Sorry about the lines. I've been swamped at work. FYI, looks the Gibbons' are packing the minivan and moving to Pensacola. We can discuss it at Real Deal's tailgate Saturday.

Week 5 Picks
1. Southern Cal -10 over U-DUB
2. Wisconsin -2 over SPARTY
3. Kentucky +2.5 over OLE NUTT
4. Georgia +4.5 over COLORADO

Thursday, Sep. 30
OKLAHOMA STATE 3½ Texas A&m 67

Friday, Oct. 1
Byu 5 UTAH STATE 51½

Saturday, Oct. 2
OKLAHOMA 3½ Texas
CONNECTICUT 7½ Vanderbilt
Ohio 10 EASTERN MICHIGAN
CENTRAL MICHIGAN 17½ Ball State
Wisconsin 2 MICHIGAN STATE
Michigan 10½ INDIANA
Northwestern 5½ MINNESOTA
Virginia Tech 4 NC STATE
NORTH CAROLINA 13 East Carolina
MARYLAND 7½ Duke
RUTGERS 14½ Tulane
Temple 5 ARMY
Georgia Tech 9½ WAKE FOREST
Texas Tech 7 IOWA STATE
MISSISSIPPI 2½ Kentucky
Tulsa 10½ MEMPHIS
BAYLOR 9 Kansas
Kent State 3 MIAMI OHIO
Idaho 3 WESTERN MICHIGAN
Tcu 33 COLORADO STATE
AIR FORCE 10 Navy
BOWLING GREEN 3½ Buffalo
Notre Dame 2½ BOSTON COLLEGE
LSU 16 Tennessee
UCLA 27 Washington State
Ohio State 17½ ILLINOIS
Georgia 4½ COLORADO
NO Illinois 14 AKRON
Utep 15 NEW MEXICO
OREGON STATE 3½ Arizona State
TOLEDO 3½ Wyoming
Smu 12½ RICE
Florida State 7 VIRGINIA
ALABAMA 8 Florida
SOUTHERN MISS 9½ Marshall
IOWA 7 Penn State
USC 10 Washington
Miami Florida 3½ CLEMSON
Boise St. 42½ NEW MEXICO STATE
Nevada 21 UNLV
OREGON 7 Stanford
HAWAII 8 Louisiana Tech
PITTSBURGH 19 Florida Intl
Louisville 4½ ARKANSAS STATE
NORTH TEXAS 5 UL Lafayette
AUBURN 35 UL Monroe
SOUTH FLORIDA 22 Florida Atlantic

Season Totals
PG 10-7, 61.82 (= 58.82 + 3)
Nicholback 2-3, 40.00
Truck 5-9, 35.71
Vinny 3-6, 33.33
Nols 2-5, 28.57

Well, at least the pick against the Irish was obvious.

PG, 1-2
Truck, 1-3

okla -14 NATI
stanford -4.5 ND
ZONA -6.5 cal

Sorry. I am in super freak out mode over multiple aspects of things in my life right now ... and commuting to grad school while trying to learn SAS programming while catching up on a crapload of material I was supposed to know before this fall is a bitch. Perhaps I shouldn't have gone to Atlanta and Nashville. Oh well. Too late now.

In any case, thank you for the help Gibbons, and on with the Week 4 picks!!!

Week 4 Picks
1. PENN STATE -14 over Temple
2. Georgia EVEN over MISSISSIPPI STATE
3. Stanford -4.5 over NOTRE DAME
4. South Carolina +3 over AUBURN

P.S. -- You might want to give yourself the 3 bonus points for hitting the 3-game parlay. For those who don't remember, it's 5.5 points for a 4-game parlay, 10 for a 5-game parlay, and 17.5 for a 6-game parlay, just going by half of the payout that was on those old sheets that used to be passed around during undergrad lunch.

look at that. i found some time.

Week 2 Results
Truck 2-2
PG 3-3
Vinny 2-3
Nols 1-2

Week 3 Results
Truck 1-2
PG 3-0
Vinny 1-3

Season Totals
PG 9-5, 64.29
Nicholback 2-3, 40.00
Truck 4-6, 40.00
Vinny 3-6, 33.33
Nols 2-5, 28.57

If I get some time I'll try and help you truck. We don't exactly have a slew of contestants to keep track of this year.

