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Month: October 2012

Week 6 2012: Results are in!

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After a much-hyped Saturday of college football that I wasn’t sure would deliver, I think its safe to say that we got our money’s worth (even though I spent no money).  Who could have called it that #3, #4 and #5 in the nation would all go down in on weekend?  Well if you read below, the answer is nobody.  Plenty of our expects picked Florida over LSU, and South Carolina over Georgia, but NOBODY had NC State upsetting Florida State.  In fact guys like Robert Smith and Christian Fauria chuckled and said this would be a blowout for FSU when the game was brought up on First Take college edition.

As a result of the upsets, we had lots of mediocre records this week.  Lee Corso showed up nicely with a 9-5 record, including nailing the headgear pick for South Carolina.  Guest picker Darius Rucker had a very respectable 7-3 record, including the call for Cal to upset UCLA  as well as WVU to beat Texas.  Samantha Steele made her first pick ever with Iowa State upsetting TCU, so she is now undefeated.  Dr. Lou Holtz went 5-0, including two games that he and Mark May said were double points in their standings.  Unfortunately Mark May went 1-4.  So did Todd McShay.  Brian Griese continues his slide into mediocrity in his debut season going 1-3 this week.  Pat Forde’s dominance came to an end with an 11-14 week.  This week’s big winners are Tom Luginbill at 6-1, and Dari Nowkhah at 12-3.  We also welcome into our little club BCS guru Brad Edwards who is on Gameday Radio, going 7-2 this week.  And dropping out of my all-time rankings is Matt Millen, because he was #1 overall but picks about two games a year.  Ain’t nobody got time for that.  Pages will be updated tomorrow because I’m lazy.

Goodbye Matt Millen

Trevor Matich: 5-6
WRONG FSU over NC St
RIGHT Florida over LSU
WRONG Texas over WVU
WRONG NW over Penn St
WRONG TTU over OU
RIGHT Iowa St over TCU
WRONG Purdue over Michigan
RIGHT TAMU over Ole Miss
WRONG Georgia over S.Carolina
RIGHT Notre Dame over Miami
RIGHT Oregon over Washington

Brad Edwards: 7-2
RIGHT Penn St over NW
RIGHT S.Carolina over Georgia
RIGHT Florida over LSU
RIGHT OU over TTU
RIGHT Iowa St over TCU
WRONG Purdue over Michigan
WRONG Texas over WVU
RIGHT Notre Dame over Miami
RIGHT Oregon over Washington

Dari Nowkhah: 12-3
RIGHT ND over Miami
RIGHT Miss St over Kentucky
RIGHT Ohio St over Nebraska
RIGHT Florida over LSU
RIGHT WVU over Texas
RIGHT USC over Utah
RIGHT S.Carolina over Georgia
RIGHT Rutgers over UConn
WRONG Auburn over Arkansas
RIGHT Clemson over GaTech
WRONG TTU over OU
RIGHT Michigan over Purdue
RIGHT Oregon over Washington
WRONG UCLA over Cal
RIGHT Wisconsin over Illinois

Mel Kiper Jr.: 3-2
RIGHT Florida over LSU
RIGHT LaTech over UNLV
WRONG Texas over WVU
WRONG Georgia over S.Carolina
RIGHT Ohio St over Nebraska

Mike Bellotti: 1-3
WRONG Georgia over S.Carolina
WRONG NW over Penn St
WRONG Texas over WVU
RIGHT ND over Miami

Jason Sehorn: 1-1
WRONG NW over Penn St
RIGHT Florida over LSU

Tom Luginbill: 6-1
RIGHT S.Carolina over Georgia
RIGHT ND over Miami
RIGHT Oregon St over Wash St
RIGHT Rutgers over UConn
RIGHT USC over Utah
WRONG Purdue over Michigan
RIGHT TAMU over Ole Miss

Dan Hawkins: 2-1
RIGHT Wisconsin over Illinois
RIGHT Florida over LSU
WRONG Texas over WVU

Charles Arbuckle: 1-0
RIGHT Florida over LSU

Jesse Palmer: 1-0
RIGHT Florida over LSU

Matt Stinchcomb: 2-2
WRONG Mizzou over Vanderbilt
RIGHT Oregon over Washington
RIGHT Florida over LSU
WRONG Georgia over S.Carolina

