I like everyone else am conflicted over the Oregon vs. Boise St. ranking issue. Boise beat Oregon by 12 in the 1st game of the year. Since then, Oregon has played a much tougher slate of games yet people are holding Oregon back. Had Oregon lost to Utah, I have no doubt in my mind they’d be ranked above TCU, Iowa and Cincy. However how do we know Boise isn’t deserving? Sure they played 1 tough team but they actually won it. For me, I look at the entire body of work (or try to) and I like Oregon more than Boise right now and have ranked Oregon 1 spot higher.
Michigan is going to have a new coach. And it is going to be Jim Harbaugh. RichRod won 3 games in 2008 and is going to cap out at 7 this year. That isn’t going to cut it. Michigan fans freak out over the Alamo bowl, much less the Motor City Bowl. The investigation on top of him being a jerk in general is going to seal his fate. Harbaugh is millions cheaper than Miles and Cincy is going to be playing in a BCS bowl so Michigan won’t wait for Brian Kelly to become free.
Urban Meyer is a gutless prick. You stud linebacker goes after the eye of a defenseless player and you suspend him for a half? This could have been avoided real easily. You sit Spikes down for the game and you look 10 times better. Florida is going to hurt Vandy with or without Spikes as it is so why not sit (rest) him and look good? It makes zero sense.
The Big 12 outside of Texas is disaster. The North division is a complete mess. There isn’t a team in there that could compete in the Big1011, Big East or ACC. The Big 12 South is Texas and then everyone else and week after week some team is getting housed by another. To hell with the entire conference. It is worthless other than Texas.
I loved watching Oregon dismantle USC. The second half was brilliant football by Oregon. Every possession they did whatever they wanted to and USC was powerless to stop it. USC should never give up 600+ yards to anyone unless they play in the NFL.
This is going to be the closest Heisman race in years. Ingram would be my pick today but others would include Tebow, Suh, Tate, Keenum, Clausen and others. I think it is still going to go through a big time school which eliminates Keenum, Clausen and Tate will cancel each other out. Suh is a D player on a very average team which leaves us Tebow and Ingram. Take your pick.
Texas is a lock for the national title game. As for the rest, I still like Florida who can only be beat by Alabama in the SECCG. In order to fuck it all up, we need LSU to beat Alabama, then Alabama to make the SECCG and beat UF. Then have Cincy, TCU, Boise and Iowa win out. Open season on the BCS v. 7.
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Week 10 rankings
Yes, I have Oregon above BSU. As of right now, I think Oregon would handle BSU by 14 points minimum and Oregon has continued to play decent schools while Boise has played almost complete trash.
1. Florida (1)
2. Texas (2)
3. Alabama (3)
4. TCU (5)
5. Cincy (6)
6. Oregon (7)
7. Boise St. (8)
8. Iowa (9)
9. LSU (10)
10. G. Tech (NR)
Dropped out USC #4.
1. Florida (1)
2. Texas (2)
3. Alabama (3)
4. TCU (5)
5. Cincy (6)
6. Oregon (7)
7. Boise St. (8)
8. Iowa (9)
9. LSU (10)
10. G. Tech (NR)
Dropped out USC #4.
Friday, October 30, 2009
Week 9 Predictions
I'll get back into reviews, etc. next week. This is a list of all ranked teams yet to play with score predictions.
WVU 28
USF 13
Iowa 27
Indiana 10
Cincy 44
Syracuse 20
Ohio St. 45
NMSU 0
Auburn 31
Ole Miss 28
Houston 37
S. Miss 27
Boise St 56
SJSU 20
Florida 35
Georgia 10
Wake 24
Miami 17
Cal 31
ASU 24
TCU 38
UNLV 3
Penn St 24
NW 21
GT 42
Vandy 17
ND 52
WASU 24
Tenn 19
S. Carolina 17
Texas 42
Okie St. 24
Oregon 27
USC 24
LSU 49
Tulane 0
Utah 24
Wyoming 14
WVU 28
USF 13
Iowa 27
Indiana 10
Cincy 44
Syracuse 20
Ohio St. 45
NMSU 0
Auburn 31
Ole Miss 28
Houston 37
S. Miss 27
Boise St 56
SJSU 20
Florida 35
Georgia 10
Wake 24
Miami 17
Cal 31
ASU 24
TCU 38
UNLV 3
Penn St 24
NW 21
GT 42
Vandy 17
ND 52
WASU 24
Tenn 19
S. Carolina 17
Texas 42
Okie St. 24
Oregon 27
USC 24
LSU 49
Tulane 0
Utah 24
Wyoming 14
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Week 8 Rankings
My rankings for week 8. () Week 7 Ranking
1. Florida (2)
2. Texas (3)
3. Alabama (1)
4. USC (4)
5. TCU (7)
6. Cincy (8)
7. Oregon (10)
8. Boise St. (9)
9. Iowa (6)
10. LSU (NR)
1. Florida (2)
2. Texas (3)
3. Alabama (1)
4. USC (4)
5. TCU (7)
6. Cincy (8)
7. Oregon (10)
8. Boise St. (9)
9. Iowa (6)
10. LSU (NR)
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Week 8 Predictions
FSU @ UNC: FSU is 2-4 and in a world of hurt. Academic issues, head coach who hasn’t coached in years is on the way out. UNC hasn’t beaten anyone worth a damn but a win in the ACC is much needed. The talent is probably equal and I think most feel UNC is going to hammer FSU. They might beat them but not by much.
UNC: 28
FSU: 27
Minnesota @ Ohio State: Minnesota is another team that is in desperate need of a conference win. Pryor is under pressure at Ohio St. to finally start producing and live up to his expectations of actually beating someone and leading OSU to the Promised Land. Thankfully, the Ohio State defense is ranked 16th is total defense and Minnesota ranks 114th in offense. I like Ohio State to win it comfortably.
Ohio State: 31
Minnesota: 10
Tenn @ Alabama: Lots of luck to Tennessee. Monte will find a way not to let Alabama run all over his defense but his son isn’t ½ the coach he is. Alabama will shut Tennessee down on offense and win a game similar to last week vs. South Carolina.
Alabama: 23
Tennessee: 6
Clemson @ Miami: I still don’t believe Miami is as good as their record indicates. Clemson has the 11th ranked defense but the offense is just terrible. Miami ranks 25th on defense and the offense is pretty much average. The game is in Miami but I feel Miami is the top 10 team going down this week. At some point they have to lose another game.
Clemson: 20
Miami: 17
Oregon @ Washington: Washington still seems to be riding the feel good story of knocking USC down to 7th in the BCS standings and a miracle win vs. Arizona. Everyone is pissed the Ducks didn’t beat Boise State so we wouldn’t have to hear about their BCS hopes. Oregon was left for dead after the disaster in Boise but they have recovered in a big way. A home game vs. USC is coming up so the ducks might be “looking ahead” as they say. I don’t think so.
Oregon: 45
Washington: 24
Penn St. @ Michigan: Last year Michigan was destroyed in happy Valley. It was a terrible loss and one that can not be repeated this year. Michigan normally has Penn State’s number and with this game in Ann Arbor and with an improved offense, I like Michigan to win it outright. Penn State has played a giant steaming pile of garbage so far and in the one game against a team with a pulse, they lost. At home.
Michigan: 34
Penn State: 30
Oklahoma @ Kansas: Battered OU vs. a Kansas team still fighting for respect. Kansas laid an egg in Boulder last week and despite the injuries OU has, the defense is by far the best Kansas has seen so far. OU will still win based off the talent margin.
Oklahoma: 34
Kansas: 21
Iowa @ Mich St.: Iowa gets another road test at MSU. Iowa is carrying the Big1011 banner and a win in East Lansing would do wonders to get them 1 step closer to the Rose Bowl or a possible BCS title game. Outside of a trip to Ohio State, this is the last major hurdle. I smell upset. Michigan State is pretty much average on both sides of the ball but they’ll do enough to slow down the Iowa offense which ranks 79th in total offense.
MSU: 20
Iowa: 16
Florida @ Missy St.: Florida is great on D and as of late the offense leaves a little to be desired. The Missy St. HC is an ex-Gator assistant and I have to feel he can find a way to but up enough to keep this contest within 20. My fear is that Meyer just wants to tune someone up and will “unleash the hounds” and down the Bulldogs by 50.
Florida: 38
Missi State: 17
TCU @ BYU: A MWC game for game of the week? I think so. TCU has one of the best defenses in the country and Max Hall is not all that careful with the football. I think 2-3 picks and TCU wins in Provo, further bolstering their BCS ranking.
TCU: 30
BYU: 17
Auburn @ LSU: LSU can eat shit.
Auburn: 21
LSU: 20
UNC: 28
FSU: 27
Minnesota @ Ohio State: Minnesota is another team that is in desperate need of a conference win. Pryor is under pressure at Ohio St. to finally start producing and live up to his expectations of actually beating someone and leading OSU to the Promised Land. Thankfully, the Ohio State defense is ranked 16th is total defense and Minnesota ranks 114th in offense. I like Ohio State to win it comfortably.
Ohio State: 31
Minnesota: 10
Tenn @ Alabama: Lots of luck to Tennessee. Monte will find a way not to let Alabama run all over his defense but his son isn’t ½ the coach he is. Alabama will shut Tennessee down on offense and win a game similar to last week vs. South Carolina.
Alabama: 23
Tennessee: 6
Clemson @ Miami: I still don’t believe Miami is as good as their record indicates. Clemson has the 11th ranked defense but the offense is just terrible. Miami ranks 25th on defense and the offense is pretty much average. The game is in Miami but I feel Miami is the top 10 team going down this week. At some point they have to lose another game.
Clemson: 20
Miami: 17
Oregon @ Washington: Washington still seems to be riding the feel good story of knocking USC down to 7th in the BCS standings and a miracle win vs. Arizona. Everyone is pissed the Ducks didn’t beat Boise State so we wouldn’t have to hear about their BCS hopes. Oregon was left for dead after the disaster in Boise but they have recovered in a big way. A home game vs. USC is coming up so the ducks might be “looking ahead” as they say. I don’t think so.
Oregon: 45
Washington: 24
Penn St. @ Michigan: Last year Michigan was destroyed in happy Valley. It was a terrible loss and one that can not be repeated this year. Michigan normally has Penn State’s number and with this game in Ann Arbor and with an improved offense, I like Michigan to win it outright. Penn State has played a giant steaming pile of garbage so far and in the one game against a team with a pulse, they lost. At home.
Michigan: 34
Penn State: 30
Oklahoma @ Kansas: Battered OU vs. a Kansas team still fighting for respect. Kansas laid an egg in Boulder last week and despite the injuries OU has, the defense is by far the best Kansas has seen so far. OU will still win based off the talent margin.
Oklahoma: 34
Kansas: 21
Iowa @ Mich St.: Iowa gets another road test at MSU. Iowa is carrying the Big1011 banner and a win in East Lansing would do wonders to get them 1 step closer to the Rose Bowl or a possible BCS title game. Outside of a trip to Ohio State, this is the last major hurdle. I smell upset. Michigan State is pretty much average on both sides of the ball but they’ll do enough to slow down the Iowa offense which ranks 79th in total offense.
