The Beeze's College Football Pick'em (week 10)

Last week I didn't post a Pick'em...There were only 2-3 games I liked, and didn't even like them that much...One of the things I learned about gambling from my father was, don't bet just to bet...If you aren't feeling it...Don't do it...So I didn't...But this week, I'm feeling it...So here we go...


- Texas Tech at West Virginia...

This series is tied at two games each, so we don't have much history to work with...What we do have is this is a Big 12 game...Almost all of the Big 12 lacks defense...And we know Tech loves to chuck it, and try to score points...West Virginia is a 8 point favorite...Take the Red Raiders plus the 8 points...



- Duke at North Carolina...

UNC has won 22 of the last 25...But I am still surprised to see Duke as a 7.5 point underdog...Coming off getting royally screwed by the refs in that Miami game, I like Duke...Think about this...If Duke wins out, and then wins the conference championship, the playoff committee kind of has to ignore that Miami loss, since the ACC admitted Duke should have won...Duke is angry...Duke is on a mission...Take Duke plus the 7.5 points...

- Notre Dame at Pittsburgh...

Since 1988 the Irish lead this series 15-5...ND knows they need to win out, and will need help to get into the playoff conversation...And Pittsburgh, isn't that good...Take the Irish minus the 8.5 points...




- Florida State at Clemson...

Florida State has lost 5 of their last 6 at Clemson...This game is huge for both teams...But Clemson needs it...The only way the will get the respect they deserve from the playoff committee is if they are undefeated...The Tigers are a 10.5 point favorite...Normally, against a solid FSU team, I would go with the Seminoles getting that many points...But I'm looking for Clemson to make a statement...A bigger statement then what they made against Notre Dame...I'm taking the risk...I'm taking Clemson minus the 10.5....

-  Arizona State at Washington State...

Washington State is a 3 point favorite...WSU being a favorite is odd...This is strictly giving the home team the bump...ASU is 10-1 in the last 11 meetings...I see the SUn Devils making that 11-1...Take ASU plus the 3 points...

- LSU at Alabama...

Alabama have won the last 4 in this series...But this Alabama team isn't as good as those teams...I think they are overrated...LSU running back Leonard Fournette is out to prove something, and is looking at this game to be the key to his Heisman run...I don't even have to think about this...I'm taking the Tigers plus the 6.5 points...



- Bonus pick...


-Navy at Memphis....

Navy is a 7.5 point underdog...With the way they play, I would like to take those points...But this is Memphis...How powered offense, and a team not getting the respect they deserve...Take Memphis minus the 7.5 points...

Good luck....Beat the bookie!

The Beeze's College Football Pick'em (week 8)

Well, after taking last week off for the big move, I'm back with a few more picks...There's not a lot I like this week, so this one will be short and sweet...



-Texas A&M at Ole Miss...

Ole Miss is 1-6 against A&M, with the win coming last season...The Rebels started out the season strong but have faltered mightily...While the Aggies have looked decent this year, I'm not sold...I look for Ole Miss to try and save their season with this game...Not sure if they'll pull out the win, but take the Rebels plus the 5.5 points...



- Kansas State at Texas...

Texas comes into this game as a 7 point favorite...I think Texas being a favorite against anyone this season is ridiculous...Since '98 K-State is 8-3 against the Longhorns...While the Wildcats are also having a down year, Bill Snyder's teams are always prepared, and he can coach circles around Charlie Strong in his sleep...Take K-State plus the 7 points...

- Iowa State at Baylor...

This is one of the games that scares some people because the spread is so big...But relax...It's Iowa State at Baylor...The Bears need to keep rolling people to make their playoff case, and crap team like the Cyclones is perfect when you're looking to rack up a bunch of points...Take Baylor minus the 37 points...

- Tennessee at Alabama...

'Bama has won 8 straight against the Vols...Tennessee has not won at Alabama since 2003...Everything in the world says take Alabama...But this is one of those goofy times where I just have a feeling...These feeling have struck big before...And they've fucked me before...That's why it's called gambling...Screw it, the Arrested Development song "Tennessee has been playing in my head all week....Take the Volunteers plus the 15 points!

- Utah at USC...

Some how, and I don't give a shit that USC is at home, but some how these dolts are a 3.5 favorite ...I don't need to give you any facts or history...Utah is good, and on a mission...USC is a fucking train-wreck...Take Utah plus the 3.5 points...

That's all the games I've got for ya this week...

Good luck beating the bookie!

Lane Kiffin Rumors are Fantastic!

Lane Kiffin is well known for being an asshole...The guy has burned more bridges then me...But did he really go there?

Kiffin going to to Alabama to be Nick Saban's Offensive Coordinator, just made him more hate-able...It's not like many of us like Saban...And based off their personalities, you just know they weren't going to mesh well...And it may all be coming to a head now...

Twitter has exploded this afternoon with rumors that Kiffin is out or will be out shortly at Alabama...There was rumbling about a fight between Saban and Kiffin...Then the rumor of Kiffin banging a 'Bama booster's wife really got us excited...But then it got better...The rumor that has taken off and made us all a little horny is that Kiffin fucked the young lady above...Kristen Saban...Coach Nick Saban's married daughter!

Not so sweet Kristen faced assault charges back in 2010 after getting shit-faced and beating the hell out of a sorority sister named Sarah Grimes...So if she cheated on hubby with Daddy's OC, I wouldn't be shocked at all...Seriously, I just have grown to have little faith in most people having a sense of decency...Especially entitled gashes like her...

As some one who doesn't like Kiffin or Saban, or Alabama, I hope to some degree this is true...Kiffin fired and 'Bama in a cluster-fuck...That would be great...Banging your Bosses daughter...WOW! There is no stronger way to burn a fucking bridge...If you're going out, may as well go out in a blaze of glory!

Again, all of this is rumor...Rumors swirling around Twitter...Twitter has always been good for that...No news outlets are reporting anything substantial...But they often get a heads up these days from Twitter...Let alone always report on "what's trending"...Twitter while often gets things wrong, it often is in front of things, because everyone has access to it...So, where there is smoke, there is fire...Something is going on at Alabama...Something with Kiffin....

I would be willing to guess that Illinois who fired there head coach 8 days before the season started, had shown some interest in Kiffin for their head coaching position...Some one caught wind of Kiffin possibly leaving, and said something, and it all started expanding and spreading like herpes...Shit does tend to get blown out of proportion at times....

But honestly, I hope Kiffin fucked Saban's daughter!

We'll continue to follow this shit-storm!

Monday Moaning

Well hello there Buffalo Jills...Yes, the Bills lost Sunday to the Patriots, but thers seems to be something special with those Bills fans...Last week our friend Jeff wrote about a Craigslist ad, written by a female, looking for a guy, a stranger, that she never even looked at, that she jacked-off at a Bills game while her boyfriend was off getting her food and drink...Then Sunday, Barstool Sports shared this via Instgram...

