GLG's Thoughts on the TCU Scared Frogs

This past week, a third party approached representatives of TCU and Wisconsin about a potential rematch of the Rose Bowl, with TCU visiting Wisconsin to open each team's college football season.  While Wisconsin's coach Bret Bielema took about "point-five seconds" to say yes, TCU athletic director Chris Del Conte declined the offer, as TCU already had Baylor scheduled for their opening game. 

Friend of the blog GLG is mighty fired up about this, as he hates highly ranked smaller schools who don't play as tough a schedule as the AQ schools.  Here are his thoughts:

TCU - "we'll play anybody, anywhere. well, except for good teams early in the season because we are going to be ranked highly next year and all we need to do is beat a bunch of patsies and earn a shot at a national title without beating any good teams"

HEY IDIOTS. Other teams that are in contention for the national title next year (all from big conferences) will have to beat 4 or 5 teams ranked in the top 20 to stay undefeated. You'll have to play how many? 1, maybe. Yeah, you deserve a shot in the NC game. Penn State should go back to being independent and play 12 crappy teams and go undefeated every year and whine that they should play for the title every year.

TCU ranked 10th or lower at the beginning of the season - "we'll play anybody, anywhere to prove we deserve a shot at the national title"

TCU ranked 2nd at the beginning of the season - "no. we can't play wisconsin. it doesn't work for us"

Waaaaaa....  Get fired up GLG...

Don't Nobody Have More Smarter Educations Than Auburn

After winning the college football national championship, the Auburn football team reflects quite well on the quality of education that can be obtained at this institution of higher learning (or more likely learning how to get high for these players).  According to the Academic Progress Rate, Auburn finished 85 out of the 120 major college football programs.  A stellar job...  On top of that, another study showed that white players on the team graduated at a rate of 100% while black players were at only 49%.  Here are some quotes from these so-called STUDENT-athletes:

• Auburn linebacker Josh Bynes- "Throughout the whole week of preparation and everything before this game, they hadn't showed not one defensive highlight"
• Josh Bynes- “And, today, we did the same thing. I think that’s what this defense and this team was built on, the resiliency of going out there and playing to the final whistle.”
• Auburn QB Cam Newton- "I don't want nobody to feel sorry for me, because throughout this year didn't nobody feel sorry for Auburn" 
• Cam Newton- "It's not even sunk in"
• Cam Newton- "This week, everyone knew the eyes was on the Auburn defense to see how they would respond to Oregon's offense"

At least their coach, Gene Chizik, is about as stupid as his players are, with this comment regarding the academic performance of his team- “We do a great job, so we’re not concerned with that.”  When pressed on the issue of graduating black players, Chizik said, “Those are circumstances; there’s all kinds of different things.” 

• Another quote from the cunning linguist Josh Bynes about the black-white graduation rate disparity- “Maybe because it’s — never mind.  I don’t want to say nothing.”

For more on the shenanigans going on at Auburn, see this New York Times article.  In the meantime, hopefully the rest of the Auburn football team don't say no nothing about no thing...

College Bowls

Young Johnson's lock of the year-

Baylor -1 over Illinois

Bet it early, bet it often, and if they lose, blame Young Johnson...

Week of 10/30 College Football Picks

Saturday, 10/30 (7-8, -5.7 units)
Clemson -7 over Boston College (4 units) LOSS
Oklahoma St -4.5 over Kansas St (5 units) WIN
Tulsa +9 over Notre Dame (3 units) WIN
Michigan St over Iowa (3 units) LOSS
Georgia over Florida (3 units) LOSS
Arizona -9 over UCLA (3 units) LOSS
Colorado St -16 over New Mexico (3 units) WIN
Stanford -7.5 over Washington (3 units) WIN
Utah -7 over Air Force (5 units) LOSS
Oklahoma -24 over Colorado (3 units) WIN
Miami -14 over Virginia (3 units) LOSS
Kentucky +6 over Mississippi St (3 units) LOSS
Michigan -3 over Penn St (3 units) LOSS
Hawaii -15 over Idaho (4 units) WIN
Ohio St -25 over Minnesota (3 units) WIN


Thursday, 10/28 (0-1, -3.3 units)
Florida St -4 over NC State (3 units) LOSS

Week of 10/23 College Football Picks

10/21 (1-0, +4 units)
Oregon -26.5 over UCLA (4 units) WIN

10/22 (0-1, -4.4 units)
Cincinnati -9 over South Florida (4 units) LOSS

10/23 (7-4-1, +9.8 units)
Navy +220 over Notre Dame (2 units) WIN
Michigan St -6 over Northwestern (4 units) WIN
Texas -21 over Iowa State (3 units) LOSS
Miami Ohio +3 over Ohio (4 units) LOSS
Baylor -6 over Kansas St (4 units) LOSS
Nebraska -6 over Oklahoma St (5 units) WIN
Texas Tech -3 over Colorado (5 units) PUSH
Hawaii -3.5 over Utah St (5 units) WIN
Utah -30.5 over Colorado St (3 units) WIN
Texas A&M -14 over Kansas (3 units) WIN
Oklahoma -3 over Missouri (5 units) LOSS
Auburn -6 over LSU (3 units) WIN

