Let me start off by saying that I got this message from a reader last night:
Reader: "Where's the blog?"
Me: "I'll post it tomorrow. Its like 11:30 and I have to go to bed."
Reader: "Bed?! It's Devil's Night!!"
Me: "Devil's Night?"
Reader: "Watch 'The Crow.'"
Me: "Aren't you somebody's husband? Don't you have to be responsible or something?"
Let me just say that A) I have seen the Crow, B) I know what Devil's Night is, and C) I'm pretty sure Devil's night is the NIGHT before Halloween, not the WEEK before Halloween. Thanks for the IM, though.
BONEHEAD OF THE WEEK:
Iowa OL James Ferentz who was suspended from the team for underage drinking. While this is bad enough, the coach of the team is also Ferentz' dad, Kirk Ferentz. According to a statement released by the team, Coach Ferentz said, "I was extremely disappointed to learn of James' very poor decision making on several levels. This offense will be treated seriously and his punishment will include immediate and total suspension from all team activities."
Ferentz also added that James will be grounded for three weeks and that he has lost his X-Box 360 privileges until he has "thought long and hard about what he did."
On to the Picks
VANDY -10.5 Duke
So I picked Vanderbilt earlier this season because they seemed like a solid sleeper team. And then they promptly fell asleep, losing two games in a row. However, despite losing 24-14, completing just 50% of his passes, and being picked off twice, Vandy coach Bobby Johnson said that new starting QB Mackenzi Adams "managed the game well and executed the game plan." Duke is not going to be as aggressive as Georgia was, unless there are strippers involved. Allegedly. I like the Commodores to cover the spread.
BYU -22.5 Unlv
I love it when teams from Vegas are involved in ridiculously large spreads against seemingly overrated teams. I'm not even doing research on this one. I'll take the Fighting Mormons to cover.
ARMY -1.5 La Tech
"Go Army, Beat LATech!" doesn't quite have the same ring to it as "Go Army, Beat Navy!" Either way, I don't see the Black Knights having much of a problem with this game; RB Collin Mooney has had three straight weeks of 170+ yards rushing, and the Bulldogs don't figure to hold him to under 100 yards. I'll take Army to cover the spread. It wouldn't be patriotic to do otherwise.
Penn State -2.5 THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY
By special request - even though I was planning on picking this one anyway.
Somehow, Penn State has managed to make it through a brutal non-conference schedule (Syracuse, Temple) and four games against the weaker half of Big Ten teams without a loss. Amazing. The Buckeyes on the other hand have one loss (to some team from California) and that loss came without College-Football-Fantasy-League-Stud Beanie Wells. Word out of Happy Valley is that Joe Pa is so excited for this game, he might even watch this one from the sidelines!!
On a side note, I remember when I used to go to the Old People's home with Hebrew School and we used to sing Hanukkah songs for the residents. Some of them just sat there, not really sure what was going on, but happy that there was so much excitement. You draw your own parallels.
Penn State has had a great season so far, but I'm not sure they've really been tested. The Buckeyes on the other hand have a healthy RB who should be the first one to really test the Penn State defense. This should be a really exciting game, but I think the Buck stops here. I'm taking THE OSU with the points.
Michigan State -3.5 MICHIGAN
Congrats to Michigan coach Rich Rodriguez. Ten months after the University of Michigan hired him as its football coach, he signed a contract with the school that runs through 2013. Unfortunately for Rodriguez, I don't think he came all the way from West Virginia to be 3.5 underdogs at home to Michigan State. This is a guy who was coaching the best team in an overrated conference last year. Now he's stuck coaching a mediocre team in an overrated conference. But hey, at least his contract was finalized! I'm going with Sparty to cover the spread.
Until next week . . .
Reader: "Where's the blog?"
Me: "I'll post it tomorrow. Its like 11:30 and I have to go to bed."
Reader: "Bed?! It's Devil's Night!!"
Me: "Devil's Night?"
Reader: "Watch 'The Crow.'"
Me: "Aren't you somebody's husband? Don't you have to be responsible or something?"
Let me just say that A) I have seen the Crow, B) I know what Devil's Night is, and C) I'm pretty sure Devil's night is the NIGHT before Halloween, not the WEEK before Halloween. Thanks for the IM, though.
BONEHEAD OF THE WEEK:
Iowa OL James Ferentz who was suspended from the team for underage drinking. While this is bad enough, the coach of the team is also Ferentz' dad, Kirk Ferentz. According to a statement released by the team, Coach Ferentz said, "I was extremely disappointed to learn of James' very poor decision making on several levels. This offense will be treated seriously and his punishment will include immediate and total suspension from all team activities."
Ferentz also added that James will be grounded for three weeks and that he has lost his X-Box 360 privileges until he has "thought long and hard about what he did."
On to the Picks
VANDY -10.5 Duke
So I picked Vanderbilt earlier this season because they seemed like a solid sleeper team. And then they promptly fell asleep, losing two games in a row. However, despite losing 24-14, completing just 50% of his passes, and being picked off twice, Vandy coach Bobby Johnson said that new starting QB Mackenzi Adams "managed the game well and executed the game plan." Duke is not going to be as aggressive as Georgia was, unless there are strippers involved. Allegedly. I like the Commodores to cover the spread.
BYU -22.5 Unlv
I love it when teams from Vegas are involved in ridiculously large spreads against seemingly overrated teams. I'm not even doing research on this one. I'll take the Fighting Mormons to cover.
ARMY -1.5 La Tech
"Go Army, Beat LATech!" doesn't quite have the same ring to it as "Go Army, Beat Navy!" Either way, I don't see the Black Knights having much of a problem with this game; RB Collin Mooney has had three straight weeks of 170+ yards rushing, and the Bulldogs don't figure to hold him to under 100 yards. I'll take Army to cover the spread. It wouldn't be patriotic to do otherwise.
Penn State -2.5 THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY
By special request - even though I was planning on picking this one anyway.
Somehow, Penn State has managed to make it through a brutal non-conference schedule (Syracuse, Temple) and four games against the weaker half of Big Ten teams without a loss. Amazing. The Buckeyes on the other hand have one loss (to some team from California) and that loss came without College-Football-Fantasy-League-Stud Beanie Wells. Word out of Happy Valley is that Joe Pa is so excited for this game, he might even watch this one from the sidelines!!
On a side note, I remember when I used to go to the Old People's home with Hebrew School and we used to sing Hanukkah songs for the residents. Some of them just sat there, not really sure what was going on, but happy that there was so much excitement. You draw your own parallels.
Penn State has had a great season so far, but I'm not sure they've really been tested. The Buckeyes on the other hand have a healthy RB who should be the first one to really test the Penn State defense. This should be a really exciting game, but I think the Buck stops here. I'm taking THE OSU with the points.
Michigan State -3.5 MICHIGAN
Congrats to Michigan coach Rich Rodriguez. Ten months after the University of Michigan hired him as its football coach, he signed a contract with the school that runs through 2013. Unfortunately for Rodriguez, I don't think he came all the way from West Virginia to be 3.5 underdogs at home to Michigan State. This is a guy who was coaching the best team in an overrated conference last year. Now he's stuck coaching a mediocre team in an overrated conference. But hey, at least his contract was finalized! I'm going with Sparty to cover the spread.
Until next week . . .
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