Undefeated at tailgates #BillsMafia @jamesone4

A video posted by Barstool Sports (@barstool_sports) on Sep 20, 2015 at 3:01pm PDT

One guy shooting snot rockets and puking, and another giving some chick the ole Patrick Kane treatment!

I don't know, but with us moving about an hour and change away from Buffalo, when my NFL fandom contract is up and I'm a free agent again, I may have to sign with the Bills...They're a horny, boozing bunch!


-The Fighting Irish  defense stepped up, and was dominate for 3 and a half quarters Saturday...They got a bit lax late in the game, but the way they handled Georgia Tech's option attack was excellent...Sophomore QB DeShone Kizer played well, and it seems C.J. Prosise has found his true calling at Running Back...

-In my Pick'em POST Friday, I had a solid week again...winning 3, losing 1 and having a push on 1 game...And I said it, Northern Illinois being a 35 point underdog was crazy...Even against Ohio State...The Buckeyes rarely cover against MAC schools...But for Ohio State fans, it was worse then that...NIU brought everything they had, and normally with them, that means offense...But Saturday the D showed up...And the Ohio State QB situation got shakier, as neither guy played very well...

Ohio State coach Urban Meyer has talked about what a great situation they are in with their depth and talent, and having two starting QB's...You know what my Dad said to me many years ago about situations like this..."If you have two starting QB's, you don't have a starting QB."

And from what I saw, flipping between this game and the ND game, Ohio State has one of the country's best running backs, in Zeke Elliot, and they did not use him enough....(plus I predicted him to win the Heisman, so damn it Meyer, ride that fucking horse into the ground!)

-Alabama fell to Ole Miss for the second year in a row...I said I wasn't touching this game ('Bama was a 7 point favorite)...I didn't know what to expect from the Tide, and Ole miss has looked solid...Well, now I know what to expect from Alabama this year....Fucking confusion...From the head coach, to the OC, to the players...Another team unsettled at QB...Honestly, most the team looked like teir heads were up their asses...5 turnovers...And every bounce started going Ole Miss' way...Good...I fucking hate Alabama!


-Now we are moving onto a totally different subject...A chick named Nicole Arbour, who is a comic, also does videos ripping on shit that she posts on YouTube...If you didn't know, there are people know as "YouTubers"...The post videos babbling about whatever...The crybaby ones post response videos every time their vagina hurts...Arbour did one recently titles "Dear Fat People"....Before you watch, she has an annoying quality to her...Which of course, I like...Also, I'm fat...And I wasn't offended...I laughed...She's a comic!






So, all kinds of fatties starting crying....Screaming that she is "Fat-shaming" and "bullying"....

Fuck you, grow up!  The terms "Shaming" and "bullying" have become two of the most overused terms in the English Language....Why has this country become so fucking soft!?!  When I grew up do you know what bullying was?  An asshole 8th grader (often a big fat fuck) who beat the shit out of a 5th grader and stole his shit...The next day my two older brothers turn his face into what looked like ashed potatoes with ketchup....

Nut the fuck up people...And these crybaby fatties weren't giving Arbour shit when weeks earlier she did a video, humorously trashing "Insta-models"....those are the chicks that post sexy pics on Instagram in the hopes of landing a modeling career...Then those gashes at "the View" had Arbour on...She told all about it on Opie and Jim Norton's show...How they kept cutting out her mic when she made jokes, trying to make it seem like she was swearing...How these gashes gave her shit...Two who were comedians, so they looked like twats...Oh, and this nice bit about how they really feel about nurses...




Fuck "The View"....Fuck all these pussified twats that cry about everything and stand for nothing...And fuck everyone attacking comedy and freedom of speech...No one made you click on Nicole Arbour's YouTube channel...We have free will....You don't have to watch you crybaby cunts!


With that I say....

Have a week!

The Beeze's College Pick'em (week 3)

This week's pick'em is going to be shorter...There just aren't that many games I like...And you don't bet just to bet...You gotta be smart about it...Last week I was right on 75% of my games...I'm not going to throw a bunch a games out there for ya if I wouldn't bet them myself...We'll start this week with a tough one...


-Georgia Tech at Notre Dame....

GT walks into South Bend as 2.5-3 point favorite...They are only the favorite because of the loss of Irish starting QB, Malik Zaire...That said, with or without Zaire, this game was always going to hinge on how well the Irish defense plays against the pesky Tech offense...GT is 8-3 in road openers...The Irish have a commanding lead in this series, with a 27-6-1 record...The Yellow jackets will push Notre Dame...This game will come down to the wire...I think the Irish can pull it out...Take them getting the 3 points...



-Memphis at Bowling Green...

Yep, Bowling Green has become my go-to to team when looking at games to bet...The Falcons put up points...They can run with almost anyone...BGSU is 8-1 hosting non-conference teams since 2010...Memphis is a helluva team flying under most people's radar...They can rack up the points as well...But I think they may meet their match this week...Take the Falcons getting 3 points....



-Northern Illinois at Ohio State...

NIU is 5-4 versus Big Ten schools over the last six years...Ohio State is 19-0 against MAC schools since 2000, but they have had a number of issues covering the spread...NIU isn't Hawaii...They'll put up a fight...Take the Huskies plus the 35 points...



-BYU at UCLA...

These are two really good teams...And if we have learned anything over the first two weeks of the season, when it comes to BYU, throw all the analytics out the window...AND, and don't care who they are playing, there is no logical reason to have them as 16.5 point underdog...This game will be on TV at 10:30 (est)...Take BYU plus the 16.5 points and enjoy the hell out of the show these two teams put on...

-There are other big games...Ole Miss at Alabama...'Bama is a 7 point favorite...I just don't trust them yet, and I'm not sure what to think of Ole Miss yet...I'm leaving this game alone...

-Stanford at USC...The Trojans are a 10 point favorite...But these PAC-12 games some times turn into a slugfest...Stanford has a lot to prove...The Gambler in me would take USC, but right now, I'm leaving it alone...

-The last game I'll talk about...

Auburn at LSU...

LSU is 9-5 versus Auburn, and on a 7-0 stretch when hosting the Tigers...LSU is a 7 point favorite...I expect Auburn to come out with a lot of fire after nearly losing to Jacksoville State last week...Then there is the Les Miles factor...While he is a good coach, he has an incredible knack to make stupid mistakes/decision, that often fuck over the gambler or the bookie...I'll take Auburn getting the 7 points...

Good luck!

The Beeze's College Football Pick'em (week 1)

Good looking form there...

And hopefully this weekly post will help you give it to some one...Like your bookie...Screw on-line gambling...I'm old school...I learned the gambling business when I was a little kid...My dad did some collections for extra money when we were young, and I would go with him to pick up "football tickets" and drop them off on Fridays...He did some gambling himself...and taught me his simple rules...

