A winner is crowned after 10 handicappers offered five picks each — spreads or totals — on college football games throughout the season.
Jim Barnes
Jim Barnes was named assistant sports editor at the Review-Journal in September 2022. He previously covered gaming and tourism for the Review-Journal. He first joined the RJ as a copy editor in 2012 and has covered sports betting and the World Series of Poker for the RJ. The Fort Worth, Texas, native previously was the sports editor at the Waco Tribune-Herald and also covered high school sports for the Dallas Morning News. He graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 2000. He is an experienced gambler who has competed in the Westgate SuperContest and the World Series of Poker Main Event.
Amber Hanover, who won Station Casinos’ NFL Last Man Standing contest last year, is hitting 60 percent of her NFL plays this season for the Review-Journal.