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04 December 2006

BIG FAT BOWL CHALLENGE

The Mac Cup might be over but there's a new chance to win some goodies. 1st and 2nd place will both get some sort of prize, we haven't determined yet, it depends on how much AdSense money we get from Google, you know, for the ads on the sidebar. So, just in theory, if it got clicked a lot, we could possibly give away a better prize. In theory.
Instead of adding your picks onto the comments section, mail them to chili -at- dannyfordisgod -dot com- (address not linked to avoid spammers) and make sure to make the subject line of your email Bowl Picks - (name) so I can sort them from other comments and complaints and random emails to my DFIG address.


Poinsettia Bowl - Dec 19

TCU vs. Northern Illinois
Las Vegas Bowl - Dec 21
BYU vs. Oregon
New Orleans Bowl - Dec 22
Rice vs. Troy
Papajohns.com Bowl - Dec 23
South Florida vs. East Carolina
New Mexico Bowl - Dec 23
New Mexico vs. San Jose St
Armed Forces Bowl - Dec 23
Tulsa v. Utah
Hawaii Bowl - Dec 24
Arizona State vs. Hawaii
Motor City Bowl - Dec 26
MTSU vs. Central Michigan
Emerald Bowl - Dec 27
FSU vs. UCLA
Independence Bowl - Dec 28
Oklahoma State vs. Alabama
Holiday Bowl - Dec 28
California vs. Texas A&M
Texas Bowl - Dec 28
Rutgers vs. Kansas State
Music City Bowl - Dec 29
Clemson vs. Kentucky
Sun Bowl - Dec 29
Oregon State vs. Missouri
Liberty Bowl - Dec 29
Houston vs. Sakerlina
Insight Bowl - Dec 29
Texas Tech vs. Minnesota
Champs Sports Bowl - Dec 29
Purdue vs. Maryland
Car Care Bowl - Dec 30
Navy vs. Boston College
Alamo Bowl - Dec 30
Texas vs. Iowa
Chick-fil-A Bowl - Dec 30
Georgia vs. Virginia Tech
MPC Computers Bowl - Dec 31
Miami vs. Nevada
Outback Bowl - Jan 1
Tennessee vs. Penn State
Cotton Bowl - Jan 1
Auburn vs. Nebraska
Gator Bowl - Jan 1
West Virginia vs. Georgia Tech
Capital One - Jan 1
Arkansas vs. Wisconsin
Rose Bowl - Jan 1
USC vs. Michigan
Fiesta Bowl - Jan 1
Boise State vs. Oklahoma
Orange Bowl - Jan 2
Louisville vs. Wake Forest
Sugar Bowl - Jan 3
Notre Dame vs. LSU
International Bowl - Jan 6
Cincinnati vs. Western Michigan
GMAC Bowl - Jan 7
Ohio vs. Southern Miss
BCS Championship Game - Jan 8
Florida vs. Ohio State

THE MACALLAN CUP: IT'S OVER


This week marked the final week of the Macallan Cup Pick 10. Remember, the winner will get a bottle of The Macallan Fine Oak, 18 Year Old. Whisky Magazine gave it a prestigious 8 1/2 out of 10, though one reviewer had a problem with the sherry wood barrels used in the aging process. Enough about the single malts, here's the results:

Last Week’s Games:
Army @ Navy - Navy
Rutgers @ West Virginia - WVU
Arkansas vs. Florida - Flawda
Wake Forest vs. Georgia Tech - WFU
Nebraska vs. Oklahoma - Oklahoma
USC @ UCLA - UCLA
Oregon State @ Hawaii – Oregon State
Conneticut @ Louisville - Louisville
Stanford @ California - Cal
Div 1-AA: Montana State @ Appalachian State – ASU


This Week’s Results:

JoeCU08 -2
NoleCC -2
Uttles -2
Willy Mac -2
Chili -3
Lola -3
Sambo -3
FishTaco -4
Brad -5
CUstudent -5


FINAL RESULTS
Name – Score – Record - Percentage

1. Chili -36 – 104-36 – 74%
2. Lola -48 – 92-48 – 65%
3. Willy Mac -51 – 89-51 – 63.5%
4. Brad -52 – 88-52 – 62.75%

I AM TEH WINNAR!!!!! I am looking forward to next year when we have even more regular pickers and a little better competition, though Lola gave me a run for my money. Next year we will probably pick games by spreads, more than likely using a Yahoo! Fantasy Sports group. Willy Mac, I want my booze! Gimmie!

27 November 2006

THE MACALLAN FINE OAK CUP

Chili has officially pulled away. What is interesting is that the fight for the rest of the field has gotten interesting seeing as Lola is letting herself go. Can she hold on??? The season is 14 weeks, not just 12 and a half.

Last Week's Results

South Carolina @ #24 Clemson - South Carolina
#16 Georgia Tech @ Georgia - Georgia
#4 Florida @ Florida State - Florida
#6 Notre Dame @ #3 The REAL USC - USC
#20 Wake Forest @ Maryland - Wake Forest
North Carolina @ Duke - North Carolina
Texas A&M @ #11 Texas (Friday @ Noon, ABC) - Texas A&M
#9 LSU @ #5 Arkansas (Friday @ 2:30, CBS) - LSU
#18 Boston College @ Miami (Thursday @ 7:30, ESPN) - Miami
DIV 1-AA: Furman @ Montana State (Sunday)
- Montana State

On the week
1 Brad -3
T2 Chili -4
T2 NoleCC -4
4 Willy Mac -5
T5
Sambo -6
T5 Fishtacos -6
7 Lola -7

Overall
1 Chili -33
2 Lola -45
3 Brad -47
4 Willy Mac -49

Prepping for next year
1 NoleCC - Looks to be a formidable opponent for next year.
T2 Fishtacos - Rough week.
T2 Sambo - Rough week as well.
4 Uttles - Where on earth have you been???