1. Don't bet the mortgage/rent.
2. Don't bet the grocery money.
3. Don't bet the kids tuition.
4. Don't bet with your heart. (took me a bit to get that)
5. Don't try to recover your loses with one big bet you can't cover/afford.
6. Don't bet on Monday Night Football...It was created for the Bookies.

Now that we have those tips out of the way...Let's get to the games I've picked for this week...(and no I won't be picking any of those cream-puff games...just real games that should be at least slightly competitive.) The lines I'm using are  are as of right now.


- TCU at Minnesota  (Thursday)

TCU is 7-3 in road openers and average a 19 point margin of victory...Last year against Minnesota they forced 5 turnovers.
Minnesota is 17-3 in home openers...They are 12-6 when hosting a non-conference opponent...Over the last three years, they are on a 9-0 run hosting non-conference opponents...That run comes to an end this week...Take TCU minus the points.  (17)

-Michigan at Utah (Thursday)

Utah is 20-4 in home openers...Michigan hasn't started the season with a road victory since 1995...In the last 15 years Michigan is 3-8 in regular season, non-conference away games...I don't care what big mouth Jim Harbaugh says, the Michigan turnaround won't start this week...Take Utah, minus the points... (4.5)


-Washington at Boise State (Friday)

This will be Washington's first time on the Blue Turf...The Huskies are 2-11 in road openers...This is also Head Coach Chris Peterson's first time back to Boise State where he had a 48-2 record on the blue turf...Washington is going to lose, but take them plus the points...(12)...Peterson and his team will hang in there...


-Auburn vs. Louisville  (Atlanta)

Louisville is 17-33-1 versus the SEC...This is their first opener not at home since 2005...Auburn has played in Atlanta 4 times since 2010 and have a 3-1 record...Auburn will make that 4-1 as they have too much firepower for the trendy Louisville pick...Take the Tigers minus the points...(10.5)


-Arizona State at Texas A&M  (Houston)

ASU is 1-6 in road openers...They are 3-9 versus SEC teams...(not that I fully count A&M as a SEC team yet...It's a mental thing)....The Aggies are 5-7 in road/neutral site openers, but they have won 3 straight...This is one of those games I look at and say, 'leave it alone!'  Yeah, I wouldn't touch this game, but screw it...It's called gambling for a reason....Take the Sun Devils plus the points! (3.5)

-Wisconsin vs. Alabama  (Arlington)

Wisconsin had a streak of 16 straight season opening wins until last year...Alabama has won 13 straight season openers...This is their 4th neutral site opener (3-0)...I think Alabama is over-hyped this year...They'll probably win this one, but take the Badgers with the points...(10.5)



-Texas at Notre Dame

The Irish are 8-2 vs. Texas, winning the last 4 meetings...They are 15-4 in home/season openers since 1995...Texas is 1-2 in South Bend, Indiana...That win was in 1934...The Longhorns are 12-2 in road openers, losing the last 2...

This is that point when I have to listen to that don't bet with your heart rule...Texas is getting better, they're on their way back...But Notre Dame wins this game...

...That said, take Texas with the points...(10)



-Ohio State at Virginia Tech  (Monday)

Virginia Tech is 18-1 in home openers...Ohio State is 7-2 since 2006 in road openers...When seeking revenge from a previous season's loss, the Buckeyes are 8-0 since 2010...The average margin of victory in those games is 14 points...The Hokies will hang in there with the home field advantage for the first half, maybe...But it won't last...Take Ohio State minus the points...(11)


Good luck, and enjoy the football...





disclaimer: I and this website are not responsible for any losses you take because you may be a degenerate gambler, an idiot, or may be dealing in illegal activities...These are just merely my thoughts on how I would bet, if I did that type of thing.

Monday Moaning

You know, some weekends are work, work, work...Luckily Mrs. Beeze does the majority of the laundry!

The weekend started with me in the kitchen preparing Thanksgiving dinner...The kids watched the parade, my oldest nursing a serious cold that knocked her for a loop Tuesday afternoon, and kept her in bed for 2 days...

Family came and ate...Not too much family...Which meant lots of leftovers...Everyone left the house with extra food, and we still had plenty to enjoy the rest of the weekend...Plus the turkey stew I made with the dark meat, and the bones, and veggies...It cooked on very low heat for about 17 hours, and then we poured it over some fresh biscuits...Delicious!

Then came Saturday...I made it clear that all I was doing was watching football...First Ohio State at Michigan...It became very clear, early in this game, that neither team was here to play defense...It came right down to the wire...Michigan scores with less then 40 seconds left...42-41 OSU...Michigan coach Brady Hoke decides to try to ruin the Buckeyes' season right here and go for 2...They failed...Seemed like a bad play call, not giving his running QB an option to run it in himself if it's there...Me, I would have played it safe, kicked the 1, and go at it some more in OT...People say OSU would have rolled in OT...Well, the way the game went, Michigan wasn't having trouble moving the ball themselves...Oh well...The Buckeyes undefeated season marches on, looking ahead to Michigan State in the conference championship game...and looking over their shoulder to see if they get jumped by a 1 loss team in the rankings...

Then the "Iron Bowl" came on...Alabama at Auburn...So many of us wanted to see an upset...And with 1 second left, Alabama attempts a 57 yard field goal with a freshman kicker...Their starting kicker (who I won't name because he has already gotten enough hate mail and bad press) missed 3 field goal attempts earlier in the game...The kick was short, and Auburn CB Chris Davis returned it 109 yards for the winning, touchdown...




Fucking Auburn is becoming masters of the exciting big play, big finish...

After the game, Auburn AD Jay Jacobs was already pissing off Ohio State, and Ohio State fans by making his case to jump them in the standings saying it would be "a disservice to college football" if a one-loss SEC champion was left out of the national title game for Ohio State....Fucking balls down there in the South!

I'm not taking a side here, I'm just saying, maybe wait until your school plays Missouri in the SEC title game before you start trying to get into the National Championship game...

Then I watched my Fighting Irish take on Stanford...I didn't expect the Irish to win, but I was glad they hung in there...The fact is, they could have won this game...Like some other games this year, mistakes, and bad QB play got to them...I read a headline that summed up Saturday's game...

"Rees Shows Heart, Not Enough Arm."

I also had myself jumping to the UCLA/USC game...I was actually expecting it to be closer, but UCLA handled the Trojans 35-14...When that one lost it's luster I started checking on the Missouri/Texas A&M game...Missouri won 28-21, putting them into the SEC Championship game against Auburn, and putting that miserable look on Johnny Manziel's face...And I never get tired of that...

It has been a crazy football week...Thursday, I didn't watch the NFL, with the exception of the last 5 minutes of the Steelers/Ravens game...I did watch the Ole Miss/Miss State game...It was an old school backyard brawl, and Miss State pulled 17-10 OT win...From what I heard, it was better then the Lions/Packers game...

Sunday, I watched no football...Had to pick up the slack from doing nothing Saturday...So, we broke out the Christmas decorations and got all that crap started...It's the earliest we've ever done this crap...I don't like going this early, but the kids were excited...Plus the weekends are already getting booked up, plus both the girls birthday's are this month...Our oldest turns 12 Tuesday...Were the hell did the time go!?!

