CFB Week 9 Picks

Rice -17.5 - 110 to win 100

O/U

UAB/UTSA o59.5 - 55 to win 50
NW/IOWA u53 - 55 to win 50
TROY/WKY o61 - 55 to win 50
SC/MIZZ o52.5 - 55 to win 50
BAY/KAN o66 - 110 to win 100


Season Record: 5-5
O/U: 2-1
Teaser: 0-2
Parlay: 0-2
Bottom Line: -66

CFB Week 8 Picks

Army +2.5 - 28 to win 25
Purdue +27.5 - 28 to win 25
North Texas -3.5 - 28 to win 25
Rice -18 - 28 to win 25

Purdue/MSU u42.5 - 28 to win 25
Maryland/Wake Forest u51 - 28 to win 25
Iowa/Ohio St. u55.5 - 28 to win 25

Army +12.5
North Texas +6.5 - 30 to win 25
Rice -8



Season Record: 2-4
Teaser: 0-1
Parlay: 0-2
Bottom Line: -105

CFB Week 7 Picks

Texas +14 - 44 to win 40

Washington +13.5 - 28 to win 25


Season Record: 2-4
Teaser: 0-1
Parlay: 0-2
Bottom Line: -105

CFB Picks Week 4

Michigan -17 @ UCONN (30 to win 25)
Tennessee +16 @ Florida (28 to win 25)
Clemson -13.5 @ N.C. State (29 to win 25)
Clemson 26 NC State 14 -- L

Season: 0-0

Week 8 Action

NFL

Straight

• NYG/DAL
• Over 47.5
• 28 to win 25  (W)
• SF/ARI
• Under 38
• 28 to win 25  (W)
• MIA/NYJ
• Under 38.5
• 28 to win 25  (L)

Parlay

• NYG -1 (at DAL), NE -6.5 (in London playing STL), NO +6 (at DEN)
• 25 to win 150  (L)

College

Teaser

• USC +3.5, Ohio St. +9, Florida/Georgia Under 56
• 30 to win 25 (W)

Why Not Picks (SportsBook.com)

Playing the sports lottery, well, all of them except the first one... Oh and these do NOT count against my season record, strictly fun and insane picks that will never hopefully all hit. These are usually all $10 or under

• Teaser: OAK +12 (at KC), NO +16 (at DEN), SEA +13 (at DET)
• 5 to win 4.17 (Hit the wrong button, complete mistake but I'll take the 4.17 if it hits)

• Parlay: MIN -6.5 (vs TB), NYG -1.5 (at DAL), NE -7 ("at" STL), NO +6 (at DEN)
• 5 to win 64.58

• Parlay: SF (at ARZ), MIN (vs TB), SD (at CLE), ATL (at PHI), NYG -1.5 (at DAL), NE ("at" STL), OAK (at KC), PIT (vs WAS), NO +6 (at DEN)
• 5 to win 485.41

• Parlay: Nebraska -2.5 (vs Michigan), Wisconsin -6 (vs Mich. St.), Alabama -24 (vs Miss. St.), Oklahoma -10 (vs ND), S.Carolina -14 (vs Tennessee), Kansas St. -7 (vs Texas Tech)
• 10 to win 464.10

• Parlay: MIA (at NYJ), ATL (at PHI), NYG -2.5 (at DAL), NO (at DEN), SEA (at DET)
• 5 to win 298.57 

Week 1: +50
Week 2: -1 (+49)
Week 3: +199 (+248)
Week 4: +140 (+388)
Week 5: -530 (-142)
Week 6: -99 (-241)
Week 7: +108 (-133)


2012
NFL: 15-16 (-18)
CFB: 3-4 (-115)

Week 6 Action

I think the only thing to do after an epic losing weekend, is to get right back on the horse and go back after it. This is after a full 36 hours of being able to clear my head and make more rational decisions. I'm going to stay small this week and grind out a decent weekend...

Week 1: +50
Week 2: -1 (+49)
Week 3: +199 (+248)
Week 4: +140 (+388)
Week 5: -530 (-142)

Last week wouldn't have been as bad if I didn't make a monster addition to a decent bet I already had on the Texans, but like any knee-jerk reaction to a losing Sunday, the add on Monday didn't work out. So after a real nice couple of weeks I'm back to the start, time to grind it back out and get myself into the green.


