Thursday, September 27, 2007

pigskin prognostications week 5...

i went 9 for 10 last week. the only blemish was tech's fold-up at virginia. i'll gladly give up those percentage points to watch the tech folks squirm. now batting a cool .700 for the season at 28-12.

west virginia@south florida: the #15 mountaineers travel to #18 south florida. everybody is picking upsart south florida to win this one at home in a mild upset. wvu is a 7-point fave. i think the hosts win straight up. south florida 45 west virginia 35.

lsu@tulane: how in the world did tulane get lsu at home - katrina relief? the #2 ranked bayou bengals struggled last week with south carolina. they won't struggle with tulane. lsu 71 tulane 17.

usc@washington: #1 usc has tons of athletes but their schedule never tests them. washington, likewise, will not provide a test. trojans have their way with the huskies. usc 55 washington 14.

ohio state@minnesota: the #8 buckeyes are 23.5 point favorites as they take on the gophers. gophers best stay in their little holes or they will get their little gopher arses handed to them. ohio state 66 minnesota 6.

mississippi state@south carolina: the #16 gamechickens are at home against the other bulldogs who won two weeks ago on the road in auburn. but, that was auburn. still, i think sylvester croom's team makes this interesting. they slapped a weak sister last week while carolina was in a war at lsu. south carolina 17 mississippi state 13.

oklahoma@colorado: the sooners are ranked #3 and are 22 point faves as they embark on this buffaloe hunt. colorado was an up and coming team two years ago. that is no longer the case. oklahoma 47 colorado 24.

alabama vs. fsu @jacksonville: here is an intriguing matchup. vegas has installed the unranked seminoles as 2.5 favorites over #22 alabama. alabama is young but talented. the game will hinge on whether or not the tide can emotionally overcome last week's last second, overtime loss to georgia. i think they can. alabama 27 fsu 26.

auburn@florida: the #4 gators struggled last week at ole miss. florida has a wealth of talent but much of it is young and inexperienced. a win would put ears tuberville back on bobby lowder's e-mail list but not in the christmas card group. auburn's fans actually think the wareagletigerplainsmen can win this one. i disagree. gators in a rout. florida 72 auburn 24.

clemson@georgia tech: well, well, well! the #13 tigers - they of the ugliest uniforms in the south - arrive at grunt field as only a three point favorite as they take on the unranked sliderulers. clemson has a rushing attack. tech doesn't. clemson has a fair passing attack. tech doesn't. john tenuta's vaunted defensive schemes are vaunted no longer. tech does have the chan man. clemson 35 georgia tech 21.

ole miss@georgia: it just does not get much better than last week's ot thriller in tuscaloosa. however, ole miss was busy giving florida fits last week before caving. the rebels will test georgia's secondary. but, the dogs have momentum now and they won't get derailed just yet. dawgs tune up for their trip to knoxville next week. georgia 31 ole miss 17.

26 comments:

Anonymous said...

lamar vs macon ? lamar 3 mocon 49

Anonymous said...

BOYCOT
has started with me

wdm said...

Take WV giving away 7. South Fla won't know what hit'em when the option runs into town. Like the Dawgs giving away 15. Stafford has career day on Saturday. I find it particularly funny that the line is giving 18 1/2 points to Auburn when they play at Fla -- talk about total disrespect. But Tuberville and Co. will cover just for spite. And the easiest call of the week is picking Clemson over Tech and 3 points. Clemson has hands down the best two running backs in the ACC (possibly the nation)

Anonymous said...

I also will boycott Friday nite's local game. $7 is way too much for the quality product local fans get!!

Anonymous said...

Pretty uneventful football weekend.
Scoop I agree with all your predictions. I think UF and AU will be a little tighter, but the result the same.

Anonymous said...

i think the OSU coach's comments to the media would apply here! These are our local youth ya"ll are running down. you son-of-bitches evidently never played highschool sports the way ya talk about our local young men

Anonymous said...

Yeah the coach for OSU made some great comments. What do you think SCOOP, since you are a member of the media.

Anonymous said...

What happens on the feild is open game. She screwed up when she started mouthing off about him personally. about his personal life and character. and 9:17, I played JV and Varsity football @ MP under Dan Pitts, I am free to critisize all I want!

Anonymous said...

hey anon 5:10 how is Lamar going to score 3 points? They cant even make their extra point kicks. Macon County has got a good defense. I say:
Lamar 0 Macon 35 (at least)

Anonymous said...

Anonymous at 9:17 I agree with you.

These young men have endured some of the most horrible put downs possible the past few weeks. I think they have to have strong character to continue playing football. They never know from week to week what will be written about them on this blog site. All I can say is I hope you never have children or spouses that get blasted like the coaches or players have here.

