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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 Nine – Bean’s Fantasy Football League Weighs In

October 23, 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 Ryan Halfhill and David Castellano, who are in a fantasy football league with Bean. (Editor’s Note: <runs for the hills> – Travis) (Editor’s Note: <run for your life!> -Bruce Dickinson)

Michigan Wolverines, Michigan State Spartans

No one thinks that Paul Bunyan will be leaving East Lansing.

Michigan at #11 Michigan State

Bean: I don’t wanna talk about it. Spartans by JUST FUCKING FIRE HOKE AND BRANDON ALREADY!

Castellano: Like the rest of college football, I am still looking for a sport to enjoy on Saturday, but If I need to pick a winner in a blowout…. Condoms (Spartans)… by a load!

Halfhill: Normally, I’d say there needs to be someone to play devil’s advocate, but there is no way that I see the Rabid Woodchucks pulling off an upset in this one.  Spartans by 16. That accounts for a SAFETY. [Read more…]

Posted in: Football, Pick ' EM, Sports Tagged: Arizona Cardinals, Denver Broncos, LSU Tigers, Michigan State Spartans, Michigan Wolverines, Ohio State Buckeyes, Ole Miss Rebels, Penn state Nittany Lions, Philadelphia Eagles, San Diego Chargers

Addison Recorder Football Pick ‘Em: Week One

August 28, 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.

Appalachian State at Michigan

Appalachian State Michigan Upset 2007 WHYWHYWHYWHYWHYWHYWHY

WHY THE FUCK ARE WE BRINGING THIS UP AGAIN?! (Image via.)

Bean: Fuck this game. I hate Michigan’s AD, Dave Brandon, for scheduling it. I’m sure he did it because it will draw interest in a cheap way (his reason to exist, apparently) and could exorcise the ghost of The Horror. But it won’t. All it does is bring up memories of that fiasco and even if Michigan wins in 2014 they cannot erase the loss from 2007. Not ever. Playing this game is so stupid I want to explode. Michigan will win, because ASU isn’t as good as they were in ’07. But neither is Michigan. <sighs angrily all day> Wolverines by at least 20 points.

Travis: This game is the best thing since sliced bread. This game invented the wheel. This game painted the Mona Lisa, with enough time left over to make creme brulees for the entire coaching staff and roster of App State. This game is a thing of beauty, a tribute to all that is good and right with the world. Also, Michigan is going to dominate. Wolverines by 21. [Read more…]

Posted in: Football, Sports Tagged: Appalachian State Mountaineers, Clemson Togers, Florida State Seminoles, Georgia Bulldogs, LSU Tigers, Michigan Wolverines, Oklahoma State Cowboys, South Carolina Gamecocks, Texas A&M Aggies, Wisconsin Badgers

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