Maryland Gov. Wes Moore capped off a stellar month of picking NFL and College Football Playoff games for WTOP by nailing his Super Bowl pick.
Not only did he predict Seattle would win (they were 4.5 point favorites over New England), he told WTOP on Friday, “I think it’s probably going to be closer to 10 … I don’t think this game is going to be close.”
The Seattle Seahawks won by 16 beating the New England Patriots 29-13 in Super Bowl LX in Santa Clara, California, on Sunday night.
Moore predicted results for 16 games in all, going 11-2 in picking games in the NFL Wild Card round, divisional round, conference championship games and Super Bowl LX.
For his college picks, he went 3-0, picking the two semifinal games and the championship game.
Overall, he went 14-2.
On Friday, Moore acknowledged his prognosticating prowess was part luck and part skill.
“I study this stuff. I follow this stuff,” Moore said. “There are definitely analytics that I will put into it.”
The combination of luck, skill and analytics seemed to work very well, to say the least. Here’s a breakdown of all Moore’s picks:
NFL Playoffs
Wild card round (5-1):
- Rams over Panthers
- Bears over Packers
- San Francisco over Philadelphia
- New England over Los Angeles Chargers
- Texans over Steelers
- Jacksonville over Buffalo (wrong)
Divisional round (3-1):
- Denver over Buffalo
- Seattle over San Francisco
- New England over Houston
- Bears over Rams (wrong)
Championship games (2-0):
- AFC: New England over Denver
- NFC: Seattle over Los Angeles Rams
Super Bowl (1-0):
- Seattle over New England
College Football Playoffs
Semifinal games (2-0):
- Miami over Ole Miss
- Indiana over Oregon
National Championship game (1-0):
- Indiana over Miami
When asked for his reaction to his amazing month making picks, Moore enjoyed his mic drop moment, simply telling WTOP, “Y’all heard it here first. Gov. Moore knows ball.”