MSU: 20
Iowa: 16
Florida @ Missy St.: Florida is great on D and as of late the offense leaves a little to be desired. The Missy St. HC is an ex-Gator assistant and I have to feel he can find a way to but up enough to keep this contest within 20. My fear is that Meyer just wants to tune someone up and will “unleash the hounds” and down the Bulldogs by 50.
Florida: 38
Missi State: 17
TCU @ BYU: A MWC game for game of the week? I think so. TCU has one of the best defenses in the country and Max Hall is not all that careful with the football. I think 2-3 picks and TCU wins in Provo, further bolstering their BCS ranking.
TCU: 30
BYU: 17
Auburn @ LSU: LSU can eat shit.
Auburn: 21
LSU: 20
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Week 7 review
Biggest Win: Cincy. A lot of people know Brian Kelly is a football coaching legend and that he makes winners wherever he stops (GVSU, Central Michigan, Cincy) but their were still some questions as to if the Bearcats could win a conference game on the road. They went into Tampa and took it to South Florida winning 34-17. The bigger issue was the loss of their QB Tony Pike who had surgery Tuesday on his left forearm. He may sit out a week but should be back to finish out the season.
Biggest Loss: Notre Dame. Charlie needed it badly. Hell, ND needed their first big time win in many, many years. In the end, despite help from USC they could not get it done despite their rally from being down 34-14 in the 4th. On the flip side it was yet another big road win for Pete Carroll. Now if he could just figure out how to beat that 1 P10 team that gets him every year.
Most Overrated BCS Ranking: Iowa @ #6.
NCSU Ball Gag award: Texas A& M. You give up 62 points to KSU and you’ll win this award every week. I bet Aggie fans would sell their souls to Satan for the 2nd coming of a R.C. Slocum.
Speaking of TAMU. TAMU is the classic example of a school not knowing what they are. A program that fell into the lap of a great coach you just could not wait to get rid of. How has that worked out for you since he left? You’ve had two coaches worth a damn since Bo Schembechler turned down your multi million dollar offer in the early 80s. Have fun getting your worthless Texas hating asses handed to you year in and year out. At least you gave us the classic JTS meltdown thread.
Player of the week: Mark Ingram. I love to see what he does as he is my favorite non-Michigan football player. See, MI Jr. was down to Alabama and Michigan State. Now Michigan doesn’t have to face him, State didn’t get him and he went to Saban who MSU fans still hate. You can’t blame Saban though. He knew MSU would always be the little brother program in Michigan.
Biggest Loss: Notre Dame. Charlie needed it badly. Hell, ND needed their first big time win in many, many years. In the end, despite help from USC they could not get it done despite their rally from being down 34-14 in the 4th. On the flip side it was yet another big road win for Pete Carroll. Now if he could just figure out how to beat that 1 P10 team that gets him every year.
Most Overrated BCS Ranking: Iowa @ #6.
NCSU Ball Gag award: Texas A& M. You give up 62 points to KSU and you’ll win this award every week. I bet Aggie fans would sell their souls to Satan for the 2nd coming of a R.C. Slocum.
Speaking of TAMU. TAMU is the classic example of a school not knowing what they are. A program that fell into the lap of a great coach you just could not wait to get rid of. How has that worked out for you since he left? You’ve had two coaches worth a damn since Bo Schembechler turned down your multi million dollar offer in the early 80s. Have fun getting your worthless Texas hating asses handed to you year in and year out. At least you gave us the classic JTS meltdown thread.
Player of the week: Mark Ingram. I love to see what he does as he is my favorite non-Michigan football player. See, MI Jr. was down to Alabama and Michigan State. Now Michigan doesn’t have to face him, State didn’t get him and he went to Saban who MSU fans still hate. You can’t blame Saban though. He knew MSU would always be the little brother program in Michigan.
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Week 7 - Top 10
1. Alabama
2. Florida
3. Texas
4. USC
5. Miami
6. Iowa
7. TCU
8. Cincy
9. Boise St.
10. Oregon
2. Florida
3. Texas
4. USC
5. Miami
6. Iowa
7. TCU
8. Cincy
9. Boise St.
10. Oregon
Friday, October 16, 2009
Mid Season Awards
For my money we are close enough to the midpoint of the college football season to hand out some awards. Here are those awards.
Biggest Surprise (The Sax isn’t yet deep throating the SEC Award):
Miami Hurricanes.
They started the season with FSU, GT, VT and Oklahoma. In early August you would have been hard pressed to find anyone who thought they’d be 3-1 after those 4 games. But 4-1 they are and they are sitting around #11 with a down ACC slate ahead of them. A one loss Miami season is not out of the question. Well, until I wrote that.
Biggest Disappointment (The DPS/Sad But True/SilverSS Memorial Award):
Florida State.
The defense is subpar and they almost lost at home to Jacksonville State. People within FSU are stating they think it is time for the old man to step down and poor Bobby is still never going to catch JoePa.
Honorable Mention: Cal, Georgia
Mid-season Heisman: Jimmy Clausen.
Mid Season Heisman “Not Yours”: Jevan Snead. This guy was supposed to compete with Tebow, Bradford and McCoy? Laughable.
Honorable mention: Jahvid Best.
Most overrated team: Ole Miss.
Honorable mention(s): Cal, Georgia
Best game: Miami @ FSU
Honorable mention(s): Bama/VT, CMU/MSU, ND/Michigan
Worst Game: Florida @ LSU. For all the hype a snooze fest.
Person who should be banned from LS2 football threads: Sad But True. You should quit just like your football team did.
Best Defensive Player: Eric Berry.
HM: Suh (Nebraska)
Top Upset: Washington over USC
Coach of the Year: Nick Saban/ Randy Shannon.
Worst Coach: The Fat Man. It is time for Maryland to move on.
Biggest Win: Iowa @ PSU. Iowa put that game away and shut down PSU after the first quarter. Iowa was in desperate need of a huge win for years and they got it. Now they are knocking at the door of the top 10.
Can’t believe he hasn’t been fired: Ron Zook. The man can recruit, so we are told but he can not coach to save his life.
Most bummed fan base award (Old School Assblossom Award): Ole Miss.
BCS Bowl Matchups (IMO) if the season was over today:
NC: UF v. Texas
Rose: USC v. Iowa
Sugar: Alabama v. Cincy
Orange: VT v. Boise St.
Fiesta: Ohio State v. Miami
Biggest Surprise (The Sax isn’t yet deep throating the SEC Award):
Miami Hurricanes.
They started the season with FSU, GT, VT and Oklahoma. In early August you would have been hard pressed to find anyone who thought they’d be 3-1 after those 4 games. But 4-1 they are and they are sitting around #11 with a down ACC slate ahead of them. A one loss Miami season is not out of the question. Well, until I wrote that.
Biggest Disappointment (The DPS/Sad But True/SilverSS Memorial Award):
Florida State.
The defense is subpar and they almost lost at home to Jacksonville State. People within FSU are stating they think it is time for the old man to step down and poor Bobby is still never going to catch JoePa.
Honorable Mention: Cal, Georgia
Mid-season Heisman: Jimmy Clausen.
Mid Season Heisman “Not Yours”: Jevan Snead. This guy was supposed to compete with Tebow, Bradford and McCoy? Laughable.
Honorable mention: Jahvid Best.
Most overrated team: Ole Miss.
Honorable mention(s): Cal, Georgia
Best game: Miami @ FSU
Honorable mention(s): Bama/VT, CMU/MSU, ND/Michigan
Worst Game: Florida @ LSU. For all the hype a snooze fest.
Person who should be banned from LS2 football threads: Sad But True. You should quit just like your football team did.
Best Defensive Player: Eric Berry.
HM: Suh (Nebraska)
Top Upset: Washington over USC
Coach of the Year: Nick Saban/ Randy Shannon.
Worst Coach: The Fat Man. It is time for Maryland to move on.
Biggest Win: Iowa @ PSU. Iowa put that game away and shut down PSU after the first quarter. Iowa was in desperate need of a huge win for years and they got it. Now they are knocking at the door of the top 10.
Can’t believe he hasn’t been fired: Ron Zook. The man can recruit, so we are told but he can not coach to save his life.
Most bummed fan base award (Old School Assblossom Award): Ole Miss.
BCS Bowl Matchups (IMO) if the season was over today:
NC: UF v. Texas
Rose: USC v. Iowa
Sugar: Alabama v. Cincy
Orange: VT v. Boise St.
Fiesta: Ohio State v. Miami
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Week 7 Predictions
Just the scores again this week. I'm working on a mid year review that I hope to have posted tomorrow.
Cincy: 38
USF: 20
Tex: 24
OU: 23
Wisconsin: 27
Iowa:21
USC:42
ND: 27
Florida: 42
Ark: 20
Nebraska: 38
TTU: 28
VT: 27
GT: 24
Alabama: 30
S. Carolina: 14
Okie St. 38
Mizzou: 35
Cincy: 38
USF: 20
Tex: 24
OU: 23
Wisconsin: 27
Iowa:21
USC:42
ND: 27
Florida: 42
Ark: 20
Nebraska: 38
TTU: 28
VT: 27
GT: 24
Alabama: 30
S. Carolina: 14
Okie St. 38
Mizzou: 35
Monday, October 12, 2009
Week 6 Review
Game of the week: Florida @ LSU. I was so let down by this game I can’t even see straight. There was no drama. There were no big plays. The crowd seemed ho-hum. Gary Danielson didn’t quite give Tebow, Meyer or the SEC a full stroke reach around. That should tell you all you need to know. When the dust settled, Florida walked out with a 13-3 win and everyone else said “That was it?”
Best game of the week: Arizona @ Washington. Arizona does a good job controlling the game until with about 3 minutes left; Washington scored a TD to bring the game within 33 to 28. On the next series, Arizona, passing for some reason only known to the ghost of Arizona football failures past, throws a pick 6 and that was all she wrote. Washington went ahead on that 36-33 and the game was over.
I told you they were overrated: Ole Miss. Snead is a top NFL QB prospect? Riiiiiiight. Alabama has a nasty defense but this isn’t the first time Ole Miss or Snead has looked average. He couldn’t get them over the top at South Carolina and he had no chance doing anything against Alabama. Have fun in the Outback bowl, if you get lucky.
Might be better than I thought: Oregon. True, they went nuts on UCLA in a short time span but still, it was a 24-10 win that few thought they’d get. I’d love to see them play Boise State now but what is done… USC is @ Oregon on Halloween in what will probably decide the Pac-10.
I have no idea how good they are: Boise St, Cincy. Sagarin has BSU playing the 59th toughest schedule (and dropping weekly) while Cincy is showing up at 109. Cincy gets to go to USF and play there against a solid South Florida team. A couple TD win there would go a long way in the minds of the mindless voters. Boise will play 1 team that is worth a damn all year.
Heisman Contenders: I know people don’t want to hear it but with Bradford hurt, McCoy not doing what he did last year and Tebow doing the same, Jimmy Clausen I think is the leading Heisman candidate right now. A win over USC would put him right out in front. Remember, people love Notre Dame and more than that, they love the QB @ Notre Dame. Others to consider: Tebow, Gerhart, Suh
Thanks for playing in 2009: Ole Miss, Michigan, Mizzou.
Ron Zook Award: Mike Stoops. The guy can recruit but the man can’t coach to save his life. It is time that people start to realize they might just be better off as an assistant.
Picard of the Week: N. Carolina St. If you get treated like an 18 year old blonde in a Peter North feature, this award belongs to you. When Duke does it, in your stadium, the award gets named after you. This shall be the North Carolina State ball gagged by Duke Award going forward.
