Hey guys, I miss the days, when things were going great. Man, we get spoiled here, quick. Let's be real, there are tiers in college football. They go something like this: Bama at 1, 2 through 6 are very good teams, 8-14 or so are good teams then 15 through 80 who are any given Saturday. After are mostly turds.
Hipster, 'neer or face of the Big XVII. For all that I hold dear, let's hope it's not the latter. I'm a 43 year old dad of 2 and I still can't live in a world where the cousin can have nice things.
Thursday, October 20th
Miami at Virginia Tech -6.5
7:00 pm ESPN
- Sweet, sweet victory fireworks would be nice. I do believe, Coach Fuente will have this team focused and the team will be much more crisp in executing the gameplan, on O and D this week. That said, the team is going to have dig down and show some mental toughness. I will not be easy
- On a very short week for UM the travel to Blacksburg must suck. I really hope the bus driver from the Roanoke airport takes the 460 route instead of the interstate
Pick: VT laying the points. Total homer pick.
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Saturday, October 22nd
Wisconsin -3.5 at Iowa
12:00 pm ESPN
- So the Hawkeyes have home losses to Northwestern and North Dakota State and are only 3 and a half point homedogs. Vegas counting on a let down by Wisky?
- If r-Freshman QB Alex Hornibrook were a r-Junior the Badgers would be undefeated, that's how small the margin is for really good teams vs the college football elite
Pick: Wisky, they still have a path to the B1G Ten CG, they'll need win out though.
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TCU at West Virginia -6.5
3:30 pm ABC / ESPN2
- wvu hasn't faced the "meat" of the Big XVII schedule, and they'll lose eventually, but sooner would be better than later. Defense and running the ball, staples of the Air Raid philosophy, you know
- TCU beat Kansas, the worst P5 football team by one point. Sure they were still smarting from the beating they had just took from OU and were looking ahead to the bye, but Kansas is THE worst team in the P5
Pick: wvu is going to thump the Horned Frogs.
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Texas A&M at Alabama -18.5
3:30 pm CBS
- Nick Saban is a football GOD. Change talent, change coaches, change schemes ... it does not matter. I have no hot take, the process is in the golden era
- Maybe, I'm dumb, but I think aTm can slow down Bama's offense better than anyone else the Tide has played, now if the Aggie O can not give up defensive touchdowns, they can keep it within 20?
Pick: aTm getting the points, they'll by 14-17.
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Ohio State -19.5 at Penn State
8:00 pm ABC
- PSU at home, at night ... so it's a whiteout. What else you got to beat tOSU? Better coaching? Offense? Defense? Special Teams? Anything? Ok, I admit it, I like putting PSU in the P6 and correctly picking them to lose against the spread (and the game)
- Helluva game last week vs Wisky, the natural tendency is to relax a bit, will be interesting to see if Meyer can keep these guys hungry
Pick: PSU, catching the Buckeyes at a good time and OSU's 2nd week hostile environment game.
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Ole Miss at LSU -5.5
9:00 pm ESPN
- Ed Orgeron totally took his shirt off and damnit, i need video of it. LSU, Coach O needs to be the HC, don't fall for Herman or Jimbo, this is the guy the Bayou Bengals, the league, college football fans need
- Just ask any SEC fan, Ole Miss is the best 3 loss team in the nation. Hell, they are prolly better than any 2 loss team, even better than the two, 2 loss teams that beat them. SEC, PAWWLLL, SEC.
Pick: LSU, in a mini offensive and passion revival. This is signature win game for Coach O's resume.
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Beer of the Week:
Bruery Terreux - Jester King Imperial Cabinet
Pray for me, I have a beer event early Saturday afternoon and another a few hours later. The first is all blueberry sour beers, I'll need to light pour and load up on tums. The the latter, I am bringing this unique collaboration beer by Bruery Terreux - Jester King where they tried to brew a beer reminiscent of the Ramos gin fizz cocktail. The result gives herbal and floral notes, bright lemon and lime zest, orange blossom honey, vanilla, warm oak and comforting spices. Can't wait to share it.
Picks are against the spread.
