2016 Six Pick - Week Eleven

Our long national nightmare is over ... Virginia Tech is finally playing games in Lane again. Welcome to Week 11, another ho-hum week, but as always something magical could and likely will happen. My gaze is focused on Udub.


In Bud we trust. A banged up DL, a short handed group of defensive backs, against the most unique offense Tech faces all year. Trust he'll figure out a way to slow the jackets down.

Saturday, November 12th
Baylor at 11 Oklahoma -16.5
12:00 pm ABC

  • OU (on offense at least) finally looks like the team we thought they were going to be to start the season. The defense is still iffy, because you know B12 that's a requirement for full league member payout. Baylor will score
  • Baylor busted out the black unis last week to protest the firing of Art Briles. The Bears took a due whooping for it. KARMA. Let's hope they take it wearing the all whites too

Pick: Baylor getting the points, losing by two touchdowns.
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9 Auburn -9.5 at Georgia
3:30 pm CBS

  • EVERYTHING about this is GOLD
    UGA season in one video (from the UT loss)
    OMG :21
    /Kiss the TV :35
    Broke the TV :43
    Don't Care :58
    /Eason Jersey change 1:02
    Vawlturd 1:19
    Jacob Eason Christ 1:22
    /Two Claps and a Ric Flair Woooo 1:52
    UNCLE LOU Guarantee 2:04
    /Fail Cobra + Deafening Silence. 2:21-4:10
  • LIke OU, Auburn has rallied from a poor start. Gus Malzahn is back to being a magician, maybe. He's made Sean White a capable QB and once again has a great ground game to go with a new wrinkle, a good defense

Pick: Auburn by at least 10. Give the Tigers two claps and Ric Flair.
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Pittsburgh at 2 Clemson -21.5
3:30 pm ABC

  • Hey Dabo, after Clemson wins and you hold your 5 minute sermon about the special toughness of your Tigers, please say a prayer for Pat Narduzzi ... he'll need the help
  • Ever wonder what a Fitbit or heart rate monitor would look like on a coach?. On a chill coach like Fuente we wouldn't know, on Narduzzi you'd think he was running wind sprints for 3 hours

Pick: Clemson is rounding into form, their DL will control the LoS and their passing game is going to torch those corners.
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Wake Forest at 6 Louisville -34.5
7:00 pm ESPN2

  • When Bobby Petrino is taking the side of sportsmanship and not RUTS'ng an opponent, I do a double take. That motorcycle fall, scrambled his brain?
  • Wake Forest is that team that is hard to take seriously. Sure game film say, coached well, nice record, dosn't beat themselves even with ok talent, but they are Wake Forest

Pick: WF getting the points, it will be closer than than that spread, because it's Wake and the Cards won't totally respect them.
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Minnesota at 19 Nebraska -7.5
7:30 pm BTN

  • I'm almost embarrassed to put Nebraska back in the P6 this week, after the shellacking they just took. Will they man up or will they let Ohio State beat them twice?
  • Minnesota is 7-2, not ranked. A quick glance at their schedule: a solid win versus Maryland and 6 more versus schools that couldn't win the Kansas JUCO league. That's still bowl eligible, win a couple more and the B1G Ten West title is possible

Pick: Nebraska coming home, picking themselves up and smashing the Gophers. Football is weird like that.
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20 USC at 4 Washington -9.5
7:30 pm FOX

  • Jake Browning to John Ross is as good a QB-WR combo in all of college football. Ross is electric, if you don't press him, he gone. If you miss the line bump and the safety isn't over the top to help, He Gone. Hell, you could play he correct, he still might be gone. Coach Pederson has Browning in a groove reminiscent of his ex-Boise State QBs
  • The Trojans have turned the corner for the season ... maybe more? Freshman QB Sam Donald has the offense lit. If the defense can get some traction, could they maybe, possibly knockoff the no. 4 team?

Pick: USC keeping it around a TD. Both teams are going to score, a break here or there for USC and I can see them winning in Seattle.
***

Beer of the Week:

Green Flash VB
Before Stone built, before Deschutes and Ballast Point announced, Green Flash chose Virginia to be their east coast home. This weekend, they hard open and I welcome them. I happy for 757, happy for my friends who work/brew there and happy a big boy is on the scene down here. CHEERS.

