It's Week 5 and while its a bit flat nationally, conference games are starting to get hot and heavy. There are some important tone setting matchups that are worth our attention. The ACC Coastal dream (or is it nightmare?) of all 7 teams finishing 4-4 is alive and well. Though its going to take work by Miami not to screw that up. The Canes would be wise to win this week or you can all but count them out of not making the ACC Championship Game again.
This is a reminder of what no player from Miami has yet
The Games
Thursday, September 25th
UCLA -4.5 at Arizona State
10:00 pm FS1
Dorks, even party schools have em
- A Quarter of the season is over and UCLA, the preseason media darling needs to shit or get off the playoff pot
- Thursday night football in the Valley of the Sun, means no class for 2 days, lots of cheap beer, cheaper ladies and oh yeah, a game to go to in between
Pick: ASU getting the points. I am not sold on UCLA, even if Hundley plays. I like the homedog on a Thursday night showcase game.
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Saturday, September 27th
Tennessee at Georgia -17.5
12:00 pm ES[M
- The steaming pile that is the SEC East and it's apparently still too good for Mark Richt and the dawgs
- You know what the SEC East would be full on ACC Coastal, if the Vawls beat Georgia, just two weeks after getting boat raced by Oklahoma
Pick: Vawls with a backdoor cover in garbage time.
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Stanford -7.5 at Washington
4:00 pm FOX
Real > Fake
- UDub isn't close to a finished product and it's going to take a full season for Chris Peterson to make the Huskies his, but we'll know a lot more about how good they are in 2014 after Saturday
- I dare anyone to try and find a more boring offense than Stanford's. I'm team manball through and through, but a lil sizzle is ok from time to time
Pick: UDub getting the points as home dogs and the play it close to the vest nature of the Cardinal keeping it low scoring.
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Missouri at South Carolina -5.5
7:00 pm ESPN
- Any given Saturday and all, but to IU? Mizzou, you lost at home to INDIANA. Look ahead game or not, that's the dregs of the B1G and now you're that conference's marquee win
- After the UGA win, "The Stylin', profilin', limousine riding, jet flying, kiss-stealing, wheelin' n' dealin' son of a gun!"OBC is back. Long live the Kang
Pick: Mizzou getting the points, theyll come out focused and looking to atone for last week's debacle.
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Duke at Miami -7.5
7:30 pm ESPN2
- Uggh, it's week 5 and I am already dropping a 2 loss team on the Six Pick. Good job, good effort Canes
- The defending and overlooked ACC Coastal Champs, are this week's driver seat team. They look legit, but I said that about VT and Pitt before them
Pick: Duke getting the points, winning out right, playing backups. Are you kidding me? Ill take the well coached team over da U.
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Oregon State at USC -9.5
10:30 pm ESPN
You mean all I had to do was be the school mascot? /shakes fist at sky
- Most will have "east coast bias" which is also code for "I've been drinking for 12 hours, I passed out at midnight." However, if sober and just sitting around pulling tongue why not?
- Seven win Steve has his course charted and we'll just have to watch to see where his team shits the bed
Pick: USC by a couple of touchdowns. The Beavers just aren't physical enough to make the Trojans pay.
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BoW
St George Black Forest Ale
I'll be attending a neighbor's Miketobefest party on Saturday night, his session beer from St George's will get a lot of personal consumption. Drinking this for hours on hours isn't too bad at all.
Picks are made AGAINST THE SPREAD.
