Kendall -- 9 points (boo-yah)
Pierce -- 8 points (solid)
Ben -- 6 points (sorry, not perfect)
Mike -- 3 points (terrible)
Season Total:
Pierce -- 37 points
Guest Pickers -- 36 points
Kendall -- 33 points
Mike -- 32 points
Our guest picker this week is one of our family members, who knows about the psychopaths and cyberstalkers that read this blog, and thus prefers to remain anonymous. We'll call this person Dr. Phil.
Here's some info on Phil.
-- Works for the Navy (hence the Navy pick).
-- From Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey (hence the irrational Rutgers pick).
-- UVA season ticket holder.
-- Can't do the chant at the end of the Good Ol' Song. But tries so darn hard. Maybe we can offer him a bonus point if he can do it this weekend?New for this week (and onward), we're adding Pitt and Syracuse to the weekly picks list. They are ACC now, so they're included... like it or not.
On to the picks!
3 points: Idaho @ Virginia (-17)
Hoos: EVERYBODY!
Pierce Sez: Idaho is a worse team than W&M - as long as someone is available to play QB, we should win big.
Mike Sez: Hoos get back on track in front of literally dozens of fans. The fairweatherness could make the Marlins blush.
Kendall Sez: We'll win this game. But I'm not sure we'll win by more than 17 points. Gotta pick the Hoos, but I'm expecting a 24-10 / 28-14 kind of game.
USF (-2) @ Pitt
USF: Kendall
Pitt: Pierce, Mike, Phil
Pierce Sez: It's getting cold these days. I like Pitt in an upset
Mike Sez: Is it basketball season yet?
Phil Sez: I will always go with the blue collar city. Kendall Sez: Phil, I sincerely hope you're not a Steelers fan, or we might have a problem. Typically, I love home 'dogs, but this Pittsburgh team is dreadful, and the Bulls look pretty decent. I feel a 2-point spread is a gimme, and I'm happy to take this free point in the standings from you chumps. Pierce Sez: Rutgers is bad. Cuse is good at home.
Rutgers @ Syracuse (-3)
Rutgers: Mike, Phil, Kendall
'Cuse: Pierce
Pierce Sez: Rutgers is bad. Cuse is good at home.
Phil Sez: Can't beat the Jersey Boys!!
Kendall Sez: I hope the next two ACC expansion teams aren't from the Northeast. Don't think I can handle much more Big East flavor on the gridiron. This game interests me about as much as gastric bypass surgery.
Wake Forest (-2.5) @ Boston College
Wake: EVERYBODY!
Pierce Sez: BC showed up to play football last weekend. Grobe is good enough of a coach to shut down their monodynamic offense, though.
Mike Sez: BC still sucks.
Phil Sez: The Demon Deacon looks more menacing than Baldwin the Eagle.
Kendall Sez: This is the ACC pillow fight of the week. I'll always try to throw my vote behind UVA man Jim Grobe.
Towson @ Maryland (line off)
Mike Sez: BC still sucks.
Phil Sez: The Demon Deacon looks more menacing than Baldwin the Eagle.
Kendall Sez: This is the ACC pillow fight of the week. I'll always try to throw my vote behind UVA man Jim Grobe.
Towson @ Maryland (line off)
Maryland: EVERYBODY!
Pierce Sez: Towson is no Temple Owls. I think. Maryland can die in a fire.
Phil Sez: The Terps can't possibly lose this one, can they?
Kendall Sez: I sincerely hope they lose this one. Schadenfreude.
Georgia Tech (-11.5) @ NC State
Pierce Sez: Towson is no Temple Owls. I think. Maryland can die in a fire.
Phil Sez: The Terps can't possibly lose this one, can they?
Kendall Sez: I sincerely hope they lose this one. Schadenfreude.
Georgia Tech (-11.5) @ NC State
GT: EVERYBODY!
Pierce Sez: Underhyped preseason GT team v. WAY WAY overhyped preseason State team. Jackets by 30.
Mike Sez: When is Vegas going to raise these lines? Wreck runs it up again.
Phil Sez: Go Rambling Wreck!!
Kendall Sez: GT is super, super vogue right now. Too vogue. I sense a closer game than most expect. But the line is still too low. GT in a 30-17 type of affair.
Bethune-Cookman @ Miami (line off)
Miami: EVERYBODY!
Pierce Sez: Temple>Maryland>Miami>Ohio State>Bethune-Cookman
Mike Sez: Confusion abound with this team again. Smacks Ohio State and loses to K-State? Who knows. This won't be close though.
Phil Sez: Who is Bethune? And who is Cookman? And when did they first meet?
Kendall Sez: If I were ACC Commissioner for a day (hmmm, there's an idea for a post!), these lame-ass games would not be played. Anyway, have fun Miami. Enjoy cashing your check, Cookman.
Clemson @ Virginia Tech (-7)
Pierce Sez: Underhyped preseason GT team v. WAY WAY overhyped preseason State team. Jackets by 30.
Mike Sez: When is Vegas going to raise these lines? Wreck runs it up again.
Phil Sez: Go Rambling Wreck!!
Kendall Sez: GT is super, super vogue right now. Too vogue. I sense a closer game than most expect. But the line is still too low. GT in a 30-17 type of affair.
Bethune-Cookman @ Miami (line off)
Miami: EVERYBODY!
