Cuzzin’ Bailey
Well, I wish I could say I am watching the World Series Game 6 as I’m writing this, but alas we all know that isn’t true. The Phillies came up with very timely hits and that’s that. The Rays had a great season and I’m very happy I was able to be witness to a good part of it. In regards to the Gators…this week we have the hated Bulldogs and their merry band of fair weather fans/bandwagon jumpers that I am surrounded by in Jacksonville these days. We’ll see who has the last laugh on Monday in class bitches!
El Gran Mono
Redemption week! I really can’t wait to be a few brews deep and watching CBS on mute this Saturday. There is no listening to the Verne/Gary Georgia love in at my domicile. I found the same mute button was an effective weapon against Chip Caray, et al during the ALCS. I’m still not ready to talk about the World Series, give me a week. As for the games, there isn’t much in the SEC outside of UF-UGA but at least we get to pick the gun slinging Big 12 matchup once again. Sadly, last week determined that the Big Ten will be getting a team in the BCS Championship. While Penn State tends to be tougher than Ohio State, they still don’t have the fire power to beat a Big12/SEC Champion or USC. When will everyone learn that a playoff is the only true test…
Malt Licker
Man, I fucking hate Georgia with every fiber of my being. I hate their coach. I hate their fans. I hate Larry Munson. I hate the hedges. I hate their fans. I hate their coach. Unlike their team last year, I do not have to manufacture any emotion. It is pumping through me like crazy. I do not feel very comfortable about my game picking prospects this week, everything else is on the back burner, so take them with a grain of salt.
Auburn at Ole Miss (-6.5), 12:30
CB
Just when we thought that the Tigers were out of the doldrums of offensive futility, they pull themselves back in. I mean I had the right idea that Auburn couldn’t win in Morgantown last week, I just thought they might have a little heart to actually cover the spread. Boy was I wrong. They blow. Now Ole Miss on the other hand has had a rather up and down season. The down being that they play very, very well against good/great teams, but can play poorly against a subpar opponent. Enter Aw-burn. They are about as subpar as you can get right now, so this could be a let down game for the Rebs. IF, they play as hard as they did against UF and against Bama, this could be a long day for the Plainsmen. Hotty Toddy, let’s bank on that.
Awwbarn 13
Ole Miss 21
EGM
Plaintigers 21
Rebs 20
ML
u-barn burners 20
Ole Piss 17
Tulsa at Arkansas (+7), 2
ML
Who would have thought Ark-kansas would be an underdog at home to the Golden Hurricane? Are we allowed to call them the Hurricane? Or is that offensive to Katrina survivors? What is offensive, are the eyes and soul of one Bobby Petrino. Tulsa looks to remain a BCS BUSTER BABY!!!! To do so they’ll have to use the top offense in the nation to snap the Hawgs 16 game winning streak.
Golden Low-Pressure Systems 23
Sooooeeeey 21
CB
Tul 24
Ark 19
EGM
Golden Hurricane 21
Hawgs 24
Kentucky at Mississippi State (-3), 2:30
EGM
This is definitely not a showcase game for the SEC. Neither team has much offense and after watching KY in action last week I think Miss State actually has the advantage on O. Crazy shit right? When is the last time Miss State had a better offense than its opposition? I’m betting that answer includes a team with Sleepy Robinson or maybe even Wayne “Preseason All-SEC” Madkin. I’d love to write all day about this game but honestly its terrible. Avoid it at all costs.
Crappy Cats 3
Crappy Dawgs 7
CB
Kantuckee 17
Mess St 12
ML
Kenblocky-punty 20
Croooooooooom 10
Arkansas State at Alabama (-22.5), 3
CB
Let’s just agree that presuming the Tide play as well as they can and do in big games, they will destroy Arkansas St. The one wrinkle is, it seems like they haven’t be able to get up for these shitbox shows. Hell even UK isn’t as crummy as they’ve been in the past and Bammer played most of the game like they were half asleep. IF they can’t get hyped for a sure SEC win then I generally don’t expect much enthusiasm in this contest. Now, that is not to say that the Red Wolves stand any chance. The only way in hell this game is very close is if every position starter for Alabama gets hurt and Nick the dick Saban starts flipping a coin for offensive plays. No, the real question here is, will the Tide cover. Schizophrenia reigns in the SEC when it comes to whether or not teams show up big against out matched opponents, so I’m gonna go with a little faith here…just turned on Encore, and lo and behold, Crimson Tide is on the for the 500th time this week…guess we know what I’m thinking.
Arkie State 10
Bama 45
EGM
Redwolves 7
Bamer 28
ML
Might as well be DeVry 2
Tide 31
Georgia vs. Florida (-5.5), 3:30
CB
This is the game of the year my friends, and anyone tells you different, they’re selling something. I have no idea what that last part means, but I heard it in a movie and it sounded cool. But seriously, I hope yall don’t mind if I vent a little. I ask you, WHEN did it become “cool” for chicks to randomly like UGA? I mean I understand girls that went there and stuff, but there are all sorts of tricks at my school that are just liking the Dawgs this weekend cause “they have cute shirts” or “b/c Johnny likes them” or whatever. Its really fucking annoying. When did it become anything but dirty as shit and scummy as hell to like the BULLDOGS????? ARRRGH! Anyways, sorry but, I needed that. This is for real going to be a great game (God Damnit). Both teams match up very, very well, with the exception of the secondary position, in that both sides have the potential to give up the big play in that regards and that could mean the game for either team. As a biased Gator fan, I am looking forward to a few things. 1) UF scoring an early TD and not acting like a bunch of faggots (see: UGA first TD last year), 2) letting Tim be Tim, run when he wants, stiff arm a few linebackers and score all over those assholes, and 3) speaking of LBs, I REALLY like the matchup of their banged up crew versus our quiet little tandem of Demps and Rainey. (the nerds on some Gator forum tried nicknaming them, it was lame). Anyways, looks like its gonna be great football weather, partly cloudy and cool. Lots of tailgating in site, and tickets in hand. Go GATORS!!!
UGA 23
UF 34
EGM
Dawgs 17
Gators 31
ML
Hated 14
Loved 27
Tennessee at South Carolina (-6), 7
ML
Can Spur-dog ride the flowing locks of his drunken quarterback and kick the chair out from under Phil? We all know the noose is tightening around the neck. It would be fitting that the plump one’s biggest nemesis be the one to ring the death knell for his coaching career. I haven’t seen UT play with emotion (aside from Eric Berry) in about 3 years. I just don’t think they care enough about their leader to lay it on the line. Some new blood in Knoxville is needed.
100th ranked rushing offense 10
Fighting Garcia’s 25
CB
UT 15
USC 20
EGM
Vols 10
Cocks 13
Tulane at LSU (-25.5), 8
EGM
I guess this game is some kind of rivalry. Or maybe they just get together and talk about how shitty the roads are in the Pelican State. I haven’t figured it out yet. However, what I have figured out is that LSU’s secondary couldn’t tackle Cuzzin’ Bailey 10 brews deep. It was like greased pigs were running loose in the secondary last weekend. Tulane totally blows and still has no shot. The real question is whether Jarret Lee continues his quest for Pick Sixes.
Green Wave 10
Tigers 38
CB
Tulate 9
Seasons over 40
ML
In-state doormat 3
SEC East doormat 42
Vanderbilt – OFF
ML
I honestly believe Vandy is going to lose out and blow yet another chance at a bowl appearance. How the hell do you lose to Duke? I know Cutcliffe is a good coach, but c’mon. I want them to lose out, too. I have never met anyone remotely cool who attended Vanderbilt.
Tejas at Tejas Tech (+3.5), 8
EGM
Never bet against Texas Tech at home. But what I’m gonna tell you is this, bet against Texas Tech at home. Seems crazy right? Texas Tech has never played in a game of this magnitude and I’m sure they are thinking the same thing right now. Even Mike Leach in full pirate gear on the sidelines won’t help them. I foresee dropped balls and many blown coverages. Maybe even a 4th quarter comeback, but Tejas and Colt McCoy will be too much. Whatever it is, take the over.
Horns 35
Red Raidaz 31
CB
HORNS! 43
Raiders 38
ML
6th Street – 33
Win it for Jason Street (and the gators) 34
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Bourbon Boys Pick the SEC Week IX
Cuzzin’ Bailey
Well as many of you know, I was in Alabama last weekend attending a Non-Gator SEC game, and I was treated to a pretty good one. Ole Miss tried to pull the same “come from behind” crap that they did to the Gators, but to no avail. Driving to put the Rebs on top late in the game, Ole Miss came out of a timeout facing 4th and 5. The QB Snead slung the ball 15 yards passed the line to an open area of the field, where the ball fell to the ground motionless, idle, along with the Rebels hopes. Real fucking great play. The Tide survived a scare, showed they are probably as vulnerable as Florida, but are still undefeated. My friends, if the Gators keep playing they way they know how and Bama’s D keeps keeping them in games, we may be looking at a repeat of the most common matchup in SEC Championship history! Oh yea, this is hardly second banana, but The RAYS ARE IN THE WORLD SERIES! Hopefully as you read this, I will have attended Game 1 and we will be up 1 to none!
El Gran Mono
Well, I’d love to tell you that I had a restful week off while the Gators were gearing up for the stretch run; however, that would be a boldface lie. I’ve got Rays fever and even for the biggest of SEC football fans, its managed to take over my life. Oh yeah, I’m writing this just thinking about a frosty cold beverage at Fergs before Game 2. I guess we’ll talk some football. Our thoughts and prayers are with ML this week.
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Auburn at West Virginia (-3.5), 7:30
EGM
This is a strange matchup late in the season. Both teams have underachieved but the Mountaineers have done so in the terrible Big East (the ACC and Big Ten are not far behind). Pat White will never be a passer despite half the media claiming that he’s great when he’s not “hurt.” Auburn could actually use someone like Pat White because then they would just abandon the passing game in favor of their much stronger running game. Tubs would love it too because he’s always in favor of runnin’ and big D.
I really see Auburn as being the more talented team but playing in Morgantown on Thursday night smells like the classic trap game. The line might be trap bait too. WVA sucks, I just can’t pick them. I doubt they get more than a field goal on the board against the Plainsmen’ stud D.
Off the Plain 13
In the Mountains 0
CB
Aw-Barn 17
Mountain Hicks 20
ML
Auburn 21
WVU 14
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Kentucky at Florida (-25), 12:30
CB
Kensucky 14
GATORS! 35
EGM
KY 6
Gatorzzzz 31
ML
UK 10
UF 31
Duke at Vanderbilt (-9.5), 3
EGM
Battle of two teams likely to make bowls. Quite the unlikely situation, but when you think about it they both have great coaching and that goes a long way. Bobby Johnson is a favorite at numerous other schools but he might just choose to stay at Vandy for the long term. Cutcliffe will be great no matter where he’s at. I’d love to talk more about the game but it basically boils down to this. Vandy can play defense with the big boys and Duke can’t. Prediction: Cutcliffe will be the next coach of UT, next year.
CB
Puke 13
Vandy 26
ML
Duke 13
Vandy 31
Georgia at LSU (-2.5), 3:30
CB
The UF game is always near and dear to my heart, but I think this is the game of the week. (Shouldn’t be much of a shock there) Two highly ranked BCS teams playing in Death Valley. As a fan of the Gators this one is kind of a toss up in the sense of who I would like to win. We play them both so I guess it doesn’t matter, but if LSU wins it will help prove our rise from the ashes after the dismal loss we suffered in late Sept. LSU supposedly has a good D that let the shitbox Gamecocks drop 17 in the first half, and Knowshon Moreno is a superstar Running back for the Dawgs. The eauxnly thing that bothers me is whether or not UGA will get rattled early in this one with the atmosphere. Look for Mark “the prick” Richt to psych up his team by licking a Bulldogs balls (I think he may have mixed up Jackie Sherrill’s motivation technique), or some other gay ass gimmick, but this time it will work! Kneauxshon comes up big in this one. Yellow Shirt, Purple Britches, Go to Hell You Sons a Bitches!
UGA 24
LSU 23
EGM
Dawgs 17
Cajuns 21
ML
UGA 24
LSU 20
Ole Miss at Arkansas (+5), 7
CB
Nutt returns to the sack with a team that may not have a great record, but can certainly play hard for 60. Not sure if the Ole Miss players can survive all season with 1 quality win and a pocket full of moral victories. Getting off subject a bit (surprise, surprise), I was watching the Houston Nutt show the other day and I noticed two things: 1) I could actually understand him as opposed to Coach O; and 2) He actually blamed Snead for making (or not making) a few bonehead throws. Is that something you say on TV? Who knows. Is he a pedophile looking piece of shit that the Malt Licker and El Gran Mono want to double team? Yes. Last weekend, the best play he called was a fake field goal that was actually a thing of beauty. This week, he may not need to reach into his sack (pun intended) of tricks to beat this mediocre team.
Rebs 34
Backs 20
EGM
Rebs 24
Hawgs 17
ML
Ole Miss 31
Arkansas 21
Middle Tennessee State at Mississippi State (-11.5), 7
CB
MTSU (who) 18
MSU (cares) 24
EGM
Blue Raidaz 13
Dawgs 28
ML
MTSU 23
Miss St 30
Alabama at Tennessee (+7), 7:45
EGM
After Bama had beaten Tennessee eight times in a row, they made shirts that said “Eight Vol, Corner pocket.” To this day, that’s the best trash talk shirt I’ve ever seen. “Fuck Auburn” printed in classy script is a close second. You are gonna think I’m crazy when I say this, but UT will win this game. Bama just doesn’t have what it takes on offense to keep on winning. JP Wilson might as well be talking to the receiver he’s throwing to on one of those tomato can string jobs before he throws it. Saban is clearly aware of this and wants to run the football. However, UT can stop the run and with Crapton no longer running the show, they aren’t turning the rock over at will. I like the Vols and it might just prevent David Cutcliffe from becoming their head coach for a year.
Bamer 10
Vols 13
CB
BAMA 21
VULS 13
ML
Bama 17
UT 9
South Carolina – OFF
Penn State at Ohio State (+2.5), 8
CB
The only reason I picked this game was to express my disdain for both of these schools. First let me start with OSU. They are ridiculously still high in the BCS rankings even though most of the civilized world (and parts of Iran) realize they are a fucking joke. If you thought it was funny watching them lose the last TWO National Championship Games in embarrassing fashion, then I think the BcS should go for the trifecta and prove how worthless the system is…Secondly, PSU. Let me tell you, I have been to almost every school in the SEC and have been around fans from all teams, and no where in the South is as Redneck, whitetrash and just all around chip-on-your-shoulder angry than those psychos in State College. I am fully expecting the same shit from the Phillies fans in St Pete Wednesday night. The presence of any of these types of fans is like anger incarnate. Broken bottles, broken noses, broken teeth, cussing worse than a sailor in a Singapore whorehouse, and that’s just the CHICKS! You hang out with Lions fans, remember one thing, a good supply of body bags…it could get ugly. In re: the game, who cares, if PSU wins they’ll pretty much stamp their ticket to the National Championship game to desecrate the city of Miami, if OSU wins I’m sure they’ll backdoor their way in and get trounced again. Personally I feel we should all prepare for (and celebrate) the destruction of South Florida starting Sunday.
PSU 34
OSU 28
EGM
Nittany Lions 13
Buckeyes 7
ML
Penn St 20
OSU 25
Well as many of you know, I was in Alabama last weekend attending a Non-Gator SEC game, and I was treated to a pretty good one. Ole Miss tried to pull the same “come from behind” crap that they did to the Gators, but to no avail. Driving to put the Rebs on top late in the game, Ole Miss came out of a timeout facing 4th and 5. The QB Snead slung the ball 15 yards passed the line to an open area of the field, where the ball fell to the ground motionless, idle, along with the Rebels hopes. Real fucking great play. The Tide survived a scare, showed they are probably as vulnerable as Florida, but are still undefeated. My friends, if the Gators keep playing they way they know how and Bama’s D keeps keeping them in games, we may be looking at a repeat of the most common matchup in SEC Championship history! Oh yea, this is hardly second banana, but The RAYS ARE IN THE WORLD SERIES! Hopefully as you read this, I will have attended Game 1 and we will be up 1 to none!
El Gran Mono
Well, I’d love to tell you that I had a restful week off while the Gators were gearing up for the stretch run; however, that would be a boldface lie. I’ve got Rays fever and even for the biggest of SEC football fans, its managed to take over my life. Oh yeah, I’m writing this just thinking about a frosty cold beverage at Fergs before Game 2. I guess we’ll talk some football. Our thoughts and prayers are with ML this week.
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Auburn at West Virginia (-3.5), 7:30
EGM
This is a strange matchup late in the season. Both teams have underachieved but the Mountaineers have done so in the terrible Big East (the ACC and Big Ten are not far behind). Pat White will never be a passer despite half the media claiming that he’s great when he’s not “hurt.” Auburn could actually use someone like Pat White because then they would just abandon the passing game in favor of their much stronger running game. Tubs would love it too because he’s always in favor of runnin’ and big D.
I really see Auburn as being the more talented team but playing in Morgantown on Thursday night smells like the classic trap game. The line might be trap bait too. WVA sucks, I just can’t pick them. I doubt they get more than a field goal on the board against the Plainsmen’ stud D.
Off the Plain 13
In the Mountains 0
CB
Aw-Barn 17
Mountain Hicks 20
ML
Auburn 21
WVU 14
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Kentucky at Florida (-25), 12:30
CB
Kensucky 14
GATORS! 35
EGM
KY 6
Gatorzzzz 31
ML
UK 10
UF 31
Duke at Vanderbilt (-9.5), 3
EGM
Battle of two teams likely to make bowls. Quite the unlikely situation, but when you think about it they both have great coaching and that goes a long way. Bobby Johnson is a favorite at numerous other schools but he might just choose to stay at Vandy for the long term. Cutcliffe will be great no matter where he’s at. I’d love to talk more about the game but it basically boils down to this. Vandy can play defense with the big boys and Duke can’t. Prediction: Cutcliffe will be the next coach of UT, next year.
CB
Puke 13
Vandy 26
ML
Duke 13
Vandy 31
Georgia at LSU (-2.5), 3:30
CB
The UF game is always near and dear to my heart, but I think this is the game of the week. (Shouldn’t be much of a shock there) Two highly ranked BCS teams playing in Death Valley. As a fan of the Gators this one is kind of a toss up in the sense of who I would like to win. We play them both so I guess it doesn’t matter, but if LSU wins it will help prove our rise from the ashes after the dismal loss we suffered in late Sept. LSU supposedly has a good D that let the shitbox Gamecocks drop 17 in the first half, and Knowshon Moreno is a superstar Running back for the Dawgs. The eauxnly thing that bothers me is whether or not UGA will get rattled early in this one with the atmosphere. Look for Mark “the prick” Richt to psych up his team by licking a Bulldogs balls (I think he may have mixed up Jackie Sherrill’s motivation technique), or some other gay ass gimmick, but this time it will work! Kneauxshon comes up big in this one. Yellow Shirt, Purple Britches, Go to Hell You Sons a Bitches!
