Nols' picks from the Red Stick

Houston over Lady Nols' M.S. Alma Mater
Texas over OSU
TT over KS
UT over SCAR

Getting ready to see my first game from Death Valley since 2003. Thanks to everyone for skipping out on this one so I have no one to tailgate with. Cocks...

Coach Leach Is Not a Fan of "Fat Little Girlfriends"
Gentlemen, I present to you, the greatest coach's post-game interview of ALL TIME.

Interesting Question: Do you think he will get in more trouble, or less trouble, than Hawaii coach Greg McMackin did for his "little faggot dance" comment about Notre Dame from last season's bowl game?

Indiana +17½ Most overrated team since Ole Piss earlier this year
THUG U -7 WAKE FOREST
Piss -3½ AUBURN
K State +27½ STOOPS' VISOR
OREGON +3½ PooSC
HOUSTON U -6½ Southern Miss

The Yankees and Notre Dame suck, and so do their truck driving sympathizers.

I heart Big 12 and Real Deal

Cyclones +7 FAGGIES
'Boys +9 Horns
Huskers -13 BEARS
Indiana +17.5 IOWA (non big 12 pick of the week)
Nutt -3.5 CHIZIK SUX (non big 12 pick of the week 2)

unc +16.5 vt
ramblin' wreck -11.5 vandy
tulane +36 lsu
ole miss -3.5 aub
msu -3.5 deckerless gophers

Wow. There is absolutely nothing that jumps out at me from that list. Oh well...

Week 9 Picks
1. New Mexico State +44 over THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY
2. TEXAS A&M -7 over Iowa State
3. OKLAHOMA STATE +9 over Texas
4. Penn State -14.5 over N'WESTERN
5. Michigan State -3.5 over MINNESOTA

Thursday, Oct. 29
VIRGINIA TECH 16½ North Carolina

Friday, Oct. 30
West Virginia 3 SOUTH FLORIDA

Saturday, Oct. 31
CONNECTICUT 7½ Rutgers
Cincinnati 14½ SYRACUSE
BOSTON COLLEGE 5 Central Michigan
VIRGINIA 7 Duke
IOWA 17½ Indiana
WISCONSIN 6½ Purdue
Miami Florida 7 WAKE FOREST
FLORIDA STATE 9 NC State
OHIO STATE 44 New Mexico State
Georgia Tech 11½ VANDERBILT
TEXAS A&M 7 Iowa State
Mississippi 3½ AUBURN
ARKANSAS 38 Eastern Michigan
Nebraska 13 BAYLOR
BOISE ST. 35 San Jose State
FLORIDA 15 Georgia
OREGON STATE 10 Ucla
California 6½ ARIZONA STATE
Michigan 7 ILLINOIS
Missouri 3½ COLORADO
OKLAHOMA 27½ Kansas State
Texas 9 OKLAHOMA STATE
TCU 35 Unlv
Penn State 14½ NORTHWESTERN
KENTUCKY 3½ Mississippi State
TEXAS TECH 6½ Kansas
NOTRE DAME 27½ Washington State
TENNESSEE 5½ South Carolina
Usc 3½ OREGON
HOUSTON U 6½ Southern Miss
UTAH 17 Wyoming
LSU 36 Tulane
Michigan State 3½ MINNESOTA
LOUISVILLE 4 Arkansas State

Awesome commercial I saw while doing some cardio at the YMCA yesterday morning...

Vinny Surges to Lead on Percentage Gains, Despite "Mizzou"
Meanwhile, Slut suffers the curse of The Hat, as LSU covers against an SEC foe for the second time in 5 games this season.

Week 8 Report
Vinny 68.00 ( = 62.50 + 5.5) 20 - 12 (4 - 1)
Gibbons 66.41 ( = 56.41 + 10) 22 - 17 (3 - 2)
Nols 52.78 ( = 52.78 + 0) 19 - 17 (3 - 2)
Slut 44.83 ( = 44.83 + 0) 13 - 16 (0 - 4)
Truck 43.24 ( = 43.24 + 0) 16 - 21 (2 - 3)
Real 37.14 ( = 37.14 + 0) 13 - 22 (2 - 3)
Nichol = QUITTER

Total 49.28 (103 - 106) 14 - 15

Man....I just can't pick against LSU. Make it LSU over Auburn

Moving day and some late picks.