Pierce Sez: Temple>Maryland>Miami>Ohio State>Bethune-Cookman
Mike Sez: Confusion abound with this team again. Smacks Ohio State and loses to K-State? Who knows. This won't be close though.
Phil Sez: Who is Bethune? And who is Cookman? And when did they first meet?
Kendall Sez: If I were ACC Commissioner for a day (hmmm, there's an idea for a post!), these lame-ass games would not be played. Anyway, have fun Miami. Enjoy cashing your check, Cookman.
Clemson @ Virginia Tech (-7)
Clemson: Pierce, Mike, Phil
VT: Kendall
Pierce Sez: Clemson seems to fall in games like this every time they start to look dominant. Hokies have plenty of holes though.
Mike Sez: Tajh Boyd out jesuses Logan Thomas.
Phil Sez: Clemson will continue to overachieve.
Kendall Sez: I looked like a pimp by picking Clemson last week, so it's only fitting that I look like a pimp by picking AGAINST them this week. The Hokies will win this game, because I'm just not lucky enough for them to lose it.
Duke @ Florida International (-3)
VT: Kendall
Pierce Sez: Clemson seems to fall in games like this every time they start to look dominant. Hokies have plenty of holes though.
Mike Sez: Tajh Boyd out jesuses Logan Thomas.
Phil Sez: Clemson will continue to overachieve.
Kendall Sez: I looked like a pimp by picking Clemson last week, so it's only fitting that I look like a pimp by picking AGAINST them this week. The Hokies will win this game, because I'm just not lucky enough for them to lose it.
Duke @ Florida International (-3)
Duke: Pierce, Kendall, Phil
FIU: Mike
Pierce Sez: Duke is better than the Fightin' Schnellenbergers.
Mike Sez: FIU. Never thought I'd pick them.
Phil Sez: Here's one for the smart kids.
Kendall Sez: Don't look now, but this will be win #3 for the Dookies. But this is their last good chance for a win until they roll into Charlottesville on November 12th.
North Carolina (-6.5) @ ECU
UNC: Pierce, Mike, Kendall
ECU: Phil
Pierce Sez: ECU isn't quite as good as recent ECU teams have been - can they take advantage of a UNC team that might be looking ahead to conference games? Probably not.
Mike Sez: Gift line here.
Phil Sez: I just like ECU in general.
Kendall Sez: ECU lost this game [in Chapel Hill] 42-17 last year. I'm expecting more of the same in Greenville.
STONE COLD LEAP PIPE LOCKS (2 points each):
Pierce:
UCLA @ Stanford (-20.5)
Andrew Luck needs to boost his Heisman stats.
Notre Dame (-12.5) @ Purdue
Purdue is really bad, while I think the Irish have turned the corner on their season. With so little room for error in their schedule, I think Coach Kelly has the Domers ready to roll.
Mike:
Nevada @ Boise State (-27.5)
Revenge is a dish best served mashed. Or twice baked. Or scalloped. God I want potatoes.
Nebraska @ Wisconsin (-9)
Can Russell Wilson handle this test? Is Wisco a title contender? I'm convinced. Why didn't we go after him? Jump around. Wisco rolls.
Phil:
Air Force @ Navy (-3)
Nebraska @ Wisconsin (-9)
Kendall:
Alabama (-4) @ Florida
I just can't help myself from picking Bama and picking against Florida.
Notre Dame (-12.5) @ Purdue
Love the home 'dog. Love the Boilers. Fun pick to make.
No pictures today. The posting interface is going completely nutty. Sorry.
FIU: Mike
Pierce Sez: Duke is better than the Fightin' Schnellenbergers.
Mike Sez: FIU. Never thought I'd pick them.
Phil Sez: Here's one for the smart kids.
Kendall Sez: Don't look now, but this will be win #3 for the Dookies. But this is their last good chance for a win until they roll into Charlottesville on November 12th.
North Carolina (-6.5) @ ECU
UNC: Pierce, Mike, Kendall
ECU: Phil
Pierce Sez: ECU isn't quite as good as recent ECU teams have been - can they take advantage of a UNC team that might be looking ahead to conference games? Probably not.
Mike Sez: Gift line here.
Phil Sez: I just like ECU in general.
Kendall Sez: ECU lost this game [in Chapel Hill] 42-17 last year. I'm expecting more of the same in Greenville.
STONE COLD LEAP PIPE LOCKS (2 points each):
Pierce:
UCLA @ Stanford (-20.5)
Andrew Luck needs to boost his Heisman stats.
Notre Dame (-12.5) @ Purdue
Purdue is really bad, while I think the Irish have turned the corner on their season. With so little room for error in their schedule, I think Coach Kelly has the Domers ready to roll.
Mike:
Nevada @ Boise State (-27.5)
Revenge is a dish best served mashed. Or twice baked. Or scalloped. God I want potatoes.
Nebraska @ Wisconsin (-9)
Can Russell Wilson handle this test? Is Wisco a title contender? I'm convinced. Why didn't we go after him? Jump around. Wisco rolls.
Phil:
Air Force @ Navy (-3)
Nebraska @ Wisconsin (-9)
Kendall:
Alabama (-4) @ Florida
I just can't help myself from picking Bama and picking against Florida.
Notre Dame (-12.5) @ Purdue
Love the home 'dog. Love the Boilers. Fun pick to make.
No pictures today. The posting interface is going completely nutty. Sorry.
3 points? Man I suck.
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