Best game of the week: Arizona @ Washington. Arizona does a good job controlling the game until with about 3 minutes left; Washington scored a TD to bring the game within 33 to 28. On the next series, Arizona, passing for some reason only known to the ghost of Arizona football failures past, throws a pick 6 and that was all she wrote. Washington went ahead on that 36-33 and the game was over.
I told you they were overrated: Ole Miss. Snead is a top NFL QB prospect? Riiiiiiight. Alabama has a nasty defense but this isn’t the first time Ole Miss or Snead has looked average. He couldn’t get them over the top at South Carolina and he had no chance doing anything against Alabama. Have fun in the Outback bowl, if you get lucky.
Might be better than I thought: Oregon. True, they went nuts on UCLA in a short time span but still, it was a 24-10 win that few thought they’d get. I’d love to see them play Boise State now but what is done… USC is @ Oregon on Halloween in what will probably decide the Pac-10.
I have no idea how good they are: Boise St, Cincy. Sagarin has BSU playing the 59th toughest schedule (and dropping weekly) while Cincy is showing up at 109. Cincy gets to go to USF and play there against a solid South Florida team. A couple TD win there would go a long way in the minds of the mindless voters. Boise will play 1 team that is worth a damn all year.
Heisman Contenders: I know people don’t want to hear it but with Bradford hurt, McCoy not doing what he did last year and Tebow doing the same, Jimmy Clausen I think is the leading Heisman candidate right now. A win over USC would put him right out in front. Remember, people love Notre Dame and more than that, they love the QB @ Notre Dame. Others to consider: Tebow, Gerhart, Suh
Thanks for playing in 2009: Ole Miss, Michigan, Mizzou.
Ron Zook Award: Mike Stoops. The guy can recruit but the man can’t coach to save his life. It is time that people start to realize they might just be better off as an assistant.
Picard of the Week: N. Carolina St. If you get treated like an 18 year old blonde in a Peter North feature, this award belongs to you. When Duke does it, in your stadium, the award gets named after you. This shall be the North Carolina State ball gagged by Duke Award going forward.
Week 6 - Top Ten
Very little movement. I am still not sold on Boise State or Cincy, despite my man love for Brian Kelly. A win Thursday @ USF will help Cincy out a lot in my mind.
1. Florida
2. Alabama
3. Texas
4. VT
5. USC
6. Ohio State
7. TCU
8. Miami
9. Iowa
10. Boise St.
1. Florida
2. Alabama
3. Texas
4. VT
5. USC
6. Ohio State
7. TCU
8. Miami
9. Iowa
10. Boise St.
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Current Undefeated teams and their chance of staying that way.
All percentages are pulled right out of my ass.
Florida: 100%
Boise St.: 99.9%
Texas: 91.3%
Alabama: 89.6%
TCU: 59.2%
Cincy: 51.2%
S. Florida: 46.5%
Iowa: 1%
Wisconsin: .1%
Kansas: .05%
Mizzou: .04%
Auburn: .01%
LSU: 0%
Florida: 100%
Boise St.: 99.9%
Texas: 91.3%
Alabama: 89.6%
TCU: 59.2%
Cincy: 51.2%
S. Florida: 46.5%
Iowa: 1%
Wisconsin: .1%
Kansas: .05%
Mizzou: .04%
Auburn: .01%
LSU: 0%
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Other Week 6 Predictions
VT 35 - BC 20
PSU 44 - EIU 3
Ark 33 - Auburn 28
Okie St 52 - TAMU 27
Kansas 44 - ISU 20
S. Carolina 20 - Kentucky 14
UCLA 24 - Oregon 20
TCU 34 - AF 21
FSU 30 - GT 27
Oklahoma 56 - Baylor 0
Texas 63 - Colorado 7
BYU 41 - UNLV 23
PSU 44 - EIU 3
Ark 33 - Auburn 28
Okie St 52 - TAMU 27
Kansas 44 - ISU 20
S. Carolina 20 - Kentucky 14
UCLA 24 - Oregon 20
TCU 34 - AF 21
FSU 30 - GT 27
Oklahoma 56 - Baylor 0
Texas 63 - Colorado 7
BYU 41 - UNLV 23
Week 6 Predictions
Nebraska @ Mizzou – I’m not sure what to make of the Big12 North but this is the biggest game so far. Mizzou has looked great against a bad Illinois team and bad against a MAC team. Nebraska lost a heartbreaker at VT but otherwise was solid against a heaping pile of trash. If this were in Lincoln, I’d take Big Red. It isn’t.
Mizzou: 27
Nebraska: 24
Georgia @ Tennessee – UGA is coming off a heartbreaking loss against LSU. Tennessee has yet to beat a decent team but has kept it somewhat close in their 3 losses. We all hope UTe loses because Kiffin is a fucking baby and well, Tennessee is just easy to hate. However, UT has the 19th ranked overall defense and UGA is bringing in the 86th ranked offense. In Knoxville, with Monte Kiffin running the D leads me to believe Tennessee gets their first SEC win.
Tennessee: 20
Georgia: 13
Alabama @ Ole Miss – I hate Nick Saban almost as much as a Spartan, but the man can coach. I think he has Alabama focused on rolling over everyone in their path and this game will go a long way in deciding who plays for the SECw in the SECCG. Alabama is 14th in total O and 2nd in total D, while Ole Miss has already been exposed as the frauds that they are in S. Carolina. The Ole Miss offense ranks 59th overall. That isn’t going to get it done against that D. Prove me wrong Ole Miss. Beat a decent team.
Alabama: 34
Ole Miss: 17
Wisconsin @ Ohio State - Wisconsin might be the surprise team of the year thus far. They are 5-0 heading in the horseshoe where they had had some success winning. Under Barry Alvarez. Barry is long gone and Ohio State, I think, has found their groove after the loss to USC in week 2. Ohio State is average on offense but the combo of Columbus, Pryor and Wisconsin finally getting exposed equals a close Ohio State win.
Ohio State: 27
Wisconsin: 21
Michigan @ Iowa – Michigan can score and Iowa seems to be focused only during a big game. A win here and Iowa should be undefeated going into Ohio State in early November. I think Iowa will be ready and I think the hot start by Michigan was largely against poor teams and a good one who can’t play defense (Notre Dame). MSU was better than there 1-3 record showed last week. Iowa is tough to score on and Michigan is an abysmal 91st in total defense.
Iowa: 35
Michigan: 24
Florida @ LSU
Teams ranks:
Total Offense – UF (3rd), LSU (99th)
Total Defense - UF (1st), LSU (40th)
I know, I know, Florida has yet to play anyone. Being 99th in total offense is reserved for the Miami (OH) types, not a premier national program. Everything about the offense is bad and trying to get it turned around on the #1 D in the country isn’t going to be easy. Tim Tebow would go a long way in deciding this game but either way, I’ll give you 1 score. I see Tebow playing and leading UF to victory. I see UF shutting down LSU in the most overrated home field advantage in NCAA football. The real Tiger Stadium was torn down in Detroit and the piece of shit in Baton Sucks will be home to 90,000+ crying bitches this Saturday night.
Jorts: 31
Corn Dogs: 10
Mizzou: 27
Nebraska: 24
Georgia @ Tennessee – UGA is coming off a heartbreaking loss against LSU. Tennessee has yet to beat a decent team but has kept it somewhat close in their 3 losses. We all hope UTe loses because Kiffin is a fucking baby and well, Tennessee is just easy to hate. However, UT has the 19th ranked overall defense and UGA is bringing in the 86th ranked offense. In Knoxville, with Monte Kiffin running the D leads me to believe Tennessee gets their first SEC win.
Tennessee: 20
Georgia: 13
Alabama @ Ole Miss – I hate Nick Saban almost as much as a Spartan, but the man can coach. I think he has Alabama focused on rolling over everyone in their path and this game will go a long way in deciding who plays for the SECw in the SECCG. Alabama is 14th in total O and 2nd in total D, while Ole Miss has already been exposed as the frauds that they are in S. Carolina. The Ole Miss offense ranks 59th overall. That isn’t going to get it done against that D. Prove me wrong Ole Miss. Beat a decent team.
Alabama: 34
Ole Miss: 17
Wisconsin @ Ohio State - Wisconsin might be the surprise team of the year thus far. They are 5-0 heading in the horseshoe where they had had some success winning. Under Barry Alvarez. Barry is long gone and Ohio State, I think, has found their groove after the loss to USC in week 2. Ohio State is average on offense but the combo of Columbus, Pryor and Wisconsin finally getting exposed equals a close Ohio State win.
Ohio State: 27
Wisconsin: 21
Michigan @ Iowa – Michigan can score and Iowa seems to be focused only during a big game. A win here and Iowa should be undefeated going into Ohio State in early November. I think Iowa will be ready and I think the hot start by Michigan was largely against poor teams and a good one who can’t play defense (Notre Dame). MSU was better than there 1-3 record showed last week. Iowa is tough to score on and Michigan is an abysmal 91st in total defense.
Iowa: 35
Michigan: 24
Florida @ LSU
Teams ranks:
Total Offense – UF (3rd), LSU (99th)
Total Defense - UF (1st), LSU (40th)
I know, I know, Florida has yet to play anyone. Being 99th in total offense is reserved for the Miami (OH) types, not a premier national program. Everything about the offense is bad and trying to get it turned around on the #1 D in the country isn’t going to be easy. Tim Tebow would go a long way in deciding this game but either way, I’ll give you 1 score. I see Tebow playing and leading UF to victory. I see UF shutting down LSU in the most overrated home field advantage in NCAA football. The real Tiger Stadium was torn down in Detroit and the piece of shit in Baton Sucks will be home to 90,000+ crying bitches this Saturday night.
Jorts: 31
Corn Dogs: 10
Monday, October 5, 2009
Week 5 In Review
I have no idea what to make of this college football season. After 5 weeks I think I know UF, Alabama and Texas are the clear top 3. But Tebow may not play against LSU so if they lose, what does it mean? Here we go…
Virginia Tech: You pound Miami who beat GT, FSU and OU. Then you “manage” to get by Duke? Help me out. Are you good or are you just playing with me? Duke! 8 point victory!
Cal: Cal wins the award for being the most heartless, gutless rolling over football program in my lifetime. The next big game you win will be your first. Every year we hear about how great Cal is and every year we see you fall to pieces, save a couple. Even then you went to the Holiday Bowl. I can’t believe I picked this choke artist program to go 13-0. Never again. I’m done with Cal football until they start a season 10-0. So see you never.
Miami: I predicted 5 losses for them last week. Then they end the 2009 Sooner football season winning 21-20. I’m still trying to figure them out but after starting the season 3-1 with that schedule, I’m buying their stock.
Houston: Fuck you. We all knew you weren’t in any BCS discussion. You aren’t Boise or TCU. Even Kirk Herby had you pegged as a fraud.
ND: This luck of yours is going to run out at some point in the future. I can’t wait for it as I am sick and tired of Louth Holth proclaiming ND being the best something week after week. The man makes me agree with Mark May and I don’t like it. I like it less then when that princess of the pavement gave me that sore dick.
Michigan/MSU: Causing heart attacks in EL and AA. You hold them to 6 points for 50 minutes then give up 14. Then Forcier is winning games and losing games. Michigan defenders are trying head high tackles. What the fuck is going on?