Oh, and I saw the Browns lost to Jacksonville...Jacksonville...that shit is why I quit being a Browns fan!

So, since I'm being Johnny Festive, I figure I end each week's post with a Christmas tune...But I'm gonna try to use some songs that aren't traditional...Here's Dead Sara's "Snow in Los Angeles"





Have a week...

The Beeze...

Monday Moaning

Yeah Oregon...I have you as my number one team...Sure Alabama is still rolling along...But it's easy to roll along when one of the last six teams you've played has a winning record...

1. Oregon
2. Florida State
3. Alabama
4. Ohio State
5. Miami
6. Baylor
7. Fresno State
8. Stanford
9. Oklahoma
10. Clemson

That's my top ten right now, based on schedule strength, wins, and what I have seen...I watch a damn good amount of college football...Too much my wife would say!   Along with a number of the college football talk shows, so I can be aggravated by the talking heads...Pleas keep telling me how great Alabama is...1 of the last 6 teams they have played has a winning record...The media needs to stop giving them points for what they did the last two years..."This is this."  It's all about this year...Only this year...

Baylor hits the meat of their schedule now, so we'll see if their high flying, high powered offense can keep it up...Oregon is # 1 because their schedule...People are not respecting how good the PAC is this year...And Oregon's offense showed this week, even after a bad start, and good D, they can take over a game...UCLA is good, and they thought they had the Ducks setup for an upset...Then Oregon rattled off 28 unanswered points....

Sorry Ohio State fans...Yeah, you rolled Penn State...It was only Penn State...Every week two things happen in the Big Ten...Ohio State looks to be getting better...And everyone else looks weaker...The Buckeyes are being dragged down by their conference...And based on what I've seen, of my top three teams, in my opinion, Alabama is the only one Ohio State can take down...Florida State's thrashing of Clemson last week proved a lot of doubters, including me, that they are for real...

-Now onto The World Series...I'm writing the before Game four is played...I want to be able to watch the game, and go to bed...I had a long weekend as we went to visit family out of town...I'll get to that in a bit...I just want to address this idiot obstruction call which lead to the end of game 3...Maybe, the rule was being called, based on how it is written, but if you look at the still pictures of it, it seems like horse shit...

Seriously, who's obstructing who?  And how is a guy laying on the ground from diving for a ball, suppose to magically get out of the way for a guy who isn't even in the base path?

And why is the guy who called the Obstruction looking at where the ball went instead of looking at the supposed obstruction that is just now taking place?  Jim Joyce sucks balls...I'm not trying to sound like sour grapes, Johnny Boston defender, I'm just calling it like I see it...And I've seen Joyce fuck up a lot of calls, that impacted a number of games over the last few years....Dude sucks!

-So we went out of town...Went to Erie PA...Saw my wife's sister and her family from Boston...Love spending time with my brother-in-law, and their kids...Knocked down plenty beers...Took the kids to Splash Lagoon, an indoor water park...They had a blast, but holy fuck it was expensive...Finnegan stopped at everyone, laid down on his back, and let them rub his belly...Saw the in laws...Saw an old dude who clearly didn't give a fuck about how he parks...

It was a good time, but I hate staying in hotels...All the packing, loading, unloading, unpacking, repacking, reloading, unloading, haven't unpacked yet...And I never sleep well in hotels...Molly slept well, but she still woke up Grumpy Saturday morning...

Shit, that face cracks me up...

-Lastly, Sunday legendary singer, songwriter, poet, rock & roll, icon, and artist, Lou Reed died at age 71...Reed's music was something people either love or hate...His voice was never great, but greatly unique...I was shocked to learn he was 71...Because Lou Reed never seemed old...He was always cool, before everyone else knew what cool was...

Rest in Peace...






That's it for now...

Hope you have a "Perfect Day"

Monday Moaning

WOW!

That's all you can say...This past week the Cleveland Browns traded Trent Richardson to the Colts...Cleveland fans were pissed, and rightfully so...HERE was my view the day after...Most Browns fans saw it as the organization throwing in the towel on the season...That tied with the fact that 3rd string QB Brian Hoyer was going to start this week's game...Then our pal Radatz posted THIS history of the Browns on Sunday...For those who are unaware of the highs and lows of the franchise, it's a great piece...

So after all this, what happened Sunday?  The Browns rolled into Minnesota, and found their way to a 31-27 victory...The team seemed to have an energy they lacked the first two weeks...A key piece of that spark on offense was the return of Josh Gordon from a two game suspension...Hoyer added another spark...While the Vikings did get three picks, Hoyer seemed to scan the field better then Weeden...And the most noticeable thing he did was get the ball out of his hand quickly...Quick decision making and quick release...Something Weeden hasn't shown...

That said, I'm not planning on seeing the Browns in the postseason...Part of this win falls on the Vikings Defense that has shown a knack to crumble in the fourth quarter...That and their offense has looked one-dimensional...Hoyer is probably not the long term answer, but he could be a nice stop-gap for the time being...Sunday's game may have helped Browns fans' mood...It may have helped people's view of the front office, but I suspect that will be short lived after next week, when in my opinion they'll lose to the Bengals...

-This week College Football was full of a lot of shit games...A week full of many of the big boys beating on smaller programs...People were raving in this neck of the woods about (4) Ohio State destroying FAMU 76-0...Well no offense to FAMU, but Ohio State should have destroyed them...(1) Alabama beat Colorado State 31-6...But don't let the score fool you...'Bama struggled...They didn't pull away until the fourth quarter...Heading into the 4th they were only up 17-6 and the Rams had shut them out in the 3rd quarter...

For the second week in a row, (15) Michigan nearly lost to a team they should have blown out...It wasn't until just under 5 minutes left in the game, that the Wolverines took a 24-21 lead...Did these guys shoot their load against Notre Dame, or are they simply playing down to their competition?

Speaking of (22) Notre Dame, they defeated rival Michigan State 17-13 in a sloppy, sloppy game...both teams didn't look that good...You could call it a defensive battle, and both D's did play well, but both teams racked up too many penalties...And Irish QB Tommy Rees showed too many flashes of his old self...Looking right at his primary target...Not scanning the field...Luckily, MSU's aggressive corners were too busy getting too physical with receivers, drawing penalties, instead of reading Rees' eyes...Sooner or later,  Rees is going to lose a game all on his own...He's just not that good...For 3 years I've been dying to see Andrew Hendrix get a real shot as  the starter...I don't think Coach Kelly has that in his plans unless Rees gets hurt, or full-out shits the bed, which he has done before...The road doesn't get any easier as (14) Oklahoma comes to South Bend this week...

-If you were looking for a shootout this weekend, your game was Friday night as Boise State and Fresno State got it on...I missed the first half...Friday evening I decided I needed to get away from this house for a bit...This new puppy shit added to the mix has been kicking my ass...For some reason, I'm the one this dog wakes up in the middle of the night...And I'm the one he wakes up at 5:30 AM everyday...Between the kids, and my role as Mr. Mom, along with work, mixing in the puppy, I was feeling frazzled...So, I went to a local bar and watched the Indians game and talked movies with some strangers...And I got a solid buzz on...

When I came home, (slice of cheese cake in hand to help stay out of the dog house) I popped on this game...I always enjoy watching both these teams...Sadly, I passed out in my chair...Luckily Finnegan the puppy started jumping on me and scratching my leg to wake me up at 3:30ish AM...The game was being replayed...So I took him to dump, then he ran around the house like a maniac, and threw  stuffed dog a hump be fore he laid back down...And I enjoyed watching Boise State coming back to take the lead with 7 minutes left, followed by Fresno State scoring the game tying TD and game winning extra point with 2 minutes left...41-40 Fresno State...

I ended up staying up until 8:30AM...Then I went to bed for a 3 hours before getting back to the grind...

So, since I mentioned the little mutt...I may a swell share this video I took this past week...And Older couple down the street have the same type of dog...The kids loved seeing it when they would walk him...This dog is what started the push for us to get one...He's a year old now, and has some size on our 6 week old Finnegan...And Finnegan missing playing with his sisters, and dad, was looking to get rough with another dog...This is just tiny bit of what was an hour of Finnegan acting tough...




The other dog, Jasper was actually afraid at first, but he finally realized he could easily knock Finn on his butt...And up until this interaction, we had only heard two tiny barks from Finn...The kids got quite a kick out of it...

That's it for now...

Have a week...

The Beeze.

Monday Moaning

 I'm gonna run down some college football action real quick, before I get to some so-called controversies that are annoying me...

Stuff like (23) Nebraska giving up 38 unanswered 2nd half points and getting smoked at home by (16) UCLA 41-21...Can we stop hearing about the tough "Black shirt" defense now...What a bunch of horse shit that has been for years...Even Nebraska star Alum Tommy Frazier has had enough, as he spoke after Saturday's loss, and wants heads to roll...

Or stuff like Akron nearly beating (11) Michigan in the "Big House"...Michigan got lucky with a 28-24 win...And Brady Hoke said his team wouldn't have a letdown after last week's win over the Irish...Yeah, no letdown there Brady!

Then there was Texas getting drilled at home by (25) Ole Miss 44-23...I guess shit-canning the Defensive Coordinator wasn't the answer down there?

Then there was my (21) Irish, playing Purdue...Purdue has sucked balls the first two weeks of the season, so this should have gotten the Irish on track...But in the first half, the offensive game plan looked like, 'Hey Rees just throw the ball to guys that are double and triple covered!'  The Irish were out skilled, out worked, and out muscled in the first half, and still they were only down 10-3...

In the second half they started getting their shit together on offense...The defense showed signs of toughness, but they were still disappointing...The secondary needs work, especially at safety...The two big guys up front, Nix and Tuitt haven't done much...Those two along with LB Price Shembo were expected to cause chaos for QB's, but between the three of them, they have one sack, and Shembo is being used in pass coverage far too much, which is not his strong suit...

As the offense started moving the ball there was one moment that stood out to me...Not Rees' long pass to Daniels as he walked the wire down the sideline for a TD...No, it was Running back Cam McDaniel getting his helmet blown off near the goal line, popping up, grabbing his helmet and bleeding out the side of his head...That was sweet, but it got better...Coach Kelly called a time out so they could duct tape McDaniel's head and get him right back on the field...Says a lot about the confidence they had in the two guys in front of him on the depth chart...McDaniel became the go to guy in the fourth quarter, and punched in a TD...

The Irish pulled out a 31-24 victory...A win is a win they say...No matter how ugly...But this win may have exposed more about this Notre Dame team, then the loss to Michigan did...

Then there was Saturday's prime-time game, not played in prime-time...(1) Alabama at (6) Texas A&M...The big rematch...The game that has been being hyped for almost a year...If you're a sports fan, you've seen the highlights...You don't need me to run it all down for ya...The only thing you need to take away from this blog, about this game, is this...For all the hype about the big, bad, tough, SEC...And all the hype about Nick Saban's coaching...and his defensive knowledge...What this game showed, is that is a bunch of bullshit!  Defense! Defense! Where? Both these teams left that shit in the locker room...And every time 'Bama had a chance to put A&M away...(in the words of John Madden) "BOOM!" here comes Johnny Autograph and company, scoring again...In the end, Alabama held on...Out scoring A&M 49-42...Now they both can go play the rest of their weak schedules, as both play Ole Miss and LSU, and a bunch of weak sisters...

But now to the controversy...#1...This sign flying down at LSU this past weekend...

Yes, Kent State went down south and got pounded by LSU 45-13...When I saw the sign, I'm not going to lie one bit...I laughed...I laughed hard, and loud...I laughed so hard it scared the shit out of our new puppy...But of course mother fuckers in this sorry ass PC world are crying...I'm sorry, but a joke about something that happened over 40 years ago doesn't fall in the "Too Soon" category for me...It shouldn't for anyone...

Yeah, back in 1970 four students were killed and nine injured by the National Guard...when they opened up on protesters...Thing is, at Kent read, Kent write, Kent State, they never talk about their excellent nursing program...Or their great theater program...They talk about this...

Yeah, it looks a little intense...But all Kent State does is hang it's stupid hat on this...

Yes it was horrible...But it was over 40 years ago, and it's all I hear about Kent State...You had students shot there...Neil Young wrote a shitty song about it...None of you that attend that God awful place knew those people...You weren't even born...It was a distasteful joke, and it was funny...Fuck off wannabe hippies!

Maybe I'm just insensitive...Or maybe I just hate Kent State...Maybe both!

The other bullshit controversy...Fucking PC world....Mother fuckers want the Washington Redskins name changed...Hey, I'm not a fan of the 'Skins, but FUCK YOU!  Fucking FOX showed the protesters outside of the 'Skins game in Green Bay Sunday...Way to show up douchebags...Nice to see all 8 of you made it...Drop dead!  I see a couple of these clowns every year in Cleveland, trying to go after Chief Wahoo...And their case is better there, because Chief Wahoo looks like s stupid, drunk, smiling ear to ear, red faced, Indian...Total caricature...But I love the Chief, so piss off...

But this Redskins thing is bullshit...The logo is classy, and no one I have ever known has thought the name was racist...If it's such a big deal to these protesters, and the NFL, why aren't they going after the Kansas City Chiefs, who play at Arrowhead Stadium?  And Why aren't we talking to MLB about the Braves and the Indians?  'Skins owner, Dan Snyder has always seemed like  a rich douche, but I'm all in with him on this...Don't give in one damn bit Snyder!

