Trojans losing 4 games, the most since Pete’s first season, the door opened for an Oregon team that was left for dead on the blue turf of Boise St, to win the “Civil War” against Oregon St and go to the Rose Bowl. With USC breaking in a new coach and the emergence of teams like Washington and Stanford, the Pac 10 will be fun to watch.

2.       Oklahoma’s dream of winning it all came crashing down early when the team and Heisman winning QB Sam Bradford were knocked out by BYU in week #1. HC Bob Stoops did a fantastic job keeping the team focused through a rash of injuries and finished 7-5 with a big win over Stanford in the Sun Bowl.

3.       In this article last year we mentioned to keep an eye on BCS busting teams such as Boise St, BYU and Utah. If you throw in TCU these teams finished 2009 a combined 46-6 with BYU (12) and Utah (18) finishing in the top 20 and Boise St (4) and TCU (6) in the top 10. They all won their bowl games except TCU who played Boise St. Don’t look for BCS teams to be lining up to schedule these guys anytime soon…just ask Oklahoma (lost to BYU 13-14), Oregon (lost to Boise St 8-19), and Clemson (lost to TCU 10-14).

4.       The SEC continues to set the standard. With Alabama defeating Texas in the title game, the SEC claimed its fourth consecutive championship. The number of elite coaches, depth of NFL talent and fanatical fan bases continue to buoy this conference above others.

5.       As 2009 came to an end many high profile coaching vacancies became open. Charlie Weis couldn’t overcome 2 losses to Navy, 0 victories vs. USC and two straight November collapses. Mark Mangino (Kansas), Mike  Leetch (Texas Tech) and Jim Leavitt (South Florida) were all fired amid allegations of mistreatment of players. Pete Carroll is returning to the NFL. Urban Meyer's status is anything but certain and  Bobby Bowden is retiring after 33 seasons at Florida St. and posting an overall 373-119-4 record. That leaves vacancies at Notre Dame, USC, Florida St and possibly Florida...all in the same year! How their replacements perform in their place will have an enormous impact on the 2010 season.

As the clock ticked down and Alabama raised their trophy in triumph, all of us at JEM Football Service began to look forward to August for what is sure to be an exciting 2010.