Ohio State: Just keeps on winning. This is setting up for another Ohio State ass kicking in some bowl game. I hate to waste a BCS bowl on Ohio State but it looks like we may not have a choice.
Worst Loss: Cal. See above. 72-6 the past two weeks is it? Losers.
Best Win: Michigan State. they had to have it. A 1-4 start would have been a disaster. Instead they are 2-3 and 1-1 in the Big1011. Of course they’ll probably blow it @ Illi this weekend.
Virginia Tech: You pound Miami who beat GT, FSU and OU. Then you “manage” to get by Duke? Help me out. Are you good or are you just playing with me? Duke! 8 point victory!
Cal: Cal wins the award for being the most heartless, gutless rolling over football program in my lifetime. The next big game you win will be your first. Every year we hear about how great Cal is and every year we see you fall to pieces, save a couple. Even then you went to the Holiday Bowl. I can’t believe I picked this choke artist program to go 13-0. Never again. I’m done with Cal football until they start a season 10-0. So see you never.
Miami: I predicted 5 losses for them last week. Then they end the 2009 Sooner football season winning 21-20. I’m still trying to figure them out but after starting the season 3-1 with that schedule, I’m buying their stock.
Houston: Fuck you. We all knew you weren’t in any BCS discussion. You aren’t Boise or TCU. Even Kirk Herby had you pegged as a fraud.
ND: This luck of yours is going to run out at some point in the future. I can’t wait for it as I am sick and tired of Louth Holth proclaiming ND being the best something week after week. The man makes me agree with Mark May and I don’t like it. I like it less then when that princess of the pavement gave me that sore dick.
Michigan/MSU: Causing heart attacks in EL and AA. You hold them to 6 points for 50 minutes then give up 14. Then Forcier is winning games and losing games. Michigan defenders are trying head high tackles. What the fuck is going on?
Ohio State: Just keeps on winning. This is setting up for another Ohio State ass kicking in some bowl game. I hate to waste a BCS bowl on Ohio State but it looks like we may not have a choice.
Worst Loss: Cal. See above. 72-6 the past two weeks is it? Losers.
Best Win: Michigan State. they had to have it. A 1-4 start would have been a disaster. Instead they are 2-3 and 1-1 in the Big1011. Of course they’ll probably blow it @ Illi this weekend.
Friday, October 2, 2009
Week 5 Preview
I'm off hiking the Grand Canyon this weekend so I'm going to lay out some scores.
Upset of the week:
Missy St. 24
GT 21
Michigan @ MSU: This is Michigan's first road game of the year and they still have no defense. Forcier has a sore shoulder and MSU is not as bad as their 1-3 record indicates. I think it'll be close but in the end, the dreaded Spartans take this one.
MSU 30
UM 28
Bama @ UK: A week after taking out Tebow, the 'Cats get another great team. Bama is going to roll.
Bama 37
Kentucky 17
LSU @ UGA: We can all agree on 1 thing. Everyone hates LSU and their 2 loss national title. LSU is the most overrated team in the country now that Ole Miss lost and they'll be exposed on all fronts.
UGA 142 (31)
LSU 0 (27)
USC @ Cal: This was a great game. Until Cal asked Oregon to ass pound them like Belladonna. Too many are expecting Cal to roll over but USC hasn't been tearing it up in recent weeks either.
Cal: 27
USC: 24
OU @ Miami: Bradford isn't starting, Miami got rolled up at VT. I think OU is still a top 5 team and Miami is the young 5 loss team we thought they'd be.
OU: 42
Miami: 21.
Upset of the week:
Missy St. 24
GT 21
Michigan @ MSU: This is Michigan's first road game of the year and they still have no defense. Forcier has a sore shoulder and MSU is not as bad as their 1-3 record indicates. I think it'll be close but in the end, the dreaded Spartans take this one.
MSU 30
UM 28
Bama @ UK: A week after taking out Tebow, the 'Cats get another great team. Bama is going to roll.
Bama 37
Kentucky 17
LSU @ UGA: We can all agree on 1 thing. Everyone hates LSU and their 2 loss national title. LSU is the most overrated team in the country now that Ole Miss lost and they'll be exposed on all fronts.
UGA 142 (31)
LSU 0 (27)
USC @ Cal: This was a great game. Until Cal asked Oregon to ass pound them like Belladonna. Too many are expecting Cal to roll over but USC hasn't been tearing it up in recent weeks either.
Cal: 27
USC: 24
OU @ Miami: Bradford isn't starting, Miami got rolled up at VT. I think OU is still a top 5 team and Miami is the young 5 loss team we thought they'd be.
OU: 42
Miami: 21.
Monday, September 28, 2009
Top 10 - Week 4
I got too caught up in Cal, Miami, Ole Miss (even though I had them #8) and UNC. This is how I see them if they played on a neutral field.
Week 4
1. Alabama
2. Texas
3. Florida
4. Oklahoma
5. Purple and Gold, play in Lew-si-ana
6. Virginia Tech
7. USC
8. Ohio State
9. Boise State
10. Iowa
Notes for week #5. I fully expect USC to lose @ Cal. I had a hard time putting USC @ #7, but they did beat OSU so I gave them the spot.
Week 4
1. Alabama
2. Texas
3. Florida
4. Oklahoma
5. Purple and Gold, play in Lew-si-ana
6. Virginia Tech
7. USC
8. Ohio State
9. Boise State
10. Iowa
Notes for week #5. I fully expect USC to lose @ Cal. I had a hard time putting USC @ #7, but they did beat OSU so I gave them the spot.
Week 4 in Review
What a week it was. A bunch of highly ranked teams lost, some in wonderful fashion. Another escaped and 1 team benefited in a big way. Let’s review week 4.
It wasn’t a good week to be in the top 10. Ole Miss kicked off the week with a Thursday night loss to South Carolina. I had Ole Miss pegged as one of my overrated teams so shocked I wasn’t. Then came Saturday...
Saturday. Miami was steamrolled right off the bat by VT. It was a sloppy disaster of a field but Miami looked like the team we thought they were. A young team with some talent but nowhere near the top five. I bought into the hype as much as anyone. It would have been the biggest disappointment if not for…
California. I thought long and hard Saturday night and in the end I couldn’t think of another team that laid down this big in a big game. It was a disaster. The game was tied 3-3 and then all hell broke loose. Cal could do little on offense and Oregon did whatever they wanted to Cal. In the end, a team I picked to finish 3rd and undefeated showed me they are just a soft team who still doesn’t know how to win the big game. However, all it not lost. If they rebound and beat USC next week, they still IMO have a shot at the Rose Bowl. I can see Oregon dropping two games somewhere along the line.
Penn St. After 10 minutes it looked as if Penn St. was going to walk away with this one. Then Iowa shut the Lions down. A big special teams blocked punt for TD sealed it and Iowa suddenly controls their destiny in the big 1011. This was a huge win for Iowa and that can’t be overstated. If Michigan wins in East Lansing, Michigan@ Iowa becomes a very intriguing game.
Houston and LSU. Both escaped. Houston won by a point over Texas Tech at home and LSU needed a goal line stand to stay perfect at Missy St. I still don’t get the 3rd down pass but that was one hell of a defended pass by LSU.
Biggest loss: Florida. With the way Tebow runs the ball you have to wonder if this isn’t his first concussion. In two weeks UF goes to LSU in a battle of top 5 teams. I would be surprised if Tebow is on the field for that game. Hopefully the doctors have no pressure from Meyer or anyone else to clear a person not ready to play.
Biggest win: Oregon/VT. Both were looking to prove their worth at home over top 10 teams. Both won big, although Oregon is somehow behind the Golden Bears in the latest Harris Poll. Harris poll voters = fucking morons.
Biggest benefactor: Boise State. Boise continues to tramp along an abortion of a schedule and keeps moving up as everyone else loses. At this rate, they’ll end up around #2 by year end. Hopefully the computers will kill them for their schedule.
It wasn’t a good week to be in the top 10. Ole Miss kicked off the week with a Thursday night loss to South Carolina. I had Ole Miss pegged as one of my overrated teams so shocked I wasn’t. Then came Saturday...
Saturday. Miami was steamrolled right off the bat by VT. It was a sloppy disaster of a field but Miami looked like the team we thought they were. A young team with some talent but nowhere near the top five. I bought into the hype as much as anyone. It would have been the biggest disappointment if not for…
California. I thought long and hard Saturday night and in the end I couldn’t think of another team that laid down this big in a big game. It was a disaster. The game was tied 3-3 and then all hell broke loose. Cal could do little on offense and Oregon did whatever they wanted to Cal. In the end, a team I picked to finish 3rd and undefeated showed me they are just a soft team who still doesn’t know how to win the big game. However, all it not lost. If they rebound and beat USC next week, they still IMO have a shot at the Rose Bowl. I can see Oregon dropping two games somewhere along the line.
Penn St. After 10 minutes it looked as if Penn St. was going to walk away with this one. Then Iowa shut the Lions down. A big special teams blocked punt for TD sealed it and Iowa suddenly controls their destiny in the big 1011. This was a huge win for Iowa and that can’t be overstated. If Michigan wins in East Lansing, Michigan@ Iowa becomes a very intriguing game.
Houston and LSU. Both escaped. Houston won by a point over Texas Tech at home and LSU needed a goal line stand to stay perfect at Missy St. I still don’t get the 3rd down pass but that was one hell of a defended pass by LSU.
Biggest loss: Florida. With the way Tebow runs the ball you have to wonder if this isn’t his first concussion. In two weeks UF goes to LSU in a battle of top 5 teams. I would be surprised if Tebow is on the field for that game. Hopefully the doctors have no pressure from Meyer or anyone else to clear a person not ready to play.
Biggest win: Oregon/VT. Both were looking to prove their worth at home over top 10 teams. Both won big, although Oregon is somehow behind the Golden Bears in the latest Harris Poll. Harris poll voters = fucking morons.
Biggest benefactor: Boise State. Boise continues to tramp along an abortion of a schedule and keeps moving up as everyone else loses. At this rate, they’ll end up around #2 by year end. Hopefully the computers will kill them for their schedule.
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Week 4 Predictions
Just scores this week.
South Carolina 24 - Ole Miss 23
Michigan 37 - Indiana 20
TCU 20 - Clemson 17
Missy St. 24 - LSU 21
Alabama 37 - Arkansas 10
Cal 38 - Oregon 27
UNC 21 - GT 17
Miami 28 - VT 20
PSU 31 - Iowa 23
TTU 42 - Houston 40
South Carolina 24 - Ole Miss 23
Michigan 37 - Indiana 20
TCU 20 - Clemson 17
Missy St. 24 - LSU 21
Alabama 37 - Arkansas 10
Cal 38 - Oregon 27
UNC 21 - GT 17
Miami 28 - VT 20
PSU 31 - Iowa 23
TTU 42 - Houston 40
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Week 3
Biggest Win (part 1): Washington. Nothing else needs to be said but… Carroll yet again found a way not to prepare his team in another heavily favored game. This is now a full blown trend and Pete needs to figure something out to give us the USC/SEC match we have been waiting for.
Biggest Win (part 2): Florida State. Starting 1-2 with a late 10 point win over Jax St. would have caused a meltdown in Seminole land. Instead, FSU went to Provo and took BYU apart from the start. This bought Seminole faithful another week of sanity and it showed BYU for what it was. A decent team who pulled a fast one on all of us in week 1.
