Week 14 Lines

So I guess USA TODAY just isn't putting up NCAA lines today, so I had to go to another source to get these out this week. I used Pinnacle sports book, a pretty sharp online book, so these lines will probably be a little tougher to beat for the week versus the usual USA TODAY openers.

No line yet on the Purple-DEN, but everything else is good to go. NCAA and NFL play Thursday, so get me your picks by NOON THURSDAY.

WV
USF 1.5

NILL
OHIO 3.5

UCLA
ORE -31.5

UCONN
CIN -9

SYR
PITT -10.5

ISU
KST -10.5

WY
COLST 5.5

UNLV
TCU -38.5

OK
OKST -3.5

TEX
BAY -2.5

IDAHO
NEV -20

NM
BOISE -48.5

BYU
HAW 7.5

UTST
NMST 13.5

FRES
SDST -8

TROY
ARKST -17

MDTN
NTEX -5.5

ULM
FAU 7

SOMISS
HOU -12.5

GEO
LSU -13.5

VT
CLEM 7

MSU
WIS -9

NFL

PHI
SEA 2.5

OAK
MIA -3

ATL
HOU 0

TEN
BUF 0

KC
CHI -9

NYJ
WAS 3.5

CIN
PIT -8

CAR
TB -3.5

DEN
MIN

IND
NE -21

BAL
CLE 7.5

DAL
ARI 7.5

GB
NYG 8

STL
SF -14

DET
NO -9.5

SD
JAC 1.5

Week 13 Review

Saints crush, so JR and MT push at 11-4 for the weekly crown. $100 on the line for next week, the final week of NCAA Football.

Week 13 W L %


JR 11 4 73.3%

MT 11 4 73.3%

JG 10 5 66.7%

MR 10 5 66.7%

GR 10 5 66.7%

TN 10 5 66.7%

AW 9 6 60.0%

MC 9 6 60.0%

SS 9 6 60.0%

CP 9 6 60.0%

JH 9 6 60.0%

MH 8 7 53.3%

LW 8 7 53.3%

MO 8 7 53.3%

RO 6 9 40.0%

GT 6 9 40.0%

MS 0 0 #DIV/0!

59.6% for the week...wow, nice rebound. 55% in NCAA and a crazy high 65% in NFL this week. Hopefully that's a good omen going into the all NFL all the time portion of the schedule after this week.
 
YTD W L %


TN 109 86 55.9%

MR 108 87 55.4%

MO 107 88 54.9%

JH 106 89 54.4%

CP 105 90 53.8%

SS 104 91 53.3%

GR 103 92 52.8%

MT 102 93 52.3%

MH 99 96 50.8%

JR 98 97 50.3%

RO 96 99 49.2%

GT 95 100 48.7%

AW 95 100 48.7%

LW 94 101 48.2%

JG 94 101 48.2%

MC 93 102 47.7%

MS 56 139 28.7%

51.5% for the YTD records. TN has a 1 game lead right now over MR and 2 games over MO. The top 9 guys are separated by 10 games or less.
 
 
NCAA W L %


MO 77 51 60.2%

MR 80 55 59.3%

CP 78 57 57.8%

GR 70 53 56.9%

SS 71 54 56.8%

TN 74 60 55.2%

JH 69 58 54.3%

GT 52 51 50.5%

RO 59 59 50.0%

MH 67 68 49.6%

LW 43 44 49.4%

MT 52 56 48.1%

AW 53 60 46.9%

JR 53 65 44.9%

JG 47 61 43.5%

MC 54 71 43.2%

MS 32 54 37.2%

52% is the YTD mark in NCAA. MO leads the way at 60.2%.
 
NFL W L %


JR 45 32 58.4%

MT 50 37 57.5%

TN 35 26 57.4%

MC 39 31 55.7%

JH 37 31 54.4%

JG 47 40 54.0%

MH 32 28 53.3%

AW 42 40 51.2%

RO 37 40 48.1%

LW 51 57 47.2%

SS 33 37 47.1%

GT 43 49 46.7%

MR 28 32 46.7%

GR 33 39 45.8%

CP 27 33 45.0%

MO 30 37 44.8%

MS 24 85 22.0%

50.8% is our NFL mark. JR leads by percentage points over MT.
 
 
The final week of College Football is upon us - the lines for all the games will be coming out shortly.

Week 13 Update

Great week by most everyone, unfortunatley no one will profit off of it.

MT is our leader in the clubhouse at 11-4, but JR and JG are both 10-4 and I have NO and JG has NYG tonight. Since the line is 6.5, one of us will win and tie MT at 11-4.

$100 on the line for Championship Week.

Full recap tomorrow after MNF.

