ILLINOIS -3 Iowa
Missouri -20 BAYLOR
SOUTH CAROLINA -5½ Tennessee
Texas -3½ TEXAS TECH
Troy State -10 UL MONROE
Louisville -13.5 Syracuse

pitt +4.5 ND
USC -44 fighting willinghams
MSU -4 wisc
tcu -13.5 UNLV
rice -2 UTEP
KSTATE +11 ku

texas -3.5 TEXAS TECH
KSTATE +11 Kansas
LSU - 25.5 Tulane

This week:

TCU -13.5 UNLV
Navy -7.5 Temple
Troy -10 You'll Moan
L'ville -13.5 Cuse
You'll Laugh -8 Fla. Int'l.
Wash State +30 Stanford

Haha ... "my bad."

You better get the standings right, bitch.

lville -13.5 syracuse
fresno st -5.5 latech
fl -5.5 uga
mich +1.5 purdue
smiss -9 uab
tcu -13.5 unlv

Thursday, October 30
South Florida 3½ CINCINNATI

Saturday, November 1
BOWLING GREEN 7 Kent
INDIANA 3 Central Michigan
Air Force 8½ ARMY
Louisville 13½ SYRACUSE
VIRGINIA 2½ Miami Florida
West Virginia 4½ CONNECTICUT
ILLINOIS 3 Iowa
MINNESOTA 6 Northwestern
WAKE FOREST 8 Duke
OKLAHOMA STATE 30½ Iowa State
Missouri 20 BAYLOR
MISSISSIPPI 6 Auburn
WYOMING 5 San Diego State
WESTERN MICHIGAN 17½ Eastern Michigan
Tulsa 6½ ARKANSAS
TEXAS A&M 3½ Colorado
NOTRE DAME 4½ Pittsburgh
Fresno State 5½ LOUISIANA TECH
Hawaii 7½ UTAH STATE
SOUTH CAROLINA 5½ Tennessee
Florida 5½ GEORGIA
USC 44 Washington
OKLAHOMA 21½ Nebraska
CALIFORNIA 3 Oregon
NAVY 7½ Temple
KANSAS 11 Kansas State
Texas 3½ TEXAS TECH
PURDUE 1½ Michigan
MICHIGAN STATE 4 Wisconsin
BOSTON COLLEGE 4 Clemson
San Jose State 16½ IDAHO
Byu 14 COLORADO STATE
STANFORD 30 Washington State
Boise State 20½ NEW MEXICO STATE
MISSISSIPPI STATE 3½ Kentucky
GEORGIA TECH 2 Florida State
LSU 25½ Tulane
Tcu 13½ UNLV
SO MISSISSIPPI 9 Uab
Rice 2 UTEP
Utah 7 NEW MEXICO
OREGON STATE 14½ Arizona State
WESTERN KENTUCKY 16½ North Texas
ALABAMA 23 Arkansas State
UL LAFAYETTE 8 Florida International
Troy State 10 UL MONROE

Sunday, November 2
East Carolina 3 CENTRAL FLORIDA

Gratuitous Romanticism

The More Law-Abiding Version of Iron Mike

Week 7 Report
Nichol 81.14 ( = 63.63 + 17.5) 21 - 12 (3 - 1)
Truck 73.00 ( = 70.00 + 3) 21 - 9 (4 - 1)
Vinny 68.50 ( = 60.00 + 8.5) 15 - 10 (2 - 2)
Slut 57.58 ( = 57.58 + 0) 19 - 14 (3 - 3)
Gibbons 52.63 ( = 52.63 + 0) 20 - 18 (4 - 2)
Stone 47.22 ( = 47.22 + 0) 17 - 19 (4 - 2)
Real 44.74 ( = 44.74 + 0) 17 - 21 (2 - 4)

Total 55.79 (130 - 103) 22 - 15

Fuck Colt McCoy.

Penn St -2.5 v Ohio St
Kent St +7 v Miami OH
Ole Miss -5 v Arkansas
Oregon -4 v Arizona St

Fighting Marrons +1 PURDUE
Illinois -2½ WISCONSIN
Nutt -5 NUTT LESS
NEBRASKA -11 Baylor
Usc -15½ ARIZONA
LSU -2 uga

here are my official picks, I thought yesterday was Thursday and was trying to hurry.