Picks are against the spread.

Review:
Baylor at Oklahoma -16.5
Auburn -9.5 at Georgia
Pittsburgh at Clemson -21.5
Wake Forest at Louisville -34.5
Minnesota at Nebraska -7.5
USC at Washington -9.5

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Comments

Baylor
Auburn
Pittsburgh
Wake Forest
Minnesota
USC

Baylor at Oklahoma -16.5
Auburn -9.5 at Georgia
Pittsburgh at Clemson -21.5
Wake Forest at Louisville -34.5
Minnesota at Nebraska -7.5
USC at Washington -9.5

Oklahoma
Auburn
Wake
Louisville
Minnesota
USC

30 years after starting grad school at Virginia Tech, I finally defended my dissertation and earned my PhD.
Don't give up on your dreams.

You picked both Wake & Lville; neither Pitt nor Clemson.

Baylor
Georgia
Clemson
Louisville
Nebraska
Washington

I have no idea why my username is VT_Warthog.

Arkansas blew a 24-0 lead in the Belk Bowl.

What, no FCS game?!?

Baylor +16.5
Georgia +9.5
Clemson -21.5
Louisville -34.5 -- I'm tempted to switch this to Wake, 35 is soooo many points...but 45-10 just seems like a logical base case for this game. Begrudgingly, keeping Lville at 34.5.
Nebraska -7.5
USC +9.5

Baylor
Georgia
Pittsburgh
Wake Forest
Nebraska
USC

"Exit light..."

Baylor (somebody has to win)
Georgia
Pittsburgh
Wake Forest
Nebraska
Washington

Five star get after it 100 percent Juice Key-Playing. MAN

Baylor
Georgia
Clemson
Wake forest
Nebraska
USC

Baylor
Auburn
Pittsburgh
Louisville
Nebraska
Washington

Baylor
Georgia
Pittsburgh
Wake Forest
Minnesota
Washington

"Some people think football is a matter of life and death....... I assure you, it's MUCH more serious than that" ...Bill Shankly

Baylor at Oklahoma -16.5
Auburn -9.5 at Georgia
Pittsburgh at Clemson -21.5
Wake Forest at Louisville -34.5
Minnesota at Nebraska -7.5
USC at Washington -9.5

Oklahoma
Auburn
Clemson
Louisville
Minnesota
Washington

Virginia Tech School of Architecture Class of 2014
Fan of Hokies, Ravens, NY Giants, Orioles

Baylor
Georgia
Clemson
Wake Forest
Nebraska
USC

Oklahoma
Auburn
Clemson
Louisville
Nebraska
USC

Beer of the Week. It's finally in stock again.

Oklahoma
Auburn
Clemson
Louisville
Nebraska
USC

Wet stuff on the red stuff.

Join us in the Key Players Club

Baylor
Auburn
Pitt
Wake
Minnesota
USC

We are the Hokies. We will prevail. We will prevail. We will prevail. We are Virginia Tech.

Baylor
Auburn
Putt
Wake
Huskers
Washington gonna run it the whole way

Beer of the month: Pump Nut by Big Boss. Mix their Harvest Time pumpkin ale and Bad Penny brown ale for extreme goodness.

I just sit on my couch and b*tch. - HokieChemE2016

Oklahoma
Auburn
Clemson
Louisville
Washington

Hokies, Local Soccer, AFC Ajax, Ravens

Baylor
Auburn
Pitt
Louisville
Minnesota
UDub is going all the way

Every second counts

Baylor at Oklahoma -16.5, Wheels are coming off the bus at Baylor
Auburn -9.5 at Georgia
Pittsburgh at Clemson -21.5
Wake Forest at Louisville -34.5
Minnesota at Nebraska -7.5, No Armstrong, No Cover
USC at Washington -9.5

Baylor
Auburn
Clemson
Wake
Nebraska
Washington

Taylor, looking desperately throws it deep..HAS A MAN OPEN DANNY COALE WITH A CATCH ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE FIVE!!!!....hes still open

Baylor +16.5
Georgia +9.5
Pittsburgh +21.5
Wake Forest +34.5
Minnesota +7.5
USC +9.5

Baylor at Oklahoma -16.5
Auburn -9.5 at Georgia
Pittsburgh at Clemson -21.5
Wake Forest at Louisville -34.5
Minnesota at Nebraska -7.5
USC at Washington -9.5

My beer this weekend:

Weeping Radish's Black Radish Schwarzbier (Jarvisburg, NC)
This is a family favorite Brewery/Restaurant from vacations out to the Outer Banks. They make delicious sausages as well!