This weeks games are as follows
Army @ Navy
#13 Rutgers @ #15 West Virginia
#8 Arkansas vs. #4 Florida (SEC Title)
#16 Wake Forest vs. #23 Georgia Tech (ACC Title)
#19 Nebraska vs. #8 Oklahoma (Big 12 Title)
#2 USC @ UCLA
Oregon State @ #24 Hawaii
Conneticut @ #6 Louisville
Stanford @ # 21 California
Div 1-AA: Montana State @ Appalachian State

Get your picks in by noon (EST) on Saturday.

Chili's Picks:
Navy
WVU
Florida
WF
OU
USC
Hawaii
Louisville
Cal
App State

Willy Mac's Picks
Army @ Navy - Navy
#13 Rutgers @ #15 West Virginia - West Virginia
#8 Arkansas vs. #4 Florida (SEC Title) - Arkansas
#16 Wake Forest vs. #23 Georgia Tech (ACC Title) - Wake Forest
#19 Nebraska vs. #8 Oklahoma (Big 12 Title) - Oklahoma
#2 USC @ UCLA - USC
Oregon State @ #24 Hawaii - Oregon
Conneticut @ #6 Louisville - Louisville
Stanford @ # 21 California - California
Div 1-AA: Montana State @ Appalachian State - App State

21 November 2006

LE MAC

It's safe to say that the bottle of Macallan is going to be Chili's barring him having a stroke. The real battle now is for third place between Brad and myself. You'll have to excuse me if there are any incorrect numbers because I've been popping Loratabs like they're skittles. Results of the MRI: Torn PCL, surgery probably not needed. Recovery 4 - 6 months... fucking club football.

Last weeks results
#2 Michigan @ #1 Ohio State - Ohio State
#5 Arkansas @ Mississippi State (Miss St. at home in November) - Arkansas
#19 Virginia Tech @ #14 Wake Forest - Virginia Tech
#15 Auburn @ Alabama - Auburn
#21 Maryland @ #20 Boston College - Boston College
Arizona @ Oregon - Arizona
#17 California @ #4 Southern Cal - Southern Cal
Oklahoma State @ Texas Tech - Texas Tech
UCLA @ Arizona State - UCLA
#8 West Virginia @ Pitt (Thursday Night) - West Virginia
Shits and Giggles: Clemson vs. Open Date - Clemson... thankfully.

On the week
T1 Chili -2
T1
Sambo -2
T3 Willy Mac -5
T3 NoleCC -5
T5 Brad -6
T5 Lola -6

Overall
1 Chili -29
2 Lola -38
T3 Brad -44
T3 Willy Mac -44

Prepping for next year
1 Sambo - Good shot on the first try.
2 NoleCC - Not bad... I wanted to insert a hateful FSU type jab... but I got nothing.
3 Uttles - Where'd you go?

This weeks games are as follows
South Carolina @ #24 Clemson
#16 Georgia Tech @ Georgia
#4 Florida @ Florida State
#6 Notre Dame @ #3 The REAL USC
#20 Wake Forest @ Maryland
North Carolina @ Duke
Texas A&M @ #11 Texas (Friday @ Noon, ABC)
#9 LSU @ #5 Arkansas (Friday @ 2:30, CBS)
#18 Boston College @ Miami (Thursday @ 7:30, ESPN)
DIV 1-AA: Furman @ Montana State (Sunday)

Once again, have your stuff in before 7:15 PM on Thursday.

Chili's Picks
Clem
UGa
Florida
USC
Wake
UNC
Texas
Arkansas
BC
MSU

Willy Mac's Picks
South Carolina @ #24 Clemson - Clemson
#16 Georgia Tech @ Georgia - UGA
#4 Florida @ Florida State - Florida
#6 Notre Dame @ #3 The REAL USC - USC
#20 Wake Forest @ Maryland - Wake Forest
North Carolina @ Duke - Duke
Texas A&M @ #11 Texas (Friday @ Noon, ABC) - TAMU
#9 LSU @ #5 Arkansas (Friday @ 2:30, CBS) - Arkansas
#18 Boston College @ Miami (Thursday @ 7:30, ESPN) - Missed it
DIV 1-AA: Furman @ Montana State (Sunday) - Furman

15 November 2006

THE MAC CUP: WEEK 12 PICK 10/OPEN DATE

I've been bringing in good numbers and all I can hope for is for Chili and Lola to drop a few picks. All I needed them to do was get worse. What do they go and do? THEY GET BETTER. WTF!

Last weeks results
NC State @ Clemson - Clemson
Sakerlina @ Florida - Florida
Oregon @ USC - USC
Georgia @ Auburn - Georgia
Tennessee @ Arkansas - Arkansas
Wake Forest @ Florida State - Wake Forest
Miami @ Maryland - Maryland
Texas Tech @ Oklahoma - Oklahoma
Nebraska @ Texas A&M - Nebraska
Louisville @ Rutgers (Thursday) - Rutgers


On the week
T1 Chili -2
T1 Lola -2
T1 Uttles -2
T4 Willy Mac -3
T4 Clemsonfan420 -3
T4 NoleCC -3
7 Brad -4


Overall
1 Chili -27
2 Lola -32
3 Brad -38
4 Willy Mac -39

Just for fun
1 Uttles - Back to good picking
2 Clemsonfan420 - Glad you could join us
3 NoleCC - Glad to have you back... you need to get on this next year