Biggest Win (part 3): Boise State. In a game that went up and down with huge plays from start to finish, Boise got past the last remaining hurdle on their way to a BCS bowl. I hope it doesn’t happen as their schedule is a total abortion. If you want to be included with the big boys, then play a big boy schedule.
Biggest crock of shit: Coaches Poll. So let me get this straight. BYU is 2-1. FSU is 2-1. FSU drilled BYU in Provo yet BYU is still ranked higher. Someone help me on this. Please.
Biggest Letdown: Tenn @ UF. Ten points. Ten fucking points. We were all hoping for a good 30 point hammering but Tebow fumbled and the dream was dead. Monte Kiffin was the coach of the day. His son is still a d-bag.
Worst Loss: Michigan State. You are 1-1 and you have to go to Wisconsin in week 4. So what do you do? You lose yet another game in heartbreaker fashion. Miss a wide open TD pass and then you throw a terrible pick the very next play. Thanks for playing.
Biggest game of week 4: Miami @ VT. We want to know how good Miami is. So far so good with wins over FSU and GT. A win on the road against the 2 time ACC champ would make them legit to a lot of people. And OU comes up next.
Hate fest for the coming years: Kiffin and Meyer. They were both talking smack before the game and the post game handshake was ice cold at best. With the 10 point win that was expected to be about 30, Urban was critical of the Tennessee play calling. Urban then went with a minor flu excuse to which Kiffin used to say they’d use the same excuse the next time they don’t play as well as they thought they would. Awesome.
Who is really #1: UF, Texas? UF gets it based off past performance but right now, nobody is playing better than Alabama.
Best game of the week: Nebraska @ VT. This game was a total snooze fest for the better part of 59 minutes. Then Tyrod Taylor discovered he had arms and moved VT down the field with one great pitch and catch which set up his scrambling TD throw to win the game 16-15.
Biggest Win (part 2): Florida State. Starting 1-2 with a late 10 point win over Jax St. would have caused a meltdown in Seminole land. Instead, FSU went to Provo and took BYU apart from the start. This bought Seminole faithful another week of sanity and it showed BYU for what it was. A decent team who pulled a fast one on all of us in week 1.
Biggest Win (part 3): Boise State. In a game that went up and down with huge plays from start to finish, Boise got past the last remaining hurdle on their way to a BCS bowl. I hope it doesn’t happen as their schedule is a total abortion. If you want to be included with the big boys, then play a big boy schedule.
Biggest crock of shit: Coaches Poll. So let me get this straight. BYU is 2-1. FSU is 2-1. FSU drilled BYU in Provo yet BYU is still ranked higher. Someone help me on this. Please.
Biggest Letdown: Tenn @ UF. Ten points. Ten fucking points. We were all hoping for a good 30 point hammering but Tebow fumbled and the dream was dead. Monte Kiffin was the coach of the day. His son is still a d-bag.
Worst Loss: Michigan State. You are 1-1 and you have to go to Wisconsin in week 4. So what do you do? You lose yet another game in heartbreaker fashion. Miss a wide open TD pass and then you throw a terrible pick the very next play. Thanks for playing.
Biggest game of week 4: Miami @ VT. We want to know how good Miami is. So far so good with wins over FSU and GT. A win on the road against the 2 time ACC champ would make them legit to a lot of people. And OU comes up next.
Hate fest for the coming years: Kiffin and Meyer. They were both talking smack before the game and the post game handshake was ice cold at best. With the 10 point win that was expected to be about 30, Urban was critical of the Tennessee play calling. Urban then went with a minor flu excuse to which Kiffin used to say they’d use the same excuse the next time they don’t play as well as they thought they would. Awesome.
Who is really #1: UF, Texas? UF gets it based off past performance but right now, nobody is playing better than Alabama.
Best game of the week: Nebraska @ VT. This game was a total snooze fest for the better part of 59 minutes. Then Tyrod Taylor discovered he had arms and moved VT down the field with one great pitch and catch which set up his scrambling TD throw to win the game 16-15.
Monday, September 21, 2009
Week 3 Top 10
These rankings are not how I see the season playing out but rather how I see it if they were playing on a neutral field right now.
1. Florida
2. Alabama
3. Texas
4. Cal
5. Miami
6. Penn State
7. Team from Baton who gives a shit.
8. Ole Miss
9. Oklahoma
10. North Carolina
1. Florida
2. Alabama
3. Texas
4. Cal
5. Miami
6. Penn State
7. Team from Baton who gives a shit.
8. Ole Miss
9. Oklahoma
10. North Carolina
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Week 3 Predictions
Tennessee @ Florida - I keep thinking about this game and the more I do, I think Tennessee is going to take a worse beating than most think. The line is 28 and I think Florida covers it. Easy. The Post Tebow era starts in 4 months and the game shifts back to Knoxville in 2010 so this is the best chance to inflict pain on Tennessee for Florida. I think Florida overruns Tennessee at every point and wins going away.
Prediction: UF 52 – UT 10
Texas Tech @ Texas – I have been told this game will be closer than we all think after the barn burner in 2008. The game is at Texas where in the past 4 meetings, Texas has won by an average score of 49-26. TTU is without Crabtree, Harrell and Lubbock. Texas should have superior talent at every position. My feeling is Texas has looked bad due to playing two cupcakes to start the season and they knew talent alone would be enough to get the win. They know this game counts and Mack will have them plenty fired up.
Prediction: Texas 42 – Texas Tech 24
Michigan St. @ Notre Dame – Both lost heart breakers in week 2 and both seriously need a win to avoid the dreaded 2 loss start, which instantly eliminates them from any chance at a BCS bowl. State is going to have issues covering Tate and Floyd and Claussen should have plenty of time to throw. The game is also in South Bend. IT is always nice to see either of these teams lose, but I like Notre Dame by 14.
Prediction: Notre Dame 35 – MSU 21
Nebraska @ Virginia Tech – VT steps out with another quality non-conf opponent but this time gets them at Lane which will make all the difference. TT should be able to move around the Nebraska defense which is still a year or two from competing against the Big12 south. I thought VT was overrated to start the season but I win here would be big for VT and the ACC.
Prediction: VT 23 – Nebraska 20
California @ Minnesota – This game is high on my interest meter. Cal has to travel for an early kickoff as they did last year against Maryland. And we all know what happened then. Minnesota has a nice new stadium which should be packed with highly ranked Cal coming in. Minnesota got off to a solid start with wins @ Syracuse and home to Air Force. Now they get Best and Company who wrecked Maryland and EWU. I think this stays close early before Cal slowly pulls away in the 2nd half.
Prediction: Cal 41 – Minnesota 24
USC @ Washington – Looks like Matty Legend is out for Washington so Corp has his chance to shine. I think he makes it count and this isn’t the game that traps USC in a game they shouldn’t lose. Washington is still a couple years away from being a legit bowl team and I think USC takes it out on them.
Prediction: USC 45 – Washington 17
Georgia Tech @ Miami – We all know what GT is going to do. Run the option left and right mixed in with a shot load of dive plays. Miami held FSU to 110 rushing yards but triple that for GT. Miami is overrated based on 1 win against a very average FSU squad.
Prediction: GT 28 – Miami – 20
Other games of interest:
Utah @ Oregon: Oregon 28 – Utah 27
Boise St. @ Fresno St.: BSU 42 – Fresno 21
Arizona @ Iowa: Iowa 24 – Arizona 23
Cincy @ Oregon St.: Cincy 38 – Oregon St. 27
Prediction: UF 52 – UT 10
Texas Tech @ Texas – I have been told this game will be closer than we all think after the barn burner in 2008. The game is at Texas where in the past 4 meetings, Texas has won by an average score of 49-26. TTU is without Crabtree, Harrell and Lubbock. Texas should have superior talent at every position. My feeling is Texas has looked bad due to playing two cupcakes to start the season and they knew talent alone would be enough to get the win. They know this game counts and Mack will have them plenty fired up.
Prediction: Texas 42 – Texas Tech 24
Michigan St. @ Notre Dame – Both lost heart breakers in week 2 and both seriously need a win to avoid the dreaded 2 loss start, which instantly eliminates them from any chance at a BCS bowl. State is going to have issues covering Tate and Floyd and Claussen should have plenty of time to throw. The game is also in South Bend. IT is always nice to see either of these teams lose, but I like Notre Dame by 14.
Prediction: Notre Dame 35 – MSU 21
Nebraska @ Virginia Tech – VT steps out with another quality non-conf opponent but this time gets them at Lane which will make all the difference. TT should be able to move around the Nebraska defense which is still a year or two from competing against the Big12 south. I thought VT was overrated to start the season but I win here would be big for VT and the ACC.
Prediction: VT 23 – Nebraska 20
California @ Minnesota – This game is high on my interest meter. Cal has to travel for an early kickoff as they did last year against Maryland. And we all know what happened then. Minnesota has a nice new stadium which should be packed with highly ranked Cal coming in. Minnesota got off to a solid start with wins @ Syracuse and home to Air Force. Now they get Best and Company who wrecked Maryland and EWU. I think this stays close early before Cal slowly pulls away in the 2nd half.
Prediction: Cal 41 – Minnesota 24
USC @ Washington – Looks like Matty Legend is out for Washington so Corp has his chance to shine. I think he makes it count and this isn’t the game that traps USC in a game they shouldn’t lose. Washington is still a couple years away from being a legit bowl team and I think USC takes it out on them.
Prediction: USC 45 – Washington 17
Georgia Tech @ Miami – We all know what GT is going to do. Run the option left and right mixed in with a shot load of dive plays. Miami held FSU to 110 rushing yards but triple that for GT. Miami is overrated based on 1 win against a very average FSU squad.
Prediction: GT 28 – Miami – 20
Other games of interest:
Utah @ Oregon: Oregon 28 – Utah 27
Boise St. @ Fresno St.: BSU 42 – Fresno 21
Arizona @ Iowa: Iowa 24 – Arizona 23
Cincy @ Oregon St.: Cincy 38 – Oregon St. 27
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Ten Things
1. Saturday was the single best day of college football I have ever watched. Second place isn’t even close. I watched all or parts of the following games:
Central Michigan @ MSU – Central gets two cracks at a 40 yard FG, making the second to win it. This after missing the 2pt. conversion to win it and then recovering a beautiful onside kick.
ND @ Michigan – It goes back and forth the entire game and ends after Tate Forcier scrambles (A QB that can move what a concept) and throws a TD pass to Matthews.
UCLA @ Tennessee – Defensive battle, UCLA QB ends up with a busted jaw but not after the UCLA “D” makes a goal line stand for the ages, then hangs on in the final few minutes for the win.
Houston @ Oklahoma St. – Okie Light was my pick for one of the most overrated teams in the country. They look good enough beating UGA, but Houston did whatever they wanted. The D still isn’t fixed and they’ll lose a couple more games.
S. Carolina @ UGA – All offense and it came down to S. Carolina throwing an incomplete pass as time was running down. Another great game.
USC @ Ohio St. Another game with a lot of defense but in the end, a couple big throws from Barkley and Joe McKnight marching down the field. In the end it was all tears for Ohio St., yet again. I love it.
