Last Week: 19-11
Total: 97-91-6
Oh man, what a great rally before the finish line. A much needed 19-11 to bounce back. Now we enter feast week, and yes, you better believe I will find 30 plays on this limited card (maybe more). I’m in the holiday spirit. I will give the gift that keeps on giving: winners.
1. Your favorite beer: Iowa @ Nebraska -3
I keep going back to the old faithful week in and week out. This is my favorite beer of choice. Trust me, I know that a lot of you don’t have the acquired taste for this. Nor should you, this is disgusting football. With that being said, this is a football guy’s dream. 3 and outs everywhere. 2 yards a play. Field position battle. EVERY YARD COUNTS. I know it’s offensive to call Iowa’s possessions “offense,” but you can discount the 9-2 record. Sure, they need to hang 90+ on Nebraska this game to average over 25 ppg for Brian Ferentz. Can it be done? I’ve seen crazier things happen (please let the record show I’ve not seen crazier things happen than this Iowa team scoring 90+ in a game). The world is discounting this team way too much because of how bad the offense looks. A power 5 team with a team total of only 10.5??? Not to mention that team is about to hit 10 wins and play for a conference championship. This is truly unheard of. Give me all of it here. I want all the smoke. Iowa +3, Iowa to win, Iowa over 10.5 and the game over 25.
Pick: Iowa +3, Iowa ML, over 25, Iowa Team Total over 10.5
2. Michelada: UTSA @ Tulane -3.5
The first time, we featured the spicy michelada in the 6 pack. Luck you, you get to enjoy the debut of a good one. UTSA has found something to end the year. After a disappointing start, they are one of the top group of 5 teams in the country. The same is true for Tulane. These two teams are hot, just like a delicious michelada. Not to mention, a michelada does really well in San Antonio, Texas. That’s all the more reason to take the points with the Road Runners here. Also, take the money line, they will win. Frank Harris will end his career strong. These are the group of 5 match ups that will live for.
Pick: UTSA +3.5 & UTSA ML
3. Tequila Shots: Texas Tech @ Texas -14
You’re the shots guy. You think you own the damn place. You also think you can handle your tequila. Well, you are wrong on both accounts. You keep throwing back shot after shot of that tequila to show off to your friends. You feel the slow burn in your stomach, but you discount it. You have no worries about a little slow burn in the stomach; you’ve bested it before, and you know you should power through it. Well, now you’re stumbling like a fool, and your friends are cutting you off. You’re angry and confident because you believe you can handle your tequila, so what do you do? That’s right, throw back another shot. Now your whole world is spinning, the walls are moving, that slow burn is now straight fire coming out in the form of projectile vomit. Now you’re the arrogant fool who couldn’t handle his tequila. Your arrogance caused you to underestimate the power of the tequila. The bottle bested you, and you’ll still never learn your lesson. You’ll be back for more, and that bottle will be ready to make a fool of you again. Sorry for this long analogy, I just had to paint the picture of how arrogant these longhorns can be. Always thinking they’re back and inevitably falling short. Same story year in and year out. All the resources in the world but can’t field a winning team. Well, this year they are a damn good team. Unfortunately for them, that confidence is at an all-time high with little Texas Tech coming to town. Surely, they will handle little ol’ Texas Tech at home on their way to a big 12 title and playoff appearance. There’s nothing to worry about they are already thinking about the conference championship game. Well, I’ve got bad news for the Longhorns. We are the shot after shot of tequila. We are the slow burn in the pit of your stomach. We are the thing that causes your world to spin. We are the walls caving in. We are the cause of your projectile vomit, making you a fool. We are the force that knocked you down on the floor. We ruined your whole night, your whole season, and your playoff hopes. You shouldn’t have underestimated us.
Pick: Texas Tech +14 & TTU team total over 19
4. Sour Beer: TCU @ Oklahoma -10
Remember how we keep saying the sour beer is just the new flavor of the month. Well, it’s been like that for a couple of years now. We have last year’s sour beer vs this year’s sour beer. TCU took a fraudulent team all the way to the playoff last year. Oklahoma is taking a fraudulent team to the. Big 12 championship game this year. Either way, I don’t know what to believe here. The only thing I think is this will be a close, high scoring game so give me the points with TCU here.
Pick: TCU +10
5. Fireball: Air Force @ Boise State -7
More group of 5 football. I’m going with the fireball here. Only because Air Force keeps burning me, but I keep going back to the well for it. I know how this will end. I’ll somehow lose it because that’s what Air Force does to me. That is why I’m not taking the money line here because I don’t want to be hurt again. I do feel 7 is way too much to be giving Air Force in this one. Boise State is living on past performances from years ago. This game has major conference title implications. I think Air Force will come out ready to play and earn a spot in the Mountain West Conference title game. Give me Air Force +7 and the over 45. They will win this game.
Pick: Air Force +7 & Over 45
6. Vegas Bomb: San Jose State @ UNLV -2.5
Vegas Baby!!!. We need to take Vegas Bombs in Vegas. Plus, UNLV will need that shot of energy to hold of a pesky San Jose State team. This is another mountain west game with major conference title implications. The winner could be in the title. UNLV has been a pleasant surprise this year and is in the driver seat for the conference title game. I think UNLV comes out amped up (because of the Vegas Bombs) at home and ready to earn their way into the mountain west championship game. This one will be fun. I’ll lay the 2.5 at home with the Runnin’ Rebels.
Pick UNLV -2.5
There you have it, a 12 pack for the price of 6. Well, it’s all technically free anyway. Also, I might have gone a little crazy with the 30 rack this week. Scroll down, and you’ll see. Ya, keep scrolling it is a lot to get through. That’s right, it’s not a 30 rack; it’s a 50 burger. You’re welcome, I told you I was in the holiday spirit. Remember, every pick is a winner until it’s not.
13. Miami -9
14. Miami OH -4
15. Troy -16
16. Ole Miss -9.5
17. Bowling Green -2.5
18. Rice -4
19. Syracuse -2.5
20. Eastern Michigan +6.5
21. Eastern Michigan ML
22. North Texas -3
23. Northwestern +5.5
24. Wisconsin -3
25. Rutgers -2
26. Virginia Tech -2.5
27. New Mexico State +3
28. New Mexico State ML
29. Michigan -3.5
30. LSU -11
31. Kentucky +7.5
32. UCONN +2
33. Middle Tennessee -3
34. Middle Tennessee @ Sam Houston State over 50.5
35. Oregon State +14
36. USF -6
37. Kansas -6.5
38. UNC -2.5
39. Wyoming -11
40. California +9
41. Fresno State -5
42. Florida +7
43. South Alabama -6.5
44. SMU -20
45. Duke -5.5
46. UCF -13.5
47. Kentucky ML
48. BYU @ OK State over 56
49. Liberty -16
50. Marshall -2