Week 12 Pick 10 Games as follows
#2 Michigan @ #1 Ohio State
#5 Arkansas @ Mississippi State (Miss St. at home in November)
#19 Virginia Tech @ #14 Wake Forest
#15 Auburn @ Alabama
#21 Maryland @ #20 Boston College
Arizona @ Oregon
#17 California @ #4 Southern Cal
Oklahoma State @ Texas Tech
UCLA @ Arizona State
#8 West Virginia @ Pitt (Thursday Night)
Just for fun: Clemson vs. Open Date

Get your picks in before game time Thursday Night

Chili's Picks
OSU
Arkansas
VT
Auburn
BC
Oregon
SoCal
TT
ASU
WVU
Rarely are activities preceded by the phrase "Just for fun!" any fun at all, and the two instances of the phrase in this post are evidence to that fact.

Willy Mac's Picks
#2 Michigan @ #1 Ohio State - Michigan
#5 Arkansas @ Mississippi State (Miss St. at home in November) - Arkansas
#19 Virginia Tech @ #14 Wake Forest - Wake Forest
#15 Auburn @ Alabama - Auburn
#21 Maryland @ #20 Boston College - Maryland
Arizona @ Oregon - Arizona
#17 California @ #4 Southern Cal - USC
Oklahoma State @ Texas Tech - OK State
UCLA @ Arizona State - ASU
#8 West Virginia @ Pitt (Thursday Night) - WVU
Just for fun: Clemson vs. Open Date - Open Date


As you can tell, this week has been a bag blog week for Chili and I both. I've had five tests this week and have one to go. Chili has been swamped at work. Since our boys in orange are taking the week off, we feel that we deserve one too. We're gonna give the blog some love in the mouth all next week. We'll make it up to you. And we promise, we weren't out till all hours of the night with other blogs. Seriously... you can trust us. Along with your picks, we're going to ask that you post your top five favorite Clemson/USC games of all time (#1 being your favorite). Even if you don't post picks, post your top five games. No anonymous.

08 November 2006

THE MAC CUP: WEEK 11 PICK 10

This past week saw the DFIG "experts" go for broke, losing out to our guests. It also saw a brand new picker who actually won the week.

Last weeks results
Maryland @ Clemson - Maryland
LSU @ Tennessee - LSU
Wake Forest @ Boston College - Wake Forest
Missouri @ Nebraska - Nebraska
Oklahoma @ Texas A&M - Oklahoma
Penn State @ Wisconsin - Wisconsin
Navy @ Duke - Navy
Georgia @ Kentucky- Kentucky
Arkansas @ SCAR - Arkansas
West Virginia @ Louisville (Thurs.) - Louisville

On the week
1 Fish Tacos -3
2 Brad -5
3 Lola -5
4 Chili -6
5 Willy Mac -6
6 Uttles -6

Overall
1 Chili -25
2 Lola -30
3 Brad -34

And with a commanding grip on last place:
4 Willy Mac -36

Just for fun
1 Uttles - first hard week
2 Fishtacos - real name is Taku
3 Greg - skipped last week
4 Tully - Dude, I know you go on CounterStrike tangents, but are you still alive? Did you drown in your bath tub??

Week 11 Pick 10 Games as follows
NC State @ Clemson
Sakerlina @ Florida
Oregon @ USC
Georgia @ Auburn
Tennessee @ Arkansas
Wake Forest @ Florida State
Miami @ Maryland
Texas Tech @ Oklahoma
Nebraska @ Texas A&M
Louisville @ Rutgers (Thursday)

Willy Mac's Picks
NC State @ Clemson - Clemson
South Carolina @ Florida - Florida
Oregon @ USC - USC
Georgia @ Auburn - Auburn
Tennessee @ Arkansas - Arkansas
Wake Forest @ Florida State - Wake
Miami @ Maryland - Miami
Texas Tech @ Oklahoma - Oklahoma
Nebraska @ Texas A&M - Nebraska
Louisville @ Rutgers (Thursday) - Louisville

Chili's Picks
NC State @ Clemson - Clemson
Sakerlina @ Florida - Florida
Oregon @ USC - USC
Georgia @ Auburn - Auburn
Tennessee @ Arkansas - Arkansas
Wake Forest @ Florida State - Wake
Miami @ Maryland - Maryland
Texas Tech @ Oklahoma - Oklahoma
Nebraska @ Texas A&M - Nebraska
Louisville @ Rutgers (Thursday) - Louisville

Also, I stumbled upon the National Women's Football Association. Browse that for hilarity. Just too much wrong with that picture for me to make fun of. I tried, I really did, but it was just too easy. Well, ok. Only in a women's football league would they have "I'm So Excited" by the Pointer Sisters as the theme music for their highlight videos.

Check for our NC State preview post tomorrow.

29 October 2006

MAC CUP WEEK 9, PICK 10 WEEK 10


Last week’s results:

Texas @ Texas Tech - Texas
NCSU @ UVa - UVa
Penn State @ Purdue - PSU
FSU @ Maryland - Maryland
Nebraska @ Ok. State - OSU
Florida vs. UGa - UF
Miami @ GT - GT
Mizzou @ Oklahoma - Oklahoma
Tennessee @ SCAR - UT
Clemson @ VT (Thurs) – VT by a LOT


Scoring as follows (Golf Scoring System)
Uttles - 3
Chili - 3
Greg - 5
Willy Mac - 5
Brad - 5
Lola - 5
Tully – Again, unable to be located for picks. We’ve uncovered the last known photograph of Tulls:


Overall
1. Chili -19
2. Lola -25
3. Brad -29
4. Willy Mac -30
5. Greg -32
Just for fun
6. Uttles – 3/week average
7. Tully – A job-free college graduate in Seattle. Gnarly.