Review:
Miami at Virginia Tech -6.5
Wisconsin -3.5 at Iowa
TCU at West Virginia -6.5
Texas A&M at Alabama -16.5
Ohio State a-18.5 t Penn State
Ole Miss at LSU -5.5
Comments
Miami at Virginia Tech -6.5 - agree, total homer pick
Wisconsin -3.5 at Iowa - easiest money of the week
TCU at West Virginia -6.5 - I hate myself for this
Texas A&M at Alabama -16.5 - that seems like a big number even for Alabama
Ohio State -18.5 at Penn State - on the other hand, I'm ok with this one even on the road
Ole Miss at LSU -5.5 - I still don't trust LSU and think Ole Miss wins
VT - not total homer pick, wait till i wrap up this weather report ill give you a hint it might get a bit...MESSY
Wisconsin - I have a feeling the badgers let out some pent out anger. god that OSU game was heart breaking last weekend was tough
West Virginia - they look pretty good
Texas A&M - bama always struggles a tad in this one
OSU - not sold on PSU yet
LSU - because swag Kelly is a turnover machine
VT
Wisconsin
Cousins
Bama
Penn St
Ole Miss
Miami at Virginia Tech -6.5
Wisconsin -3.5 at Iowa
TCU at West Virginia -6.5
Texas A&M at Alabama -16.5
Ohio State -18.5 at Penn State
Ole Miss at LSU -5.5
VT
Wisky
WVU
TAMU gets the points
tOSU
LSU
Miami at Virginia Tech -6.5 - Hokies. ANYONE THAT PICKS MIAMI IS A PHONY!! A BIG. FAT. PHONY!!!!!
Wisconsin -3.5 at Iowa - Wisconsin
TCU at West Virginia -6.5 - West Virginia
Texas A&M at Alabama -16.5 - aTm
Ohio State -18.5 at Penn State - Ohio State
Ole Miss at LSU -5.5 - LSU
Well, somebody could pessimistically pick Miami to beat the spread, but not to win....
Hokies
Wisconsin
West Virginia
Alabama
Ohio State
Ole Miss
Go Hokies!
Virginia Tech
Wisconsin
TCU
Alabama
Ohio State
LSU
VT
Wisconsin
West Virginia
Texas AM
PENN STATE
Ole Miss
Virginia Tech
Wisconsin
West Virginia
Alabama
Ohio State
Ole Miss
Gobble gobble bitches
Badgers
Cousins
Gig em
Buckeyes
Rebels
Virginia Tech (the O&M shades are on, but I smell a bounce-back)
Wisconsin
West Virginia
Texas A&M
Penn State
LSU
Virginia Tech
Wisconsin
West Virginia
Texas A&M
Penn State
Ole Miss
Virginia tech
Wisconsin
West Virginia
Texas A&M
Penn state
Ole miss
VT
Wisconsin
WVU
TAMU
OSU
Ole Miss
1. HOKIES
2. Wisconsin
3. Cousins
4. Texas A&M
5. Penn State
6. LSU
Miami at Virginia Tech -6.5 VT
Wisconsin -3.5 at Iowa Wisconsin
TCU at West Virginia -6.5 West Va.
Texas A&M at Alabama -16.5 T A&M
Ohio State a-18.5 t Penn State OSU
Ole Miss at LSU -5.5 Miss
Virginia Tech
Wisconsin
West Virginia
Texas A&M
Ohio State
Ole Miss
BudFu
Badgers
Neers
Rough Tough Real Stuff Texas A&M
Paterno St.
Rebs
Miami
Wisconsin
WVU
aTm
Penn St
Ole Miss
full disclosure: I intentionally picked Miami and didn't do pics. Because when I don't do pics my picks are always awful.
You're welcome.
first one to pick Miami, eh?
Miami (VT wins, but by only 3 or 4)
Wisconsin
WVU
aTm
anOSU
LSU
Never been so happy to get a pick wrong!
Virginia Tech
Iowa
TCU
Texas A&M
Penn State
Ole Miss
Drinking Coagulation, this delicious DIPA from Triple Crossing, at the tailgate tomorrow
Had some on the release day, that is some sweet, sweet nectar right there.
