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[mre]

Glad you had a good time, buck.

No we're not. We're glad he made it back safely, but we're all very disappointed he had a "good time."

 

[sf2fanatic]

Damn heard Vanderdoes hurts ACL celebrating? SMH

 

[The Outsider]

MOV Game (Tiebreaker ONLY)
Jacksonville State v. Auburn - AUBURN BY 34
Thursday
LA Tech v. WKU (-3.5) NO COVER
Friday
Utah State v. Utah (-13.5) COVER
Saturday
Houston v. Louisville (-12.5) COVER
Oregon State v. Michigan (-15.5) NO COVER
Notre Dame (-19.5) v. Virginia COVER
Iowa (-7.5) v. Iowa State NO COVER
Oklahoma (-7.5) v. Tennessee COVER
Oregon (-3.5) v. Michigan State COVER
LSU (-9.5) v. MSU NO COVER
UCF v. Stanford (-14.5) COVER

 

[timetokill]

Damn heard Vanderdoes hurts ACL celebrating? SMH

Celebration injuries are the best type of injury

 

[Draxal]

Celebration injuries are the best type of injury

Gus Frerotte still has the best one of all time.

 

[GoldenEye 007]

So apparently Charlie Strong has already made a change at offensive coordinator at Texas.

http://www.burntorangenation.com/20...moted-texas-longhorns-jay-norvell-play-caller

 

[Westonian]

So apparently Charlie Strong has already made a change at offensive coordinator at Texas.

http://www.burntorangenation.com/20...moted-texas-longhorns-jay-norvell-play-caller

BYU gets defensive coordinator fired.

Notre Dame gets offensive coordinator fired.

Texas coordinators must really sweat out game weeks against religious schools. Somebody's getting fired.

 

[FloydtheFathead]

MOV Game (Tiebreaker ONLY)
Jacksonville State v. Auburn - AUBURN BY 30
Thursday
LA Tech v. WKU (-3.5) NO COVER
Friday
Utah State v. Utah (-13.5) COVER
Saturday
Houston v. Louisville (-12.5) NO COVER (Believe in Herman, future Longhorns Head Coach)
Oregon State v. Michigan (-15.5) COVER
Notre Dame (-19.5) v. Virginia NO COVER
Iowa (-7.5) v. Iowa State COVER
Oklahoma (-7.5) v. Tennessee COVER
Oregon (-3.5) v. Michigan State COVER
LSU (-9.5) v. MSU NO COVER
UCF v. Stanford (-14.5) NO COVER

Yeah I'm feeling less confident for my picks this week for some reason.

So apparently Charlie Strong has already made a change at offensive coordinator at Texas.

Yet this yields what at the QB position?

 

[andycapps]

Funny story, SDSM&T's fight song (well more of a rapid-fire chant; no band lol) happens to be Georgia Tech's song, "Ramblin' Wreck", though we change the name in the song to 'Rapid Tech'.

so RIP Jacket Knees?

Looks like I'll be rooting against your team.

 

[Fragamemnon]

The fact that Memphis is only a two touchdown favorite vs. Kansas seems kind of crazy. They should completely rout the Jayhawks.

MOV Game (Tiebreaker ONLY)
Jacksonville State v. Auburn - Auburn by 44

Thursday
LA Tech v. WKU (-3.5) COVER

Friday
Utah State v. Utah (-13.5) NO COVER

Saturday
Houston v. Louisville (-12.5) COVER
Oregon State v. Michigan (-15.5) NO COVER
Notre Dame (-19.5) v. Virginia COVER
Iowa (-7.5) v. Iowa State NO COVER
Oklahoma (-7.5) v. Tennessee NO COVER
Oregon (-3.5) v. Michigan State NO COVER
LSU (-9.5) v. MSU COVER
UCF v. Stanford (-14.5) COVER

Michigan and Utah are my upset picks this week. I think that spread is probably too wide-both sides are too strong on defense for the game to lean to a high frequency of high scoring games for the Utes. I'll never bet against a Gary Anderson coached team predicted to lose vs. the spread unless it's clearly hopeless.