Review:
UCLA -4.5 at ASU
Vawls at Dawgs -17.5
Tree -7.5 at UDub
Mizzou at Sakerlina -5.5
Devils at Canes -7.5
The other, other OSU at SoCal-9.5
Comments
Arizona State
Georgia
Washington
South Carolina
Duke
USC
AZ State
Tennessee
UW
USCe
Duke
USCw
ASU
Georgia
Stanford
South Carolina
Duke
USC
ASU +4.5
Vawls +17.5
UDub +7.5
Sakerlina -5.5
Canes -7.5
SoCal-9.5
ASU
Tenn
Stanford
SCar
Miami
USCw
ASU
UT
Stanford
South Carolina
Duke
USCw
ASU +4.5 : Think UCLA's luck runs out
UT +17.5 : #goseceast
Stanford -7.5 : manball might be boring but i'd enjoy seeing some good run blocking
USC-E -5.5 : Ole Ball Coach
Duke +7.5 : crazy seeing them being underdogs
SoCal -9.5 : trojans ram the beavers, still need a usc-e vs oregon state bowl game someday
ASU
Tennessee (gross)
Warshington
South Kakalaki
Duke
USC
Beer: yes please
ASU
Dawgs
Tree
Sakerlina
Devils
SoCal
ASU
UGA
Washington
USCe
Duke
USCw
UCLA -4.5 at ASU - Devils
Vawls at Dawgs -17.5 - Can Ooooga beat up on the creamsicles? Yes.
Tree -7.5 at UDub - Make like a Tree and get the F&%# out. I think UW surprises some.
Mizzou at Sakerlina -5.5 - They're almost maroon. Gamecocks
Devils at Canes -7.5 - Devils
The other, other OSU at SoCal-9.5 - Oregon! Wait, oSu? Oh! oh. Condoms.
ASU I bet with my heart, not my mind
Dawgs Will Tennessee have the ball enough to cover? No
Tree Washington only keeps it withing a score for so long
Cocks Are hard to bring down once aroused
Devils easy cover, most likely win outright
Trojans anyone else bothered by the Roman-esque mascot vs the nickname?
Arizona State
Georgia
Stanford
South Carolina
Duke
USC
Arizona State
Vols
Stanford
Sakerlina
Duke
USC
UCLA
Tenn
Stanford
South Carolina
Miami
USC
UCLa
Georgia
Stanford
Mizzou
Duke
USC
ASU
Georgia
Stanford
USCe
Duke
USCw
ASU
Dawgs
Tree
Mizzou
Devils
SoCal
Arizona State
Georgia
Stanford
USCe
Miami
USCw
UCLA
Dawgs
Huskies
Sakerlina
Devils
OSU
I'll take:
ASU
UT
STAN
USCe
Duke
U$C
BoW:
I like the brewery, but haven't had that specific beer.
Also, I went to Wild Wolf and DB last Friday on the way up to Blacksburg. Good setting, not as picturesque as DB, but more intimate. Good food and plenty of beers to choose from. My personal favorite was 'Wee Heavy', their Scottish Style Brown Ale. Great roasted malt taste with a hint of caramel and a (wee) bit of a hoppy finish. High ABV%.
DB was awesome as expected; can't believe it took me so long to get there.
i've been to DB, I'll hit WW one day. We'll have to meet up for beers one day at Ynot.
5 minutes from my house. Always looking for fellow Hokie, craft beer drinkers.
ASU
UGA
Stanford
South Curlina
DOOK
Trojans top the beavers in the annual "condom bowl"
ASU
UGA
WASH
Carolina
Duke
USC
ASU
UT
Stanford
South Carolina
Duke
USCw
Devils
Dawgs
Huskies
Cocks
Devils
Trojans
ASU
Vols
Stanford
USCe
Duke
USCw
ASU +4.5
Dawgs -17.5
Tree -7.5
Mizzou -5.5
Devils +7.5
SoCal-9.5
ASU
Dawgs
Tree
USCe
BDevils
USCw
ASU
GA
Stanford
USC1
Duke
USC2
Strong 5-1 last week, let's do it again...
1. Sun Devils - my HS ripped off their devil logo
2. Dawgs
3. Trees
4. Cocks
5. da U - I have no real confidence in this pick
6. Trojans
I won't be able to watch most of these games as I am FINALLY going back to Blacksburg for the game!!