UGA 24
LSU 23
EGM
Dawgs 17
Cajuns 21
ML
UGA 24
LSU 20
Ole Miss at Arkansas (+5), 7
CB
Nutt returns to the sack with a team that may not have a great record, but can certainly play hard for 60. Not sure if the Ole Miss players can survive all season with 1 quality win and a pocket full of moral victories. Getting off subject a bit (surprise, surprise), I was watching the Houston Nutt show the other day and I noticed two things: 1) I could actually understand him as opposed to Coach O; and 2) He actually blamed Snead for making (or not making) a few bonehead throws. Is that something you say on TV? Who knows. Is he a pedophile looking piece of shit that the Malt Licker and El Gran Mono want to double team? Yes. Last weekend, the best play he called was a fake field goal that was actually a thing of beauty. This week, he may not need to reach into his sack (pun intended) of tricks to beat this mediocre team.
Rebs 34
Backs 20
EGM
Rebs 24
Hawgs 17
ML
Ole Miss 31
Arkansas 21
Middle Tennessee State at Mississippi State (-11.5), 7
CB
MTSU (who) 18
MSU (cares) 24
EGM
Blue Raidaz 13
Dawgs 28
ML
MTSU 23
Miss St 30
Alabama at Tennessee (+7), 7:45
EGM
After Bama had beaten Tennessee eight times in a row, they made shirts that said “Eight Vol, Corner pocket.” To this day, that’s the best trash talk shirt I’ve ever seen. “Fuck Auburn” printed in classy script is a close second. You are gonna think I’m crazy when I say this, but UT will win this game. Bama just doesn’t have what it takes on offense to keep on winning. JP Wilson might as well be talking to the receiver he’s throwing to on one of those tomato can string jobs before he throws it. Saban is clearly aware of this and wants to run the football. However, UT can stop the run and with Crapton no longer running the show, they aren’t turning the rock over at will. I like the Vols and it might just prevent David Cutcliffe from becoming their head coach for a year.
Bamer 10
Vols 13
CB
BAMA 21
VULS 13
ML
Bama 17
UT 9
South Carolina – OFF
Penn State at Ohio State (+2.5), 8
CB
The only reason I picked this game was to express my disdain for both of these schools. First let me start with OSU. They are ridiculously still high in the BCS rankings even though most of the civilized world (and parts of Iran) realize they are a fucking joke. If you thought it was funny watching them lose the last TWO National Championship Games in embarrassing fashion, then I think the BcS should go for the trifecta and prove how worthless the system is…Secondly, PSU. Let me tell you, I have been to almost every school in the SEC and have been around fans from all teams, and no where in the South is as Redneck, whitetrash and just all around chip-on-your-shoulder angry than those psychos in State College. I am fully expecting the same shit from the Phillies fans in St Pete Wednesday night. The presence of any of these types of fans is like anger incarnate. Broken bottles, broken noses, broken teeth, cussing worse than a sailor in a Singapore whorehouse, and that’s just the CHICKS! You hang out with Lions fans, remember one thing, a good supply of body bags…it could get ugly. In re: the game, who cares, if PSU wins they’ll pretty much stamp their ticket to the National Championship game to desecrate the city of Miami, if OSU wins I’m sure they’ll backdoor their way in and get trounced again. Personally I feel we should all prepare for (and celebrate) the destruction of South Florida starting Sunday.
PSU 34
OSU 28
EGM
Nittany Lions 13
Buckeyes 7
ML
Penn St 20
OSU 25
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Bourbon Boys Pick The SEC Week VIII
ML
I really hate the Red Sox, as I begin typing this it is 7-4, make that 7-6. Nancy Drew just went deep. Come on Wheeler! Anyway, as I try to concentrate on football, I realize the Gators just destroyed the dirty coonasses from LSU. Percy got it going early, and the defense and Jeffrey Demps brought it home. The Gators are right back in the thick of the SEC and National Title race.
CB
Whoa doggie! I don’t want to take anything away from when the Gators beat the Noles, but I must say that whipping up on LSU may be my favorite victory these days. Excuse me, I just saw Curt “the Ankle” Schilling bounce the honorary first pitch to game 5, I’d say he’s probably not in game shape. Anyways, back to football. The Gators are off this week and that is huge for a few reasons. We definitely need to get to full strength before we start this next run of games, UGA is just around the corner, and I’m gonna be out of town this weekend so its nice that I won’t be missing a Gator game! There are some good other SEC games though. I wonder if Vandy is gonna come to play this weekend, same can be said for Ole Miss, and will LSU be able to bounce back from that horribly demoralizing loss at the Swamp last weekend (hehe)?
EGM
What a Saturday! Gators get BOLD with LSU in an absolute thrashing. Rays win in an extra innings thriller (hopefully en route to a World Series birth, fingers crossed). AND I’m back in the driver’s seat in the picks with a 6-0-1 performance. Life doesn’t get much better than that.
Dan Mullen really made me eat my words with that performance. I feel like Bourbon Boys is bulletin board material for him (he’s an avid reader of course). So next time things are down in Gatorland just let the Monkey take the reins of motivation. On to the SEC and perhaps more importantly the Big 12 picks.
Vanderbilt at Georgia (-15), 12:30
CB
Vandy just can’t seem to get to bowl eligible status. I would not be shocked if they lost the rest of their games. Meanwhile, Georgia took care of Phat Phil and the Vols behind an apparently career best performance by Stafford. I have no idea what to expect from Vandy. Do they bounce back and post a strong performance in Athens? Or will they start to realize that they are Vandy, and begin the downward spiral? I’m betting on the spiral.
Vander-flush 10
Jawja 30
ML
Vandy 15
UGLY 28
EGM
Dore (mats) 10
Dawgs 28
Ole Miss at Alabama (-13), 3:30
CB
Well, I’ll be heading to my first ever non-Gator SEC game this weekend. I can’t tell you how relaxing its going to be without a dog in this particular hunt. I can actually watch the game without biting my fingernails off. ANYWAYS, in regards to the game, Ole Miss has one big win this year (against the Gators damnit) and Bama is a different team from week to week. If my memory is correct, Houston Nutt coached teams have done pretty well against Bama recently so hopefully for the Rebs he’ll be able to channel some of that success this weekend. If Bama’s D is as worked up as its been lately, this could get out of hand pretty early. But at the same time, I would not count Jevan Snead and this offense as they are always a threat for the big play.
Ole Miss 17
Bama 28
ML
Rebz 17
Tiiiiiiiiiide 27
EGM
Rebs 21
Tide 17
Arkansas at Kentucky (-8.5), 7
ML
The Hawgs rode the backs of their midget tailback and strong defense to shock the Tigers. They outgained Awbarn by more than 2-1 to garner Petrino his first big victory of the year. The Kats are winless in SEC play, and need a W after getting schooled by SpurDog. I see UK getting their first SEC win and covering easily.
Porkers 14
Meowers 28
CB
Pseudo Kansas 14
Kensucky 23
EGM
Hawgs 21
Cats 20
Mississippi State at Tennessee (-7.5), 7
EGM
I made some rather ruthless comments about watching Miss State playing against Wing T powered Ga Tech. This game will be WORSE to watch than that affair. The Vols are really struggling running the football but look better with Crapton out of there. Both defenses are fairly decent but are often used to long periods of time on the field due to numerous three and outs. Miss State had good luck with the other Vandy at home last week but I think UT is generally better than the Dores and will win this game and cover.
Bulldogs 13
Smokey Dogs 28
ML
Croomers 21
Vowelzzz 20
CB
Mess State 12
UT 30
LSU at South Carolina (+3), 8
EGM
Spurdog may have found something with alcoholic, party-all-the-time QB Stephen Garcia. I’m sure it brings back memories of Sexy Rexy and Douggy J. If Stevie Six Pack can wait on the blitz, then Stevie Visor will be content and many TDs will result.
LSU plays its second tough road game in a row. Generally, their entire team looked like a deer in headlights (except when they took breaks to talk shit after a shoestring tackle to keep a 30 yard gain from becoming a 60 yard gain). I would imagine they will stick with the two QB attack and try to run the ball down the Cocks’ throat. However, I feel like Les Miles’ luck has ran out and Spurdog knows how to take advantage of a situation like that.
Not on the Bayou 21
Cocks 31
ML
CB
LSWho? 31
USC 27
Florida – OFF
CB
My Gad, last weekend was one of the best tailgates we’ve had in a while. Except for the fact that the stupid University frowns on having Kegs at tailgates, it was great. Generally 8pm games drive me crazy, but this weekend joining the Malt Licker and virtual cornucopia of other folks, the hours passed and the beer flowed like water. Anyways, as I said, earlier the Gators killed the Tigers and propelled their ranking from 11 to 5. And while the rankings are huge, dropping a 50 bomb on the Bayou Bengals is a really great feeling. So was talking mock Cajun to the LSU yuppies that were seated near us. Sardonic tones towards opposing fans when winning by huge amounts is so much fun. UK next week…I’m quivering.
Auburn – OFF
ML
Man…could things get any worse in Auburn? A loss by Tommy T to his arch-nemesis, that beady eyed bastard Petrino. They threw in the towel on their OC, and they still have to play WVU, UGA and Bama. At least they have lots of bars to drown their sorrows in…oh wait…they don’t
Kansas at Oklahoma (-20), 3:30
EGM
If ESPN starts to talk about how invincible your team looks, then you might want to watch out. If Scouts Inc picks you to win, then you might as well not show up to the game. If Todd McShay (founder of Scouts Inc) thinks your team is really good, then you should shut down your program.
Okay, that’s my ESPN.com rant. I actually do think Oklahoma is good; however, they had not played a decent team until last week so all comments were a little premature. Just like rankings before November. But this is college football and I guess people need to argue.
As for this game, the Big 12 has some nasty offenses and some stud QBs. But after watching Tejas-Oklahoma I’ve come to realize that there is no defense being played in that conference. I fully expect another shootout in this game. Jay Reesing is a solid player and will easily find targets against a lackluster Sooner secondary but the KU defense will give up too many points in this one.
Jayhawks 24
Sooners 38
ML
Rock Chalk 23
OU 35
CB
Kansasucks 10
Okies Blow 42
Missouri at Texas (-8), 8
CB
Well don’t I just look like an asshole? My friends from Texas came in town to help root on the Gators and I called the UT team overrated and predicted OU to smoke them. After watching a good bit of the Red River Rivalry on Saturday, I can say that I think the Horns are a pretty legit team. However, will my new bandwagon approach backfire and curse Texas? Guess we’ll have to find out. I personally find Missouri very annoying. Their QB is like my height and that’s not an impressive stat. They are total pretenders and I look to Texas to pass all over them.
Mizzou 20
Tejas 30
ML
Chasin’ Tebow 27
Colt 45s 45
EGM
Mizzou 28
Tejas 24
I really hate the Red Sox, as I begin typing this it is 7-4, make that 7-6. Nancy Drew just went deep. Come on Wheeler! Anyway, as I try to concentrate on football, I realize the Gators just destroyed the dirty coonasses from LSU. Percy got it going early, and the defense and Jeffrey Demps brought it home. The Gators are right back in the thick of the SEC and National Title race.
CB
Whoa doggie! I don’t want to take anything away from when the Gators beat the Noles, but I must say that whipping up on LSU may be my favorite victory these days. Excuse me, I just saw Curt “the Ankle” Schilling bounce the honorary first pitch to game 5, I’d say he’s probably not in game shape. Anyways, back to football. The Gators are off this week and that is huge for a few reasons. We definitely need to get to full strength before we start this next run of games, UGA is just around the corner, and I’m gonna be out of town this weekend so its nice that I won’t be missing a Gator game! There are some good other SEC games though. I wonder if Vandy is gonna come to play this weekend, same can be said for Ole Miss, and will LSU be able to bounce back from that horribly demoralizing loss at the Swamp last weekend (hehe)?
EGM
What a Saturday! Gators get BOLD with LSU in an absolute thrashing. Rays win in an extra innings thriller (hopefully en route to a World Series birth, fingers crossed). AND I’m back in the driver’s seat in the picks with a 6-0-1 performance. Life doesn’t get much better than that.
Dan Mullen really made me eat my words with that performance. I feel like Bourbon Boys is bulletin board material for him (he’s an avid reader of course). So next time things are down in Gatorland just let the Monkey take the reins of motivation. On to the SEC and perhaps more importantly the Big 12 picks.
Vanderbilt at Georgia (-15), 12:30
CB
Vandy just can’t seem to get to bowl eligible status. I would not be shocked if they lost the rest of their games. Meanwhile, Georgia took care of Phat Phil and the Vols behind an apparently career best performance by Stafford. I have no idea what to expect from Vandy. Do they bounce back and post a strong performance in Athens? Or will they start to realize that they are Vandy, and begin the downward spiral? I’m betting on the spiral.
Vander-flush 10
Jawja 30
ML
Vandy 15
UGLY 28
EGM
Dore (mats) 10
Dawgs 28
Ole Miss at Alabama (-13), 3:30
CB
Well, I’ll be heading to my first ever non-Gator SEC game this weekend. I can’t tell you how relaxing its going to be without a dog in this particular hunt. I can actually watch the game without biting my fingernails off. ANYWAYS, in regards to the game, Ole Miss has one big win this year (against the Gators damnit) and Bama is a different team from week to week. If my memory is correct, Houston Nutt coached teams have done pretty well against Bama recently so hopefully for the Rebs he’ll be able to channel some of that success this weekend. If Bama’s D is as worked up as its been lately, this could get out of hand pretty early. But at the same time, I would not count Jevan Snead and this offense as they are always a threat for the big play.
Ole Miss 17
Bama 28
ML
Rebz 17
Tiiiiiiiiiide 27
EGM
Rebs 21
Tide 17
Arkansas at Kentucky (-8.5), 7
ML
The Hawgs rode the backs of their midget tailback and strong defense to shock the Tigers. They outgained Awbarn by more than 2-1 to garner Petrino his first big victory of the year. The Kats are winless in SEC play, and need a W after getting schooled by SpurDog. I see UK getting their first SEC win and covering easily.
Porkers 14
Meowers 28
CB
Pseudo Kansas 14
Kensucky 23
EGM
Hawgs 21
Cats 20
Mississippi State at Tennessee (-7.5), 7
EGM
I made some rather ruthless comments about watching Miss State playing against Wing T powered Ga Tech. This game will be WORSE to watch than that affair. The Vols are really struggling running the football but look better with Crapton out of there. Both defenses are fairly decent but are often used to long periods of time on the field due to numerous three and outs. Miss State had good luck with the other Vandy at home last week but I think UT is generally better than the Dores and will win this game and cover.
Bulldogs 13
Smokey Dogs 28
ML
Croomers 21
Vowelzzz 20
CB
Mess State 12
UT 30
LSU at South Carolina (+3), 8
EGM
Spurdog may have found something with alcoholic, party-all-the-time QB Stephen Garcia. I’m sure it brings back memories of Sexy Rexy and Douggy J. If Stevie Six Pack can wait on the blitz, then Stevie Visor will be content and many TDs will result.
LSU plays its second tough road game in a row. Generally, their entire team looked like a deer in headlights (except when they took breaks to talk shit after a shoestring tackle to keep a 30 yard gain from becoming a 60 yard gain). I would imagine they will stick with the two QB attack and try to run the ball down the Cocks’ throat. However, I feel like Les Miles’ luck has ran out and Spurdog knows how to take advantage of a situation like that.
Not on the Bayou 21
Cocks 31
ML
CB
LSWho? 31
USC 27
Florida – OFF
CB
My Gad, last weekend was one of the best tailgates we’ve had in a while. Except for the fact that the stupid University frowns on having Kegs at tailgates, it was great. Generally 8pm games drive me crazy, but this weekend joining the Malt Licker and virtual cornucopia of other folks, the hours passed and the beer flowed like water. Anyways, as I said, earlier the Gators killed the Tigers and propelled their ranking from 11 to 5. And while the rankings are huge, dropping a 50 bomb on the Bayou Bengals is a really great feeling. So was talking mock Cajun to the LSU yuppies that were seated near us. Sardonic tones towards opposing fans when winning by huge amounts is so much fun. UK next week…I’m quivering.
Auburn – OFF
ML
Man…could things get any worse in Auburn? A loss by Tommy T to his arch-nemesis, that beady eyed bastard Petrino. They threw in the towel on their OC, and they still have to play WVU, UGA and Bama. At least they have lots of bars to drown their sorrows in…oh wait…they don’t
Kansas at Oklahoma (-20), 3:30
EGM
If ESPN starts to talk about how invincible your team looks, then you might want to watch out. If Scouts Inc picks you to win, then you might as well not show up to the game. If Todd McShay (founder of Scouts Inc) thinks your team is really good, then you should shut down your program.
Okay, that’s my ESPN.com rant. I actually do think Oklahoma is good; however, they had not played a decent team until last week so all comments were a little premature. Just like rankings before November. But this is college football and I guess people need to argue.
As for this game, the Big 12 has some nasty offenses and some stud QBs. But after watching Tejas-Oklahoma I’ve come to realize that there is no defense being played in that conference. I fully expect another shootout in this game. Jay Reesing is a solid player and will easily find targets against a lackluster Sooner secondary but the KU defense will give up too many points in this one.
Jayhawks 24
Sooners 38
ML
Rock Chalk 23
OU 35
CB
Kansasucks 10
Okies Blow 42
Missouri at Texas (-8), 8
CB
Well don’t I just look like an asshole? My friends from Texas came in town to help root on the Gators and I called the UT team overrated and predicted OU to smoke them. After watching a good bit of the Red River Rivalry on Saturday, I can say that I think the Horns are a pretty legit team. However, will my new bandwagon approach backfire and curse Texas? Guess we’ll have to find out. I personally find Missouri very annoying. Their QB is like my height and that’s not an impressive stat. They are total pretenders and I look to Texas to pass all over them.
Mizzou 20
Tejas 30
ML
Chasin’ Tebow 27
Colt 45s 45
EGM
Mizzou 28
Tejas 24
Thursday, October 09, 2008
Bourbon Boys Pick The SEC Week VII
El Gran Mono
This weekend sets up as one of the most memorable in my lifetime. The Gators matching up against LSU in revenge game #1 of this 2008 season, the Rays matched up against the scum sucking southy clan, and a hell of a general slate in college football highlighted by the no-defense-Big 12 matchup of Oklahoma-Tejas. I’m looking forward to two TVs in my living room and watching the good guys pave their way to an SEC championship and a World Series title.
Also, a warm BBoys Happy Belated Birthday to CB. Thirty, beotch! Enjoy Torts.
Malt Licker
Big game Saturday….a full slate of intense games in the SEC and throughout the rest of the nation. As well as game two for the Rays against the Chowds. Throw in the fact that Cuzzin’ Bailey just became the first bourbon boy with the ignominious honor of entering his 30s, and it could not be a more exciting weekend. I’m heading north and congregating with a bunch of old buddies and throwing the tailgate of the century. If you are one of the 4 people who read this make a trek to Murphree hall and look for the drunkest collection of folks within 50 feet. Additionally, be careful not to have too much fun, apparently our fascist school president does not take kindly to drunken mayhem.
