#GoodJobGoodEffort this week, college football. I thought week two would draw the least interest, not even close. I couldn't even get out of the month of September without being completely wrong. That's not to say the games should be ignored, there will be close games and likely upsets, which always seems to happen in lesser weeks likes this. Forgive me for this brief Six Pick, I am using this week to recharge the batteries and save my best effort for October and November. OK, I'm being lazy.
This is a great weekend to get chores done while keeping an eye on your phone or TV. However, it's even better to travel to a game. Say one outside your Nation's capital where tickets cost less than two beers at a bar. Hey College Gameday, I see you, I wonder how it feels for them to finally leave the South? I'm sure they'd rather be in Athens, Ga and I can't blame them. Enjoy the atmosphere East Lansing, because it looks like Columbus and Ann Arbor will be ESPN's B1G destinations the next few seasons. Tech fans fully understand what it's like not being a sexy location for the worldwide leader, so hopefully something memorable, like a Corso F-bomb, happens.
Saturday, 9/29/2012
Baylor at West Virginia -12.5 12:00 pm FX
Pick: Baylor getting the points. Sure the neers took the Terps lightly last week, but that's no excuse for letting them have any kind of offense. Baylor has a far worse defense than Maryland, but their O is still very good even without RGIII. The Bears will score and score a lot. No way the combined the score isn't over 80 points.
North Carolina State at Miami -2.5 12:00 pm ESPNU
Pick: NC State getting the points, winning outright. NC State can't run, Miami can't defend the run, so you'd think I would pick the Canes? No, this is a gut feel pick. I don't know what Miami is, they are so young and will be inconsistent. I know what State is, a slightly above average team week in, week out.
Cincinnati vs Virginia Tech -7.5 3:30 pm ESPNU
The Dual in the District ~ FedEx Field (Landover, MD)
Pick: Cincy getting the points. I hate making this pick, but I am worried about the speed and alignment in the Tech back-7, and how little push the defensive line is getting. The Bearcats players are going to be flying all over the place. On offense, it looks likes Tech could be figuring things out in terms of scheme(s), but I don't see how the staff can cover up for a lack of playmakers on O to all of the sudden rack up a lot of points.
Ohio State at Michigan State -3.5 3:30 pm ABC
Pick: Ohio State and the points. It's B1G Ten football, I don't think either team has enough offense to beat the other by more than field goal. Hell, first plodding team to 3 probably wins.
Tennessee at Georgia -13.5 3:30 pm CBS
Pick: UGA covering by a half point. The Vawls aren't a great running team and won't be able to run on the dawgs. That means a lot of meeting of the minds between UGA LB Jarvis Jones and UT QB Tyler Bray. Being overlooked is how good and balanced the Georgia offense is, I don't care how improved the Tennessee defense is, Georgia is going to score on them.
Texas -2.5 at Oklahoma State 7:50 pm FOX
Pick: Texas easily covering the spread. I don't think the Longhorns have completely rebounded but they are getting close. The UT defense will really slow down the very immature Okie State attack, while power running all over the Cowboys. WILL.NOT.BE.CLOSE.
Beer of the Week
I will be drinking Alpine's Duet and Nelson IPAs in the FedEx lots. Both are elite and very difficult to find outside of San Diego. Thanks to my good friend Ryan, I'll enjoy both. After, I expect to hammer a few local DC Brau the Public Pale ales.
Quick Recap
Remember, these picks are against the spread.
Baylor at West by God Virginyee -12.5
NC State at da U -2.5
nati vs VT -7.5
theOSU at Sparty -3.5
Vawls at UGA -13.5
Tejas -2.5 at Okie St
Lets see if the group can pick against the spread two weeks in a row. I hope to guys head to Landover and I promise to actually write something next week when it gets hot again.
Comments
Picks
West Virginia
NC State
Tech
Sparty
Dawgs
OkSt
Picks
Cousin Brothers
Birds
Let's Go!
Spartacus
Dawgs
Cowboys
Ma, the meatloaf!
Baylor
scUM
Cinci
OSU
UGA
UT
Wish I got my tickets for the value of two beers
WVU
Da U
Hokies
OSU
UT
UT
A few good games
WVU
NC State
VT
Mich St
UGA
Texas
Baylor NC
Baylor
NC State
VT
theOSU
UGA
Tejas
week 5
WVU - WVU will stumble against other B12 teams but not this one.
