Wahooze Pix -- Lucky Week 13

LAST WEEK
Kendall -- 6
Mike -- 6
Pierce -- 7
Dennis -- 3

SEASON TOTAL
Pierce -- 89
Kendall -- 83
Guest Pickers -- 83
Mike -- 79

Getting tight...

It's Virginia / Virginia Tech week, so of course our guest picker is my favorite Hokie fan ever, Doug!  If you only know him from the blog, you first met Doug in our popular and successful Q&A With Doug piece from last month.  That serves as enough of an intro, I think.  Just click the link, you lazy ass.

Yep, he's married to a Hoo.  He has impeccable taste.

Anyway, on to the picks!

3 points: 

Virginia Tech (-5.5) @ Virginia

Hokies: Doug and (sadly) Kendall

Hoos: Pierce and Mike

Pierce Sez: I'm not going to be the one to pick against us. I think we could win this. Hell, I think we could win big. I also think we can lose. I really don't have anything unbiased to say. Tech sucks. Hokies tremble even more about Mike London after their first loss in forever to us.

Mike Sez: All rivalries aside this should be a great game. Nothing beats a rivalry game where both teams are good and a lot is on the line. I expect a very close game. UVA wins with a late field goal.

Doug Sez: I could probably write a few pages on this matchup, but I try to keep it short. Like Mike,  this is what a rivalry is all about. the two best teams in the ACC (at the very least momentum wise) for a winner take all. I have to admit I actually have some butterflies about this game. That being said, VT scores a late touchdown after a tight battle to win and beat the spread, and UVA fans tremble with fear that their best opportunity to defeat VT is lost. (Seriously... you didn't think I would pick UVA did you?)

Kendall Sez: I'm nervous as hell about this game.  Nervous... because I'm afraid that our awesome 8 wins ring a little hollow without a win over the Hokies.  I don't care about the ACC Championship Game or any of that.  I just want this streak to end.  This streak kills me.  Seven years in a row we've lost to the castrated turkeys.  And we have a unique chance to hold VPI out of the national championship conversation this year.  We have to win.  But it's never that simple for UVA, and I've gotten so used to unhappiness the week after Thanksgiving that I just come to expect it now.

Harvest Bowl?

1 point each:

Boston College @ Miami (-14)

BC: Doug and Kendall

Miami: Pierce and Mike

Pierce Sez: BC's been playing pretty solid recently and Miami hasn't exactly been lighting up the scoreboards. Therefore, I assume they'll blow BC out.

Mike Sez: Last game of the year for the Canes. Harris and Spence go out with a bang. Get your viewing in now because it might be a while.

Doug Sez: Miami laid it all on the line for that dramatic 6-3 win last week. having bowl taken away further deflates the team. Miami in a close one.

Kendall Sez: What do the Canes have left to play for?

Pittsburgh @ West Virginia (-7.5)

Pitt: Kendall

West Virginia: Pierce, Mike, Doug

Pierce Sez: Going with the home team because the Big East is garbage.

Mike Sez: Too much offense from West Virginia.

Doug Sez: Pittsburgh continues sucking as both a city and as a future ACC team (Don't worry WVU fans, you suck too).

Kendall Sez: Anything can happen in the Backyard Brawl, especially when both teams are middling like this.  Just a hunch on the upset pick, I guess.

Georgia (-6) @ Georgia Tech

Georgia: Mike and Doug

GT: Pierce and Kendall

Pierce Sez: ACC! ACC! Seriously though, I think the Dawgs will come in too confident. GT gets the lead early and holds on enough before Georgia regroups.

Mike Sez: Let's rub some more salt in GT's wasted season.

Doug Sez: Just because Georgia always beats GT, and usually by healthy margin.

Kendall Sez: This game is always close, within 5 or 6 points.  Georgia will probably win, but the spread is too high.

Cincinnati (-3) @ Syracuse

Cincy: Pierce, Mike, Doug

Syracuse: Kendall

Pierce Sez: Bearcats almost sounds like "Beercats." Go Beercats!

Doug Sez: Syracuse = future ACC team, hence continued sucking.

Kendall Sez: All the way to the poor house.  I'm with you, 'Cuse!

Maryland @ NC State (-13)

State: EVERYONE!

Pierce Sez: If they can do it to Clemson, they can do it to the worst team in the country.

Mike Sez: Everyone beats Maryland. NC State puts them out of their misery.