A decade on TKP and it's been time well spent.

Baylor
UGA
Pitt
Wake
Nebraska
Washington

Take the shortest route to the ball and arrive in bad humor.

Baylor at Oklahoma -16.5
Auburn -9.5 at Georgia
Pittsburgh at Clemson -21.5
Wake Forest at Louisville -34.5
Minnesota at Nebraska -7.5
USC at Washington -9.5

No, I *don't* want to go to the SEC. Why do you ask?

We don't love dem Hoos.

Baylor at Oklahoma -16.5 Oklahoma
Auburn -9.5 at Georgia Auburn
Pittsburgh at Clemson -21.5 Clemson
Wake Forest at Louisville -34.5 Wake Forest
Minnesota at Nebraska -7.5 Nebraska
USC at Washington -9.5 USC

foresthokie
US Navy Vet

Baylor
Auburn
Pittsburgh
Wake Forest
Minnesota
Washington

"Vick, dashing back . . . here he comes again . . . Electrifying . . . and have you ever seen anything like this?"

Baylor
Georgia
Pittsburgh
Louisville
Nebraska
Washington

OU
Auburn
Pitt
Wake Forest
Corn
USC

"The Big Ten is always using excuses to cancel games with us. First Wisconsin. Then Wisconsin. After that, Wisconsin. The subsequent cancellation with Wisconsin comes to mind too. Now Penn State. What's next? Wisconsin?" -HorseOnATreadmill

Baylor
Auburn
Clemson
Wake Forest
Nebraska
USC

in Fuller we trust

Bears
War eagle
Fuck Pat Narduzzi, but Panthers
Demon deacons
Huskers
Huskies

Oklahoma
Auburn
Clemson
Wake Forest
Nebraska
Washington

'07 Mechanical Engineering

"Touchdown, Tech! I have never enjoyed saying that more"
-Bill Roth

Baylor
Auburn
Pittsburgh
Louisville
Minnesota
Washington

Baylor
Auburn
Pittsburgh
Wake Forest
Nebraska
Washington

OK
Auburn
Pitt
UofL
Neb
Dubs

VT '10 #AllMaroonEverything

Baylor at Oklahoma -16.5
Auburn -9.5 at Georgia
Pittsburgh at Clemson -21.5
Wake Forest at Louisville -34.5
Minnesota at Nebraska -7.5
USC at Washington -9.5

Baylor at Oklahoma -16.5
Auburn -9.5 at Georgia
Pittsburgh at Clemson -21.5
Wake Forest at Louisville -34.5
Minnesota at Nebraska -7.5
USC at Washington -9.5

"When I was growing up, Virginia Tech was a school that was kicking ass and taking names, and it's time we get back to that" - James Franklin

Oklahoma
Georgia
Clemson
Wake Forest
Nebraska
USC

In Sam Rogers we trust.

Oklahoma
Auburn
Pitt
WF
Nebraska
USC

Baylor
Auburn
Clemson
Wake Forest
Minnesota
USC

@CaptKirkVT10

Oklahoma
Auburn
Clemson
Louisville
Minnesota
Washington

Boomer Sooner
Dawgs
Pass Interference St.
Deacs
Goldy
Dawgs again.

The Orange and Maroon you see, that's fighting on to victory.

Baylor
Auburn
Pittsburgh
Louisville
Nebraska
USC

Baylor at Oklahoma -16.5
Auburn -9.5 at Georgia
Pittsburgh at Clemson -21.5
Wake Forest at Louisville -34.5
Minnesota at Nebraska -7.5
USC at Washington -9.5

uva sucks

Baylor
Auburn
Clemson
Louisville
Minnesota
Washington

Baylor
Georgia
Pittsburgh
Wake Forest
Nebraska
Washington

@AMB4VT

Missed last week, hoping to get back in the mix.

