Week Eleven did not disappoint. K-State, Michigan State, Auburn and Notre Dame were all escorted off the the Playoff four dance floor. Week Twelve while not as hyped top to bottom has plenty of top seed loss potential. Unless you have a dog in the fight, root for chaos. Plus more losses means a lot more College Football Playoff Committee dumb rankings and real and faux outrage around the country.
Nick Saban as the Governor ... *dead* #LSUFreek is the best
Week 12 Games
Saturday, November 15th
Ohio State -11.5 at Minnesota
12:00 pm ABC
#GOPHERBALL > #MANBALL
- The Buckeyes drunk and freshly tatted from the smiting of Spartans are in a for a rude 11 am, 25 degree awakening in Minnesota against a solid football team. I smell let down
- I'm sure none of us know much about the Gophers, but 7-2 is 7-2 and they deserve to break up the Pac12 and SEC OOC monopoly
Pick: Minnesota getting the points and ugling it up for an emotionally flat Buckeyes team.
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Clemson -3.5 at Georgia Tech
12:00 pm ESPN
- Don't look now but the Jackets are 7-2 and are not out of the ACC Coastal race. Love or really hate the asshole, but CPJ can coach a lil bit
- Chad Morri's offense is usually the tits, but it's not much better than the crap VT puts on the field when he starts a shit ass qb. Here's to a healthy Deshaun Watson
Pick: Clemson by a touchdown because I believe in Deshaun Watson, the 2015 ACC PoY.
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Mississippi State at Alabama -7.5
3:30 pm CBS
- By my math ESPN Gameday (in Tuscaloosa) will spend 100 minutes of the 96 minutes allotted to on screen commentary to this game, which won't be near enough for the fine folks from Mississippi and Alabama
- I don't like Finebaum or Cowherd, but I will make ESPN Radio appointment listening if Miss St beats Alabama, to hear the Cowherd Bama Troll and the exquisite Phyllis from Melba give well reasoned retort
Pick: MSU getting the points in a very close loss.
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Nebraska at Wisconsin -6.5
3:30 pm ABC
The real rivalry trophy should be loser gets claim to and has to wear these fugly overalls til next year
- Nebraska and Wisconsin now play for the Freedom trophy in some made up rivalry. If we can about making shit up that isn't there, I propose VT and Duke play for the Raycom TV trophy
- No snark, but the B1G Ten West is a pretty compelling race. Nebraska, Minnesota and Wisconsin are all tied for first place and play each other over the next 3 weeks. I should watch?
Pick: Nebraska getting the points, likely winning outright. Cat friendly Bo Pelini is the best Bo Pelini.
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Auburn at Georgia -2.5
7:15 pm ESPN
- One fan base is going to have a team with 3 losses with a potential for 4 by season's end ... that's the lunatic fringe and totally worth rubberneckin' on the information superhighway
- Mark Richt and UGA fans are going to look back at these last few seasons and wonder in disgust why they didn't run roughshod over the SEC East in the early 2010's
Pick: Auburn winning outright in a shootout.
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Florida State -1.5 at Miami
8:00 pm ABC
1987 Canes to Jameis, "F your Swagger, F it right in the ...."
- Al Golden is now on his 15th try at getting program defining win. However, it's not a must win as Al's contract isn't up until after 2019, he'll have another 20 opportunities not to get that win
- My personal quandary ... watching FSU lose, that costs the ACC money and to the benefit of the U, but then I can take much joy in fsu fan's misery and shoving it #fsutwitter without relent. Tough call, but seeing the no loss Noles passed by the one loss Ducks this week was twitter gold
Pick: FSU covering. Hell, anything less than 7 points, I'm taking the noles, I don't care if Duke Johnson does run for 200 yards this game.
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Beer of the Week:
Bruery Black Tuesday
A beer nerd friend of mine is being stationed in Germany for a year, he's having a Bruery bottleshare from his personal collection. It's a can't miss, as all are tough to get, highlighted by Black Tuesday an Imperial Stout aged in Bourbon barrels for over a year. Rich caramel, toasted malt, vanilla, burnt wood, anise are just a few of the many flavors of this rich, decadent imperial stout.
