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College Football Week 13 Results

A big Thanksgiving week, let’s see how it went. It’s long, so a jump for the dashboard viewers that don’t care.

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College Football Week 10 Results

Sadly this weekend I missed a lot of the games. A very good friend (actually my oldest friend now that I think about it) got married this weekend, breaking the cardinal rule of life. But things had to be done, and I missed a lot of football. Therefore the cutting edge, world-class analysis you usually get may be light this week. None of you will notice any change.

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College Football Week 9 Results

Navy @ Notre Dame (-21)
Pick: Navy
Result: 56-14 ND, LOSS

Sometimes being wrong is awesome. ND scored 7 rushing TDs in an absolute beatdown. The D played strong and the offense couldn’t be stopped. If only ND played like this every week.

#6 Stanford (-8) @ USC
Pick: Stanford
Result: 56-48 Stanford (3OT), PUSH

Wow, this game was insane. Points were scored in bunches until USC decided to pull a Dayne Crist in the final overtime and fumbled away their shot at a huge upset. This game does make me feel a little better about the USC loss though. Kiffin once again coached a hell of a game. I’m starting to get scared he’s finding his groove. Come back Kiffykins, you are more fun as a punchline. Also, bring your wife. Thanks

#9 Oklahoma (-14) @ #8 Kansas St.
Pick: KSt
Result: 58-17 OU, LOSS

Oops. This was a 7 point game at halftime and KSt was putting up a good fight. Then OU rolled off 21 in the 3rd quarter and this turned into a curbstomp. I don’t know what to  say. The Wildcats forgot their power towels and they got exposed. Was a fun undefeated dream while it lasted I guess.

#11 Michigan St @ #14 Nebraska (-4)
Pick: Nebraska
Result: 24-3 Nebraska, WIN

Finally, validated. This was a good old fashioned beat down, harkening back to the days of the Blackshirts. Michigan St. only tallied 187 yards total during the game. Martinez didn’t do much, only 80 yards passing with a TD and pick, but 190 rushing yards for the Cornhuskers proved enough to get the win.

#22 Georgia (-3) @ Florida (@ Jacksonville)
Pick: Georgia
Result: 24-20 UGA, WIN

Something nice about an economy of power in a cover. Georgia did just enough in an ugly game to pull out a victory over the hated Alligator team. Good old Chucky is not having a ton of luck in his first year in Gainesville. The DECIDED SCHEMATIC ADVANTAGE saw Florida get a whopping -19 yards rushing on the day. 6 sacks will kill ya.

Week: 2-2-1
Season: 24-18-3

Well, a very mediocre week for a mediocre individual. Still, can’t go broke not losing money, right? Don’t answer that. How’d it go for you lovely folks?

Donnie: Week: 2-2-1, Season: 25-12-3

Matt: Week: 3-1-1 Season: 25-17-3

Kristin: Week: 3-1-1, Season: 20-22-3

Brian: Week: 3-1-1, Season: 17-15-3

Ryan: Week: 3-1-1, Season: 15-17-3

Gimber: Week: 3-1-1, Season: 11-12-2

Previous players that didn’t pick:

Judson: Season: 15-18-2

Slav: Season: 9-6

DLaw: Season: 2-7-1

College Football 2k11 Week 6 Picks

Well kids, week 5 was pretty phenomenal for most of us here on the old blog. I went 4-1 to get comfortably over .500 again and we had 3 people go perfect. While this week’s slate isn’t nearly as good as last week’s on paper, hopefully we get some fun. Follow the jump for this week’s picks.

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College Football Week 5 Results

Pretty good week for both myself, and others. Let’s get right to it.

Notre Dame (-12)@ Purdue
Pick: ND
Result: 38-10 ND, WIN

This was a beatdown from start to finish. Purdue made an interesting choice of putting Michael Floyd in single coverage, which led to him getting over 100 yards in the 1st half. With a big lead, ND decided to focus on the run in the 2nd, leading to Cierre Wood getting 191 yards (and proving he can fly) and Jonas Gray adding another 94. Best part of the game? 0 turnovers.

#8 Nebraska @ #7 Wisconsin (-10)
Pick: BADGER BADGER BADGER BADGER
Result: 48-17 Wisconsin, MUSHROOM MUSHROOM…I mean WIN

Wow. This game was just violent. Nebraska looked like they were gonna hang in there in the early going, but then it really did become ALL RUSSELL WILSON EVERYTHING. Between Wisco doing what they wanted and Taylor Martinez giving the ball back to them 3 times, this got ugly. Wisconsin is super good, and it doesn’t look like the Big TenLevenWelve has anyone who can stop them this year.