AF -5 NM
Aub +3.5 WV
Boise St -7 SJSt
USC -15.5 AZ
TT +1.5 KU
ND -10.5 Wash

Week 7 Picks
1. TEXAS -12.5 over Oklahoma State
2. FLORIDA -24.5 over Kentucky
3. CAL-BERKELEY -16.5 over Cal-Los Angeles
4. Michigan State -3.5 over MICHIGAN
5. Minnesota +1 over PURDUE

It's blue-chippers for me this weekend ... oh, and Minnesota too.

Threes Everywhere
Sorry, Vinny. I didn't realize what you'd done there. It was a pretty frustrating weekend for me on CFB Pick 'Em. I would be sitting pretty right now if I'd just gone with all favorites, but I had to go for the killer blow and pick VT and Stanford to upset instead. I'm still pretty stunned that they both lost. Harbaugh let me down.

Week 6 Report
Nichol 79.57 ( = 62.07 + 17.5) 18 - 11 (3 - 1)
Truck 71.00 ( = 68.00 + 3) 17 - 8 (3 - 2)
Vinny 70.40 ( = 61.90 + 8.5) 13 - 8 (3 - 0)
Slut 59.26 ( = 59.26 + 0) 16 - 11 (3 - 3)
Gibbons 50.00 ( = 50.00 + 0) 16 - 16 (3 - 3)
Real 46.88 ( = 46.88 + 0) 15 - 17 (3 - 3)
Stone 43.33 ( = 43.33 + 0) 13 - 17 (1 - 3)

Total 55.10 (108 - 88) 19 - 15

42 total parlays with a return of 58 (i.e., +16 or +38.1%).

We're still over the magic 55% mark.

Picks this week:
Air Force -5 NM
GT -11.5 UVag
BC +3 NC
fightin Jo Pa's -2.5 gay sweater vests
Navy -12.5 Southern Millionaires University
Too-lame -1.5 Uncle Ben's San Fran Treat

lt +1.5 ARMY
illini -2.5 WISC
UCONN PK cinci
rice +1.5 TULANE
msu -3.5 MICH
nd -10.5 WASH

A&M +3 IOWA ST
Okie St +12.5 TEXAS
TENN +7 Bama
MISS ST -10 Mid Ten St

Please update standings.

also Boise -7

NEVER!

AF -5
Aub +3.5

Is truck ever going to update the standings?

I can't resist posting the lines. Hopefully you can resist the Thursday-Friday games Andrew.


Thursday, Oct. 23
WEST VIRGINIA 3½ Auburn
AIR FORCE 5 New Mexico

Friday, Oct. 24
Boise State 7 SAN JOSE STATE

Saturday, Oct. 25
ARMY 1½ Louisiana Tech
MARYLAND 10½ NC State
MIAMI FLORIDA 3 Wake Forest
Northwestern 7½ INDIANA
PURDUE 1 Minnesota
NORTH CAROLINA 3 Boston College
CONNECTICUT PK Cincinnati
Illinois 2½ WISCONSIN
PITTSBURGH 9½ Rutgers
IOWA STATE 3 Texas A&m
FLORIDA 24½ Kentucky
Mississippi 5 ARKANSAS
BALL STATE 24 Eastern Michigan
BYU 22½ Unlv
VANDERBILT 10½ Duke
TULANE 1½ Rice
Fresno State 16½ UTAH STATE
NAVY 12½ Smu
Alabama 7 TENNESSEE
Oregon 4 ARIZONA STATE
CALIFORNIA 16½ Ucla
MIAMI OHIO 7 Kent
GEORGIA TECH 11½ Virginia
TEXAS 12½ Oklahoma State
LSU 2 Georgia
Oklahoma 19 KANSAS STATE
Michigan State 3½ MICHIGAN
FLORIDA STATE 4½ Virginia Tech
NO ILLINOIS 7½ Bowling Green
New Mexico State 14 IDAHO
TCU 31 Wyoming
Central Michigan 3½ TOLEDO
South Florida 4½ LOUISVILLE
NEBRASKA 11 Baylor
KANSAS 1½ Texas Tech
MISSOURI 21½ Colorado
Penn State 2½ OHIO STATE
SO Mississippi (NL) MEMPHIS
Notre Dame 10½ WASHINGTON
Colorado State 7½ SAN DIEGO STATE
Usc 15½ ARIZONA
Nevada 3 HAWAII
MISSISSIPPI STATE 10 Middle Tenn St
Florida Atlantic 2½ UL MONROE
Troy State 24 NORTH TEXAS

