2016 Six Pick - Week Fourteen

... and in a blink of an eye the 2016 College Football regular season is over and it's been pretty damn fun. Granted this season felt a lot better than the last few, that's for sure. Hopefully the feel goods isn't done for our Hokies in this Championship weekend. This year may not feature the sexiest of CG matchups, but looks like quite a few will be very competitive ... then there is the Bama CG.

That's me above shortly after noon on Saturday ...can't wait.

Friday, December 2nd
PAC-12 CG (Santa Clara)
Colorado vs Washington -7.5
9:30 pm FOX

• Eons ago in the late 80's thru mid 90's Colorado was a player on the national scene, including a Natty Championship. Recruiting trips to Colorado was a mix of early 00's Miami and early Aughts Louisville basketball. The game is the game, yo
• UDub also has an early 90's Natty and also ran afoul of the NCAA, ending with their HC Don James resigning and the Huskies football program going into purgatory for over 20 years. With both programs on the rise, which, if either has staying power this time?

Pick: Colorado getting the points. Probably a sentimental pick, but they are a fairly salty bunch, i think it's within a TD.
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Saturday, December 3rd
AAC CG
Temple at Navy -3.5
12:00 pm ABC

• Temple HC Matt Rhule has done a bang up job in his four years there. As a former LB at PSU, you know he had an eye on Happy Valley, but it seems old James Franklin has that on lock now. Does Rhule stay in PA pining for a long lost love or does he look elsewhere?
• By now we've all seen the stat, where Navy punted twice, yes 2x in all of November. They are dialed in. The real gambling line is 1.5 punts in this game

Pick: Navy staying hot and winning by a TD AND punting twice.
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Bedlam
Oklahoma State at Oklahoma -11.5
12:30 pm FOX

• Mike Gundy with a win vs the Sooners will give his Pokes their fifth 10+ win season in seven years. That's quite an accomplishment. He's undervalued nationally
• Bob Stoops and OU not to be outdone by their lil brothers is gunning for their sixth 10+ win season in the last seven years. In a vacuum, it would seem the discord over Bob's recent season's in Norman is a bit unfounded, but that's looking at the program from a distance

Pick: Okie State getting the points, it will be a close, hard fought game.
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SEC CG (Atlanta)
Alabama -24.5 vs Florida
4:00 pm CBS

• Do I really have to type something about Bama or do we all just sorta know? ... /carrying on
• If I am Jim McElwain and Oregon is willing to make my salary $10 million a year, I don't even fly back to Gainesville after getting curb stomped on Saturday. I'd be riding high on Phil Knight's supersonic jet to Eugene

Pick: Gulp ... Bama and the points.
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B1g Ten CG (Indianapolis)
Penn State vs Wisconsin -2.5
8:00 pm FOX

• Seems like 9 weeks ago I was making jokes about putting PSU in the P6, just so I could crap on them before they lost. That went about as well as Bronco Mendenhall playing multiple quaterbacks vs Bud Foster
• Wisky plays manball with amazing purity, they are led by a fantastic defense, and coupled with an opportunistic run and play action offense. In the weaker B1G Ten division, there is no reason they shouldn't reign supreme

Pick: Wisconsin by a late field goal. This will be their resume making win, in the best conference in 2016.
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ACC CG (Orlando)
Clemson -10.5 vs Virginia Tech
8:00 pm ABC

• The 2015 Tigers were better, but this is a damn good football team starting to gel at the right time. Other than Watson, the Clemson DL and WR units scare the bejesus out of me. They are coming in with house money and have been in enough big games to know not how to blow it
• Thank you 2016 Virginia Tech Hokies players, coaches and staff. You guys bouth in, worked hard and gutted your way to be here. It's been a pleasure. The talent is stacked heavily on the other side, so here's to you guys having the game of your lives

Pick: Clemson covering the points. The Tiger talent is too superior and even the best wrinkle or two in the world can't mask that difference ... but we comin'.
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Beer of the Week:

Cigar City Lactobacillus Peach Grove
This sacrifice to the Florida Man gods seems appropriate for the ACC CG in the Citrus Bowl. Should be another solid sour offering from my favorite Florida brewery.

Picks are against the spread. Happy picking as this is the final week ... good luck.

Review:
Colorado vs Washington -7.5
Temple at Navy -3.5
Oklahoma State at Oklahoma -11.5
Alabama -24.5 vs Florida
Penn State vs Wisconsin -2.5
Clemson -10.5 vs Virginia Tech