College Football

Teasers

(L) Michigan State PK (vs Iowa), Florida +1.5 (at Vanderbilt), Kansas State +3.5 (at Iowa State)    30 to win 25
(W) Notre Dame PK (vs Stanford), Washington +21 (vs USC)    33 to win 25

Parlays

(W) Florida -9 (at Vanderbilt), Notre Dame -7 (vs Stanford), Boise State -7 (vs Fresno State)   25 to win 145
ND pushed - total win = 65


NFL

Straight

(L) Indianapolis +160 (at NYJ)    25 to win 40

Teasers

(W) Baltimore +3.5 (vs Dallas), Green Bay +10.5 (at Houston)    33 to win 25
(L) Pittsburgh +1.5 (at Tennessee), Atlanta -2 (vs Raiders)        33 to win 25
(W) Pittsburgh +4.5 (at Tennessee), Baltimore +6.5 (vs Dallas), New England +6.5 (at Seattle)     60 to win 50
(L) Kansas City +13.5 (at Tampa Bay), Atlanta +1 (vs Raiders), Buffalo +14.5 (at Arizona)         30 to win 25
(L) Buffalo +14.5 (at Arizona), Minnesota +8.5 (at Washington), NY Giants +17 (at San Francisco)      120 to win 100

Thanks Ponder. Nice throw.


Parlays

(L) Baltimore -3 (vs Dallas), Buffalo +4.5 (at Arizona)    25 to win 59

Are you kidding me Baltimore? Won by 2?

Season Record
NFL: 10-10 (+28)
CFB: 0-2 (-170)

Absolute Boss Catch

I heard about this catch but this is the first time I'm seeing it. To hear in detail about it, I kind of didn't really imagine in my head that it could be as good as advertised but I think it was better? Like that catch was almost super-human. I don't know who Aaron Dobson is, but I'm pretty sure he just jumped right into the first round with that play.

PS - Boss move is elbowing the referee to get out of your way so you can celebrate in his face and still not get a flag.

PPS - The crowd reaction after seeing the replay was awesome.

That's What I Am Fucking Talking About

Washington Post: NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Yale quarterback Patrick Witt has decided to give up the opportunity to compete for a Rhodes Scholarship in order to play against archrival Harvard.

The school announced Sunday that Witt has withdrawn his Rhode application, despite being a finalist for the prestigious scholarship. The scholarship interview had been scheduled for Saturday, the same day as what is simply called “The Game.”

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The school had been trying to get the interview moved to Friday. But Witt, a senior transfer from Nebraska, said he decided to withdraw the application because, “My focus this week is solely on preparing for The Game alongside my teammates and coaches.”
 

This story omitted the best quote from Witt, "These assholes won't meet me a day early? Fuck 'em. I'm withdrawing my app."

Finally, a Yale athlete does something awesome. That hasn't happened since Clint Frank won the Heisman in 1937.

Seriously, Rhode Scholarship people? An interview on a Saturday that can't be moved? Really? You assholes can't rearrange your schedule to accommodate this kid? Anyone who wins this scholarship is basically guaranteed to make a bazillion majillion dollars during their lifetime, and you pompous pricks can't help this kid out?

I am 1000% rooting for Yale in The Game.

Since When Did Andy Dalton Become An Assistant For Penn State?

I could've sworn Andy Dalton was having a pretty good season with the Bengals, like was playing in the NFL as a rookie quarterback just too easy for this guy? Had to go and get involved in the biggest scandal in sports since I can't even remember just to challenge himself or something? Props.

Joe Paterno Fired. Pointless Riots Ensue.

Let's all get together and protest for a guy who is cool with child rape! Awesome! See you in the quad - bring your green hat!



This kid has no clue why he has his hands up like this. Fact.



Fucking TOUGH guys right here.

Fuck these media people for making our coach look like he did something wrong!

Kid definitely thinks he's getting laid for this. Not happenin'.

I TOTALLY HAVE NO IDEA WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE BUT I'M JUST GONNA FOLLOW THE CROWD AND DO IT BECAUSE IT MIGHT MAKE ME LOOK COOL AND I CAN TELL ALL MY OTHER FRIENDS FROM HOME THAT MY SCHOOL IS COOLER THAN THEIRS! YO BRO FACEBOOK ME LET'S MAKE A GROUP ABOUT THIS!