Cuzzin’ Bailey
Another big weekend for the Gators, and for your Cuz…hell, next weekend is huge too as I will be attending my first non Gator SEC game ever. Hopefully that will be more relaxing than this one. Big crew of alumni and friends coming to Gainesville this weekend and it should be a wild time. Another 8pm LSU game, shit. I just hope the Gators can A) not play like morons, and B) maybe beat Les Miles at his own game. I am looking for a number of trickeration plays, or going for it on 4 and short, etc. I think if we can give him a taste of his own medicine, it may cause him to get a little desperate and try even more fucked up moves. How’s that sound? Come to think of it, I don’t know about that. The guy is incredibly lucky so anything he throws at Florida generally sticks. I think LSU would be more vulnerable if they just stuck to a normal game plan and didn’t try anything funny. Let’s go with that…Go Gators!
South Carolina at Kentucky (-1), 12:30
ML
The Kats proved me right and did their consummate “cover.” If it wasn’t for a flukey turnover they may have unrolled the tide. The Cocks bounced back with a big win over Ole Miss on the road. I honestly have no idea what to expect in this game. It could not be more even. I think it will probably come down to turnovers, and usually the road team nuts up more.
Chickens 23
Felines 27
EGM
Cocks 14
Kats 13
CB
USC 17
UK 14
Vanderbilt at Mississippi State (+3), 2:30
EGM
Vandy performed admirably last week in a tough matchup with the Plainsmen. However, a few Nashville high school teams would have defended Auburn’s superawesome spread in a similar manner. So do I think Vandy is that good? No, I think they are the same team as last year, even more so with Mac Adams at QB. They have a terrible running game and their passing offense is bottom tier. Chris Nickson has the scrambling and play making ability to allow them to look better. He’s questionable for this game…
Miss State actually turned the corner a little bit against the almighty Tigers of LSU. However, those same Tigers gave up some points to the Plainsmen. What to make of all of this? Who knows? I know they are playing inside the fifth ring of hell. Advantage, Miss State.
No longer “1st in the SEC” 13
Croom 17
ML
Bowl eligible already??? 21
Almost a trap 19
CB
Vandie 16
Miss St 4
Tennessee at Georgia (-12), 3:30
CB
Not sure exactly where to begin with this game. I suppose I could start by saying I have pretty much nothing but absolute disdain for both these schools, so forgive me if my take on this game is a little negative. In re: to the game, two weeks ago (before the Bama debacle) I would have taken the Dawgs with a 17 point spread; but now that we have seen what a decent defense can do to UGA, I am less impressed with them. On the other side, I have never been impressed with UT’s offense. Crompton is terrible. And the awesome thing is, regardless of how great he may become, he’s already a junior and its gonna take a lot longer than ½ a year for him to get any better. If the Vols future is JC, then it’ll last 1 more year and be painful to watch…I love Crompton as the enemies QB. Knowshon Moreno is like hurt or something, and that could be detrimental to an already fragile UGA morale. This could be an upset waiting to happen, but it probably won’t.
UT 16
UGA 27
EGM
Vols 17
Dawgs 24
ML
Vol Pride dwindling 20
Cant Cover 24
Arkansas at Auburn (-19.5), 5
ML
The Hawgs are the team that supposedly cures all malaise, but the Plainsmen are hoping that the canning of their OC Tony Franklin will turn around their season. I think it is too late for that, and a new scheme is tough to implement in 1 week. Luckily they’re playing the aforementioned hogs and their beady-eyed head coach. Do you think he’ll try and steal TT’s job at halftime? If I were Tommy I’d dispatch a spy to watch his every move.
Cagey Hawgs 16
Tigers 24
EGM
Hawgs 10
Plainsmen 24
CB
Ark 3
Aubie 21
LSU at Florida (-5.5), 8
EGM
Well, I’ve held back long enough on my Gator take. So, here it goes. Fast teams have found a way to deal with the spread. Tebow usually takes the punishment. Our O-Line is loaded with top flight prospects but doesn’t seem to be able to handle the scheme. But do the mighty Gators adjust? Hell no. And Tebow then takes more punishment. Imagine this team WITHOUT Tebow. Scary stuff for even the most devoted Gator fan.
I’m really hoping to see the adjustments Urban made after losing to Bama and LSU in his first year. He worked with the players he had. That’s what I’m looking for, but I fully expect a ton of five wide sets against a superfast team that will blitz at least seven players. Did I mention I love Dan Mullen? Remarkably, I still see Tebow having a game like he had last year and keeping us in this.
LSU has nothing at QB, a massive offensive line and a tendency to abandon the running game even when its working. Oh yeah, their coach is a fucking maniac. I’m sure they’ll do great in the Swamp with all that going for them.
I feel like change is in the air and I don’t mean socialism.
Tiggers 17
Gatorzzzzzzzz? 28
ML
Cajun Freaks 20
Drunk Gators 21
CB
LSU 20
FLORIDA 24
Alabama – OPEN
CB
Well, Bama sure showed me that I have absolutely no idea what I’m talking about. I had them winning next week running away and UK kept it very close and destroyed the line. The Tide couldn’t have been looking forward to the BYE week and I’m sure they weren’t already thinking about Ole Miss next week, so I suppose, to use a football cliché it must have been a “hangover” from the UGA stomping. Anyways, I’m glad I have the knowledge of them struggling with Kensucky last week so know I’ll be more able to pick them next week.
Ole Miss – OPEN
EGM
Open week, plenty of time to get a haircut and cut down on your loser factor by 100. However, I’m sure you’ll just throw a blazer on the situation, drink a mint julep, and pay for it with a crisp five from your tall wallet. And THAT is why you will live in Mississippi your whole life.
P.S. – William Faulkner SUCKS!
Texas vs. Oklahoma (-7), 12
CB
The Red River Rivalry, yes I know it’s the Red River Shootout I just like to fuck with my UT friends. Anyways, I’m gonna piss them off s’more cause I don’t think that Texas has a shot in this game. I hope this isn’t bad Karma since they are both coming down here this weekend for the UF/LSU game. Shit, I think in order to balance everything out I may just have to pick the ‘Horns. What a fucking stupid move that would be huh? From what I have seen (well mostly heard), Oklahoma is totally legit and many “experts” don’t seem that impressed with Texas just yet. Well this is a rivalry game, I think its time to throw out the numbers and just guess…
UT 21
OKIE 33
EGM
Horns 28
Sooners 31
ML
Tejas 20
Sooners 24
Penn State at Wisconsin (+5), 8
ML
Yawn…the Big 10 Baby!!! To explain to you how shitty last Saturday was for me, I was on duty at a tax seminar from 9-7, and the only game that was worth watching involved Wisconsin and OSU. Wisconsin blew that game because they couldn’t stop the Terrelle Pryor scramble around and throw it up for grabs play that the SweaterVest kept running. Apparently this is the one year out of 4 that Penn State is actually good. Can they keep it going in Camp Randall? JoePa has an injured leg, but he is no doubt troubled by all the liberal douches he’ll be surrounded by in Madison.
JoePa 4 Czar! 28
Badgered 13
EGM
Lions 24
Badgers 17
CB
PSU 34
WISCO 27
This weekend sets up as one of the most memorable in my lifetime. The Gators matching up against LSU in revenge game #1 of this 2008 season, the Rays matched up against the scum sucking southy clan, and a hell of a general slate in college football highlighted by the no-defense-Big 12 matchup of Oklahoma-Tejas. I’m looking forward to two TVs in my living room and watching the good guys pave their way to an SEC championship and a World Series title.
Also, a warm BBoys Happy Belated Birthday to CB. Thirty, beotch! Enjoy Torts.
Malt Licker
Big game Saturday….a full slate of intense games in the SEC and throughout the rest of the nation. As well as game two for the Rays against the Chowds. Throw in the fact that Cuzzin’ Bailey just became the first bourbon boy with the ignominious honor of entering his 30s, and it could not be a more exciting weekend. I’m heading north and congregating with a bunch of old buddies and throwing the tailgate of the century. If you are one of the 4 people who read this make a trek to Murphree hall and look for the drunkest collection of folks within 50 feet. Additionally, be careful not to have too much fun, apparently our fascist school president does not take kindly to drunken mayhem.
Cuzzin’ Bailey
Another big weekend for the Gators, and for your Cuz…hell, next weekend is huge too as I will be attending my first non Gator SEC game ever. Hopefully that will be more relaxing than this one. Big crew of alumni and friends coming to Gainesville this weekend and it should be a wild time. Another 8pm LSU game, shit. I just hope the Gators can A) not play like morons, and B) maybe beat Les Miles at his own game. I am looking for a number of trickeration plays, or going for it on 4 and short, etc. I think if we can give him a taste of his own medicine, it may cause him to get a little desperate and try even more fucked up moves. How’s that sound? Come to think of it, I don’t know about that. The guy is incredibly lucky so anything he throws at Florida generally sticks. I think LSU would be more vulnerable if they just stuck to a normal game plan and didn’t try anything funny. Let’s go with that…Go Gators!
South Carolina at Kentucky (-1), 12:30
ML
The Kats proved me right and did their consummate “cover.” If it wasn’t for a flukey turnover they may have unrolled the tide. The Cocks bounced back with a big win over Ole Miss on the road. I honestly have no idea what to expect in this game. It could not be more even. I think it will probably come down to turnovers, and usually the road team nuts up more.
Chickens 23
Felines 27
EGM
Cocks 14
Kats 13
CB
USC 17
UK 14
Vanderbilt at Mississippi State (+3), 2:30
EGM
Vandy performed admirably last week in a tough matchup with the Plainsmen. However, a few Nashville high school teams would have defended Auburn’s superawesome spread in a similar manner. So do I think Vandy is that good? No, I think they are the same team as last year, even more so with Mac Adams at QB. They have a terrible running game and their passing offense is bottom tier. Chris Nickson has the scrambling and play making ability to allow them to look better. He’s questionable for this game…
Miss State actually turned the corner a little bit against the almighty Tigers of LSU. However, those same Tigers gave up some points to the Plainsmen. What to make of all of this? Who knows? I know they are playing inside the fifth ring of hell. Advantage, Miss State.
No longer “1st in the SEC” 13
Croom 17
ML
Bowl eligible already??? 21
Almost a trap 19
CB
Vandie 16
Miss St 4
Tennessee at Georgia (-12), 3:30
CB
Not sure exactly where to begin with this game. I suppose I could start by saying I have pretty much nothing but absolute disdain for both these schools, so forgive me if my take on this game is a little negative. In re: to the game, two weeks ago (before the Bama debacle) I would have taken the Dawgs with a 17 point spread; but now that we have seen what a decent defense can do to UGA, I am less impressed with them. On the other side, I have never been impressed with UT’s offense. Crompton is terrible. And the awesome thing is, regardless of how great he may become, he’s already a junior and its gonna take a lot longer than ½ a year for him to get any better. If the Vols future is JC, then it’ll last 1 more year and be painful to watch…I love Crompton as the enemies QB. Knowshon Moreno is like hurt or something, and that could be detrimental to an already fragile UGA morale. This could be an upset waiting to happen, but it probably won’t.
UT 16
UGA 27
EGM
Vols 17
Dawgs 24
ML
Vol Pride dwindling 20
Cant Cover 24
Arkansas at Auburn (-19.5), 5
ML
The Hawgs are the team that supposedly cures all malaise, but the Plainsmen are hoping that the canning of their OC Tony Franklin will turn around their season. I think it is too late for that, and a new scheme is tough to implement in 1 week. Luckily they’re playing the aforementioned hogs and their beady-eyed head coach. Do you think he’ll try and steal TT’s job at halftime? If I were Tommy I’d dispatch a spy to watch his every move.
Cagey Hawgs 16
Tigers 24
EGM
Hawgs 10
Plainsmen 24
CB
Ark 3
Aubie 21
LSU at Florida (-5.5), 8
EGM
Well, I’ve held back long enough on my Gator take. So, here it goes. Fast teams have found a way to deal with the spread. Tebow usually takes the punishment. Our O-Line is loaded with top flight prospects but doesn’t seem to be able to handle the scheme. But do the mighty Gators adjust? Hell no. And Tebow then takes more punishment. Imagine this team WITHOUT Tebow. Scary stuff for even the most devoted Gator fan.
I’m really hoping to see the adjustments Urban made after losing to Bama and LSU in his first year. He worked with the players he had. That’s what I’m looking for, but I fully expect a ton of five wide sets against a superfast team that will blitz at least seven players. Did I mention I love Dan Mullen? Remarkably, I still see Tebow having a game like he had last year and keeping us in this.
LSU has nothing at QB, a massive offensive line and a tendency to abandon the running game even when its working. Oh yeah, their coach is a fucking maniac. I’m sure they’ll do great in the Swamp with all that going for them.
I feel like change is in the air and I don’t mean socialism.
Tiggers 17
Gatorzzzzzzzz? 28
ML
Cajun Freaks 20
Drunk Gators 21
CB
LSU 20
FLORIDA 24
Alabama – OPEN
CB
Well, Bama sure showed me that I have absolutely no idea what I’m talking about. I had them winning next week running away and UK kept it very close and destroyed the line. The Tide couldn’t have been looking forward to the BYE week and I’m sure they weren’t already thinking about Ole Miss next week, so I suppose, to use a football cliché it must have been a “hangover” from the UGA stomping. Anyways, I’m glad I have the knowledge of them struggling with Kensucky last week so know I’ll be more able to pick them next week.
Ole Miss – OPEN
EGM
Open week, plenty of time to get a haircut and cut down on your loser factor by 100. However, I’m sure you’ll just throw a blazer on the situation, drink a mint julep, and pay for it with a crisp five from your tall wallet. And THAT is why you will live in Mississippi your whole life.
P.S. – William Faulkner SUCKS!
Texas vs. Oklahoma (-7), 12
CB
The Red River Rivalry, yes I know it’s the Red River Shootout I just like to fuck with my UT friends. Anyways, I’m gonna piss them off s’more cause I don’t think that Texas has a shot in this game. I hope this isn’t bad Karma since they are both coming down here this weekend for the UF/LSU game. Shit, I think in order to balance everything out I may just have to pick the ‘Horns. What a fucking stupid move that would be huh? From what I have seen (well mostly heard), Oklahoma is totally legit and many “experts” don’t seem that impressed with Texas just yet. Well this is a rivalry game, I think its time to throw out the numbers and just guess…
UT 21
OKIE 33
EGM
Horns 28
Sooners 31
ML
Tejas 20
Sooners 24
Penn State at Wisconsin (+5), 8
ML
Yawn…the Big 10 Baby!!! To explain to you how shitty last Saturday was for me, I was on duty at a tax seminar from 9-7, and the only game that was worth watching involved Wisconsin and OSU. Wisconsin blew that game because they couldn’t stop the Terrelle Pryor scramble around and throw it up for grabs play that the SweaterVest kept running. Apparently this is the one year out of 4 that Penn State is actually good. Can they keep it going in Camp Randall? JoePa has an injured leg, but he is no doubt troubled by all the liberal douches he’ll be surrounded by in Madison.
JoePa 4 Czar! 28
Badgered 13
EGM
Lions 24
Badgers 17
CB
PSU 34
WISCO 27
Thursday, October 02, 2008
Bourbon Boys Pick The SEC Week VI
CB
Don’t I feel like a fool for predicting that the Gators would trounce Ole Miss last week! The game was not only atrocious, but seeing people passing out cause of the heat was something I haven’t seen in like years (sorry for the generic time frame, but my memory for viewing sunstroke isn’t what it used to be). Anyways, my weekend overall was tremendous, the tailgate was baller, and I got to meet Shane Matthews (thanks to a certain Ole Miss fan that was visiting me), but the Gators lost. On a bright note, UGA lost too. They didn’t just lose, they got killed! This of course makes me happy cause we’re like that girl in the beginning of the Devil’s Advocate… “(We) didn’t want to be the only one.”
EGM
Mr. Positive is through. I hate the spread. I hate five wide. I hate people that wear blazers or sundresses to games. I hate croakies. I hate communists. I hate people who talk on their Bluetooth. I hate the ACC and Big Ten. I hate the Red Sox. Most importantly, I hate anyone who doesn’t coequally hate these things.
ML
Ugggggh….what is the deal with the Magnolia State? UF has lost like 7 out of 10 against teams from this cesspool. I usually hate the typical liberal elitist take on states in the Deep South, but that excludes Mississippi. The state has brought me nothing but misery. I hated Mississippi Burning, The Ghosts of Mississippi, Mississippi Masala. I even hate the song Mississippi Queen. Anyway, I really hate the fact that I have to attend a seminar all day Saturday and Sunday. At least I know I won’t have to watch Mullen’s 5-wide set.
Florida at Arkansas (+24.5), 12:30
CB
This is the test to see if I have learned anything from last week. Sure Ole Miss is probably 10 times better than Pseduo-Kansas, but this is still the SEC West. After all these years of playing these RRSWGs (Random Road SEC West Games), I have learned two things, 1. Every school in that division hates UF with more fury than a gambl-holic in Vegas after the 10th time you’ve thrown the craps dice off the table, and 2. You can’t take one of these for granted. Hell, I was at the 2000 Miss St debacle. We were supposed to destroy the Bulldogs, but it turned into a shootout from the get go. And if it weren’t for: A) Gillespie’s “celebration” penalty at the beginning of the 3rd; B) Spurrier punting on a third down; C) our idiot Captains choosing defense after MSU deferred when they won the coin toss; and D) Dicenzo Miller and Dante Walker rushing for two bills each, we might have prevailed. But that’s the way shit works in the WEST. The 2004 redux single handedly ended Zook’s fabulous career at Florida (I suppose in that case we should thank the West). Anyways, here it’s the same old shit, nothing to fear, we might as well send out scout team. I swear if we don’t jump on this team early we are going to regret it. I believe Timmy T when he says that he is going to play as hard as anyone and it appears they are going to strap the ball to Harvin’s back and let him carry us to victory this weekend, so while I’m going to pick against the spread, I know it in my heart that we are going to win this week! GO GATORS!
UF 38
Noah’s Ark-ade 17
EGM
Gators 38
Hawgs 10
ML
Until you prove you can score 40, I wont pick you to cover 31
Hog Soup 10
South Carolina at Ole Miss (-2.5), 2
EGM
Ol’ Houston Nutt came up with a huge win on Saturday. But I’m sure it was worth kicking him out of Arkansas because Mitch Mustain didn’t get to toss it around enough. If anything I’m sure it will expedite their ass to the Big 10. I wonder if Bobby Petrino will stick around for that?
South Carolina is just terrible along the lines of scrimmage and Ole Miss will definitely exploit that. The Rebs specialize in fat ass linemen that clog shit up. Spurrier dominated the West for his first few years in the league but has faded off lately, along with his talent level. Ole Miss will stay in the big zone they played last week and force horrendous Mike Davis to beat them. I like their chances…by more than 2.5.
Cocks 14
Rebs 24
CB
USC 17
Ole Miss 23
ML
Cocks like being underdogs 22
Ole Letdown 20
Kentucky at Alabama (-16.5), 3:30
CB
Bama was seriously impressive again last weekend. Another Mark Richt gimmick and this time his players weren’t impressed by the theatrics. A note to UK, once the Tide get “rolling” (pardon the pun) they are tough to stop. JP Wilson and Julio Jones are very talented and if they (as well as the Bama D) are hot this could get ugly real quick. The Wildcats are out scoring their opponents 126 to 22, one little problem, they are all out of gimme games. It’s all SEC from here on out and if they don’t live up to their BS game billing, they could be in for a long season. I’ll take Bama at home, AND the points…
UK 17
UA 35
EGM
Cover Cats 14
Bamer 21
ML
Koverin’ Kats 20
Tiiiiiiiiiide 31
Auburn at Vanderbilt (+4), 6
EGM
Game of the week? Who woulda thought?