I mentioned our new puppy...We brought little Finnegan home Friday...The kids are having a blast with him...And Mrs. Beeze is crazy about him...And yes, Molly has show a bit of jealousy about that...She just wants him to be her puppy...Friday night was rough, for me...The little guy was away from his mom, dad, and sisters for the first time...He wasn't sleeping well, and kept coming to me...I wasn't going all in like he was one of my kids...He wasn't going to end up sleeping in my arms...He did end up sleeping on  my feet as I sat in my chair...It was a long night, and a early morning...

Saturday night he slept better...Only needing my feet half the night, but waking me up at 5:30 AM to start the day wasn't cool...Both days the Wife sent me to bed when she and the kids got up...Both days I woke up around 11:30AM with Finn on my chest licking my face...Little shit just trying to keep me from cooking him...

I'm joking...I leave the cooking of dags and cats to the Chinese joint down the street!  (How's that for a tasteless joke!)

Have a week...

The Beeze.

Leave Creepy Old Brent Alone!

Many people were bothered by Brent Musberger commenting, and complimenting Alabama QB, AJ McCarron's girlfriend, Kathrine Webb...Yeah, he brought it up more than once, but shit, he was trying to keep that game lively...

Even worse then this bullshit, public outcry, was that ESPN came out and apologized for Musberger's behavior...Funny since the "World Wide Leader" is well know for the high amount of sexual harassment that goes on in Bristol...These fuckers really piss me off...

The fact that ESPN apologized for Brent talking about a hot woman is idiotic....She's a woman, not a young girl...She graduated from Auburn...She makes her living as a model, showing off her body, and good looks...

She objectified herself long before Brent talked about how attractive she is...Also, isn't ESPN geared mainly towards men...So showing a hottie and talking about her doesn't seem like something to apologize for...It seems like the smart move...That's why ESPN hired Samantha Steele, Erin Andrews, and Michelle Beadle...And that's why two other networks threw money at two of them to get them to leave...Sex sells...Especially to horny, couch potato men!

Leave Brent alone...We should be happy that old bastard can still get a boner!

The Beeze.

I Was Wrong

Listen, I can at least start this post with something worth looking at...Something positive, and Notre Dame related...

Yes, I was wrong...I thought the ND/Alabama BCS Championship game would be close...I said it would be a good game...I said Notre Dame would win...I was wrong...

Alabama dominated Notre Dame in the trenches...The Irish defense that played so well all season, played awful...Missed tackles....Bad angles...and flat out over-powered...As much as people talk about "SEC speed," it was brute stregnth more then speed in this one...

And then there was coaching...Brian Kelly and his staff  were totally out coached by Nick Saban and his staff...Nobody expected the Irish to score tons of points...The defense had to do what they have done all year, and they couldn't...Manti Te'o, who always seems to be in the right spot...Always seems to anticipate the play...Without a doubt, he played the worst game of his career...

Alabama was the better team...I was wrong...

This doesn't change a thing...My loyalty for Notre Dame is still strong...Hopefully this season is something to build from...I still hate the ND haters...I respect Saban and wish he was coaching the Browns...But why would anyone want that job over what he has...I still hate Alabama...I still hate rednecks...I still don't like what I feel is the over-hyping of the SEC...Fuck LSU, those overrated shit-stains...

As far as tonight, I was wrong...Feel free to pile on...I'm a big boy, I can take it...

Big Hockey game Tuesday...#2 Notre Dame at #1 Minnesota...It's on NESN...Go Irish!

The Beeze.

Monday Moaning

I don't know about you, but I'm ready for tonight's game...I've been waiting too long for this...The Notre Dame Fighting Irish will take on the Alabama Crimson Tide for the NCAA, BCS, National Championship...I find it funny how there are so many ND haters, who always complain about the media attention the Irish get...But all I've seen and heard for the last 2 weeks has been people swinging on Alabama and Nick Saban's nuts...hardly anyone is giving the Irish a chance...Who cares that they are an undefeated #1 team...Who cares that the ND defense has only given up 2 rushing TD's and a total of 10 TD's all year...

No that doesn't matter right...Because Alabama is from the big bad SEC...Hmmm...I think Friday night, the SEC's best team played in the Cotton Bowl, as Texas A&M beat the living shit out of Oklahoma...You know, Texas A&M...The same Texas A&M that beat Alabama, in Alabama...Hmmm...How did the rest of the big, bad, SEC schools do in their bowl games...

Overrated LSU was upset by Clemson...(Les Miles is a dolt)...Georgia had to come from behind to beat shitty Nebraska...Vandy won against NC State...Miss State lost to Northwestern...Ole Miss beat Pitt...South Carolina struggled and had to come from behind to beat a sorry Michigan team...Florida....#3 Florida was upset by by #21 Louisville...(33-23 but it wasn't even that close)...Now I look at this and see two teams struggled to beat crappy Big-10 teams, and the two teams that everyone felt at the Alabama level, Florida and LSU, lost their games...While no one gave any love to A&M, the team that beat 'Bama...In my view, this all adds up to the SEC has been overrated this year...A&M was underrated most of the year...And after Monday night I have a feeling SEC guy and 'Bama fan will be searching for an excuse to why the mighty Tide lost...

You can all keep doubting and hating the Irish...Fuck you!

People say you shouldn't say mean things, or wish ill on people...They say, "Bite your tongue."  Well the only thing that happens when I bite my tongue is, I get a sore tongue! This is a tongue biting free zone! Fuck Alabama and all the SEC assholes!

Fucking rednecks!  Nothing like being born, with three strikes against you already!

-Moving on...There has been a tentative deal struck to end the NHL lockout...There will be a deciding vote Tuesday to see if the deal passes...But everyone has jumped the gun and said there will be a season...Many are very happy about this news....

Me...I don't really care anymore...I have no interest in a possible 50 game season...All this bullshit has lost me for the year...Even if my New York Rangers come out and run the table, it won't matter...It will be a watered down season...A meaningless championship, with an asterisk next to it...Sorry NHL, but you lost me for now...

There was a great Hockey story this weekend, but sadly, it got little mention...The U.S. World Junior team beat Sweden 3-1 Saturday morning to take the Championship...Yep, the U.S.A.

Not Canada...It was the first time since 1998 that Canada didn't take home any medal...That won't go over very well up North...Not Russia...And not Sweden...The U.S.

Suck it world!

-Now...To this fucking Chip Kelly guy...Dude just spent a weekend getting free meals from 3 NFL teams, and getting the twitter-verse all wound up...Mother fuckers were going crazy in the Cleve thinking he was the next Browns coach..Not just local hacks...Even NFL Network and ESPN douches...Everyone saying "Sources are saying Kelly is close to signing with the Browns."  These fucking guys and their so called "sources"...Why do you keep using these faceless, nameless "Sources" who are consistently wrong...Kelly moved on to other interviews, and then to another with the Browns...Stuffed his face, and said he's staying at Oregon! 

