Jon Cook

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2015 College Football Picks – Week 14 (Championship Week) and Army vs. Navy

2015 College Football Picks – Week 14 (Championship Week) and Army vs. Navy #CollegeFootball #CollegeGameDay #ArmyvsNavy #Top25picks

Each week I’m picking the Top 25 college football games and an occasional non-Top 25 game worth picking (Exhibit A: Army-Navy). 2015 College Football Picks Record Week 13 Record: 13-7 Good pick of Week 13: Way to go, Stanford! The Cardinal has an outside shot to squeak into the CFB Playoff. Bad pick of Week 13: Nebraska came close to upsetting Iowa, but four interceptions are hard to overcome.…

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2015 College Football Picks – Week 13 (Rivalry Week)

2015 College Football Picks – Week 13 (Rivalry Week) #CollegeFootball #NCAAFB #Top25PickEm #CFPlayoff

Each week I’m picking the Top 25 college football games and an occasional non-Top 25 game worth picking (Exhibit A: Army-Navy). 2015 College Football Picks Record Week 12 Record: 14-5 Good pick of Week 12: Utah’s train finally ran out of track and I called the Bruins over the Utes. Good season for Utah though; nothing to be ashamed about. Bad pick of Week 12: Baylor actually played well against…

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2015 College Football Picks – Week 12

2015 College Football Picks – Week 12 #collegefootball #CollegeGameDay #Top25football #CFBPlayoff

Each week I’m picking the Top 25 college football games and an occasional non-Top 25 game worth picking (Exhibit A: Army-Navy). 2015 College Football Picks Record Week 11 Record: 16-5 Good pick of Week 11: Oklahoma showed big against a very overrated Baylor team. Bad pick of Week 11: Temple was embarrassed against USF. Could this be the return of the Bulls? Overall Record: 176-43 (80.4%) If Nov.…

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2015 College Football Picks – Week 11

2015 College Football Picks – Week 11 #CollegeGameDay #collegefootball #Top25 #CFBplayoff

Each week I’m picking the Top 25 college football games and an occasional non-Top 25 game worth picking (Exhibit A: Army-Navy). 2015 College Football Picks Record Week 10 Record: 13-9 Good pick of Week 10: The one team no one wants to play right now is Alabama. Exhibit A: last week’s beatdown of LSU. Bad pick of Week 10: As a Huskers fan, I can safely say last week’s win over Michigan State…

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2015 College Football Picks – Week 10

2015 College Football Picks – Week 10 #CollegeGameDay #CollegeFootball #NCAAFootball #Top25PickEm

Each week I’m picking the Top 25 college football games and an occasional non-Top 25 game worth picking (Exhibit A: Army-Navy). 2015 College Football Picks Record Week 9 Record: 14-3 Good pick of Week 9: No outstanding picks from Week 9. Bad pick of Week 9: Wow, Georgia. What a lousy showing against Florida. Overall Record: 147-29 (83.5%) This is the week we’ve been waiting for all year.…

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2015 College Football Picks – Week 9

2015 College Football Picks – Week 9 #CollegeFootball #Top25 #CFB #CollegeGameDay

Each week I’m picking the Top 25 college football games and an occasional non-Top 25 game worth picking (Exhibit A: Army-Navy). 2015 College Football Picks Record Week 8 Record: 15-4 Good pick of Week 8: Ole Miss over Texas A&M. Two weeks in a row featuring “Good pick of the Week” ____ over Texas A&M. Bad pick of Week 8: Utah, how could you?! U$C looked very impressive over the Utes. Overall…

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2015 College Football Picks – Week 8

2015 College Football Picks – Week 8 #CollegeGameDay #Top25 #NCAAFootball #collegefootball #CollegePickEm

Each week I’m picking the Top 25 college football games and an occasional non-Top 25 game worth picking (Exhibit A: Army-Navy). 2015 College Football Picks Record Week 7 Record: 13-4 Good pick of Week 7: Alabama over Texas A&M. Bad pick of Week 7: Well done, Memphis. Justin Fuente and his crew beat an overrated Ole Miss team. Overall Record: 118-22 (84.3%) I’d like to order a pair of crutches for…

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2015 College Football Picks – Week 7

2015 College Football Picks – Week 7 #CollegeGameDay #collegefootball #Top25picks #CollegePickEm

Each week I’m picking the Top 25 college football games and an occasional non-Top 25 game worth picking (Exhibit A: Army-Navy). 2015 College Football Picks Record Week 6 Record: 16-4 Good pick of Week 6: Michigan continues impress with a good win over #13 Northwestern. Bad pick of Week 6: Texas surprised #10 Oklahoma. Not a good showing for the Sooners. Overall Record: 105-18 (85.4%) Week 6…