The Plainsmen got a gift from Jon Crapton last week in the form of a ridiculous fumble. Other than that, Auburn looked positively awful. Neither of their Qbs can do anything in the passing game and people have figured out their two running plays. Its time for Tubs to kick that idiot OC out of town and crush some Vandy scum. But, hold on one second, Vandy is not the same old Vandy. They play great defense and don’t turn the ball over. I gotta say though, four points? No chance.
Plainsmen 17
One loss Dores 14
CB
AW 26
VA 23
ML
Plainsmen 24
‘Dores 17
Northern Illinois at Tennessee (-15.5), 7
ML
Man, it is seriously panic time in Knoxville, luckily these Huskies suck. The Vols seem to have issues holding onto the ball inside the 10 yard line, whether their own or the opponents. They gave that game to Auburn and are 0-2 in the SEC and 1-3 overall. Surely that should be enough motivation to cover against Northern Illinois. I know nothing about the Huskies and don’t care enough to change that.
NIU 13
Vawwwlz 33
CB
NI 17
UT 30
EGM
Salukis 7
Vols 28
Georgia – OPEN
CB
Here’s one little problem with gimmicks, when they don’t work, and your team doesn’t get motivated enough to win, then what? I mean if you are relying on costumes and pageantry to get your team hyped (ala “Blackouts” and “Everyone run onto the field after you score a touchdown”), and one day you wake up and it doesn’t work, you may have to go back to regular COACHING!!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOO! And another thing, “Mark Richt doesn’t seem like the intense no BS guy that Meyer is”, (so I’ve been told by my UGA and FSU friends), does that mean that I HAVE TO LIKE HIM?? Just cause he has that balding-guy-desperate-for-a-friend-smile look on his face doesn’t mean I would have a beer with him. Also, I’ve been told that Gator fans are “the worst” and “have no class,” I guess I’ll live up to the billing by saying, I hope Knowhon Moreno’s season is over. I really could give a shit what Bulldog fans (who bark and drool at games) think about me. Man I was really worked up…glad that’s over.
LSU – OPEN
ML
The Tigers struggled mightily against Croom-land last week, but have a week off to rest and prepare to take on our beloved Gators. The only issue they have to worry about is how many siblings will sleep together and whether or not they will run out of moonshine.
Mississippi State – OPEN
EGM
Is their a better place to spend a free weekend than Starkville? Port-Au-Prince or Lagos perhaps.
Florida State at Miami (-2), 3:30
ML
How times have changed. I remember when this was a must-see game of the year. ABC would flood the airwaves with advertising as a clash of the titans. Now…it’s a big yawn. You can guarantee it will be hard hitting game, but you can just as easily guarantee that the quarterback play will be terrible. F$U is feeling froggy after knocking off Colorado and the Canes are wounded after losing in Chapel Hill. Well the hundreds of fans harness this energy and bring a hostile attitude to Joe Robbie? You bet. Will there be more tricked up vehicles and scumbag haircuts in one 3 square radius anywhere else in the world tomorrow?
Nole$ 13
CoCanes 16
CB
FSU 13
MEE-AMI 12
EGM
Noles 13
Canes 16
Don’t I feel like a fool for predicting that the Gators would trounce Ole Miss last week! The game was not only atrocious, but seeing people passing out cause of the heat was something I haven’t seen in like years (sorry for the generic time frame, but my memory for viewing sunstroke isn’t what it used to be). Anyways, my weekend overall was tremendous, the tailgate was baller, and I got to meet Shane Matthews (thanks to a certain Ole Miss fan that was visiting me), but the Gators lost. On a bright note, UGA lost too. They didn’t just lose, they got killed! This of course makes me happy cause we’re like that girl in the beginning of the Devil’s Advocate… “(We) didn’t want to be the only one.”
EGM
Mr. Positive is through. I hate the spread. I hate five wide. I hate people that wear blazers or sundresses to games. I hate croakies. I hate communists. I hate people who talk on their Bluetooth. I hate the ACC and Big Ten. I hate the Red Sox. Most importantly, I hate anyone who doesn’t coequally hate these things.
ML
Ugggggh….what is the deal with the Magnolia State? UF has lost like 7 out of 10 against teams from this cesspool. I usually hate the typical liberal elitist take on states in the Deep South, but that excludes Mississippi. The state has brought me nothing but misery. I hated Mississippi Burning, The Ghosts of Mississippi, Mississippi Masala. I even hate the song Mississippi Queen. Anyway, I really hate the fact that I have to attend a seminar all day Saturday and Sunday. At least I know I won’t have to watch Mullen’s 5-wide set.
Florida at Arkansas (+24.5), 12:30
CB
This is the test to see if I have learned anything from last week. Sure Ole Miss is probably 10 times better than Pseduo-Kansas, but this is still the SEC West. After all these years of playing these RRSWGs (Random Road SEC West Games), I have learned two things, 1. Every school in that division hates UF with more fury than a gambl-holic in Vegas after the 10th time you’ve thrown the craps dice off the table, and 2. You can’t take one of these for granted. Hell, I was at the 2000 Miss St debacle. We were supposed to destroy the Bulldogs, but it turned into a shootout from the get go. And if it weren’t for: A) Gillespie’s “celebration” penalty at the beginning of the 3rd; B) Spurrier punting on a third down; C) our idiot Captains choosing defense after MSU deferred when they won the coin toss; and D) Dicenzo Miller and Dante Walker rushing for two bills each, we might have prevailed. But that’s the way shit works in the WEST. The 2004 redux single handedly ended Zook’s fabulous career at Florida (I suppose in that case we should thank the West). Anyways, here it’s the same old shit, nothing to fear, we might as well send out scout team. I swear if we don’t jump on this team early we are going to regret it. I believe Timmy T when he says that he is going to play as hard as anyone and it appears they are going to strap the ball to Harvin’s back and let him carry us to victory this weekend, so while I’m going to pick against the spread, I know it in my heart that we are going to win this week! GO GATORS!
UF 38
Noah’s Ark-ade 17
EGM
Gators 38
Hawgs 10
ML
Until you prove you can score 40, I wont pick you to cover 31
Hog Soup 10
South Carolina at Ole Miss (-2.5), 2
EGM
Ol’ Houston Nutt came up with a huge win on Saturday. But I’m sure it was worth kicking him out of Arkansas because Mitch Mustain didn’t get to toss it around enough. If anything I’m sure it will expedite their ass to the Big 10. I wonder if Bobby Petrino will stick around for that?
South Carolina is just terrible along the lines of scrimmage and Ole Miss will definitely exploit that. The Rebs specialize in fat ass linemen that clog shit up. Spurrier dominated the West for his first few years in the league but has faded off lately, along with his talent level. Ole Miss will stay in the big zone they played last week and force horrendous Mike Davis to beat them. I like their chances…by more than 2.5.
Cocks 14
Rebs 24
CB
USC 17
Ole Miss 23
ML
Cocks like being underdogs 22
Ole Letdown 20
Kentucky at Alabama (-16.5), 3:30
CB
Bama was seriously impressive again last weekend. Another Mark Richt gimmick and this time his players weren’t impressed by the theatrics. A note to UK, once the Tide get “rolling” (pardon the pun) they are tough to stop. JP Wilson and Julio Jones are very talented and if they (as well as the Bama D) are hot this could get ugly real quick. The Wildcats are out scoring their opponents 126 to 22, one little problem, they are all out of gimme games. It’s all SEC from here on out and if they don’t live up to their BS game billing, they could be in for a long season. I’ll take Bama at home, AND the points…
UK 17
UA 35
EGM
Cover Cats 14
Bamer 21
ML
Koverin’ Kats 20
Tiiiiiiiiiide 31
Auburn at Vanderbilt (+4), 6
EGM
Game of the week? Who woulda thought?
The Plainsmen got a gift from Jon Crapton last week in the form of a ridiculous fumble. Other than that, Auburn looked positively awful. Neither of their Qbs can do anything in the passing game and people have figured out their two running plays. Its time for Tubs to kick that idiot OC out of town and crush some Vandy scum. But, hold on one second, Vandy is not the same old Vandy. They play great defense and don’t turn the ball over. I gotta say though, four points? No chance.
Plainsmen 17
One loss Dores 14
CB
AW 26
VA 23
ML
Plainsmen 24
‘Dores 17
Northern Illinois at Tennessee (-15.5), 7
ML
Man, it is seriously panic time in Knoxville, luckily these Huskies suck. The Vols seem to have issues holding onto the ball inside the 10 yard line, whether their own or the opponents. They gave that game to Auburn and are 0-2 in the SEC and 1-3 overall. Surely that should be enough motivation to cover against Northern Illinois. I know nothing about the Huskies and don’t care enough to change that.
NIU 13
Vawwwlz 33
CB
NI 17
UT 30
EGM
Salukis 7
Vols 28
Georgia – OPEN
CB
Here’s one little problem with gimmicks, when they don’t work, and your team doesn’t get motivated enough to win, then what? I mean if you are relying on costumes and pageantry to get your team hyped (ala “Blackouts” and “Everyone run onto the field after you score a touchdown”), and one day you wake up and it doesn’t work, you may have to go back to regular COACHING!!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOO! And another thing, “Mark Richt doesn’t seem like the intense no BS guy that Meyer is”, (so I’ve been told by my UGA and FSU friends), does that mean that I HAVE TO LIKE HIM?? Just cause he has that balding-guy-desperate-for-a-friend-smile look on his face doesn’t mean I would have a beer with him. Also, I’ve been told that Gator fans are “the worst” and “have no class,” I guess I’ll live up to the billing by saying, I hope Knowhon Moreno’s season is over. I really could give a shit what Bulldog fans (who bark and drool at games) think about me. Man I was really worked up…glad that’s over.
LSU – OPEN
ML
The Tigers struggled mightily against Croom-land last week, but have a week off to rest and prepare to take on our beloved Gators. The only issue they have to worry about is how many siblings will sleep together and whether or not they will run out of moonshine.
Mississippi State – OPEN
EGM
Is their a better place to spend a free weekend than Starkville? Port-Au-Prince or Lagos perhaps.
Florida State at Miami (-2), 3:30
ML
How times have changed. I remember when this was a must-see game of the year. ABC would flood the airwaves with advertising as a clash of the titans. Now…it’s a big yawn. You can guarantee it will be hard hitting game, but you can just as easily guarantee that the quarterback play will be terrible. F$U is feeling froggy after knocking off Colorado and the Canes are wounded after losing in Chapel Hill. Well the hundreds of fans harness this energy and bring a hostile attitude to Joe Robbie? You bet. Will there be more tricked up vehicles and scumbag haircuts in one 3 square radius anywhere else in the world tomorrow?
Nole$ 13
CoCanes 16
CB
FSU 13
MEE-AMI 12
EGM
Noles 13
Canes 16
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Bourbon Boys Pick The SEC Week V
Malt Licker
If only I wagered exclusively on Gators games, I’d be at 100%. I had no worries going into the UT game, and from the opening kickoff, no worries turned into absolutely no worries. It was tremendous seeing phat phil stomp around like an oversized angry toddler. It was even better watching a sea of puke orange evacuate Neyland like a hurricane was coming. The Auburn/LSU game was entertaining as always, although much more high-scoring than I envisioned. I believe Bowden and F$U should write DC and try to get one of these bailouts the Fed seems to be handing out like candy.
Cuzzin’ Bailey
Big time win last week! The Vuls fans were outtie 5000 circa the end of the 3rd quarter, and let me tell you, HD makes your fan base’s allegiance look that much classier! On a side note that doesn’t involve college football (the horror), the Rays will hopefully have clinched the AL East by the time you read this! Anyways, great weekend of sports last week with the Rays getting in the playoffs, the USA defeating the scumbag Euro-trash in the Ryder Cup and the Bucs playing a little pitch and catch to defeat da’ Bearsss up in Chi-cah-go. Anyways, FSU lost, and I’m ready to hand them the “throwing in the towel” towel for this season. No offense for the Wake Skanks, but FSU could have and UF would have scored like 30 on the Deacs last weekend. That game was sloppy. Well this weekend the Mighty Gators are back at home for a little southern cooking. The Ole Miss Rebs with their new coach come to the Swamp to see just how good (or shitty) Jevan Snead really is…
El Gran Mono
Last week I was called out for various predictions that were deemed to be too harsh and overly critical by a few of the readers. As a disciple of change with hope for a better future I will scrap the tired moniker of the last six years and become…Mr. Positive.
Ole Miss at Florida (-23), 12:30
CB
I’ve been reading Gatorsports all week long and they have been trying to scare me into thinking that just cause the Rebels have Snead and Nutt they should be considered legitimate. Let me tell you, Ole Miss is like the Clemson of the SEC. It seems like folks always want them to BE good, after all they gave us Archie and Eli, and yet it never seems to pan out. Albeit, considering we have dropped 2 of the last 3 to the Rebels, they have a little room to talk, but that was under shitforbrains Ron Zook. And I still to THIS DAY believe that the ineligible receiver down field call at the end of the 02 game was total horseshit. Oh man I just realized that game was on my birthday, well fucking happy birthday to me huh? Anyways, I believe that Snead is probably special and that the Malt Licker would juggle Houston’s Nutts if offered, but I’m liking Urban ball version 2008, (a little special teams here, a lotta defense there, and some outstanding offensive talent). I’m sure at some point it will be close, but the boys from Old Florida will have this in the bag by halftime (with a few picks) and the media’s gonna tell me how boring it is to win without crazy highlights. I’ll take the wins, and since I’ll be there this weekend it will be extra sweet. GO GATORS!
MISS that pass 13
GATORS! 37
ML
Tuna's Favorite 10
Gators 34
EGM
Rebs 10
Gators 31
Tennessee at Auburn (-6), 3:30
EGM
Both of these schools love football. Even though they both lost last week, they are really excited to play this week. Competition is tons of fun. Tennessee will be bringing a very spry young puppy named Smokey to be their good luck charm. Auburn likes their team so much they have three different good luck names. They also have a quaint town with lots of tea shops and places with good cookies. I LOVE COOKIES!!
Auburn’s QB is an excellent young man who loves to throw the football. Even though he doesn’t throw well all the time, he still loves to play so much that he can’t stop throwing. Tennessee’s QB is full of spunk and self confidence. He’ll be a great real estate guy someday like Heath Shuler (maybe even a Congressman). Its so hard to pick winners and losers when you are having this much fun. I have a feeling the Auburn running back will have a super day though because the Volunteer lineman will be having fun with Auburn’s lineman. Can I play too!
Vols 17
Tigers 21
ML
Orange Evacuees 14
Plainzzzmen 19
CB
Next Stop on the Bandwagon, 17
AUBURN, AL 22
Arkansas at Texas (-27), 3:30
CB
This game got postponed due to Tropical Storm so and so…man, I wish I had picked this game two weeks ago. This was boner move. At least a few weeks back I would have been a bit more delusional to how much Psuedo-Kansas sucks! Just how much they blow would have been very, very useful information last week when I (embarrassed shrug) picked them to cover the line last weekend hosting Bama. To all you Tide fans out there, I apologize. That was really stupid. Anyways, it looks like Colt McCoy, (badass name btw) is having a pretty baller year right now, averaging 60 on the ground and passing pretty well and it looks like Bobby Petrino has no idea how to coach defense anymore so I’m going with Tejas big, 27 big? Maybe
Ark 10
Tex 35
ML
Fried Pork 13
Bevo Burger 44
EGM
Hawgs 13
Tejas 42
Western Kentucky at Kentucky (-22), 7
CB
A rivalry unlike any other! The Battle of the Bluegrass State! The Mighty Hilltoppers of Bowling Green …alright that’s enough. The odds are yall didn’t have Keith Jackson’s voice in your head when you were reading it like I did so that’s going nowhere. WKU has some tradition I suppose, in the NCAA tourney they are one of the 12 seeds I traditionally pick to upset a 5! The campus, “located atop one of the highest points in Southcentral Kentucky”…did you get that, not THE highest point in S.Central Ky, but ONE OF THE. That is impressive. Kensucky is coming off a strong bye week. I presume they won. Anyways, judging by this spread I’m guessing the Hilltoppers suck at football and I’m just gonna roll with that assumption. Go ‘Cats.
A Moderately High Point in Kentucky 12
The Klass of the Kentucky Kommunity (whoa, that was unintentional) 34
ML
Pillpoppers 10
Whiskas 35
EGM
Hilltoppers 10
Wildcats 28
UAB at South Carolina (-24.5), 7
EGM
UAB will love Columbia. It’s a great town with a heart of gold. If they are staying at the Holidome, then I highly recommend a couple games of putt-putt followed by a few cold drinks in the hot tub. You can even swim from the indoor pool to the outdoor pool. What a great time!
The Gamecocks haven’t had a great time playing against the other schools this year. But they are really excited to have the chance to play against the Blazers. What a fun mascot they have! UAB has so much fun playing they really don’t care about the score. Its also doubly hard for them to play on the road, they miss Birmingham so much its hard not to think about it during the game. Steve Spurrier is a very fun coach and I’m guessing he’ll have a lot of fun playing in this game.
Blazers 7
Gamecocks 38
ML
Blazin’ 10
12.5 points would be too much 21
CB
UAB 17
USC 40
Mississippi State at Louisiana State (-24), 7:30
EGM
Miss State is just living the dream this year. Its like they are touring around celebrating last season’s successes every game. They must be having a lot of fun. They played against Georgia Tech last week and had a bunch of offensive yards but decided to give the ball to Georgia Tech a few times just to be nice. They really liked watching the Wing T offense in action. Who doesn’t right? It was really disappointing that we missed that game while drinking beers at Calhoun’s. Luckily, in two years we will have a boat just like those fun Tennessee fans. I’m sure they will welcome us with open arms!
LSU had a great win against another team called the Tigers. That must have been confusing. LOL! I’m sure it wasn’t a big deal because they were having such great time playing on such a beautiful night. In fact, it was such a beautiful night that one of LSU’s QBs took the entire second half off to look at the stars. His best friend decided to play QB the rest of the game and have a great time by throwing the ball all over the place. What a win-win situation! The Bulldogs will have a great time celebrating their bowl season in Baton Rouge, its such a wonderful city full of cosmopolitan people and great sites to see. However, since they come from Starkville, its really hard leave such a beautiful place.
Bulldogs 3
Tiger 49
ML
Croom death watch? 3
CoonAss Cajuns 35
CB
MSU 4
LSU 34
Alabama at Georgia (-7), 7:45
ML
Game of the week in the SEC!!! Black out in Athens!!!! Satan v. the Prick!!!! I heard a coach for the Tide said that Georgia fans are going to a funeral, so the black is apropos. I love the confidence, although I’m not sure Bama can pull this off, although I’d love to see it. The Tide has looked pretty strong through the first month of football, and, other than Knowshon, the Dawgs offense looks pretty pedestrian. Seven points is WAAAAY too much to lay, I say the Dawgs win, but not by much.
