The FMQ…Cause Sometimes Monday Just Isn’t Enough!
I get so wound up Sunday nights thinking about what I’m
going to write about on Monday and I get things quasi-organized in my head so I
don’t overlook anything. Hit on this,
mention that, don’t forget about that….But invariably some stuff gets left out.
So, in no particular order, here’s some stuff:
I can’t
say enough about Corso and the head set! Here’s a clip that the folks at ESPN put
together that’s worth the watch if you didn’t see it Saturday! The crazy high-jinks of Coach Corso are what
make GameDay more watchable and you just never know what he’s going to do next!
Brian
Kelly’s legacy is worse than that of Willingham and Weis. That’s according to several mantra’s at Rock’s
House and they’re still caterwauling for the ouster of Kelly. Again, one of the posters who is fairly
logical in his approach and gets his facts pretty straight noted that while Willngham was inept and Weiss was arrogant, Kelly has been able
to weave both of these skill sets together in a brilliant display of arrogant
ineptitude toward players and fans.
Tickets are getting mailed back to the university and student protests and
walkouts are planned for the Stanford game and everything in Domerland seems to
be tumbling down…just the way we like it.
Speaking
of Tumbling Down: Sparty
now has less than a 20% chance to win 6 games and
become Bowl Eligible per Bill Connely’s SP+ Power Rankings.
If you haven’t followed or don’t follow Bill, his rankings
are very accurate and get even more accurate for future results as the season
progresses. The rapid fall in some of
the percentages has to do with Sparty only gaining about 500 total yards in
the last two games. And I’m not entirely
sure this offense could score in a women’s prison with a handful of pardons. (Point of reference: Toledo lit BYU up for 550 yards and 50 some
points the Saturday before BYU came to East Lansing). Sparty had a paltry 200 yards against BYU and
fewer points. And, in turn, Sparty is giving up over 400
yards per game on defense and the turnover ratio has gone in the opposite direction,
from Sparty plus to Sparty NEGATIVE. Add
all that up and you don’t have a very good football team. In order, Sparty’s games as they remain:
Team
|
Probability to Win
|
Northwestern
|
56%
|
@ Maryland
|
38%
|
Michigan
|
8%
|
@ Illinois
|
52%
|
Rutgers
|
80%
|
Suckeyes
|
9%
|
@ PSU
|
19%
|
Do all the math (Take the highest win percentages of 4 of
the last 7 games) and that figures out to about 20% to get to 6 wins. This assumes that they will win against Northwestern
(+5), which, I dunno. O’Connor
is out and Terry is in. Let’s
see what he can do to inspire the offense with a full week of reps. But I wouldn’t chant his name when he’s
trying to complete a pass.
Lose Saturday and it’s probably over. It could be a long holiday season for Sparty
Fans. Especially when hoops season
starts and multiple replays of 15-seed Middle Tennessee State taking down
Sparty as a 2-seed start showing up on the BTN Basketball re-runs. I hate watching Michigan losses but come to
find out, some of the highest BTN ratings and most watched football game replays
are Michigan losses. Haterz gonna’ hate….Michigan
has the highest “win Percentage (92%)” when they meet Sparty on October 29th
(already 19 point favorites), but you can throw that out the window. Sparty will be up and ready with their brass
knuckles under their gloves and iron bars in their arm pads. Bring it on!
Having
now seen a BTN60 replay of Michigan-Rutgers (I
will admit that I didn’t watch every down in real time as, you know, social
events on Saturday evenings can and will get in the way of games at times),
the flag on Jabrill’s Punt return for a TD had to be one of the most, if not
THE MOST ticky-tack call I’ve seen all season. Again, if scoring plays are reviewable, why
are not ALL SCORING PLAYS that have PENALTIES called not reviewable? That guy just took a great highlight tape
away from Jabrill. Bad form B1G Refs….Bad
Form.
Texas
Football is a Cesspol – Kirk Herbstreit. I couldn’t find a youtube
link on this Monday, but it was on my mind to share with the hive. I finally found a clip last night.
During Game Day, Herbie more or less stated that Charlie
will be financially fine and if he does get released from Texas, he’ll also be
released from the Cess-Pool that is Texas Football. One of Herbie’s best analysis ever and
probably couldn’t have been more on point. And interesting side note to all of this: Manny Diaz, the former “fired” Texas
Defensive Coordinator, is now at Miami under Mark Richt and has that
defense playing great! So,
Texas, I ask you: Is it you or is it you? I pity
the next guy that winds up at Texas, unless he wins early. And even then it’ll be a quagmire that never
ends. Kind of like Domers….
It’s been two seasons and I thought I would never
miss Mark May, Coach Holtz and Reece Davis…But man, College Football
Final is really un-watchable.