All these inside douchebags and their "Sources" were totally wrong...Shocking!  I for one, am glad...Fuck Chip Kelly...He's a college coach, running a college offense that won't translate to the NFL...If it did, there would be some one running it...Plus, I'm sick of this wacky Cleveland idea of giving a guy a NFL head coaching position, who has never done it before...I don't want a college coach...I don't want a hot-shot coordinator...I want a fucking real, proven, NFL head coach...

As for the rest of my weekend, it sucked...It just sucked a big steaming pile of sweaty balls...But all will be better when Notre Dame beats Alabama Monday night...If they don't, I'll still be here, taking shit from the rednecks...Win or lose, they can all eat my ass!

Have a week...

The Beeze.

The Beeze's College Football Wrap Up

Well, the BCS Championship Game is set...How? Because the media said so...For a number of years the media has forced it down our throat that the SEC is the best conference in College Football...So they will always say that a one loss SEC team is better then a one loss team from any other conference...They will even tell us a one loss SEC team is better then certain undefeated teams...They refuse to acknowledge that half of the teams in the SEC are garbage...They refuse to look at the fact that these SEC powers often schedule weak non-conference games...Or that they don't travel anywhere out of the south...(with the rare exception that LSU made a couple years ago)

But the media has made it clear that whoever wins the SEC championship will be playing in the National Championship Game...A one loss Oregon team gets no mention...(They didn't win their conference, so maybe they don't deserve it)...No mention for a one loss Kansas State team...Why? Because they aren't sexy...They're not flashy...Ummm, but have you watched Alabama?  They aren't very flashy either, squeaking out wins against LSU and Georgia, and losing to Texas A&M at home...Although, those bouncing Alabama tits above are sexy!

So after 'Bama beat Georgia Saturday 32-28, the big game was set...Alabama will face Notre Dame for that big crystal football...And to all you people giving Notre Dame no chance...No expected them to get this far, did they?  I'll tell you this...Watch Alabama's games again...Watch ND's games again...I think we are all going to witness a really good game between these two teams...And I think the Irish are going to shock a whole lot of people...Yes, I know you ND haters...Just like I've grown to hate the SEC...So talk all your shit...But when your team loses, I don't want any bullshit excuses...Because if ND loses, I won't play that game...I'll take the shit you throw at me...And I'll rip them for playing like crap if they do so...Anyone who has read my blog knows, while I'm a loyal fan, that doesn't stop me from picking my teams apart...Win or lose, I'll be here...Will you?

As for the rest of this weekend of College Football, I'll be honest...I paid hardly any attention at all...I just didn't care...The kids and I went ice skating...Then we watched a high School hockey game with some friends...Then we went home for dinner, and then I realized there was some football going on...I watched the second half of the 'Bama/Georgia game...Then the Mrs. put on "It's a Wonderful Life"...At the commercials I jumped over to the K-State/Texas game...I paid no attention to the Florida State/ Georgia Tech game, because who really cares...And FSU, you should be ashamed of yourselves for only winning 21-15...

After the kids fell asleep, and the Mrs. went to bed, I put on the rest of the K-State/Texas game...Collin Klein and company back to where they were, beating Texas 42-24...Earlier in the day, Baylor, who has been playing pretty well late in the season, beat #23 Oklahoma State 41-34...

Friday night, for the second time in 2 weeks, UCLA and Stanford put on another good game as they played for the PAC-12 title...The Cardinal held on to a 27-24 win...

In the MAC, it took Northern Illinois 2 OT's to top Kent State 44-37...

And then...Saturday night, there was another game...I had no intention of watching any of it...The Big-10 Championship game...With their two stupid division names..."Leaders" and "Legends"...Wow, the BIG-10 ego is disgusting...Wisconsin vs Nebraska...I had flipped over during a commercial of the K-State game, and saw a Nebraska TD called back because I WR threw an awesome block, and they called the bullshit 'hitting a defenseless player' crap...

BOOM!

You know why this was a bullshit penalty?  Because #10 in red has an angle at making a tackle....80 in white is the reason a TD was scored...And the candy ass refs stole it....

That all said, it wasn't going to help Nebraska...From this point on...No one is allowed to talk fondly of Nebraska's "Black Shirt Defense"...I don't ever want to hear about the vaunted "Black Shirts" ever again...Fuck that bullshit...When you give up 216 yards on 9 carries to one running back...Along with giving up 202 yards on 21 carries to another running back...Along with giving up 109 yards on 15 carries to another running back, and a combined 8 rushing TD's....You don't ever get to hype your defense again....Every defensive coach on that staff should be fired...for life!

Wisconsin won the Big-10, 70-31, and it wasn't even that close...

That's all I have...Yes, this post is a bit uninspired...As am I.

The Beeze.

(Thanks to Big Lead Sports for the quality GIFs)

The Beeze's College Football Wrap Up

This week we start out with the great and powerful SEC, and their premiere team (#1) Alabama'a match up with SEC newcomer (#15) Texas A&M, who finished 6th in the Big-12 last year...Oh, what ever could the lowly Aggies do against the almighty Crimson Tide?

Let's switch that to Crimson Stain....Because 'Bama shit the bed Saturday, falling behind A&M 20-0 in the first quarter...Alabama struggled to fight their way back, and got themselves in position to take the lead...29-24 A&M is ahead..."Bama is driving...And then they shit the bed some more, as A. J. McCarron threw an INT at the goal line with a minute and a half left...

But wait, there's more...The Aggies ran the ball three times...'Bama holds, and uses time outs to save as much clock as possible...4th and short...A&M set to punt...'Bama jumps the neutral zone...FIRST DOWN AGGIES!  Game over!  Eat a dick overrated Alabama...And eat a dick overrated SEC...As every team you have tried to hang your hat on this season, has fallen on their face!

Aggies young, star QB, Johnny Manziel had a big day, passing for 253 yards, and 2 TD's, while rushing for 92 yards...This kid has a bright future ahead of him folks!

-Next we take a look at another SEC darling...(#7) Florida who was at home against Louisiana-Lafayette...This game was way too close if you're a Gator fan...How close? Florida returned a blocked punt for a TD wit two seconds left, to take the lead, and win...Yes, Florida has had a better team than people expected, but when you struggle against ULL, it proves you weren't ready for prime time...

-Speaking of not ready for prime time...(#9) Louisville did what all Big East teams do...Remind us that the Big East is garbage...The Cardinals went down to Syracuse...Syracuse...Thanks to Louisville, these Orange dopes are now a .500 team...Louisville gave up 278 rushing yards to the 'Cuse, as the Orange won 45-26....Louisville QB Teddy Bridgewater passed for 424 yards and 3 TD's, and it just wasn't going to be enough on senior day in Syracuse...

-(#2) Kansas State went to Fort Worth to take on TCU, looking to jump up to the #1 spot, with Alabama falling to Texas A&M...Collin Klein and company didn't put up huge numbers this, as they battled and grinded out a tough 23-10 win against the Horn Frogs...The talking heads already have (#3) Oregon leap-frogging to number 1, but I've got K-State at the top spot...Especially since, as I write this, Cal is only down 17-10 against the Ducks, and it's almost halftime...Normally Oregon has hung 50 on teams by this point...

