It is playing out just like Sweatervest wanted it to. He knew his team wasn't good enough to beat USC, so he purposely sat Beanie Wells and didn't play Pryor so at the end of the season, after duh Ohio State wins out, Sweatervest can say, "We were an entirely different team at the beginning of the year. That was without Pryor and without Wells!" The "experts" might start bobbing their heads and the Fighting Herbies could be put back into the BCSCG....where they will lose again. Credit Tressel though. He thought this thing through. At some point though, can SOMEONE from the Big 11 PLEASE beat duh Ohio State, so they will go away? Maybe Penn State... And just so we all know. Columbia,SC-check; Neyland-check; Vandy-check; Lexington-check; Auburn-check; Bama-check; Starkville-check, Oxford-check, Fayetteville-check, Sanford-check; JAX-check; LSU-.... Richt has won in every stadium in the SEC he's played in except the Swamp (the teams play in J-Ville, duh) and he HASN'T won in Tiger Stadium. Could that change this weekend? ON TO THE PICKS!
#8 Texas Tech @ #23 KU. Now Texas Tech doesn't have a defense, but they have a Kicker Idol winner now attempting placekicking duty for THE RED RAIDAHS!! KU showed last week that they can put up points, but they can't stop anyone either and TTU has more firepower. (PS, I also LOVE that the BCS recognized that TTU hasn't played/beaten CRAP yet this season so they got no love and came in AFTER UGA in the first poll. Serves you right Leach for scheduling Texas Ballet Academy for an opponent!) The Raidahs win this one though.
#22 Northwestern @ Indiana. I've heard from my Indiana source that the Hoosiers SUCK! (That's Mark, I could have looked at their record and seen that!) Go with the Baying Darwins ON THE ROAD in the TOUGH TOUGH BIG 11!
#24 Minnesota @ Purdue. And at 9:44 I realized that there are more Big 11 schools ranked in the top 25 than SEC Schools. A down year for the SEC? Hmmmm. Don't know about that, but maybe just top-heavy. But please Drew aka Kill Joy, don't try and preach to me that the Big 11 is a better football conference. I shot you down at Poon's pool party and you should not speak for a while. Maybe when college hockey season starts......Minny Mouse wins this one.
BC @ UNC. UNC's coach Butch Davis played a gutless brand of football in the second half v UVA last week. I called the upset in that one BTW. Right YET AGAIN. The real thing here though is UNC is STILL WITHOUT Yates and Tate is donezo for the year. Even though BC lost Toal, I still think BC has the edge in this one. Sorry Tar Heel blue!
Illinois @ Wisco. Wisco has lost four? in a row now. Enter Ron Zook. Don't worry Badger fans, he is a LOCK to end every losing streak. Oh, and LOOK OUT MADISON, Pam Ward is in town for this game! Suddenly the Badger women's field hockey team just got REALLY Excited! Badgers BURROW to a win!
Wake @ Miami. So Miami beat Duke. Ahhhh, I was wrong. Oh well. I was thinking that for one week, EVERY GAME I pick, I should go with the opposite of who I think is going to win. Let's try it. Miami looked good last week and Wake got waxed by MARYLAND, who got WAXED by UVA who got WAXED by Duke, who lost to Miami...SO I am going with WAKE. Let's see if this logic works.
#4 OU @ K-State. This game is going to start at 11:30 local time in Kansas. Yeouch. But I guess when you are in Manhattan, aka the city that never sleeps you can start tailgating tonight....wait, it is not as in New York? Oh. Oops. Go with OU based on TALENT ALONE. and coaching. and scheme. and band. and mascot.....
UK @ #10 Florida. Oooooooooooooooo I hear Emmanuel Moody is finally healthy and ready to go. He still hasn't answered my question of, if he was so good, why did he need to transfer out of USC? Listen, I love that UK traditional loses to Florida, but in the process softens them up. I know Florida will win, all I am asking is that UK's (much improved) defense just hit Tebow enough that he struggles next week. Please.
Duke @ Vandy. OK, the Dores FINALLY get bowl eligible with a win here. And you KNOW Bobby Johnson is LOVING life right now. He can leverage Klimpsen to get more money out of Vandy. I wouldn't want to go to Klimpse if I currently lived in Nashville. Sorry. Even though I HATE country music, Nashville is MUCH better than Klimpsen. Though he would probably have more success in Klimpsen in terms of winning something meaningful, but hey...what are ya gonna do. Plus Cutcliff has probably already started packing up his office for yet another move back to Knoxville. Dores win.
#6 Okie State @ #1 Texas. Oh, THIS is supposed to be the game that the Horns struggle in right experts? Okie State's defense is surprisingly good, right? Ummmm, it looks pretty much JUST like the defense they had last season when UGA knocked them out betwixt the hedges. Just saying..............Longhorns over Zac Robinson and the Pokes.
#16 So Fla @ Louisville. Hmmmmmmmm So the Gro-hawk wasn't magic enough to take down Wanny and the Pitt Panthers. Good thing he is playing Steve Crap-thorp and the Lou-a-vul Cards. The real question is, will Papa John's take their name off the losing product that is Lou-a-vul? Better Ingredient, Better Pizza, Crappy Football, Papa Johns! So Fla is just SO SO SO FLA and they win!
Rutgers @ #17 Pitt. If AJ hadn't been kilt off in the finale of the Sopranos, he'd be a starting Junior DE at Rutgers, if my math is correct. And you KNOW Tony would be betting these game and Wanny seems like the type of guy that would get in 6 boxes of Ziti deep to the mafia, so the SMART money would be on Rutgers. But AJ was likely kilt by the man in the trenchcoat. Go with the Mustachioed Wanny and the Pitt Panthers!
VaTech @ #25 FSU. VaTech has looked turrbul in their loses, and not much better in their wins. FSU, are they back? Well Jimbo Fisher seems to have something cooking again there. This game in Doak won't exactly be reminiscent of the 1999-00 Sugar Bowl (wow, i looked back at FSU's roster for that game, 14 NFL players...wow) but the result will be similar. Seminoles ROLL!
UCLA @ Cali. FOLKS! GET SWEPT UP IN PAC 10 FOOTBALL! The fourth best conference in AMERICA! But hey, you've got the ACC beat. Fighting Sandys win.
NCSU @ Maryland. The Terps should take this one, but then they SHOULD have taken down the Wahoos. NCState is just really bad. I wonder if O'Brien regrets leaving BC. Ummmmm prolly! But he is still WAY better for that school than Amato. I wonder who would win if Amato armwrestled Ed Orgeron? Coach O maybe? I dunno. It would be more exciting than this game.
Colorado @ #15 Mizzou. Did I really read that correctly from the Columbia paper? Mizzou is claiming they are the best two loss team in the country? Stop it guys! And PS, I wonder how Gameday will include Chase Daniel (not Daniels, Pollack!) in this week's show? Will be be mic'ed up again? "Hey guys, we can STILL MAKE the Holiday Bowl! Let's do it on three!" Or do you think Chase is calling up ESPN and they are ignoring his call and his messages are something like this: "Hey guys, I noticed you haven't sent the mic pack for me to wear this week. That's ok, I can just record myself on a tape player and send it to you....guys? Hello? The best 2 loss team wins AGAIN!
#2 Bama @ Tennessee. Wait is THIS the game that Fulmer is actually going to decide to show up for? Do we think that if Bama gets up 31-0 in Neyland, the AD will stop Fulmer on the way to the locker room and tell him to just leave the stadium? But wait, this is "a RI-VAL-RY," according to a member of 790 The ZOne's afternoon saloon, so you can throw out the rankings and records! Really? when Tennasty is THIS BAD, you can? I don't think so. Fulmer and Clawson are gone with Chavis serving as interim the rest of the year before Cutcliff returns. Bama breaks Tennessee.
#3 Penn State @ #9 Duh Ohio State. If you read the intro, you would KNOW that I am picking the Buckeyes, not because I want them to win, but because this is all part of Sweatervests plan. CRAP! This is good for UGA though. One ahead of them loses, they move up...assuming they win.
Notre Dame @ U-Dub. WHy has Ty Willingham NOT been fired yet? What is Syracuse waiting for with Greg Robinson? Klimpsen already fired Bowden. You CAN fire people midseason. it IS allowed. I remember when this was a big deal. Not anymore. Weis hopefully puts TW our of his misery with a thrashing, and in doing so puts a 5-2 Notre Dame into the Fiesta Bowl!