 

[ConfusingJazz]

MOV Game (Tiebreaker ONLY)
Jacksonville State v. Auburn - Auburn by 24
Thursday
LA Tech v. WKU (-3.5) - COVER
Friday
Utah State v. Utah (-13.5) - COVER
Saturday
Houston v. Louisville (-12.5) - NO COVER
Oregon State v. Michigan (-15.5) - NO COVER
Notre Dame (-19.5) v. Virginia - COVER
Iowa (-7.5) v. Iowa State - NO COVER
Oklahoma (-7.5) v. Tennessee - NO COVER
Oregon (-3.5) v. Michigan State - COVER
LSU (-9.5) v. MSU - NO COVER
UCF v. Stanford (-14.5) - COVER

 

[sf2fanatic]

Celebration injuries are the best type of injury

 

[Ryuuroden]

Penn Staters are pretty good at seeing horrible things and never speaking about it, so this might work.

Wow, epic quote, lol

 

[chaosblade]

MOV Game (Tiebreaker ONLY)
Jacksonville State v. Auburn - Auburn by 40
Thursday
LA Tech v. WKU (-3.5) NO COVER
Friday
Utah State v. Utah (-13.5) NO COVER
Saturday
Houston v. Louisville (-12.5) NO COVER
Oregon State v. Michigan (-15.5) NO COVER
Notre Dame (-19.5) v. Virginia COVER
Iowa (-7.5) v. Iowa State COVER
Oklahoma (-7.5) v. Tennessee NO COVER
Oregon (-3.5) v. Michigan State COVER
LSU (-9.5) v. MSU NO COVER
UCF v. Stanford (-14.5) NO COVER

 

[perfectchaos007]

Yet this yields what at the QB position?

Our O-Line would make elite QB's look average, good QB's look bad, and decent QB's look abysmal. We have a decent QB in Tyrone, and a possibly good QB in Heard.

We would essentially improve from abysmal to bad.

MOV Game (Tiebreaker ONLY)
Jacksonville State v. Auburn by 45
Thursday
LA Tech v. WKU (-3.5) No Cover
Friday
Utah State v. Utah (-13.5) Cover
Saturday
Houston v. Louisville (-12.5) No Cover
Oregon State v. Michigan (-15.5) No Cover
Notre Dame (-19.5) v. Virginia No Cover
Iowa (-7.5) v. Iowa State No Cover
Oklahoma (-7.5) v. Tennessee No Cover
Oregon (-3.5) v. Michigan State Cover
LSU (-9.5) v. MSU No Cover
UCF v. Stanford (-14.5) Cover

 

[KingGondo]

I have to say that I'm shocked at how poorly Wickline has translated to UT so far. He always got a lot out of under the radar guys at OSU. Has the recruiting just not been up to snuff?

 

[perfectchaos007]

I have to say that I'm shocked at how poorly Wickline has translated to UT so far. He always got a lot out of under the radar guys at OSU. Has the recruiting just not been up to snuff?

2014's class was mostly Mack Brown's class that Strong inherited. 2015 is all Strong and co's class ( his first full class at Texas). So Wickline hasn't really had a chance to develop his hand selected guys.

 

[AntoneM]

oops

 

[FelixOrion]

Looks like I'll be rooting against your team.

Can't wait to see you post something along the lines of 'nice play, yellow jackets!' then

 

[chicko1983]

MOV Game (Tiebreaker ONLY)
Jacksonville State v. Auburn - Auburn by 18 pts
Thursday
LA Tech v. WKU (-3.5) - COVER
Friday
Utah State v. Utah (-13.5) - COVER
Saturday
Houston v. Louisville (-12.5) - NO COVER
Oregon State v. Michigan (-15.5) - NO COVER
Notre Dame (-19.5) v. Virginia - NO COVER
Iowa (-7.5) v. Iowa State - NO COVER
Oklahoma (-7.5) v. Tennessee - NO COVER
Oregon (-3.5) v. Michigan State - NO COVER
LSU (-9.5) v. MSU - NO COVER
UCF v. Stanford (-14.5) - NO COVER

 

[Purple Cheeto]

Our SBNation site did a good analysis of Coach Pete's offenses at UW and Boise in an effort to figure out what isn't working

Enjoyable read, thanks for the link!

Celebration injuries are the best type of injury

My all time favorite is Kendrys Morales breaking his leg stamping on home plate after hitting a game winning dinger against the Mariners.

 

[Mac the KNife]

I would not recommend moving to a new house 2 days before the season starts.

Or moving at all, ever.


