Stupid Upset Picks- The continuing thread

[lilkev42]

that game started like 4 hours ago, its probably even over

It is and NM St. stomped the **** out of LA Tech.

 

[jmh80]

What the hell - UCLA over USC.

:bow28:

 

[lilkev42]

What the hell - UCLA over USC.

Nice call. I didnt think they had a chance, but USC **** the bed.

 

[lilkev42]

Week 15 Standings
1. Size (5-9) 48.5 points
2. CED (5-7) 41 points
3. lilkev (3-11) 30.5 points
4. JMH (3-10) 24 points
5. Inning Eater (3-5) 22.5 points
6. Wannabehulk (2-5) 21.5 points
7. Binge (4-10) 19.5 points
8. Jantrick (3-1) 15.5 points
9. Rogue (2-7) 14.5 points
10. Kris (3-9) 14 points
11. Iron Warrior (1-0) 2.5 points
12.Gators (0-8) 0 points
12. Bucknuts (0-2) 0 points
12. Powerhouse (0-1) 0 points
12. Birdo (0-2) 0 points
12. Buff (0-2) 0 points

 

[BingeAndPurge]

Got a few weeks for the bowl game suggestions. Sooner is better than later as I am moving in a few weeks (back to the land of poisonous nuts) and will be without regular internet for a while.

 

[gators52]

Boy did Rutgers get royally screwed having to play Kansas St.

 

[CEDeoudes59]

Week 15 Standings
1. Size (5-9) 48.5 points
2. CED (5-7) 41 points
3. lilkev (3-11) 30.5 points
4. JMH (3-10) 24 points
5. Inning Eater (3-5) 22.5 points
6. Wannabehulk (2-5) 21.5 points
7. Binge (4-10) 19.5 points
8. Jantrick (3-1) 15.5 points
9. Rogue (2-7) 14.5 points
10. Kris (3-9) 14 points
11. Iron Warrior (1-0) 2.5 points
12.Gators (0-8) 0 points
12. Bucknuts (0-2) 0 points
12. Powerhouse (0-1) 0 points
12. Birdo (0-2) 0 points
12. Buff (0-2) 0 points

BCS AM.com Standings
#1 CED
#2 Size
#3 Inning Eater
#4 Iron Warrior


*I did it, I am a champion!

:bow28:

 

[jmh80]

Well - I'm the Comeback POY. I jumped from 12th to 4th on the strength of simply hedging my bet that the Evangel Christian QB phenomenon would rear it's ugly head Saturday.

Sure enough - I was right.

 

[lilkev42]

??? - You got some 'splaning to do here.

Its the BCS that is all the explanation you need.

 

[lilkev42]

When I do the totals I go by the spread given at the begining. I know the spread changes, since I do my share of gambling, but I stick to what was given on this page. The BCS thing was a joke as I am sure you know, I went with his first pick, and both were wrong anyway. Hopefully that clears stuff up.

 

[Innings Eater]

Well - I'm the Comeback POY. I jumped from 12th to 4th on the strength of simply hedging my bet that the Evangel Christian QB phenomenon would rear it's ugly head Saturday.

Sure enough - I was right.

Yeah, like I said. That guy from Shreveport Evangel sucks. Just kidding.....I was all rah rah for the guy from Louisiana. I played my H.S. football there. I was being a homer. Nice call on the upset of the year.