2. It was the best football day for me personally since the 1997 Rose Bowl. MSU lost a heartbreaker, Michigan beat rival #2 with a late TD pass and Ohio State still can’t beat anyone worth a damn. It can only go down from here.
3. The ACC is still trash. Jacksonville State took FSU to the wire, Maryland needed OT to beat James Madison and UCONN took a late safety to blow a 10 point 4th quarter lead to UNC, losing 12-10.
4. The Big1011 isn’t far behind. MSU lost to CMU, Fresno blew a lead and lost to Wisconsin in double OT, and Northwestern beat a terrible Eastern Michigan team by 3. Ohio St failed again; at home this time and Penn St. could only muster a 3 td win over Syracuse. Purdue went west and lost a close one to Oregon but at least Iowa won. Over the worst team in the Big 12, ISU. Minnesota and Michigan carried the banner this week.
5. Pete Carroll just gets it done. He’ll take his team just about anywhere and when they do, they play well. I know we’d all love to see USC vs. a great SEC school, so why don’t they make that happen? I’m sure there is 1 coach in the SEC who isn’t a pussy. Miles? Richt? Saban? USC vs. SEC would divide the country along the lines of the civil war. The USC v. Alabama would have a ton of built in story lines. USC was the school that whipped that Alabama ass back in the day and helped open the eyes of a state. Plus two ex-failed NFL coaches now leading two of the biggest programs in college football history. Alabama is willing to play people (Clemson, VT and PSU coming up) and USC isn’t going to run scared. This needs to happen.
6. Tate Forcier should have had 17 threesomes Saturday night. The kid took Michigan from the brink of a 5 win season, to a bowl bid. I can’t believe they won’t win at least 4 or their next 10 games. Seven wins is more than acceptable but if they manage 8 or more (I’m sticking with 7) heads will explode in Ann Arbor. The defense needs to become a lot better. Cissoko I’m afraid is the 2nd coming of Morgan Trent.
7. UCLA is better than I thought. I figured a two TD win by Tennessee would be the end result. UCLA came up with a great goal line stand but lost their starting QB for a couple weeks with a broken jaw.
8. LSU is the most overrated team in the polls right now. They are #9 in the AP and #7 in the SID poll. They beat Washington, a bad Washington team in Seattle and then put in a lackluster performance against Vandy at home. Yet they are still ranked in the top 10.
9. We still have 20 teams in the AP top 25 who have no losses. This number will be in the single digits by the end of week #5.
10. Florida finally plays a team with a faint pulse. It will be interesting to see if Meyer runs it up. Next year begins the P.T. 9Post Tebow) era at UF and they get to travel to Tennessee. I say he takes it out on them in spectacular fashion.
Central Michigan @ MSU – Central gets two cracks at a 40 yard FG, making the second to win it. This after missing the 2pt. conversion to win it and then recovering a beautiful onside kick.
ND @ Michigan – It goes back and forth the entire game and ends after Tate Forcier scrambles (A QB that can move what a concept) and throws a TD pass to Matthews.
UCLA @ Tennessee – Defensive battle, UCLA QB ends up with a busted jaw but not after the UCLA “D” makes a goal line stand for the ages, then hangs on in the final few minutes for the win.
Houston @ Oklahoma St. – Okie Light was my pick for one of the most overrated teams in the country. They look good enough beating UGA, but Houston did whatever they wanted. The D still isn’t fixed and they’ll lose a couple more games.
S. Carolina @ UGA – All offense and it came down to S. Carolina throwing an incomplete pass as time was running down. Another great game.
USC @ Ohio St. Another game with a lot of defense but in the end, a couple big throws from Barkley and Joe McKnight marching down the field. In the end it was all tears for Ohio St., yet again. I love it.
2. It was the best football day for me personally since the 1997 Rose Bowl. MSU lost a heartbreaker, Michigan beat rival #2 with a late TD pass and Ohio State still can’t beat anyone worth a damn. It can only go down from here.
3. The ACC is still trash. Jacksonville State took FSU to the wire, Maryland needed OT to beat James Madison and UCONN took a late safety to blow a 10 point 4th quarter lead to UNC, losing 12-10.
4. The Big1011 isn’t far behind. MSU lost to CMU, Fresno blew a lead and lost to Wisconsin in double OT, and Northwestern beat a terrible Eastern Michigan team by 3. Ohio St failed again; at home this time and Penn St. could only muster a 3 td win over Syracuse. Purdue went west and lost a close one to Oregon but at least Iowa won. Over the worst team in the Big 12, ISU. Minnesota and Michigan carried the banner this week.
5. Pete Carroll just gets it done. He’ll take his team just about anywhere and when they do, they play well. I know we’d all love to see USC vs. a great SEC school, so why don’t they make that happen? I’m sure there is 1 coach in the SEC who isn’t a pussy. Miles? Richt? Saban? USC vs. SEC would divide the country along the lines of the civil war. The USC v. Alabama would have a ton of built in story lines. USC was the school that whipped that Alabama ass back in the day and helped open the eyes of a state. Plus two ex-failed NFL coaches now leading two of the biggest programs in college football history. Alabama is willing to play people (Clemson, VT and PSU coming up) and USC isn’t going to run scared. This needs to happen.
6. Tate Forcier should have had 17 threesomes Saturday night. The kid took Michigan from the brink of a 5 win season, to a bowl bid. I can’t believe they won’t win at least 4 or their next 10 games. Seven wins is more than acceptable but if they manage 8 or more (I’m sticking with 7) heads will explode in Ann Arbor. The defense needs to become a lot better. Cissoko I’m afraid is the 2nd coming of Morgan Trent.
7. UCLA is better than I thought. I figured a two TD win by Tennessee would be the end result. UCLA came up with a great goal line stand but lost their starting QB for a couple weeks with a broken jaw.
8. LSU is the most overrated team in the polls right now. They are #9 in the AP and #7 in the SID poll. They beat Washington, a bad Washington team in Seattle and then put in a lackluster performance against Vandy at home. Yet they are still ranked in the top 10.
9. We still have 20 teams in the AP top 25 who have no losses. This number will be in the single digits by the end of week #5.
10. Florida finally plays a team with a faint pulse. It will be interesting to see if Meyer runs it up. Next year begins the P.T. 9Post Tebow) era at UF and they get to travel to Tennessee. I say he takes it out on them in spectacular fashion.
R.I.P. Patrick Swayze
The lead in the greatest "bad" movie ever, Road House, died yesterday.
R.I.P. you wonderful bastard.
R.I.P. you wonderful bastard.
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Week 2 Bets (Week 1 Recap)
Went 3-3 last week in my co-worker bets.
Boise -5 WIN
Wash +17 WIN
Alabama -7 WIN
OU -21.5 LOSS
UGA +6 LOSS
FSU -5.5 LOSS
This week I have:
GT -5
ND -3
Tenn -8
Ohio State +6.5
Boise -5 WIN
Wash +17 WIN
Alabama -7 WIN
OU -21.5 LOSS
UGA +6 LOSS
FSU -5.5 LOSS
This week I have:
GT -5
ND -3
Tenn -8
Ohio State +6.5
Week 2 Predictions and Thoughts
I like Southern Cal in a close one. This has shaped up to be a USC blowout by all accounts. USC rolled at home while Ohio St. let Navy walk all over them before winning by four. That being said I think Pryor makes enough plays to keep it close. Ohio State has the night game in the Shoe, never an easy place to play, with a freshman QB who is bound to make a mistake or two at some point. This allows Ohio State to play the classic “can’t quite” match them game in route to a 27-20 USC win.
People are too hyped up over Michigan’s 31-7 win over WMU. Amazing what passes for a raging success in Ann Arbor these days. ND has experience where it counts and Floyd is a top 5 WR. They also have experience along the lines and Clausen is bound to start winning some legit road games. I like Notre Dame 30-17.
The ACC needs a big week. The schedule for week #2 is filled with a giant pile of bullshit. They need to win all of these OOC games in order not to be disbanded Saturday night.
We’ll get a better understanding of what UCLA is made of. If they can beat Tennessee in Knoxville, it might be the big spark UCLA needs to be the program they think they are. I still like Tennessee by a couple touchdowns.
Interesting game nobody is talking about. Oregon State @ UNLV. Pac-10 vs. MWC. Both won easy openers but if UNLV can pull off the win at home, it gives BYU yet another boost, although BYU will lose at least two games.
Oklahoma lost both Bradford for a few weeks and Gresham for the season. How will they react? They play Idaho State who lost to ASU 50-3 last week. Idaho State is one of the very worst D-1AA schools. OU could score 140 points if they wanted to but I suspect 77 will do this week.
UNC must drub UCONN. If not, the ACC takes yet another black eye. The media love affair with Butch Davis rolls on but a loss here would be a big stumble.
Al Groh – Virginia. As if a loss at home to William & Mary wasn’t enough, UVA gets TCU in the 2nd game of the year. I can’t believe UVA doesn’t have the coin to buy Groh out.
Game of the Week: USC @ Ohio State (of course).
Coach who could be fired after week 2: Al Groh
Teams on upset alert: BYU, UNC & Iowa
Worst game of the week: Morgan St. @ Akron
People are too hyped up over Michigan’s 31-7 win over WMU. Amazing what passes for a raging success in Ann Arbor these days. ND has experience where it counts and Floyd is a top 5 WR. They also have experience along the lines and Clausen is bound to start winning some legit road games. I like Notre Dame 30-17.
The ACC needs a big week. The schedule for week #2 is filled with a giant pile of bullshit. They need to win all of these OOC games in order not to be disbanded Saturday night.
We’ll get a better understanding of what UCLA is made of. If they can beat Tennessee in Knoxville, it might be the big spark UCLA needs to be the program they think they are. I still like Tennessee by a couple touchdowns.
Interesting game nobody is talking about. Oregon State @ UNLV. Pac-10 vs. MWC. Both won easy openers but if UNLV can pull off the win at home, it gives BYU yet another boost, although BYU will lose at least two games.
Oklahoma lost both Bradford for a few weeks and Gresham for the season. How will they react? They play Idaho State who lost to ASU 50-3 last week. Idaho State is one of the very worst D-1AA schools. OU could score 140 points if they wanted to but I suspect 77 will do this week.
UNC must drub UCONN. If not, the ACC takes yet another black eye. The media love affair with Butch Davis rolls on but a loss here would be a big stumble.
Al Groh – Virginia. As if a loss at home to William & Mary wasn’t enough, UVA gets TCU in the 2nd game of the year. I can’t believe UVA doesn’t have the coin to buy Groh out.
Game of the Week: USC @ Ohio State (of course).
Coach who could be fired after week 2: Al Groh
Teams on upset alert: BYU, UNC & Iowa
Worst game of the week: Morgan St. @ Akron
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Week 1 in Review
From Blount knocking out a Bronco to FSU dropping every pass in sight, here are my thoughts on week 1.
All eyes are on BYU. The chances of them running the table are slim but with an upset over OU, even with Bradford getting hurt, the world is theirs. They play FSU, TCU and Utah and with a win over OU, they might be able to lose a game and still remain in the hunt for a BCS game.
I almost lost my mind Saturday. At one point I had 5 different games going and at that moment, all the waiting around for the season was worth it.
The ACC sucks. I suppose you hang your ACC cap on the UNC over The Citadel hook and then hide from everyone else. Maryland went west and was taken apart by Cal. VT hung around with Bama until Bama decided enough was enough and ended and ACC>SEC thoughts. NCSU was shut down @ home by an equally average SEC team. GT did manage a 20 point win over a team nobody cares about. And Duke needs to disband their football program.