Seriously, how fucking delusional are these Penn State students? I will guarantee 85% of them have no idea who Joe Paterno is. They just go to football games and drink, that's it. But one of their 6,038 Facebook friends know who it is and started some stupid fucking rally for the guy who is completely cool with raping 10 year olds. They actually piss me off more than the hipsters and the #OccupyWallStreet shit. I can't believe I just said that, but someone actually topped the pointlessness of what they're doing with this. Do they understand they're protesting and rioting for a guy who just looked the other way while his boy was raping little kids? They know how fucking stupid they look? Is this just like half of them are for real and the other half just bored and think this is what's hot tonight so they're all just out drinking and running around? I feel like that's what's happening here. I don't blame the half for just finding something to do, but give me a break. Who's really mad this guy is gone? Did you see his fucking comments yesterday?? Swear to God this is an exact quote: "That's why I have decided to announce my retirement effective at the end of this season. At this moment the Board of Trustees should not spend a single minute discussing my status. They have far more important matters to address. I want to make this as easy for them as I possibly can." BBBBBAHAHAHAH YEAH FUCKING RIGHT! The Board of Trustees saw that and didn't even think about meeting, that requires an immediate fucking firing. Some fucking balls this guys has. Nope, Board doesn't have to meet or talk about me because I'm gonna retire, so now they can worry about other shit - fucking guy is out of his mind. That's like a call to attention, almost like an admission of guilt - oh don't worry about me aka worry the fuck out about me because I'm obviously responsible as fuck. This guy should've been gone 10 years ago, I'm not even talking about the child raping or anything, he's just old as fuck and wore his welcome out way too long ago. Like who the fuck just decides when to retire? Dude you're 105 years old, this isn't the fucking Senate you don't just sit on the bench until you die - get the fuck out of here you don't do shit anyway you just stand on the sideline like a statue waiting for people to fly out of bounds and break your glass bones. It's about fucking time this guy is gone - and these fucking asshole students who were like 8 years old when this happened and who are rioting can shut the fuck up also, fucking losers. Way to riot in favor of child rape you fucking morons. There's more to life than rooting for a football program that doesn't actually give a fuck about you, go to bars and drink like normal college kids - keep the tear gassing protesters for #OccupyInsertWhereverTheFuckTheyAreNow.

Joe Paterno Proving Once Again He Does Whatever The Fuck He Wants

CBS - Penn State football coach Joe Paterno has decided to retire at the end of the season, according to a person familiar with the decision. The person said Paterno will announce his retirement later Wednesday. Paterno has been besieged by criticism since former defensive coordinator and one-time heir apparent Jerry Sandusky was charged over the weekend with molesting eight young boys between 1994 and 2009. Athletic director Tim Curley and vice president Gary Schultz have been charged with failing to notify authorities after an eyewitness reported a 2002 assault. Paterno has not been accused of legal wrongdoing. But he has been assailed, in what the state police commissioner called a lapse of "moral responsibility," for not doing more to stop Sandusky. He has been questioned over his apparent failure to follow up on a report of the 2002 incident, in which Sandusky allegedly sodomized a 10-year-old boy in the showers at the team's football complex. A witness, Mike McQueary, is currently receivers coach for the team but was a graduate assistant at the time. The coach defended his decision to take the news to his athletic director. Paterno said it was obvious that the graduate student was "distraught," but said the graduate student did not tell him about the "very specific actions" in the grand jury report. After Paterno reported the incident to Curley, Sandusky was told to stay away from the school, but critics say the coach should have done more — tried to identify and help the victim, for example, or alerted authorities.

Is anyone more untouchable than this guy? Even the fucking Grim Reaper told him he died about 16 years ago but this fucking guy just pretended to be on his cell phone or something to avoid talking to him. I mean he's basically getting run off campus by everyone but the students who apparently are cool with child raping and the guy just comes out after 5 days of quiet and speculation that he's finally leaving Penn State after 203 years and he announces he'll "retire" at the end of the season. HA! Fucking priceless. He's lucky he's not facing criminal charges, everyone who outranks him at Penn State (even though, c'mon who really does?) have already resigned and then there's this guy who still won't leave. Not even a resignation but a retirement at the end of the year, like he's still going out on his own terms. I seriously don't know anyone else who could possibly get away with this shit.