Baylor at Oklahoma -16.5
Auburn -9.5 at Georgia
Pittsburgh at Clemson -21.5
Wake Forest at Louisville -34.5
Minnesota at Nebraska -7.5
USC at Washington -9.5

Big goal is to try to get back over .500 for this year.

Baylor +16.5 at Oklahoma
Auburn -9.5 at Georgia
Pittsburgh at Clemson -21.5
Wake Forest +34.5 at Louisville
Minnesota at Nebraska -7.5
USC +9.5 at Washington

Oklahoma -16.5
Georgia +9.5
Clemson -21.5
Wake Forest +34.5
Minnesota +7.5
Washington -9.5

To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
@VTnerf on insta, @BuryHokie on twitter, #ThanksFrank

Baylor
Georgia
Pittsburgh
Louisville
Nebraska
USC

Logan 3:16

Oklahoma
Auburn
Pitt
Louisville
Nebraska
Washington

Sooners in the Nooner (Probably one of the best Noon teams of all time. They just do lunch right.)
War Eagle - They just got caught looking ahead last week.
Fighting Dabos
Torn here, but going with Wake. Think they can keep it within 30 with the Coach Cut formula. Plus they're not bad on D.
Huskers cover.
UDub covers this like a warm flannel blanket

Leonard. Duh.

Baylor at Oklahoma -16.5 - OU continues the anti-Baylor karma train.
Auburn -9.5 at Georgia - WDE, Auburn wins the Deep South's Oldest Rivalry (seriously look it up)
Pittsburgh at Clemson -21.5 - Clemson will torch Pitt CB's with Williams and Scott.
Wake Forest at Louisville -34.5 - LJ puts up big numbers to pad his Heisman campaign.
Minnesota at Nebraska -7.5 - Neb comes home licking their wounds, but doesn't blow out the gophers
USC at Washington -9.5 - Wheels ON the bus in USC, and tons of talent.

Baylor
Auburn
Pittsburgh
Wake Forest
Nebraska
USC

Baylor
Georgia
Pitt
Wake
Nebraska
USC

Baylor
Auburn
Pittsburgh
Wake Forest
Nebraska
Washington






Onward and upward

Yay! You're back!

Dem pits shots.

Baylor
Auburn
Pittsburgh
Wake Forest
Nebraska
USC

Oklahoma -16.5
Georgia
Clemson -21.5
Louisville -34.5
Minnesota
USC

Baylor
Auburn
Clemson
Wake Forest
Minnesota
USC

"Mike London is the only cop in Tallahassee trying to catch Jameis Winston."

All Maroon everything

Baylor
Auburn
Pittsburgh
Wake Forest
Nebraska
Washington

Beer: This is one of those weird weekends where I don't have a homebrew ready for a game. I can't part with my Belgian sours yet, either. Maybe I'll drink my last Three Floyds beer, Blot out the Sun, a Cognac barrel aged Imperial stout.

"That move was slicker than a peeled onion in a bowl of snot." -Mike Burnop

Oklahoma
Georgia
Pittsburgh
Wake Forest
Nebraska
Washington

Baylor
Auburn
Pittsburgh
Wake Forest
Nebraska
USC

Baylor
Georgia
Clemson
Wake
Minnesota
USC

Never Forget #1 Overall Seed UVA 54, #64 UMBC 74

Oklahoma
Auburn
Pittsburgh
Wake Forest
Minnesota
USC

Sooners
Tigers
Tigers
Demon Deacons
Cornhuskers
Trojans

Whadya mean I can't take off my sweater? I'm HOT!

Oklahoma
Auburn
Clemson
Wake
Minnesota
USC

Oklahoma
Auburn
Pitt
Louisville
Nebraska
Washington

#38-0

Baylor
Auburn
Pitt
Louisville
Nebraska
Washington

Baylor at Oklahoma -16.5 - Scuttlebutt has it there's a tirefire in Waco, just soon enough for OK
Auburn -9.5 at Georgia - Quality of teams doesn't matter in this matchup, Dawgs sic war tigers
Pittsburgh at Clemson -21.5 - Tigers ascend to their final championship form
Wake Forest at Louisville -34.5 - Bowl-eligible Deacs exist solely to keep it close against superior teams
Minnesota at Nebraska -7.5 - Gophers are true champions of the Broken Chair
USC at Washington -9.5 - Trojans are actually good now, but Huskies continue to roll

Beer of the week:
Since I'll be in Blacksburg, and thus will end up at the cellar, will have to go with this soon-to-be-local brew they've been rocking all season

Oklahoma
Auburn
Pitt
WF
Nebraska
Washington

"Nope, launch him into the sun and fart on him on the way up"
-gobble gobble chumps

"11-0, bro"
-Hunter Carpenter (probably)

Baylor
Georgia
Clemson
Wake Forest
Nebraska
USC

I only make the picks so it seems like I'm not here for the beer and cheerleaders.