Man ASU's QB isn't playing in this game so I don't know....I'll succumb to peer pressure and go with ASU getting th epoints
Dawgs
Stanford
USCe
Duke for points and the win
USCw
UCLA
Vols (and the Bill Dance Hat)
Stanford
The G Cocks
Dook
USCw
UCLA
Dawgs
Tree
Sakerlina
Canes
SoCal
ASU is without Kelly, UCLA has an injured Hundley, but I'll take UCLA
Dawgs
Dogs
Mizzou
DOOK
USCw
UCLA
Dwags
Sakerlina
Stanford
d00k (#CHAOS)
USCw
Don't forget Stanford vs. Washington
Thanks for pointing that out. Mayb e I was suffering flashbacks to the 2011 Orange Bowl...
ASU +4.5
Jorgia-17.5
Stanferd -7.5
USCe-5.5
Dook +7.5
USCw -9.5
Playing a one-day member guest this Saturday. Not sure about beer...but might be something in the British family for the Ryder Cup. Maybe some Bellhaven.
My dad's all time favorite ale, though I prefer the Belhaven Wee Heavy.
The Best on draught, in Scotland is solid, and very quaffable for long periods of time.
Cheers to your dad, and you!
ASU
UGA
Stanford
USCe
Duke
USCw
Az St.
UGA
Stanford
Mizzou
Duke
USC
FORKS
VOLS
Tree
Head Ball Coach
Dookies
Trojans
ASU
Tenn
UDub
USC
Duke
USC
ASU
UGA
STAN
USC
DUKE
usC
UCLA
UGA
Stanford
Cocks
Duke
USCw
so far not wolf hills in the 757. can't wait to try one day.
First one I've had so far. I was very pleased. Easy to drink and not sweet.
I found it at Vintage Cellar in the Burg.
ASU
TN
STANFORD
MIZZOU
DUKE
USC
Doin' Bruins
Dawgs between the Hedges
Dubya does enough
Ole Ball Coach
Canes cover... I would like the Dookies better in Durham.
Beavers...These Trojans are filled with holes, and that's the last thing you want when hooking up with the Beavers.
Az St.
UGA
Stanford
South Carolina
Duke
USC
UCLA
Tenn
Stanford
S. Carolina
Duke
USC
ASU
UGA
Stanford
S.CAR
Duke
USC
Review:
UCLA -4.5 at ASU
Vawls at Dawgs -17.5
Tree -7.5 at UDub
Mizzou at Sakerlina -5.5
Devils at Canes -7.5
The other, other OSU at SoCal-9.5
UCLA
Dawgs
Nerds (Stanford)
Mizzou
Dook
USC
ASU
Georgia
Stanford
South Carolina
Duke
USC
ASU
Dawgs
Stanford
Mizzou
Canes
USC-9.5
UCLA -4.5 at ASU
Vawls at Dawgs -17.5
Stanford -7.5 at UDub
Mizzou at Sakerlina -5.5
Devils at Canes -7.5
The other, other OSU at SoCal-9.5
Arizona State
Georgia
Washington
South Carolina
Miami
USC
UCLA
Georgia
Washington
South Carolina
Duke
THE Oregon State University
Arizona State
Tennessee
Stanford
South Carolina
Duke
Oregon State
UCLA
UGA
Stanford
South Carolina
Duke
USC
UCLA
Georgia
Stanford
South Carolina
Miami
USC
Arizona State
Tennessee
Stanford
South Carolina
Miami
USC
UCLA
Vawls
Tree
Sakerlina
Devils
SoCal
First two weeks I drink and we are 2-0, last two weeks no drinking and 0-2. Just like Corey Smith, I'm drinkin again. Shiner White Wing it is.
ummm, drink a lot more.