#3 Alabama (-4) @ #12 Florida
Pick: Bama
Result: 38-10 Bama, WIN

Nick Saban’s Death Machine, once warmed up, rolled. Florida got off to a quick start, which a bomb TD to Andre Debose, and then did, well, nothing. Trent Richardson continues to validate my praise with 181 yards and 2 TDs. Not only did Florida lose the game, but it sounds like they lost John Brantley at least for this weekend.

#13 Clemson @ #11 Virginia Tech (-7)
Pick: Va Tech
Result: 23-3 Clemson, LOSS

Admittedly I paid very little attention to this game as it was stuck between the awesome afternoon games and awesome evening games, but wtf Clemson? Go back to being you already. David Wilson turned in a good game for the Hokies with 123 yards, but he was about the only one. Clemson avoided too many mistakes and used an effective run game to control this one from wire to wire.

#14 Texas A&M (-3) @ #18 Arkansas
Pick: Arkansas
Result: 42-38 Arkansas, WIN

Oh Aggies. Poor Aggies. This game, which was almost a repeat of last week’s loss to Okie St, was another collapse that caused people to laugh and wonder how the hell A&M has become the lynchpin of conferencepocalypse. We got the shootout as expected, but the Aggies saved most of their bullets for their own feet in the 2nd half for the 2nd straight week. Tough to lose a game when you have 648 yards of total offense, but Lord knows this year has taught us big O production doesn’t mean shit. Especially when you let your opponent throw for 510 yards. Even if I didn’t know where the hell the game was, at least I got the pick right. Not a great psuedo SEC debut.

Week: 4-1
Season: 13-11-1

Now that’s more like it. I need more of that. While mine was good, some of yall’s was better. The difference? Showmanship., Well, and being right on all 5.

Donnie: Week: 5-0, Season: 12-7-1 (karma points lost for the incorrect gratuitous prediction. While OU won, they did not win by 638 or get the title awarded. Dummy

Matt: Week: 4-1 Season: 13-11-1.

Judson: Week: 5-0, Season: 12-12-1

Ryan: Week: 2-3, Season: 8-11-1

Kristin: Week: 5-0, Season: 10-14-1

Brian: Week: 3-2, Season: 7-17-1

Gimber: Week: 3-2, Season: 6-8-1

Slav: A NEW CHALLENGER APPROACHES Week: 2-3

Previous players that didn’t pick:

DLaw: Season: 1-3-1

3 people go perfect and get a new fun sound if they click there scores. Good work Don, Judson, and Beezy. You are all special people now. Come back Thursday for this week’s picks. Perhaps more of you can join the perfection club.

College Football Week 3 Results

So let’s see how this week treated us silly fools.

#15 Michigan St. @ Notre Dame (-4.5)
Pick: Notre Dame
Result: 31-13 ND, WIN

Hey, ND only turned the ball over 3 times, and ended up beating the hell out of the #15 team in the land, pretty sweet. I’m pretty sure we can chalk it up to the fact that I went to the game. That or the fact that we held MSU to about 20 rushing yards. But nah, back-to-back Backer was clearly the key to victory.

#1 Oklahoma (-3.5) @ #5 Florida St.
Pick: Oklahoma
Result: 23-13 OU, WIN

This was a hell of a ballgame. OU finally got a big road win against a big time non-conference opponent. FSU has nothing to be ashamed of after this one though. They’ve got big games left and still have a great shot at a BCS game. Good win for good old Donnie B’s boys.

#17 Ohio St. @ Miami (-3)
Pick: Ohio St.
Result: 24-6 Miami, Loss

Miami pretty much just beat the hell outta the Buckeyes, not much more to say on this one. Not that this game will matter anyway, amirite?

Tennessee @ #16 Florida (-9)
Pick: Tennessee
Result: 33-23 Florida, Loss

Well, apparently 9 points was just enough…Stupid Vols. Tennessee tried to mount a late comeback, but they just didn’t have enough in ‘em. Florida’s 3-0…didn’t see that coming.

#18 West Virginia @ Maryland (-1)
Pick: West Virginia
Result: 37-31 WVU, WIN

Very glad that I didn’t get bit by a strange line on this one. Admittedly, I know absolutely nothing about what happened in this game. I’m just gonna assume a couch got set on fire.

So that’s a 3-2 week, bringing me to 7-7-1 on the year.

How’d yall do, eh?

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