Amazing brew. On par with the Veil's best IPAs
bought 2 crowlers of it already ... shared with friends. not quite battle creek, but very good.
I was told they are going to bring back Battle Creek once their new location starts brewing in Nov/Dec
Miami
Wisconsin
WVU
A&M
Ohio St
Ole Miss
Virginia Tech
Wisconsin
West Virginia
Alabama
Ohio State
Ole Miss
Hokies
Wisconsin
WVU
A&M
PSU
LSU
Miami
Wisconsin
West Virginia
Alabama
Ohio State
Ole Miss
Miami
Wisconsin
TCU
Alabama
Ohio State
LSU
Hokies
Wisconsin
TCU
Texas A&M
Ohio State
LSU
Miami
Wisconsin
West Virginia
Alabama
Penn State
Ole Miss
Virginia Tech
Wisconsin
West Virginia
Alabama
Penn State
Ole Miss
Virginia Tech - when the Hokies are in the Six Pick, it's always a Homer pick.
Wisconsin
TCU
Texas A&M
Penn State
LSU
Beer: I made a Belgian Dubbel sort of beer last April and it's ready for consumption. Coming in at 7.7% it has a very floral/perfume-y and spicy nose with a medium mouthfeel. The taste has a bit more of a dark fruit and amber candy sugar flavor (my homebrew shop doesn't have dark candy sugar for some reason). Otherwise I will likely be bringing a few different beers for the tailgate, like Pettygrove's Change, a Pale Farmhouse made by Allagash and Deschutes for the Savor Craft Beer Event back in June.
niiiiiice
Miami at Virginia Tech -6.5
Wisconsin -3.5 at Iowa
TCU at West Virginia -6.5
Texas A&M at Alabama -16.5
Ohio State a-18.5 t Penn State
Ole Miss at LSU -5.5
Miami
Wisconsin
West Virginia
Alabama
Penn state
Ole Miss
Miami at Virginia Tech -6.5 (only to cover, no pitchforks on my hype train)
Wisconsin -3.5 at Iowa
TCU at West Virginia -6.5
Texas A&M at Alabama -16.5
Ohio State -18.5 at Penn State
Ole Miss at LSU -5.5
Miami (VT wins by 3)
Wisconsin
TCU
Alabama
Ohio State
Ole Miss
fuck it, Hokies
Bucky
wvu
Aggies
Penn State?
dacoachO
Virginia Tech
Wisconsin
West Virginia
Texas A&M
Penn State
LSU
Miami at Virginia Tech -6.5
Wisconsin -3.5 at Iowa
TCU at West Virginia -6.5
Texas A&M at Alabama -16.5
Ohio State a-18.5 t Penn State
Ole Miss at LSU -5.5
Miami at Virginia Tech -6.5
Wisconsin -3.5 at Iowa
TCU at West Virginia -6.5
Texas A&M at Alabama -16.5
Ohio State a-18.5 t Penn State
Ole Miss at LSU -5.5
Miami at Virginia Tech -6.5
Wisconsin -3.5 at Iowa
TCU at West Virginia -6.5
Texas A&M at Alabama -16.5
Ohio State a-18.5 t Penn State
Ole Miss at LSU -5.5
Virginia Tech
Wisconsin
West Virginia
Texas A&M
Ohio State
Ole Miss
Miami at Virginia Tech -6.5 (Sorry I think Miami wins this one)
Wisconsin -3.5 at Iowa
TCU at West Virginia -6.5
Texas A&M at Alabama -16.5
Ohio State -18.5 at Penn State
Ole Miss at LSU -5.5
Virginia Tech
Wisconsin
WVU
Bama
Ohio State
Ole Miss
Miami at Virginia Tech - Positive thoughts, Positive results
Wisconsin at Iowa - Defense is good
TCU at West Virginia - 'Neers have looked good, can they keep it up?