 

[BingeAndPurge]

Here's what the guy at Bucknuts put up:

Here we are at the end of the season. It's been a lot of fun doing the game, and I hope you guys have enjoyed playing as much as I've enjoyed running it. For the bowl edition, the rules are the same, except you get to pick TWO games. I'm not going to bother posting the rules again, I figure if you don't know how to play by now, there's probably little hope for you.
Here is the picklist:

San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl
Tuesday, Dec 19 San Diego, CA
Favorite Spread Underdog
TCU 11.5 Northern Illinois

Pioneer Pure Vision Las Vegas Bowl
Thursday, Dec 21 Las Vegas, NV
Favorite Spread Underdog
BYU 6 Oregon

R & L Carriers New Orleans Bowl
Friday, Dec 22 New Orleans, LA
Favorite Spread Underdog
Rice 7.5 Troy

Papajohns.com Bowl
Saturday, Dec 23 Birmingham AL
Favorite Spread Underdog
South Florida 3.5 East Carolina

New Mexico Bowl
Saturday, Dec 23 Albuquerque, NM
Favorite Spread Underdog
New Mexico 6.5 San Jose St

Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl
Saturday, Dec 23 Fort Worth, TX
Favorite Spread Underdog
Utah 3.5 Tulsa

Sheraton Hawaii Bowl
Sunday, Dec 24 Honolulu, HI
Favorite Spread Underdog
Hawaii 10 Arizona St

Motor City Bowl
Tuesday, Dec 26 Detroit, MI
Favorite Spread Underdog
Central Michigan 11 Mid Tenn St

Emerald Bowl
Wednesday, Dec 27 San Francisco, CA
Favorite Spread Underdog
UCLA 4 Florida St

PetroSun Independence Bowl
Thursday, Dec 28 Shreveport, LA
Favorite Spread Underdog
Oklahoma St 3.5 Alabama

Pacific Life Holiday Bowl
Thursday, Dec 28 San Diego, CA
Favorite Spread Underdog
California 4 Texas A&M

Texas Bowl
Thursday, Dec 28 Houston, TX
Favorite Spread Underdog
Rutgers 7 Kansas St

Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl
Friday, Dec 29 Nashville, TN
Favorite Spread Underdog
Clemson 11 Kentucky

Brut Sun Bowl
Friday, Dec 29 El Paso, TX
Favorite Spread Underdog
Oregon St 4 Missouri

AutoZone Liberty Bowl
Friday, Dec 29 Memphis, TN
Favorite Spread Underdog
South Carolina 7 Houston

Insight Bowl
Friday Dec 29 Tempe, AZ
Favorite Spread Underdog
Texas Tech 7 Minnesota

Champs Sports Bowl
Friday, Dec 29 Orlando, FL
Favorite Spread Underdog
Maryland 4 Purdue

Meineke Car Care Bowl
Saturday, Dec 30 Charlotte, NC
Favorite Spread Underdog
Boston College 7.5 Navy

Alamo Bowl
Saturday, Dec 30 San Antonio, TX
Favorite Spread Underdog
Texas 11.5 Iowa

Chick-fil-A Bowl
Saturday, Dec 30 Atlanta, GA
Favorite Spread Underdog
Va Tech 3 Georgia

MPC Computers Bowl
Sunday, Dec 31 Boise, ID
Favorite Spread Underdog
Nevada 2.5 Miami

Outback Bowl
Monday, Jan 1 Tampa, FL
Favorite Spread Underdog
Tennessee 6 Penn St

AT&T Cotton Bowl
Monday, Jan 1 Dallas, TX
Favorite Spread Underdog
Auburn 3 Nebraska

Toyota Gator Bowl
Monday, Jan 1 Jacksonville, FL
Favorite Spread Underdog
West Virginia 7 Ga Tech

Capital One Bowl
Monday, Jan 1 Orlando FL
Favorite Spread Underdog
Arkansas 2 Wisconsin

Rose Bowl
Monday, Jan 1 Pasadena, CA
Favorite Spread Underdog
Michigan 2.5 USC

Tostitos Fiesta Bowl
Monday, Jan 1 Glendale, AZ
Favorite Spread Underdog
Oklahoma 8 Boise St

FedEx Orange Bowl
Tuesday, Jan 2 Miami, FL
Favorite Spread Underdog
Louisville 10 Wake Forest