Review:
tOSU -11.5 at Minnesota
Clemson -3.5 at GT
Mississippi State at Bama -7.5
Nebraska at Wisky -6.5
Auburn at Georgia -2.5
FSU -1.5 at the U
Comments
tOSU -11.5 at Minnesota - Gophers
Clemson -3.5 at GT - I think it's time for GT to start Clemson-ing - Tigers
Mississippi State at Bama -7.5 - Miss St.
Nebraska at Wisky -6.5 - Badgerbadgerbadgerbadger
Auburn at Georgia -2.5 - Mushroom Mushroom (UGA)
FSU -1.5 at the U - Can't they both lose game of the week...Nole$
Minnesota
Clemson
Miss St.
Nebraska
Auburn
FSU
Don't have enough turkey legs to post this on its own page, but did anyone else catch this kick fro Boykin?
Maybe we should have used him as a kicker...
Yep, there's already a thread for this, as well as a duplicate that was deleted because, well it was a duplicate.
Minnesota
Clemson
Miss St
Wisconsin
Auburn
FSU
OSU (b/c we want them to win the NC; gives us something good to say about our team to the haters)
GT (Clemson is going to slip up in this one)
Mississippi State (due to Lane Kiffin)
Nebraska (why not)
Auburn (better overall team)
FSU (just don't see the Hurricanes doing it; should be good game though)
OSU
Clemson
MSU
Nebraska
UGA
FSU
Minnesota
Clemson
CLANGA
Nebraska
Georgia
FSU
tOSU -11.5
Clemson -3.5
Mississippi State +7.5
Nebraska +6.5
Auburn +2.5
FSU -1.5
Buckeyes
Klempson
Miss. St
Wisconsin
Aubie
FSU
Minnesota
Clemson
Mississippi State
Wisconsin
Auburn
FSU
Minnesota
Clemson
Mississippi State
Wisconsin
Auburn
Florida State
tOSU
GT
Mississippi State
Nebraska
Georgia
FSU
tOSU
Clemson
Bama
Wisky
Auburn
FSU
Minnesota
Clemson
Alabama
Wisconsin
Georgia
Florida State
tOSU
GT
Mississippi State
Nebraska
Georgia
FSU
Not even worth fighting that Beer of the Week option. Hats off to it.
1-5 last week, going against my gut on all 6 this week (WHY NOT?!?!)
Golden Gophers
Rambling wreck
Dak's boys
Badgerzzz
Dawgs
Noles
Minnesota
Clemson
Mississippi State
Nebraska
Auburn
FSU
Gone a few weeks in a row of 3-3, trying to get the 6-0 to get to .500 on the year but more realistic might be to just catch BeerControlOffense
tOSU -11.5 at Minnesota : Urban Meyer will have team fired up trying to show they should be in playoffs
Clemson at GT +3.5 : QB has been out so long might be rusty first game
Mississippi State +7.5 at Bama : Saban's crew is beat up while Bulldogs are well rested and focused
Nebraska +6.5 at Wisky : Think Nebraska gets over 9 wins this year
Auburn +2.5 at Georgia : Hope UGA fires Mark Richt...
FSU -1.5 at the U : FSU is on that NWO type of feel right now
Ohio State
Clemson
Mississippi State
Nebraska
Georgia
Florida State
Minnesota (but not winning)
EDIT: Clemson (I just saw that Watson is back)
Mississippi State
Nebraska
Georgia
FSU
I don't think I've ever picked this many dogs before...
I'm going underdog heavy this week because that's more fun anyway:
Minnesota
Clemson
Mississippi State (Like many of you I hate Alabama)
Wisconsin (really a toss up for me..should be an entertaining game)
Auburn
Da U (I hate Jameis and I can not see him going undefeated before he turns pro, and when will the bad karma finally get to Jimbo's team)
Minnesota
Clemson
Mississippi State (I like chaos and I think Bama wins, but not by more than a touchdown)
Nebraska (two 200 yard potential tailbacks if healthy)
Auburn
F$U (until proven on the field, only the rankings can beat fsu* *I hope they lose to BC next week just for the heck of it)
tOSU
GT
Mississippi State
Nebraska
Auburn
FSU
Minnesota
GT
Bama
Nebraska
Auburn
FSU
Ohio St
Clemson
Miss St
Nebraska
Auburn
FSU
tOSU -11.5
Clemson -3.5
Mississippi State +7.5
Nebraska +6.5
Auburn -2.5
Jameis -1.5
Ohio State
Clemson
Mississippi State
Nebraska
Auburn
FSU
tOSU
Clemson
Mississippi State
Nebraska
Auburn
FSU
Ohio State
Klempson
Alabama
Wisconsin
Auburn
FSU
Ohio State
GT
Bama
Braska
UGA
FSU
Ohio State
GT
Mississippi State
Wisky
Georgia
FSU
tOSU
Clemson
Mississippi State
Nebraska
Auburn
FSU
tOSU -11.5 (I'm going to ride OSU until they throw me off)
GT +3.5 (Watson or not, Clemson has been very unimpressive this year)
Bama -7.5 (Toughest call of the week because of that hook)
Wisky -6.5 (Two surprisingly good teams, but I like where the Wisky running attack is right now)
Auburn +2.5 (the UGA rush defense was not so bueno against UF)
FSU -1.5 (Who does Jameis have?)