To be honest and not to get into the whole moral and ethical standpoint of the whole thing but to kind of get into it, I don't really see what he did wrong? He heard about it from some loser grad student who was probably eyeing up that defensive coordinator job down the line and he told the AD. I mean what else does a coach do? And it's not like the kid came in and told him that Sandusky had his left hand here, right hand here and all that shit - he probably just said he was in the room with some little boy and shit looked weird. I mean I'd probably tell my boss about that shit. Then they ban the guy from campus - not like Joe Pa could do anything else. I mean if he really didn't know specifics then this is all just following guidelines. "He should've tried to identify and council the kid" like what the fuck? What was he going to teach him how to run a belly option to the left side and adjust to a slant if they showed blitz? Give me a fucking break, the guy can't even tie his own shoes or voluntarily keep saliva in his mouth and he's supposed to council some 10 year old who got violated back in the day? Leave that shit to the professionals. If what he said is true and this pussy grad student didn't give details, then Joe Pa did the right thing in my book, follow the chain of command and tell your boss. Enough of this high and mighty shit - like anyone else would've done anything different.

You Know What Sucks About Throwing 9 TD's In A Game?

No one cares. You go all out, passing your dick off putting up video game numbers and can't even crack 50% of people that would even consider you a serious player for the Heisman. Sucks.

And no way throwing 9 TD's is more impressive than 318 receiving yards and catching 5 TD's in only 7 receptions. America doesn't know shit.

NFL Rules Prohibit Defenses From Playing Defense

"Trying to decapitate the quarterback - #90 - 15 yards and the death penalty"

ESPN - Just suppose for a second that one week after throwing for 517 yards -- the fifth-highest amount in NFL history -- Tom Brady does it again this Sunday.

He couldn't, you say? Of course he could.

In the wake of the Week 1 passing assault, it should be increasingly obvious that a perfect storm of offensive innovation, Brady's own wizardry and what amounts to the NFL's ban on defense as we once knew it -- particularly when it comes to hitting the quarterback -- have made it so that he could pile up 400-yard games routinely this season. And not just Brady. Drew Brees, Aaron Rodgers, Philip Rivers and others could do it, too.

Herm Edwards, the former NFL defensive back and longtime coach-turned-ESPN analyst, admits to getting angry at times when he watches pro football's defenses handcuffed now by a growing list of restrictive rules and at the mercy of the quarterback.

"You pay that quarterback $15 million, you're not paying him to hand it off," Edwards says. "You want him to throw it. So you've got to protect him. Clubs, when they make him the highest-paid player on the team by a lot, are saying, 'Once they kick this thing off, you are the CEO of the team.' When that happens, guess what? That guy's got to be standing. If he gets hurt, you're in a ton of trouble. Ask the Indianapolis Colts right now. Peyton Manning is getting, what, $26 million? You can't have that. The quarterback has to be protected. And that helps provide an advantage. Tom Brady, if he has a view of the field and he can step up, he's got you. Take the snap, pat it twice, step up, it's all over."

So, the question is put to Edwards: Can Brady throw for 500 yards again this week? "He might," Edwards says. "He's got a damn good chance."

This isn't a case of one man wandering out on a limb to sell some hype. I had the same conversation with Darren Woodson, the former Cowboys All-Pro safety and now an ESPN analyst as well. "Would it surprise me if Brady throws for 500 yards again this week?" Woodson says. "No, not at all."

So I guess we should just expect every passing and offensive record to be shattered this year? I was watching college football last week and some of the hits I was screaming for a penalty. I'm officially conditioned to complain about regular hits now. I was watching Michigan/Notre Dame and saw physical play, hard hits, receivers getting drilled going over the middle - and I was shocked there were no flags. So wait, the NFL - the league you're paid at least $400,000 - has flags for hard tackles, but the students can light themselves up. Some safety approach. Pretty sad to see the 19 year olds play harder than the professionals. No wonder Andrew Luck wanted to stick around for another year.