The Big1011 isn’t much better. PSU and Ohio St. struggled at home. PSU would have scored 70 on Akron. It wasn’t that they took it easy, it was they couldn’t do it. Ohio State gave up long plays by land and sea to Navy. Who lets Navy score on a 90 yard pass play? Iowa needed to block two FGs with time running out to survive N. Iowa in Iowa City. Minnesota was taken to OT by ‘Cuse. All in all not a great weekend for the Big1011.
Oklahoma St shut me up. I figured the entire game would go the way of the first 5 minutes. Okie St. shut UGA down and in the process made the 2nd biggest statement in college football behind BYU. Their defense was taken apart by everyone and was the huge question mark coming into the season. After the early UGA TD, Okie St. allowed them to do nothing.
Jake Locker will scare some people. Washington is going to be bad again but they hung with a very good LSU team all night long. They have two more chances to shock the college football world with games against USC and Cal, although I would bet they get trounced in both.
The college crew knows all about my man crush on Brian Kelly. I picked Rutgers to win the Big East. As I sat down to watch the man Michigan should have hired lead the Bearcats to a ass whoopin’ Blount could be proud of I thought… “BK is going to get a big time job and haunt me for years.” He is going to end up at Wisconsin or Iowa and destroy Michigan. I know it.
People are getting too excited over Michgian's win. It was Western Michigan people. The Detroit papers were gushing over the performance Michigan laid down Saturday. It was a must win game but it was Michigan vs. a MAC school. Give it 6 weeks people then if they only have 1 loss, I'll get a little more excited.
The MAC is back to what they should be. The place kids go when they can't play for a Big1011 school. The MAC had a couple years where they thought they were something more than a pretty bad conference. Saturday they revisited their past. To see the damage:http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/scoreboard?confId=15&seasonYear=2009&seasonType=2&weekNumber=1
Biggest surprises:
BYU – What can be said? Held OU to 13 points.
Oklahoma St. – Shut down UGA and won fairly easily.
Miami – Not that FSU was a world beater but they got the win.
Biggest disappointments:
OU – With or without Bradford, you have to score more than 13 points.
Oregon – Nothing needs to be said. Dominated.
Rutgers – See above.
All eyes are on BYU. The chances of them running the table are slim but with an upset over OU, even with Bradford getting hurt, the world is theirs. They play FSU, TCU and Utah and with a win over OU, they might be able to lose a game and still remain in the hunt for a BCS game.
I almost lost my mind Saturday. At one point I had 5 different games going and at that moment, all the waiting around for the season was worth it.
The ACC sucks. I suppose you hang your ACC cap on the UNC over The Citadel hook and then hide from everyone else. Maryland went west and was taken apart by Cal. VT hung around with Bama until Bama decided enough was enough and ended and ACC>SEC thoughts. NCSU was shut down @ home by an equally average SEC team. GT did manage a 20 point win over a team nobody cares about. And Duke needs to disband their football program.
The Big1011 isn’t much better. PSU and Ohio St. struggled at home. PSU would have scored 70 on Akron. It wasn’t that they took it easy, it was they couldn’t do it. Ohio State gave up long plays by land and sea to Navy. Who lets Navy score on a 90 yard pass play? Iowa needed to block two FGs with time running out to survive N. Iowa in Iowa City. Minnesota was taken to OT by ‘Cuse. All in all not a great weekend for the Big1011.
Oklahoma St shut me up. I figured the entire game would go the way of the first 5 minutes. Okie St. shut UGA down and in the process made the 2nd biggest statement in college football behind BYU. Their defense was taken apart by everyone and was the huge question mark coming into the season. After the early UGA TD, Okie St. allowed them to do nothing.
Jake Locker will scare some people. Washington is going to be bad again but they hung with a very good LSU team all night long. They have two more chances to shock the college football world with games against USC and Cal, although I would bet they get trounced in both.
The college crew knows all about my man crush on Brian Kelly. I picked Rutgers to win the Big East. As I sat down to watch the man Michigan should have hired lead the Bearcats to a ass whoopin’ Blount could be proud of I thought… “BK is going to get a big time job and haunt me for years.” He is going to end up at Wisconsin or Iowa and destroy Michigan. I know it.
People are getting too excited over Michgian's win. It was Western Michigan people. The Detroit papers were gushing over the performance Michigan laid down Saturday. It was a must win game but it was Michigan vs. a MAC school. Give it 6 weeks people then if they only have 1 loss, I'll get a little more excited.
The MAC is back to what they should be. The place kids go when they can't play for a Big1011 school. The MAC had a couple years where they thought they were something more than a pretty bad conference. Saturday they revisited their past. To see the damage:http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/scoreboard?confId=15&seasonYear=2009&seasonType=2&weekNumber=1
Biggest surprises:
BYU – What can be said? Held OU to 13 points.
Oklahoma St. – Shut down UGA and won fairly easily.
Miami – Not that FSU was a world beater but they got the win.
Biggest disappointments:
OU – With or without Bradford, you have to score more than 13 points.
Oregon – Nothing needs to be said. Dominated.
Rutgers – See above.
Friday, September 4, 2009
Thoughts from Thursday and upcoming week 1
S. Carolina @ NCSU - I have to admit that I have never been more letdwon by the 1st game of the season than this one. Both teams looked like total shit on offense and it was just a poorly played game. Looks like the refs could use some work identifying blatant face masking calls.
Oregon @ Boise St. - Two things. Blount is a moron. From punching his own teammate to the Boise punk, to the fans and security detail, he did everything wrong. Talking shit and then going for -5 yards had to sting. Expect him to get at least 3 games although I wouldn't argue if he was gone for the year. The other issue is Boise will now roll through an awful schedule and finish the year undefeated. They need to force the issue and join the MWC.
73 point spread. I don't think Florida will cover it. Figure CS finds a way to get 1 score and Florida won't go over 80 to cover. They are saving it up for Tennessee.
People are on edge in Ann Arbor. From the 20 hour rule breaking, to RichRod getting scammed it has been a rough week for Michigan football. Hiller the WMU QB is good. Really good and I can see him keeping WMU in the game. I think Michigan wins it but anything less than a 2 td win is going to be seen as a failure.
I think Gresham not playing against BYU is a total non factor. OU is going to win this game 50-23. They need to look as good as possible in case they do end up with one loss. That Boise win had to have changed the thinking for the possible big time 1 loss schools (LSU, TEX, OU, Bama, Ohio State, Penn St, etc).
Cal is going to take out Maryland in short order. Everyone knows my thoughts on Cal.
Penn St. should apologize to all the fans who bought tickets to what Penn St. calls an "non conference schedule."
Kudos to Alabama, VT, OU, BYU, UGA and Okie St for having balls in week 1.
Speaking of UGA @ Okie St, I like UGA to win outright. I think we see yet again an SEC defense showing the Big12 how it is done.
Some bets I placed this week.
Ohio St -21.5 over Navy. $50
UGA ML @ +175. $200 to win $350.
I also am running a $5 per game bet with a co-worker.
Bets for week 1.
I have
Boise -5 WIN
Wash +17
Alabama -7
U -21.5
UGA +6
FSU -5.5
It is amazing how the Miami/FSU game has fallen. I remember in 1992 and 1993, people being as interested in that game as they were about the Michigan football game on those days. And 1 of those games was against Michigan St. Now the "battle for Florida" is almost a total afterthought.
Oregon @ Boise St. - Two things. Blount is a moron. From punching his own teammate to the Boise punk, to the fans and security detail, he did everything wrong. Talking shit and then going for -5 yards had to sting. Expect him to get at least 3 games although I wouldn't argue if he was gone for the year. The other issue is Boise will now roll through an awful schedule and finish the year undefeated. They need to force the issue and join the MWC.
73 point spread. I don't think Florida will cover it. Figure CS finds a way to get 1 score and Florida won't go over 80 to cover. They are saving it up for Tennessee.
People are on edge in Ann Arbor. From the 20 hour rule breaking, to RichRod getting scammed it has been a rough week for Michigan football. Hiller the WMU QB is good. Really good and I can see him keeping WMU in the game. I think Michigan wins it but anything less than a 2 td win is going to be seen as a failure.
I think Gresham not playing against BYU is a total non factor. OU is going to win this game 50-23. They need to look as good as possible in case they do end up with one loss. That Boise win had to have changed the thinking for the possible big time 1 loss schools (LSU, TEX, OU, Bama, Ohio State, Penn St, etc).
Cal is going to take out Maryland in short order. Everyone knows my thoughts on Cal.
Penn St. should apologize to all the fans who bought tickets to what Penn St. calls an "non conference schedule."
Kudos to Alabama, VT, OU, BYU, UGA and Okie St for having balls in week 1.
Speaking of UGA @ Okie St, I like UGA to win outright. I think we see yet again an SEC defense showing the Big12 how it is done.
Some bets I placed this week.
Ohio St -21.5 over Navy. $50
UGA ML @ +175. $200 to win $350.
I also am running a $5 per game bet with a co-worker.
Bets for week 1.
I have
Boise -5 WIN
Wash +17
Alabama -7
U -21.5
UGA +6
FSU -5.5
It is amazing how the Miami/FSU game has fallen. I remember in 1992 and 1993, people being as interested in that game as they were about the Michigan football game on those days. And 1 of those games was against Michigan St. Now the "battle for Florida" is almost a total afterthought.
Thursday, August 27, 2009
BCS Title Game Predictions
It is that time of year where everyone comes out and gives their title game predictions. The standard pick this year is Florida vs. Texas in Pasadena. The last time the sexy picks actually meet for the shitty crystal football was USC/Texas. You remember, ESPN running the non-stop claims of Reggie Bush being as good as Gale Sayers (he isn't) and USC being the greatest team ever (they weren't). I know 1 person picked Texas 41-31. I don't mean to brag but that person was me.
As I come across more predictions I will list them up. Of course, we could all look like assholes if Florida ends up in the Outback bowl and Texas in the Alamo bowl but we all know that isn't happening.
"We aren't stepping out there" picks:
Spencer Tillman UF/OU
Tim Brando UF/OU
Tony Barnhart UF/TEX
CLM UF/TEX
Bruce Feldman UF/TEX
Mark Schlabach UF/TEX
NBC.com UF/TEX
Colin Cowherd: TEX/UF
Rece Davis: TEX/UF
Chris Fowler: UF/OU
Ivan Maisel: TEX/USC
Todd McShay: TEX/UF
Joe Schad: UF/TEX
"Our picks suck but we are old and senile" picks:
Lou Holtz UF/Notre Dame
Beano Cook UF/Notre Dame (Penn St. still can't teach the Big1011 how to play football)
"I'm insane and I'm still pissed at ABC" picks:
Gary Danielson UF/LSU
Now Gary didn't think Michgan should have got another shot at Ohio St. in 2006. He was right. So now that he is over on the SEC network, he thinks UF will lose to LSU in the title game and should get another shot at LSU in a NT game (in which that game would be their 3rd meeting).
The man has lost his damn mind. He also went on to state that only teams that have a conference championship game should be considered for the BCS national title. So let me get this right. Since the SEC decided to do a money grab and throw up a conference title game, everyone else should have to? This doesn't make any sense. If you want to look at the correct model, take a look at the Pac-10. Each team plays all the others and you throw up 4 non-conf games. Real tidy.