tOSU
GT
Bama
Nebraska
Georgia
FSU
Minn
Clem
Miss St
Neb
Aub
FSU
Buckeyes
Tigers
Roll Tide
Huskers
The DAWGS
Noles
I hate OSU...but the gophers suck. bucknuts
Techmo
Miss St
Fat Road Graders (Wisc)
UGA - gurley is hee man eagle hater
FSU
Gophers
GT
Mississippi State
Wisky
Georgia
THE U
Going with all road teams -
OSU
Clemson
Miss. St.
Nebraska
Auburn
FSU
Not that the PIck 6 topic doesn't deserve an upvote errrry week, I gave it one this week because of the Nick Saban as the Governor pic. Nicely done. Very nicely done.
Buckeyes cover like the blanket those fans are going to need this weekend.... Brrrrrrrr!
Tiggers cover
Bama makes a statement by covering easy. This Mississippi nonsense has to stop.
Badgers cover
Auburn and points
Noles cover... OT - I hope Duke Johnson doesn't get hurt this time. I really like watching that kid run.
tOSU -11.5 at Minnesota - They want in the playoffs
Clemson -3.5 at GT - The Clemson Defense will be the buzz kill
Mississippi State at Bama -7.5 - They might not win, but they will keep it closer than that.
Nebraska at Wisky -6.5 At home, and they have beaten the same teams by a bigger margin.
Auburn at Georgia -2.5 - Auburn is ANGRY at being excluded
FSU -1.5 at the U - FSU is going to blow out the storm.
Minnesota
GT
MSU
Nebraska
UGA
FSU
Buckeyes win and cover
Yellow Jackets cover
Cowbell Tech wins outright
Huskers keep it close
UGa wins and covers
Seminoles win and cover
Minnesota
Clemson
Mississippi State
Nebraska
Auburn
Florida State
And because I'm going to the UT-UK game this weekend
(18-6)
Ohio State
Georgia Tech
Alabama
Wisconsin
Auburn
Florida State
I used the Mascot Death Match method of picking games and came up with:
Gophers over Buckeyes (can a nut really fight?)
Tigers over A Ramblin' Wreck (again, how can a wreck fight?)
Elephants over Bulldogs (However if you see Bama as being represented by a roll of tp and a box of Tide then the dog wins)
Cornhuskers over Badgers (yeah a guy that shucks corn all day should be able to kill a rodent, but he may come back with some nasty cuts and scrapes)
Tigers (or War Eagles) over Bulldogs (not a good weekend to be a bulldog)
And using this method I have to say Hurricanes over Seminoles as I'm not sure how an Indian would defeat a hurricane. (I actually think that FSU will win this game but had to stick to the method. However, I REALLY would like to see both lose)
There it is folks the undeniable Mascot Death Match method of picking sporting events, go place your bets now. "Let's get it on!"
Remember that buckeye nuts are poisonous!
Good point. But he doesn't have to eat it, he could just crush it, or throw it far, far away.
Well that didn't work out for me, did it?
Loss
Loss
Win
Loss
Loss
Loss (although I expected it)
1-5 Damn.
At least Tech won, and makes it all better :)
tOSU
GT
Mississippi State
Nebraska
Georgia
Miami
If we win:
If we lose:
After a great 5-1 week, I think I can make it to the top with a couple more great weeks like that...
OSU - I normally go against a 2 digit spread, but I think OSU can get this one.
GT - Because Clemson has really stunk it up, and GT has just been laying on points lately.
Miss St - The tide can roll straight to hell for all I care.
Wisconsin - meh coin toss
Auburn - War Eagle!