Crimson Faggots 13
Athens Assholes 17
CB
BAMA 23
JAWGA 21
EGM
Tide 10
Dawgs 13
Vanderbilt – OFF
ML
Holy shit!!! They really are Vandyfeated. The question is, do their students even care? The Dores have a week off to prepare for the Plainsmen, who will be coming off two consecutive tough battles. Can you say 5 and 0????
Purdue at Notre Dame (-1.5), 12:30
ML
Notre Dame cannot run the ball, as they are 112th in the nation on the ground. Painter and Jimmy Clowson, whose hair is so ridiculous he looks like he should be a right wing for the Portuguese futbol team. Seriously, he looks like he had the same hairdresser as Tom Hanks in the Davinci Code. Anyway, Notre Dame being unable to run the ball may be a sign that the Opus Dei has taken control of the church. Anyway, in honor of my Dad I’ll pick the Irish, behind some big plays from Golden Tate (great name by the way).
SeaBass’ drink of choice 20
Passing Irish 24
CB
Purdon’t 20
ND 22
EGM
Boilermakers 13
Irish 10
If only I wagered exclusively on Gators games, I’d be at 100%. I had no worries going into the UT game, and from the opening kickoff, no worries turned into absolutely no worries. It was tremendous seeing phat phil stomp around like an oversized angry toddler. It was even better watching a sea of puke orange evacuate Neyland like a hurricane was coming. The Auburn/LSU game was entertaining as always, although much more high-scoring than I envisioned. I believe Bowden and F$U should write DC and try to get one of these bailouts the Fed seems to be handing out like candy.
Cuzzin’ Bailey
Big time win last week! The Vuls fans were outtie 5000 circa the end of the 3rd quarter, and let me tell you, HD makes your fan base’s allegiance look that much classier! On a side note that doesn’t involve college football (the horror), the Rays will hopefully have clinched the AL East by the time you read this! Anyways, great weekend of sports last week with the Rays getting in the playoffs, the USA defeating the scumbag Euro-trash in the Ryder Cup and the Bucs playing a little pitch and catch to defeat da’ Bearsss up in Chi-cah-go. Anyways, FSU lost, and I’m ready to hand them the “throwing in the towel” towel for this season. No offense for the Wake Skanks, but FSU could have and UF would have scored like 30 on the Deacs last weekend. That game was sloppy. Well this weekend the Mighty Gators are back at home for a little southern cooking. The Ole Miss Rebs with their new coach come to the Swamp to see just how good (or shitty) Jevan Snead really is…
El Gran Mono
Last week I was called out for various predictions that were deemed to be too harsh and overly critical by a few of the readers. As a disciple of change with hope for a better future I will scrap the tired moniker of the last six years and become…Mr. Positive.
Ole Miss at Florida (-23), 12:30
CB
I’ve been reading Gatorsports all week long and they have been trying to scare me into thinking that just cause the Rebels have Snead and Nutt they should be considered legitimate. Let me tell you, Ole Miss is like the Clemson of the SEC. It seems like folks always want them to BE good, after all they gave us Archie and Eli, and yet it never seems to pan out. Albeit, considering we have dropped 2 of the last 3 to the Rebels, they have a little room to talk, but that was under shitforbrains Ron Zook. And I still to THIS DAY believe that the ineligible receiver down field call at the end of the 02 game was total horseshit. Oh man I just realized that game was on my birthday, well fucking happy birthday to me huh? Anyways, I believe that Snead is probably special and that the Malt Licker would juggle Houston’s Nutts if offered, but I’m liking Urban ball version 2008, (a little special teams here, a lotta defense there, and some outstanding offensive talent). I’m sure at some point it will be close, but the boys from Old Florida will have this in the bag by halftime (with a few picks) and the media’s gonna tell me how boring it is to win without crazy highlights. I’ll take the wins, and since I’ll be there this weekend it will be extra sweet. GO GATORS!
MISS that pass 13
GATORS! 37
ML
Tuna's Favorite 10
Gators 34
EGM
Rebs 10
Gators 31
Tennessee at Auburn (-6), 3:30
EGM
Both of these schools love football. Even though they both lost last week, they are really excited to play this week. Competition is tons of fun. Tennessee will be bringing a very spry young puppy named Smokey to be their good luck charm. Auburn likes their team so much they have three different good luck names. They also have a quaint town with lots of tea shops and places with good cookies. I LOVE COOKIES!!
Auburn’s QB is an excellent young man who loves to throw the football. Even though he doesn’t throw well all the time, he still loves to play so much that he can’t stop throwing. Tennessee’s QB is full of spunk and self confidence. He’ll be a great real estate guy someday like Heath Shuler (maybe even a Congressman). Its so hard to pick winners and losers when you are having this much fun. I have a feeling the Auburn running back will have a super day though because the Volunteer lineman will be having fun with Auburn’s lineman. Can I play too!
Vols 17
Tigers 21
ML
Orange Evacuees 14
Plainzzzmen 19
CB
Next Stop on the Bandwagon, 17
AUBURN, AL 22
Arkansas at Texas (-27), 3:30
CB
This game got postponed due to Tropical Storm so and so…man, I wish I had picked this game two weeks ago. This was boner move. At least a few weeks back I would have been a bit more delusional to how much Psuedo-Kansas sucks! Just how much they blow would have been very, very useful information last week when I (embarrassed shrug) picked them to cover the line last weekend hosting Bama. To all you Tide fans out there, I apologize. That was really stupid. Anyways, it looks like Colt McCoy, (badass name btw) is having a pretty baller year right now, averaging 60 on the ground and passing pretty well and it looks like Bobby Petrino has no idea how to coach defense anymore so I’m going with Tejas big, 27 big? Maybe
Ark 10
Tex 35
ML
Fried Pork 13
Bevo Burger 44
EGM
Hawgs 13
Tejas 42
Western Kentucky at Kentucky (-22), 7
CB
A rivalry unlike any other! The Battle of the Bluegrass State! The Mighty Hilltoppers of Bowling Green …alright that’s enough. The odds are yall didn’t have Keith Jackson’s voice in your head when you were reading it like I did so that’s going nowhere. WKU has some tradition I suppose, in the NCAA tourney they are one of the 12 seeds I traditionally pick to upset a 5! The campus, “located atop one of the highest points in Southcentral Kentucky”…did you get that, not THE highest point in S.Central Ky, but ONE OF THE. That is impressive. Kensucky is coming off a strong bye week. I presume they won. Anyways, judging by this spread I’m guessing the Hilltoppers suck at football and I’m just gonna roll with that assumption. Go ‘Cats.
A Moderately High Point in Kentucky 12
The Klass of the Kentucky Kommunity (whoa, that was unintentional) 34
ML
Pillpoppers 10
Whiskas 35
EGM
Hilltoppers 10
Wildcats 28
UAB at South Carolina (-24.5), 7
EGM
UAB will love Columbia. It’s a great town with a heart of gold. If they are staying at the Holidome, then I highly recommend a couple games of putt-putt followed by a few cold drinks in the hot tub. You can even swim from the indoor pool to the outdoor pool. What a great time!
The Gamecocks haven’t had a great time playing against the other schools this year. But they are really excited to have the chance to play against the Blazers. What a fun mascot they have! UAB has so much fun playing they really don’t care about the score. Its also doubly hard for them to play on the road, they miss Birmingham so much its hard not to think about it during the game. Steve Spurrier is a very fun coach and I’m guessing he’ll have a lot of fun playing in this game.
Blazers 7
Gamecocks 38
ML
Blazin’ 10
12.5 points would be too much 21
CB
UAB 17
USC 40
Mississippi State at Louisiana State (-24), 7:30
EGM
Miss State is just living the dream this year. Its like they are touring around celebrating last season’s successes every game. They must be having a lot of fun. They played against Georgia Tech last week and had a bunch of offensive yards but decided to give the ball to Georgia Tech a few times just to be nice. They really liked watching the Wing T offense in action. Who doesn’t right? It was really disappointing that we missed that game while drinking beers at Calhoun’s. Luckily, in two years we will have a boat just like those fun Tennessee fans. I’m sure they will welcome us with open arms!
LSU had a great win against another team called the Tigers. That must have been confusing. LOL! I’m sure it wasn’t a big deal because they were having such great time playing on such a beautiful night. In fact, it was such a beautiful night that one of LSU’s QBs took the entire second half off to look at the stars. His best friend decided to play QB the rest of the game and have a great time by throwing the ball all over the place. What a win-win situation! The Bulldogs will have a great time celebrating their bowl season in Baton Rouge, its such a wonderful city full of cosmopolitan people and great sites to see. However, since they come from Starkville, its really hard leave such a beautiful place.
Bulldogs 3
Tiger 49
ML
Croom death watch? 3
CoonAss Cajuns 35
CB
MSU 4
LSU 34
Alabama at Georgia (-7), 7:45
ML
Game of the week in the SEC!!! Black out in Athens!!!! Satan v. the Prick!!!! I heard a coach for the Tide said that Georgia fans are going to a funeral, so the black is apropos. I love the confidence, although I’m not sure Bama can pull this off, although I’d love to see it. The Tide has looked pretty strong through the first month of football, and, other than Knowshon, the Dawgs offense looks pretty pedestrian. Seven points is WAAAAY too much to lay, I say the Dawgs win, but not by much.
Crimson Faggots 13
Athens Assholes 17
CB
BAMA 23
JAWGA 21
EGM
Tide 10
Dawgs 13
Vanderbilt – OFF
ML
Holy shit!!! They really are Vandyfeated. The question is, do their students even care? The Dores have a week off to prepare for the Plainsmen, who will be coming off two consecutive tough battles. Can you say 5 and 0????
Purdue at Notre Dame (-1.5), 12:30
ML
Notre Dame cannot run the ball, as they are 112th in the nation on the ground. Painter and Jimmy Clowson, whose hair is so ridiculous he looks like he should be a right wing for the Portuguese futbol team. Seriously, he looks like he had the same hairdresser as Tom Hanks in the Davinci Code. Anyway, Notre Dame being unable to run the ball may be a sign that the Opus Dei has taken control of the church. Anyway, in honor of my Dad I’ll pick the Irish, behind some big plays from Golden Tate (great name by the way).
SeaBass’ drink of choice 20
Passing Irish 24
CB
Purdon’t 20
ND 22
EGM
Boilermakers 13
Irish 10
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Bourbon Boys Pick The SEC Week IV
El Gran Mono
Ohio State sucks. Is that huge news? Last year, LSU had a very average offense and they steamrolled Ohio State’s defense. The year before, UF had a very average offense and they steamrolled Ohio State’s defense. When are people going to realize that the Big Ten is terrible and that’s why Ohio State sucks every year? Gary Danielson summed it up today on the best radio show going, The Herd. He said, how do we not have a playoff, because everyone wants to see USC play whomever makes it out of the SEC. And Big Gary (sorry, about the bad memories CB) is completely right, the winner of the SEC deserves to play for the title even with TWO losses! Am I preaching to the choir here? No doubt, but at the same time it is logistically true. Its not just hope and more hope, it’s a fucking fact.
This week we welcome “Ben Hill Bootlegger.” What can I say about this guy? A typical day for him: drinking to excess, talking a lot of shit, “hanging out” at notorious homosexual public sex venues, and finishing things off with a Baconater. One of my best friends! Welcome, welcome…
I will personally be enjoying this weekend in beautiful Knoxvegas at my cousin’s spacious lair, drinking copious amounts of libations and enjoying glorious camaraderie. It really doesn’t get any better. Let’s get to the football, SON!
Malt Licker
Whoaaaaaa Diggity!!!! It’s the first full slate of SEC Games this year. With the exception of something called Wofford, all the games are pretty good. Monkey boy is heading to Knoxville, where he will drink himself silly at O’Charley’s. Two key matchups, one in the East and one in the West, should bring some clarity to the SEC race. I need my own plane so I could fly into the Smokeys and join the Monkey on Cumberland Avenue.
Cuzzin’ Bailey
Last week’s bye week was boring as hell. I mean I had fun, but the games were absolutely miserable. SC/OSU was a yawn fest, UGA looked about as vulnerable as possible and Auburn Miss State was quite literally ALL ABOUT DEFENSE. Former guest Bourbon Boy, The Mud Hen, was actually in attendance in Stark-Vegas last week and apparently received glares from Bulldog fans when he stood up and pleaded to the MSU sidelines to kick a long field goal on 4th and long. Apparently at Mississippi State, they are ALL about offense and get angry when they have to settle for field goals. Well, last week they “settled” for ONE safety and lost. Freaking idiots. Speaking of former guest Bourbon Boys, the Dinner Cruise Gambler had a story he asked me to pass along. Its rather long so I’ll just get to the point. A stock Meee-ami fan was acting a fool at the UM/UF game a few weeks ago, when out of the sky came a Lemonade bomb. Long story short, Senor Cane took cover for the rest of the game in an undisclosed location. Don’t mess with our students, he was lucky it was actually lemonade!
Ben Hill Bootlegger
Let me started by thanking EGM, CB, and ML for the opportunity to write with them. Now, I want you to understand that I respect the many years of service and the difficulty of the job that these men have endured to entertain all of us in this blog. However, I feel that so far this year all of us have been cheated. How are we ‘the people’ suppose to determine what we think will happen in these games with only one person doing the commentating for every game - come on! Because the two lawyas and their little lawya in training have continued on this grievous course, I am stepping forward to help ‘the people’. I care about you, and if they want to continue on this path, it is time for a change. A vote for BHB is a vote for CHANGE. What they fuck just happened - I blacked out. As an additional treat this week, I will be going old school and picking the over/under in each game.
Alabama at Arkansas (+9.5), 3:30
ML
I guess this could be dubbed the Back-Stabbing Liars Bowl. The Traitor Tussle. Betrayers R ‘Us. Squinty-eyed Petrino is in the midst of rebuilding, while the Tide delusionists think “they’re back.” Surprisingly this series is relatively close, as ‘Bama has a narrow 10-8 edge. I am not too impressed with either team. I think the Hawgs home field will do nothing to help them out, and the Tide will Rollllllllll to victory
Judas 26
Benedict Arnold 9
BHB
Welcome to Fayetteville, Arkansas where the only thing worth noting is that John “Double Down” Daly went to college here. Nick Satan brings his all-time 4-2 record against the Razorbacks into Fayetteville for the first time as the Lord Almighty of Tuscaloosa. He brings with him his three-name QB and a pretty good group of WRs. The Razorbacks may have lost their Houston NUTTs, but don't worry, they still have their Casey DICK. For this game, Bobby Petrino might drive up to Leavenworth Federal Prison and pickup a new recruit that he has coached before, but the Razorbacks will not lay down for this one. The Tide won this game last year with :08 to go. This one will be closer than the experts say. Take the over at 46.5.
Rednecks who fuck their sister while she wears a Bear Bryant hat 27
Rednecks who fuck their sister 21
EGM
Bama 28
Hawgs 7
CB
Bama 23
Hogs 14
LSU at Auburn (+2.5). 3:30
CB
This is always a great rivalry game. One that sticks out in my mind is the 1994 affair. I remember it so clearly cause Auburn was on their 10+ game winning streak and was on probation by the NCAA. LSU took a 14 point lead into the 4th quarter when the Bengal Tiger QB tossed like 5 picks in ONE QUARTER, 3 of which were returned for touchdowns. The Jefferson Pilot (aka Raycom) shitbox camera work couldn’t take away from the excitement that day. Of course while I generally wish the host stadium would implode during this game, this game generally provides some serious craziness. Anyways, I guess its time for my yearly joke about this game, “I believe the Tigers will win this one”…terrible.
LSU 20
Other Tigers 13
BHB
You might as well call this one the SEC West title game, because the winner of this game has also won the West 6 out of the last 8 years. This game, being in Jordan-Hare Stadium, does not sit well for the real Tigers of Louisiana. This game is going to be won on the ground. Going in, both teams are ranked in the top 25 for rushing yards. Auburn struggled last week against the Croomster in the biggest offensive shoot out since the gun fight scene at the end of HEAT (That was for you CB). The Plaintigerwareagles and the Croomster's Dawgs racked up a massive 5 total points last week. They might be without the starting RB Brad Lester, who nearly Prothroed his neck last week. My only hope in this game, is that Auburn's Kicker, Wes Byrum gets killed by Mike the Tiger, who mistakenly is let out of his cage. Camera pans to a shocked Tommy Tuberville and then pans to Les Miles as he raises his right hand and waves it back and forth several times across his face. Fade out. END SCENE. Go under at 37.5.
Whooo dodged Ike 14
Someone in the East, please beat the Gators 17
EGM
Tigers 7
Plainsmen 6
ML
Drunk Tigers 2
Preppy-hick Tigers 3
Florida at Tennessee (+7), 8
ML
I’m so confident about this game, it makes me nervous. From what I’ve seen out of Crompton and the rest of the Vols, I feel like unless we pull a ’98 and turn the ball over a bunch, we should cruise. The Vols strength on offense is their running game, and our defensive front looks pretty tough. Percy will get loose, thrust himself into the Heisman picture, and lead the Gators to a big victory.
GATORS!!! 33
Fulmer death watch? 10
BHB
SEC football is here. Look for this one to get ugly, and get ugly quick. Look for the Vols to pick their poison and the Gators to exploit it. The Vols secondary appeared shakey against a weak UCLA, allowing 259 passing yards. Look for Tebow to punish Fat Phil's Team with a barrage of smash mouth running and deep bombs to Louis and Percy. Phil already has his comforting Sunday loser's brunch ordered at Calhoun's on the River. Tennessee has not been able to run the ball for the last two years, averaging just 13 yds on the ground, and they won't improve this year with their steady diet of Sprint Draws. Smokey will need a massive order of shit and grass to help deal with his upset stomach after this game. Sorry Auburn, this train is a rolling. Toughest line of the week, take the over at 51.5.
Florida 38
On the edge of a Rocky Top season (step back from the ledge sir) 21
EGM
Tebow 31
Crapton 17
CB
GATORS 27
VULS 13
Georgia at Arizona State (+6.5), 8
EGM
Georgia is #1! Wait, no they aren’t. Has anyone ever looked at Stafford’s completion percentage? Or even the fact that UGA’s defense isn’t that good? I think after they lose their second game, people will start to ask questions like that. However, do I think Arizona State has what it takes to win or possibly even cover? Absolutely not, Dennis Erickson may beat up on the West Coast with his band on JUCO’s but he hasn’t seen the likes of NotShawn Moreno. Richt won’t even need premeditated enthusiasm for this one.
4 year school 35
JC 17
ML
Prick’s Dawgs 25
Sun Devils 15
CB
UGA 25
Zona St 10
BHB
Over Celebrating Assholes 21
PAC 10 Pyros 17
Vanderbilt at Ole Miss (-5.5), 12:30
CB
This is actually going to be a pretty good game, and not for the typical reason (that being that they both suck). No, this time its gonna be a good one cause these teams are actually decent. Well, the scale of “decentness” is rather subjective. Vandy is decent cause they aren’t the fucking worst team ever this time around, and Ole Miss is decent b/c they are actually on an upward swing, contending against good programs and such. Its actually making me nervous about the Gators playing the Rebs next week. Well maybe just a bit. In this game I’m really liking Ole Miss. I understand that Vandy doesn’t blow per usual but I am really impressed with Snead’s pocket presence and elusiveness.
