CFB week 11 Television Viewing Guide

3 games of supreme interest for the BCO this week.

MD at VT

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Winner is in the driver's seat for their division in the ACC. A loss hurts VT a lot more. MD is by far the better Offensive team and VT is better on Defense, though not by as much. MD has beaten the last 5 ranked teams they have played. Good thing the Hokies aren't ranked? Homefield is gonna count for a lot. It's been over a a month since the Hokies were home, so the crowd will be "sauced" and ready. All the boozers will be out in force. Cory Holt playing the whole game scares me a bit, Glennon will be available, we'll see a lot of Darren Evans. Maryland imploded last time they played in the burg to a the tune of 55-6. It won't be anything like that, this time. The BCO will take a 7-6 win. haha. I expect a good game, though nothing would surprise me.

bamer at LSU

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If Les Miles wants to keep the Louisiana borders closed to Nick Satan and the no. 1 ranked Tide team, he better win on Saturday. Luckily for bamer, the game is in the afternoon not nite, which is almost impossible to get a road win. Satan is a great coach, it is crazy how fast he turned that team around. LSU's great D now sorta ... sucks. The O has qb issues, team looks good not very good nor great, Nick would love to have a return win. LSU has 1 great win in them, the BCS needs more confusion ... Tigers rise up? The LSU Golden Girls, make the BCO RISE UP!!

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Okie ST at Tejas Tech

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The most fun game of the week to watch. Both have great O's and ok to solid D's that make plays from time to time. 60+ pts to be scored, like every other B12 game (unless it is Nebraska then their opponent gets that themselves.) Crazy Mike "I'm a man, I'm 40" Gundy vs Mike "The Mad Pirate Genius" Leach, the 2 most entertaining coaches in the B12. A lil chili gathering with a firepit, cornhole, Sierra Nevada Pale Ale keg and this game sounds like a great Saturday nite. Someone make sure my wimins fall asleep from 8-11:30pm. Did I mention the BCS needs confusion? OSU to help provide that?


Eerything else is just filler, though GiT at UNC could be a good 'un too.

My southernpigskin column this week about the Thursday Night Lights game O the week.. Thanks G for learning me up about Mr. Barnes the day after I post the column. This won't hurt the Terps this game but every other game after it will. I could cover the Hokie wideouts. :(

Previous picks and Season to date;
Last week Straight up: 5-3 -------------- Season: 47-33
Last week Against the Spread: 5-3 ----- Season: 50-30

Not bad, a money making weekend last week.


This week's Picks

Day/Date	Time	Channel	Visitor	Home
Thu 11/6	7:30	ESPN	Maryland	VT (-3)
	Terps are the far, far superior offensive team backed by a solid defense. VT's O, well it stinks, fronted by a solid defense that gives up too many big plays. A recipe for a Hokie disaster, save one thing … it's in Blacksburg. Only BC has figured out that winning trick on Thurs nites. The crowd will carry the Hokie team to a win. BCO golden rule # 1, all things being equal take the home team with sauced fans acting stupid.
	8:00	CBSC	TCU	Utah (+2)
	BCS buster Utah takes on BCS buster buster TCU. Last time a mid major wanted to continue it's march to the college football promised land of cash & exposure, the Horned Frogs whipped up on the Mormons of BYU. This time the game is an away game … like above, use the BCO golden rule when in doubt.
Sat 11/8	noon	Raycom	GiT (+4)	UNC
	Very simple, the winner is still alive to win the ACC Coastal. The loser, well thanks for playing. Who wins? It's the ACC who the hell knows. BCO's wife will be sponsoring a princess party for the 3 year old's bday. BCO will be sponsoring a drinking session upstairs for the sad sack dads.
	noon	ESPN2	tOSU	Nwestern (+11)
	Normally, this is a blip on the radar but the Buckeyes aren't the Buckeyes of old & Northwestern with a 7-2 record looks pretty solid. I doubt the nerds win, but you never know, they all do dig the sweatervest, very fashionable.
	3:30	CBS	bamer	LSU (+3)
	The drama of the Nick Satan returning to LSU. He built the program, giving them basically 2 championships. The fans hate him, call him turncoat, would they rather go back a decade previous his hire? LSU is good but not great, sitting on a couple of losses and D that has been embarrassed. Will this be their 1 hot shit game of the year, just to bust up the BCS standings? BCO smells upset.
	7:00	ESPNU	cincy	w FN vu (-8)
	The Big Least is down to 3 teams, west by God, cincy and P.I.T.T.sburgh. Win and advance. Neers are figuring it out, well actually Coach Stew, the genius that he is decided that going back to last year's offense was a good idea and would help him win. NO SHIT!
	8:00	ESPN-GP	Cal (+17.5)	SoCal
	Ok, not really that good a game but Cal does play SoCal tough & the Trojans aren't quite the team we all thought, very good but not great. They needs lots of help to play in Miami for all the BCS marbles. A keep an eye on the game, Cal has talent but not Trojan talent.
	8:00	ABC	Okie St (+3)	Tejas Tech
	This is a classic let down game for TT. Huge win last week vs Texas, their first statement win game in the Leach or any era. Last week they had everything but the refs for them, flat Longhorn team, "spirited" fans, jacked team that was the hunter. This week, they are hunted by the best running team in the B12 w/their own great QB/WR combo. Calling it, upset in Lubbock.

Happy Viewing, only a few weeks left.

The Best Halloween costume for 2008 goes to this lil guy ....

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he could probably out scheme our O too.