Bottom line, these rules suck. I've never in my life seen so many people getting knocked out at the rate they are now. Whatever new helmet designs or new rules, they're not working. I never used to see people get knocked out when I grew up watching football. That's because no one ran around the field scared to get hurt, now all they do is think about it - now they hesitate into contact and someone ends up hurt. The rate of injuries now are just scary, and these rules need to be taken out, fuck safety.

Notre Damn/Michigan Recap: What In The Hell Was Michigan Wearing?

Ugh what is that? Nice M. Seriously aren't those Michigan's hockey team jerseys? Those things are hideous. On the other hand, Notre Dame might suck, but their jerseys looked pretty fucking sick. I mean if you're going to embarrass yourselves again, might as well look good doing it.

Pretty sick game, though. So far it's game of the year, but it's early and the real college games haven't really started yet. This game was pretty fucking boring through the first half, when Michigan completely forgot Denard Robinson isn't a QB and had him throwing the ball all over the field to the tune of 2 for 9.

Once Denard started running around, shit got real. Michigan realized they were playing Notre Dame and not LSU so they looked a little less intimidated almost like they had 114,000 people behind them rooting for them to win or something.

One thing I really got from this game that I kind of already knew, Michael Floyd can start tomorrow for any team in the NFL as a #1 WR. 13 catches for 159 yards, this guy needs to be utilized in the red zone much more. He is literally uncoverable, he makes catches in double coverage with ease and forget single coverage - you can cover him perfectly and he will make an impossible catch with no problem. He's that good right now, if he can keep focused he will be a top 3 pick next April.

College Football Week 1 aka Let's Beat The Shit Out Of High School Teams

Alabama 48, Kent State 7

Ohio State 42, Akron 0

Virginia Tech 66, Appalachian State 13

Wisconsin 51, UNLV 17

Miss. St. 59, Memphis 14

Auburn 42, Utah St. 38

Haha besides Auburn maybe having one of the worst upsets of all-time almost happening to them - who gives a shit about the first week of college football? It's such a joke I can't even stand it. Let's find the most desperate school for money and offer to fuck the shit out of them on national television and give our players some confidence before the real season starts. I'm watching Michigan play Western Michigan and this is such a disaster. It's 34-10 in the 3rd and Michigan is doing And 1 moves into the end zone then celebrating like they just won a championship. I guess that's what you have to do when your program is one of the biggest fakes in history. Desmond Howard isn't walking through that door, you're about 83 years from being a real contender for the National Championship, so enjoy beating up on Western Michigan. I hate the hype of week one - that's why real ranking don't come out until October. Wake me up when the games matter.

LSU Football Bar Brawl

ESPN - BATON ROUGE, La. -- Two employees of the bar where LSU quarterback Jordan Jefferson and three teammates are accused of injuring four people in a parking lot brawl said Thursday that one of the victims "threw the first punch" shortly after he had been escorted outside by staff.

In an interview with The Associated Press, Shady's Bar general manager John Peak and door manager Jordan Neldare offer versions of the bar fight that differ from details in a police report released Thursday. Neldare said he was outside and witnessed the fight firsthand but had not yet been interviewed by police.

There have been no arrests and no charges have been filed in the incident, but Baton Rouge police have said one of the alleged brawlers had three fractured vertebrae, which is serious enough to bring felony second-degree battery charges against whoever caused those injuries.

Is this a joke? A bar fight. We talkin' bout a bar fight? Wait, wait.... A bar fight. The cops went to Jefferson's house and took DNA samples?? Did someone get killed?? What is going on?! Don't we have bigger issues on earth besides bar fights? Do we need to do DNA samples for something that everyone saw and witnessed? Great, he kicked someones vertebrae through their asshole - let's do what everyone knows you're gonna do and let's do it quick. Suspend him for 2 quarters then get his ass back on the field with all 49 pairs of shoes he rightfully owns. I mean, you don't just go into a black dude's apartment and start taking his Ur Force Ones, that shit'll get you shot. Or your vertebrae cracked, but I wonder how effective he'd be without his kicks? Second thought, great move po-po, I see you workin'!

PS - If one of the guys who threw the first punch is the one who got his spinal cord realigned, how does he get to press charges? Dude you started a fight with future 1st round draft picks like an asshole and got your ass kicked all over the swamp, fucking deal with it. But if it's a 'Bama fan, fucking huge move and that's props. Just wearing one for the team that doesn't even know you exist.