Florida over MSU
Auburn over LSU - I'll be happy either way
PSU over Michagan - in honor of my last 2.5 years as a fan
Houston over SMU
and

USC over OState

Enjoyed the week there Truck. America bound tomorrow morning.

Calling all Road Dawgs:

The guy I wish coached LSU +6.5 California Tree Harbaughs
Da Bulls +6.5 Fighting Wanny's
Hogs +6.5 Webs

and finally, even though it kills me to do it

War Chickens +8 Miles incompetence

I mean really, LSU hasn't covered the spread in their last 14 SEC games. They also haven't covered all year. What makes me think they will tomorrow night.

ramblin wreck -5.5 virgins
da u -5 clemson
psu -4.5 michigan
petrino +6.5 nutt
houston -16.5 smu

Georgia Tech -5½ VIRGINIA
Fighting Gibbons +18 OHIO STATE
Tennessee +14½ I hate ALABAMA
TEXAS TECH -21½ Texas A&m
Arkansas +6½ OLE PISS

Vinny is a BIG12 Fan. Seriously, Vinny, who calls them Mizzou .... WTF.

Ga Tech -5.5 VIRGINIA
Iowa St +17.5 NEBRASKA
Oklahoma -7 KANSAS
MIZZOU +13 Texas
HOUSTON -16.5 smu

Arkansas +6.5 over OLE MISS
Free Shoes U. +2.5 over UNC
CUTCLIFFE -6 over Maryland
Georgia Tech -5.5 over UVA
DA U -5 over Clemson

Thursday, Oct. 22
NORTH CAROLINA 2½ Florida State

Friday, Oct. 23
Rutgers 10 ARMY

Saturday, Oct. 24
SYRACUSE 10 Akron
DUKE 6 Maryland
Georgia Tech 5½ VIRGINIA
MIAMI FLORIDA 5 Clemson
PURDUE 10 Illinois
NORTHWESTERN 6 Indiana
OHIO STATE 18 Minnesota
PITTSBURGH 6½ South Florida
WEST VIRGINIA 7½ Connecticut
SOUTH CAROLINA 12½ Vanderbilt
NEBRASKA 17½ Iowa State
Oklahoma State 9½ BAYLOR
NOTRE DAME 8 Boston College
ALABAMA 14½ Tennessee
Oregon 9½ WASHINGTON
TEXAS TECH 21½ Texas A&m
Penn State 4½ MICHIGAN
Oklahoma 7 KANSAS
Texas 13 MISSOURI
NAVY 2½ Wake Forest
UTAH 9½ Air Force
ARIZONA 7½ Ucla
CALIFORNIA 34½ Washington State
MISSISSIPPI 6½ Arkansas
CINCINNATI 18 Louisville
KANSAS STATE 4½ Colorado
Iowa 0 MICHIGAN STATE
Tcu 2 BYU
Florida 23 MISSISSIPPI STATE
HOUSTON U 16½ Smu
LSU 7 Auburn
USC 21 Oregon State
STANFORD 6½ Arizona State
Boise St. 25 HAWAII
KENTUCKY 16½ UL Monroe

Halfway to the BCS...
So there are now 7 undefeated teams left in the FBS (going by coaches' poll rankings): #1 Florida, #2 Alabama, #3 Texas, #5 Boise State, #6 Cincinnati, #7 TCU, and #8 Iowa. Of the one-loss teams, only Southern Cal and Miami are ranked ahead of LSU. Here's the undefeated game schedule for next weekend:

2:30 -- Tennessee (3-3) at #2 Alabama (7-0)
2:30 -- Louisville (2-4) at #5 Cincinnati (6-0)
6:00 -- #6 Iowa (7-0) at Michigan State (4-3)
6:30 -- #1 Florida (6-0) at Miss. State (3-4)
6:30 -- #7 TCU (6-0) at #16 BYU (6-1)
7:00 -- #3 Texas (6-0) at Missouri (4-2)
10:05 -- #5 Boise State (6-0) at Hawaii (2-4)

Here are the remaining schedules for the non-SEC undefeateds...