Thursday, Sep. 23
Miami Florida 3½ PITTSBURGH 50½

Friday, Sep. 24
Tcu 18 SMU 55½

Saturday, Sep. 25
NORTHWESTERN 7 Central Michigan 49
PURDUE 12 Toledo 49½
MICHIGAN 25½ Bowling Green 58
IOWA 28 Ball State 46½
OHIO STATE 44½ Eastern Michigan 54½
Virginia Tech 4 BOSTON COLLEGE 49
PENN STATE 14 Temple 43
GEORGIA TECH 8½ NC State 57½
FLORIDA STATE 18 Wake Forest 63½
DUKE 6 Army 57½
CONNECTICUT 20 Buffalo 46½
MISSISSIPPI STATE PK Georgia 47
MISSISSIPPI 2½ Fresno State 54
MISSOURI 19½ Miami Ohio 53
Air Force 13½ WYOMING 49
KANSAS STATE 7 Central Florida 45
HOUSTON U 19½ Tulane 6
Oklahoma 14 CINCINNATI 52
Alabama 7 ARKANSAS 54½
BOISE ST. 17½ Oregon State 56½
Stanford 4½ NOTRE DAME 59
ARIZONA 6½ California 56
TEXAS 15½ Ucla 43
Idaho 7½ COLORADO STATE 51
Nevada 4 BYU 64
Usc 22 WASHINGTON STATE 56
KANSAS 23 New Mexico State 48½
FLORIDA 14 Kentucky 51
Southern Miss 4 LOUISIANA TECH 54½
TENNESSEE 13½ Uab 50½
INDIANA 22 Akron 56½
MARSHALL 6 Ohio 45
AUBURN 3 South Carolina 45½
UTAH 31 San Jose State 50½
SAN DIEGO STATE 7½ Utah State 59½
LSU 8½ West Virginia 42
Baylor 7½ RICE 54
North Carolina 1 RUTGERS 44
MINNESOTA 4 NO Illinois 49
UTEP 11½ Memphis 59½
UNLV 10½ New Mexico 53
Oregon 11½ ARIZONA STATE 54½
TROY 11 Arkansas State 63½
Middle Tenn St 2½ UL LAFAYETTE 53
FLORIDA ATLANTIC 9½ North Texas 51½
SOUTH FLORIDA 26½ Western Kentucky 59½
MARYLAND 11 Florida Intl 47

Man, I am having a really hard time keeping up with stuff lately. Anybody care to help me out a little this year?

Troy
Houston
Arizona
A&m

scal
arkansas
AUBURN

Alabama -24 DUKE
KANSAS STATE -4 Iowa State
Nebraska -3½ WASHINGTON

Sorry I'm a little late on the standings. I'm kind of overextended this week, but I'll get to it eventually...

Thursday, Sep. 16
NC STATE 2 Cincinnati 55

Friday, Sep. 17
California 3 NEVADA 63
SOUTHERN MISS 5.5 kansas 48.5

Saturday, Sep. 18
GEORGIA 2½ Arkansas 54.5
WEST VIRGINIA 10 Maryland 45.5
KANSAS STATE 4 Iowa State 49.5
PURDUE 17 Ball State 49.5
ILLINOIS 7 NO Illinois 47.5
Connecticut 6 TEMPLE 46.5
OHIO STATE 30 Ohio 44.5
PENN STATE 21 Kent State 45.5
NORTH CAROLINA 1½ Georgia Tech 50.5
MISSISSIPPI 12 Vanderbilt 44.5
VIRGINIA TECH 19½ East Carolina 57.5
MISSOURI 14 San Diego State 56.5
OKLAHOMA STATE 7 Tulsa 68.5
Alabama 24 DUKE 56.5
COLORADO 11 Hawaii 54.5
FLORIDA STATE 9½ Byu 60.5
MIAMI OHIO 8 Colorado State 48.5
Florida 14 TENNESSEE 46.5
Usc 13 MINNESOTA 53
SMU 23 Washington State 57.5
WISCONSIN 14 Arizona State 46.5
Nebraska 3½ WASHINGTON 53.5
OREGON STATE 19½ Louisville 52
OKLAHOMA 17 Air Force 54
Central Michigan 9 EASTERN MICHIGAN 46.5
TCU 21 Baylor 52.5
Marshall 3 BOWLING GREEN 50.5
Navy 3½ LOUISIANA TECH 48
Central Florida 8½ BUFFALO 44.5
KENTUCKY 25 Akron 50.5
WESTERN MICHIGAN 4 Toledo 53.5
AUBURN 7 Clemson 54.5
Texas 3 TEXAS TECH 55
Northwestern 6½ RICE 51.5
LSU 8 Mississippi State 44
Utah 23 NEW MEXICO 53.5
Fresno State 6 UTAH STATE 57.5
MICHIGAN STATE 3½ Notre Dame 51.5
Boise St. 23½ WYOMING 52.5
UTEP 14½ New Mexico State 58.5
IDAHO 7 Unlv 56.5
Iowa 1½ ARIZONA 44
Houston U 3 UCLA 59.5
STANFORD 17 Wake Forest 59.5
Indiana 11½ WESTERN KENTUCKY 62.5
ARMY 5 North Texas 51
ARKANSAS STATE 4 UL Monroe 52.5
TEXAS A&M 27 Florida Intl 59.5
Middle Tenn St 5½ MEMPHIS 57.5
Troy 3½ UAB 58.5

