West Virginia +7 at Oklahoma: I had West Virginia, Utah and UCLA as dark horse playoff picks, and they're a combined 11-0. West Virginia's the most over-looked of the three, but play in the softest conference. This is the Mountaineers first tough game and first road game of the year. Oklahoma has been a tough team to get a handle on in the last few years of the Stoops era. . .they play *Traditional Power Entitlement Football,* varying in intensity from week-to-week, some weeks they play hard-nosed defense, like they did against Tennessee, holding the Vols to 250 yards, and then the next week they can't stop Tulsa, giving up over 600 yards. Same bipolar tendencies on offense. West Virginia is not as talented, but they play that *Second Tier School, Chip On Their Shoulder* football, meaning they play hard for 60 minutes every week. I'll take my chances with that and 7 points. West Virginia.
Alabama +2.5 at Georgia: Both teams had a question mark at QB to start the season. Georgia's found a better answer, with 5th year senior transfer Greyson Lambert, who's completed an amazing 33 of his last 35 passes. Add that to the Dawgs Nick Chubb-led power run game, and you got an offense that has Georgia primed for a playoff spot. As for Alabama, good team, not as dominant on defense as they used to be, no giant plowhorse NFL-flop running back. . .a good team, kinda boring (except for the Lane Kiffen fucking Nick Saban's daughter rumor)--but they are NOT as good as Georgia. Mark Richt always has tons of NFL players on his roster, but never quite wins the BIG ONE. . .got to this year, they got a clear path to the playoffs, and can even lose one game, as long as they win the SEC title game. . .got to make the playoffs this year. Should beat Alabama. Better team. Georgia.
Ohio State -21 at Indiana: Buckeyes were dominant last year against heavyweights Oregon and Alabama, this year, with an even better roster, they struggle against MAC teams. Doesn't make sense. Cardale Jones is a Superman against Alabama, but can't handle Northern Illinois? Don't understand it. Indiana's 4-0 and some people think this is *their best team in x years.* They've beaten 4 hamburgers. Their defense stinks. Hoosiers lose. But they got enough offense to cover. Indiana.
Mississippi -7 at Florida: Florida stole one from Tennessee last week. . .er, rather, Tennessee gave it away. Whatever. Jim McElwain's done a decent job in his first year at Florida, but now they play a big boy.. .and lose. Mississippi.
Notre Dame +1 at Clemson: MARK IT DOWN. Winner of this game is IN the playoffs, as they both have only two semi-tough games left, and even a split will be good enough to get a spot. The game hinges on whether or not Clemson can stop Irish RB C.J. Prosise, who's averaging 8.1 yards per carry. They've had two weeks to figure it out. Clemson.
Man, even Charlie Strong may have to admit Texas sucks after today's game. . .can't blame the refs or flukes from the football gods or anything.
ReplyDeleteHa ha ha. . .Wronghorn players tweeting at halftime of a game they are getting their ass whipped. . .Strong is a lost cause.
ReplyDeleteWell, how does Richt explain the colossal flop against Alabama?
ReplyDeleteRicht made a horrible panic move going to Ramsey, and of course it backfired. . .I mean, this motherfucker's been in football how many years? And how many fucking times does changing the QB actually help? All it does is cast a black cloud over the starter.
ReplyDeleteIt's just not excusable that a team with the NFL players Georgia has should ever lose this badly. . .
UGA just isn't that team. They always disappoint. Richt. The guy has no personality. Not his own, anyway. He came in as a strict guy, then became Bowden, and suddenly he became an old man. He looks like a damn weeble wobble now.
ReplyDeleteTexas has to be embarrassed. Strong wants that character but players were tweeting from the locker room during halftime? Strong is gone by the end of the year. Could be sooner.
I wonder if Texas has the guts to fire a high profile nigger coach after just 2 years? I would. Texas has better players than TCU, and they are never in the game. . .Strong is worse than Brady Hoke.
ReplyDeleteRicht has such a recruiting machine set-up in Georgia. . .man, they have great players. . .but to be embarrassed on your home field like that?
Ha. I'm looking at the scores right now, and it says LSU 20, Eastern Michigan 14 at half-time. Man, Eastern is right down the street from the jail, and they are probably the worst division 1 team of the last 30 years. . .everyone around here thought they would give up 100 points. Les Miles must be STEAMING right now.
Richt doesn't make sense to me. Hasn't since about year 4. Agree that pulling the QB was desperate.
ReplyDeleteOther news is South Carolina. Spurrier has got to be contemplating retirement now. He hates losing too much but may not have enough in him to turn that program around again. They've regressed.
Ole Miss is getting kicked around.
No doubt about it, Spurrier has to hang it up. . .you don't want to hang on too long, and become a joke like Joe Paterno. . .before the kid fucking stuff overshadowed it, JoePa had become a loser, couldn't even beat Iowa or Illinois. . .nobody at the other Big 10 schools wanted him to retire, he was too easy to beat.
ReplyDeleteSurprised at Ole Miss. . .McElwain at Florida is doing a very nice job in his first year.
Loving Notre Dame getting their asses handed to them.
ReplyDeleteHa ha ha. . .what a bum call on the two point play!
ReplyDeleteHa ha ha. . .Gary Patterson doesn't think much of Texas:
ReplyDelete"We've beaten better with less."