Colin Cowherd: 6-4
RIGHT Oregon over Washington
WRONG FSU over NC St
RIGHT Florida over LSU
RIGHT S.Carolina over Georgia
WRONG Texas over WVU
RIGHT Notre Dame over Miami
RIGHT Ohio St over Nebraska
RIGHT USC over Utah
WRONG NW over Penn St
WRONG UCLA over Cal

Danny Kanell: 3-1
WRONG Georgia over S.Carolina
RIGHT Ohio St over Nebraska
RIGHT Oregon over Washington
RIGHT Florida over LSU

Mark Schlabach: 1-0
RIGHT Florida over LSU

Pat Forde: 11-14
WRONG Pitt over Syracse
WRONG Utah St over BYU
RIGHT Clemson over GaTech
WRONG VaTech over UNC
WRONG FSU over NC St
RIGHT Rutgers over UConn
RIGHT KState over Kansas
WRONG Mizzou over Vanderbilt
RIGHT Penn St over NW
WRONG Purdue over Michigan
WRONG UCLA over CAL
RIGHT Oregon over Washington
RIGHT Oreg St over Wash St
RIGHT Stanford over Arizona
WRONG LSU over Florida
RIGHT Miss St over Kentucky
WRONG Georgia over S.Carolina
WRONG Texas over WVU
WRONG TCU over Iowa St
WRONG TTU over OU
RIGHT Notre Dame over Miami
RIGHT LaMonroe over MTSU
WRONG Auburn over Arkansas
RIGHT Boise St over Southern Miss
WRONG Nebraska over Ohio St (originally picked Ohio St on Rivals, tweeted
Saturday morning he was on the Huskers)

Brian Griese: 1-3
WRONG Nebraska over Ohio St
WRONG Texas over WVU
WRONG Georgia over S.Carolina
RIGHT Florida over LSU

Robert Smith: 8-5
RIGHT USC over Utah
WRONG FSU over NC St
WRONG Georgia over S.Carolina
WRONG LSU over Florida
RIGHT WVU over Texas
RIGHT Ohio St over Nebraska
RIGHT Oregon over Washington
RIGHT Notre Dame over Miami
RIGHT OU over TTU
RIGHT Iowa St over TCU
RIGHT Stanford over Arizona
WRONG NW over Penn St
WRONG VaTech over UNC

Christian Fauria: 7-5
WRONG FSU over NC St
WRONG Georgia over S.Carolina
RIGHT Florida over LSU
WRONG Texas over WVU
WRONG Nebraska over Ohio St
RIGHT Oregon over Washington
RIGHT Notre Dame over Miami
RIGHT OU over TTU
RIGHT Iowa St over TCU
RIGHT Stanford over Arizona
RIGHT Penn St over NW
WRONG Pitt over Syracuse

Skip Bayless: 0-1
WRONG Texas over WVU

Woody Paige: 1-0
RIGHT Florida over LSU

Kevin Blackistone: 1-0
RIGHT WVU over Texas

JA Adande: 1-0
RIGHT S.Carolina over Georgia

Ryen Russillo: 1-1
RIGHT OU over TTU
WRONG LSU over Florida

Mark May: 1-4
WRONG Nebraska over Ohio St
RIGHT WVU over Texas
WRONG Georgia over S.Carolina
WRONG LSU over Florida
WRONG Miami over Notre Dame

Lou Holtz: 5-0
RIGHT WVU over Texas
RIGHT Ohio St over Nebraska
RIGHT Florida over LSU
RIGHT S.Carolina over Georgia
RIGHT Notre Dame over Miami

Todd McShay: 1-4
RIGHT Oregon over Washington
WRONG LSU over Florida
WRONG Texas over WVU
WRONG Georgia over S.Carolina
WRONG Nebraska over Ohio ST

Samantha Steele: 1-0
RIGHT Iowa st over TCU

David Pollack: 4-4
WRONG FSU over NC St
RIGHT Penn St over NW
WRONG Nebraska over Ohio St
WRONG Texas over WVU
RIGHT ND over Miami
RIGHT Oregon St over Wash St
RIGHT Florida over LSU
WRONG Georgia over S.Carolina

Chris Fowler: 0-1
WRONG AF over Navy

Desmond Howard: 6-6
WRONG NW over Penn St
WRONG Nebraska over Ohio St
RIGHT WVU over Texas
WRONG Miami over Notre Dame
WRONG Wash St over Oregon St
WRONG LSU over Florida
RIGHT S.Carolina over Georgia
WRONG Youngstown St over North Dakota St
RIGHT Michigan over Purdue
RIGHT OU over TTU
RIGHT Iowa St over TCU
RIGHT Stanford over Arizona

