Comments on: Thursday Pickin

By: travellinbaen

travellinbaen — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 23:31:22 +0000

Noted, OB. Stay on the high ground, and good luck with Ike.

By: OB

OB — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 23:25:58 +0000

Since I have a hurricane approaching and may or may not evacuate in the next three days I want to go ahead and submit my fave five for the week.

Oklahoma -20 at WASHINGTON
Ucla +8 ½ at BYU
FRESNO STATE +1 vs. Wisconsin
TEXAS TECH -36 vs. Smu
East Carolina -12½ at TULANE

UCLA is my Play of the Week.

Oklahoma will continue to role versus a very frustrated, unfocused and sloppy Washington team. I had a feeling UCLA would be the favorite versus BYU and I would be glad to take 8 ½ points. A very underrated Fresno team will beat a tired, beat up Wisconsin team that has to travel out West. SMU is starting a freshman QB, who just happens to be from Katy, TX (my hometown), and can’t keep up with a very potent Red Raider offense. There will be moments of brightness for Bo Levi Mitchell, but he will make many, many mistakes trying to play catch up. East Carolina has looked very, very good so far and I don’t see Tulane slowing them down.

By: Sweet

Sweet — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 10:04:38 +0000

Larry (assuming Luscious), if you are going to quote one of the greatest movies of all time, get the lines right

By: Sweet

Sweet — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 10:00:03 +0000

Madd Dawg (knelms) it was Neil Lee who said shits and giggles
Who is Jessie Lou, she sounds familiar
My POTW hit today…..stick with someone in the biz and you will go places

By: travellinbaen

travellinbaen — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 16:22:02 +0000

Sweet’s POTW is Central Florida. He’s not had the energy to click on the site and type all those letters, so I’m doing it for him. Why you ask? Because it is very important to document his powers on a public forum.

By: supercynic

supercynic — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 01:51:51 +0000

I’ll take (1) Michigan -23.5 (2) UCONN -7 (3) Utah State +35.5 and my POTW is (4) Minnesota +5.

TB, go ahead and calculate my winnings b/c those are all locks.

(Anyone who knows me knows the above cockiness is all pretense.)

By: Fig E

Fig E — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 00:50:19 +0000

TB, forgot to comment on you Ipod tunes this week. I have the Outfield CD, believe it or not. Many memories of 1984/85 come to mind (fake ID from Hit Parader magazine enabling one to purchase Miller High Life and Swisher Sweets at 15 rocked). Shooter Jennings live anything is cool. Saw him at Soul Kitchen in Mobile several weeks ago (and at Seville Quarter last year). Go see him if you get a chance (I think he played at The Library in Oxford a couple of years ago). Jason Boland & The Straggler hit Proud Larry’s. Right now they aren’t tourning because Boland had some vocal cord problems several weeks ago. When he recovers, we’ll need to check him out somewhere (possible road trip to Billy Bob’s in Ft. Worth).

By: Soon to be "Local Man"

Soon to be "Local Man" — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 00:40:13 +0000

This post is coming directly from inside the teeth of Hurricane (Not Quite but we can hope for the big time) Hanna. I am braving the elements and going to try to ride out the storm with my 2 new york strips, 2 cases of Miller Lite, and a bottle of Pomagranite Vodka (which I have found young girls really like when mixed with food Lion Cranberry/strawberry Juice). I know that the gods are doing this to wreck my dreams of actually being able to watch a Rebel game on TV in this god forsaken Purgatory I call ACC country.

I know it is an attempt to cut not only cable and power to my TV but through some crackpot legeslation also deny me the ability to pick the network game up via Satellite. Odd how the entire world works against me to keep me from watching the Rebels. I am going to make the call at 10:30 am on weither or not to make the harrowing 4 hour ride to Winston Salem to actually go to the game in person. But I know the power won”t go out until after I have decided to ride it out here and wait til its to late to make the drive.

My Picks are:

Rebels +8
Saints -3
Texas Tech -10′
Tulane +30
Michigan -15
Rashad Evans at 5/2 vs Chuck Lidell

A few songs for you are (see if you detect a theme):

Got to Get Better in a little While – Derek & the Dominoes
Knockin Round The Zoo – James taylor
Flashlight – P Funk
Payback – James Brown
Spanish Moon – Little Feat

By: Madd Dawg

Madd Dawg — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:27:55 +0000

Just “for sh-ts and giggles” to quote __ (was it Weeble who said that?), I’ll also take:

Michigan -14.5
USM +17.5 and

POTW: Oregon St. +15

By: Madd Dawg

Madd Dawg — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:08:25 +0000

I’ll go with Vandy as my Stone (no relation to Adam) Cold Lead Pipe Lock POTW. Bet the kids’ college money on this one.