Boise St.: at HI; vs. SJSU; at Louisiana Tech; vs. ID; at USU; vs. NV; vs. NMSU
TCU: at BYU; vs. UNLV; at SDSU; vs. Utah; at WY; vs. NM
Cincy: vs. Louisville; at 'Cuse; vs. UConn; vs. WVU; vs. Ill.; at Pitt
Iowa: at Mich. St; vs. Indiana; vs. N'western; at tOSU; vs. Minnesota
Texas: at Mizzou; at Okie St.; vs. UCF; at Baylor; vs. KU; at TAMU

Week 7 Report
Gibbons 65.88 ( = 55.88 + 10) 19 - 15 (3 - 3)
Vinny 64.76 ( = 59.26 + 5.5) 16 - 11 (3 - 1)
Slut 52.00 ( = 52.00 + 0) 13 - 12 (2 - 2)
Nols 51.61 ( = 51.61 + 0) 16 - 15 (0 - 3)
Truck 43.75 ( = 43.75 + 0) 14 - 18 (2 - 4)
Real 36.67 ( = 36.67 + 0) 11 - 19 (1 - 3) [DEFAULT]
Nichol = QUITTER

Total 49.44 (89 - 91) 10 - 13

Kentucky gets a huge win over Auburn, but Vinny still edges closer to Gibbons with his other picks.

Week 7 Picks from the Cold, Briny Waters...
Southern Cal -10 over NOTRE DAME
BAMA -17 over South Carolina
AUBURN -13.5 over Kentucky

Week 7 Picks
1. Kansas -9.5 over COLORADO
2. Stanford +4.5 over ARIZONA
3. Virginia Tech -3 over GEORGIA TECH
4. TEXAS -3.5 over Oklahoma (in Dallas)
5. Miss. State +4.5 over MURFREESBORO'S BLUE RAIDERS
6. Georgia -8 over VANDY

AUBURN -13.5 Kentucky
south carolina +17 BAMA
PURDUE +13.5 ohio st
Houston -17 TULANE

osu -13.5 purdue
msu -4.5 mid ten
usc -10 nd
cal -3.5 ucla
houston -17 tulane
stanford +4.5 zona

Virgin -3.5 Mary
Kansas -9.5 Colorado
Texas Tech +10.5 Nebraska
Louisville +13 UConn

Wednesday, Oct. 14
Boise St. 8½ TULSA 53

Thursday, Oct. 15
Cincinnati 2½ SOUTH FLORIDA

Friday, Oct. 16
Pittsburgh 3 RUTGERS

Saturday, Oct. 17
TEXAS 3½ Oklahoma
BOSTON COLLEGE 2½ NC State
Ohio State 13½ PURDUE
MICHIGAN STATE 13½ Northwestern
WISCONSIN 2½ Iowa
Virginia 3½ MARYLAND
CLEMSON 7 Wake Forest
IOWA STATE 2½ Baylor
MISSISSIPPI 22 Uab
Georgia 8 VANDERBILT
AUBURN 13½ Kentucky
OHIO 13½ Miami Ohio
PENN STATE 16½ Minnesota
WEST VIRGINIA 20 Marshall
ALABAMA 17 South Carolina
Usc 10 NOTRE DAME
California 3½ UCLA
Houston U 17 TULANE
NEBRASKA 10½ Texas Tech
Texas A&m 5½ KANSAS STATE
Virginia Tech 3 GEORGIA TECH
OKLAHOMA STATE 7 Missouri
TCU 22 Colorado State
Byu 17½ SAN DIEGO STATE
ARIZONA 4½ Stanford
Illinois 2 INDIANA
SOUTHERN MISS 14 Memphis
CONNECTICUT 13 Louisville
Kansas 9½ COLORADO
Miami Florida 14½ CENTRAL FLORIDA
FLORIDA 24½ Arkansas
ARIZONA STATE 6½ Washington
Utah 16½ UNLV
Mississippi State 4½ MIDDLE TENN ST

Bring Him Back!!!

