Luck be a Lady Lion

by spakajewia on Oct 9, 2009 1:46 PM EDT Comment 18 comments

The Nittany Lions are off the board this week, but I'm gonna go ahead and say we win by 41, but feel deflated by watching Kevin Newsome struggle through the last quarter and a half.

I really like Michigan +8 and LSU +7.5. Everything else: meh.

Michigan State -4 at ILLINOIS

Sparty's got the big11 right where they want them. Not quite; Zook's coaching for his life. ILL +4

Miami +19 at NORTHWESTERN

Northwestern's not good enough to be a 19 point favorite, even if Wilbon's wearing a purple pocket square. Miami +19

Purdue +3.5 at MINNESOTA

I'm baffled, so I'll take the points. Purdue +3.5

Indiana +6.5 at VIRGINIA

I'm taking the Hoosiers again, mostly because I hate UVA (and their win last week says more about UNC than it does bout them). Indiana +6.5

Wisconsin +16 at OSU

These teams aren't 16 points apart on paper. But Tressel + the horseshoe will put it away early. OSU -16.

Michigan +8 at IOWA

Forcier's not as good as I think; Stanzi's not as good as you think. Ferentz plays to win by 3, not by 8. Michigan +8

Florida -7.5 at LSU

I can get LSU in the bayou, a touchdown and a hook? Yes, please. LSU +7.5

Georgia Tech +3 at FSU

Bet on death; bet against distraction. Tech +3.

Last week: 2-4 in the Big Ten; 2-0 in other games; 4-4 overall

Total: 2-4 in the Big Ten; 2-0 in other games; 4-4 overall

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1) I’m not sure it’s possible for Stanzi to be overrated when last week some BHGP commenter said “I kinda want him to get hit by a car”.
2) I’m curious. Why do you hate UVA? Isn’t that like hating a kitten with a broken leg?

DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?

by ReadingRambler on Oct 9, 2009 2:07 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I have nothing against their football team, per se

Its more the students and alumni. They’re the Michigan of the Southeast; a bunch of kids who think they’re better than everyone else; and who actually might be, if only they weren’t so arrogant.

I wouldn't trust old rooster me neither.

by spakajewia on Oct 9, 2009 2:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

The first UVA kid I saw wearing

an Oxford and a tie to a football game was begging for a dropkick to the face. Then I saw the other 1,000. And I felt too tired to even begin.

Arrogant, definitely.

One man doing the work of 100's for the good of 1000's

by rahpsu92 on Oct 9, 2009 2:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Used to live in Charlottesville...

for about 2 yrs. Arrogant absolutely but only when their sports teeams are close to .500 or better. When they aren’t or below they simply remind you they try to achieve ivy league type academic status.

And, why is their only comeback: “Yeah? well you couldn’t get into UVA”? Which is totally true but at least I still don’t believe Thomas Jefferson still walks around monticello.

by RudyWasOffsides on Oct 9, 2009 3:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

"ivy league academic status"

is what i’m talking about when I say arrogant. Virginia is a good public university, but its not an ivy league school.

I probably could have gotten into UVA (I got into UofM out of state), but why the hell would I want to try? For the privilege of wearing a tie to a football game?

Here are two truths: one, the education you get at all undergrad schools is largely the same. If you take American History 101 at Harvard or at Middle Tennessee State, you’re going to read the same books and learn the same sh^t. Sure, the degree from Harvard is more valuable, as are the contacts, but the education is pretty much the same. The gap is narrowed between top-flight public schools. We can argue about what’s the best (non-Northwetern) academic institution in the big ten, but the answer is: we’re all about equal. Penn State’s better in metereology and Iowa’s better in English, but everything prety much comes out in the wash.

The real difference in education is found in graduate programs.

And the second truth: more than half the students at UVA couldn’t have gotten in if they didn’t live in VA in the first place. They’re arrogant and talk about being the Harvard of Appalachia or whatever the hell, but really, they’re just lucky to grow up in a state with a history of an above-average public university. And, here again, the undergrads/alums are really just riding on the coattails of the graduate programs’ prestige.

I wouldn't trust old rooster me neither.

by spakajewia on Oct 9, 2009 3:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Illinois +4 (I think MSU wins, but I think they’re just incompetent enough to nearly pull a “SPARTY NO!”)

Miami +19

Purdue +3.5

Indiana +3.5

Wisconsin +16

Iowa -8

LSU +7.5

GaTech +3

DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?

by ReadingRambler on Oct 9, 2009 2:11 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Thay should be Indiana +6.5

DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?

by ReadingRambler on Oct 9, 2009 2:11 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I waffled on the Wiscy/OSU game

I ended up picking OSU because they’re good at just flat out blowing teams out. But I think that Wiscy could actually give them a run for their money.

I’ll be shocked if Iowa covers, but stranger things have happened.

I wouldn't trust old rooster me neither.

by spakajewia on Oct 9, 2009 5:11 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

gators

I like them with or without Tebow this weekend

LSU = false five and oh record

by hbeach08 on Oct 9, 2009 4:07 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I like the Tigers

whether or not Tebow plays.

I’m a sucker for the home dog, but this line just seems nuts. I’d put it at 4 or 4.5.

I wouldn't trust old rooster me neither.

by spakajewia on Oct 9, 2009 5:12 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I hope they both lose... but hey, that's just me

I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member

by TheMightyErik on Oct 10, 2009 3:01 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I really don't know if I'm ready to say Wiscy is a good team yet

at least I hope not, I thought Bertie would be gone after this season, I still think he leads them to self-destruction. Even despite Pryor’s inconsistency, I don’t see Wiscy winning that game.

by dawsonPSU10 on Oct 9, 2009 5:59 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs