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 Colege Football Recap

Well this week, I guess we have to start with Big-12 battle of no defense...Going into Saturday's game, the over was 82...#9 West Virginia and Baylor blew that out of the water, as these two high-powered offenses duked it out in a pass happy game...



West Virginia's QB Geno Smith passed for 656 yards and 8 TD's while leading his team to a 70-63 win...Baylor's Nick Florence did his best, throwing for 581 yards and 5 TD's...The Bears WR, Terrance Williams set a Big-12 record with 314 yards receiving, to go with his 2 TD's...Tough break for WV's WR Stedman Bailey, who had set the record earlier in the game, with 303 yards...He added 5 TD's...

Quite a switch from the defensive battle we saw last week with Kansas State and Oklahoma...#12 Texas and Oklahoma State tried to do their best to keep up with both their QB's putting up 300 yards each, and while putting up big points, they couldn't match WV and Baylor's output...

After Oklahoma State took 36-34 lead with two and a half minutes left in the game, Texas QB David Ash drove the Longhorns on a 75 yard game winning drive, capped off with a Joe Bergeron 2 yard TD run, with less than 30 seconds left...Texas wins 41-36...What a tough loss for Oke State....

Then there is the biggest full of shit team in College Football...# LSU...This week they took on another powerhouse in Towson...To no one's surprise, LSU won...But to their own disgrace, they didn't look like the dominating team that their fans think they are, as the final was 38-22...The great and mighty LSU Tigers gave up 22 points to Towson...22 points...22 fucking points to Towson!

Can we please drop LSU out of the top 10 already...This team is a fraud! I don't care that they play in the SEC...Their non-conference schedule is weak...Only 3 of their SEC opponents on their schedule this year should be a concern based on how grossly over-hyped this team is...

This week's big SEC game was between Tennessee and #5 Georgia...This was another offensive battle as Georgia put up 560 yards of offense while Tennessee put up 478...Yes, the trend of no defense continues as Georgia had to battle to win 51-44...

Ohio State fans are thrilled that their team has racked up a 5-0 record, after beating Michigan State 17-16 Saturday...But they shouldn't be that thrilled considering the other 4 teams they beat were Miami (Ohio), UCF, Cal (who gave them a scare), and UAB...

Then there was the Big-Ten  prime-time game...A rivalry that the Big-Ten seems to be trying to force...#22 Nebraska and Wisconsin...Wisconsin and Montee Ball were suppose to be a running team, but while Ball had 90 yards on the ground, the team finished with a total of 56 yards rushing...Instead it was Nebraska that was running the ball, with Taylor Martinez getting 107 yards on the ground, and Rex Burkhead with 86...Martinez also passed for 181 yards and 2 TD's to go with his one rushing TD...

Wisconsin was up 20-10 at Halftime, and then came right out in the second half and went up 27-10...After that, it was all Nebraska fighting back, to tie the game at 27 at the end of the third quarter...With just over 9 minutes left in the game, the Cornhuskers kicked the go-ahead filed goal, and then kept playing hard-nosed defense to hold on to the 30-27 win...

It what was premiere match up in the CAA, New Hampshire looked to bounce back from their tough 64-61 loss to Old Dominion, as undefeated Delaware came to visit the Wildcats...

After being down 7-0 at Halftime, UNH Quarterback, Andy Vailas got the wildcats on track, passing for 315 yards and 2 TD's, while also rushing for another TD and 36 yards, leading UNH 34-14 victory...

       
Good too see these guys come back strong after last week...

In case you missed it...ESPN once again put Penn State on the air...All 5 of Penn State's games have been televised on ESPN/ABC...And none of these games were against "Big Time" opponents...They opened against Ohio U. with all the post Sandusky/Paterno scandal and punishment hanging over the campus...ESPN hyped it for days...It bothered me, but didn't surprise me...The best part wast the Bobcats winning 24-14...

Then they went to Virginia and lost 17-16 because their kicker couldn't hit water if he fell out of a fucking boat...Then they got their first win against Navy...That was disappointing...Then they beat Temple...I would hope so...And Saturday they beat Illinois...Illinois, which is one of the Big-Ten's embarrassments to football...The others being Indiana, and Minnesota...

I'm sorry, but clearly ESPN signed a hush-hush deal to try and keep PSU Football in the public eye, hoping that when their penalties are over and done with, that they won't be completely irrelevant...(this is just my theory, backed up by nothing but my hatred of ESPN and Penn State...

And finally, the late game that should have been on major network...A big PAC-12 battle between Arizona, and Pac-12 surprise team, #18 Oregon State...Yet again, we had another big offense game...The Beavers put up 612 yards of total offense, while Arizona put up 545, in a back and forth battle that was finally settled when the Beavers went 75 yards in 10 plays to score the game winning TD with just over a minute left...Then iced it with a interception, winning 38-35...