Week 6 Report
Gibbons 67.14 ( = 57.14 + 10) 16 - 12 (1 - 3)
Vinny 62.02 ( = 56.52 + 5.5) 13 - 10 (1 - 2)
Nols 57.14 ( = 57.14 + 0) 16 - 12 (3 - 1)
Slut 52.38 ( = 52.38 + 0) 11 - 10 (2 - 2)
Truck 46.15 ( = 46.15 + 0) 12 - 14 (2 - 3)
Real 38.46 ( = 38.46 + 0) 10 - 16 (0 - 4)
Nichol = QUITTER

Total 50.32 (79 - 78) 9 - 15

Wow. What an awful weekend for college football...

Picks from the Stormy Northern Seas...
VIRGINIA TECH -13.5 over Boston College
Alabama -6.5 over OLE MISS
WASHINGTON +3 over Arizona
TEXAS -32 over Colorado

That's not a pick 'em, Vinny, that's a lack of a line on Wednesday due to the Dez Bryant situation. I'll give you OK St. -5 for that game if you still want it.

Michigan +8 IOWA
Ok State over A&M
Georgia +2 TENN

TV Guide
During another study break...

11:00 -- #17 Auburn at Arkansas (ESPN)
11:00 -- Vanderbilt at West Point (No T.V.)
11:21 -- Georgia at Tennessee (ESPN360)
11:30 -- Kentucky at #25 South Carolina (ESPN360)
11:30 -- Houston at Mississippi State (ESPNU)
11:00 -- Boston College at #5 Virginia Tech (ESPN360)
11:00 -- Purdue at Minnesota (ESPN2)
2:30 -- #3 Alabama at #20 Ole Miss (CBS)
2:30 -- Wisconsin (5-0) at #9 Ohio State (ABC)
2:30 -- #13 Oregon at UCLA (ABC)
6:15 -- Colorado at #2 Texas (ESPN)

I'm getting "TBA" for CBS programming Saturday morning/afternoon. With 5 SEC games (4 of them kind of interesting) kicking off between 11 and 11:30 AM, I find it hard to believe that they wouldn't pick up one of them.

Carnival Like Atmosphere Set for Tomorrow
Well, today was the 4th straight day of 90+ degree temperatures here in Baton Rouge. Moments ago, however, the skies grew darker and the wind started howling. Not, "oh this is a nice breeze howling," but "fuck, when is the hurricane going to hit and will I be carried off in a tornado kind of howling." Anyway, lots of fun stuff should be happening on campus for a truly epic match-up, and if Tebow is foolish enough to play, he's likely going to get killed.

Real Deal will leave for his spot around 8 AM. I've got my GRE subject test for math starting at 8:30 at Himes Hall. ESPN's College Gameday will be setting up on the Parade Grounds at around 9 AM. Ryan and Nick will be setting up a pig to roast west of Tureaud sometime in mid-morning. Billy Cannon, Bert Jones, and Golden Girls will be signing autographs and taking pictures by Lod Cook early in the morning. Cowboy Mouth will be playing in front of the PMAC starting at about 2:45 PM. The PMAC will open for the TAF party at about 3:30 PM. The PMAC will open up later for a free viewing party (but not free concessiosn) for those without tickets later in the day. The band will come down Victory Hill at about 5:15, and kickoff will happen around 7:10 PM. Oh, and Orson Swindle from EDSBS will be there for the first time the 2 champs from the previous 3 years have met since Notre Dame vs. Miami in 1990.

P.S. -- I'm surprised that anybody ever makes picks for GT games anymore. That is the most inconsistent team in CFB, with FSU trailing not too far behind. I have no idea what either one of those teams will do from week to week. Either team could win by 30 points and it wouldn't seem strange at all.

Georgia +2 Tenn
Texas Tech -16 K State
Georgia Tech +2.5 FSU
North Carolina State -15 Duke

UGA +2 kiffie
ramblin wreck +2.5 fsu
wisc +16 osu
aub -3 ark

Vanderbilt -11 ARMY
Buttfucky the Badger +16 OHIO SUCK UNIVERSITY
SOUTH CAROLINA -9½ Kentucky
Auburn -3 ARKANSAS

Truck, I am not tryng to be rude, but no one gives a good shit about Jeter's Yankees. A good bus crash on the way to the game is the only acceptable outcome.