Doug Sez: Maryland is just a flat out bad football team right now.

Kendall Sez: I honestly don't know where they go from here.  Fire Randy Edsall?  How can this program be rebuilt?  My guess is that it isn't rebuilt for a good long while.  Welcome to your rightful place eating shit in the cellar, Terrapin fans.

Duke @ North Carolina (-13)

Duke: Doug and Kendall

UNC: Pierce and Mike

Pierce Sez: I used to root for Duke in this game. Used to.

Mike Sez: David Cutcliffe still sucks.

Doug Sez: North Carolina wins this, but I don't think they win by this many points. UNC suffers from tin-man disease.

Kendall Sez: It's clichéd, but this is Duke's bowl game.  I think they'll play the Holes very tough.

Vanderbilt (-1.5) @ Wake Forest

Vandy: Mike

Wake: Pierce, Doug, Kendall

Pierce Sez: Vandy's a trendy pick to win games, but like last week, they can't get it done. Yet.

Mike Sez: Bounce back game, before the Danny O'Brien era begins.

Doug Sez: Deflating loss last week for Vanderbilt. One can argue that WFU is the fourth best team in the ACC.

Kendall Sez: Both teams are sneaky good, but I give the edge to Wake playing at home.

Florida State (-2) @ Florida

FSU: EVERYONE!

Pierce Sez: Ohhh buddy. I bet the guys play even sloppier this week. Luckily for them, UF's strengths are not the same as UVA's. FSU should score plenty.

Mike Sez: Let's see how the refs can screw Jimbo over in this one.

Doug Sez: It's possible they only win 3-0 but that will be good enough. FSU has scarecrow disease.

Kendall Sez: The 'Noles have some good karma built up.

Clemson @ South Carolina (-4)

Clemson: Pierce and Doug

Gamecocks: Mike and Kendall

Pierce Sez: I think Clemson gets it done in bounce-back fashion. Yes its on the road against an SEC team, but this USC team isn't the same one that started the season. No star RB and no intoxicated QB = surprising home loss to your rival.

Mike Sez: Clemson is mailing it in.

Doug Sez: I'll give the Tigers the nod here, but a team really should not be that devastated by the loss of one guy. Watkins I assume will be back.

Kendall Sez: Clemson is suddenly more choke than bite.

STONE COLD LEAD PIPE LOCKS -- 2 points each -- in honor of rivalry week, we are going to pick the winners for ALL of the following:

Texas @ Texas A&M (-8.5)

Texas: Doug and Kendall

A&M: Pierce and Mike

Pierce Sez: Texas has fallen apart this year. Aggies at home should cover.

Mike Sez: Gig 'Em. Tannehill is good. Cough Cough Mike Shannahan.

Doug Sez: If two mediocre teams play football in Texas and no one cares does it actually happen? Texas A&M caps its underwhelming season with one last underwhelming performance.

Kendall Sez: One last parting gift for the Ags as they depart for the SEC.

Arkansas @ LSU (-13.5)

Arkansas: Mike and Doug

LSU: Pierce and Kendall

Pierce Sez: BSC BUSTER! SEC WEST MADNESS! 3-Team National Championship game! Nah, LSU makes a statement. They're the top dog in this mess.

Mike Sez: Upset Special

Doug Sez: Arkansas keeps it close enough to have almost cause BCS Armageddon. LSU scores late to win by 10.

Kendall Sez: LSU flexes nuts, wins by 30.  This is Arkansas, people.  A totally schizophrenic program.

Ohio State @ Michigan (-7.5)

Michigan: EVERYONE!

Pierce Sez: The boys in Ann Arbor exorcize their rival demons much like UVA does.

Mike Sez: Freshman QB at the big house = disaster.

Doug Sez: Sort of a familiar setting. Recent one sided rivalry, with best opportunity in a while to break the cycle. This time I go with the upstart.

Kendall Sez: Michigan is just the better team.  Playing at home, motivated by the one-sided rivalry, it's a no-brainer.

Alabama (-21) @ Auburn

Bama: Pierce, Doug, Kendall

Auburn: Mike

Pierce Sez: Bama has won every conference game besides LSU by more than 21 points this season. I did the research.

Mike Sez: No way this is a blowout.

Doug Sez: Alabama rolls, effectively claiming their spot in the BCS without having to play another game.

Kendall Sez: Betcha they win this game and then go on to win the national championship.

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