Sometimes we live no particular way but our own

Oklahoma
Auburn
Pittsburgh
Wake Forest
Nebraska
Washington

Pain is Temporary, Chicks Dig Scars
Glory is Forever, Let's Go Hokies!!

Baylor
Auburn
Pittsburgh
Wake Forest
Nebraska
Washington

Oklahoma
Auburn
Clemson
Louisville
Nebraska
Washington

There's always a lighthouse. There's always a man. There's always a city.

Baylor
GA
Pitt
WF
NE
Washington

Noel's Hokies

Baylor
Auburn
Clemson
Wake Forest
Nebraska
USC

Baylor
Auburn
Pittsburgh
Wake Forest
Nebraska
Washington

If you don't want to recruit clowns, don't run a clown show.

"I want to punch people from UVA right in the neck." - Colin Cowherd

1. Oklahoma
2. Georgia
3. Clemson
4. Wake Forest
5. Nebraska CHANGING MY PICK: Without Tommy Armstrong, Gophers win
6. USC

"We were at the pinnacle, and we did it for years," Foster says. He pauses, nods, takes a deep breath. "And I did it with the best guy in the business."

Baylor
Georgia
Clemson
Wake
Nebraska
Washington

CEE VT '15 // NYY NYG NYR NYK RUTG

Baylor
Georgia
Clemson
Louisville
Nebraska
USC

Beer-wise, go check out Great Valley Farm Brewery in Natural Bridge, Va sometime if you're nearby. Amazing view and excellent beer, just opened 3 weeks ago.

i'll keep them in mind. thanks.

eric

"My advice to you... is to start drinking heavily."-John Blutarsky

Oklahoma
Auburn
Clemson
Louisville
Nebraska
Washington

Go Hokies!

Oklahoma
Auburn
Clemson
Wake Forest
Nebraska
Washington

Oklahoma
Auburn
Pittsburgh
Wake Forest
Minnesota
USC

Joffrey, Cersei, Ilyn Payne, the Hound, Jeff Jagodzinski, Paul Johnson, Pat Narduzzi.

Baylor
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Pittsburgh
Wake Forest
Nebraska
Washington

Baylor
Auburn
Pittsburg
Wake Forest
Nebraska
Washington

Oklahoma
Auburn
Pittsburgh
Wake Forest
Nebraska
Washington

Baylor
Auburn
Clemson
L'ville
Minnesota
Washington

GO HOKIES!

All Maroon, all the time!

The line for the Minnesota vs Nebraska game stinks. Read the Nebraska QB might play. I would never actually bet that game.

Oklahoma
Auburn
Clemson
Wake
Nebraska
Washington

NO TWEEDY, IT'S WHIP!!!!!!!

Baylor +16.5 at Oklahoma
Auburn -9.5 at Georgia
Pittsburgh +21.5 at Clemson
Wake Forest +34.5 at Louisville
Minnesota +7.5 at Nebraska
USC at Washington -9.5

Best duos in Hokie history: Hall & Adibi, 3rd & Tyrod, Georgia & Liz

Baylor
Auburn
Pitt
Wake
Nebraska
Washington

Doesn't matter if it's cake or pie as long as it's chocolate.

Baylor at Oklahoma -16.5
Auburn -9.5 at Georgia
Pittsburgh at Clemson -21.5
Wake Forest at Louisville -34.5
Minnesota at Nebraska -7.5
USC at Washington -9.5

Baylor
Georgia
Pittsburgh
Wake Forest
Nebraska
Washington

Baylor
Auburn
Pittsburgh
Wake Forest
Nebraska
Washington

Oklahoma
Auburn
Pittsburgh
Louisville
Minnesota
USC