Week 6 Picks - A bridge to nowhere

I was watching the VP debate last night, and with some of those intelligent answers, Sarah Palin is reminding me of Will Ferrell in Old School when he has to debate James Carville. I half expected Gov. Palin to nearly pass out after some of her answers and start asking, "What happened? I blacked out." Regardless, Joe Biden thinks that Joe Biden did Joe Biden proud!

Bonehead of the Week - I'm going to blame the cafeteria staff at Georgetown for this one. The Cornell-Georgetown game for this weekend was canceled after a norovirus outbreak left over 170 students at Georgetown with nausea, stomach cramping and diarrhea. "Our job now is continue to treat the sick and most importantly, to prevent the spread of the illness," said Dr. James C. Welsh, assistant vice president for student health. "Hand-washing is going to be our mantra." Well I'm glad that it took an outbreak of the runs to get the Hoyas to wash their hands. At GW we always were taught to wash our hands after pooping and before we eat. I guess they forgot to teach that over at Georgetown. Then again, vomiting at Georgetown is nothing new.

On to the picks

AIR FORCE -5 Navy

This Air Force team is misleading. At 3-1, the Falcons look pretty good on paper. Last week's loss to Utah was very telling. Shea Smith completed just 7 of 13 passes and Utah gave up three second half TD's to let the Utes come from behind to win (plus, these days anything associated with Shea seems to fall apart in the end). Is Navy as good as Utah? No. However, Navy, who beat overrated Rutgers and then a solid Wake Forest team last week, features a run offense that might just be superior to Air Force's. Navy RB Eric Kettani has averaged 154 yards per game over those two wins, and I think he'll be able to keep Navy in the game long enough to make it a close one. I'll go with the Midshipmen getting the points.

Side note: Last night I learned that debate moderator Gwen Ifill broke her ankle prepping for last night's debate. Really? Were the answers to these questions on the tops of mountains? Did they involve jumping out of planes? How did that happen. This would have more interesting than hearing about John Maverick and Joe "call me Joe Biden" Biden all night.

Mizzou -10.5 NEBRASKA

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The Huskers are 3-1 and have yet to play on the road.
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Nebraska has won 15 home games in a row against the Tigers
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I'll take Missouri giving 10.5.

SO. MISS -8 Utep

Fact: Utep went 0-3 before blowing out Central Florida 58-13 last week.
Fact: Southern Miss stayed in their game with Marshall for three quarters last week despite being penalized for 129 yards.
Fact: There is nothing interesting about this game.

I'll take the Golden Eagles to cover.


Let's just cut to the chase with the other two games:

Ohio State -1 WISCONSIN

Seriously? OSU is only favored by 1? This is too easy.

I'm going with the Buckeyes to cover.


UL Lafayette -2 UL MONROE

The exciting battle of the University of Louisianas!!

The Ragin' Cajuns take on the Warhawks!!

I'm not sure which one is which!!

However, UL Monroe has a WR named Zeek Zacharie. The only people I know named Zeek (or Zeke) had dysentery and died. For that reason I'll take UL Lafayette to cover.

Until next week . . .