Week of 10/16 College Football Picks

Saturday 10/16 (6-3, +10.1 units)
Pittsburgh -2 over Syracuse (3 units) WIN
Michigan St -7 over Illinois (5 units) WIN
Purdue -5.5 over Minnesota (3 units) WIN
Texas A&M -3.5 over Missouri (3 units) LOSS
Colorado St -3.5 over UNLV (3 units) WIN
USC -3 over California (3 units) WIN
Nebraska -10 over Texas (3 units) LOSS
South Carolina -5 over Kentucky (3 units) LOSS
Oregon St +1.5 over Washington (3 units) WIN


Friday 10/15 (0-1. -4.4 units)
Louisville +3 over Cincinnati (4 units) LOSS

Thursday 10/14 (2-0, +10.0 units)
Kansas St -3 over Kansas (5 units) WIN
West Virginia -10 over South Florida (5 units) WIN

Week of 10/8 College Picks

Saturday 10/9 (4-5, -2.9 units)
Ohio St -24 over Indiana (7 units) WIN
Texas Tech PK over Baylor (4 units) WIN
Clemson +2 over NC St (4 units) LOSS
Alabama -7 over South Carolina (4 units) LOSS
BYU +170 over San Diego St (3 units) WIN
Florida -7 over LSU (4 units) LOSS
Auburn -6.5 over Kentucky (4 units) LOSS
USC +10 over Stanford (4 units) WIN
Washington -1.5 over Arizona State (3 units) LOSS


Thursday 10/7 (1-0, +3.0 units)
Nebrasaka -11 over Kansas St (3 units) WIN

Week of 10/2 College Football Picks

Saturday 10/2 (6-5, +7.1 units)
Minnesota +5.5 over Northwestern (3 units) WIN
Ohio St. -17 over Illinois (4 units) LOSS
Miami (FL) -3.5 over Clemson (5 units) WIN
Mississippi -3 over Kentucky (5 units) WIN
Oklahoma -3.5 over Texas (5 units) WIN
Michigan St +2 over Wisconsin (3 units) WIN
Michigan -10 over Indiana (4 units) LOSS
NC St. +3.5 over Virginia Tech (3 units) LOSS
Georgian -5 over Colorado (3 units) LOSS
USC -10 over Washington (5 units) LOSS
Alabama -8 over Florida (7 units) WIN

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Friday 10/1 (1-0, +3 units)
Utah State +4.5 over BYU (3 units) WIN

College Football Picks - Week of 9/25

Saturday 9/25 (7-10, -12.3 units)

Northwestern -7 over Central Michigan (3 units) LOSS
Purdue -11.5 over Toledo (2 units) LOSS
Tennessee -14 over UAB (3 units) LOSS
Kansas St -7 over Central Florida (5 units) LOSS
Penn State -14 over Temple (5 units) LOSS
Arkansas +7.5 over Alabama (4 units) WIN
Stanford -5 over Notre Dame (5 units) WIN
Colorado St +8 over Idaho (3 units) WIN
BYU +4.5 over Nevada (3 units) LOSS
Florida -14 over Kentucky (4 units) WIN
Southern Mississippi -3.5 over Louisiana Tech (3 units) LOSS
Boise St -18 over Oregon St (4 units) LOSS
LSU -10 over W Virginia (3 units)  LOSS
Memphis +12 over UTEP (3 units) WIN
NC St +240 over Georgia Tech (1 unit) WIN
UCLA-Texas under 43 (2 units) LOSS
Colorado St +260 over Idaho (1 unit) WIN

Fuck You USC

Fuck you, USC, for the following reasons:

• Going for 2 three times and fucking it up each time
• Fumbling the ball away while trying to run out the clock
• Giving up a TD with 7 seconds left

The result- a 32-21 victory that doesn't cover the 11.5 point spread...  JUST KICK A GODDAMN EXTRA POINT, YOU FUCKS!!!

College Football Picks Week of 9/16

Saturday (5-7, -6.4 units)
Nebraska -3.5 over Washington (5 units) WIN
USC -11.5 over Minnesotta (6 units) BULLSHIT LOSS
Colorado St +3.5 over Miami (Ohio) (3 units) LOSS
Kansas St -4 over Iowa St (5 units) WIN
Georgia -1.5 over Arkansas (2 units) LOSS
Houston -4 over UCLA (7 units) LOSS
Arizona -1 over Iowa (4 units) WIN
Boise St -24 over Wyoming (2 units) WIN
Eastern Michigan +10 over Central Michigan (2 units) LOSS
Virginia Tech -19.5 over E Carolina (4 units) WIN
Connecticut -6 over Temple (2 units) LOSS
Maryland +10 over West Virginia (2 units) LOSS

Friday (0-1, -5.5 units)
Cal -3 over Nevada (5 units) LOSS

Thursday (1-0, +5 units)
NC State -2.5 over Cincinnati (5 units) WIN

Week 1 NCAA Football Picks

Monday College

Virginia Tech pk over Boise State (5 units)

Sunday College
East Carolina +7 over Tulsa (3 units)
Texas Tech -14 over SMU (3 units)

Saturday College
Auburn -31 over Arkansas St (3 units)
Oklahoma -34 over Utah St (3 units)
Syracuse -7.5 over Akron (5 units)
Michigan -3 over Connecticut (3 units)
Purdue +11 over Notre Dame (4 units)
Colorado St +11 over Colorado (4 units)
Georgia -29 over UL Lafayette (3 units)

Thursday Night College Picks
Ohio St -28 over Marshall (2 units)
Iowa St -4 over Northern Illinois (3 units)
Utah -3 over Pittsburgh (2 units)
USC -21 over Hawaii (5 units)