The picks....
Ga Tech +12.5 at Georgia O/U 65.5
Keeping with the lazy/procrastination trend, I'm going to mess with your mind and kill a couple of birds with one stone here. In what should be a pretty good game today, the Yellow Jackets head to Athens with both squads 9-2 and UGA being likely bumped out of the SEC championship game with Missouri's win over Arkansas yesterday. Is that deflating for the 'Dawgs? Regardless, both teams have among the best rushing and scoring offenses in the country. Gurley is out but everyone knows by now Chubb is every bit as effective. This might very well be a "whoever has the ball last, wins" scenarios in a shootout of moderate proportions. I'm taking the Jackets and the Over, over. What's your Vector Victor?
Jackets & the Over
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| Something both UGA & Tech fans can agree on |
Liberty Flames at JMU Dukes -4
Today in THE 'Burg, (sorry Wrens but you'll be watching it on the tele) the Flames will take on the Dukes who are red hot and on a 7-game winning streak. Following the Dukes is something I have done very little of this year, as in I haven't. At all. I don't even know the name of their new coach. What I do know is that his predecessor's squads had the tendency to finish their seasons trending the other way, losing their last 3 out of 4, or 4 out of 5 and just missing the playoff or getting in and playing to that trend only to be tossed aside as the losers they were. Well, not this year buddy! Or buddies! No sir. Their QB is fully expected to complete many passes to his key Wide Receiver. And their Fullback - watch out. He can run, both north/south & east/west. And their D Coordinator - he can run a defense. Look for technique tackling and high on the shoulder blocking today as the alma mater of the Danimal douses the Flames for entry into Round II of the playoffs.
DukesGeorgia Tech +12.5 at Georgia
I'm with Danimal here. Georgia is the better team but not 12.5 points better. I'm going with the Rambling Wreck in a game that will feature approximately 300 rushing attempts. For the record, Ill be taking Georgia Tech over FSU in next weekends ACC Championship game too.
Michigan at Ohio State -21
Rivalry games are often hard to handicap as downtrodden teams get up for the chance to ruin their biggest rival's season. That was the case in this game last year and the Wolverines nearly toppled Ohio State. Not gonna happen this year though. The Buckeyes are much better than last years team and they're still playing for a shot at the CFB final four. Buckeyes.
Baylor at Texas Tech O/U 79.5
Both these teams score a ton and neither is particularly strong defensively. It's that simple. Take the over.
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CBS is airing a 1-hour piece on Verne Lundquist today at 130. I will be recording that.
Yesssssss Sir.
My kid just said, "I'm going to root for the Gators but I'm picking Florida State." His other picks include GA, Oregon, Michigan, and Auburn straight up.
just explained point spreads to my son. Is that bad? There was no mention of gambling.
What purpose did you give for their existence?
math exercises. duh.
my wife leaves at 3 for an overnight ladies' evening with her girlfriends in the big city. i will be fully ensconced in footbaw for the rest of the day. kids are on their own.
in other wife-related news, she made turkey soup with stuffing dumplings yesterday. it's glorious.
My brother in law made baked stuffing balls for Thanksgiving. Game changer.
The Varsity is meh. Except for the frozen orange shakes.
Somebody at CBS Sports should be fired for how badly they botched this weekend. They could've had the Egg Bowl yesterday and the Iron Bowl today. Instead the for Arkansas-Missouri and the Egg Bowl and gave up the Iron Bowl to espn.
totally agree on the varsity. completely overrated and very average.
on thanksgiving, we made the stuffing, then put it in the waffle maker. it added texture and a little bit of char. awesome.
don't sleep on wofford @ the wrens this afternoon at 4:30. the two teams played a barnburner at wofford last year. the terriers come in a 5-1, and are the preseason favorites in the southern conference. after a series of patsies, time for the tribe (4-1) to show us something.
I'm barside watching ODU @ FLA Atlantic. Then VCU @ ODU. Then our fratre Jashe shows up and the real fun begins.
nice. that vcu/odu game will be fun. you going to it or just watching on tv?
Kind of missed the mark on the o/u of this ga game.
He didn't ask "why" Marls, to my pleasant surprise.
I recently explained point spreads to my stepdaughter. She did ask why and so I explained how gambling works and why she can't go to college.
I eagerly look forward to betting against Ohio State and/or FSU in the CFB playoff.
Dagger for OSU.
let's assume osu wins without barrett, he's lost for the season, and then the buckeyes gut out a tight big ten championship win. what's the committee do?
odu putting it on vcu. didn't see that happening.
Selection committee takes injuries into account. If it's a toss up between OSU and somebody else you'd have to think that hurts them.
Wild game in Athens right now. Mark Richt unintentionally saved Tech by trying to ice the kicker. Tech would've gotten a delay of game without the timeout. They ended up hitting a 53 yard FG to send the game to OT.
Tech wins!
HAHAHAHAHA!!!!
CFB makes me drowsy and I fell asleep watching OSU. Luckily zson came in from making snowmen and woke me up by punching me in my right testicle.
Bummer, Zman. Is that your dominant ball?
On way to airport. I have overnight flight tonight, then client meetings across the pond all week. 90% chance of rain on Sunday/Monday in Italy. Good times.
That's a major dagger tr. Weekend work travel on the wkd especially of that sort depresses me.
What are the chances Jameis bets against himself in the first half of games?
All the more reason to eat expensive meals TR. And neither of my balls dominates the other. I'm ambitestrous.
i disapprove of misissippi state's uniforms
Fuck FSU. Really, just fuck them in the goat ass
Bellied up at airport bar. They have iPads at bar. Double scotch may prove to be a mistake. It fills 2/3 of a highball glass. Airport is jamming.