good idea

Good to hear, Nols.

And Andy, I'm tempted to withhold lines till Friday to save you from yourself.

Back to civilization at last...

Nebraska -6 v Iowa St
Iowa -3 v Wisconsin
Oregon St -13.5 v Washington
Stanford +3 v UCLA

Week 6 Picks
1. Georgia Tech -2 over CLEMSON
2. Miami-FL -5.5 over DUKE
3. North Carolina -5.5 over HORRIBLE VIRGINIA
4. Southern Cal -42 over EVEN MORE HORRIBLE WASHINGTON STATE
5. BOWLING GREEN -9 over Miami-OH

Kansas +20 OU
Nebraska -6 IOWA ST
North Texas +18 ULM

My Picks this week:

Ole Miss +13 Alabama
Vanderbilt +15 Georgia
Southern Miss +3.5 Rice
North Carolina -5.5 UVag
Illinois -16 Indiana
Boise State -25 Hawaii

fl st -11.5 NC STATE
byu -1.5 TCU
BOISE ST -25 hawaii
gt -2 CLEMSON

Wake Forest -1 MARYLAND
Ole Miss +13 Media Orgy Lovefest
LSU -3 SOUTH CAROLINA
Texas Tech -20 TEXAS A&M
OK STATE -16.5 Baylor
UNC 5½ VIRGINIA

uconn pk RUTGERS
wf -1 MARYLAND
gt -2 CLEMSON
tt -20 TAM
pitt -3.5 NAVY
UL-FENROY -3.5 ark state

Thursday, Oct. 16
Florida State 11½ NC STATE
Byu 1½ TCU

Friday, Oct 17
BOISE STATE 25 Hawaii

Saturday, Oct. 18
RUTGERS pk Connecticut
Wake Forest 1 MARYLAND
Georgia Tech 2 CLEMSON
EAST CAROLINA 9 Memphis
Miami Florida 5½ DUKE
BOSTON COLLEGE 2 Virginia Tech
SOUTH FLORIDA 24½ Syracuse
IOWA 3 Wisconsin
NORTHWESTERN 4 Purdue
OKLAHOMA 20 Kansas
BOWLING GREEN 9 Miami Ohio
CENTRAL MICHIGAN 3 Western Michigan
Nebraska 6 IOWA STATE
TENNESSEE 8½ Mississippi State
ALABAMA 13 Mississippi
GEORGIA 15 Vanderbilt
Akron 3 EASTERN MICHIGAN
UTAH 21½ Colorado State
Texas Tech 20 TEXAS A&M
RICE 3½ SO Mississippi
Usc 42 WASHINGTON STATE
Pittsburgh 3½ NAVY
Ohio State 4 MICHIGAN STATE
TEXAS 6 Missouri
North Carolina 5½ VIRGINIA
NO ILLINOIS 7½ Toledo
NEVADA 20 Utah State
Marshall 3½ UAB
PENN STATE 23 Michigan
NEW MEXICO 14½ San Diego State
Oregon State 13½ WASHINGTON
KENTUCKY 9 Arkansas
California 1 ARIZONA
LOUISIANA TECH 20½ Idaho
COLORADO 3½ Kansas State
OKLAHOMA STATE 16½ Baylor
BUFFALO 10½ Army
Lsu 3 SOUTH CAROLINA
TULSA 17 Utep
San Jose State 2½ NEW MEXICO STATE
Houston 12½ SMU
ILLINOIS 16 Indiana
Air Force 4½ UNLV
UCLA 3 Stanford
WESTERN KENTUCKY 1 Florida Atlantic
LOUISVILLE 14½ Middle Tenn St
UL MONROE 18 North Texas
UL LAFAYETTE 3½ Arkansas State
TROY STATE 7½ Florida International