MOV Game (Tiebreaker ONLY)
Jacksonville State v. Auburn by 24
Thursday
LA Tech v. WKU (-3.5) COVER
Friday
Utah State v. Utah (-13.5) COVER
Saturday
Houston v. Louisville (-12.5) COVER
Oregon State v. Michigan (-15.5) NO COVER
Notre Dame (-19.5) v. Virginia COVER
Iowa (-7.5) v. Iowa State NO COVER
Oklahoma (-7.5) v. Tennessee NO COVER
Oregon (-3.5) v. Michigan State NO COVER
LSU (-9.5) v. MSU COVER

 

[andycapps]

Can't wait to see you post something along the lines of 'nice play, yellow jackets!' then

It'll never happen!

The Evolution of the Tennessee Fan.

 

[Randolph Freelander]

I would not recommend moving to a new house 2 days before the season starts.

Or moving at all, ever.

That.

A year ago tomorrow, I closed on a townhouse, moved in 2 weeks later. Moving sucks. After going through 4 apartments and now into this house, I am hopefully done for a while, though you never know.

 

[mre]

It'll never happen!

The Evolution of the Tennessee Fan.

I could have done that in two pictures:

Before:

After:

 

[andycapps]

I could have done that in two pictures:

Before:



After:

The before belongs in the OP.

 

[KefkaPalazzo]

So Zeke tweeted this...

@NCAA #InCropTopsWeTrust

Heisman caliber HB, Trump level troll.

 

[bucknuticus]

The rule makes no sense, its that their pads must be covered but that big WR for Va Tech literally had his backflap exposed all night. By rule he should have sat out one play everytime.

 

[Lonestar]

For Gondo,
See, Iowa State once had a barely missed game winning field goal. Feel better about 2011?


ps:

Spoiler

man, I forgot how bad Alabama used to be.

 

[GoldenEye 007]

MOV Game (Tiebreaker ONLY)
Jacksonville State v. Auburn Auburn by 28

Thursday
LA Tech v. WKU (-3.5) COVER

Friday
Utah State v. Utah (-13.5) NO COVER

Saturday
Houston v. Louisville (-12.5) NO COVER
Oregon State v. Michigan (-15.5) NO COVER
Notre Dame (-19.5) v. Virginia COVER
Iowa (-7.5) v. Iowa State COVER
Oklahoma (-7.5) v. Tennessee NO COVER
Oregon (-3.5) v. Michigan State COVER
LSU (-9.5) v. MSU NO COVER
UCF v. Stanford (-14.5) NO COVER

Either I didn't understand something or I just did that bad. Last week was probably my worst pick'em ever.

 

[Karl2177]

For Gondo,
See, Iowa State once had a barely missed game winning field goal. Feel better about 2011?


ps:

Spoiler

man, I forgot how bad Alabama used to be.

That went in.

 

[mre]

MOV Game (Tiebreaker ONLY)
Jacksonville State v. Auburn Auburn by 28

Thursday
LA Tech v. WKU (-3.5) COVER - you're saying you think WKU will win by at least 4 points.

Friday
Utah State v. Utah (-13.5) NO COVER - you're saying you think Utah will either win by fewer than 14 points or will outright lose to Utah State.

Saturday
Houston v. Louisville (-12.5) NO COVER - you're saying you think Lolsville will either win by fewer than 13 points or will outright lose to Houston.
Oregon State v. Michigan (-15.5) NO COVER - you're saying you think Michigan will either win by fewer than 16 points or will outright lose to OSU.
Notre Dame (-19.5) v. Virginia COVER - you're saying you think Notre Dame will win by at least 20 points.
Iowa (-7.5) v. Iowa State COVER - you're saying you think Iowa will win by at least 8 points.
Oklahoma (-7.5) v. Tennessee NO COVER - you're saying you think Oklahoma will either win by fewer than 8 points or will outright lose to Tennessee.
Oregon (-3.5) v. Michigan State COVER - you're saying you think Oregon will win by at least 4 points.
LSU (-9.5) v. MSU NO COVER - you're saying you think LSU will either win by fewer than 10 points or will outright lose to MSU.
UCF v. Stanford (-14.5) NO COVER - you're saying you think Furd will either win by fewer than 15 points or will outright lose to UCF.

Either I didn't understand something or I just did that bad. Last week was probably my worst pick'em ever.

Did this help?

That went in.

That clearly went over the left goalpost, which clearly is no good.

 

[GoldenEye 007]

Did this help?

That clearly went over the left goalpost, which clearly is no good.

Yup, I understood everything. Looks like I just did that bad.

 

[KingGondo]

That went in.

So did Quinn Sharp's.

Spoiler

That's right, I'm a truther.