Week 10 Pick 10 games are:

Maryland @ Clemson
LSU @ Tennessee
Wake Forest @ Boston College
Missouri @ Nebraska
Oklahoma @ Texas A&M
Penn State @ Wisconsin
Navy @ Duke
Georgia @ Kentucky
Arkansas @ SCAR
West Virginia @ Louisville (Thurs.)

Chili's Picks
Maryland @ Clemson - CU
LSU @ Tennessee - UT
Wake Forest @ Boston College - BC
Missouri @ Nebraska - Nebraska
Oklahoma @ Texas A&M - TAMU
Penn State @ Wisconsin - UW
Navy @ Duke - Navy
Georgia @ Kentucky - UGa
Arkansas @ SCAR - Arkansas
West Virginia @ Louisville (Thurs.) - WVU

Willy Mac's Picks
Maryland @ Clemson - Clemson
LSU @ Tennessee - LSU
Wake Forest @ Boston College - BC
Missouri @ Nebraska - Huskers
Oklahoma @ Texas A&M - TAMU
Penn State @ Wisconsin - WIZ
Navy @ Duke - Dookies
Georgia @ Kentucky - UGA
Arkansas @ SCAR - Arkansas
West Virginia @ Louisville (Thurs.) - WVU

23 October 2006

PICK 10: WEEK 9

This week's Pick 10 games are:

Texas @ Texas Tech
NCSU @ UVa
Penn State @ Purdue
FSU @ Maryland
Nebraska @ Ok. State
Florida vs. UGa
Miami @ GT
Mizzou @ Oklahoma
Tennessee @ SCAR
Clemson @ VT (Thurs)

Get your picks in by Thursday. Remember, the winner at the end of the season gets a beautiful bottle of The Macallan: Fine Oak, 18 year old edition. This is really just an elaborate attempt on my part to get Willy Mac to drop 2 bills on booze for yours truly.

Chili's Picks
Texas @ Texas Tech - Texas
NCSU @ UVa - NCSU
Penn State @ Purdue - PSU
FSU @ Maryland - FSU
Nebraska @ Ok. State - Ok. State
Florida vs. UGa - UF
Miami @ GT - GT
Mizzou @ Oklahoma - OU
Tennessee @ SCAR - UT
Clemson @ VT (Thurs) - Clemson

Willy Mac's Picks
Texas @ Texas Tech - Texas
NCSU @ UVa - NCSU
Penn State @ Purdue - PSU
FSU @ Maryland - FSU
Nebraska @ Ok. State - Nebraska
Florida vs. UGa - UF
Miami @ GT - GT
Mizzou @ Oklahoma - Mizzou
Tennessee @ SCAR - UT
Clemson @ VT (Thurs) - Clemson

GEORGIA TECH POSTGAME & MAC CUP STANDINGS

Mr. James Davis... crushing dreams and destroying confidence since 2005

Willy Mac’s prediction: “If Reggie Ball implodes: Clemson 31, Tech 10.”

I might be wrong, but this is probably the most accurate of all the predictions I saw from the blogging crowd and the mainstream sportswriters. Good job WM. If you want to see some really funny predictions, check out The Hive’s GT-Clemson score prediction thread. I’m not quite sure whether Saturday was a case of 1) Georgia Tech being way overrated by writers and fans 2) Clemson being underrated by writers and fans or 3) just outplaying and outcoaching GT. The answer is probably a combination of the three.

THE GOOD

Our CJ is better. At least he was Saturday night; 116 yards rushing and 50 yards receiving, 2 touchdowns on the night. The other CJ had 0 catches, 0 tds, and -4 yards rushing. I hoped Clemson would have contained Calvin Johnson but I never would have predicted it would be a complete whitewashing of the Heisman hopeful. The defense helped pressure Reggie Ball, keeping him from gaining successful yardage on draw plays and keeping the little guy so flustered he couldn’t get the ball to Calvin “Chan Gailey’s Meal Ticket” Johnson.

James Davis had the best game out of anyone with a career-high 216 yards rushing, a feat that garnered him the Walter Camp Foundation player of the week award.

For the first time in Clemson history, two running backs had 200/100 + performances in a game.

The highlight recap of the game was so brutal, it looks like Chan Gailey killed a puppy in the locker room before the game.
All I can think about is what on earth did Chan Gailey's halftime speech sound like??? "Look fellas, we're gonna go out there this second half and totally let the wheels fall off of the bandwagon. I've got a lot of money riding on Clemson covering, so Calvin, Reggie, I need you two to really try your best to look like you don't deserve a scholarship." Clemson ran the ball so well, they could probably not pass the ball for the rest of the season and win out.

Jad Dean showed a lot of improvement. According to Bowden his kicks were higher and went further than anytime previously this season. Maybe mental cushioning in preparation for the game in Blacksburg this coming Thursday.

THE BAD

Roman Fry tore his ACL and is out for the season. I hate to see another senior end his career early. The silver lining to this is that it will give junior Chris McDuffie some more experience that will be sorely needed when we replace 4 seniors on the line next year. McDuffie stepped in and did a great job for Fry, even earning the team’s “12th Man” award.

THE UGLY

Some would say the purple uniforms, though they didn’t bother me much. Let the team wear whatever color they want.

Maybe the ugliest moment was after the game. Chan Gailey didn’t have much to say about the shutdown of Johnson. Johnson and offensive coordinator Chris Nix didn’t have anything to say about the matter. Gailey barred them from speaking to reporters after the game.