Running late. Give me...

LSU over Vanderbilt
Penn State over UA
and I guess I'll take USC (California)

Oh yeah, forgot about this last week. You can give me 1-3 or whatever you need to do. Here are my winners:

Under 50.5 for USCe-uga
penn st +11.5 BAMA
byu over AIR FORCE
Over 49 for Piss-TULAME
FLORIDA -15 South Florida

holy shit. i completely missed the fact they're playing in NO. wow.

Very well, then...

4. sjsu +38 over FURRY BADGERS

To the best of my memory, I just copied & pasted from Sheridan's Odds, because I didn't mean to even put the O/Us up, but just did it because I was too lazy to delete them. Maybe he puts them up later in the week than he does with the favored points.

And TULANE's playin' at HOME, son!! There have been radio ads in New Orleans all the last couple of weeks advertising tickets to the Wave's big game against their "biggest traditional out-of-state rivalry from the SEC."

There's also a big 7-float parade here tonight or something, with Taylor Swift and all that, but I think I'll be watching the Saints from Baton Rouge. I gotta rest before the drive up to Nashville ... coincidentally, also Taylor Swift country.

ramblin wreck -13.5 KU
USCe -3 uga
WF -4.5 duke
BAMA -11.5 psu
REV. NUTT'S REDEMPTION -20.5 those guys who barely beat selu
TENN DEPT OF CORRECTIONS +12.5 ou

yes, that was an error. the o/u is actually 56 for the wiscy game.

speaking of that, where did you get your lines from last week? i've always gone to USA Today and copy & pasted Sheridan's Odds, but that doesn't list the O/U's so i had to go to his website and key those in. it was a pain in the ass. i'd like to go somewhere that has a format where i can just copy & paste.

Week 2 Picks
1. Louisiana State -10 over VANDY's SHITTY PASS D
2. West Virginia -13 over MCCONAUGHEY's "WE ARE" MARSHALL
3. THE NEW LAYLA KIFFIN U. (SOUTHERN CAL) -19.5 over Virginia
4. Over 38 pts. for WISCONSIN/sjsu

Check out this line --> "WISCONSIN 38 San Jose State 38". I guess taking the over makes a whole lot more sense than betting on the Badgers to cover, huh? Probably a mistake. I might take sjsu if the lines get corrected.

Thursday, Sep. 9
Auburn 2 MISSISSIPPI STATE 52
TEMPLE 7½ Central Michigan 47

Friday, Sep. 10
West Virginia 13 MARSHALL 47
HOUSTON U 19½ Utep 75

Saturday, Sep. 11
Georgia Tech 13½ KANSAS 49.5
EAST CAROLINA 12 Memphis 56
SOUTH CAROLINA 3 Georgia 50.5
WAKE FOREST 4½ Duke 49.5
ARMY 2½ Hawaii 51
WISCONSIN 38 San Jose State 38
FLORIDA 15 South Florida 51
NEBRASKA 28½ Idaho 51
Lsu 10 VANDERBILT 44
IOWA 13½ Iowa State 44
CALIFORNIA 9 Colorado 50.5
OKLAHOMA 8 Florida State 56
NOTRE DAME 3½ Michigan 52
MIAMI OHIO 16 Eastern Michigan 53
BOSTON COLLEGE 17½ Kent State 45
OHIO STATE 9½ Miami Florida 45
Byu PK AIR FORCE 48
UTAH 23 Unlv 54.5
Oregon 12½ TENNESSEE 52.5
TEMPLE 7½ Central Michigan
TULSA 16½ Bowling Green 60
TEXAS 29½ Wyoming 48
TEXAS A&M 19½ Louisiana Tech 63
WASHINGTON 13½ Syracuse 49.5
OHIO 7½ Toledo 52.5
BAYLOR 16½ Buffalo 46.5
ALABAMA 11½ Penn State 45
CENTRAL FLORIDA 3½ NC State 51
San Diego State 13 NEW MEXICO STATE 50
SMU 12 Uab 56
Texas Tech 24½ NEW MEXICO 55
Mississippi 20½ TULANE 49
Stanford 6 UCLA 53.5
NEVADA 23½ Colorado State 56
USC 19½ Virginia 47
KENTUCKY 24½ Western Kentucky 55
MICHIGAN STATE 28½ Florida Atlantic 54
ARKANSAS 34 UL Monroe 57
NORTH TEXAS 2½ Rice 55
UL LAFAYETTE 2 Arkansas State 52
OKLAHOMA STATE 13½ Troy 57
Rutgers 19½ FLORIDA INTL 48