All Picks and Current Records

Hey Guys -

Sorry - didn't get a chance to send these out yesterday...here are all the picks for the week:

JR: KENT PITT WKY IND MN PSU UCLA DET MIA BAL MIN TEN OAK KC NO


JG: FSU PSU MSU OHIOST TEX ISU ARK AUB MIA MIN CLE BUF CAR CHI NYG

MR: PSU MSU OHIOST MN ISU A&M PITT ARK ALA SC MIA OAK GB SF CIN

AW: PSU MSU MN HOU TROY LSU FLA NEV GB SF MIN BUF CAR DAL HOU

GR: BC PSU MN ISU HOU STAN USC ARK SC GB BAL NO TB SEA PIT

MH: CLEM MN NEB NW MICH PUR WIS LSU FLA ALA GB BAL SEA HOU ATL

MC: ND KENT OHIO EMU ARK GB BAL SEA NO TB BUF CAR MIA OAK DEN

SS: MN OHIOST TEX OK BUFF BOISE USC WASH AUB VAN NO OAK DAL CIN WAS

RO: NEB PSU A&M TROY LSU FLA HAW NO BAL SEA CAR HOU ATL CHI DET

TN: VIR PSU MN OHIOST NW A&M ISU PITT KENT WY CAR HOU OAK GB MIA

MT: PSU OHIOST MSU IOWA ORE ARK GEO CAR OAK GB BAL MIN CLE TEN KC

GT: VT OHIOST MSU NEB OK BOISE ORE ALA BAL SEA ATL DET DAL TB JAC

MS: X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X

CP: PSU IOWA PUR BAY HOU TOL COLST WASH STAN ASU BAL GB MIN CHI WAS

LW: VT PUR BAY SYR HOU BOISE USC CAL LSU TN GB DAL HOU PIT PHI

JH: WF PSU BAY TEX HOU WY STAN UCLA ARK SC HOU BAL CHI KC CIN

MO: PSU PUR OHIOST MN LOU RUT HOU UAB WMU WY HOU PIT DET CAR SF

 
Here are the records for the week so far: (2:45pm on Saturday)
 
JR 3 2


JG 4 1

MR 5 3

AW 4 2

GR 4 1

MH 4 2

MC 4 3

SS 2 2

RO 3 2

TN 4 3

CP 4 2

LW 4 3

MO 4 3

MT 5 2

GT 4 2

MS 0 0

JH 3 1

Good Luck!

Friday Morning Update

I had a tough time deciding between LIONS or TEX yesterday...I chose poorly, so I'm not leading at this point...but here's who is:

JG 2-0
GR 2-0
MH 2-0
CP 2-0
JH 2-0
MT 2-0
MC 3-1

Lots of football today - I'll send out the full preview later today. First, I've got Xmas card pictures at 11am, so I'm going to miss the first 35 points from the Big Red today. WHO HATES IOWA!!?!?!

I'm counting on Uncle Rico to run for 3 scores and throw for 2 more...in the 1st half.

I also still like LSU today, no matter how large the line. And in a totally off the board pick, give me Wayzata over EP tonight, can't seem to find a line on this one...yet.

Happy Football!

My Picks

Just want to get these out there so noone calls shenanigans...

DET
MIA
BAL
MIN
TEN
OAK
KC
NO

KENT
PITT
WKY
IND
GOPHERS
PSU
UCLA

Still waiting on a couple more guys to get me their picks - I'll send out the total recap tomorrow morning for the weekend.

NEED PICKS FROM...

Happy Turkey Day fellas!

I'm still missing picks from a few of you - I know it's a tough week, so here's the deal.

1) Get me your picks by NOON TODAY before the NFL kicks off

or

2) Exclude all THUR/FRI games and get me your picks tomorrow for only the weekend games.

You won't want to miss a week if you are in the running for the overall title because no picks submitted gets you a record of 1 less win than the last place guy for the week...which equated to 1-14 LW.

NEED PICKS FROM:

ROE
BOMB
TAIT
M.THOMAS
SETNICKER
LUKE W.

T-Day Weekend Stuff

So I have another hour or so to burn, why not throw something out on the old Football Challenge site. Also, can you believe there are no games tonight? WTF!?!?! This is the first day in the last 3+ weeks without a football game of some kind...I think that's a record.

It's going to be random...here we go:


1. DickRod is back! It's been a tough year without him, so he's back at Arizona for next season. I actually think this might be a good hire for the Cats. He failed in MICH because he tried to change a team that was successful at playing regular B10 football, and his defenses were some of the worst in recent memory. He won at WV because his offense was unique and dominated against slower, poorer defenses in the Big East. He also put out a bunch of very good defenses while at WV. For me, AZ is much more similar to the WV spot than the MICH spot. They are not a national power and they don't have a great legacy. I think there's plenty of speed and talent there, but obviously what they've been doing is not working. In a league like the Pac-12 where defense is optional in most every game, I like how his offense fits in. If he can find a competant DC to bring all that speed back to the D like it had in the mid-90's, then they could be in business. I still don't really care for the guy, but I think it's the right fit this time around. They'll win more games next year, even in a transition year, than the 3 or 4 they've won this year.