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2015 College Football Picks – Week 6

2015 College Football Picks – Week 6 #CollegeGameDay #collegefootball #CFB #Top25 #CollegePickEm

Each week I’m picking the Top 25 college football games and an occasional non-Top 25 game worth picking (Exhibit A: Army-Navy). Week 5 was a rough week for picking games. Five misses 2015 College Football Picks Record Week 5 Record: 13-5 Good pick of Week 5: Michigan looked good in the Big House over BYU. Bad pick of Week 5: Wow, Oregon. After so many years being so dominant, this day was bound…

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2015 College Football Picks – Week 5

2015 College Football Picks – Week 5 #CollegeGameDay #Top25 #CollegeFootball #footballpicks

Each week I’m picking the Top 25 college football games and an occasional non-Top 25 game worth picking (Exhibit A: Army-Navy). And Oregon is officially in unfamiliar territory. A 42-point(!) whopping at the hands of the Utah Utes gives Mark Helfrich and his crew something to think about. Week 5 opens the official start of conference play. Get ready for the CFB Playoff picture to get a lot…

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2015 College Football Picks – Week 4

2015 College Football Picks – Week 4 #NCAAFootball #CollegeFootball #CFB #Top25 #CollegeGameday

Each week I’m picking the Top 25 college football games and an occasional non-Top 25 game worth picking (Exhibit A: Army-Navy). Week 3 featured more upsets and wild finishes than any other week yet this year. Week 4 is the end of the non conference slate (for the most part). Should be a few decent match-ups this week. 2015 College Football Picks Record Week 3 Record: 16-4 Good pick of Week 3: I…

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What fills your passion bucket?

What fills your passion bucket? #passion #inspiration #purpose

Passion, noun: strong and barely controllable emotion. (Oxford English Dictionary) What do you think of when you hear the word passion? You probably think of romance, love, a passion for someone who makes your heartbeat escalate. I love this definition of passion, a strong and barely controllable emotion. Passion isn’t just for lovers though. Passion is for the driven, the convinced, those of us…

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What Brené Brown taught me about what matters more

What Brené Brown taught me about what matters more #purpose #hope #identity #brenebrown #daringgreatly

I recently read a quote from Brené Brown that stopped me in my tracks. It’s from her book Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead, “What we know matters but who we are matters more.” We live in a world drunk and confused on two dynamic battlegrounds: our knowledge and our identities. Between selfie sticks, bloated GPAs, and scratching…

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2015 College Football Picks – Week 3

2015 College Football Picks – Week 3 #CollegeFootball #Top25 #NCAAFootball #CFBpicks

Each week I’m picking the Top 25 college football games and an occasional non-Top 25 game worth picking (Exhibit A: Army-Navy). Week 2 was a great week in college football with Power 5 and Group 5 programs clashing and a fantastic game at Michigan State. Week 3 is pretty much chalk all the way except for one upset pick. 2015 College Football Picks Record Week 2 Record: 21-1 (Bret Bielema shot his…

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Be hope today

Be hope today #hope #purpose #behope

Our world could use more hope. Refugees are washing ashore. ISIS is slaughtering people of all faiths, especially Christians. China’s markets are in a whirlwind. Cops are getting shot in their own neighborhoods. Hate crimes of all shades and ethnicities are ripping communities apart. Planned Parenthood is committing unspeakable atrocities. Over 750 million people are without clean drinking water.…

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Doing work you love still involves work

Doing work you love still involves work #entrepreneur #inspiration #chaseyourdreams #purpose

“It just doesn’t feel like work!” How many times have you heard someone say those words about their dream job? It’s true! When you’re in the role or responsibility that fits your unique personality and skill set, work doesn’t feel like work. This is a huge blessing, but it’s also a big deception. Thomas Edison said, “Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration.” This is the bedrock of Behance’s…

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2015 College Football Picks – Week 2

2015 College Football Picks – Week 2 #CFB #NCAAFootball #collegefootball #Top25 #CFBpicks

Each week I’m picking the Top 25 college football games and an occasional non-Top 25 game worth picking (Exhibit A: Army-Navy). Week 1 was a rough week for many teams based simply on the amount of season-ending injuries. Thoughts and prayers for all the guys recovering from injuries. Week 2 looms even bigger with a few great match-ups, the biggest one in East Lansing. 2015 College Football Picks…

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