The back patting is the down side of his college previews. He is the best but he could be sooo much better.
Every team he previews has a passage like:
"back in 1983 I predicted they'd either run or pass the ball on 1st, 2nd, and 3rd downs......I was dead on. Thats why I am the best in the past 8 years."
It got old by the 4th team I read up on.