2. Another deal that is basically done is Urban Meyer to OHIOST and Luke Fickell back to UFC. I love this and hate this for different reasons. First, I love it because Meyer rocks as a coach and will bring OHIOST back in a hurry and put the Vadgers back into their spot in the Leaders division (not winning). Not that I'm an OHIOST fan by any means, but having them as a good team every year brings credibility to the B10 and keeps the Vadgers down, so it's a good thing. I hate this move because Urban basically just lied to everyone when he quit for the 2nd time at FLA last year. He just wanted to be done with that job and wanted to be a big-time free agent that would be brought up for every major opening in the country. It's easy to tell that he has a huge ego if you listen/watch him on ESPN on Saturdays. The old excuse of "taking time to watch my daughter's college games and hanging out with the fam" are such BS. Maybe he really felt that way for about 2 days, then he got it out of his system and realized he doesn't want to do anything but coach. That's the way all these guys are - once they get out of it they want back in. I'm sure he didn't see the Tressel scandal coming, but it's a perfect fit for him to get back in at a power school and dominate once again, and he will.

3. Another coach topic, and this one is great. Tulane is looking for a coach, and there is mutual interest with them and the legendary TE coach himself, current sideline reporter extraordinaire...TE Timmy Brew. How any school could look at the mess he left in MN and think, "yeah, this is the guy we want to turn our program around," is beyond me. I don't get what the draw to TE Timmy could be. Clearly Tulane didn't see that nobody even sniffed at him this offseason while he was unemployed, so why would you do that? It would be great to follow, I know I'd enjoy it. I tried and wanted to believe in his BS for about 4 years, but there comes a point where you realize it just isn't going to happen like he preaches. I'm not going to go on another Brew rant, god knows we've all had enough of those, but with all the other possibilities out there why would this guy even come close to being on the list? Good luck Tulane - for comedy I hope it happens, but for the fate of your program I hope it doesn't.

4. One final coaching note, I promise it's the last one. Ole Miss has an opening since they fired the Rev. Houston Nutt. Names I'm seeing linked to that job include SOMISS's Larry Fedora (also once rumored to be a candidate here) and HOU Kevin Sumlin (also a candidate here). It's crazy, but OLE MISS is actually a very similar situation to my beloved Gophers. They are in the SEC West and deal with ALA, LSU, ARK, and AUB every single year. This is by far the toughest division in the toughest conference in football. So it's not likely that you'll be seeing any SEC titles any time soon. But there is the rich football tradition at OLE MISS that has everyone believing that they will one day be able to compete again with the big dogs and should be able to but they just have to find the right guy to do it. Does this sound familiar? Their coaching hires and fires have been bizarre to say the least. They had David Cutcliffe, current DUKE HC, who did nothing but win 8-9 games per year and take them to bowl after bowl. Well, that wasn't good enough so they canned him after another bowl season...(MASE?). Then they decided they could only win be bringing in the best players, so they hired recruiting guru Ed Orgeron. He couldn't coach at all, but recruiting was better...and the team sucked for his entire tenure. They had a few close calls and minor upsets, but overall it was a disaster and the program was in worse shape when he left...(BREW?). After Cajun Ed they went to the Reverend Houston Nutt. He had a nice run at ARK, and is all in all a good football coach. But he's as slimy as they come - even for College Football in the South he's considered a slimeball...and that's saying something. He over-recruits like nobody, accepting 30-45 players each class and then deciding on signing day which ones will actually be accepted and get the scholarships. Anyway, he came in and won with the big-time recruits that Orgeron had left him, but since then has failed in a big way. So where does this program go from here? For Fedora and Sumlin, my question is why would you want this job? With the uncertain alignment and bowl/playoff system that will be here once all the super-conferences are formed, does it make sense to leave your current cake job where you'll win 9-11 games per year and be considered a genius and the next big thing? What happens when you go to OLE MISS and go 2-10 next year, then 4-8 and everyone is calling for your head. This thing will not be turned around fast when you have 5-6 automatic L's on your slate every year. I think the best they can do is to try and take a chance on a big-time coordinator that can spark the club...a la James Franklin at VANDY. Wow, didn't plan on 500 words about OLE MISS, but whatever.

5. Hawaii - ruh-roh Raggy. Point shaving scandal in full effect in the tropical paradise of Hawaii. It's still very foggy at this point, but there is an investigation going on, the Tulane game this week has been pulled off the board, and people sound very nervous. From what I've read, it goes back to the Colt Brennan days and may have continued up through this current season. Players shaving points, coaches?, administration? Too early to tell, but this looks bad right now. Anybody all of a sudden like Brew's future Tulane team this week at +20 - no games get pulled off of our board!!

5 topics - I think that's my limit. Enjoy the games - don't forget to send me your picks.