Kirk Herbstreit: 11-7
WRONG NW over Penn St
RIGHT Ohio St over Nebraska
WRONG Purdue over Michigan
WRONG AF over Navy
RIGHT Notre Dame over Miami
WRONG FSU over NC St
RIGHT Clemson over GaTech
WRONG Texas over WVU
RIGHT OU over TTU
RIGHT Iowa St over TCU
RIGHT Florida over LSU
RIGHT Oregon over Washington
RIGHT UNC over VaTech
WRONG UCLA over Cal
WRONG Auburn over Arkansas
RIGHT TAMU over Ole Miss
RIGHT Oregon St over Wash St
RIGHT BYU over Utah St

Lee Corso: 9-5
WRONG Texas over WVU
RIGHT North Dakota St over Youngstown St
WRONG Northwestern over Penn St
WRONG Nebraska over Ohio St
WRONG Purdue over Michigan
RIGHT Navy over AF
RIGHT ND over Miami
RIGHT Clemson over GaTech
RIGHT OU over TTU
RIGHT Iowa St over TCU
RIGHT Florida over LSU
WRONG VaTech over UNC
RIGHT Cal over UCLA
RIGHT S.Carolina over Georgia

Darius Rucker: 7-3
WRONG NW over Penn St
RIGHT Michigan over Purdue
RIGHT Ohio St over Nebraska
RIGHT Notre Dame over Miami
WRONG VaTech over UNC
RIGHT Cal over UCLA
RIGHT WVU over Texas
RIGHT OU over TTU
WRONG LSU over Florida
RIGHT S.Carolina over Georgia

Jennifer’s Picks: 9-7
RIGHT Boise St over SoMiss
WRONG NW over Penn St
WRONG Nebraska over Ohio St
WRONG Purdue over Michigan
RIGHT Notre Dame over Miami
WRONG FSU over NC St
RIGHT Clemson over GaTech
RIGHT Iowa St over TCU
RIGHT Florida over LSU (upset special)
RIGHT Oregon over Washington
WRONG VaTech over UNC
WRONG UCLA over Cal
WRONG Texas over WVU (CLOSE GAME)
RIGHT OU over TTU
RIGHT S.Carolina over Georgia
RIGHT Oregon St over Wash St

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Week 6 2012: Gameday review

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So this morning I rolled over and looked at the clock and saw that the early hour of College Gameday on ESPNU wouldn’t start for about an hour, and I tried to go back to sleep.  Like a kid on Christmas morning, I just couldn’t do it.  I decided to get up and go jog for a few miles, do some pushups, and have some freshly made carrot juice.  Or maybe I just went to lay down on the couch, have a monster energy drink, and started watching college football coverage on my DVR from yesterday.  Its hard to remember exactly how things went down.  Anyways, as College Gameday kicked off on ESPNU, we were broadcasting live from Columbia, South Carolina for the highly anticipated matchup between #5 Georgia and #6 South Carolina.  This promises to be a great game tonight, but I’m not sure the game could compare to how good Gameday was this morning.  Lots of schtick this morning from the Gameday crew, an insanely rowdy/drunk crowd, good stories and some AMAZING signage.  Keep reading if any of this interests you.

As always, we opened up with Chris Fowler welcoming us to this glorious day before disappearing for the next hour.  Samantha Steele took over along with Desmond Howard and an incredibly unpopular David Pollack (who was booed every time he opened his mouth).  We got a few nice replays of the legendary David Pollack Fat Guy Touchdown from about ten years ago at Georgia.  Samantha Steele let us know that she got paint on her outfit from a sign for the first time ever.  Speaking of Samantha Steele’s outfit today, here’s what Jennifer had to say: “Better than last week, but it needed a belt”.

Samantha Steele: Week 6

In the early hour we got a little piece on Northwestern and their coach Pat Fitzgerald.  He seems like a genuinely good guy, as evidenced by this interview done by the Pigskin Project (you guys need to start updating the site more!).  The highlight of the piece was during practice when he made a great reference, yelling something to the effect of “Just like Dumb and Dumber, we have to totally redeem ourselves!” .  That made me giggle a little bit.  We also got an official pick from Samantha Steele.  She is taking Iowa State over TCU today in case you were wondering.  Later on in the show, they went to a shot inside the bus where David Pollack said Samantha Steele was making more picks as you can see below.  Snickers? Milky Way? Nestle Crunch?  Take your pick!

