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Addison Recorder Pick ‘Em Week Thirteen – Probably Cursed

November 20, 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 are joined by Kevin Triskett, a new contributor to the Recorder whose passion is NCAA basketball. We’re running him through this ringer before he can go further, though.

Rich Rodriguez Arizona Wildcats

Bean is still fond of RichRod, despite what happened at Michigan. But this is also a hilariously awkward portrait.

#15 Arizona at #17 Utah

Bean: Apparently I am really into the race for the Pac-12 South this week. So we start in Salt Lake City! The Wildcats have been the more consistent team this year, but they’re also pretty lucky to be 8-2. Winning via hail marys and last-second field goals will do that. On the other side the Utes have played close games against every conference opponent except Oregon, who waxed them.  So this one will be close. My goodwill towards RichRod makes me give the nod to Zona. Wildcats by 1.

Kevin: The Pac-12 South caught my eye this week as well. Aside from the two games with top-25 teams, Oregon needs a strong Championship Game opponent for any hopes of entering the playoffs as the #1 seed. Arizona, to me, has been more lucky than good this season. After watching them struggle past a not-very-good Washington Huskies team last week, I can’t trust the Wildcats on the road against the Utes. Arizona ranks 119th nationally in passing yards allowed per game, and junior quarterback Travis Wilson is good enough to exploit that. (Ed. Note – A RichRod team ranking 119th in a defensive category? I remember that. – Bean) Utes by 7 [Read more…]

Posted in: Football, Pick ' EM, Sports Tagged: Arizona Cardinals, Denver Broncos, Detroit Lions, Miami Dolphins, New England Patriots, Seattle Seahawks, UCLA Bruins, USC Trojans, Utah Utes

Addison Recorder Football Pick ‘Em: Week Seven – Dreamy Quarterback Edition

October 9, 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.

Before we begin, let me say that after last weekend, rationality no longer applies to college football this seasons. When 11 of the top 25 teams in the country, including those ranked #’s 2, 3, 4, 6, and 8 all lose together then chaos truly reigns. No one knows anything. Least of all me, your wildly inaccurate host. So, with Travis joining me again for the pick ‘em this week, we decided to use a criteria that Katy Perry would appreciate: how dreamy the quarterback for each team is.

Auburn Tigers Nick Marshall

Auburn’s Nick Marshall (Image via)

#2 Auburn at #3 Mississippi State

Bean:

The marquee match-up this week, then, is a showdown between Auburn’s Nick Marshall and Mississippi State’s Dak Prescott. Makes this a pretty easy call, personally. Nick Marhsall’s not a bad looking fella, but he’s no Dak. Look at that square jaw! Those smiling eyes! He even pulls off the chin stubble. Bulldogs by 10.

Mississippi State Bulldogs Dak Prescott

Mississippi State’s Dak Prescott

Travis:

Huh. This is our gimmick this week? Welp, okay.

Are you kidding? He’s got a neck that most closely resembles a redwood. Are redwoods attractive? I THINK NOT. Auburn by 10.

[Read more…]

Posted in: Football, Pick ' EM, Sports Tagged: Auburn Tigers, Baylor Bears, Cleveland Browns, Michigan Wolverines, Mississippi State Bulldogs, Oregon Ducks, Penn state Nittany Lions, Pittsburgh Steelers, TCU Horned Frogs, UCLA Bruins

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

Addison Recorder Football Pick ‘Em: Week Three

September 11, 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.

Kyle Field Texas A&M

This is almost certainly Chris’s idea of home. (Image via)

Rice Owls at #7 Texas A&M Aggies

Going solo this week because the match-ups sort of suck. Also, let me just say that last week sucked and let’s never talk about it again.  (Editor’s note – when I win in a head-to-head football pick ’em with Bean, you know how incredibly and improbably such a week sucked in the grand scheme of things, because I have no business getting so much football right. – Andrew) Moving on, we’ve got this pick leading off in honor of next week’s guest-picker: our very own Texas A&M alum and lifelong Aggie fanatic, Chris Walsh. He can hardly stand a day in which we don’t talk about the glory that is A&M football and/or Johnny Manziel, so it’s only fair. In real life, this game will not be a contest. A&M started the season by blowing the doors off of South Carolina in a game I predicted very incorrectly. They will do worse things to a Rice team that has nowhere near their talent level. It will get ugly. Chris will watch every glorious second while whispering “Gig ‘Em.” Aggies by the square root of all the cattle in Texas. [Read more…]

Posted in: Football, Pick ' EM, Sports Tagged: Baltimore Ravens, Chicago Bears, Georgia Bulldogs, Pittsburgh Steelers, Rice Owls, Roger Goodell, San Francisco 49ers, South Carolina Gamecocks, Texas A&M Aggies, Texas Longhorns, UCLA Bruins

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