FSU - Because they talk about Jameis as much as Fox/CBS/ESPN show Pete Carroll in between plays on Sundays.
OSU
Clemson
Mississippi State
Nebraska
Auburn
Miami
Minnesota
Clemson
Miss St
Nebraska
Auburn
FSU
Ohio State - only VT can take down such a highly talented team
Georgia Tech - Death by a thousand cuts = clemsoning
Alabama - The SEC sucks
Wisconsin - run, run some more, run often
Auburn - The SEC sucks
The U - Jameis point shaves both halves this week
Ohio state - they're passed and on a mission
Clemson cuz I like Watson
mississississsississippi state (I think I spelled it right)
Wisconsin
Auburn
FSU
Buckeyes
Tigers
Tide
Huskers
War Eagle
Noles
Minnesota
GT
MSU
HUSKERS
DOGS
Noles
Minnesota
Clemson
Alabama
Nebraska
Auburn
FSU
Minnesota
Clemson
Mississippi State
Nebraska
Georgia
FSU
Ohio State
Clemson
Mississippi State
Nebraska
Auburn
FSU
Can't say I feel comfortable about picking all road teams here, but I'll stick with my gut.
OSU
Clemson
Mississippi State
Nebraska
Auburn
FSU
OSU
GT
MSU
Wisconsin
Auburn
The U
tOSU
Clemson
Mississippi State
Nebraska
Auburn
FSU
OSU
Clemson
Bama
Nebraska
Auburn
FSU
Minnesota
Clemson
Bulldogs
Nebraska
Auburn
Fsu
Gophers
Jackets
Dawgs
Huskers
Tigers
Seminoles
MN
GT
AL
WI
GA
The U
Brohio State
GiT
Mississippi State
Nebraska
Auburn
Free Shoes U
OSU
GT
Miss St.
Wisc.
Auburn
FSU
tOSU -11.5
Clemson -3.5
Mississippi State +7.5
Wisky -6.5
Georgia -2.5
FSU -1.5
Ended up with a few bottles of this...100 point Brett beer from Wicked Weed. Their Serenity. No matter the outcome this weekend against Duke, at least I'll have some serenity..............
Minn.
Clemson
Bama
Nebraska
Auburn
FSU
I can't believe I'm still picking this season... well, let the mediocrity continue.
tOSU
GT
Miss. St.
Wisconsin
Auburn
FSU
1. Gophers
2. Klempson
3. Moo U
4. Huskers
5. Auburn
6. da U
Minnesota
Clemson
Bama
Wisky
Georgia
FSU
Ohio state
Clemson
Miss. St
Badgers
Georgia
Noles
Ohio State
Clemson
Mississippi State
Nebraska
Auburn
FSU
Minnesota - Sorry to do this to you Minnesota
Clemson - Refuse to ever believe in GT
Bama - Doing work to jump in front of FSU
Nebraska - Points and win
Auburn - Why not?
FSU - Win but still not going to be in first... Wheeee
OSU
Clemson
Bama
Wisconsin
Auburn
FSU
Minnesota
Clemson
Mississippi State
Nebraska
Auburn
FSU
Ohio State
Georgia Tech
Mississippi State
Wisconsin
Auburn
FSU
tOSU
GT
Mississippi statle
Nebraska
Auburn
FSU
tOSU -11.5 at Minnesota
Clemson -3.5 at GT GT
Mississippi State at Bama -7.5 MSU
Nebraska at Wisky -6.5 Children of the CORN
Auburn at Georgia -2.5 Auburn
FSU -1.5 at the U FSU
Who are you picking in game one?
Minnesota
Klempson
Miss St.
Wiscanson
Auburn
FSU
Minnesota
Clemson
Mississippi State
Wisconsin
Georgia
FSU
OSU
Clemson
Alabama
Nebraska
Auburn
FSU
Golden Gophers
Clemson
Cowbell
Blackshirts
War Eagle
Semenholes
Minnesota!
GT
#HailState
Nebraska
Auburn
Da U is back!!!!
His and hers sixes:
Me: Minnesota covers French: Ohio wins
Me: Clemson French: Ga Tech
Me: Roll Tide. French: Mississippi State
Me: Huskers. French: Nebraska
Me: Georgia. French: Auburn
Me: FSU. French: FSU
anOSU
Clemson
Mississippi State
Wisky
Auburn
FSU