Heard a guy call into Finebaum a few weeks ago. Said he was boys w the bookie that took bets from Jameis' best friend. This friend bet a 4 grand on the first half of the Louisviille game when his avg bet was 100-200 clams. Of course it could have been a horseshit caller but the guy sounded too dumb to be making it up.
That was a big Internet rumor too, Danimal. The guys who 'heard' the rumor were pretty shady so most dismissed it as BS.
Plus, why would any bookie take a overly heavy bet against the noles made by a known friend of Winston? That said, it would not surprise me if J Dub was placing bets against himself.
Guy near me at bar is a 45 y/o Slash groupie. Apparently that's a real thing. He travels the world to see Slash. He's off to catch some UK shows. He is cranking video on his phone of the last show from Detroit. He appears to have been front row. He's a perfect mix of brilliance and sadness. What is he wearing, you might ask? A Slash t-shirt, of course.
Best thing he's said so far: "We're not friends, but he knows who I am." Brilliant on so many more levels than he intended.
Irish looking good.
Have seen 0.0 irish plays. Or usc for that matter.
On the wagering, of course it sounded shady but who cares? We'd LOVE for it to be true. And where did the cash possibly come from? Autographed jerseys of course.
zson just kicked me in the stones. I should have spent more time with him instead of getting a vasectomy.
Florida-FSU still interesting. Can't complain about having a chance to win with over 3 mins left. Good luck Mark. I'm pulling for them.
great post clarence! i am supposed to know about "clarissa explains it all"?
also, when you say "big city" rob, are you talking downtown leesburg? i'm thinking about scale here.
That game was the perfect way to end the Muschamp era. Florida's D was dominant. Florida's offense scored 6 points off 4 turnovers, 3 of which set up Florida in FSU territory. Oh, and Florida gave up a 94 pick six.
94 yard. 94 yard pick six.
It blows. And for so many reasons. If florida won, I would have won my Muschamp gets fired after going 8-4 bet w my buddy. Instead I won the UF wins less than 8 games bet which was worth fewer dolores. But more than anything I justed wanted those effers to lose. I really dislike Jimbo. Jameis....he is just a young dumb kid that I could pull for one day. And on nd....2 weeks ago I offered my buddy a $50 buyout. He took it. Haha.
good job, good effort, jmu
what's florida state's record ats this season? big bankroll for jameis.
Will look that up Rob. They are either 3-9 or 4-8 but I bet (hee hee) they are no better than 2-10 and quite possibly 0-12 in the first half. And fuck you.
I'm surprised that you are with us tonight. Thought you'd be at the W&M George Mason women's volleyball game seeing your favorite team is playing.
A friend on facebook just admitted to driving through the car wash with the xmas tree on the roof.
they have wifi at rhe patriot center, danimal
3-9 and 1-11
my kid just asked me when the nfl draft is. she's pretty excited for it.
3-9 ATS for FSU. I never once thought Florida would win. I was hoping but watching Muschamp coached teams for 4 years has made me know better.
So many missed opportunities. Would've been great ruining FSU's season. Oh well. I don't have to watch that spaz coach Florida anymore.
She a big Dante Fowler fan, Rob? I am.
she's a big vontae mack fan.
and auburn is dominating this game. alabama's defense is getting its ass kicked. eventually, these field goals will become touchdowns.
Queue the deer.
auburn looks like the better team, by far. and nick marshall looks light years better than blake sims. neat.
I watched the first half of AU-AL at a restaurant with my sister & her husband. His uncle is an AU coach--the waitress was a little freaked out by his reaction to the last few mins of that half
Auburn has left plenty of points in the field. Rare that it doesn't come back to bite you in big rivalry games. I just lived it.
this game is too big for blake sims.
Disagree on that. He's played in big games already this year. He's just sucked tonight.
This game is too big for the Bama secondary though.
there's big, and there's iron bowl with everything on the line big.
but you're right about the alabama secondary. and auburn's receivers are making some sick catches.
BaMa. Auburn. Gone to plaid.
my secret reverse jinx has proven effective. also, i might be an idiot.
Sims has been ok the last couple of drives. Amari Cooper helps.
Cooper is so smooth. He makes it look so easy. Not a blow you away athletic freak. Just better at all the little things than any other WR.
Speaking of WRs in this game, Duke Williams is a monster. He looks like a DE playing WR.
this game is fucking stupid
duke williams is all of that, with the added dimension of hands that are magnets for footballs.
Amari Cooper da gawd
Hoping The Gambler is Aracnophobia meets Fear.
This game.
Went for a breakfast sammie this am in Teaneck. Asked the nice gentleman if the egg would be microwaved, which I'm not really a fan of. His response?
"This ain't no Dunkin Donuts, we use real eggs, straight out of a chicken's ass."
I missed Namath and Corso in matching fur coats? Dagger
Teej the 11:45am-noon segment of College Game Day is must-see TV every Saturday
The fur coats today were divine
The fur coats were a nice touch. Corso looked better than Namath.
in retrospect, it was blake sims' weird tongue/licking thing that made me doubt him. didn't read that key very well.
Virginia beat Rutgers 45-26. In basketball.
rutgers scored 41 today in football. which gave randy edsall a sadz, and me an amusedz.
Mr KQ with an authentic Teaneck story. I assume you were on Cedar Lane.
And I don't think any self respecting restaurant or coffee shop in NJ nukes their egg sangwitches. That's a VA thing.
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