Samantha Steele: Week 6 picks

We ended the first hour on ESPNU with David and Desmond’s picks as usual.  Desmond played to the crowd like most weeks and took South Carolina, while unbiased former Georgia defensive end David Pollack said the Georgia defense would be the difference in this one; he took the Bulldogs.  After that, they sent David Pollack to go use the internet and live tweet with fans, and he showed up this week making a pecan pie somewhere while tweeting.

David Pollack: Famous athlete, world class chef

Chris Fowler took control of things, previewing the day by not only reminding us of the FIVE ranked versus ranked matchups today, but by letting us know Lee Corso is picking SEVEN upsets today; an all time record!  As they began to run down the games, we got to Michigan/Purdue, to which Chris Fowler said “It is a HUGE day in Purdue today”.  I’m not sure that statement has every been uttered before.  We once again got the random 35 second production piece from Tom Rinaldi, of which 15 seconds were the title card “Indefensible: by Tom Rinaldi”.  That segued into a discussion of how form tackling has gone out of style in today’s college football, mostly due to the fact that nobody practices it anymore due to the risk of injury.  Blah blah defense sucks now blah blah David Pollack not impressed with tackling today blah blah blah.

Today’s Tebow Memorial piece was one by Gene Wojciechowski, and featured Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te’o.  We learned how he was born and raised a Mormon in Hawaii, but that he believes God led him to choose to travel a vast distance to play at noted Catholic university Notre Dame.  We also learned the heartbreaking story of how earlier this year, his grandmother died one night after a long sickness.  Six hour later his girlfriend died from leukemia.  In accordance with their wishes, he went on to play the game against Michigan State that weekend, and dominated on defense in their win.  Heck of a story.

After that we saw Todd McShay travel to West Virginia to meet up with Geno Smith and review some game tape.  They compared him last year to this year, and the consensus is that this year he is better than last year, and this year he is pretty good (for those of you who missed the Baylor game).  Then to discuss the Oregon State/Washington State, along with the Beaver Train, we brought back David Pollack who delivered some (questionably) fresh In-n-Out Burger.  For those of you who missed it, the Oregon State head coach takes his team to In-n-Out after wins whenever they are on the road somewhere that has said burgers.  David Pollack reminded everyone that he is still riding the Beaver train, and it was humorous.

David Pollack’s gig before ESPN?

We also got a full Tom Rinaldi queit-talking piece about Jarvis Jones from Georgia.  He was injured making a tackle while playing at USC; a play that briefly made him go numb in the upper body.  He was diagnosed with spinal stenosis, and USC would not clear him to play.  He then sought the advice of several other doctors across the country who approved him to continue playing (despite the risks), and he transferred to Georgia where he has become a stud and possible future NFL star.  Pretty cool that he went from unable to play to being such a beast on the field.

Before we get down to the business we all came here for (the picks), we must discuss the signage from the South Carolina crowd today.  As I previously mentioned, the crowd was completely insane, rowdy, and absolutely BRUTAL on the signs today.  I haven’t seen a sign day like this in years.  The following signs were all spotted, and I initially thought they might be SIGN OF THE DAY, but they did not even end up qualifying:

-We saw the return of the “I’m Asian!” sign
-“Pollack wears shape-ups”
-“Mark Richt drinks wine coolers”
-“Sammy Potkins”
-“Corso loves Nickelback”
-“Texas State SEC 2020”
-“Corso wants cocks”

However, the finalists are the following you see below.

The Cocks rise to the occasion!
Herbie’s bathroom issues!
Presented without comment

I’m sure I couldn’t even see them all, but like I said, the signage was completely OUT OF CONTROL and I spent all morning rewinding and replaying it.  However, the time has come that we get down to the business of the slate of picks.  The guys actually picked a ton of games all throughout the show, so most of the show-ending picks were no surprise, but we did see the return of the celebrity guest picker: Darius Rucker of Hootie & the Blowfish and Darius Rucker fame.  This guy was a complete 180-degree turn from dirt-bike man we had in Tallahassee a few weeks ago.  Darius Rucker came on the set with no notes, and broke the games down as good as any of the analysts.  Apparently he is a pretty huge fan of college football, so we salute you Darius.  We also found out Steve Spurrier has a brand of wine named after himself, and learned that Chris Fowler and Darius Rucker may be wine connoisseurs.