GAMEDAY (Willy Mac)

Clemson fans showed Gameday a great time and really showed the university in a positive light. From what I saw from Tivo, all three guys loved the experience and Herbstreit even dubbed the event as the "best Gameday all year, perhaps the best one I've been to ever." I know for a fact, the Gameday broadcast was the loudest that ESPN has had all year, reaching an astounding 117 decibels. Our sign was a huge success. For the most part, Clemson fans had some of the funniest signs in the nation, including an enlarged photo of Lou Holtz accompanied by the phrase "shixty shree to sheventeen." The only thing I didn't really enjoy was waking up at 6AM. For the first time in my life, I experienced three hangovers in the span of 36 hours. Woof.

The Mac

Last weeks results
GT @ Clemson - Clemson
Texas A&M @ Oklahoma State - TAMU
Boston College @ FSU - Boston College
Rutgers @ Pitt - Rutgers
Purdue @ Wisconsin - The Wiz
Texas @ Nebraska - Texas
Iowa @ Michigan - Michigan
NCSU @ Maryland - Maryland
SCAR @ Vandy - Jailbirds
UNC @ UVa (Thurs) - UVA


Scoring as follows (Golf Scoring System)
Uttles -3
Chili -3
Greg -3
Willy Mac -4
Brad -4
Lola -5
Tully – still passed out

Overall
1. Chili -16
2. Lola -20
3. Brad -24
4. Willy Mac -25
5. Greg -27
Just for fun
6. Uttles - Will be a serious contender next year
7. Tully - had braces his senior year of college

The next round of games will be up by Tuesday in a new post.


Complete Pandomonium... Oh, and check out our sign, top left when Corso makes his pick.

17 October 2006

MACALLAN CUP STANDINGS, WEEK 8 PICK TEN

Just to refresh your memory, the best prognosticator at the end of the season receives a bottle of The Macallan Fine Oak, Aged 18 Years. This past week the Mac cup saw some of its worst scores of the season with nobody getting any less than three misses. So, I walk by my computer on Saturday and see an instant message from Willy Mac: AW I’M COMING BACK!!! THAT BOTTLE OF MAC IS MINE!, failing to realize that while he only missed 3, the same number that I had missed, not exactly the plan for making up ground on a 8 pick deficit. Misguided hubris aside, here are last week’s results and this week’s picks. Get yer picks in by Thursdee.

Week 7 results were as follows:

Ohio State @ Michigan State - OSU
Rutgers @ Navy - Rutgers
FSU @ Duke - FSU
UCLA @ Oregon - Oregon
Florida @ Auburn - Auburn
Michigan @ Penn State - Michigan
Missouri @ TAMU - TAMU
Vanderbilt @ Georgia - Vandy
Temple vs. Clemson - Clemson
Virginia Tech @ BC – BC

WEEK 7 PICK RESULTS:
Brad -3
Chili -3
Willy Mac -3
Uttles -4
Lola -4
Greg -5
Tully – passed out, no picks submitted

OVERALL STANDINGS:
1. Chili -13
2. Lola -15
3. Brad -20
4. Willy Mac -21
5. Greg -24
6. Tully -32 (DID NOT SUBMIT PICKS!! ZOMG!)
7. Uttles – err…


WEEK 8 PICK TEN:
GT @ Clemson
Texas A&M @ Oklahoma State
Boston College @ FSU
Rutgers @ Pitt
Purdue @ Wisconsin
Texas @ Nebraska
Iowa @ Michigan
NCSU @ Maryland
SCAR @ Vandy
UNC @ UVa (Thurs)

Willy Mac's Picks:
GT @ Clemson - Clemson
Texas A&M @ Oklahoma State - TAMU
Boston College @ FSU - FSU
Rutgers @ Pitt - Rutgers
Purdue @ Wisconsin - Wisconsin
Texas @ Nebraska - Texas
Iowa @ Michigan - Michigan
NCSU @ Maryland - NCSU
SCAR @ Vandy - Vandy
UNC @ UVa (Thurs) - UNC

Chili's Picks:
GT @ Clemson - Clemson
Texas A&M @ Oklahoma State - TAMU
Boston College @ FSU - FSU
Rutgers @ Pitt - Rutgers
Purdue @ Wisconsin - Wisconsin
Texas @ Nebraska - Texas
Iowa @ Michigan - Michigan
NCSU @ Maryland - NCSU
SCAR @ Vandy - SCAR
UNC @ UVa (Thurs) - I didn't make this one in time :(

09 October 2006

THE MACALLAN CUP: WEEK 6 STANDINGS, WEEK 7 PICK TEN

This past week saw a pack effect where everyone has bunched into two packs and now its the race for third between Brad, Greg, and Willy Mac and the race for first between Lola and Chili. Unless Chili drinks Drain-o, I don't think he's gonna get caught by anyone other than Lola.

