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Arizona State Sun Devils

Addison Recorder Pick ‘Em Week Fourteen – Rivalry Edition

November 26, 2014 by Alex Bean 5 Comments

Welcome to the Addison Recorder‘s football Pick ‘Em column. Each week Alex and a guest writer will predict the outcome of the most intriguing games on the slate. He will try to be as expert as possible, but we make no guarantees for his guests.

It’s rivalry week, so we’re bringing back the guy who has a standing slap bet with Bean about the outcome of The Game between Michigan and Ohio State. Bean deeply regrets this bet placed five years ago, by the way. (Travis holds no such regrets.)

 

Marcus Hall Ohio State Double Bird

Bean knows just how you feel, Marcus Hall.

Michigan at #6 Ohio State

Bean: What’s left to say? This game in Columbus is the end of the Brady Hoke era at Michigan. It has been four years of ridiculous and stupid football. I will not miss it. May next year bring a coach who can…actually coach. This game? On Saturday? Oh, fuck. It will be a slaughter. Last year’s edition looked that way, too, and became an instant-classic decided on a failed two-point conversion with seconds left. That ain’t happening in Columbus. Buckeyes by \infty.

Travis: Oh, the joys that come with slapping another man full in the face. The thrill of the moment. The tension of the wind-up. The sudden uncertainty that besets you as your wayward limb begins its acceleration and ascent – what if I miss? The rush of blood that comes as your hand reaches full extension, fingers splayed, the realization that yes, this slap will happen, and it will be good. The blow. The aftermath, falling away in triumph as your opponent collapses into a whimpering pile. The august joy of victory. Oh, this is a glorious thing. Buckeyes by a Bear Flipping a Table. ʕ•ᴥ•ʔノ ︵ ┻━┻ [Read more…]

Posted in: Football, Pick ' EM, Sports Tagged: Alabama Crimson Tide, Arizona State Sun Devils, Arizona Wildcats, Auburn Tigers, Michigan Wolverines, Mississippi State Bulldogs, Ohio State Buckeyes, Ole Miss Rebels

Addison Recorder Pick ‘Em Week Eleven – Gramila and Me

November 6, 2014 by Alex Bean Leave a Comment

Welcome to the Addison Recorder‘s football Pick ‘Em column. Each week Alex and a guest writer will predict the outcome of the most intriguing games on the slate. He will try to be as expert as possible, but we make no guarantees for his guests.

This week we’re joined by Bean’s once and future cabinet-mate at Groupon, John Gramila. He said he might use augury for his predictions, so watch out. [Read more…]

Posted in: Football, Pick ' EM, Sports Tagged: Alabama Crimson Tide, Arizona State Sun Devils, K-State Wildcats, LSU Tigers, Michigan State Spartans, Michigan Wolverines, Northwestern Wildcats, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Ohio State Buckeyes, TCU Horned Frogs

Addison Recorder Pick ‘Em Week Ten – Bushwhacked

October 30, 2014 by Alex Bean Leave a Comment

Welcome to the Addison Recorder‘s football Pick ‘Em column. Each week Alex and a guest writer will predict the outcome of the most intriguing games on the slate. He will try to be as expert as possible, but we make no guarantees for his guests.

This week he is joined by Rick Bush, friend from Bowling Green, Notre Dame fan, and fantasy football commissioner. Insert your baked beans jokes here.

[Read more…]

Posted in: Football, Pick ' EM, Sports Tagged: Arizona State Sun Devils, Auburn Tigers, Denver Broncos, Navy Middies, New England Patriots, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Ole Miss Rebels, TCU Horned Frogs, Utah Utes, West Virginia Mountaineers

Addison Recorder Football Pick ‘Em: Week Five

September 25, 2014 by Alex Bean Leave a Comment

Welcome to the Addison Recorder‘s football Pick ‘Em column. Each week Alex and a guest writer will predict the outcome of the most intriguing games on the slate. He will try to be as expert as possible, but we make no guarantees for his guests.

Sad Urban Meyer Ohio State Buckeyes

Sad Urban Meyer eats the lukewarm pizza of woe. (Image via)

Cincinnati at #22 Ohio State

Bean:

An all-Ohio showdown! It’s reached the point where I prefer talking about this to discussing Michigan’s chances of retaining the Little Brown Jug.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

The Buckeyes have already suffered an upset at home at the hands of a Virginia Tech team that subsequently lost their next two games. OSU whipped some cupcake the next week, but this is team is not the Death Star its immediate predecessors were. Cincinnati has unleashed new QB Gunner Kiel in their first two games to the tune of 689 yards and 10 TDs. <thinks about Michigan’s passing stats across four games and then dies> Anyway, The Bearcats will blitz like crazy and try to hit a lot of big pass plays. Ohio State will runrunrun and try not to get behind the chains or implode in the secondary. This week, I think they fail to do so. Why? To quote the Bible “Never take your own revenge, beloved, but leave room for the wrath of God, for it is written, ‘VENGEANCE IS MINE, I WILL REPAY,’ says the Lord.” Bearcats by 10

Meryl:

As a former Columbus resident who used to live a little too close to campus, I am not normally inclined to side with Buckeyes fans, as they are the worst. That said, my family still lives close to campus and I don’t want their cars to be set on fire, which would surely happen if the Buckeyes lost to Cincinnati. Here’s hoping for a win for Ohio State by 7. [Read more…]

Posted in: Football, Pick ' EM, Sports Tagged: Arizona State Sun Devils, Chicago Bears, Cincinnati Bearcats, Green Bay Packers, Michigan Wolverines, Minnesota Golden Gophers, Northwestern Wildcats, Ohio State Buckeyes, Penn state Nittany Lions, UCLA Bruins

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