Here are the games for the Guest Panel to consider this week. Below are the standings as well. There was some separation in the standings with three panelists picking five correct games. Paul the Octopus and Mel Kiper, a dangerous pair, pulled away for first. The standings remain close with a large group one and two games behind the lead.
Standings:
1. Paul the Octopus (8-4) (5-1 last week)
3. Philly Cheese (7-5) (4-2 last week)
3. Hudy Delights (7-5) (4-2 last week)
3. Big Dog (7-5) (5-1 last week)
7. Pryor's Ego (6-6) (3-3 last week)
7. Corso (6-6) (3-3 last week)1. Paul the Octopus (8-4) (5-1 last week)
1. Mel Kiper's Hair (8-4) (5-1 last week)
3. Spam Sandwichsan (7-5) (5-1 last week)3. Philly Cheese (7-5) (4-2 last week)
3. Hudy Delights (7-5) (4-2 last week)
3. Big Dog (7-5) (5-1 last week)
7. Pryor's Ego (6-6) (3-3 last week)
7. Old Bag of Man (6-6) (4-2 last week)
11. Batman (5-7) (3-3 last week)
13. Pat Head (4-8) (2-4 last week)
7. Buckeye Cock (6-6) (4-2 last week)
11. Dr. Funkenstein (5-7) (2-4 last week)11. Batman (5-7) (3-3 last week)
13. Pat Head (4-8) (2-4 last week)
Games for this week:
1. OSU vs. Miami (Fl.)
1. OSU vs. Miami (Fl.)
2. West Virginia vs. Maryland
3. Texas vs. UCLA
4. Arizona St. vs. Illinois
5. Oklahoma vs. Florida St.
And the oddball game this week is:
6. Nevada vs. San Jose St.
3. Texas vs. UCLA
4. Arizona St. vs. Illinois
5. Oklahoma vs. Florida St.
And the oddball game this week is:
6. Nevada vs. San Jose St.
14 comments:
1. Ohio State
2. Maryland
3. UCLA
4. Illinois
5. Oklahoma
6. Nevada
Miami (Fl.) over my Buckeyes. I don't think Saturday was a fluke--the JV team is playing a varsity schedule this year. 34-17. No, wait--that kid can't make a field goal. 34-14.
Maryland over WVU. WVU scouted Maryland's TV game with Miami, and shows up in jousting gear. Rendered innefective on the gridiron, Terps make the 'Neers twerps.
Texas over UCLA. This game led to the downfall of the Horns '10 season, so it is circled on their calendar. Neuheisel is nine games away from getting to participate in March Madness pools again.
Arizona St. over Illinois. Tough to go against the Illini on this one; I liked that ASU QB, however, in the Mizzou game.
Florida St. over Oklahoma. Big chance to get back some national prominence here. My hunch is Jimbo has them ready.
San Jose State will beat Nevada, but neither would win the Pac-12 this year (check their scores from the past couple weeks...)
Hudy bringing it Oktoberfest Style
1. OSU vs. Miami (Fl.) - OSU comes out inspired this week. Beats Miami by 17.
2. West Virginia vs. Maryland. WVU
3. Texas vs. UCLA - UCLA
4. Arizona St. vs. Illinois - ASU
5. Oklahoma vs. Florida St. - OKlaHOma
And the oddball game this week is:
6. Nevada vs. San Jose St - San Jose State
Old Bag of Man needs to pick up his game.
1) OSU. Forget the game last Saturday. The Bucks will find a way even with the NCAA adding more suspensions for a crime that is less in value than the Miami players. But I digress.
2) WVU. They'll beat the ugliness out of the Maryland new uniforms.
3) Texas. Sorry Herbstreit, not buying into UCLA.
4) Arizona St. Sorry Big 10/12, but Illinois is not that good.
5) Oklahoma. Not buying into the Florida St. hype.
6) Nevada.
1. Miami- first time I've ever picked against osu. I feel dirty.
2. Maryland
3. Texas
4. Arizona st
5. Florida st
6. Nevada
Buckeye Cock:
So, I took my friend to an Ohio State game for the first time last week. WOW, what a first game. Let's go to work.
1. Ohio State - In the battle of the Ineligibowl, I give the edge to the Buckeyes. Hopefully Bauserman doesn't see as much playing time as he did on Saturday.