NCSU - although if I'm wrong the U is clearly back.
UC - changed based on Tony Gregory news. UC will at least cover because of his absence on offense.
MSU - Braxton will be amazing but not this year.
UGA - UF isn't that great and UT lost to them at home. UGA is better and the game is in Athens so they will win by a greater margin.
Longhorns - Better team by far and away.
Week 5
WVU
NCST (anyone else think it looks like an abbreviation for incest? Just me?)
VT
MSU
UGA
UT
RE the NCST comment
Two thoughts:
1. Totally appropriate, following the initials WVU;
2. This explains the NCST cheerleader picture above.
Week 5 picks
West VA -12.5 --- (where'd you get this line? I've only seen it at 10.5 and 11)
Miami -2.5
Cincy +7.5 --- that hook scares me
Ohio St. +3.5
Georgia -13.5 --- Georgia is the real deal
Texas -2.5
was
12 earlier this week 11.5 now, I made the decision this year to only do x.5 spreads for tallying reasons. this & VT game I added, others I subtracted.
Week 5 Pick um
- Dub Vee You
- State - considering this a hangover game for U from last week's win. Also Considering the Noon Kick in Miami. I feel sleeping just thinking about it
- VT - breakout game (even though we suck in FedEx). Cincy only playing two games at this point of the season will hurt their momentum.
- OH-IO - Flipped a coin on this one. Heads won. Picked Ohio State.
- Tenn - gross...
- Okie State - took into consideration the home game/night kick off to give Okie the bump.
week 5, with a hopeful attitude
I really hate picking the eeers, but gotta go w/WVU covering.
Going w/the Canes to cover, but this is the I-Don't-Know-Why pick of the week.
I think Cincy gets the points, but Hokies win a close one.
MSU wins and covers.
UGA makes Smokey his b_tch, wins and covers.
Cowboys win outright in a close one at home
Might only watch our game
WVU
Canes
Cincy
Buckeyes
UGA
Texas
Time to crank out a good week
WVU
Miami (my "never trust a Glennon" strategy trumps any distrust I have of Miami)
Cincy (because I'll be there, and VT won't blow Cincy out so I can relax and have fun)
Sparty
UGA
Texas
Been Sir Charles TURRBLE this season...
Hoping to turn it around this week.
Cousins - Statement win for WVU, I think they pressure Florence into his first truly bad performance of the season.
U - Never trust a Glennon, and I'd like to think Al Golden will have his guys focused after the dramatic win last week against GiT.
Cincy - Perhaps the eternal pessimist in me, but I don't like the matchup of Tech's front 7 against UC's. Hope I'm wrong, but I have visions of Munchie dancing through our line, picking up huge chucks of yardage.
Buckeyes - Not sold on MSU's quarterback, and Urban finds ways to compensate for starting slow in games.
Vawls - Derek Dooley's pants keep it close, in normal UT-UGA fashion.
UT - I don't know anything about either of these two teams, except OSU lost to Rich Rod, which is more than enough for me to never trust them again.
pickity picks
Jebediah Morgantown -12.5
Tranny NCSU cheerleader +2.5
Cincy -7.5 (that .5 is a killer)
Brutus +3.5 (not following the Jack White vs Black Keys reference)
UGA -13.5 (poor Smokey does not look excited about Dooley)
Hook'em -2.5
nothing
more than 1 is from Michigan the other is from Ohio.
Still better than Weak 2
WVU
NCSU
Cinci
tOSU
UT
OK State
picks
WVU
NCSU
Cincy
MSU
UGA
Texas
Here goes nothing
Cousins
Pack
VT
Urban's Boys
UGA
Okie St
Fingers crossed!
Baylor to keep it under the spread
Miami
HOKIES son!! Can't ever pick against us...just wrong
Michigan St
UGA
Texas
this
is against the spread, not winners.
Since we're in the nations capitol
I'll let EAGLE MAN FIGHTER PILOT make the shots
WEST BY GOD -- Not surprised by two buttholes of a school produced shitty results. Geno drops points.
DerpU -- As bad as Miami's D is, They have are like a firecracker in your hands on O.
VT -- The transitive property doesn't apply to football. Gayle will be a Sack-a-potamus
tOSU -- Can't wait to see another B1G "fighting through a wet paper bag performance"
GAWGA -- UGA is #2 behind Bama in my book tied with USCe
TEX -- This matchup is much different than OK, that line was finally exposed.
botw:
billdozed
WVU
Da U
VT
tOSU
UGA
Texas
hoping to get at least half right....
MOUNT'NEERS
DA PACK
HOKIEZ
SPARTACUS
UGGA
POKES
Let's make this the first week I go above 2-4.
WVU NC State Hokies (heart
WVU
NC State
Hokies (heart not head pick)
Ohio State
Tennessee
Oklahoma State
Shooting for another 2-4 week
WVU
NC State
Cincy
tOSU
UGA
Texas
Picks
Baylor
NCST
Tech
Sparty
UGA
Texas
Week 5
West Virginia -12.5
NC State +2.5
VT -7.5
Ohio State +3.5
Georgia -13.5
Oklahoma State +2.5
No picks from me, but I'm a homebrewer, and I'm currently working on a Hokie Porter: Chocolate Porter aged on oak with Wild Turkey. It should be ready by December.
Where can I send a bottle?
ahem
to this guy!!!! email the key play's gmail acct if you don't follow us in Twitter.
sounds delicious & my type of stout.
Beer
Sounds delicious! Those usually are the sleeper beers, don't realize how good they are until you are plastered
Getting better since week one, crosses fingers
Bears
U
chilitown
Ohi-o
UGA
Horns
picky pick picks
DubV
NC State
Cincy TAKING THE POINTS I HATE PICKING OUR GAMES GODDAMNIT BCO
Ohio St
UGA (insert reference to butt chugging) (set juris doctorate diploma on fire)
Okie St
week 5!
WVU
N.C.S.U.
VT(I refuse to pick against them. I would rather take the loss!
Sparty
DAWGS
Texas
picking against tech
and the spread, does not concede the loss.
Week 5
West Virgina
da U -2.5
Cincy
OSU
UGA
Texas
WVU (I can't believe I just picked them. Gross.)
NCSU
VT
OSU
UGA
Texas
I'm late to the game but better late than never!
WVU
U-suck
Cincy
OSU
UGA
Hook 'Em
welcome
the bar is set real low.
After a week off...
I've brushed up my college football game ahead of my trip to Vegas next weekend and I'm back to redeem myself by crushing these... who the hell am I kidding, I'm going 0-6 again.
Baylor and the points
Miami... you know, I can't figure out Miami yet. They are a talented team. Also, I've learned to always bet against a Glennon
Cincy - VT has only covered the spread once in 4 games. Vegas knows how to set a line but I bet more than any other team in College Football, The Hokies have frustrated Vegas Odds-makers.
MSU, I like them to win outright. I think in this game that will feature little to no offense, the running game wins out
Vols - I like them covering here in a 10 or 13 pnt game
Tejas - I thought the line for this one was a little low.
I would really like a positive week...
Cousins
State
Cincy
OSU
UGA
Texas
Six Pick - Week 5
WV
Miami
Cinci
Oh State
Tenn
Ok State
Have fun at the game E...
ALL THE DOGS! (almost)
My Picks:
Baylor +12.5
UM -2.5
Cincy +7.5
Ohio St +3.5
Tenn +13.5
Ok St +2.5
Bodak's Picks:
Baylor +12.5
NC St +2.5
Cincy +7.5
Ohio St +3.5
UGA -13.5
Ok St +2.5
Maybe I'll fuck up less this week
West by God Virginyee
NC State
VT
theOSU
UGA
Tejas
fiver
West by God Virginyee -12.5
NC State
VT -7.5
theOSU
UGA -13.5
Okie St
beer:
The Fear, by Flying Dog. Imperial pumpkin ale, just a tad less bitter than the Weyerbacher. 9% of goodness...kinda like pumpkin guinness stout.
WVU - Screw the state of
Cousins - Screw the state of Texas
NC State - hard choice. A Glennon vs daInconsistentU? Coin toss
Cincy - covering. Unless we throw to senior Fuller for the first time in weeks
Buckeyes - Sparty doesn't look that good
Dawgs - Screw the Vols
OK St - Screw the state of Texas
BOTW: I have a case of Oktoberfest and a 6-pack of Fall (seasonal) Woodchuck in the house. Choices, choices...