Oregon @ Arizona State and #5 USC @ Zona. It is going to be a bad day for the state of Arizona. First off, Oregon is going to beat the Sun Devils (and I will continue to laugh at those who-ahes in the t-shirt dresses who thought they had a shot against UGA), and to Zona coach Mike Stoops:SLOW DOWN BRO! Maybe you should just qualify for ANY bowl before you start talking about a Rose Bowl appearance. You've NEVER as a head coach been to even the Emerald Nuts Bowl. Maybe you should just worry about 6 wins before you talk about knocking off USC and appearing in the Rose Bowl. The LAST thing you should do is awaken a sleeping giant.
Pro-liferation!
Atlanta @ Philly. Hey, great that The Falcons are Flyin' with Ryan and the team has a winning record entering the off-week...but let's not kid ourselves. As bad as Philly seems, they are still LIGHTYEARS better than the Falcons. Sorry Body. Sorry IJ. But they are. The 4-2 start might go to 5-3, but 6 wins might be a max here. Sorry to say, but it is prolly true. But hey. enjoy the next few days.
Washington @ Detroit. Well, the Skins should have beaten the FLIPPIN' Rams, but didn't. They SHOULD be the Lions, but who knows. The Lions lost Roy Williams and have a QB that attended UCONN for his advanced learning, so the Skins have that going for them. But they might look against to the Steelers and this game IN THE D just kind of scares me. COME ON SKINS. Do it for my cousin Ross!
Blue Light Specials...
Lock of the Week
Ole Miss @ Arkie. Arkie has beaten Ole Miss the last 4 years I think I saw? Yeah, but that was win D-Mac, Felix Jones, Matt Jones and Company....and Houston NUTT! Nutt of course now coaches Ole Miss and has Jevan Sneed on his team. Arkie has Casey Dick and Bobby Petrino. The Racists beat the pigs. Oink this! And Houston Nutt might finish the game by middle fingering the ENTIRE STADIUM!
Upset of the week
Michigan State @ Michigan. Listen, both of these schools suck and while MSU has Javon Ringer, they will still be feeling the ouchies of losing to Ohio State at home. Now they go TO the Big House...RichRod gets his "signature" win of his first year against the In-State Spartans. 300 THIS!
Local rooting interest
UVA @ #18 GT. Daddio made the trip down to Atlanta, not for this game, not for the NASCAR RACE, but to see me. Well, he learned that this game is on ESPNU, a station we don't get. He has been trying to acquire tickets to the game since. I told him that my crew was looking forward to watching the UGA game with him. Not sure that excited him too much. Maybe Hog Wild Dip would excite him! Bottom line on this game, UVA has a third string QB going up against Tech's defense, but Tech's O seems to have hit a snag recently. Yes they've won a bunch in a row, but they only put 10 on the board the last time they played at "Historic Grant Field" and that was against Garnder-Webb. And last week, I don't care what ANYONE says about how Klimpsen was "running on emotion, and what a WIN for GT!" No, you barely beat a team playing WITHOUT CJ SPILLER, playing with the douche Cullen Harper, forced into action after Willy Korn left the game with a real injury, and with some guy named Dabo coaching them. Yeah, Dabo. Tech should have won by 20! But they didn't. They barely won. Now Tech is going to blow out UVA? Come on. Tech may win, but it will be CLOSE.
#7 UGA @ #13 LSU. Before the season I thought UGA had this game. Then after the season started, I was the MOST worried about this game. Then two weeks ago, I thought UGA would win. Now with LSU's entire front 4 and all backups back and ready to go....I don't know. If Stafford gets enough time, he will PICK APART the back 7 of LSU. The key is getting him enough time. And stick with the Knowshon running game. Please. Hey Knowshon, this is where I hope you were saving your N-O-G for. THIS GAME AND NEXT WEEK. Earn that money Knowshon. Earn that Heisman Knowshon. But in the meantime, Stafford will keep carrying this team because the Defense isn't helping him all that much. If Stafford can put up 20 points, UGA wins. if he puts up 17 or fewer, it will be close. Put up 3 TDs Matty Stafford, and get out of there with Richt having won in every SEC Stadium he will ever play in! Do it for Richt!
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