Clemson @ Wake - Clemson
Texas @ Oklahoma - Texas
LSU @ Florida - Florida
Tennessee @ UGa - Tennessee

Oregon @ Cal - Cal

Michigan St @ Michigan
- Michigan
Missouri @ Texas Tech - MIZZOU
Penn State @ Minnesota - Penn State
TCU @ Utah (Thurs.)(WTF game of the week) - Utah

FSU @ NC State (Thurs.) - NC State

The results of the past week (Remember, it's golf scoring):
T1. Willy Mac -3
T1. Chili -3
T3. Lola -4
T3. Greg -4 (even left out two games)
T5. Brad -5
T5. Uttles -5
T5. Tully -5

Overall standings are as follows (Still golf scoring):
1. Chili -10

2. Lola -11

3. Brad -17

4. Willy Mac -18
5. Greg -19
6. Tully -22
7. Uttles.... I don't even know how to score this one.

Ohio State @ Michigan State
Rutgers @ Navy
FSU @ Duke
UCLA @ Oregon
Florida @ Auburn
Michigan @ Penn State
Missouri @ TAMU
Vanderbilt @ Georgia
Temple vs. Clemson (Charlotte, Thursday)
Virginia Tech @ BC (Thursday)

Willy Mac's Picks

Ohio State @ Michigan State - OSU
Rutgers @ Navy - Rutgers
FSU @ Duke - FSU
UCLA @ Oregon - UCLA
Florida @ Auburn - Florida
Michigan @ Penn State - Michigan
Missouri @ TAMU - TAMU
Vanderbilt @ Georgia - Vandy
Temple vs. Clemson (Charlotte, Thursday) - Clemson
Virginia Tech @ BC (Thursday) - Virginia Tech


Chili's Picks

Ohio State @ Michigan State - OSU
Rutgers @ Navy - Navy
FSU @ Duke - FSU
UCLA @ Oregon - OU
Florida @ Auburn - AU
Michigan @ Penn State - Michigan
Missouri @ TAMU - Mizzou
Vanderbilt @ Georgia - UGa
Temple vs. Clemson (Charlotte, Thursday) - Clemson
Virginia Tech @ BC (Thursday) - BC
Get your picks in before the games on Thursday.

24 points in one quarter spells meltdown for Wake Forest.

03 October 2006

THE MAC CUP: WEEK 6 PICK 10

We might as change the name of this to "The Weekly Giving of the Macallan to Chili"

The standings up to this point were posted earlier.
Here are the Week 6 Pick 10 games:

Clemson @ Wake

Texas @ Oklahoma

LSU @ Florida

Tennessee @ UGa

Oregon @ Cal
Michigan St @ Michigan
Missouri @ Texas Tech
Penn State @ Minnesota

TCU @ Utah (Thurs.)(WTF game of the week)

FSU @ NC State (Thurs.)

Willy Mac's Picks:
Clemson @ Wake - Clemson
Texas @ Oklahoma
- Texas
LSU @ Florida
- LSU
Tennessee @ UGa - Tennessee

Oregon @ Cal - Oregon
Michigan St @ Michigan - Michigan
Missouri @ Texas Tech - Missouri
Penn State @ Minnesota
- Penn State
TCU @ Utah (Thurs.)(WTF game of the week)
- TCU
FSU @ NC State (Thurs.) - NC State

Chili's Picks:
Clemson @ Wake - Clemson
Texas @ Oklahoma
- Texas
LSU @ Florida
- LSU
Tennessee @ UGa - Tennessee

Oregon @ Cal - California
Michigan St @ Michigan - Michigan
Missouri @ Texas Tech - UM
Penn State @ Minnesota
- Penn State
TCU @ Utah (Thurs.)(WTF game of the week)
- Utah
FSU @ NC State (Thurs.) - FSU

Get your picks in by gametime on Thursday, sho nuff.

01 October 2006

THE MACALLAN CUP: WEEK 5 STANDINGS

This past week gave some of our pundits fits as both Brad and Tully missed half their picks, while I ran a perfect 10 for 10 and Lola was close behind with 9 out of 10. Remember, the winner gets a bottle of The Macallan Fine Oak 18 Year at the end of the season. Second prize? Second prize is a set of steak knives. Third prize is you’re fired. (Kudos if anyone but me gets that reference.)

Louisiana Tech @ Clemson - CU
Virginia @ Duke - UVA
Virginia Tech @ Georgia Tech - GT
Ohio State @ Iowa - OSU
Texas Tech @ Texas A&M - TT
California @ Oregon State - Cali
Rutgers @ South Florida - Rutgers
Michigan @ Minnesota - Michigan
Navy @ UConn - Navy
Auburn @ South Carolina – AU

This week’s results are as follows (remember, scoring is based on number of missed picks):

1. Chili, who didn’t miss a single pick this week
2. Lola -1
T3. Willy Mac -3
T3. Greg -3
5. Brad -4, plus he left out the SCAR-AUB game, so -5
6. Tully -5, way to go jackass.


Overall standings are as follows:

T1. Chili -7
T1. Lola -7
3. Brad -12
T4. Greg - 15
T4. Willy Mac -15
6. Tully -17

Next week’s Pick 10 will be announced on Monday or Tuesday.

25 September 2006

THE MACALLAN CUP: WEEK 4 STANDINGS, WEEK 5 PICK 10

Week 4 saw some stellar picks by our pundits, thought admittedly it was nowhere near the challenge of the previous week.

UNC @ Clemson
- Clemson
Penn State @ Ohio State - OSU
Arizona State @ Cal - Cali
Notre Dame @ Michigan State - ND
Boston College @ NCSU - NNNN CCCCC STAAAATE
Iowa @ Illinois - Iowa
Alabama @ Arkansas - Arkansas
Marshall @ Tennessee - UT
Colorado @ Georgia - UGa
Virginia @ Georgia Tech (Thurs.)
- GT


Current standings are:
1. Lola -6
T2. Brad -7
T2. Chili -7
T4. Willy Mac -12
T4. Greggers -12

Shamefully late:
6. Tully -9

Here are the games for week 5:
Louisiana Tech @ Clemson
Virginia @ Duke
Virginia Tech @ Georgia Tech
Ohio State @ Iowa (And no, Tully, I won't call them The OSU, that's just silly.)
Texas Tech @ Texas A&M
California @ Oregon State
Rutgers @ South Florida (Changed)
Michigan @ Minnesota
Navy @ UConn (WTF Game of the Week)
Auburn @ South Carolina (Thurs.)