Wine connoissuers

The full slate of picks can be found HERE.  When the time came for Coach Corso to make his headgear pick, he reminded us that twice this year he has already made a selection with a dog mascot (Texas A&M and Tennessee).  He said third time is a charm, hinting that he was going with Georgia!  NOT SO FAST!  In usual hilarious fashion, he trolled the crowd nicely before picking South Carolina and holding a live rooster that Herbie was TERRIFIED of.  It’ll be ok Herbie.  Enjoy your day everyone.

Herbie under attack as Corso picks the Cocks!

 

 

 

 

 

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Week 6 2012: Saturday morning picks!

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We are up and running extra early this morning (with the help of a little extra caffeine) at the Gameday blog to play a little catchup from yesterday evening’s festivities.  We are looking at a slate of games that is SO GOOD that it can only disappoint.  The picks are going to be baking all day, and I will be pulling them straight out of the oven and posting them here as soon as they come in, so updates will be coming in often.  As we speak, things are leaning a strong 18 to5 in favor of Florida over LSU, and 12 to 5 in favor of Georgia over South Carolina; the location of College Gameday today.  In other news, our guys have Texas over WVU 13 to 5 at the moment.  Make of that what you will.

Skip Bayless:
Texas over WVU

Robert Smith:
FSU over NC St
Georgia over S.Carolina
LSU over Florida
WVU over Texas
Ohio St over Nebraska
Oregon over Washington
Notre Dame over Miami
OU over TTU
Iowa St over TCU
Stanford over Arizona
NW over Penn St
VaTech over UNC

Christian Fauria:
FSU over NC St
Georgia over S.Carolina
Florida over LSU
Texas over WVU
Nebraska over Ohio St
Oregon over Washington
Notre Dame over Miami
OU over TTU
Iowa St over TCU
Stanford over Arizona
Penn St over NW

Mark May:
Nebraska over Ohio St
WVU over Texas
Georgia over S.Carolina
LSU over Florida
Miami over Notre Dame

Lou Holtz:
WVU over Texas
Ohio St over Nebraska
Florida over LSU
S.Carolina over Georgia
Notre Dame over Miami

Mel Kiper Jr.:

Florida over LSU
LaTech over UNLV
Texas over WVU
Georgia over S.Carolina
Ohio St over Nebraska

Todd McShay:
Oregon over Washington
LSU over Florida
Texas over WVU
Georgia over S.Carolina
Nebraska over Ohio ST

David Pollack:
FSU over NC St
Penn St over NW
Nebraska over Ohio St
Texas over WVU
ND over Miami
Oregon St over Wash St
Florida over LSU
Georgia over S.Carolina

Desmond Howard:
NW over Penn St
Nebraska over Ohio St
WVU over Texas
Miami over Notre Dame
Wash St over Oregon St
LSU over Florida
S.Carolina over Georgia
Youngstown State over North Dakota State
Michigan over Purdue
OU over TTU
Iowa St over TCU

Kirk Herbstreit:
NW over Penn St
Ohio St over Nebraska
Purdue over Michigan
AF over Navy
Notre Dame over Miami
FSU over NC St
Clemson over GaTech
Texas over WVU
OU over TTU
Iowa St over TCU
Florida over LSU
Oregon over Washington
UNC over VaTech
UCLA over Cal

Lee Corso:
Texas over WVU
North Dakota State over Youngstown St
Northwestern over Penn St
Nebraska over Ohio St
Purdue over Michigan
Navy over AF
ND over Miami
Clemson over GaTech
OU over TTU
Iowa St over TCU
Florida over LSU
VaTech over UNC
Cal over UCLA
S.Carolina over Georgia (headgear pick)

Darius Rucker:
NW over Penn St
Michigan over Purdue
Ohio St over Nebraska
Notre Dame over Miami
VaTech over UNC
Cal over UCLA
WVU over Texas
OU over TTU
LSU over Florida
S.Carolina over Georgia

Jennifer’s Picks:
NW over Penn St
Nebraska over Ohio St
Purdue over Michigan
Notre Dame over Miami
FSU over NC St
Clemson over GaTech
Iowa St over TCU
Florida over LSU (upset special)
Oregon over Washington
VaTech over UNC
UCLA over Cal
Texas over WVU (CLOSE GAME)
OU over TTU
S.Carolina over Georgia

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