A Hookie and an Ibis walk into a bar....
75 degrees and sunny never gets old in early November! (Looking at you Central NY) And you know what else is still hot? College football baby! It's Week 10 and there are a bunch of games this Saturday that will blow your f&*^ing mind.
*Turns on Hateful 8*
Neat choice right? And don't get that confused with that royal Netflix trash heap "The Ridiculous 6." What's that? Yet another Adam Sandler nosedive of a movie that he made so that Jon Lovitz, Rob Schneider and David Spade can get a pay check.
*Paging late 1980's terrible SNL Cast to the Burn Unit*
1. #7 Penn State [-9.5] (7-1) at #24 Michigan State (6-2) 12pm FOX- We all know I am going to talk about Heisman frontrunner and Penn State junior stud, Saquon Barkley. A 230lb running back that has 801yds and 9TD rushing, 471yds and 3TD receiving, and 16yds and 1TD passing. Most impressive are his yards on 1st and 10. The opposing defense knows where the offense flows through, it's GOING to be a handoff to Barkley and he STILL averages an impressive 7.2 yards per carry. That's real neat. But, I want to look at WHO Penn State has played... Akron (5-4), Georgia State (4-3), Iowa (5-3), Indiana (3-5) and North Western (5-3), and the actually impressive Michigan (6-2)... 28-20. Meh. Decent? Lets look at that 39-38 loss to Ohio State. Despite Barkley taking a kick off 97yds to the house they kept him 'in check' with 67 total yards and a 1TD. Forcing senior QB Trace McSorley to throw the ball without the benefit play action/boot leg. FYI Sparty is 9th in total defense (despite letting up a season high 368 passing yards to North Western last week.) IF MSU keeps Barkley under 65yds and get receiver Delton Davis III over 65yds they should get a W.
#7 Penn State- 23 #24 Michigan State- 28
2. #19 LSU (6-2) at #2 Alabama [-22] (8-0) 8pm CBS- It's going to be quick. According to ESPN's Football Power Index Bama has a 93.1% chance to win, Vegas has the Crimson Tide as a 22 point favorite and they are at home. This would be a 7 point spread and most likely be the game of the week IF the Tigers didn't lose to f&*$ing TROY on September 30th! Troy, a team that lost to *drumroll* the South Alabama Jaguars this season. Excuse me but WHAT ARE YOU LAUGHING AT?! (NSFW)
If this game was in Baton Rouge I would say we have a chance for a good old Saban against the Tigers Bowl. But, it's not. It's in Tuscaloosa. The "third" city that Saban built (if you include East Lansing.)
#19 LSU- 13 #2 Alabama- 32
3. #13 Virginia Tech [2.5] (7-1) at #10 Miami (7-0) 8pm ABC- OOOOH S*&$! The battle of the ACC Costal Conference and I believe the bid to play in the ACC Title game. And this matchup will answer the question that everyone (myself included) wants to know... "Are the Canes for real?" They have no loses against a bunch of ok teams and won most of them in a very rough fashion (minus a 31-6 beat down at Duke.) Meanwhile, the Hookies have an impressive win over the then ranked WVU Mountaineers and a their won loss came violently at the hands of Clemson 31-17. This game comes down to one player... Miami QB Malik Rosier. He has 17TD, 4INT, 2 rush TD and has been sacked 12 times. Rosier isn't a field general, he doesn't run when it's open, and he has the luxury of chucking the ball up to some top tier receivers. And 75% of those 12 sacks were due to his inability to step up and sense pressure. If Mark and Jon Richt (Jon is the QB coach and son of Mark) can get him to use his legs and read a bit better this team is going to be 8-0. Flip side is VT QB Josh Jackson who has eerily has very similar stats... 17TD, 4INT, 2 rush TD and has been sacked 12 times! So, who will be the campus hero and campus zero come Sunday?
#13 Virginia Tech- 17 #10 Miami- 20
4. (Bonus) Syracuse (4-4) at Florida State [6] (2-5) 12:20pm ACCN- In short, and I do mean short, Syracuse wins and they are over the hump. What hump? The hump of winning games they should win and not playing down to their opponents. FSU is in disarray and Syracuse is coming off a bye week. I like to think this is where Otto and crew change direction and get a bowl bid.