Allstate Sugar Bowl
Wednesday, Jan 3 New Orleans, LA
Favorite Spread Underdog
LSU 8.5 Notre Dame

International Bowl
Saturday, Jan 6 Toronto, Canada
Favorite Spread Underdog
Cincinnati 8.5 Western Mich

GMAC Bowl
Sunday, Jan 7 Mobile, AL
Favorite Spread Underdog
Southern Miss 6.5 Ohio

BCS Championship Game
Monday, Jan 8 Glendale, AZ
Favorite Spread Underdog
Ohio St 8 Florida

 

[gators52]

If i had to pick two from that list it would be Iowa and Florida

 

[lilkev42]

Boise St and Western Michigan

 

[Kris4153]

Florida State over UCLA and Wake Forest over Louisville!

 

[WannaBeHulk]

wake forest over loiusville and georgia tech over west virginia

 

[jmh80]

Wait - Nevada is favored over Miami? I thought I read the spread was -3 UM the other day? Did it swing almost 6 points that quickly?

Man - I guess the Randy Shannon hiring went over worse than I thought....
:toofunny:

 

[BingeAndPurge]

I'm not saying we have to use this, just showing the model.

 

[Iron Warrior]

Well, I got some good picks this week. My money is Denver -2.5 over Arizona, that's highway robbery !

Other minor bets I'm making are:
St. Louis -3 over Oakland
Jacksonville -3 over Tennessee
New England -11 over Houston (this team has given up!)

NCAA
Cal -5 over Texas A & M
South Carolina -6.5 over Houston
Tennessee -4.5 over Penn St
Auburn -2 over Nebraska
Michigan +1 over USC
Oklahoma St. -2 over Alabama
Miami -3 over Nevada

 

[jmh80]

IW - what's the deal w/ the UM-Nevada spread? I've seen it -3 UM and also -3 Nev???
Which is it? (Or has it shifted in the last few weeks...)

 

[gators52]

IW - what's the deal w/ the UM-Nevada spread? I've seen it -3 UM and also -3 Nev???
Which is it? (Or has it shifted in the last few weeks...)

It has shifted, it opened at Nevada -2 or -3, it's now Miami -3, quite a big lline move if you ask me.

 

[Iron Warrior]

IW - what's the deal w/ the UM-Nevada spread? I've seen it -3 UM and also -3 Nev???
Which is it? (Or has it shifted in the last few weeks...)

This could have happened

1. Many bettors placed their $$$ on the Canes so the house had to make an adjustment

2. Nevada looks great on paper but they never really beat a half decent team this year and people are realizing this.

3. People got smart about the Wolfpack. Nevada has no big play makers that can really damage the Canes, just shut down the 1-2-3 holes and they're toast. They lack the speed to break runs to the outside. Their RB's (Lipincott & Hubbard) will be shut down. I scouted these kids in HS (I'm a HS coach and I help a buddy at a JC) and they run tough but they won't cause much damage. If they fall behind early then kiss their chances good bye. Their QB won't beat you. Their defense is above average. All their wins came against teams with losing records.

 

[jmh80]

Yeah - but the game time temp will be like 0 degrees, and you know how us warm weather FLA teams are in the cold.

 

[gators52]

Opening line Nevada vs Miami

-2 -105 / +2 -105 12/03/2006 9:13PM

within 20 minutes it went EV

0 -110 / +0 EVEN 12/03/2006 9:25PM

then 20 more minutes later

+2.5 Even / -2.5 -110 12/03/2006 9:40PM

the last line change

+3 +101 / -3 -111 12/14/2006 2:12PM

 

[size]

Not sure how/if the bowl picking will go. So here are my two picks goign with the spreads as posted here.
San Jose St +6.5
Alabama +3.5

 

[Iron Warrior]

Yeah - but the game time temp will be like 0 degrees, and you know how us warm weather FLA teams are in the cold.

They can do it. Nevada is not a true 8-4 team. They have no wins against anoyone with a winning record. They lost to Fresno St. 28-19. I would also expect the Canes to show a little bit of testicular fortitude. I don't think they want to go into the off-season with a loss to Nevada after all they've been through. They will be ready to play. Nevada doesn't have enough horses to run with the Canes' horses either. The only way I see Miami losing is if they beat themselves. You don't have to kill them either, you just have to beat them by 4 points to make me happy

 

[BingeAndPurge]

OK, I'm in OH now and will be busy for a while, but should be able to check in fairly regularly. I don't care where the odds come from, but I'm all about picking three of them. Someone post some some official spreads and lets do this thing.

 

[size]

OK, I'm in OH now and will be busy for a while, but should be able to check in fairly regularly. I don't care where the odds come from, but I'm all about picking three of them. Someone post some some official spreads and lets do this thing.

Let's just stick with the spreads as posted. Reason being the threads consistently move so it will be easier to just stick with one source of spreads.

 

[Kris4153]

Helll yes! Go Noles! :djparty: Ending the season with a "W"!

 

[Innings Eater]

Navy 7.5 over BC and..........
Boise State 8 over the "Collarbone Comeback" (OU)
Bowl games are difficult to pick because you have to guess which set of kids really WANT to be there. There is just such a layoff and it could be easy to become unmotivated/distracted.

 

[jmh80]

After some thought:
Wake over Louisville.

And - the karma to end all karma - Florida beats OSU* on a bogus penalty.

I'm not saying it's a Pass Interferance - but something that is totally bogus.

 

[gators52]

Florida over tOSU
Iowa over Texas

Iowa always seems to show up during bowl games, I'm looking for a great game from Tate to end this bad season.

Florida will take OSU...after studying game film Earl Everett sucks as a LB...it takes him about 2 seconds to react on every play and he NEVER attacks the line of scrimmage, I bet this man has no tackles for loss. He is great in pass coverage, they should seriously switch him and crum. Crum can't be a worse run stopper and Crum is just lost in pass coverage when he has to take a RB or a slot receiver.

 

[Kris4153]

And - the karma to end all karma - Florida beats OSU* on a bogus penalty.

I'm not saying it's a Pass Interferance - but something that is totally bogus.

WoW talk about sore loser... How long has it been? :toofunny:

 

[jmh80]

Not long enough.

 

[BingeAndPurge]

Looks like I forgot to play. Things have been crazy with the move and holidays and all. Hopefully this will be a great Rose Bowl tonight. I won't go as far as to cheer "go blue" or anything, but I hope Michigan wins.

 

[jmh80]

Binge - whoops. El Stinko Carr strikes again.

I wonder how up they really were for that game - after getting left out of the championship.

 

[lilkev42]

Just incase anyone was wondering, I will have the final standings up after the National Championship game.

 

[jmh80]

RD - if Miami gets Koetter as OC - you can root for us. :twisted:

Carr will be fired if he doesn't beat OSU* next year - mark it down.

 

[gators52]

Carr will be fired if he doesn't beat OSU* next year - mark it down.

Loses to OSU but wins a BCS game, would he still be fired? Next year anything short of a natl championship bid will be a disaster and he should be fired with the team he has coming back. USC over Mich for the natl championship game...

 

[jmh80]

I think so. That's a rivalry that you just can't go 5 years with having one win (that'll be Carr's record if he loses next year against Sweatervest).

 

[Kris4153]

I think so. That's a rivalry that you just can't go 5 years with having one win (that'll be Carr's record if he loses next year against Sweatervest).

LOL but Tressel makes it look good

 

[gators52]

LOL but Tressel makes it look good

Mike Ditka is the all time sweatervest pimp.

 

[Innings Eater]

Just incase anyone was wondering, I will have the final standings up after the National Championship game.

As Ted Knight said in Caddyshack "Well......we're waiting!"

Give up the final standings.....I picked Boise State and am excited.