Think you can pick college football winners? Play our pick ’em game

Enter the AJC's free college football pick 'em contest now for the chance to win the grand prize of a $2,500 Apple Vacations gift card. Click here for the official contest rules but the gist is: pick winners of selected games each week straight up (no spread) plus a tiebreaker.

I’ll reveal my picks every Thursday in a blog post. I’m a Vegas veteran who knows a little bit about action, which is to say I’ve left lots of losing tickets in the desert. Copying my picks is foolhardy and beating them shouldn’t be a problem but, to win the prizes, you must best everyone entered in the contest.

(If I somehow manage to finish on top, I can’t claim the prizes.)

The pick ’em contest begins Aug. 30, when the season kicks off several games, including Purdue at Northwestern, and continues through Week 13.

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