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Michigan State Spartans

So It’s Come to This: A College Football Playoff Pick ‘Em

December 30, 2014 by Alex Bean Leave a Comment

Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more…because we come here to finish a college football season that I have fucking hated. But it’s time for the best teams in the country to face off to ring in 2015, so here we are again. I’m happy to join all of you again, but my brain is mainly occupied with the news that IT’S HAPPENING.

Harbaugh Homecoming Happening Michigan Wolverines

YASSSSS!

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Posted in: Football, Pick ' EM, Sports Tagged: Alabama Crimson Tide, Arizona Wildcats, Baylor Bears, Boise State Broncos, Florida State Seminoles, Georgia tech Yellowjackets, Jim Harbaugh, Michigan State Spartans, Mississippi State Bulldogs, Ohio State Buckeyes, Ole Miss Rebels, Oregon Ducks, TCU Horned Frogs

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 Six

October 2, 2014 by Alex Bean Leave a Comment
Jim Delany Adam Rittenberg The Darkness

WELCOME TO THE DARKNESS

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.

Wet Dog Hannibal gif

Wet dog = victorious cat. LOGIC

#19 Nebraska @ #10 MSU

Bean:

At the top of this article is Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany being interviewed by ESPN. Look into his eyes. They see nothing. There is no future. The past is only pain. Delany is only in the present and the present is The Darkness. Everything is The Darkness. This week’s picks from Alex are inspired by The Darkness. They will be expressed via gifs & images from The Darkness’s favorite TV show: Hannibal. All gifs via Tumblr.

To wit, this is a game between Nebraska, who are lead by Bo Pellini’s cat, and a bunch of faux-Spartans who are the best and most morally defensible football team in the state of Michigan right now. THE CAT SHALL TRIUMPH BY 5. [Read more…]

Posted in: Football, Pick ' EM, Sports Tagged: Alabama Crimson Tide, Michigan State Spartans, Michigan Wolverines, Mississippi State Bulldogs, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Ole Miss Rebels, Seattle Seahawks, Stanford Cardinal, Texas A&M Aggies, The Washington NFL Team

2014 Football Preview – (Probably Wrong) Predictions

August 21, 2014 by Alex Bean Leave a Comment
Chris Davis Kick Six Auburn Alabama

It will be tough for 2014 to top this moment. (Image via)

One last column before actual football kicks off. This week I’m going to try and prognosticate how the season will go for the three parts of football I care about in descending order: the Michigan Wolverines, the Big Ten, and the national college football landscape. [Read more…]

Posted in: Football, Sports Tagged: Alabama Crimson Tide, Devin Gardner, Florida State Seminoles, Jameis Winston, Marcus Mariota, Michigan State Spartans, Michigan Wolverines, Ohio State Buckeyes, Oklahoma Sooners, Oregon Ducks

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