Texas A&M at Alabama - Bama is favored by 17 in a Top 10 matchup, and they're so good I expect them to cover
Ohio State at Penn State - Find a way to play them tough
Ole Miss at LSU - Not convinced with LSU
VT
Wiscy
WVU
Alabama
Penn State
LSU
Miami
Wisconsin
WVU
A&M
OSU
Ole Miss
Miami
Wisconsin
WVU (*retches*)
aTm
OSU
Ole Miss
Virginia Tech
Wisconsin
West Virginia
Texas A&M
Ohio State
Ole Miss
Hokies
Badgers
Horned Frogs
Aggies
Nittany Lions
Tigers
VT
Wisco
TCU
A&M
OSU
Ole Miss
VT
Wisconsin
WVU
A&M
OSU
LSU
Miami
Wisconsin -3.5
West Virginia -6.5
Alabama -16.5
Ohio State-18.5
Ole Miss
No imagination with me. I'll take all favorites to cover
Miami
Wisconsin
WVU
A&M
Penn St
LSU
Miami at Virginia Tech -6.5 Hokies dominate under the lights
Wisconsin -3.5 at Iowa Badges overpower the inconsistent Haw-Kais
TCU at West Virginia -6.5 TCU was my trendy playoff pick. No longer. Neers have it.
Texas A&M at Alabama -16.5 Never pick against Bama. But that's too many points to pass up
Ohio State -18.5 at Penn State Nits not as good as they seem, Bucks still a dominant force
Ole Miss at LSU -5.5 Angels in the Outfield type situation with the Ghost of Mike, LSU rolls
Virginia Tech -6.5
Wisconsin
TCU
Texas A&M
Ohio State
LSU -5.5
Virginia Tech
Wisconsin
West Virginia
Texas A&M
Penn State
LSU
Miami at Virginia Tech -6.5
Wisconsin -3.5 at Iowa
TCU at West Virginia -6.5
Texas A&M at Alabama -16.5
Ohio State a-18.5 t Penn State
Ole Miss at LSU -5.5
Virginia Tech
Wisconsin
West Virginia
Texas A&M
Ohio State
Ole Miss
Virginia Tech
Wisconsin
West Virginia
Alabama
Penn State
Ole Miss
Virginia Tech
Wisconsin
West Virginia
Texas A&M
Penn State
LSU
HOKIES
Wisconsin
West Virginia
Texas A&M
Penn State
LSU
Miami at Virginia Tech -6.5
Wisconsin -3.5 at Iowa
TCU at West Virginia -6.5
Texas A&M at Alabama -16.5
Ohio State a-18.5 t Penn State
Ole Miss at LSU -5.5
Miami at Virginia Tech -6.5
Wisconsin -3.5 at Iowa
TCU at West Virginia -6.5
Texas A&M at Alabama -16.5
Ohio State -18.5 at Penn State
Ole Miss at LSU -5.5
Hokies (Don't really know here, but my brain stem does not allow me to think that the 'Canes get out of Blacksburg before getting their asses kicked.)
Riding that Whisky.
Cousins cover.
Aggies and points. This is usually around the time Saban's squad loses focus and doesn't win by 20.
Ohio State smothers, covers, and scatters, like Waffle House on Saturday night.
Tigers cover. I'm not going anywhere near the real Death Valley after dark ever again. Rebs might want to take page out of Leonard's book.
Hokies (also an extreme homer pick)
Wiscy
WVU
aTm
Penn State
LSU
Miami at Virginia Tech -6.5
Wisconsin -3.5 at Iowa
TCU at West Virginia -6.5
Texas A&M at Alabama -16.5
Ohio State a-18.5 t Penn State
Ole Miss at LSU -5.5
1-0 so far and I really don't care about the rest for some reason.
Miami at Virginia Tech -6.5 So, glad I called Tech 1-0
Wisconsin -3.5 at Iowa Wiscy covered easy. 2-0
TCU at West Virginia -6.5 WVU hasn't lost yet. Sigh 3-0
Texas A&M at Alabama -16.5 Wow, Bama covered 3-1
Ohio State a-18.5 t Penn State PSU must have been very upset at being that big a dog. 3-2
Ole Miss at LSU -5.5 LSU covered big, Coach O trying hard for the job. 4-2
Winning record for the week, I will take it. Closing on the overall 0.500 record slowly...
Virginia Tech - I want to believe!