6-0 last week means 0-6 this week
Devils
Vols
Trees
Tigers
Blue Devils
Trojans
UCLA
Dawgs
UDub
Sakerlina
Devils
USC
ASU
Dawgs
UDub
Sakerlina
Devils
The other, other OSU
ASU
Dawgs
UDub
Sakerlina
Devils
SoCal
UCLA
UGA
Washington
USCe
Duke
USC
ASU
Tennessee
Stanford
South Carolina
Duke
Devils at Canes -7.5
USCw
ASU
Tennessee
Washington
Missouri
Duke
USCw
Beer: I'll be buying a couple Oktoberfest/Marzen styles this Friday. Plus I have a few gallons of my Orange Effect hoppy amber ale still kegged.
ASU
Dawgs
Tree
Sakerlina
Devils
USC
Devils
Volunteers
Stanford
Cocks
Dook
SoCal
These lines look like the easiest I have seen so far this season... so I'll probably go 0-fer. Here goes anyway.
Arizona State
Tennessee
Washington
South Carolina
Duke
Southern California
ASU
Vawls
Stanford
Cocks
Dook
SoCal
ASU
Tennessee
Stanford
Cocks
da U (isn't back)
SoCal
ASU
Georgia
Stanford
South Carolina
Duke
USC
UCLA
Tenn
Trees
USCe
Dook
USC (the real one)
UCLA
Tennessee
Stanford
South Carolina
Duke
USC
UCLA
UGA
Stanford
Mizzou
Duke
USC
ASU
UGA
Stanford
Sakerlina
Duke
USC
ASU
Dawgs
UDub
Sakerlina
Devils
SoCal
Devils roll
Dawgs
Huskies
USCe
Devils, blue.
USCw
My theme for this week's picks were canines, demons, and SCs.
One of these weeks I'll put it all together.
ASU
Dawgs
Washington
Mizzou
Devils
USCw
Arizona State
Tennessee
Stanford
South Carolina
Duke
USC
ASU
Tenn
Stanford
USC
Miami
USC
ASU
Dawgs
Stanford
Cocks
Duke
Usc
UCLA
UGA
Stanford
Cocks
Miami
OSU
ASU
Georgia
Stanford
Mizzou
Duke
"Why does the NCAA hate us"U (SoCal)
ASU
TN
WA
SC
Duke
USC
UCLA
Dawgs
Tree
Mizzou
Devils
SoCal but just barely covering
trying out a new brewery this week
Veterans United Craft Brewing.
ASU
UGA
Stanford
Sakerlina
Miami
USCw
ASU
Tenn
Washington
Go Gamecocks!
Duke
Southern Cal
UCLA
Dawgs
UDub
Sakerlina
Devils
SoCal
UCLA
rocky Top
Tree
Carolina
AZ State
South Cal
ASU
Dawgs
Washington
USCe
Devils
USCw
UCLA
Georgia
Stanford
South Carolina
Miami
USC
UCLA -4.5 at ASU
Vawls at Dawgs -17.5
Tree -7.5 at UDub
Mizzou at Sakerlina -5.5
Devils at Canes -7.5
The other, other OSU at SoCal-9.5
UCLA
TENN
Standford
USCe
Duke
USCw
UCLA
Tenn
Nerds
South Carolina
Bigger Nerds
Oregon State
ASU
Dawg
Stan
Cock
Devils
Socal
Bought it for the label, but a nice find.
all of their seasonals now feature cracked out animals.
UCLA
Volunteers
Washington
the Zou
da U
Trojans
ASU
Tenn
Stanford
USCe
Duke
USCw
UCLA
Vawls 17
Tree
Sakerlina
Canes 7.0
SoCal
UCLA -4.5
Vawls +17.5
Udub +7.5
Sakerlina -5.5
Devils +7.5
The other, other OSU +9.5
UCLA
Tennessee
Stanford
South Carolina
Duke
USC
ASU with the win outright.
Dawgs covering as they just hand the ball off to Gurley, Michel, and Chubb and try to impress everyone by beating a bad UT squad.