That's it for this week...See ya Monday

The Beeze.

Monday Moaning

It's a cool, breezy night...There's been a steady drizzle all day long, with the occasional downpour...The marching band is playing...Leading the faithful down the street to the stadium...No, it's not a powerhouse program...No, we aren't in Texas...It's just another beautiful, Fall, Friday night in Ohio...

And I'll be honest...I'd rather watch these kids play, then watch the Cleveland Browns...My neighborhood, Brooklyn Hurricanes won Friday night 15-6...The field was a mess...the rain kept on coming...But it didn't stop them...They played hard...They played fundamentally sound...They had fun...I wish we saw that a little more with the pros...

I have a suggestion for coach Mangina of the Browns...Why don't you take your team to a local high school game...Let them see how they're suppose to make an open field tackle...Let them see how they're suppose to look the ball into their hands...Maybe D.A. will understand how to put some touch on a pass...These are just a few things, that high school kids across the country seem to get...The Browns, not so much!

Hell I would have though Mangini would have picked some of this up when he was working in New England...Who by the way won 35-7 against Tampa Bay, in London...The Pats are rolling now...

There was plenty of football news this weekend...Including Notre Dame beating Boston College 20-16...http://irishbuzz.blogspot.com/2009/10/irish-beat-bc-20-16.html

But what impressed me the most happened in West Virginia...We often crack West Virginia jokes...Like, "What do they do in West Virginia for Halloween? ....Pump-kin!"

But the true character, and class of WV was shown Saturday, as UConn came to town a week after their teammate Jasper Howard was murdered at a school dance...

As the Huskies took the field they passed this sign, that read, "Today we are all HUSKIES" with signatures, and thoughts from the Mountaineer faithful...WV players and coaches showed a tremendous amount of class also, before and after the game...It was one of those special moments in sports you hear about...Where you realize, there's a lot more to life then sports...But sometimes playing the games can help people who are dealing with a tragedy...Way to go West Virginia...And way to go Huskies, for going out there and playing your hearts out for your teammate, and each other...

Moving on...ESPN has shit-canned baseball analyst Steve Phillips after he admitted o having an affair with a production assistant...I'm not too sad about this...This dolt always acting like he was the walking book of baseball knowledge...Clearly he wasn't, since no one is willing to hire him as a GM again...But ESPN has always like having analysts that are consistently wrong!

But there are a few things that bother me about this...1) He's married...Which equals he's a douche...2) He's 46 and this chick is 22...My problem with this is, how's he nailing a 22 year old and keeping up...And why would she want to bang a married dude with grey pubes...3) He's put himself into a treatment facility for his problems...WHAT!?!

Seriously, they have treatment for married guys who are banging chicks on the side, who are half their age...Or is he just in hiding...From his wife...Or the 22 year old who went "Fatal Attraction" when he broke it off...That's right...The youngster went bat-shit...You can't trust the young ones...You dummies at ESPN should have learned this by now...What is this, the 10th guy to either get fired or have a harassment claim filed against him...The world wide leader in DOLTS!

U2 is live on YouTube right now, from the Rose Bowl...First off...If you missed me sh!tt!ng all over them last month...Here ya go...http://thebeezewax.blogspot.com/2009/09/u2-full-of-bullocks.html

Second, their last couple albums blew...This new song they're playing right now sucks...I'm kinda sad about that...I always liked them...

Speaking of music...Thursday, Mrs. Beeze and I will be heading down to Columbus to see Our Lady Peace at the New Port Music Hall...The wife is hooked after seeing them at the House of Blues here in the Cleve...So to my friends down in Columbus, check it out...Great show, and tickets are only $20...

Now a couple updates on the kids...First, My daughter has been dealing with a broken heart...She had a crush on a boy named Sonny...He liked her, but now he's over it...Her poor 7 year old heart was crushed...I tried to tell her, it's better off this way...With a name like Sonny, he'd just get blown away at the toll booths...The Godfather reference was wasted on her...She asked if it would get better...Is her heart really broken...I told her your heart is broken when you feel like this...

She said, "I didn't feel that bad." Didn't was the key word as the song made he cry...Quality parenting right! Now I really wanna f**k this Sonny kid up...From now on the Mrs. dealing with this boy sh!t....

The son on the other hand is a freak...In the past we've talked about him always holding onto his junk, and his love of boobies...Well, there's something new in the mix...Goofing around with him the other day, I decided to give him a wedgie...He loved it...That's right, he loved it...Now he's asking for them...Dear God, what am I gonna do with Little Pervert Jr.?

That's all for now...Have a good week...

Later, The Beeze.