1-3 vs the spread last week, 32-21-1 for the season. The shocker of the week was Florida's neanderthal clubbing of Georgia, 38-20. It was caveman football at its most brutal. Florida only threw six passes all game, and probably could have won without a single pass attempt. Sixty Original Football Playbook rushes tore through the Clean Shirt defense for 418 yards. The Clean Shirt defense was defenseless against the ground assault. A run at the Playoffs was all there for Georgia, and they got run over instead, and now are left as roadkill. It's possible the Dawgs could still win the SEC East, after all, current front runner Missouri is 7-2 based solely on their EZ schedule and fluke win over Florida. But even if Georgia should somehow stumble into the SEC title game, their defense has been exposed once and for all, and you know they would shrink from whatever SEC West monster that would await them. Better for them if they sat that one out.
About the only preseason pick I got right was that Stanford would decline, and David Shaw would be exposed as a just a Jim Harbaugh byproduct. Having to rely on his own labor, Shaw and Stanford were beaten 45-16 by Oregon Saturday, and left them at a perfectly mediocre 5-4. . .and the predictions that this negro wonder coach would continue to keep Stanford the National Power Harbaugh built them into are now just laughable remnants of affirmative action *sports casting.*
Notre Dame +1.5 at Arizona State: The Irish are hanging aroud the edges of the Playoffs, the problem for them is their best win is a close loss at Florida State, and Arizona State is the only ranked team left on their schedule. . .and even if Notre Dame wins out, a second SEC team would be more deserving. . .BUT, television might want that huge Notre Dame audience, instead of the tiny one from Starkville or Tuscaloosa. Notre Dame's defense has been bad their last 3 games, while's Arizona State's offense has cooled off in their last three. . .the difference here is the Sun Devil's shitty defense has been improving all year, and now looks like a half-way decent unit. That and the desert heat should be enough to knock ND out of the Playoff race. Arizona State.
Kansas State +4.5 at Texas Christian: Hard to believe, but the winner of this game has a shot at the Playoffs. TCU has the easiest remaining schedule. . .would an 11-1 TCU really get picked? Or would they get fucked over, just like they used to when they weren't in a *Power* conference. Michigan State fans look down their noses at TCU, even though the Spartans haven't beaten any team near as good as Oklahoma, as the Horned Frogs have done. You know the Big 12 commissioner never wanted to see TCU and KSU at the top of the conference. . .it's supposed to be Texas or Oklahoma, and maybe Okie State or Baylor would do in a pinch, but now the Big 12 may have to go hat-in-hand to the Playoff committee with the winner of this Hand-Me-Downs Bowl. As for the game itself, I stick to my usual KSU formula, they are tougher and better coached. I'd love to see 100 year old Bill Snyder sneak into the First-Ever College Playoffs. Kansas State.
Alabama -6 at LSU: Could this be the last-ever relevant Saban Bowl? LSU could throw a huge monkey wrench into the Playoff picture with an upset win. Say LSU wins this game, Alabama then wns out and Ole Miss beats Mississippi State. . .ha, the SEC has to offer a two-loss team to the Playoffs!! And maybe a three-loss team if whatever shitty SEC East team gets a miracle win in the SEC title game. What if you got an undefeated Florida State, and one-loss teams like Michigan State, Oregon and Kansas State or TCU. . .does a two-loss SEC team get a pass into the playoffs, because supposedly the SEC is such a great conference? And watching the SEC this year, I'm not so sure it is a great conference. . .the quarterbacks are terrible, and they play such bizarre EZ schedules. . .ha, I hope LSU wins this one, and the SEC has to try and pawn off a two-loss team to the Playoff Committee. Anways, both teams have had two weeks to get ready for this game. . .Alabama's better across the board, LSU's big win over Ole Miss was chiefly due to Rebel end game bungling. . .I'll be pulling for the Mad Hatter, but I just don't see how Les Miles can trick out a win in this one. Alabama.
Ohio State +3.5 at Michigan State: The Hey Don't Forget About The Poor Little Big 10 Playoff Bowl! As shitty as the Big 10 is, I think they got enough clout to get the winner of this game into the Playoffs, as long as they don't choke against whatever clodhopper team they have to play in the Big 10 title game. Michigan State beat the Buckeyes last year in Columbus, and OSU had Braxton Miller in that one. It's true MSU's defense is not the same beast as last year's, but they still got enough armor to hold off Urban Meyer's crew. Amazingly, Ohio State has not played a good team all year, and I just don't see them all-of-a-sudden showing up in East Lansing ready to take on Spartan Nasty Ball. . .Ohio State could get shell-shocked early. Michigan State.
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