 

[mre]

Yup, I understood everything. Looks like I just did that bad.

That, I can't help you with!

 

[Balphon]

For a sports thread, we've shown a remarkably poor aptitude for grasping the concept of a point spread.

As an aside, mre, are you taking these spreads from somewhere or are you making them yourself?

 

[PlayALLtheGames]

For a sports thread, we've shown a remarkably poor aptitude for grasping the concept of a point spread.

Yeah, i was even confused at the inclusion of an explanation. Who doesn't know how point spreads work? I mean that would be in a CFB thread?

Anyway, have I told everyone how much I can't wait to beat Tennessee for the 10th time soon? And order my 10-in-a-row t-shirt as soon as the game is over?

 

[cdyhybrid]

Yeah, i was even confused at the inclusion of an explanation. Who doesn't know how point spreads work? I mean that would be in a CFB thread?

Never hurts to be welcoming/accommodating to any potential newcomers to the sport!

 

[BertramCooper]

Bert is still salty over his 1-5 record against Ohio State.

 

[Affeinvasion]

Bert is still salty over his 1-5 record against Ohio State.

But he's not wrong. Ohio State's schedule this year is a joke.

 

[BertramCooper]

But he's not wrong. Ohio State's schedule this year is a joke.

A) Rankings in Week 2 are less than worthless and rankings in general are clearly biased in favor of SEC teams;
B) Bielema will probably end up losing almost all of those games;
C) National Champions

So Bielema can kindly STFU.

 

[KingGondo]

lol SEC teams. OMG so many "ranked" opponents wat do??!?

Mississippi State was #1 in last year's first CFP ranking by virtue of beating:

Southern Miss
UAB
South Alabama
"Number 8" LSU
"Number 6" Texas A&M
"Number 2" Auburn

 

[cdyhybrid]

Enjoyable read, thanks for the link!

A follow-up specifically examining what went wrong in the Boise game

 

[LizardKing]

A) Rankings in Week 2 are less than worthless and rankings in general are clearly biased in favor of SEC teams;
B) Bielema will probably end up losing almost all of those games;
C) National Champions

So Bielema can kindly STFU.

All those things are true, but as an Ohio State fan I don't see how you can be excited about that schedule from a competitive standpoint. As a Michigan fan I'm not even excited about ours and we will have tough games against middling teams. The B1G has really screwed this up by letting in MD and Rutgers.

 

[KingGondo]

All those things are true, but as an Ohio State fan I don't see how you can be excited about that schedule from a competitive standpoint. As a Michigan fan I'm not even excited about ours and we will have tough games against middling teams. The B1G has really screwed this up by letting in MD and Rutgers.

Wonder if that will bite the B1G in the ass down the road as the cable TV market disintegrates.

 

[Draxal]

Wonder if that will bite the B1G in the ass down the road as the cable TV market disintegrates.

Live Sports is the only reason cable TV exists.

That and UMD and Rutgers aren't Dum Dum Us like alot of the other schools mentioned for realignment.

 

[Draxal]

DP.

 

[xeris]

MOV Game (Tiebreaker ONLY)
Jacksonville State v. Auburn - Auburn by 42
Thursday
LA Tech v. WKU (-3.5) COVER
Friday
Utah State v. Utah (-13.5) COVER
Saturday
Houston v. Louisville (-12.5) COVER
Oregon State v. Michigan (-15.5) NO COVER
Notre Dame (-19.5) v. Virginia NO COVER
Iowa (-7.5) v. Iowa State COVER
Oklahoma (-7.5) v. Tennessee NO COVER
Oregon (-3.5) v. Michigan State COVER but I hope to hell I'm wrong.
LSU (-9.5) v. MSU NO COVER
UCF v. Stanford (-14.5) COVER

 

[mre]

For a sports thread, we've shown a remarkably poor aptitude for grasping the concept of a point spread.

As an aside, mre, are you taking these spreads from somewhere or are you making them yourself?

Start from the spreads on a website and then tweak as I want to.

 

[LizardKing]

Wonder if that will bite the B1G in the ass down the road as the cable TV market disintegrates.

I would think so unless they fix it. Nationally no one is going to get out of bed to watch OSU vs MD which is now the majority of the matchups involving big schools. It's watered down the conference too much and will probably make people ignore it more. Adding more conference games will help a little, but I don't see how they can really fix it now without dropping some lesser teams like Purdue or playing at least 10 conference games. Wish we could drop Purdue and add Notre Dame but that will never happen.