Week 1 Results
Gibbons, 3-2, 60.00
Nicholson, 2-3, 40.00
Truck, 1-2, 33.33
Nols, 1-3, 25.00

1. Texas eats Rice - billions of Chinamen can't be wrong
2. LSU over UNC
3. Florida over Miami (OH)
4. Penn State over Youngstown State.
5. Under on the Mississippi State/Memphis game.

Drink up!

CLEMSON -24 North Texas
FLORIDA -36½ Miami Ohio
ark st +31 AUBURN
osu +13.5 TCU
ucla +1 KSU

Sure. Let the O/U's fly this year!!

My Picks FTW!!!

LSU -4.5 v UNC
OSU +13.5 v TCU
Auburn -31 v Ark St.
Navy -6 v Maryland

Are O/U allowed now? (Been a while since i played) If so, I want OVER 52.5 UF/Miami(OH)

Y'all know how this works. I'm too lazy to list rules or advertise the competition this year, but I'll go ahead and play it. We're doing 12 weeks as usual, with the usual point scoring system. Here we go...

Week 1 Picks
1. GEORGIA -28 over UL-Lafayette
2. Cincinnati +2.5 over FRESNO STATE
3. Cal-Los Angeles +1 over KANSAS STATE

Thursday, Sep. 2

SOUTH CAROLINA 14 Southern Miss 45½
OHIO STATE 28 Marshall 47
IOWA STATE 5 NO Illinois 51½
UTAH 3 Pittsburgh 49
Usc 21½ HAWAII 54
Minnesota 1½ MIDDLE TENN ST 48½
UAB 14 Florida Atlantic 50½

Friday, Sep. 3

Arizona 15½ TOLEDO 60

Saturday, Sep. 4

MICHIGAN STATE 23½ Western Michigan 53½
FLORIDA 36½ Miami Ohio 52½
MISSOURI 12 Illinois 54
Colorado 12½ COLORADO STATE 46½
Northwestern 4½ VANDERBILT 44½
MISSISSIPPI STATE 21½ Memphis 52
Texas 30 RICE 58
NOTRE DAME 11 Purdue 54½
MICHIGAN 2½ Connecticut 54
Kentucky 3 LOUISVILLE 49
OREGON 34 New Mexico 55
KANSAS STATE 1 Ucla 45
Syracuse 8½ AKRON 42
BYU 2½ Washington 56½
OKLAHOMA STATE 15½ Washington State 49½
ALABAMA 37 San Jose State 51
OKLAHOMA 33½ Utah State 57½
Army 10 EASTERN MICHIGAN 42
TCU 13½ Oregon State 50½
LSU 4½ North Carolina
FRESNO STATE 2½ Cincinnati 58
Wisconsin 20½ UNLV 57½
GEORGIA 28 UL Lafayette 52½
NEBRASKA 37½ Western Kentucky 51½
CLEMSON 24 North Texas 56
TROY 14 Bowling Green 55½
AUBURN 31 Arkansas State 58

Sunday, Sep. 5

Tulsa 8 EAST CAROLINA 59
TEXAS TECH 13½ Smu 60

Monday, Sep. 6

NAVY 6 Maryland 48½
Boise St. 2 VIRGINIA TECH 50½

What the hey, let's roll out the Wednesday lines, Gibbons.

I've been preoccupied with too much stuff lately to advertise the old competition very much, but we all know the rules anyway, so for anyone who wants to play ... let's roll.