WEEK 9 RESULTS

Week 9 is in the books...2 wins in a row for JR. "Nothin's gonna stop us now..."

The Gophers are 7-1. We just won back to back B10 road games. This is just getting ridiculous. I'll discuss this later, but first the results:

RECORDS FOR WK9
JR 9-6
JG 8-7
MR 5-9 (has a Monday night pick to go)
MK 5-10

Overall, I went a retarded 20-30 on college picks this week. Ouch. What are the odds that of the 20 winner I picked, 7 were included on my pool picks for the week. Weird week of football, especially on Sunday.

NCAA RECORDS
JR 7-3
MR 5-5
MK 5-5
JG 5-5

NFL RECORDS
JG 3-2
JR 2-3
MR 0-4 (1 game left)
MK 0-5

U-G-L-Y for the Sunday games this week, but we fared pretty well in the NCAA.

NW laid an egg, which fits since 3 of us picked them this week against a brutal IND team. They also lost their RB and likely their QB for next week...who do they play next week, yep...GOLDY.

MK and JG nailed the TTECH pick. I continued to ride KAN through the first 4 TT TD's, but after number 7 and 8 I had to give up. Wow, that offense is impressive. And while the defense isn't "good" it might be the best they've had in a long time down in Lubbock. Should be a fun one this week.

JG's Cats of UK got rolled by FLA. This was a lot uglier than I expected.

JG nailed the Seminole game this week. They look like the real deal...might have been a little different if Taylor doesn't go out on the 1st play of the game, but the Noles looked solid.

MR - you have an unbelievable knack for calling the BIG GAMES of the week. He was the only one who rode GEO and they rolled easily. When it's a big game, never doubt Mr. Roe.

JR loved the Turtle at home, but of course the second you start trusting someone they suck.

MK had a tough call with PITT at home...giving up 54 to RUT at home?!?! PITT fans may want to hold off on those BCS tickets for a while.

JG - nice call on OKST. I thought TEX would crush in this one, but it was extremely close and could have really gone either way. Gundy, man, 41, is quite a coach.

JG's COL club couldn't quite score enough...or anything actually against MIZZOU. Tigers were pissed and ready, the Buffs just don't have the offense.

JG's strategy of betting against the Clones proves to be profitable once again!

MR once again mails a big game pick with PSU over OSU. I too liked the Nittany Lions, but this one was a battle.

My OREGON club pulled through huge at night and housed an AZST club that is falling hard right now.

HAW as a home dog - nice pick ROE.

Overall - not a bad college weekend for picks.

GOPHERS-PURDUE
This one was not pretty. If the offense could have capitalized on a couple of the turnovers it could have been lop-sided, but there are some issues up front. The line didn't allow us to run the ball and made Weber run for his life all day long. This must get better over the next 4 weeks. WIS, IOWA, MICH, and even NW have better defenses than PUR...so we better figure some things out quickly. On the positive side, the turnover machine continues to produce. How about the emergence of another WR!?!? Brandon Green showed why he had a 4 star rating attached to his name. The Spry suspension could end Ralph's playing career...Green will not leave the lineup for the next 3+ years. It was also nice to see Simmons make a great grab in the end zone on the final TD. Overall, a win is a win...especially on the road in the B10. We are 3-1 in the B10 with 4 winnable games left. I haven't completely come to grips yet with the reality that we could really be 11-1 or even 10-2...but that seems to be more likely with each passing week. This team isn't one of the 20 best in country, but it has gotten breaks in the schedule and the timing of when we play people. Breaks are also being created by this defense, but I still think to win all 4 or even 3 of the remaining games we need to see the offense finally explode. I love that they don't turn it over, but it's time to score some points...and this starts next week against NW. The Cats lost Sutton and likely Bacher for this game, and this is a team that is only scoring 25/game in the B10 with these guys playing. They are giving up about 21-22/game in conference right now, but I think their morale will be down and they are doubting themselves...this could be an ass-kicking if we come out with the right mind set and play like we are capable. I'll save the prediction for Thursday...but 8-1 is looking very very good right now.

NFL
Wow. Weird day in the League. We might have 2 0'fers this week...ouch.

Once again, 3 of us liked CAR...they don't cover. Seriously, this is the kiss of death.

3 liked BUFF...and they lose.

Not a lot of highlights, so I'll just leave it at that. Next week will be better.

PURPLE
Losing the WILLIAMS WALL for 4 weeks could pretty much seal the deal on our playoff hopes and Chilly's job. 8-8 suddenly looks like 6-10, and we're done. Really hard to care at all about this club right now with GOPHER NATION making it's rise to prominance. Plus we have an optimistic GOPHER HOOPS Squad starting soon and an undefeated HOCKEY team right now. Hell, even the Wolves are more interesting than the Purple right now. NBA, NCAA Hoops, and NHL mean only one thing...CENTSPORTS will be firing up again soon in Rollins house. I've been off the drug for about 6 weeks, but it's time to get it going again.

Also, I'm still trying to figure something out for NCAA HOOPS this year - let me know if you have ideas.

Games will be posted soon - Later fellas.