Tree. U-Dub gonna take a few years to get Petersen-good
Sakerlina. Mizzou hasn't looked phenomenal, even with Maty Mauk.
Devils. Prop bet: Stacy Coley is still the fastest guy on the field.
USCw laying the points. Losing Brandin Cooks to my fantasy football team hurts OreSU.
ASU
Dawgs
Stanford
Cocks
Blue Devils
USC
ASU
Tenn
Wash
USC
Duke
Oregon St
ASU
UCLA hasn't put it together yet. Well the football team hasn't. The cheerleaders are spot on. The matchup of these two teams would probably be one of the best tailgates to attend to gawk at..,well..., tailgaters (male or female) if their fan bases actually traveled 15 miles or more from their campus.
Rest of the picks when I have beer in me.
And on to the rest of the picks now that I am properly sauced.
Dawgs
Mark Richt has lost control of the SEE EEE CEE EEEEST. The loser of the UGA/USCe game has on the division the last couple years. I think I heard that or something like that or something not remotely close to that so I am just going to go with that and say UGA will cover. They have a player named Chubb, what else do you need.
UDub
I am going with the home team here. Being that Stanford is worse in the redzone than our beloved Hokies I am thinking UDub at the very least covers.
Mizzou
With Missouri losing to the future B1G champ (?), I think they will come out and at least cover.
Devils
Can you smell it? Basketball season is just around the corner and the Cameron Crazies are getting ready for it. I expect at least 18 or 19 Duke football fans to be in attendance. I never really question Vegas but daU being favored is quite perplexing.
OSU
I for one will be watching this game. I will have my first beer around 9:20am PST but will pace myself throughout the day. I may not make it through the whole game but I will give it an old man's try. For reasons I won't get into I am picking the Beavs as a shout out to my friend Hailey, a big OSUpnw fan living in Eugene. Mike Riley is always good for an upset.
Beer tonight is brought to you by Fremont Pale Ale. My wife is away tonight so I went to a bar to watch some football and have a few drinks. It is the middle of Octoberfest and most of their taps were dedicated to that. Their pilsner/lager selection was nil so I went with the Fremont Universal Pale Ale. It was meh, at best.
Go Hokies!
ASU
Dawgs
Tree
Sakerlina
Devils
SoCal
Arizona State U
Tennessee, chaos is fun, UGA has issues
Stanford, close game
USCe, poor Mizzou
Duke, all the way. Will see how they handle being ranked
Cal Southern rolls big.
Drinking some delirium this weekend. Helps keep the pain that is the Hokie running game from depressing me.
Arizona State
Georgia
Washington
South Carolina
Duke
USCw
Review:
UCLA -4.5
UGA -17.5
WAS +7.5
So. Car. -5.5
Devils +7.5
Oregon State +9 and a hook
Devils win outright
Dawgs win, UT gets the points
Stanford wins and covers
USCe wins, zou gets the points
Duke wins outright....and I agree, it ain't even gonna be close
USCw wins and covers
UCLA by a TD
UT covers but loses by a late FG
UDub covers and wins
USCe wins in a blowout
Duke wins by 1
USCw wins by 3 TD's and covers easily
ASU
UT
Stanford
USCe
The U
OSU
ASU
Tennessee
Stanford
USCe
Duke
USCw
ASU
Georgia
WashU
Sakerlina
Dook
USC
ASU
UGA
Stanford
USCe
Duke
USC
I know this is late..I haven't turned the game on so I have no idea what the score is..
UCLA/ASU hasn't kicked off anyway
The game isn't the only thing you've turned on now
/giggity
UCLA - Woops
Vawls - beating spread
Tree - Manball
Sakerlina - Don't buy that Mizzou is ever going to win consistently.
Devils - beating spread
The other, other OSU at SoCal-9.5
Who would have thought that UCLA would decide to play like the team we thought they were at the beginning of the season?