Vandie 17
Ole Miss 27
EGM
Dores 17
Jevan Snead 24
ML
Vandyfeated 23
Rebz 21
BHB
Get out your calculators - 35
Put away that beer and get out your tall wallets - 27
Mississippi State at Georgia Tech (-7.5), 1
EGM
This game will likely resemble something from about 1940. A team running the wing T and a team that…well, they don’t score. Ga Tech really shouldn’t be favored over anyone by seven plus with their disgusting offense. They were beaten by lowly Va Tech last week in the ACC battle of engineers. I’m going to go directly against my weekend host and say uber-awesome head man, Sly Croom somehow pulls this out or at least covers. Watch this game after only after 12 beers, if you are hanging with BHB, he’ll already have 18 under his belt and working on his second nap.
Miss St 10
Jackets 9
ML
Miss St 13
Tech 19
CB
Miss St 7
GT 13
BHB
Dawgs version 2.0 - 10
Shooter McGavain's Coats - 17
Wofford at South Carolina (NL)
ML
Do these teams play every year? It sure seems like it. The Terriers are a lovely little lib arts college in Spartanburg, and the Cocks are a disappointing state school in a town that loves to drink. Maybe Spurrier should start the drunk kid from Tampa and stop messing around with Smelley. I know the Cocks are going to score one upset this year, I just hope they get it out of their system before we play them in November. Oh yea, Mike Davis sucks.
Rat Dogs 13
Limp Cocks 40
EGM
Quintessential Liberal Arts Education 7
Getting Me a Job Education 31
CB
Wofford? 12
USC 143
BHB
Waiting to see the new Chihuahua movie - 14
Trying to get to .500 - 24
OPEN: Kentucky
CB
Man, how happy am I that I landed on Kentucky during their bye week? UK football, Catch it! I am embarrassed to say this but I have absolutely no idea what the Cats are up to right now. Let me look it up on the internet. (time elapsed). We’re back…Oh here was my problem, UK has played 3 games, two of which were against Norfolk St, and MTSU. Next week’s challenge is the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers, and that is it for cupcakes. An ALL SEC schedule after that with one more bye week at the end of the season. HAHA! Maybe I’ll select this team for that bye week as well as a little “State of the Union” recap. Right now the future looks grim for the Blue and White and I can’t see them taking more than 3 from their conference foes.
Wake Forest at Florida State (-4), 7
EGM
This is a tough game to pick. Wake lacks talent and has great coaching. Florida State is the exact opposite. If the Nole$ get rolling, then Wake is done for. They just don’t have the horses other than super accurate Riley Skinner. I think I’ll use this game to predict my blockbuster ACC finale. F$U vs. Miami. That’s right, craptacular ACC, you waited too long, they are back. Maybe not great, but getting back to where they should be. Clemson, fire Tommy B and you might have a shot. My guess, Tommy B gets a lifetime extension after a Peach Bowl loss. The ACC sucks.
Deacs 14
Noles$ 20
ML
Weak Wake 13
Unconquered and un-sold out 24
CB
Wake Skanks (no respect btw) 29
Regular Skanks 27
BHB
Boil me up some points 24
Is are coach dead yet 14
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Ohio State sucks. Is that huge news? Last year, LSU had a very average offense and they steamrolled Ohio State’s defense. The year before, UF had a very average offense and they steamrolled Ohio State’s defense. When are people going to realize that the Big Ten is terrible and that’s why Ohio State sucks every year? Gary Danielson summed it up today on the best radio show going, The Herd. He said, how do we not have a playoff, because everyone wants to see USC play whomever makes it out of the SEC. And Big Gary (sorry, about the bad memories CB) is completely right, the winner of the SEC deserves to play for the title even with TWO losses! Am I preaching to the choir here? No doubt, but at the same time it is logistically true. Its not just hope and more hope, it’s a fucking fact.
This week we welcome “Ben Hill Bootlegger.” What can I say about this guy? A typical day for him: drinking to excess, talking a lot of shit, “hanging out” at notorious homosexual public sex venues, and finishing things off with a Baconater. One of my best friends! Welcome, welcome…
I will personally be enjoying this weekend in beautiful Knoxvegas at my cousin’s spacious lair, drinking copious amounts of libations and enjoying glorious camaraderie. It really doesn’t get any better. Let’s get to the football, SON!
Malt Licker
Whoaaaaaa Diggity!!!! It’s the first full slate of SEC Games this year. With the exception of something called Wofford, all the games are pretty good. Monkey boy is heading to Knoxville, where he will drink himself silly at O’Charley’s. Two key matchups, one in the East and one in the West, should bring some clarity to the SEC race. I need my own plane so I could fly into the Smokeys and join the Monkey on Cumberland Avenue.
Cuzzin’ Bailey
Last week’s bye week was boring as hell. I mean I had fun, but the games were absolutely miserable. SC/OSU was a yawn fest, UGA looked about as vulnerable as possible and Auburn Miss State was quite literally ALL ABOUT DEFENSE. Former guest Bourbon Boy, The Mud Hen, was actually in attendance in Stark-Vegas last week and apparently received glares from Bulldog fans when he stood up and pleaded to the MSU sidelines to kick a long field goal on 4th and long. Apparently at Mississippi State, they are ALL about offense and get angry when they have to settle for field goals. Well, last week they “settled” for ONE safety and lost. Freaking idiots. Speaking of former guest Bourbon Boys, the Dinner Cruise Gambler had a story he asked me to pass along. Its rather long so I’ll just get to the point. A stock Meee-ami fan was acting a fool at the UM/UF game a few weeks ago, when out of the sky came a Lemonade bomb. Long story short, Senor Cane took cover for the rest of the game in an undisclosed location. Don’t mess with our students, he was lucky it was actually lemonade!
Ben Hill Bootlegger
Let me started by thanking EGM, CB, and ML for the opportunity to write with them. Now, I want you to understand that I respect the many years of service and the difficulty of the job that these men have endured to entertain all of us in this blog. However, I feel that so far this year all of us have been cheated. How are we ‘the people’ suppose to determine what we think will happen in these games with only one person doing the commentating for every game - come on! Because the two lawyas and their little lawya in training have continued on this grievous course, I am stepping forward to help ‘the people’. I care about you, and if they want to continue on this path, it is time for a change. A vote for BHB is a vote for CHANGE. What they fuck just happened - I blacked out. As an additional treat this week, I will be going old school and picking the over/under in each game.
Alabama at Arkansas (+9.5), 3:30
ML
I guess this could be dubbed the Back-Stabbing Liars Bowl. The Traitor Tussle. Betrayers R ‘Us. Squinty-eyed Petrino is in the midst of rebuilding, while the Tide delusionists think “they’re back.” Surprisingly this series is relatively close, as ‘Bama has a narrow 10-8 edge. I am not too impressed with either team. I think the Hawgs home field will do nothing to help them out, and the Tide will Rollllllllll to victory
Judas 26
Benedict Arnold 9
BHB
Welcome to Fayetteville, Arkansas where the only thing worth noting is that John “Double Down” Daly went to college here. Nick Satan brings his all-time 4-2 record against the Razorbacks into Fayetteville for the first time as the Lord Almighty of Tuscaloosa. He brings with him his three-name QB and a pretty good group of WRs. The Razorbacks may have lost their Houston NUTTs, but don't worry, they still have their Casey DICK. For this game, Bobby Petrino might drive up to Leavenworth Federal Prison and pickup a new recruit that he has coached before, but the Razorbacks will not lay down for this one. The Tide won this game last year with :08 to go. This one will be closer than the experts say. Take the over at 46.5.
Rednecks who fuck their sister while she wears a Bear Bryant hat 27
Rednecks who fuck their sister 21
EGM
Bama 28
Hawgs 7
CB
Bama 23
Hogs 14
LSU at Auburn (+2.5). 3:30
CB
This is always a great rivalry game. One that sticks out in my mind is the 1994 affair. I remember it so clearly cause Auburn was on their 10+ game winning streak and was on probation by the NCAA. LSU took a 14 point lead into the 4th quarter when the Bengal Tiger QB tossed like 5 picks in ONE QUARTER, 3 of which were returned for touchdowns. The Jefferson Pilot (aka Raycom) shitbox camera work couldn’t take away from the excitement that day. Of course while I generally wish the host stadium would implode during this game, this game generally provides some serious craziness. Anyways, I guess its time for my yearly joke about this game, “I believe the Tigers will win this one”…terrible.
LSU 20
Other Tigers 13
BHB
You might as well call this one the SEC West title game, because the winner of this game has also won the West 6 out of the last 8 years. This game, being in Jordan-Hare Stadium, does not sit well for the real Tigers of Louisiana. This game is going to be won on the ground. Going in, both teams are ranked in the top 25 for rushing yards. Auburn struggled last week against the Croomster in the biggest offensive shoot out since the gun fight scene at the end of HEAT (That was for you CB). The Plaintigerwareagles and the Croomster's Dawgs racked up a massive 5 total points last week. They might be without the starting RB Brad Lester, who nearly Prothroed his neck last week. My only hope in this game, is that Auburn's Kicker, Wes Byrum gets killed by Mike the Tiger, who mistakenly is let out of his cage. Camera pans to a shocked Tommy Tuberville and then pans to Les Miles as he raises his right hand and waves it back and forth several times across his face. Fade out. END SCENE. Go under at 37.5.
Whooo dodged Ike 14
Someone in the East, please beat the Gators 17
EGM
Tigers 7
Plainsmen 6
ML
Drunk Tigers 2
Preppy-hick Tigers 3
Florida at Tennessee (+7), 8
ML
I’m so confident about this game, it makes me nervous. From what I’ve seen out of Crompton and the rest of the Vols, I feel like unless we pull a ’98 and turn the ball over a bunch, we should cruise. The Vols strength on offense is their running game, and our defensive front looks pretty tough. Percy will get loose, thrust himself into the Heisman picture, and lead the Gators to a big victory.
GATORS!!! 33
Fulmer death watch? 10
BHB
SEC football is here. Look for this one to get ugly, and get ugly quick. Look for the Vols to pick their poison and the Gators to exploit it. The Vols secondary appeared shakey against a weak UCLA, allowing 259 passing yards. Look for Tebow to punish Fat Phil's Team with a barrage of smash mouth running and deep bombs to Louis and Percy. Phil already has his comforting Sunday loser's brunch ordered at Calhoun's on the River. Tennessee has not been able to run the ball for the last two years, averaging just 13 yds on the ground, and they won't improve this year with their steady diet of Sprint Draws. Smokey will need a massive order of shit and grass to help deal with his upset stomach after this game. Sorry Auburn, this train is a rolling. Toughest line of the week, take the over at 51.5.
Florida 38
On the edge of a Rocky Top season (step back from the ledge sir) 21
EGM
Tebow 31
Crapton 17
CB
GATORS 27
VULS 13
Georgia at Arizona State (+6.5), 8
EGM
Georgia is #1! Wait, no they aren’t. Has anyone ever looked at Stafford’s completion percentage? Or even the fact that UGA’s defense isn’t that good? I think after they lose their second game, people will start to ask questions like that. However, do I think Arizona State has what it takes to win or possibly even cover? Absolutely not, Dennis Erickson may beat up on the West Coast with his band on JUCO’s but he hasn’t seen the likes of NotShawn Moreno. Richt won’t even need premeditated enthusiasm for this one.
4 year school 35
JC 17
ML
Prick’s Dawgs 25
Sun Devils 15
CB
UGA 25
Zona St 10
BHB
Over Celebrating Assholes 21
PAC 10 Pyros 17
Vanderbilt at Ole Miss (-5.5), 12:30
CB
This is actually going to be a pretty good game, and not for the typical reason (that being that they both suck). No, this time its gonna be a good one cause these teams are actually decent. Well, the scale of “decentness” is rather subjective. Vandy is decent cause they aren’t the fucking worst team ever this time around, and Ole Miss is decent b/c they are actually on an upward swing, contending against good programs and such. Its actually making me nervous about the Gators playing the Rebs next week. Well maybe just a bit. In this game I’m really liking Ole Miss. I understand that Vandy doesn’t blow per usual but I am really impressed with Snead’s pocket presence and elusiveness.
Vandie 17
Ole Miss 27
EGM
Dores 17
Jevan Snead 24
ML
Vandyfeated 23
Rebz 21
BHB
Get out your calculators - 35
Put away that beer and get out your tall wallets - 27
Mississippi State at Georgia Tech (-7.5), 1
EGM
This game will likely resemble something from about 1940. A team running the wing T and a team that…well, they don’t score. Ga Tech really shouldn’t be favored over anyone by seven plus with their disgusting offense. They were beaten by lowly Va Tech last week in the ACC battle of engineers. I’m going to go directly against my weekend host and say uber-awesome head man, Sly Croom somehow pulls this out or at least covers. Watch this game after only after 12 beers, if you are hanging with BHB, he’ll already have 18 under his belt and working on his second nap.
Miss St 10
Jackets 9
ML
Miss St 13
Tech 19
CB
Miss St 7
GT 13
BHB
Dawgs version 2.0 - 10
Shooter McGavain's Coats - 17
Wofford at South Carolina (NL)
ML
Do these teams play every year? It sure seems like it. The Terriers are a lovely little lib arts college in Spartanburg, and the Cocks are a disappointing state school in a town that loves to drink. Maybe Spurrier should start the drunk kid from Tampa and stop messing around with Smelley. I know the Cocks are going to score one upset this year, I just hope they get it out of their system before we play them in November. Oh yea, Mike Davis sucks.
Rat Dogs 13
Limp Cocks 40
EGM
Quintessential Liberal Arts Education 7
Getting Me a Job Education 31
CB
Wofford? 12
USC 143
BHB
Waiting to see the new Chihuahua movie - 14
Trying to get to .500 - 24
OPEN: Kentucky
CB
Man, how happy am I that I landed on Kentucky during their bye week? UK football, Catch it! I am embarrassed to say this but I have absolutely no idea what the Cats are up to right now. Let me look it up on the internet. (time elapsed). We’re back…Oh here was my problem, UK has played 3 games, two of which were against Norfolk St, and MTSU. Next week’s challenge is the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers, and that is it for cupcakes. An ALL SEC schedule after that with one more bye week at the end of the season. HAHA! Maybe I’ll select this team for that bye week as well as a little “State of the Union” recap. Right now the future looks grim for the Blue and White and I can’t see them taking more than 3 from their conference foes.
Wake Forest at Florida State (-4), 7
EGM
This is a tough game to pick. Wake lacks talent and has great coaching. Florida State is the exact opposite. If the Nole$ get rolling, then Wake is done for. They just don’t have the horses other than super accurate Riley Skinner. I think I’ll use this game to predict my blockbuster ACC finale. F$U vs. Miami. That’s right, craptacular ACC, you waited too long, they are back. Maybe not great, but getting back to where they should be. Clemson, fire Tommy B and you might have a shot. My guess, Tommy B gets a lifetime extension after a Peach Bowl loss. The ACC sucks.
Deacs 14
Noles$ 20
ML
Weak Wake 13
Unconquered and un-sold out 24
CB
Wake Skanks (no respect btw) 29
Regular Skanks 27
BHB
Boil me up some points 24
Is are coach dead yet 14
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Thursday, September 11, 2008
Bourbon Boys Pick The SEC 2008 Week III
Cuzzin’ Bailey
You may have noticed that the Gator game was especially loud last week. Whether its accurate or not, I am going to take full credit on that one. Anyone who talked to me after the game noticed 2 things. First, I was probably still pretty drunk from the all day nightmare tailgate, no eat, drink-fest. And secondly, my voice was gone, and I’m not talking “Johnny’s got a hoarse throat let’s give him a lozenge,” a Ricola © would have melted at the “sight” of my throat. I’m probably gonna need that Gayle Sierens, scream too much, surgery when I’m older. (Sorry for the obscure local newscaster reference, I’m on a deadline here). Anyways, thank God the Gators are off this week to give my voice a little break, but not thank God cause the only game that was supposed to be exciting opened up with a double digit spread.
El Gran Mono
Last week’s games proved to be as craptacular as everyone thought. We did learn that Miami has a pretty good defense or possibly that Florida’s offense may be a little overrated. However, neither of those conclusions is very surprising. Most of the college football media tend to blow everything out of proportion. I guess that’s their job and it makes them feel edgy, almost as edgy as Cuzzin Bailey before his first law school exam. I’d give up the picks title to have those few days on video tape. I digress, USC-Ohio State looks to be the game of the century…hmm, that’s what the media is saying so I’ll bet its more of a defensive struggle than anyone thinks. USC is very good, but beating UVA didn’t tell us anything. Will Ohio State prove unworthy of a top matchup again? I’m betting so.
Malt Licker
Gators are off, so we can all rest for a week before the clash against the Vols in K-ville. Hopefully by then the sound of the whines from Coral Gables will subside. It’s another piss poor slate of SEC games. Fortunately, there is one major marquee matchup Saturday night as the Buckeyes look to get embarrassed by another talented team from outside the midwest.
Friday, September 12, 2008
Kansas @ South Florida (-3.5), 9
EGM
USF would love to have another magical Friday night win against a top team. Unfortunately, they are not playing a team from the Big Least. Kansas is a very good team with an excellent quarterback. The Bulls are a decent team with a wannabe QB who panics like a scared rabbit. I can see Leavitt banging his head into a concrete wall after this one. Sadly, the wall has a higher IQ than him.
Rock Chalk 28
Bullz 17
CB
Kansas 27
USF 28
ML
Jayhawks 34
Bulls 17
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Rice @ Vanderbilt (-7), 12:30
ML
It’s the battle of southern smart schools, and Duke isn’t involved!!! The Owls might have to move to Nashville after Ike gets finished with Houston. Vandy is coming off one of their biggest wins, and look to build on that and go 3-0. Rice is undefeated as well, and sports a powerful offense. Chase Clement and his porn stache are worth at least 2 touchdowns alone. Vandy is known for following up their rare notable victories with inexplicable losses. The trend will continue.
Hooters 33
‘Dores 31
CB
Rice 20
Vandy 29
EGM
Owlz 10
Commodores 21
Auburn @ Mississippi State (+10.5), 12:30
EGM
Ol’ Sly Croom pulled the wool over TT’’s eyes last year. That doesn’t happen twice in row. Even Auburn “experimenting” with the spread offense and a new QB won’t stop the Tub’s wrath. Starkville is the place every Plainsmen dreams about, a place with less bars than Auburn. That’s no easy feat my friends. Miss State has no chance against Auburn’s stud defense. This one will be low scoring but I’ll still take the ten and a hook.
Tigerz 21
Dawgz 3
CB
Auburn 27
Miss St 15
ML
Plainzzzzzzmen 26
Minimal Cowbell 13
Western Kentucky @ Alabama (-28), 2
ML
I believe I was the only one last week to realize that Bama has a tendency to play down to their competition. They needed an 87 yard punt return to eke out a two-TD win in the battle of aquatic phenomena. The Hilltoppers are a “transitional 1A team” as they ease their way into the Sun Belt. They have 12 consecutive winning seasons, but they are stepping up to play with the big boys. Can you believe ‘Bama is ranked 11? I can’t wait until this time next month when they have 2 losses.