-The (#11) Oregon State Beavers were having a heck of a season until they took their second loss in three weeks...This time at the hands of the (#14) Stanford Cardinal, 27-23...With Cal and Oregon left, Oregon State's season is just going to get tougher...While Stanford heads to Oregon and then to UCLA to finish out their year...I guess their road won't be too easy either...

-Next up, the (#4) Notre Dame Fighting Irish went to Chestnut Hill to face Boston College...

The Irish pounded out 3 long scoring drives, one in each of the first three quarters...They also had another good one going in the 2nd, but it was ended by a George Atkinson fumble...the first of two fumbles forced by BC...Both were good defensive plays, but the Irish defense made sure to keep the Eagles out of the end zone, as the Irish stayed undefeated with a 21-6 victory...

It seems each week, we see a little bit more growth, and confidence in red-shirt freshman QB, Everett Golson...Saturday he passed for 200 yards and 2 TD's, and rushed for 39 yards and another TD...Theo Riddick showed off his versatility rushing for 104 yards and catching 4 passes for 56yards...TE Tyler Eifert continued to improve his draft stock, with 6 catches for 67 yards...But more then that, the most improvement in his game, has been in his blocking...NFL teams gotta love a 6-6, 250 pound TE with great hands, good speed, great jumping ability, and excellent blocking skills...

Next for the Irish, they'll be at home against Wake Forest...Then they head to (#19) USC to finish out the season...The Trojans by the way, worked over Arizona State, 38-17...

-This week's Big Ten highlights...That just sounds silly...The Big Ten is such crap this year...Nothing like your conference's best team being under sanctions, so everything they do means nothing...

(#16) Nebraska had to come from behind to beat Pedo-Cover-Up University, 32-23...Then Michigan beat (#24) Northwestern 38-31 in OT...

-As for (#3) Oregon at Cal...While the Bears have been playing tough, the Ducks have started to do their thing, and have gone up 45-17at the start the 4th quarter...So I'm assuming they will hold on to win...I'm off to bed...We'll see tomorrow...

Feel free to add your two cents...

The Beeze.

Monday Moaning

 



 

I doubt were going to see any Hurricane Sandy damage that looks better then this....

 



 

Well, for those of you who don't know, Sandy didn't just kick the hell out of New York and New Jersey...I know that's all the news talked about, but 500 miles away from the eye of the storm, Cleveland Ohio was getting it's ass pounded with rain that had started last Friday, and Monday the high winds kicked in...500 miles away and we were getting 50-75 mph winds...And the rain didn't stop until Thursday...Trees up-rooted all over...power lines down everywhere...My neighbors roof is fucked...The address numbers ripped off my house...Shit got real...There are still people in Northeast Ohio without power...My phone and Internet was down for 3 days...Holy shit I was losing my mind...2 blocks away the electric company, and phone company, and cable companies were working non-stop for 3 days...They had to replace 6 poles...Yeah, I know we didn't take the devastation that New Jersey and parts of New York did, but I felt people needed to understand just how big and strong this storm was...

And because of Sandy, Halloween was pushed back...My neighborhood moved it back to Sunday...So we waited until Saturday to get pumpkins...Good prices...The kids drew their ideas, and I carved them up...I did pretty good...

And here is the family, all ready to go...Our traditional pic with Frankenstein...

And of course, we had the trick or treaters...We had a number of drop offs this year...Those are the fuckers from another neighborhood, who  get dropped off to cut in on the loot...Then we had the shit head parents with a bag, saying they had a sick kid at home...BULLSHIT....Fucking teenagers in no costume...Not even trying...They get nothing from me!  Then I had some dolt pulling a real little kid in a wagon...The kid was asleep...If your kid is asleep in a wagon at 6:30PM, you shouldn't be trick or treating...Fuckers make me crazy...Luckily, I ran out of candy just after 7...I had to dip into snack bags of Goldfish to finish off the rush...Little Beeze got back, and passed out some of his own candy, but by 7:15 or so, the whole street was turning off their lights...So I called it too...

-You want to talk College Football...Checkout the WRAP_UP first...

Plenty of people disrespecting Notre Dame because they had to get lucky, and go to 3 OT's to beat Pitt...Yet, when Alabama was struggling to beat LSU, and looking like shit, the announcers said, "great teams, championship teams, have to have games like this."   Wait, so it's okay for Alabama to struggle, and get lucky, (Les Miles screwed it up) but Notre Dame isn't allowed to...I'm sick of the double standard that gets thrown at ND...I'm sick of the free pass SEC schools get...I'm sick of SEC fans ignoring the fact that, at least half of their conference fucking sucks!

The latest BCS rankings have 'Bama 1...Kansas State 2...Oregon 3...and ND 4...I have no problem with ND being 4...They are most likely the weakest team...But in my eyes, K-State is #1...They have proven it week in and week out, and without a doubt have played the toughest schedule so far...I would probably Oregon #2, just because their offense is so powerful...Their D has a lot of questions, but if they got into a shootout with 'Bama, the Ducks win...

-If you have Browns kicker Phil Dawson on your fantasy team, Sunday wasn't too bad for you, since Dawson kicked 5 field goals...Trent Richardson rushed for 105 yards...And Brandon Weeden threw 2 picks, (should have been 3, Reed dropped one) and looked like crap, as the Browns lost 25-15 to the Ravens...What a sorry game this was to watch...

- I've been keeping an eye on the Seattle Seahawks, ever since that game against the Packers, that everyone says the refs stole...Even though the Seahawks played a hell of a game...Today, the tough Seattle D gave up 182 yards to Adrian Peterson, and the Seahawks still managed to beat the Vikings 30-20...While I'm confident San Fran will take the NFC West, this Seattle team may cause some problems...

-Now, Tuesday is Election Day...I'm not going to get into all the political crap that has gone on...I'm not going to sit here and point out the lies, and try to swing your decision a different way...If you need me to do that, you have bigger problems...And screw undecided voters...Those are just uniformed/lazy dolts....But I am going to pimp one person running for public office...

JIM_WARD for Wisconsin State Senate...I'm in Ohio, so I can't vote for Jim...But any of you readers in Wisconsin, you gotta get behind my pal...I grew up with Jim...Went to Grade School  together...He's no politician...He's a History teacher, who is sick of the same old political BS...

This was written recently about Jim, after a candidate forum...

"1. I'm mostly a Republican voter however Jim Ward was way more impressive than Lazich. In fact, for being in office for 8 years, she did not sound knowledgeable at all. I think it is time to elect people for their qualities rather than the party!

2. It does seem that Ward has a better grasp in the issues."

Seriously Wisconsin, Tuesday, Jim Ward is your guy!

That's it folks...Have a week...

SRV, Take us out...





The Beeze.