Gary, do us all a favor and stop talking. The guy is quickly becoming the Joe Morgan of college football. Thankfully, Gary can't point to the hall of fame since he spent his time getting his ass kicked in the NFL.
As I come across more predictions I will list them up. Of course, we could all look like assholes if Florida ends up in the Outback bowl and Texas in the Alamo bowl but we all know that isn't happening.
"We aren't stepping out there" picks:
Spencer Tillman UF/OU
Tim Brando UF/OU
Tony Barnhart UF/TEX
CLM UF/TEX
Bruce Feldman UF/TEX
Mark Schlabach UF/TEX
NBC.com UF/TEX
Colin Cowherd: TEX/UF
Rece Davis: TEX/UF
Chris Fowler: UF/OU
Ivan Maisel: TEX/USC
Todd McShay: TEX/UF
Joe Schad: UF/TEX
"Our picks suck but we are old and senile" picks:
Lou Holtz UF/Notre Dame
Beano Cook UF/Notre Dame (Penn St. still can't teach the Big1011 how to play football)
"I'm insane and I'm still pissed at ABC" picks:
Gary Danielson UF/LSU
Now Gary didn't think Michgan should have got another shot at Ohio St. in 2006. He was right. So now that he is over on the SEC network, he thinks UF will lose to LSU in the title game and should get another shot at LSU in a NT game (in which that game would be their 3rd meeting).
The man has lost his damn mind. He also went on to state that only teams that have a conference championship game should be considered for the BCS national title. So let me get this right. Since the SEC decided to do a money grab and throw up a conference title game, everyone else should have to? This doesn't make any sense. If you want to look at the correct model, take a look at the Pac-10. Each team plays all the others and you throw up 4 non-conf games. Real tidy.
Gary, do us all a favor and stop talking. The guy is quickly becoming the Joe Morgan of college football. Thankfully, Gary can't point to the hall of fame since he spent his time getting his ass kicked in the NFL.
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
2009 Thoughts and Predictions
1. Florida’s Tim Tebow will win the Heisman and will go down as the greatest college football player of all time.
2. Texas and OU will both beat Oklahoma State, sparing all of us from another 2008 disaster.
3. Notre Dame will win 9 games due to a fairly weak schedule. Notre Dame fans will proclaim them “back” and will be outraged when they aren’t selected for a BCS bowl.
4. Ole Miss and Oklahoma State will compete for the title of most over hyped team of 2009.
5. Southern Cal won’t have the chance to approach the Rose Bowl about getting out of their going there for the 900th year in a row. Instead they will beat Nebraska in the Holiday Bowl in front of 14 USC fans as the biggest bandwagon in the nation is evacuated.
6. Missouri will go back to their rightful place as a totally average program.
7. The horrible term “BCS Buster” will finally be laid to rest after Boise St. makes a BCS bowl again.
8. Michigan will pack Ford Field with 60,000 fans when they are selected to play in the Motor City Bowl. Fuck.
9. Bobby Bowden will cry about his wins that are being taken away. He already pulled a bullshit move with the Samford wins. Then again he hasn’t really coached a game since 1987.
10. There will be 3 players invited to the Heisman award ceremony. They’ll also be the same 3 that were there in 2008.
11. Penn State will be 3-0 with the average score being 63 – 7 after their 3rd game. We’ll hear their idiot fans talking about how they get no respect.
12. Gary Danielson will attempt to tell us why the SEC should hold the 12 top rankings in the coach’s poll. We get it Gary, ABC/ESPN let you walk and now you have a bug up your ass. Stop being a douche.
13. Oklahoma and Ohio St. will both make a BCS bowl game. Both will win those bowl games.
14. Nobody will care about the Big East and only 7 more will care about the ACC. A total of 56 people will watch the Orange bowl when Rutgers and VT square off.
15. The MAC will send three teams to bowl games. And they will lose all of those bowl games.
16. SEC and Big 12 fans will bitch and complain that is isn’t fair they have a championship game. They still won’t realize it was just a money grab and other conferences shouldn’t be forced into a title game.
17. The “pre-game handshake” will last 1 season and most teams won’t do it. The last thing I want to see is Ohio St./Michigan, Bama/Auburn or Texas/OU shaking hands prior to kick off. Pussies.
18. Utah and Utah fans will be crying about something.
19. The curse of Lou Holtz and his pep talks will live on. Unless ESPN got rid of him and I am not aware of it.
20. I will hope that Mark May dies no less than 14 times. By the end of week 1.
21. Beano Cook will pick Penn State to play for the national title.
22. Michigan State fans will run their mouths like mad this year knowing their short winning streak over Michigan is about to come to an abrupt halt.
23. The BigXII North will once again play second fiddle to the BIGXII South. Nebraska would finish 4th in the South.
24. The Pac-10 will catch shit all year long but some team from there will put together a quiet 9 win season and thump someone in a shitty bowl game to get to 10 wins.
25. PAC10 fans will cry “east coast bias”, SEC fans will cry “ESPN/ABC bias” despite ESPN running a ton of SEC games, non-SEC fans will cry “CBS bias” and Maryland fans will just cry.
26. One LS2 member will proclaim TCU a top 4 team at some point during the season.
27. Lee Corso will pick less than 50% of the onsite games correct. “Herby” will still be a fucking asshole.
28. Big 6 Conference winners: Florida (E), Alabama (W), Florida Overall; Texas (S), Nebraska (N), Texas Overall; California; Penn State; Rutgers; FSU (A), VT (C), VT Overall.
29. BCS Bowls:
BCS: Florida over Texas
Rose: Cal over Penn State
Fiesta: Oklahoma over Boise St.
Sugar: Ohio State over Alabama
Orange: Virginia Tech over Rutgers
30. The Curse will be broken.
2. Texas and OU will both beat Oklahoma State, sparing all of us from another 2008 disaster.
3. Notre Dame will win 9 games due to a fairly weak schedule. Notre Dame fans will proclaim them “back” and will be outraged when they aren’t selected for a BCS bowl.
4. Ole Miss and Oklahoma State will compete for the title of most over hyped team of 2009.
5. Southern Cal won’t have the chance to approach the Rose Bowl about getting out of their going there for the 900th year in a row. Instead they will beat Nebraska in the Holiday Bowl in front of 14 USC fans as the biggest bandwagon in the nation is evacuated.
6. Missouri will go back to their rightful place as a totally average program.
7. The horrible term “BCS Buster” will finally be laid to rest after Boise St. makes a BCS bowl again.
8. Michigan will pack Ford Field with 60,000 fans when they are selected to play in the Motor City Bowl. Fuck.
9. Bobby Bowden will cry about his wins that are being taken away. He already pulled a bullshit move with the Samford wins. Then again he hasn’t really coached a game since 1987.
10. There will be 3 players invited to the Heisman award ceremony. They’ll also be the same 3 that were there in 2008.
11. Penn State will be 3-0 with the average score being 63 – 7 after their 3rd game. We’ll hear their idiot fans talking about how they get no respect.
12. Gary Danielson will attempt to tell us why the SEC should hold the 12 top rankings in the coach’s poll. We get it Gary, ABC/ESPN let you walk and now you have a bug up your ass. Stop being a douche.
13. Oklahoma and Ohio St. will both make a BCS bowl game. Both will win those bowl games.
14. Nobody will care about the Big East and only 7 more will care about the ACC. A total of 56 people will watch the Orange bowl when Rutgers and VT square off.
15. The MAC will send three teams to bowl games. And they will lose all of those bowl games.
16. SEC and Big 12 fans will bitch and complain that is isn’t fair they have a championship game. They still won’t realize it was just a money grab and other conferences shouldn’t be forced into a title game.
17. The “pre-game handshake” will last 1 season and most teams won’t do it. The last thing I want to see is Ohio St./Michigan, Bama/Auburn or Texas/OU shaking hands prior to kick off. Pussies.
18. Utah and Utah fans will be crying about something.
19. The curse of Lou Holtz and his pep talks will live on. Unless ESPN got rid of him and I am not aware of it.
20. I will hope that Mark May dies no less than 14 times. By the end of week 1.
21. Beano Cook will pick Penn State to play for the national title.
22. Michigan State fans will run their mouths like mad this year knowing their short winning streak over Michigan is about to come to an abrupt halt.
23. The BigXII North will once again play second fiddle to the BIGXII South. Nebraska would finish 4th in the South.
24. The Pac-10 will catch shit all year long but some team from there will put together a quiet 9 win season and thump someone in a shitty bowl game to get to 10 wins.
25. PAC10 fans will cry “east coast bias”, SEC fans will cry “ESPN/ABC bias” despite ESPN running a ton of SEC games, non-SEC fans will cry “CBS bias” and Maryland fans will just cry.
26. One LS2 member will proclaim TCU a top 4 team at some point during the season.
27. Lee Corso will pick less than 50% of the onsite games correct. “Herby” will still be a fucking asshole.
28. Big 6 Conference winners: Florida (E), Alabama (W), Florida Overall; Texas (S), Nebraska (N), Texas Overall; California; Penn State; Rutgers; FSU (A), VT (C), VT Overall.
29. BCS Bowls:
BCS: Florida over Texas
Rose: Cal over Penn State
Fiesta: Oklahoma over Boise St.
Sugar: Ohio State over Alabama
Orange: Virginia Tech over Rutgers
30. The Curse will be broken.
Friday, August 14, 2009
2009 Top 10 - Predicted Final Rankings
These rankings are how I think the teams will be ranked after the regular season and conference games are complete. (losses)
1. Florida. 13-0
2. Texas. 13-0
3. California. 12-0
4. Boise St. 13-0
5. Oklahoma. 11-1 (Texas)
6. Alabama. 11-1 (Ole Miss)
7. Penn St. 11-1 (Illi)
8. Ohio State. 11-1 (PSU)
9. Southern Cal. 10-2 (Cal, Ohio St.)
10. Baton Rouge. 10-2 (UF, Bama)
Four undefeated teams is probably a bit of a stretch and of course we'll have a couple major upsets, like we do every year.
I think Virginia Tech, Oregon and Ole Miss are coming into the season horribly overrated. I also think Notre Dame will be much better than the 7 wins they came away with last year and that Ohio State has an outside shot at an undefeated regular season. It all depends on how Pryor comes around as he is going to be dynamite.
1. Florida. 13-0
2. Texas. 13-0
3. California. 12-0
4. Boise St. 13-0
5. Oklahoma. 11-1 (Texas)
6. Alabama. 11-1 (Ole Miss)
7. Penn St. 11-1 (Illi)
8. Ohio State. 11-1 (PSU)
9. Southern Cal. 10-2 (Cal, Ohio St.)
10. Baton Rouge. 10-2 (UF, Bama)
Four undefeated teams is probably a bit of a stretch and of course we'll have a couple major upsets, like we do every year.
I think Virginia Tech, Oregon and Ole Miss are coming into the season horribly overrated. I also think Notre Dame will be much better than the 7 wins they came away with last year and that Ohio State has an outside shot at an undefeated regular season. It all depends on how Pryor comes around as he is going to be dynamite.
Friday, May 29, 2009
I'll Try This Year
I plan to actually put more than 5 minutes of effort into this thing this year. Hope you bastards from LS2 like it. Losers.
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