2. WVU - Go Mountaineers! Yeah, they were down at the half against Norfolk ST, but still.
3. Texas - This is a tough one because they both seem to be pretty mediocre. Edge to the Longhorns!
4. AZ State - I hate picking against My Big 10 (11) <12> but I watched the Mizzou game and those Devils looked pretty good.
5. Oklahoma - ACC teams are always overrated. VT should not be undefeated.
6. Nevada - Wolf Pack!
Batman
Miami
WV
Texas
Illinois
Oklahoma
Nevada
"Thoughts from the cellar"
Ohio State is struggling too much to win a road night game with an inexperienced quarterback vs an experienced quarterback.
Maryland not quite ready to get a signature win.
Texas is a team I like, Mack Brown wins big games (most of the time).
Illinois solely because they are the home team; this pick was made in spite of the fact that Ron Zook is the coach.
Oklahoma because of tradition.
Nevada because they are favored by 6 points.
Philly Cheese
OSU
West Virginia
Texas
Arizona St.
Oklahoma
San Jose St.
Pat Head's Picks: I'm a bit gun shy after the last two weeks of abysmal performances.
1. OSU over Miami (Fl.): I really hope the Buckeyes pull this one out. Miami didn't look so good against Maryland.
2. Maryland over West Virginia: Please tell me Maryland has trashed the uniform.
3. Texas over UCLA: With both teams unsure about their starting qb's this could be ugly. Although I will be rooting for UCLA to make a mockery of Texas and all of its currently unsubstantiated pride, I still think the Big-12 has a leg up on the Pac-12.
4. Arizona St. over Illinois: If the weather were going to be more of a factor, I would choose the Illini, but since it's going to be beautiful Saturday, I think it's an even match up thus I'm picking the higher ranked team.
5. Oklahoma over Florida St.: I had no idea FSU was ranked that high. The Sooners won't lose this one, although I believe they will lose at some point this year.
6. Nevada over San Jose St.: Let's see if I can make it 0-3 on odd ball games. I'm starting to feel how Carl, Andy Katzenmoyer's Professor, Nostrapigskius, Man Getting Hit by Football, and Ari the Greek must have felt all these years.
MKH's last minute picks...
OSU v Miami - Taking bets on how much ESPN coverage will involve off-the-field issues including, but not limited to, the current Art Schlichter scam. Buckeye's win...and quietly high-tail out of town.
WVU v Maryland - Crab-cakes and Football!!! Testudo's of Maryland defeat the Billies from the Hills.
Texas v UCLA - Last week was an eye-opener for the still-barely-ranked Longhorns - this week they bring the pain train. Texas wins.
Arizona State v Illinois - Never in pick-em has MKH correctly picked 'Party-School-USA' to win....and he's potentially making the same mistake again. Win goes to the Fighting Zooks
Oklahoma v Florida State - Best game of the weekend....however my Australian Florida connection assures me that Jimbo Fisher is a hack. Win goes to the Sooners on a balmy eve in Tallahasse
Nevada v San Jose - Slightly shocked AND disappointed our esteemed moderator withheld the Michigan Directional Fiesta taking place with the kids from Western and Central. Still being reduced to pick (what MKH thinks is the easiest of this week's games) - Nevada will bounce back from last week's ass kicking of the century to win.
spamsandwichsan says...
1. OSU over Miami - even after last week, I think some adjustments will bring buckeyes out on top... as long as terrell pryor is not handing out $100 bills or free tattoo vouchers! i don’t remember lydell ross getting in that much trouble when he was caught with all those fake (i.e. photo copied) Columbus Gold stripper dollars back in the day, right??
2. Maryland over West Virginia
3. Texas over UCLA - i’ll be wearing my Browns McCoy jersey with dreams that the brothers will follow in the manning’s footsteps!! (as long as it somehow brings a ring to cleveland!!)
4. Illinois over Arizona St.
5. Oklahoma over Florida St.
6. Nevada over San Jose St.
Paul the Octopus-Part 1
Paul the Octopus, fresh off a 5-1 Week #2 record and the anointing of himself as part of a “dangerous pair” (along with Mel Kiper’s Hair) by the esteemed Guest Panel Moderator, Esq., (I really like that moniker, can we keep that?) looks to continue his hot streak going into the always difficult and the separating of the octopi from the Buckeye Cocks Week #3.
