Time for Week 5. This week’s guest is my buddy Will “Chuck Daddy” Ralston. We were freshmen and sophomore year roommates and to this point he is only person to share a room with me for longer than 10 days. So to make up for the horrors I put him through and as a thanks for being an incredible American, I asked him to do the picks. He is in lawyer school at WVU and will be at the game tonight. Nobody has ever had better blender parties than we did, and Chuck was partner in crime for my favorite Davidson College story of all time. But on to the picks…………….
Colorado Buffalos at WVU Mountaineers -17
I have no problem giving the 17 on Thursday night. Morgantown is a tough place to play and Hawk and the Buffs haven’t shown anything that would make you believe they can keep this one close. The Mountaineers are really explosive and even if Brown isn’t 100% they should be able to end this one early. The Buffalo alumni should be ashamed of themselves for letting the football program atrophy to this extent. They must go to sleep in a pot induced hazed and dream of the Gary Barnett era. Not only was Katie a girl, but Katie was terrible.
I shouldn’t pick this game but I am going to. The ‘Neers should have beaten Auburn two weeks ago but unfortunately you don’t win a lot of games where you give up the ball 6 times and your coach is a smiling moron. Jarrett Brown should be better on Thursday night with the rowdy Mo’town crowd behind him but 17 is a big number for this team. WVU will win but it will be closer than 17. On a personal note, I stood behind Coach Stew at Subway last week and he ordered a Double Turkey and Double Ham Sub. If this man coached like he ordered sandwiches, we would be in the BCS every year. Unfortunately, all he knows is how to call bubble screens.
Wisconsin Badgers at Minnesota Gophers -2.5
I actually haven’t seen the Badgers play this year, but rumors are they have been getting improved QB play. Minnesota’s new stadium is a tough place to play and Eric Decker plays nude. The home field advantage and my inability to believe that the Badgers have improved that much over a B.R.utal 08.
Classic Big Ten Snoozefest. I’m going with 'Sconsin. Mostly because I met a few Badgers at Disneyland before the 1994 Rose Bowl. Speaking of another Big Ten Snoozefest that I will happily be attending (or at least tailgating) this weekend, here are my bonus picks: Penn St is gonna murder Illinois. I am gonna murder some brats and Old Styles in the Memorial Stadium parking lot. Hopefully, there may be a little bag slappin’ as well.
NC State Wolfpack at Wake Forest Deacons -1
Fork Father is taking it to road this week, and the Pack are going to continue the momentum from ripping out Petrags heart in the 4th Qt last week. I think that BC sucks incredibly bad and they were able to beat Timmy’s boy Riley Skinner last week. Highlight from last week’s Pack game was TOB’s press conference where he dropped this gem… “These guys (his team) think they are good, they are not.”
Pitt was a nice pickup by the Pack but I’ll go with the Deacons at home. I like Grobe and Riley Skinner to come up with something big.
Washington Huskies at Notre Dame Fighting Irish -13
My love for Jimmy Clausen is getting close to ARod levels. The fact that everybody hates those guys and think they are douches justs make them more attractive to me. But a hobbled #7 and that Defense against an angry Huskie team….Child, Please…..I will take the 13.
Ty Willingham Bowl. I like the Irish in this game but don’t see a two touchdown victory. I just hope they put in Rudy for the last play. He works so hard.
LSU Tigers at Georgia Bulldogs -3
AJ Green is the most dominate player in college football. I can’t stand the Dawgs but I hate Two-Loss-Les way more. The Tigers lucked out in Seattle and Starksville, it runs out in Athens.
LSU looked none too impressive last week against Miss St. I’ll take the Dawgs to cover easily at home.
Oklahoma Sooners at Miami Hurricanes +7
30% chance for isolated thunderstorms in South Florida, can’t take the Canes if it rains. Oklahoma has bounced back with strong outings after the disaster in JerryWorld. Even though Bradford is still out, I think they find a way to dictate this game. They weather is going to play a huge roll in this game. Sooners in the rain, Canes cover if it is dry.
I could go either way on this one because I really like Jacory Harris but I’m gonna take the Sooners and the points. There defense is solid enough that it doesn’t matter if it’s Bradford or Landry Jones under center. Also I think the actual Miami team is closer to the team that played Va Tech than team that crushed Ga Tech. They still could have won the Big East going away.
Michigan Wolverines at Michigan State Spartans -2.5
Rivalry game on the road, frosh QB with be with a bum shoulder, angry host….I hate the Wolverines but Sparty is purtrid. Taking the maize and blue.
Surprisingly, not a huge RichRod fan but have been a big fan of what Forcier has done in the 4th quarter this season. I like the maize and blue in this one.
Oregon State Beavers at Arizona State Sun Devils -5
I thought that Oregon State was going to be better and I think Dennis is going to get his guys ready to go at home. I’ll give the 5.
I’ll take the Sun Devils and the points for 3 reasons. 1) They played Georgia close in Athens, 2) they’re playing in Tempe, and 3) they have arguably the most attractive girls in the country waiting to party after the game.
UCLA Bruins at Stanford Cardinal -5
I like both these coaches a lot, especially Ricky. I think both these teams are pretty good, but UCLA was able to win in Neyland and Stanford couldn’t win in Winston-Salem. Getting 5 points seals me backing the Bruins.
Even though the Stanford Indians errrr Cardinal have two guys from my high school on their roster, I am still going to go with the Bruins in a mini-upset. What can I say: I like coaches with law degrees who commit serious NCAA infractions everywhere they go. Also, I never like to see Chaney too happy so now that he is a Stanford Tree, his team can’t be too good.
Auburn Tigers at Tennessee Vols -2
The nations hottest offensive coordinator against the most famous defensive coordinator, but I think the other matchup is going to decide it. Allbarn stops the Vols and will score enough to win outright. Ralston is right, Layla Kiffin is a complete smokeshow.
I’ll take Auburn to go into Knoxville and repeat what they did to WVU in the second half two weeks ago. I am biased though. Big wins by the Tigers make wvu’s interception-filled choke look a little better. Not that I don’t like Lane Kiffin (I especially like his smoking hot wife) but they are another year away from making noise.
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