Willy Mac's Picks:
Louisiana Tech @ Clemson - Clemson
Virginia @ Duke - Jeebus, by far the hardest pick. Duke, but expect to change.
Virginia Tech @ Georgia Tech - Virginia Tech
Ohio State @ Iowa - Ohio State
Texas Tech @ Texas A&M - TAMU
California @ Oregon State - California
Rutgers @ South Florida (Changed) - Rutgers
Michigan @ Minnesota - Michigan
Navy @ UConn (WTF Game of the Week) - Navy
Auburn @ South Carolina (Thurs.) - Auburn

Chili's Picks:
Louisiana Tech @ Clemson - Clemson
Virginia @ Duke
- UVa
Virginia Tech @ Georgia Tech - GIT
Ohio State @ Iowa - OSU
Texas Tech @ Texas A&M - TTU
California @ Oregon State - California
Rutgers @ South Florida (Changed) - Rutgers
Michigan @ Minnesota - UMich
Navy @ UConn (WTF Game of the Week) - Navy
Auburn @ South Carolina (Thurs.) - Auburn

24 September 2006

HEAT+DRINKING+BLOWOUTS=TEARING THE CLUB UP

My thoughts exactly at roughly 5:30 PM, Saturday, September 23rd.

Wow. What a Saturday. Sitting in the ritzy West Zone, rubbing elbows with Danny, drinking Chivas, blowing out the Tar Heels. Willy Mac and I got inappropriately drunk. I mean ruined clothes drunk. Vomit-stained shoes drunk (at least me, don't know bout him). Busted class ring drunk (thanks, lifetime warranty!). Maybe it was the extreme humidity and swamp-ass heat or perhaps it was the mixing of brown and clear liquors with beer in between, but at one point we just lost all control. The night ended with me giving Willy Mac a Deacon Jones headslap and him turning around to slug me in the face. That's about as far as it went before Willy Mac and his brother got into some serious fisticuffsmanship. At least we weren't the one guy at a nearby tailgate who fell into a pile of shit only to get fly off the handle drunk before being locked in a car where he proceeded to do thousands of dollars worth of damage. Explain that to the girlfriend's parents.
But all of these drunken antics pale in comparison to my friend Eric. Eric lives in Columbia, about a stone's throw from Williams Brice Stadium, and is at every USC home game. Eric is a skinny, wiry guy who is expertly skilled in three fields: martial arts, lawn maintenance, and drinking. Two of these came into play this Saturday after USC's blowout of hapless FAU. Eric was drunk off his ass, “I was just hammered. Just hammered,” as he explained it to me on the phone, and on his way into the game with some friends. They were seated in the student section and Eric started chatting up a couple of co-eds, trying to get them to come to his house after the game. This shit talking continued after the game out at the state fairgrounds. This is where, according to Eric, he and some random guys he didn’t know and one he worked with started trading dirty jokes. Eric uttered a slur that sent a girl out of control. She started yelling at him to leave her tailgate, to which Eric informed her that it was land open to everyone and she couldn’t tell him to leave. This insane girl then proceeded to lob a full can of beer at Eric’s face. This is where the martial arts training comes into play. He blocked the incoming beer can and, on instinct, lobbed what was in his hand at the girl as hard as he could. Turns out he was holding a full can of beer. It bounced off her upper chest with a pleasing thud and was such a forceful blow that it left a tab-mark in her flesh. Eric was stunned at what he had just done. He was then accosted by drunken onlookers and got the hell out of the tailgate. About 20 phone messages later, and Eric understands that the guy he worked with gave them all his name and number.

Long story short, he’s now got a simple assault warrant just like his quarterback Blake Mitchell. I hope, for Eric’s sake, somebody pressures this girl into dropping it, maybe dangles a couple season tickets in her bruised visage.

Danny Ford was finally added to the Clemson Ring of Honor on Saturday.

23 September 2006

FROM UNC

It's 8:19 PM on 09/23/06 and all I remember from the day/early evening is the following:

- I got in a fist fight with Chili.

- I got in a fist fight with my brother.

- I my phone got broken in half during the scrap, if you find the bottom half, please let me know.

- The wine and cheese's are great in the WEZ.

- Danny Ford REALLY IS a god. We met him and he was pretty cool to us.

- Once again, I got in a fist fight somewhere or other...

- This loss is truly sad on UNC's behalf... we ran all over them

18 September 2006

PICK 10: WEEK 4

**Newer post below this one, don't miss it.**

Here are the results of the first three weeks of Pick 10. Some people have since stopped sending in their picks, so if you miss a week you are now dropped from the results, deal.


Last Week's Games

Clemson @ FSU: Clemson!!
Michigan @ ND: Michigan
Florida @ Tennessee: UF
LSU @ Auburn: Auburn
Nebraska @ USC: USC
Miami @ Louisville: Louisville
Oklahoma @ Oregon: Oregon
Iowa State @ Iowa: Iowa
Texas Tech @ TCU: TCU
Maryland @ WVU: WVU

1. Lola -4
2. Chili -5
3. Willy Mac -9
4. Greg -10

Late Pickers
5. Tully -8 (through 2 weeks)

This week's Pick 10 is nowhere near as glamorous as last week's, which ESPN dubbed "Separation Saturday" as if you didn't hear that 100 times that day, but there are several intriguing matchups.