Wisconsin
West Virginia
Alabama
Ohio State
LSU
Miamiat Virginia Tech -6.5Wisconsin -3.5 at
Iowa
TCUat West Virginia -6.5Texas A&M at
Alabama-16.5Ohio State-18.5 at Penn StateOle Miss at
LSU-5.5Miami
Wisconsin
West Virginia
Texas A&M
Penn State
Ole Miss
Virginia Tech
Wisconsin
TCU
Alabama
Ohio State
Ole Miss
Miami
Wisconsin
West Virginia
Alabama
Ohio State
Ole Miss
Virginia Tech
Wisconsin
West Virginia
Texas A&M
Ohio State
Ole Miss
Also, the LSU video that autoplays on this page? It always starts with a political ad which, frankly, I'm sick of hearing.
Is there any way to turn autoplay off on the video?
I had to go into Chrome settings-->Advanced Settings --> Privacy: Content Settings --> Plugins: Let me choose when to run plugin content
VT
Wisc
WVU
aTm
OSU
Ole Miss
Miami +6.5
Wisconsin -3.5
TCU +6.5
Texas A&M +16.5
Penn State +18.5
Ole Miss +5.5
Hokies
Iowa
TCU
Texas A'M
PSU
LSU
Virginia Tech
Wisconsin
West Virginia
Texas A&M
Penn State
LSU
VT
Wisconsin
WVU
aTm
PSU
Ole Miss
HOKIES
Wisconsin
TCU
aTm
PSU
LSU
Miami at Virginia Tech -6.5
Wisconsin -3.5 at Iowa
TCU at West Virginia -6.5
Texas A&M +16.5 at Alabama
Ohio State -18.5 at Penn State
Ole Miss at LSU -5.5
Miami
Wisconsin
West Virginia
Texas A&M
Ohio State
Ole Miss
Virginia Tech -6.5
Wisconsin -3.5
West Virginia -6.5
Alabama -16.5 Yuge!
Ohio State a-18.5 Bigly win!
Ole Miss +5.5
I have no idea what I'm partaking in this weekend. 86 on Wednesday, and supposed to be in the 30's Saturday night. I can't figure out if I want to finish off all the stragglers or go find something warming for Sat night. I don know that Thursday night will most likely be this:
Did you just see all the full glasses of beer and decide "game on"?!
Virginia Tech
Wisconsin
West Virginia
Texas A&M
Ohio State
Ole Miss
Virginia Tech
Iowa
TCU
Texas A&M
Ohio State
Ole Miss
Virginia Tech
Wisconsin
TCU
Texas A&M
Penn State
Ole Miss
Miami
Wisconsin
West Virginia
Texas A&M
Ohio State
Ole Miss
Miami
Iowa
WVU
A&M
Penn State
ole miss
Fighting Gobblers -6.5
Wisconsin -3.5
West Virginia -6.5
Texas A&M +16.5
Ohio State -18.5
LSU -5.5
Argh I forgot to pick! Pinky swear I'm still at work and haven't peek at the score, though (and yes, the game is being recorded for my viewing pleasure) (Also I'm a homer and I always pick Tech)
Miami at Virginia Tech -6.5
Wisconsin -3.5 at Iowa
TCU +6.5 at West Virginia
Texas A&M +16.5 at Alabama
Ohio State at Penn State +18.5
Ole Miss +5.5 at LSU
Picked too late to get a free W going with the Hokies so here are my other 5.
Wisconsin
West Virginia
Texas A&M
Penn State
Ole Miss
Miami at Virginia Tech (Swing and a miss)
Iowa
West Virginia
Alabma
Ohio State
Ole Miss
Wisconsin
The Cousins
Aggies
Penn State
LSU
Stupid work travel interfered with my TKP time this week. At least I got it over with before kickoff by putting in extra time.
Wisconsin
TCU
Alabama
Penn State
LSU
Virginia Tech
Wisconsin
West Virginia
Texas A&M
Ohio State
Ole Miss
Miami at Virginia Tech -6.5 I guess I'm too late to pick this one. A lot of travel this week.
Wisconsin
West Virginia
Texas A&M
Ohio State
LSU
Wisconsin
TCU
Alabama
Ohio State
LSU