Washington schools... two picks for 9/9

Glenn Quagmire

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Betting on baseball this season was about as pleasurable as pissing razor blades. No wait, not quite that pleasurable. Anyway, glad it's over. Now on to football where I sport an unblemished record... 0-0. I'm probably going to Husky hell for this, but here we go...

Okie (-16.5) I've looked at this game from every angle and can't figure this line out to save my life. Don't get me wrong, I'm not a big believer in Okie. I thought it was ridiculous that they started #6 and I'm not at all sold on Bomar. However, U-Dub is absolutely awful. They're so awful, they barely edged SJSU at home last weekend. You'll hear talk about Stanback being "mobile" and how Rankin can put up big yardage. Well, I don't think that will happen on Saturday. I expect Rankin to be bottled up and Stanback will spend a good part of the day on his ass. I also expect Peterson to have a huge day against a lackluster Husky D. Combine this with the fact that OU looked awful last weekend and this sets up for a perfect bounceback game for OU. I think they win by at least 24.

Wazzu (-17) The Cougs aren't a great team and they shouldn't have been only +14 last week at Auburn. Having said that, this is yet another good bounceback scenario. Anyone familiar with this "rivalry" knows that Wazzu historically crushes Idaho. No reason to expect anything different this year. Jason Hill is one of the best receivers in the nation and he's going to be looking to show that after Auburn shut him down. Furthermore, Woolridge, if he's healthy, should have his way with Idaho's D. Idaho had an impressive showing last week against MSU but I think that could have been MSU looking past Idaho as much as anything. Erickson will have his team ready and will be looking to score a big win against the team he coached for many years, but I don't think it's gonna happen. I'm thinking 45-17 WSU.

One last bounceback game I like but haven't bet on is Cal -8. I know they looked awful last week but Cal is a very good football team. They will be pissed and ready to go. No Maroney to move the chains for the Gophers this year. I think Cal covers in this one...

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Agree with you on Oklahoma.....2nd half they should be pulling away with this one....UW is
just awfully bad. I wouldn't ever lay points with that team GL Glenn......

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Just a heads up man............Bomar not even on the team


:mj07: Good Lord. That's the last time I post after I've been drinking. My bad. I meant Thompson. For some reason I always think of Bomar when I think of OU. Especially after I've been drinking... a lot... no really, A LOT.
 

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Agree with you on Oklahoma.....2nd half they should be pulling away with this one....UW is
just awfully bad. I wouldn't ever lay points with that team GL Glenn......

:SIB

Thanks BS. Good luck to you as well. I have the "privilege" of getting to watch UW every week. Some of the high school games in the area are better to watch. Seriously...
 

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Glenn its great to see you back and good luck to us on another successful season...a lot of people on Okie and I'll take your advice and I'm going to play it...thanks
 

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Thanks Thom and Ronnie. Good luck to you fellas as well.

Thom... as I type this I see UW is up 7-0 early??? I hope OU isn't looking past them. They should crush them.
 

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Cal -8 is also going to be a play for me as well. I don't see Minny keeping this one close. Cal is the better team, they're at home, and they're coming off a shellacking on national TV. I have to think they blow this one open.

Good luck all...
 

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Wow. I never expected OU to look so bad at home against a terrible UW team. They're not covering this game, and from the looks of it this one may go down to the wire. OU may be a great fade the rest of the year...
 

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Wow. I never expected OU to look so bad at home against a terrible UW team. They're not covering this game, and from the looks of it this one may go down to the wire. OU may be a great fade the rest of the year...

not sure who's more over-rated right now

notre dame
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oklahoma
 

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Thanks socrstud. I think this is one of those games that I'll quit watching though cuz the outcome seems pretty apparent, at least as far as the spread is concerned. The one mistake I made in handicapping this game was that I forgot to take heart into consideration. I think that's one of the biggest intangibles in college sports. OU doesn't seem to have any.

gjn,

I agree. I don't think it's even close though. I'm guessing by the end of the year ND will at least be in the top 15, but I wouldn't be surprised if OU isn't even in the top 40.
 

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i agree nd is going to be there in the end, but they do have a brutal schedule and their offense hasnt clicked yet (played 2 tough defenses however) but i think their defense is still pretty bad

ou looks average on both sides of the ball right now but i still wouldnt count out your bet just yet....uw is due to implode at some point
 

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Well I hope you're right. But they just completed a bomb and they're about to go up by 7 again. I'm not saying this because of sour grapes that I'm going to lose my bet, but I honestly think UW may win this game. If OU is giving a lot of points in the 2h I may pound UW.
 

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Wash could still be as bad as we think but maybe Okie is a lot worst then what everyone thought...I swear this team burns me every season...:shrug:
 

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Wash could still be as bad as we think but maybe Okie is a lot worst then what everyone thought...I swear this team burns me every season...:shrug:

Me too Thom! I fall for the same shit with Oklahoma year after year. Adding them to my no bet list. :mj07:
 

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Wash could still be as bad as we think but maybe Okie is a lot worst then what everyone thought...I swear this team burns me every season...:shrug:

Yeah, sorry about the OU pick Thom. Like I said in my original post, I'm not a big believer in OU. They are definitely overrated. But they shouldn't be having problems with UW. You're exactly right, UW is every bit as bad as people think. At this point I've given up on the bet, I'm just rooting for my alma mater. I'll probably be fading OU quite a bit from now on. Good luck with the rest of your games...
 

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Yeah, sorry about the OU pick Thom. Like I said in my original post, I'm not a big believer in OU. They are definitely overrated. But they shouldn't be having problems with UW. You're exactly right, UW is every bit as bad as people think. At this point I've given up on the bet, I'm just rooting for my alma mater. I'll probably be fading OU quite a bit from now on. Good luck with the rest of your games...
No sweat there Glenn...you win some and lose some...can't stand the Sooners and hope the Huskies can get them...I'm telling you now that I will be playing Okie State this season...
 
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