College Football TV Viewing Guide Week 12 (Never Give Up Edition)

I almost mailed it in ... like the Terps and Jayhawks but I did not. Oh so close to making this a quickie shit viewing guide, but I am going to gut it out. I will say the subpar season and the awful weekly matchup games have made it tough. "The Play" above keeps me coming back for more ... you never know when your heart is going to get ripped out or when your team makes a miracle comeback and shit houses their band for extra salt to the wound.

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By the way I am still laughing at a couple of things. The first one is how mad Pete Carroll is at Hardballs for going for 2 up 48-21 last week. Umm, this from a coach who RUNS IT UP on ANYONE. Hey Pete, suck it up and STFU. Also from last week, I like the Ole Miss joke about puke Orange's recruiting coordinator and ex-Ole Miss coach, crazy cajun Ed "Wild Boy" Orgeron "He still can't get a win a game in Oxford!" (read that link, funny as hell.) LSUFreek's gif above is amazing as always. Follow him on twitter, a must!

On to this week, the GoW is .... ummmm ... no damn clue. Just keep watching, I am sure 1 or 2 will be great. By the way, who let uva on tv other than Raycom. Sure Clemson needs a win to clinch the ACC Atlantic but the hoos don't deserve tv time, unless they are playing the Hokies obviously.

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No Thursday game for the viewing guide, A BCO first, but "I'm a MAN, I'm 40" vs "THIS IS Big12 football, it's NOT INTRAMURALS" makes for a slightly interesting storyline. Then the reality of good players, coaches and homefield advantage will smack the shit out of the Buffaloes in the first 10 mins and we'll all be DVR'ring Californication, Dexter and Curb episodes we have missed.

Last week's picks and to date tally
straight up 5-3 to date 54-34 --- 61%
against the spread 5-3 to date 40-47-1 --- 46%

better, but I suck. Acceptance stage.

The Games:

Saturday, November 21st
UNC (7-3) [+3.5] at b.c. (7-3) noon espn2
Note to self, Never Ever count b.c. out. Lose a coach, no biggie go to the ACCCG. Lose a great QB and all your RB's, no big deal go to the ACCCG, lose another HC, gain an old as shit OC, lose the DPOY, 2 first day NFL draft DT's and have the worst starting QB situation in a BCS conference to start the season ... in contention for another trip to the ACCCG. Big Props. Butch Davis also deserves a mention, he has turned the program around, mid season after a devastating loss to f$u, outstanding D and an improving offense. This game should be a great defensive matchup.

whatagainistheOhioState (9-2) at MissAgain (5-6) [+12.5] noon abc
Rivalry week has begun, well at least for the Big1+10 schools. No one is giving MissAgain much of a chance ... again. Reminds me of VT vs uva. Subplot, DickRod is in some hot water ... how much? Not clear, but likely gets 1 more season. Lets be honest, he's a bad fit at MissAgain, it will not end well. Next stop Miami of Ohio or something like that. However, I do know if he wins vs tOSU, then all is forgiven. tOSU plays like VT, ball control and needs the defense score or set up scores to run it up on most teams. Buckeyes win but likely won't cover. DickRod will pull out all the stops but his D is shit.

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OU (6-4) [-6.5] at Tejas Tech (6-4) 12:30 pm fsn
One of 2 matchups between underachieving Big 12 teams. OU looks improved now that Jones is settling in or maybe cause the competition is borderline South Dakota H.S. quality. Ida know. Even if I were home, I would not watch, I just need 8 games for this Viewing guide. Mailed this one in, but hope to snap out of it further down the guide.

LSU (8-2) [+4.5] at Ole Miss (7-3) 3:30 pm cbs
Pop quiz ... which coach has ridden the recruits of his predecessor? If you answered both, you win. Les is well less, but he did get a Mythical National Championship with Nick Satan's bunch (even if those Bayou Bengals were a so-so champion.) Only thing the Nutter has done is get the hopes up of a beleaguered, think they are on the same level as LSU, Bama and UF programs fan base. I like Houston Nutt but maybe I was a bit too high on his coaching ability. Anyone who plays 7 games with an offensive system that makes Bryan Stinespring look like Gus Malzahn before changing it to fit the skill set of his players ... isn't that great. Les in a couple years has proven, he can't bring in as good of talent as Saban, can't keep the team discplined as Saban nor surround himself with as good a lot of assistant coaches as Saban. He however can make almost just as much money as Nick Saban, so my friends ... Les is (worth way) more than you.

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NCState (4-6) [+19.5] at VT (7-3) 3:30 pm espnu
It's Senior day, give this lot a big loud ROAR, specially my boy Cody! This game is featuring the best H.S. qb from the state of Virginia in 2006 ... Russell Wilson. Huh? Taylor is the better athlete but as QB, it helps to be able to see the play before it happens, read the defense and deliver in a timely matter. At this point whether by natural ability or schooling (it's not the talent around them, VT trumps State there) Wilson is better. You better be damned sure he wants to show VT they should have recruited him and that he was better than Tyrod. doook and State where his only offers. State has a trash D, like Maryland bad but their O is good and at times very good. Relatively high scoring and entertaining. I'll be there in another epic up and back game, drinking lightly (relatively) and cornholing!

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KState (6-5) [+16.5] at Nebraska (7-3) 7:45 pm espn
Ummm .... ummmmm .... ummmmm. Yeah, 2nd one mailed in. Garbage IN ... Garbage OUT.

Oregon (8-2) [-6] at Zona (6-3) 8:00 pm abc/espn-gp
Should be a entertaining game, up and down the field as only the Pac10 can. Oregon can score on anyone not named Boise State and Zona is much improved even in the loss at Cal last week. The Pac10 is easily the most balanced and best conference in CFB, but with no true elite team (ACC '08 like.) If you can watch this game, do so ... Oregon's offense when on is a thing of beauty and easily my favorite offense in college football.

Cal (7-3) at Stanford (7-3) [-7.5] 9:30 pm vs
Another Pac10 gem, Toby Gerhart is a badass mofo. Runs straight, upright and hard. No dancing, man up for him, if you don't you'll get trucked. Another great game and he's headed to NYC. 27 Years ago ... "The Play" top 5 greatest moment in CFB history happened. Think the trombone play still curls up like a bitch when he sees him self Gerhart'd on every replay? Hang onto that Golden Bears, you aren't winning this year. I hope Hardballs runs it up and goes for 2 on Tedford too. Both these teams are pretty good and it's a big rivalry between nerd schools, loser has to give up their interactive Guitar t-shirt and Pokemon collection.

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Alright, I need my beauty sleep, got a smoker with wings, oysters, beer and BIG 12 FOOTBALL tomorrow night. Have safe travels all. Made the playoffs in the ACC bloggers fantasy college football group. Need to beat down some b.c. eagle guy to move to the finals. RW, Montel Harris and Auburn QB Chris Todd need to take me to the Championship game.