"hands in, big week on 3. 1,2,3...big week!" -- Stone

Indeed. Just when you're sitting on top and thinking nothing can go wrong, everything suddenly changes in the blink of an eye. The stock market, LSU's defense, LSU's running game, and me and Slut's leads in this parlay competition. Holy crap, we almost hit for the cycle on the parlays this week, only Stone had to go and pick against the Gophers. Why'd ya have to do a thing like that, Stone?

Week 5 Report
Nichol 77.50 ( = 60.00 + 17.5) 15 - 10 (6 - 0)
Truck 73.00 ( = 70.00 + 3) 14 - 6 (3 - 0)
Slut 61.90 ( = 61.90 + 0) 13 - 8 (2 - 2)
Vinny 61.16 ( = 55.56 + 5.5) 10 - 8 (4 - 0)
Gibbons 50.00 ( = 50.00 + 0) 13 - 13 (3 - 2)
Real 46.15 ( = 46.15 + 0) 12 - 14 (2 - 2)
Stone 46.15 ( = 46.15 + 0) 12 - 14 (4 - 1)

Total 54.94 (89 - 73) 24 - 7

35 total parlays with a return of 52 (i.e., +17 or +48.6%).

And I'll give the middle finger to Nicholson, who not only refused to write in both teams--or even the freaking spread--on his picks, thus making my task more time-consuming; but who also added insult to injury by using fucking Tulane and David Letterman's alma mater as two of his picks.

Nicholson's picks covered by 18.5 (Oklahoma State), 17.5 (Kansas State), 15 (Nebraska), 6 (Purdue), 2 (Tulane), and 1 (Ball State).

Vinny's picks covered by 17.5 (Kansas State), 2 (Notre Dame), 1 (Tennessee), and 1 (Louisville).

GEF's picks covered by 36.5 (Penn State), 18.5 (Oklahoma State), and 17 (Texas).

So it looks like I'm going to need more than 3 bonus points now. I'll be back, fuckers...

kstate
purdue
okie st
tulane
nebraska
ball state

UNC -7 Gay Leprechauns
STATE +2.5 Vandy
Cowardly Lions -4.5 Buttfucky the Badger
Tulsa -24.5 SMU

Texas isn't a true road team.

It's mid-October, and Wake Forest, Northwestern, Vandy, and UTEP, are still undefeated in conference play. How long will it last?

Week 5 Picks
1. Penn State -4.5 over WISCONSIN
2. Texas +7 over OKLAHOMA (Dallas, TX)
3. Oklahoma State +13.5 over MIZZOU

My theme of the week is road teams in high-profile games. I was thinking of throwing LSU in there, but I didn't want to face yall's wrath if it didn't work out, even with Tartt's fat ass out of the Gator lineup. Really, everything is set up for LSU to just absolutely destroy Florida in The Swamp by like 3 TDs or something, but I'm still afraid that Peveto will fuck it all up.

This Week:

Tulsa -24.5 SMU
Arizona -6 Stanford
Ok St. +13.5 Mizzou
Tulane +5 UTEP

Except Minnesotans, asshole.

Well, I'm actually surprised people haven't been talking about this earlier, because it's an obvious target for political manipulation in the short-term. Thus, if I were a politician looking for publicity, I would definitely use rogue trading during the primaries to up my profile and get people to look at me as the front-runner.

Once you get to the general election, however, it gets much more difficult. As the author implies, affecting the market can run in the millions of dollars, even in its present small and illiquid form, once you get down to 2 candidates in the heat of election season. Also, by this time, few people are going to be affected by InTrade odds at this point, although, I must admit, if I were a candidate, I would still be tempted to use rogue traders in the 48 hours following crucial debates, in order to appear the popular winner and declare "victory."