Syracuse- 27 FSU-20
And that's why I always say shum-shum-schlippety-dop!
*Turns on Hateful 8*
Neat choice right? And don't get that confused with that royal Netflix trash heap "The Ridiculous 6." What's that? Yet another Adam Sandler nosedive of a movie that he made so that Jon Lovitz, Rob Schneider and David Spade can get a pay check.
*Paging late 1980's terrible SNL Cast to the Burn Unit*
1. #7 Penn State [-9.5] (7-1) at #24 Michigan State (6-2) 12pm FOX- We all know I am going to talk about Heisman frontrunner and Penn State junior stud, Saquon Barkley. A 230lb running back that has 801yds and 9TD rushing, 471yds and 3TD receiving, and 16yds and 1TD passing. Most impressive are his yards on 1st and 10. The opposing defense knows where the offense flows through, it's GOING to be a handoff to Barkley and he STILL averages an impressive 7.2 yards per carry. That's real neat. But, I want to look at WHO Penn State has played... Akron (5-4), Georgia State (4-3), Iowa (5-3), Indiana (3-5) and North Western (5-3), and the actually impressive Michigan (6-2)... 28-20. Meh. Decent? Lets look at that 39-38 loss to Ohio State. Despite Barkley taking a kick off 97yds to the house they kept him 'in check' with 67 total yards and a 1TD. Forcing senior QB Trace McSorley to throw the ball without the benefit play action/boot leg. FYI Sparty is 9th in total defense (despite letting up a season high 368 passing yards to North Western last week.) IF MSU keeps Barkley under 65yds and get receiver Delton Davis III over 65yds they should get a W.
#7 Penn State- 23 #24 Michigan State- 28
2. #19 LSU (6-2) at #2 Alabama [-22] (8-0) 8pm CBS- It's going to be quick. According to ESPN's Football Power Index Bama has a 93.1% chance to win, Vegas has the Crimson Tide as a 22 point favorite and they are at home. This would be a 7 point spread and most likely be the game of the week IF the Tigers didn't lose to f&*$ing TROY on September 30th! Troy, a team that lost to *drumroll* the South Alabama Jaguars this season. Excuse me but WHAT ARE YOU LAUGHING AT?! (NSFW)
#19 LSU- 13 #2 Alabama- 32
3. #13 Virginia Tech [2.5] (7-1) at #10 Miami (7-0) 8pm ABC- OOOOH S*&$! The battle of the ACC Costal Conference and I believe the bid to play in the ACC Title game. And this matchup will answer the question that everyone (myself included) wants to know... "Are the Canes for real?" They have no loses against a bunch of ok teams and won most of them in a very rough fashion (minus a 31-6 beat down at Duke.) Meanwhile, the Hookies have an impressive win over the then ranked WVU Mountaineers and a their won loss came violently at the hands of Clemson 31-17. This game comes down to one player... Miami QB Malik Rosier. He has 17TD, 4INT, 2 rush TD and has been sacked 12 times. Rosier isn't a field general, he doesn't run when it's open, and he has the luxury of chucking the ball up to some top tier receivers. And 75% of those 12 sacks were due to his inability to step up and sense pressure. If Mark and Jon Richt (Jon is the QB coach and son of Mark) can get him to use his legs and read a bit better this team is going to be 8-0. Flip side is VT QB Josh Jackson who has eerily has very similar stats... 17TD, 4INT, 2 rush TD and has been sacked 12 times! So, who will be the campus hero and campus zero come Sunday?
#13 Virginia Tech- 17 #10 Miami- 20
4. (Bonus) Syracuse (4-4) at Florida State [6] (2-5) 12:20pm ACCN- In short, and I do mean short, Syracuse wins and they are over the hump. What hump? The hump of winning games they should win and not playing down to their opponents. FSU is in disarray and Syracuse is coming off a bye week. I like to think this is where Otto and crew change direction and get a bowl bid.
Syracuse- 27 FSU-20
And that's why I always say shum-shum-schlippety-dop!
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