Week 6 Picks
1. WASHINGTON +3 over Little Stoops of Arizona
2. Fighting Harbaugh Trees EVEN over OREGON STATE
3. Wisconsin +16 over THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY
4. Auburn -3 over ARKANSAS
5. MINNESOTA -3.5 over Purdue

And after the extra inning heartbreak in the Metrodome in the playoff game for the AL Central pennant, I'm pulling for...

Jeter's Yankees over Twins
Abreu's Angels over Red Sox
Durbin's Phillies over Rockies
Torre's Dodgers over Cardinals

Thursday, Oct. 8
Nebraska 3 MISSOURI


Saturday, Oct. 10
West Virginia 10 SYRACUSE
Michigan State 4½ ILLINOIS
VIRGINIA TECH 13½ Boston College
NC STATE 15 Duke
WAKE FOREST 11 Maryland
VIRGINIA 6½ Indiana
MINNESOTA 3½ Purdue
PITTSBURGH 8 Connecticut
NORTHWESTERN 20 Miami Ohio
KANSAS 19½ Iowa State
Alabama 6½ MISSISSIPPI
Vanderbilt 11 ARMY
MISSISSIPPI STATE 1 Houston U
Arizona 3 WASHINGTON
Stanford 0 OREGON STATE
TENNESSEE 2 Georgia
TEXAS TECH 16 Kansas State
TEXAS 32 Colorado
FLORIDA STATE 2½ Georgia Tech
OHIO STATE 16 Wisconsin
Oklahoma State TEXAS A&M
Arizona State 21 WASHINGTON STATE
Utah 7½ COLORADO STATE
Oregon 3½ UCLA
Southern Miss LOUISVILLE
SOUTH CAROLINA 9½ Kentucky
Auburn 3 ARKANSAS
OKLAHOMA 25 Baylor
Tcu 10 AIR FORCE
Florida 8 LSU
IOWA 8 Michigan
Byu 17 UNLV

Gibbons Is on Fire!
Must have gone to a hypnotherapist or something. Also, sorry for being late guys. I'm in crazy study mode this week, and yes, Jimbo Fisher still sucks, and Butch Davis is still overrated. LOLZ at UNC being ranked #22 last week.

Week 5 Report
Gibbons 72.50 ( = 62.50 + 10) 15 - 9 (5 - 0)
Vinny 65.50 ( = 60.00 + 5.5) 12 - 8 (3 - 1)
Nols 54.17 ( = 54.17 + 0) 13 - 11 (2 - 2)
Slut 52.94 ( = 52.94 + 0) 9 - 8 (3 - 1)
Truck 47.62 ( = 47.62 + 0) 10 - 11 (3 - 1)
Real 45.45 ( = 45.45 + 0) 10 - 12 (2 - 2)
Nichol = QUITTER

Total 52.63 (70 - 63) 18 - 7

P.S. -- Wannstedt must have gotten fired up after his loss the week before.

screw magnum. on a related note, i can name more players that were on the '87 Twins than I can those who've been on the roster this decade.

now get the fckin' updated stats up, stat

Tuesday's AL Central Tiebreaker Playoff Game at 4:07 PM
Tom Selleck says, "FUCK MINNESOTA!"

Truck, Nols sent me an email saturday morning with his picks. (I don't check email on the weekends)

1. Washington
2. Florida State
3. USC
4. Penn State

Washington +13 ND
UNC -13 Virginia
Arkansas over AGGIES
usc -5 CAL

ramblin wreck -5.5 msu
chizik +2 kiffie poo
usc -5 cal
udub +13 nd
usf -6.5 paulus nation

Virginia Tech -16½ DUKE
Georgia Tech -5½ MISSISSIPPI STATE
War Eagle, plainsmen, tigers, assholes +2 LAYLA KIFFIN
Houston U 16½ UTEP

Louisville +6.5 Pitt
Auburn +2 Tennessee
Bama -16.5 Kentucky
Arkansas pk em A&M