UNC @ Clemson
Penn State @ Ohio State
Arizona State @ Cal
Notre Dame @ Michigan State
Boston College @ NCSU
Iowa @ Illinois
Alabama @ Arkansas
Marshall @ Tennessee
Colorado @ Georgia
Virginia @ Georgia Tech (Thurs.)


Will's Picks:
UNC @ Clemson - Clemson
Penn State @ Ohio State - OSU
Arizona State @ Cal - Arizona State
Notre Dame @ Michigan State - ND
Boston College @ NCSU - BC
Iowa @ Illinois -Iowa
Alabama @ Arkansas - Bama
Marshall @ Tennessee - UT
Colorado @ Georgia - UGA
Virginia @ Georgia Tech (Thurs.) - GT

Chili's Picks:

UNC @ Clemson - Clemson
Penn State @ Ohio State - OSU
Arizona State @ Cal - Arizona State
Notre Dame @ Michigan State - ND
Boston College @ NCSU - BC
Iowa @ Illinois -Iowa
Alabama @ Arkansas - Arkansas
Marshall @ Tennessee - UT
Colorado @ Georgia - UGA
Virginia @ Georgia Tech (Thurs.) - GT
Also, please check out the new petition to fire Jeff Bowden. It started off as a serious attempt to have him fired, but it has just erupted into one huge internet joke. - Willy Mac

13 September 2006

Pick 10 Week 3

Chili's Picks
Clemson @ FSU - CU, I'm a big fuckin homer, I know.
Michigan @ Notre Dame - ND
Florida @ Tennessee - Florida
LSU @ Auburn - LSU
Nebraska @ USC - USC
Miami @ Louisville - Louisville
Oklahoma @ Oregon - Oregon
Iowa State @ Iowa - Iowa
Texas Tech @ TCU - TCU
Maryland @ WVU (Thurs. Night) - WVU

Will's Picks
Clemson @ FSU - FSU
Michigan @ Notre Dame - Notre Dame
Florida @ Tennessee - Florida
LSU @ Auburn - Auburn
Nebraska @ USC - USC
Miami @ Louisville - Louisville
Oklahoma @ Oregon - Oregon
Iowa State @ Iowa - Iowa
Texas Tech @ TCU - Texas Tech
Maryland @ WVU (Thurs. Night) - WVU

GO WOFFORD TERRIERS!!

10 September 2006

THE MACALLAN STANDINGS: WEEK 2

Last week's games went as follows:

Clemson @ Boston College - BC :(
Ohio State @ Texas - OSU
Georgia @ South Carolina - UGa
Penn State @ Notre Dame - ND
Vanderbilt @ Alabama - Bama
Arizona @ LSU - LSU
Oregon @ Fresno State - Oregon
Central Michigan @ Michigan - UM
Oregon State @ Boise State - Boise St.
Washington @ Oklahoma - Oklahoma

That makes the current Macallan standings:
(I'm switching to a scoring mode that goes by picks missed, not correct picks, closest to zero at the end of the season wins)

T1. Chili -3
T2. Lola -3
3. Greg -4
4. Willy Mac -6

First Weekers:

Tully -2
MP3 -2
Joey -2
Andrew -3
Scott -4
CMCAMFIRE -4

The Week 3 Pick 10 is by far the toughest yet:

Clemson @ FSU
Michigan @ Notre Dame
Florida @ Tennessee
LSU @ Auburn
Nebraska @ USC
Miami @ Louisville
Oklahoma @ Oregon
Iowa State @ Iowa
Texas Tech @ TCU
Maryland @ WVU (Thurs. Night)

Get your picks in by Thursday at 7:30.

Chili's Picks
Clemson @ FSU - CU
Michigan @ Notre Dame - ND
Florida @ Tennessee - Florida
LSU @ Auburn - LSU
Nebraska @ USC - USC
Miami @ Louisville - Louisville
Oklahoma @ Oregon - Oregon
Iowa State @ Iowa - Iowa
Texas Tech @ TCU - TT
Maryland @ WVU (Thurs. Night) - WVU

Will's Picks
Clemson @ FSU - Noles (Hope I'm wrong)
Michigan @ Notre Dame - Notre Dame
Florida @ Tennessee - Florida
LSU @ Auburn - Auburn
Nebraska @ USC - USC
Miami @ Louisville - Louisville
Oklahoma @ Oregon - Oregon
Iowa State @ Iowa - Iowa
Texas Tech @ TCU - Texas Tech
Maryland @ WVU (Thurs. Night) - WVU

GO WOFFORD TERRIERS!!

05 September 2006

PICK 10: WEEK 2

And we're back like cooked crack. Once again, we are still waiting for suggestions for a prize for everyone else. Don't forget to post your picks in the 'Comments' section at the bottom of this post.

Willy Mac's Picks:
Clemson @ Boston College - Clemson
Ohio State @ Texas - Texas
Georgia @ South Carolina - UGA
Penn State @ Notre Dame - Penn State
Vanderbilt @ Alabama - Alabama
Arizona @ LSU - LSU
Oregon @ Fresno State - Oregon
Central Michigan @ Michigan - Michigan
Oregon State @ Boise State - Oregon State
Washington @ Oklahoma - Oklahoma

I'm out like a Clemson Linebacker. Ooh, is that to far? Did I take the joke too far?

Chili's Picks:

Clemson @ Boston College - Clemson
Ohio State @ Texas - Texas
Georgia @ South Carolina - UGA
Penn State @ Notre Dame - ND
Vanderbilt @ Alabama - Alabama
Arizona @ LSU - LSU
Oregon @ Fresno State - Oregon
Central Michigan @ Michigan - Michigan
Oregon State @ Boise State - Boise St.
Washington @ Oklahoma - Oklahoma