Also, keep in mind that the article is from September 24, when McCain really did have about a 50% shot at winning (this was the date that the House Republicans voted down the first $700 billion rescue package).

The author is an obvious douchebag for not putting all this stuff into perspective. Remember, McCain was leading in electoral vote projections for quite some time leading up to that crappy week. And, of course, he still remains within striking distance to this very day. All he has to do is carry the states he's supposed to carry (NC, VA, OH, & FL), and then pull off victories in MO (50-48, Obama), CO (49-45 Obama), and NV (50-46 Obama), and he'll have 274 electoral votes and a ticket to the White House.

Really, I was thinking he needed to pull off an upset in one of the Great Lakes states (Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, or Pennsylvania) to win, but for whatever reason, he seems to have slipped in all of those states. What can you say? Northern people suck.

kstate -3.5 TAM
OKLA ST +13.5 mizzou
TT -21 neb
tulsa -24.5 SMU
ul-fenroy -21.5 NORTH TEX

GEF,

Article on large Obama shorting on Intrade

Tell me what you think. Either Em or post here.

Looks...interesting.

Screw early games.

iowa -5 INDIANA
mich st -2.5 NW
ILL -12 minn
purdue +19 OH ST
arky +19 AUBBIE

hands in, big week on 3. 1,2,3...big week!

Louisville -6 MEMPHIS
K-state -3.5 TEXAS A&M
Tenn +13 UGA
nd +7 UNC

Early lines for ESPN's Shit Game of the Week

Tuesday, October 7
Troy State 3½ FLORIDA ATLANTIC

Thursday, October 9
WAKE FOREST 2½ Clemson
HOUSTON 17½ Uab

Friday, October 10
Louisville 6 MEMPHIS

Saturday, October 11
East Carolina 5½ VIRGINA
WEST VIRGINIA 23½ Syracuse
Iowa 5 INDIANA
ILLINOIS 12 Minnesota
Michigan State 2½ NORTHWESTERN
OKLAHOMA 7 Texas
Eastern Michigan 1½ ARMY
BAYLOR 4½ Iowa State
KENTUCKY 0 South Carolina
BUFFALO 1 Western Michigan
Vanderbilt 2½ MISSISSIPPI STATE
Utah 23 WYOMING
Kansas State 3½ TEXAS A&M
CENTRAL MICHIGAN 8½ Temple
OHIO STATE 19 Purdue
Tcu 14 COLORADO STATE
MISSOURI 13½ Oklahoma State
GEORGIA 13 Tennessee
USC 26½ Arizona State
OREGON 17 Ucla
MICHIGAN 17 Toledo
NORTH CAROLINA 7 Notre Dame
AUBURN 19 Arkansas
NEVADA 18½ New Mexico State
NO ILLINOIS 10½ Miami Ohio
BYU 23 New Mexico
OREGON STATE 30 Washington State
Arizona 6 STANFORD
Bowling Green 2 AKRON
Ohio 2 KENT
CINCINNATI 7½ Rutgers
TEXAS TECH 21 Nebraska
KANSAS 14½ Colorado
Penn State 4½ WISCONSIN
MIAMI FLORIDA 16½ Central Florida
FLORIDA 6 Lsu
SAN JOSE STATE 15½ Utah State
Tulsa 24½ SMU
Boise State 11 SOUTHERN MISS
UTEP 5 Tulane
Air Force 10 SAN DIEGO STATE
FRESNO STATE 33½ Idaho
HAWAII 7 Louisiana Tech
Ball State 16 WESTERN KENTUCKY
ARKANSAS STATE 12½ UL Monroe
Middle Tenn St 1 FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL
UL Lafayette 21½ NORTH TEXAS

Week 4 Report
Slut 64.71 ( = 64.71 + 0) 11 - 6 (2 - 2)
Truck 64.71 ( = 64.71 + 0) 11 - 6 (2 - 1)
Gibbons 47.62 ( = 47.62 + 0) 10 - 11 (3 - 3)
Nichol 47.37 ( = 47.37 + 0) 9 - 10 (4 - 2)
Real 45.45 ( = 45.45 + 0) 10 - 12 (2 - 4)
Vinny 42.86 ( = 42.86 + 0) 6 - 8 (2 - 1)
Stone 38.10 ( = 38.10 + 0) 8 - 13 (2 - 4)

Total 49.48 (65 - 66) 17 - 17

I think you're a mean, mean a-hole who's very mean.