Red Grimace Mascot 10
Crimson Pachy Mascot 35
CB
WKU 9
Bama 44
EGM
Hilltoppers 10
Bama 42
Arkansas @ Texas (-24), PPD
Georgia @ South Carolina (+7), 3:30
CB
Its hard to be surprised at this line. Not to say that UGA isn’t the better team of course, but this Spurrier run Cock team tends to play the Dawgs, at the very least, marginally well and in fact last year, USC won in Athens! I guess this is a better Jawga team as its hard to imagine the same team with the same players getting worse after having a really great year, and there’s no doubt that the Cocks offense is freaking terrible, but a couple of lucky plays and some great defense could make this closer than Bulldog fans would like.
UGA 24
USC 16
EGM
#1? 14
Cocks 17
ML
Blowshon his knee out 19
Keep down the INTs! 13
Middle Tennessee @ Kentucky (-16.5), 6
EGM
The Blue Raiders put the screws to ACC powerhouse Maryland last week. I guess I should be impressed. KY really whooped up on Louisville but I don’t know what to make of that. I know that Rich Brooks is a great rebuilder and he’s always rebuilding. So I think I’ll lay the points.
Raidaz 7
Cats 35
CB
MTSU 14
UK 30
ML
Murf’s finest 13
Kats 29
Samford @ Ole Miss (NL)
CB
Ole Miss came oh so close last week against the probably the ACC’s favorite right now. The game last week should really make some teams nervous in the SEC and that is one of the reasons why I am very happy the Rebs have to travel to Gainesville this year. Another team that should be skurrt that Mississippi is on the rise with their new psycho Head Coach is Samford. This game is gonna be a ridiculous blow out and all will be well in Oxford.
Samford 10
Ole Miss 52
EGM
Bullpups 7
Rebs 49
ML
Cumberland School of Law 5
Harvard of my Ass 33
UAB @ Tennessee (-30), 7
CB
This is a good warm up game for the Vols knowing that they are gonna have to give it their all next week against the Gators. Tennessee hasn’t played since losing to an overmatched UCLA team opening weekend. That one had the potential to be a statement game by going out to the Left Coast and killing some of the hype of Rick Neuheisel’s return, but instead a botched field goal in OT and its back to the drawing board. Personally I love how UT had a bye last week. They got to mope around for an entire week wondering what could have been and what should have been and practiced their asses off all last week for nothing. Now all their hard work and they get to face an opponent who’s 0-2 and looking really shitty this year. I like the Vols big this week as they’ll try and prove to the country they aren’t a total joke, and the country will probably buy that, at least for a week.
UAB 12
UT 41
EGM
Blazers 7
Vols 35
ML
Blaze the blizzunt 3
Phil cant eat weed 31
North Texas @ LSU (-41), 8
ML
Good lord, the Mean Green have allowed 500 yards and 50 points in each of their first two games. The boys from Denton, TX face a well-rested and no doubt anxious group of Cajuns, who may cover the spread in the first half alone. They are horrible, were 2-10 last year and lost to FIU.
Try to play Mean Joe 2
Wind blown Bengals 60
CB
NT 3
LSU 50
EGM
Mean Green 3
Cajuns 49
Florida – OPEN
CB
Kind of a boner move to pick UF this week, but at least I get to talk about what a great time I had last weekend tailgating before the 8pm (7 central) kickoff at the Swamp. There was all sorts of drinking and BS’ing going on with the Malt Licker and the guest Bourbon Boy The Dinner Cruise Gambler. To be entirely honest, the first half was kind of a blur. Not cause I had too much to drink, but well, I mean I’m sure that had something to do with it, but cause with all the punting it seemed to fly by. Thankfully the second half was slowed up around the beginning of the 4th when the Gators finally poured it on the Canes. And then came the real embarrassing moment of the weekend. No, I’m not talking about how I slept in my car and my back was killing me (hell its still killing me). I’m referring to the Co-Canes coach Shannon talking smack about Urb. Ya just don’t do that Randy. If you don’t want him scoring on you, then tell your players to stop’em til the horn sounds. You can try and get us back in 5 years or whatever, if you’re still the HC, which I have my doubts about.
Ohio State at Southern California (-10.5),
ML
Ooooooooooooh the Collision in the Coliseum!!!! I’m so excited!!!! Capt. Sweatervest announced that his only offensive weapon is doubtful. Unless Tyrelle Pryor is the greatest thing ever, this won’t be close. Mr. Carroll and his perfectly cuaffed grey locks will have that cocky grin working by the middle of the 3rd quarter. This will not be pretty.
Suckeyes 6
Men of Troy 33
CB
OSU 20
USC 33
EGM
Buckeyes 13
Trojans 24
You may have noticed that the Gator game was especially loud last week. Whether its accurate or not, I am going to take full credit on that one. Anyone who talked to me after the game noticed 2 things. First, I was probably still pretty drunk from the all day nightmare tailgate, no eat, drink-fest. And secondly, my voice was gone, and I’m not talking “Johnny’s got a hoarse throat let’s give him a lozenge,” a Ricola © would have melted at the “sight” of my throat. I’m probably gonna need that Gayle Sierens, scream too much, surgery when I’m older. (Sorry for the obscure local newscaster reference, I’m on a deadline here). Anyways, thank God the Gators are off this week to give my voice a little break, but not thank God cause the only game that was supposed to be exciting opened up with a double digit spread.
El Gran Mono
Last week’s games proved to be as craptacular as everyone thought. We did learn that Miami has a pretty good defense or possibly that Florida’s offense may be a little overrated. However, neither of those conclusions is very surprising. Most of the college football media tend to blow everything out of proportion. I guess that’s their job and it makes them feel edgy, almost as edgy as Cuzzin Bailey before his first law school exam. I’d give up the picks title to have those few days on video tape. I digress, USC-Ohio State looks to be the game of the century…hmm, that’s what the media is saying so I’ll bet its more of a defensive struggle than anyone thinks. USC is very good, but beating UVA didn’t tell us anything. Will Ohio State prove unworthy of a top matchup again? I’m betting so.
Malt Licker
Gators are off, so we can all rest for a week before the clash against the Vols in K-ville. Hopefully by then the sound of the whines from Coral Gables will subside. It’s another piss poor slate of SEC games. Fortunately, there is one major marquee matchup Saturday night as the Buckeyes look to get embarrassed by another talented team from outside the midwest.
Friday, September 12, 2008
Kansas @ South Florida (-3.5), 9
EGM
USF would love to have another magical Friday night win against a top team. Unfortunately, they are not playing a team from the Big Least. Kansas is a very good team with an excellent quarterback. The Bulls are a decent team with a wannabe QB who panics like a scared rabbit. I can see Leavitt banging his head into a concrete wall after this one. Sadly, the wall has a higher IQ than him.
Rock Chalk 28
Bullz 17
CB
Kansas 27
USF 28
ML
Jayhawks 34
Bulls 17
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Rice @ Vanderbilt (-7), 12:30
ML
It’s the battle of southern smart schools, and Duke isn’t involved!!! The Owls might have to move to Nashville after Ike gets finished with Houston. Vandy is coming off one of their biggest wins, and look to build on that and go 3-0. Rice is undefeated as well, and sports a powerful offense. Chase Clement and his porn stache are worth at least 2 touchdowns alone. Vandy is known for following up their rare notable victories with inexplicable losses. The trend will continue.
Hooters 33
‘Dores 31
CB
Rice 20
Vandy 29
EGM
Owlz 10
Commodores 21
Auburn @ Mississippi State (+10.5), 12:30
EGM
Ol’ Sly Croom pulled the wool over TT’’s eyes last year. That doesn’t happen twice in row. Even Auburn “experimenting” with the spread offense and a new QB won’t stop the Tub’s wrath. Starkville is the place every Plainsmen dreams about, a place with less bars than Auburn. That’s no easy feat my friends. Miss State has no chance against Auburn’s stud defense. This one will be low scoring but I’ll still take the ten and a hook.
Tigerz 21
Dawgz 3
CB
Auburn 27
Miss St 15
ML
Plainzzzzzzmen 26
Minimal Cowbell 13
Western Kentucky @ Alabama (-28), 2
ML
I believe I was the only one last week to realize that Bama has a tendency to play down to their competition. They needed an 87 yard punt return to eke out a two-TD win in the battle of aquatic phenomena. The Hilltoppers are a “transitional 1A team” as they ease their way into the Sun Belt. They have 12 consecutive winning seasons, but they are stepping up to play with the big boys. Can you believe ‘Bama is ranked 11? I can’t wait until this time next month when they have 2 losses.
Red Grimace Mascot 10
Crimson Pachy Mascot 35
CB
WKU 9
Bama 44
EGM
Hilltoppers 10
Bama 42
Arkansas @ Texas (-24), PPD
Georgia @ South Carolina (+7), 3:30
CB
Its hard to be surprised at this line. Not to say that UGA isn’t the better team of course, but this Spurrier run Cock team tends to play the Dawgs, at the very least, marginally well and in fact last year, USC won in Athens! I guess this is a better Jawga team as its hard to imagine the same team with the same players getting worse after having a really great year, and there’s no doubt that the Cocks offense is freaking terrible, but a couple of lucky plays and some great defense could make this closer than Bulldog fans would like.
UGA 24
USC 16
EGM
#1? 14
Cocks 17
ML
Blowshon his knee out 19
Keep down the INTs! 13
Middle Tennessee @ Kentucky (-16.5), 6
EGM
The Blue Raiders put the screws to ACC powerhouse Maryland last week. I guess I should be impressed. KY really whooped up on Louisville but I don’t know what to make of that. I know that Rich Brooks is a great rebuilder and he’s always rebuilding. So I think I’ll lay the points.
Raidaz 7
Cats 35
CB
MTSU 14
UK 30
ML
Murf’s finest 13
Kats 29
Samford @ Ole Miss (NL)
CB
Ole Miss came oh so close last week against the probably the ACC’s favorite right now. The game last week should really make some teams nervous in the SEC and that is one of the reasons why I am very happy the Rebs have to travel to Gainesville this year. Another team that should be skurrt that Mississippi is on the rise with their new psycho Head Coach is Samford. This game is gonna be a ridiculous blow out and all will be well in Oxford.
Samford 10
Ole Miss 52
EGM
Bullpups 7
Rebs 49
ML
Cumberland School of Law 5
Harvard of my Ass 33
UAB @ Tennessee (-30), 7
CB
This is a good warm up game for the Vols knowing that they are gonna have to give it their all next week against the Gators. Tennessee hasn’t played since losing to an overmatched UCLA team opening weekend. That one had the potential to be a statement game by going out to the Left Coast and killing some of the hype of Rick Neuheisel’s return, but instead a botched field goal in OT and its back to the drawing board. Personally I love how UT had a bye last week. They got to mope around for an entire week wondering what could have been and what should have been and practiced their asses off all last week for nothing. Now all their hard work and they get to face an opponent who’s 0-2 and looking really shitty this year. I like the Vols big this week as they’ll try and prove to the country they aren’t a total joke, and the country will probably buy that, at least for a week.
UAB 12
UT 41
EGM
Blazers 7
Vols 35
ML
Blaze the blizzunt 3
Phil cant eat weed 31
North Texas @ LSU (-41), 8
ML
Good lord, the Mean Green have allowed 500 yards and 50 points in each of their first two games. The boys from Denton, TX face a well-rested and no doubt anxious group of Cajuns, who may cover the spread in the first half alone. They are horrible, were 2-10 last year and lost to FIU.
Try to play Mean Joe 2
Wind blown Bengals 60
CB
NT 3
LSU 50
EGM
Mean Green 3
Cajuns 49
Florida – OPEN
CB
Kind of a boner move to pick UF this week, but at least I get to talk about what a great time I had last weekend tailgating before the 8pm (7 central) kickoff at the Swamp. There was all sorts of drinking and BS’ing going on with the Malt Licker and the guest Bourbon Boy The Dinner Cruise Gambler. To be entirely honest, the first half was kind of a blur. Not cause I had too much to drink, but well, I mean I’m sure that had something to do with it, but cause with all the punting it seemed to fly by. Thankfully the second half was slowed up around the beginning of the 4th when the Gators finally poured it on the Canes. And then came the real embarrassing moment of the weekend. No, I’m not talking about how I slept in my car and my back was killing me (hell its still killing me). I’m referring to the Co-Canes coach Shannon talking smack about Urb. Ya just don’t do that Randy. If you don’t want him scoring on you, then tell your players to stop’em til the horn sounds. You can try and get us back in 5 years or whatever, if you’re still the HC, which I have my doubts about.
Ohio State at Southern California (-10.5),
ML
Ooooooooooooh the Collision in the Coliseum!!!! I’m so excited!!!! Capt. Sweatervest announced that his only offensive weapon is doubtful. Unless Tyrelle Pryor is the greatest thing ever, this won’t be close. Mr. Carroll and his perfectly cuaffed grey locks will have that cocky grin working by the middle of the 3rd quarter. This will not be pretty.
Suckeyes 6
Men of Troy 33
CB
OSU 20
USC 33
EGM
Buckeyes 13
Trojans 24
Wednesday, September 03, 2008
Bourbon Boys Pick The SEC 2008 Week II
Malt Licker
Well we learned a few things last week, namely, that Clemzzzon and the ACC are overrated. Although, can I really say I learned something, especially when it was something I already knew? The Gators looked pretty good, but Hawaii’s QB played the 2nd and 3rd quarter with diarrhea running down his leg. I must say I am pretty pumped about this week’s game against “da U.” I can’t wait to send all 500 of their fans back home to dee majeeek seetee of meeeahhhhhmeeee crying in their mojitos.
Cuzzin’ Bailey
Day-um! Already some very nice games in the mix in College Football in general, let alone the SEC! I really don’t consider the Bama Clemzin game an upset though, to be for real. Clemson is always hyped up b/c I think they are like the “feel good” team of the ACC, the team that everyone (outside of Columbia, SC) just wants to do well. Well, once again, the sympathetic media’s hopes have been dashed as Alabama gave these kitties an SEC pounding. On the other side of upsets was Tennessee, maybe they will learn to stop trying to show off by traveling to the Left Coast and getting their asses kicked. It loses its coolness when you keep losing to teams you should beat btw…
El Gran Mono
Last week was a tough start for both Tim Tebow and yours truly. I’m expecting a big comeback this week for the both of us. Strangely enough, Miami-UF appears to be the biggest game of the week. But with Norfolk State and Southeastern LA gracing the picks column this week that’s not really a crazy thing. When does this SEC season start?
Thursday, September 4, 2008
South Carolina @ Vanderbilt (+10), 8:30
EGM
Who the hell was that guy starting for South Carolina last week? You’ll be asking yourself that same question after this game. Smelley was a very talented player coming out of high school and I think NC State was his coming out party. The Cocks’ defense looked tough against NC State but believe it or not, Vandy is more talented than NC State. Wolfpack fans have Chuck Amato to thank for that.
Vandy destroyed Miami like a smallpox outbreak. Chris Nickson is back in the fold so I like Vandy’s chances at making it to a bowl game. They’ll keep this one under 10 no problem.
Cocks 21
No Longer Doremats 17
ML
Cizzocks 34
Duh-dores 17
CB
USC 21
Vandy 14
Saturday, September 6, 2008
Tulane at Alabama (-30), 2
ML
I see ‘Bama is on the cover of SI. I can smell the cock-eyed optimism emanating from Tuscaloosa, or maybe it is just the stench of their urine/beer soaked houndstooth garments that are so popular there these days. Seriously though, was this unexpected? Saban v. Tommy Bowden is like Cortez v. the Aztecs, especially with all summer to prepare. I don’t know a thing about Tulane, except that Tommy Bowden used to coach there. If he were still there I’d take ‘Bama to cover, but he’s not, so I see a letdown.
Surf’s Up 10
Tide Ebbing 33
EGM
Green Wave 10
Tide 49
CB
Tulane 10
YellaHamma 43
Louisiana-Monroe at Arkansas (-12.5), 7
CB
Hey Razorbacks, this isn’t the NCAA tourney, it is NOT okay to barely beat a shitbox team like Western Illinois. I guess Bobby Petrino just hasn’t found his niche as the top dog of yet another team (in what 3 years?). If they continue to have close games like this, and then enter the SEC schedule playing like a bunch of monkeys don’t be surprised if good ol’ Bobby cuts ands runs to a better job. (Well ANOTHER job anyways). The La.-Monroe Warhawks, (formerly the Northeastern Louisiana Indians, formerly the Louisiana Monroe Indians), got thumped last weekend by an Auburn team still trying to get its feet wet, so that might help to squash any thought of an upset here, but after the Hogs showed NO sign of a running game last week and actually had to rally late to beat an awful Missouri Valley team, anything is possible.
Chickenhawks 14
Razorbacks 26
ML
LaMo 14
Hawg Shit 24
EGM
Monroe 17
Pigs 28
Southern Miss at Auburn (-17.5), 12:30
CB
I would be more interested in this game if Brett Favre could un-retire from being a pro and come back to college. On paper I give USM less than zero chance heading into Jordan-Hare Stdm to face the number 10 team in the country, but it sounds like Auburn is having trouble with their new spread offense (like every other school that’s new to it). Auburn had to go “old school” (see: SEC Pre-Spurrier) and run the shit out of the ball last week, so I would look for more of that until their current QB can get a handle on the new system.
Brett come home 10
Aw-barn 38
ML
Honorary SEC non-conf opponent 9
Plainsmen 31
EGM
Eagles 10
Plainsmen 21
Miami at Florida (-21.5), 8
ML
Wow…it seems like yesterday……I was a young One L walking into the Orange Bowl for the first time. I was a student of dah U’s School of Law and donning full Gator regalia. I will never forget the angriest person I’ve ever seen in my life, a 90 pound Cuban girl/UM student, pass out after finding out she was not getting into the game, although not before directing the full force of her ire at yourself and El Gran Mono. I went in fully expecting to lose, but the Zooker raised my hopes, only to see them dashed by his calling card, the 4th quarter collapse. The Orange Bowl is gone, and I would bet my life that the 90 pounder now has 3 kids and has nearly doubled her weight. Former Plant High star and son of former Buccaneer linebacker, Robert Marve is making his first collegiate start in the Swamp against the heavily favored Gators. Part of me feels like I should be a bit worried, but then I realized how much Urban appreciates history. He knows how long it has been since UF beat the Canes, and he will put the hammer down.
Cocaine sniffing thugs 13
Streak Breakers 44
CB
Co‘Canes 12
UF 30
EGM
CoCanes 13
Gators 42
Central Michigan at Georgia (-23), 3:30
EGM
Did you know that Knowshon is hurt? Maybe the pregame kegger with Rat Haired Stafford was put in place of stretches. I wouldn’t be surprised because Georgia is the greatest team of all time. So good they lost two games last year where they couldn’t move the ball whatsoever.
I’m sure Richt will run the score up here in order to show the country that his team is ok. He’s not fooling me and he’s still got a couple ass kickings coming.