OSU def. Miami: The Octopus’ confidence in his beloved Buckeyes is waning a bit after last week’s heart attack-inducing performance vs. the Rockets of Toledo. Nevertheless, the Buckeyes should be able to handle (and when I say handle, I mean producing an ugly win) a Hurricanes team with players that are apparently more interested in visiting the finest gentlemen’s clubs that South Florida has to offer than playing football. On a somewhat related note, many sports websites commentators and writers have been throwing out nicknames for this game, most notably the “Ineligi-bowl”. The best nickname, and by the funniest, was posted by a writer for cnnsi.com, that, given the Buckeyes’ preference for tattoos and the Hurricanes’ preference for the aforementioned “clubs,” that this game should be called the, well…I guess we have to remember that the Buckeye Pregame website is a family website. For the adult readers of the Guest Panel picks section, it’s something along the lines of the old saying, “eye for an eye,” if you catch my drift. Use your imagination and you’ll be able to figure it out.
WVU def. Maryland: Yes, Paul the Octopus’ new home is not more than a tentacle’s length from the
Maryland campus, and he has numerous cousins and family members that have attended said University, but, Guest Panel readers have to remember that if not for 2 defensive TDs in its first game (at home, at night, with a national television audience watching, with an opponent missing 8 suspended players), that Maryland ONLY won by 8 points, and it needed one of the aforementioned defensive TDs to clinch the victory with less than a minute left. Here’s to hoping (and praying) that there’s an enormous brawl after the game involving the drunken hillbilly fans of WVU with the large New Jersey Guido and Guidette-resident student population of Maryland. That would be a truly beautiful sight to behold.
UCLA def. Texas: Oh, how the mighty Longhorns have fallen…wonderful decision to create your own television network, eh Texas? It’s great that you’re generating all this additional revenue for your school and whatnot, but, when your conference dissolves into nothingness and you have no schools to play in football games to broadcast on said television network, what then? Not the most well thought-out decision ever, eh Longhorns? At the same time though, Paul could definitely see the final result of this game going the other way very easily. It is UCLA we’re talking about here folks.
Paul the Octopus-Part 2
Arizona State def. Illinois: This should be a fun game to watch for those select Guest Panel readers outside of the Midwest that actually receive the Big Ten Network (Paul the Octopus not included, and I know Mel Kiper’s Hair [the other half of the aforementioned “dangerous pair”] is included in this group as well) as part of their cable system channel package. Should the defenses even bother to suit up for the game? Does it even matter?
Oklahoma def. Florida State: Okay, okay…Paul the Octopus knows that he let down a lot of Guest Panel readers with his Week #2 8 Tentacle Death-Hold Pick of the Week last week, picking Miss. State over Auburn. But, come on now, Auburn is becoming the new LSU, winning games they have no right to win by the skin of their teeth, and Gene Chizik is the new Les Miles (a chilling and horrible shudder just went through Paul’s body typing that statement…). Before you know, he’ll be chewing on grass too during games. You can’t really expect such a streak to last, can you? In that regard, Paul hopes to restore the faith lost by the gambling degenerate readers of the Guest Panel with his picking of this game as his Week #3 8 Tentacle Death-Hold Pick of the Week. Seriously now though, really…the ACC hasn’t had a team represent its conference in the national championship game since the second Clinton administration. Do we really think anything is going to change this year (and mind you, Paul is throwing darts at his beloved Hokies here with these statements)? Take the Sooners and the points, and you can thank me later. And again, for those Guest Panel readers with a sharp eye, for the second straight week, Paul the Octopus is going with a lot of road winners. After all, the “Worldwide Leader” has anointed this weekend as “Road Test Weekend”.
Nevada def. San Jose State: Spartans, please DO NOT (I repeat, DO NOT) prepare yourselves for glory, because it ain’t happenin’.
PS: Guest Panel readers, stay tuned next week for the Paul the Octopus’ heterosexual college football man crush pick for the 2011 season. Past heterosexual man crushes have included Anthony “Gonzo” Gonzalez, Colt “Six Shooter” McCoy, and Toby “Don’t Call Me Maguire” Gerhart. Who will it be this season?
Big Dog
Default Picks
1. OSU
2. West Virginia
3. Texas
4. Arizona St.
5. Oklahoma
6. San Jose St
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