"fat FUPA" is kinda redundant

just sayin

Hooray for me! I'm 1-1 on even spreads so far this year in CFB Pick 'Em, and 4-0 when deciding to pick an upset. Four over par ain't bad.

As for Reesing, Mangino's fat FUPA, and the Jayhawks' 20-0 halftime deficit, I don't what the fuck all that was about.

Despite my high ranking in CFB Pick 'Em, I'm picking an upset this week when South Carolina travels to Ole Miss. I just refuse to believe that Darth Visor will allow his team to drop to 0-3 in the SEC by losing to a team coached by Houston Nutt. My faith in all that is holy about college football would be shaken to the ground if Spurrier allowed that to happen. Plus, Smelley is getting the start, and he really is their best quarterback.

Also, after surviving two overtimes in a row in NFL Survivor, I'm going with Carolina this weekend. The move makes me nervous, but it seems like the obvious play. It still doesn't feel right though. I still have a hard time taking the Panthers seriously as a professional athletic organization. They still remind me of an arena football team.

BC -8.5 v. NC State
Nerds -14 v. Bigger Nerds (GT over Duke)
Cal Liberals -9 v. Arizona St. Sluts
Iowa +9 v. MSU
Ball St. -7.5 v. Toledo
Washington St. +16.5 v. UCLA

Underrated favorites roll over patsies. I'm taking bonus points this week, bitches...

Week 4 Picks
1. Texas Tech -7.5 over KANSAS STATE
2. GEORGIA TECH -14 over Duke
3. Kansas -12.5 over IOWA STATE

I Am Now Officially a Conspiracy Theorist
At this point, it's looking like super large institutional investors like CALPERS, TIAA-CREF, and especially PIMCO, led by Bill Gross, have been part of a money market conspiracy to freeze the short-term corporate debt markets on purpose in order to hold the U.S. government hostage to its demands to get taxpayers to buy up junk assets in the mortgage-backed securities market (or more accurately, the lack thereof). Hank Paulson seems to be in on the plan, delaying a Treasury money market insurance program until after the MBS rescue bill passed in Washington.

We know that Paulson has been acting like a dictator over at the U.S. Treasury Department, spooking markets on purpose to gain more power, but really, he may be doing this artificial jumping of the gun, so to speak, in order to save us from potential fuck-ups later down the road in the next administration.

By the way, I haven't heard these theories from anyone else as of yet, but it's the only thing that seems to make sense at this point. Commercial lending, despite all the hype, continues to stay at healthy levels, and the wider economy before last month had been mostly unaffected by any of this, besides of course, the massive lay-offs in the homebuilding and finance industries.

This is the craziest shit I've ever seen in my life. Fraud, fraud, fraud ... almost all of it among speculators in liberal urban America.

COLORADO +13.5 Texas
Kentucky +16 BAMA
USC - 16 Oregon

This Week:

Kentucky +16 Bama
Memphis -4 UAB
BC -8.5 NC St.
FSU +2 'Da U

My picks:

Church of Latter Day Saints -28 UTAH STATE
Fat Ralph -13.5 VIRGINIA
Texas -13.5 COLORADO
HANDLEBAR MUSTACHE -22 Hawaii
Florida -24.5 PATHETIC
BIG GOITER -28 Western Kentucky

Obama / Marxist Socialism -777 FREE MARKET CAPITALISM

F-me. I did not check in. Thanks for the thought John.
Anyways, there are 6 games on W-Th-F and I shall bet them all!

latech +23 Boise St
UTAH -11.5 oregon st
memphis -4 UAB
pitt +13 SFL
cincy -3.5 MARSHALL
BYU -28 utah st

USF -13 pitt
psu -12.5 PURDUE
MSU -9 iowa
uconn+7 UNC
tt -7.5 KSU
tejas -13.5 COLORADO