Chipps 17
Dawgs 52
ML
Chippewas 10
Barking Rednecks 35
CB
CMU 13
UGA 44
Norfolk State at Kentucky (NL),
EGM
It appears that I underestimated the Wildcats. Perhaps the Cards are just bad but I think that the Cats might be pretty good despite losing Andre “Take A Sack, Don’t Hurt the Rating” Woodson. Their defense is much improved and they have a pretty decent running game. More importantly, I think they won’t have too much of a problem with Norfolk State, even if the Spartans are “achieving with excellence.” Is it possible to achieve without being excellent? Maybe in Barak Obamaville…
Spartans 7
KY 45
ML
Black Spartans 2
Blue & White Kitties 44
CB
NSU 10
UK 11
Troy at Louisiana State (-24), PPD
ML
As a reward for being so awesome these two teams decided to postpone the game and spare me the obligation to write a preview. I know you all feel cheated, but I do not.
CB
PPD
EGM
PPD
Southeast Louisiana at Mississippi State (NL), PPD
CB
Those dirty Dawgs tried it the classy way, but that blew up in their faces last week. Starting the season AT a D-1A school? That was very stupid, esp for a team that is just one season away from being the laughing stock of the conference. Sure last year they swept the state of Alabama, but I have to believe that it was a weird one for those schools (well except for Alabama-Birmingham, they just generally suck). Anyways, I guess what I’m trying to say here is that this week, against a cupcake, is the way to do it at MSU. Next time up, start the year by staying at home in the pastures, cow-tipping, embarrassing the rest of the State and playing an awful team.
SE LA 13
Mess St. 34
ML
The Lions 13
Croom’s Crew 44
CB
Directional 10
Miss State 31
Ole Miss at Wake Forest (-8)
CB
No respect for the Rebels even after they took down Memphis last week with a very balanced attack!! I really think that Houston Nutt has brought a much needed spark to Oxford, and with some of the talent they have, that may be just what the doctor ordered. However, Wake Forest is definitely the class of the ACC this year, and while that normally would make one laugh until they cried, recently that has become more than a joke (a hilarious joke at that). The Rebels are bringing their Southern Hair and crokies to Winston-Salem Saturday with the hopes of keeping their new found success flowing like their golden locks, however that may not be enough this weekend. The smart money is on a nice Deacon win, but I gotta go with the Rebs to at least cover.
Ole Miss 21
Deacs 24
ML
Ole Piss 24
Weak Forest 28
EGM
Rebs 24
Deacs 28
Tennessee – OPEN
ML
Leave it to Phat Phil to lose again. I know, let’s not give the ball to Hardesty and Foster, but instead pitch it around 40 times with Jonathan “Straight Outta Crompton.” I hope the Vols bring this attitude to the UF game in 2 weeks. It would be nice for UCLA to become relevant, if only to prevent USC from landing every high school stud in Southern California.
USF at UCF (+14)
EGM
14 point dogs at home. That can’t feel good. I wonder how George O’Leary will fudge that on his resume. Maybe he’ll just eat fudge instead. USF absolutely hammered UCF last year and this game might even get “Matt Grothe For Heisman” talk going. Of course, anyone who brings that subject up should immediately be branded a moron, much like Grothe himself.
Golden Nights 13
Bullz 45
ML
USF 40
UCF 20
CB
USF 38
UCF 20
Well we learned a few things last week, namely, that Clemzzzon and the ACC are overrated. Although, can I really say I learned something, especially when it was something I already knew? The Gators looked pretty good, but Hawaii’s QB played the 2nd and 3rd quarter with diarrhea running down his leg. I must say I am pretty pumped about this week’s game against “da U.” I can’t wait to send all 500 of their fans back home to dee majeeek seetee of meeeahhhhhmeeee crying in their mojitos.
Cuzzin’ Bailey
Day-um! Already some very nice games in the mix in College Football in general, let alone the SEC! I really don’t consider the Bama Clemzin game an upset though, to be for real. Clemson is always hyped up b/c I think they are like the “feel good” team of the ACC, the team that everyone (outside of Columbia, SC) just wants to do well. Well, once again, the sympathetic media’s hopes have been dashed as Alabama gave these kitties an SEC pounding. On the other side of upsets was Tennessee, maybe they will learn to stop trying to show off by traveling to the Left Coast and getting their asses kicked. It loses its coolness when you keep losing to teams you should beat btw…
El Gran Mono
Last week was a tough start for both Tim Tebow and yours truly. I’m expecting a big comeback this week for the both of us. Strangely enough, Miami-UF appears to be the biggest game of the week. But with Norfolk State and Southeastern LA gracing the picks column this week that’s not really a crazy thing. When does this SEC season start?
Thursday, September 4, 2008
South Carolina @ Vanderbilt (+10), 8:30
EGM
Who the hell was that guy starting for South Carolina last week? You’ll be asking yourself that same question after this game. Smelley was a very talented player coming out of high school and I think NC State was his coming out party. The Cocks’ defense looked tough against NC State but believe it or not, Vandy is more talented than NC State. Wolfpack fans have Chuck Amato to thank for that.
Vandy destroyed Miami like a smallpox outbreak. Chris Nickson is back in the fold so I like Vandy’s chances at making it to a bowl game. They’ll keep this one under 10 no problem.
Cocks 21
No Longer Doremats 17
ML
Cizzocks 34
Duh-dores 17
CB
USC 21
Vandy 14
Saturday, September 6, 2008
Tulane at Alabama (-30), 2
ML
I see ‘Bama is on the cover of SI. I can smell the cock-eyed optimism emanating from Tuscaloosa, or maybe it is just the stench of their urine/beer soaked houndstooth garments that are so popular there these days. Seriously though, was this unexpected? Saban v. Tommy Bowden is like Cortez v. the Aztecs, especially with all summer to prepare. I don’t know a thing about Tulane, except that Tommy Bowden used to coach there. If he were still there I’d take ‘Bama to cover, but he’s not, so I see a letdown.
Surf’s Up 10
Tide Ebbing 33
EGM
Green Wave 10
Tide 49
CB
Tulane 10
YellaHamma 43
Louisiana-Monroe at Arkansas (-12.5), 7
CB
Hey Razorbacks, this isn’t the NCAA tourney, it is NOT okay to barely beat a shitbox team like Western Illinois. I guess Bobby Petrino just hasn’t found his niche as the top dog of yet another team (in what 3 years?). If they continue to have close games like this, and then enter the SEC schedule playing like a bunch of monkeys don’t be surprised if good ol’ Bobby cuts ands runs to a better job. (Well ANOTHER job anyways). The La.-Monroe Warhawks, (formerly the Northeastern Louisiana Indians, formerly the Louisiana Monroe Indians), got thumped last weekend by an Auburn team still trying to get its feet wet, so that might help to squash any thought of an upset here, but after the Hogs showed NO sign of a running game last week and actually had to rally late to beat an awful Missouri Valley team, anything is possible.
Chickenhawks 14
Razorbacks 26
ML
LaMo 14
Hawg Shit 24
EGM
Monroe 17
Pigs 28
Southern Miss at Auburn (-17.5), 12:30
CB
I would be more interested in this game if Brett Favre could un-retire from being a pro and come back to college. On paper I give USM less than zero chance heading into Jordan-Hare Stdm to face the number 10 team in the country, but it sounds like Auburn is having trouble with their new spread offense (like every other school that’s new to it). Auburn had to go “old school” (see: SEC Pre-Spurrier) and run the shit out of the ball last week, so I would look for more of that until their current QB can get a handle on the new system.
Brett come home 10
Aw-barn 38
ML
Honorary SEC non-conf opponent 9
Plainsmen 31
EGM
Eagles 10
Plainsmen 21
Miami at Florida (-21.5), 8
ML
Wow…it seems like yesterday……I was a young One L walking into the Orange Bowl for the first time. I was a student of dah U’s School of Law and donning full Gator regalia. I will never forget the angriest person I’ve ever seen in my life, a 90 pound Cuban girl/UM student, pass out after finding out she was not getting into the game, although not before directing the full force of her ire at yourself and El Gran Mono. I went in fully expecting to lose, but the Zooker raised my hopes, only to see them dashed by his calling card, the 4th quarter collapse. The Orange Bowl is gone, and I would bet my life that the 90 pounder now has 3 kids and has nearly doubled her weight. Former Plant High star and son of former Buccaneer linebacker, Robert Marve is making his first collegiate start in the Swamp against the heavily favored Gators. Part of me feels like I should be a bit worried, but then I realized how much Urban appreciates history. He knows how long it has been since UF beat the Canes, and he will put the hammer down.
Cocaine sniffing thugs 13
Streak Breakers 44
CB
Co‘Canes 12
UF 30
EGM
CoCanes 13
Gators 42
Central Michigan at Georgia (-23), 3:30
EGM
Did you know that Knowshon is hurt? Maybe the pregame kegger with Rat Haired Stafford was put in place of stretches. I wouldn’t be surprised because Georgia is the greatest team of all time. So good they lost two games last year where they couldn’t move the ball whatsoever.
I’m sure Richt will run the score up here in order to show the country that his team is ok. He’s not fooling me and he’s still got a couple ass kickings coming.
Chipps 17
Dawgs 52
ML
Chippewas 10
Barking Rednecks 35
CB
CMU 13
UGA 44
Norfolk State at Kentucky (NL),
EGM
It appears that I underestimated the Wildcats. Perhaps the Cards are just bad but I think that the Cats might be pretty good despite losing Andre “Take A Sack, Don’t Hurt the Rating” Woodson. Their defense is much improved and they have a pretty decent running game. More importantly, I think they won’t have too much of a problem with Norfolk State, even if the Spartans are “achieving with excellence.” Is it possible to achieve without being excellent? Maybe in Barak Obamaville…
Spartans 7
KY 45
ML
Black Spartans 2
Blue & White Kitties 44
CB
NSU 10
UK 11
Troy at Louisiana State (-24), PPD
ML
As a reward for being so awesome these two teams decided to postpone the game and spare me the obligation to write a preview. I know you all feel cheated, but I do not.
CB
PPD
EGM
PPD
Southeast Louisiana at Mississippi State (NL), PPD
CB
Those dirty Dawgs tried it the classy way, but that blew up in their faces last week. Starting the season AT a D-1A school? That was very stupid, esp for a team that is just one season away from being the laughing stock of the conference. Sure last year they swept the state of Alabama, but I have to believe that it was a weird one for those schools (well except for Alabama-Birmingham, they just generally suck). Anyways, I guess what I’m trying to say here is that this week, against a cupcake, is the way to do it at MSU. Next time up, start the year by staying at home in the pastures, cow-tipping, embarrassing the rest of the State and playing an awful team.
SE LA 13
Mess St. 34
ML
The Lions 13
Croom’s Crew 44
CB
Directional 10
Miss State 31
Ole Miss at Wake Forest (-8)
CB
No respect for the Rebels even after they took down Memphis last week with a very balanced attack!! I really think that Houston Nutt has brought a much needed spark to Oxford, and with some of the talent they have, that may be just what the doctor ordered. However, Wake Forest is definitely the class of the ACC this year, and while that normally would make one laugh until they cried, recently that has become more than a joke (a hilarious joke at that). The Rebels are bringing their Southern Hair and crokies to Winston-Salem Saturday with the hopes of keeping their new found success flowing like their golden locks, however that may not be enough this weekend. The smart money is on a nice Deacon win, but I gotta go with the Rebs to at least cover.
Ole Miss 21
Deacs 24
ML
Ole Piss 24
Weak Forest 28
EGM
Rebs 24
Deacs 28
Tennessee – OPEN
ML
Leave it to Phat Phil to lose again. I know, let’s not give the ball to Hardesty and Foster, but instead pitch it around 40 times with Jonathan “Straight Outta Crompton.” I hope the Vols bring this attitude to the UF game in 2 weeks. It would be nice for UCLA to become relevant, if only to prevent USC from landing every high school stud in Southern California.
USF at UCF (+14)
EGM
14 point dogs at home. That can’t feel good. I wonder how George O’Leary will fudge that on his resume. Maybe he’ll just eat fudge instead. USF absolutely hammered UCF last year and this game might even get “Matt Grothe For Heisman” talk going. Of course, anyone who brings that subject up should immediately be branded a moron, much like Grothe himself.
Golden Nights 13
Bullz 45
ML
USF 40
UCF 20
CB
USF 38
UCF 20
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Bourbon Boys Pick The SEC 2008 Week I
El Gran Mono
Football is upon us. Life is good. If you bet with me, then you made money. Damn close to 60% on the picks. That’s why I’m the champ!
Last year, the SEC embarrassed Ohio State AGAIN in the BCS Championship game to once again show that the Big Ten is weak. The SEC looks to be tough again this year with UGA, UF, LSU and
In other news, the fun loving Cuzzin’ Bailey has taken it upon himself to become the third steward of the courts among our jacked and tan SEC prognostication trifecta. Can he balance his schedule of copious Coors Lights drinking with Torts, Contracts and Property? Let the games begin in more than one way.
Malt Licker
Wow….is it finally here? Time flies when you’re living in the richest, oldest, whitest town on the west coast of
Cuzzin’ Bailey
Well another season of College Football is almost upon us! This year, while I am beyond excited about the Gators and closer to Gaines-burg than I’ve been since I graduated, I will also, ironically, be busier than I guess I have ever been. (Between you and me, I think I’ve studied more in the past week than I ever did at UF). Anyways, as I said I’m so jacked about the Gators this year. Everything this offseason has appeared to fall into place with the exception of losing Cornelius Ingram to a serious ca-nee injury. Meyer is excited about the secondary which is probably just coach-speak, but right now I’m ready to run on a little faith. As I said, exciting season coming up, and with a new format to the picks column, I welcome you all to be a part of it with the ‘Boys…
Thursday, August 28th, 2008
Vanderbilt @
CB
I plan on making it a habit of picking the ‘Doremats’ games this year, b/c I don’t think either one of the other Bourbon Boys has anywhere near the distain for this football team. They are perennially horrible (unless they have a diabetes stricken first rounder), and they aren’t even the best school in the conference academically. I say exile these posers and bring in a team that will at least care about winning and losing football games! Hell I’ll bet USF would love to show us what they got week in and week out. Come on Miami (OH), don’t make me eat my words!
Vandy 17
Fmr. Indian Name 22
EGM
Dores 24
Redskins 23
ML
Vandy 20
NC State @
EGM
Is there any bad blood between these "
NC State is an awful team. They used to be fairly competitive but Boobs Amato destroyed any semblance of prosperity.
Spurdog had the Cocks out to a good start last year but the SEC grinded them down to .500 after being ranked briefly in the Top 10. This season they should get better QB play from either Smelley and/or drunk-all-the-time Stephen Garcia. The real strength of the
This game should show the contrast between the mid-to-bottom level of the SEC versus the ACC.
Pack 10
Cocks 31
ML
SC 24
NC State 14
CB
Pack 14
Cock 28
Saturday, August 30th, 2008
ML
My only hope for this game is that the senior partner from my old firm attends it live and dies of a stroke, just like UGA. Another hope is that Mark “the Prick” Richt and his born-again persona is exposed for the sham it really is. One final hope is for injuries, lots of injuries.
Ga Sowf 6
Die Dawgs die! 44
EGM
Eagles 14
Dawgs 56
CB
GA SOUTH 20
UGly 60
ML
This game had some sex appeal before June Jones left
Gay-bows 13
Gators 45
EGM
Rainbow Warriors 17
Gators 66
CB
I didn’t get to pick this game but I just wanted to say GO GATORS. Man I wish June Jones was still at UH.
Rainbows 14
UF 45
Appalachian State at LSU (NL), 5
CB
I know what everyone is going to say before this game. They are going to bring up “the upset.” They are going to expect me to bring it up too! Well I will not dignify this column with a ridiculous statement like that. I mean sure,
UPSET? 21
NEAUX 50
EGM
Mountaineers 10
Bayou Bengals 42
ML
LSU 30
EGM
The Dogs of the West return a ton of starters on defense and at the skill positions. Considering they couldn’t stop the run and had a deplorable offense, this might not be a good thing. However, Croom has proven himself as a good coach after last season’s 8-5 record. After watching them in the first game against LSU, I wasn’t sure if they would score all year long. But LSU was Nat’l Championship caliber and they can make you look pretty bad when they are on.
The Lady Techsters somehow drew a home affair against an SEC team. I guess one bowl season doesn’t prevent opening your season in
Road Dogs 20
La Tech 10
ML
MSU 24
La Tech 13
CB
Slime of the ST 24
LA Tech 21
Louisiana-Monroe at
CB
I seem to have picked at least three of my least favorite teams in the conference this week. I definitely hate Aubarn like any normal person outside of the
La-MON-roe 13
AWBURN 42
EGM
Warhawks 13
Plainsmen 35
ML
LaMo 3
Auburn 31
Western Illinois at
ML
Man…If were a Hog I’d be pissed, but then again, I am not a toothless redneck. These are the same toothless rednecks that ran out the greatest coach named after a city in
Leathernecks 9
Redderneck 31
EGM
Fighting Leathernecks 10
Hawgs 38
CB
Weastern Illinoiss a little (3)
Arkansawr a lot (49)
ML
Big Ed left the cupboard stocked with loads of talent, and former Gator commit Jevon “no really I’m white” Sneed could be the Rebs first competent QB since Eli. Memfrica has 15 returning starters and needs a decent year to help their fans forget they choked away the title in Hoops. Do they really have fans? I don’t know. I sort of get a USF vibe from them. This game is always close, and it will be this year.
Ghetto Tigazzz 20
“Classy” Rebs 27
EGM
Tigers 17
Rebs 21
CB
Memphrika 17
REBs 31
EGM
Expectations are a bitch. Tommy Bowden knows this and has NEVER lived up to any of them. Please tell me how he is still coaching at Clemzon after blowing that game against BC last year. I understand that Matt “really overrated” Ryan was playing but seriously BC was terrible. The rest of the ACC wasn’t much better and they still couldn’t even make it to the championship game.
Bama wasn’t much better last year. They were loaded at the skill positions yet lost to some truly pathetic teams. Saban needs to flush some of Mike Shula’s shit out, including JPW, otherwise they aren’t going anywhere this year. I look for Bama to attempt to run the ball heavily; however, Tommy doesn’t coach defense so they are actually decent and should stop them.
Can JPW make the magic happen? I sincerely doubt it. Clemzon fans, get ready for the expectations to double and prepare yeself for a loss to a team like. . .
Bamer 17
Clemzon 21
ML
Bama 24
Clemson 27
CB
Yellow Hamma 23
Clemzin 21
Sunday, August 31st, 2008
CB
Nice way to represent the Conference Wildcats. Start out as road dogs to your in state rival? Ridiculous. I guess losing Andre “Rattled” Woodson is enough for the entire country to fall off the
Back to Kensucky 18
Louahvuhl 22
EGM
Cats 20
Cards 24
ML
September 1st, 2008
EGM
UCLA looks awful on paper. Their defense is atrocious and they couldn’t even rack up yards in the Pac-10. I’m not a Pac-10 hater like some people, but the conference is not known for wicked defense.
What I do know,
Vols 31
Bruins 17
ML
UT 24
UCLA 20
CB
Nasty
NewCla 25
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