My new rule in gambling
is to NEVER bet on a Glennon. Learned that week 1. Oh, has anyone asked Tom O'Brien if he still feels that Mike Glennon is better than Russell Wilson? Catch or not, amazing play from the former Wolfpack turned Badger and now teammate of Bam Bam Kam Chancellor.
WVU - Texans, Big12, meet Morgantown, the Crap-hole you inherited. Enjoy your flight from Waco to Dallas, from Dallas to Dulles, and from Dulles to Morgantown. WVU-homefield advantage in full effect.
Miami - Glennon will fail. Again.
VT - 2 reasons. LT3 rises up and becomes the LT3 you know and love. Bud Foster makes a living stopping athletic QBs in spread offenses.
MSU - Urban Meyer's mysterious health issue will rise up again, once he figures out he's coaching in the B1G.
UGA - In a dog fight, I'd actually pick pick Smokey over Uga. Unfortunately, this game is taking place in Athens, not the Bad Newz Kennelz (Ouch.)
Texas - FYI, Mike Gundy is still a man at age 44.
Alright to to get overall .500 record
WVU - not a believe in Baylor
NC State - c'mon Mikey Glennon, Westfield HS represent
VT - Please let JC get 15+ touches and the real LT3 stand up
OSU - Braxton Miller time to shine in primetime
UGA - Tennesse fans are going to do a whole lotta but chugging to forget this gm
Texas - just cause it's Texas and OK state lost to RichRod
Righting the Ship
WVU - rebound this week
Miami
VT
Sparty
UGA
Texas
Stellar performance last week
Lets keep it going this week
1. Baylor
2. Wolfpack wins and spray paints NWO on all 6 fans at the game (wait, did the Wolfpack use the spray paint or was that just Hollywood Hogan's NWO?)
3. Hokies win the Matchup in Maryland, or the Rumble in Raljon, or the Landslide in Landover. FedEx field is not in DC.
4. Urban Meyer
5. Bulldogs
6. Hook em Horns
Beer - ice cold Miller Lite pulled from a cooler in the parking lots of Dan Snyder's house
West by God - But seriously Baylor, prove me wrong.
NC State - BCO, you should have done over / under for actual and announced attendance.
nati - Hokies win in a close one.
theOSU - Ohio State will treat this like a championship game. Michigan State can't move the football, Braxton Miller will be the difference maker.
UGA
Tejas - Only 2.5 points, what are people doing with their money?
Is there any other acceptable drink for this weekend?
I hope to see you all at FedEx, go Hokies!
Week 5 Picks
WVU
Miami
Cincy
OSU
Vols
Texas
Week 5
WVU
da U
Cinci covers, VT wins
tOSU
dawgs
UT - don't tell my wife, she went to OSU...
picking totally opposite than what i normally would
WVU
NC St
Cinci
MSU
UGA
UT
bring on the bourbon.
WVU Nc
WVU
Nc state
Cinci
OSU
Uganda
Texas
hmmmmm
cuzins
Miami
Cinci
Ohio St
Ugga
Tehas
Week 5
Cousins
Canes
Hokies
tOSU
Dawgs
Hook Em
I guess I'll try again
West by God Virginyee - It is a lot of points, but I don't think Baylor is all that great this year and dubVU is unfortunately pretty solid
da U - They might as well be hyped up before we beat them
Cincy - too many points and I'm not sure we can put a whole game together
Sparticus - home game fireworks (1 Touchdown)
UGA - Should be able to win by at least 2 touchdowns at home
Long Horns are back and I think they can cover the 2 and a hook
I'm back.....
Well after a week of skipping picks, and I will blame tequila, I am back. I have a long road ahead of me to get to my desired .500. Like our #Hokies I need to get some sort of rhythm, like Gloria Estafan says, "Rhythm is Gonna get you". So if the #Hokies get a rhythm, WATCH OUT!. If not, well you can bet O'Cainspring will be arguing over their favorite top chef during the third quarter of Duel in the District. On to my suck picks...
Thanks to many drinks, mostly sponsored by Bullet Whiskey there will be be no comments. Remember, my job is my credit....
Baylor - Too many points.
daU - U mad?
nati - Did you forget? Rhythm is Gonna get you!
tOSU - Too many people are saying Sparty will win.
Vawls - Smokey> Uga XVII
Tejas - Whatever
Here goes nothing!
Baylor
NC State
Cincy
OSU
UGA
OK State