I miss May and Holtz going at it and poor Reece sitting there trying to
calm them down. Where’s the energy on
that show? Adnan Virk is terrible as a host
and Kannel and ohio boy Galloway suck.
Either get a new producer or get somebody else in there to fix that mess….Give
it some energy and some more interesting back and forth and somebody who could
give you Mark May type of insight. Please. For the fans everywhere – DO SOMETHING!
The
FMQ
Last week in one word:
YAHOOOOOO!!!!!!
I read somewhere on line (So it HAS TO BE TRUE) that women’s
brains experience the same shot of dopamine levels when they find a bargain
shopping and when they have an orgasm (which was actually another “Tailgate Topic!”
If you’re missing the games you’re missing a lot!). Here ya’ go if you don’t believe me:
As the FMQ, I can tell you that winning money (even Fantasy
Cash!) gives me a big ‘ole scratchin’ and clawin’, screaming “O” as well!
Anyway – so much for the science lesson and revelation for
today. Let’s make some bets!
SATURDAY!!!!
NC
State @ Clemson: (-17)
Last week we followed the sage advice of the Magic 8-Ball a
couple of times. For some reason, I woke
up this AM (I am writing the Bets part on Friday AM – but the other stuff was
during the week) and felt like TAKING ALL THE POINTS I COULD GET!. But then a little voice said – Look at last
week and a lot of your success was based on laying the points, Dude…So were
going to have The Dude help us out this week while he sips on a White Russian….
I’ll
still take Clemson and lay the 17 for $50
Fuzzy
Ground Hogs @ Maryland: (-4.5)
Once again I was liking the Fuzzy Rodents on the road
getting points, but their last road trip didn’t bode so well for them. I’m not sure what Claeys and his offense is
up to as they seem to have the same problem as Sparty. The Terps got the dropsies against PSU or
that score would have been a lot closer.
Dude
says take the Terps and lay the 4.5 for $25
Northwestern
@ Sparty: (-5)
Based on what I wrote above and the fact that Sparty doesn’t
know who’s going to start at QB (line up has three QB’s with “OR” between them)
I’m thinking I should go with Northwestern getting points. Dude says “Lay the wood, man!” I think the vodka is finally hitting him so I’m
going to ignore him for now….
Take Northwestern
and the 5 for $25
Huskers
@ Indiana (+5)
Huskers are undefeated and have had some good games, but
the Oregon win is looking worse all the time.
Everyone is scoring on the Ducks this season, so I’m wondering how good
they’re Defense is. Dude is like, “Black
Shirts are Back Baby, grow a set or go bowling, man….” I think I like the Hosers getting points….Not
saying they’ll win, but team CHAOS keeps it close…
Take
Indiana and the 5 for $25
Bama @
Tennessee: (+12)
I was going to pass on this game as I believe BAMA is
better than we think, but I re-watched the A&M – Vols game and was
impressed with the Vols Defense. They
might be able to hang with Bama and if they can get their offense going in the
1st half…Dude is slurring a little now, “Man, are you kidding
me? When was the last time Bama didn’t
cover????” Okay….
Take Bama
and lay the 12 for $25
Va
Tech @ Syracuse: (+19)
Syracuse getting 19 at home looks awesome…”Man, how are you
ahead for the season? The Hokies are
going to destroy the Orange!” Okay...
Dude
says Take Va Tech and lay the 19 for $75
Tulsa
@ Houston: (-21)
Tulsa’s a really good team and Houston has proven to be
vulnerable. I like 3 TD’s in this spot…I
mean I really, really like it! Dude pours
his 3rd White Russian and mumbles, “You like a team that got beat by
the DOMERS this season against a team that only lost because they played an
option offense? I’ll take your money!” Sigh…Following the Dude’s advice…
Take Houston
and lay the 21 for $75
Stanford
@ DOMERS: (-2.5)
JEEZ I HATE THESE GUYS! The Domers are on the ledge and I’m
not sure a victory over a down Stanford team can bring them back. However, I’ve learned that B. Kelly often
saves his bacon right about the time it starts to get blackened…Dude kicks his
feet up, “See, man? You’re finally
getting it!”
Take the
Domers and lay the 2.5 for $25
Suckeyes
@ Wiscy: (+10.5)
Night Game in Madison!
Place is going to be Rockin’!!
Wiscy put a hurt on Sparty and and also played the Wolverines to within
a TD. I like the points in this one…Got
to…Right
Dude? “Man, there was two
defensive TD’s in that Sparty game and Michigan should have hung 9 more on
Wiscy if they could have made a kick…And you think they have an offense that
can do better than they did in Ann Arbor?
I’m going bowling….”
Take the
suckeyes and lay the 10.5 for $50
PARLAY!
3 teams pays 6-1
Houston
– Va Tech - Clemson for $50
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