Coach Scan, assistant coaches, and players---Hold your heads high. If you were winning (and when you do start winning) people would (will) complain about something else.

Anonymous said...

Dawgs
Clempson
Gaytors
Bama
Oklahoma
Gamechickens
Ohio State
USC
LSU
South Fla

Macon County whips Lamar

Anonymous said...

9:39: JUST BECAUSE YOU PLAYED HIGHSCHOOL BALL DOES NOT GIVE YOU THE RIGHT TO BE CRITICAL OF OUR YOUTH PLAYING TODAY. GET A LIFE "JOCKSTRAPBOY"! I WISH PEOPLE WOULD HOLD OUR YOUTH AND TEACHERS TO THESE HIGH EXPECTATIONS IN THE CLASSROOM AND SHOW THE SAME DISSATISFACTION WHEN THEY UNDER ACHIEVE IN THE CLASSROOM.
MAYBE WE SHOULD COME DOWN THIS HARD WHEN THESE SAME STUDENTS DID NOT PASS A CLASS OR DID POOR ON THE SAT, ETC.

I SEE PARENTS MORE CONCERNED WITH HOW THIER 12 YEAR OLD DOES AT THE RECREATION FIELD THAN HOW THEY DID EARLIER IN THE DAY AT SCHOOL.

MAYBE WE NEED TO GO HOME AND CHEER LITTLE JOHNNY ON WHILE HE IS DOING HIS HOMEWORK AS MUCH AS WE DO WHEN HE IS TRYING TO CATCH A PASS!

Josey Wales said...

WV 48-21
LSU 49-0
USC 47-14
OSU 31-7
S.Car 19-6
OKL 42-12
FSU 28-20
UF 37-10

CLEMSON 36 GEORGIA TECH 13...James Davis will shred Tech's reeling defense with 200+ rushing yds.

UGAy 37 Ole Miss 31....doggies unstoppable! could never lose again!

Josey Wales said...

oh and Lamar once again get crushed by Macon Co. 38-(-3).

Anonymous said...

Bloodser returns to pass for 495 yards...just a little shy of Ronnie Hinson's state record. Trojans roll 58-20.

Anonymous said...

1:14, First of all If you suck, (like you do) then you suck. Truth hurts. Plus I played ball in school and maintained a B average. So dont tell me you can't do both dipshit!

Anonymous said...

3:36: FIRST OF ALL NOONE SUCKS FOR TRYING. I PLAYED ALL SPORTS A MAINTAINED A 4.0 A+ 9-12 GRADE. SO YES IT CAN BE DONE AND SHOULD BE DONE. I DID NOT SAY THAT. I SAID THAT WE SHOULD DEMAND MORE FROM STUDENTS.

Anonymous said...

HELLO 3:36: You sound real smart with the language you use. 1:14 is correct and sure sounds smarter than you. 1:14 simply stated that we should get as upset or more for poor grades from students as a whole not saying that ball players did not or could not do well. We tend to talk more during the week about the football scores than the SAT scores.

Anonymous said...

to both ---yes, demand higher scores, see just how far it gets you.

Anonymous said...

OMG!!! an UNranked ACC school beat a RANKED SEC school??? say it aint so. kind of cheapens UGA's win over "might 'bama" dont it?

Anonymous said...

And the easiest call of the week is picking Clemson over Tech and 3 points. Clemson has hands down the best two running backs in the ACC (possibly the nation

the Tigers ran the ball 32 times for 34 net yards against Tech's "not so vaunted" defense
hmmm

GO JACKETS!!!

Anonymous said...

"CLEMSON 36 GEORGIA TECH 13...James Davis will shred Tech's reeling defense with 200+ rushing yds."

better stick to being an outlaw Josey. soothsaying aint your forte'

Anonymous said...

welcome back techmites!! where yall been for the last couple of weeks?

wdm said...

Give me what you got...I deserve it. Missed two big ones but made the right call on the Aub and Ga games so it's a wash. I am still shocked at the turn around in Ga Tech from bad to good and Clemson from good to bad...didn't see that coming. Enjoy your victory.

wdm said...

Give me what you got...I deserve it. Missed two big ones but made the right call on the Aub and Ga games so it's a wash. I am still shocked at the turn around in Ga Tech from bad to good and Clemson from good to bad...didn't see that coming. Enjoy your victory.

Anonymous said...

after yesterday, and the ridiculus scores you predicted, I think you should find another line of work. Auburn was a gimme to upset - so was Ga Tech - the score i most agreed with you on was Southern Cal and Wash - that was damn near an upset too!! Oh well - thanks to Ole Miss for layin down in the second half - Go DAWGS!!!! I'll catch up with ya from Knoxville next week