Another week of football and there wasn’t much to choose from Top 25 wise. At least rivalry week kept the competitive juices flowing. And per the Yeti’s lady’s suggestion, we were letting the juices flow at Jaywalkers. It was an all day affair with a college like air, and we took full advantage of all they had to offer. What hoped to be a great day of football turned into a great day of hanging out at the bar.
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Category Archives: Big 12
Pick It Standings Week 11: Math is Getting Hard
Lesson time as we figure out not only our picks and the BCS, but also what kind of BCS math to expect in the Big 12 this year. From what I’ve heard is that if the Big 12 South teams all end up tied then it would be head to head then BCS Standings. I can be completely wrong with my math however. Texas has the clearest sailing with Kansas and Texas A&M coming left. Tech has the challange this week against Oklahoma, then they cool off against Baylor. Oklahoma has the touhgest path with Tech this week and Oklahoma State next week. I don’t know what’s gonna happen but I’ve been thinking about the scenrios for last coulple of days and my head is starting to hurt. Don’t worry, though, as I won’t get kicked off the team or murder my neighbor.
| Rank | Pick Set Name | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Total |
| 1 | Cabbottmtf | 17 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 114 |
| 2 | Krizzou | 16 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 104 |
| 3 | Purple Yeti | 14 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 90 |
Well lookie here, it seems that the Purple Yeti actually tied for first for the first time this year. Is the turn around too late? Who knows. Props to both the Purple Yeti and Cabbottmtf for picking the spread against Missouri Saturday. And Krizzou thought it was in hand. It should be an easy ride to the finish line for both Cabbottmtf and the Purple Yeti. So what’s the Yeti to do for the major bet this year? Let us know. Nothing much else to say except the Yeti was the only one to call the Iowa upset. That brings us the BCS:
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Cold and Stiffed from the Quaff Makes for a Chili Day
The barspot this week landed us at the Quaff downtown. The movement going on at the Power & Light district had a casualty in Tanner’s next door, so we wanted to hit the more established places next seeing as we hit up the flashy sports bars in the P&L. It was a bittery cold day Saturday, but the lukewarm games and warm friendship of buddies that dropped by, including Cabbottmtf, kept the time toasty. Unfortunately, the service was ice cold and the Quaff is on the clock.
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Pick It and Stick It: Picks are Set, K-State’s Coach? Well….
This weeks picks are in, but apparently K-State can’t decide on who to pick as their head coach. Reports flew about the net and radio today about Gary Patterson being hired as the next Wildcat coach. Oh wait, whoops, nope, he’s not in. Patterson even called a Dallas radio show and said so. What happened? GoPowercat.com either got the wrong source or the Athletic Department let a ‘secret’ out and goofed up big time. So chances are Patterson is OUT for the coach this time around. Maybe he’ll consider the position a couple of years down the road? At any rate, it’s a bad day for K-State Sports Administration and its fellow blogs. On to the picks:
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Ron Prince FIRED and K-State Fans are Left Reeling
So, I’m minding my own business today hanging out at work, and an email from a co-worker stating that Ron Prince will resign. Welp needless to say I was shocked, but not by that much. The events that transpired followed very awkward day, from going from resigning to firing to the weird as hell conference call, I’m still left wondering just what exactly is going on. Did Ron Prince get a fair chance? Did K-State fans get a fair evaluation? Is Bob Krause for real?
So I blipped out over IM and Twitter about Ron Prince resigning and proceeded to knock out the rest of the tasks ahead of me. I got done early, and puttered out of the work parking lot around 4:30 pm. I was already shocked that the decision came so quick. Even last Saturday I said the picket line was firing up. So I punched like crazy to find a decent sports radio station to catch up on the news. Both KC sports radio stations had the conference call live.
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Sunflower Showdown 08: From Fuzzy to Sharp to Fuzzy to OUT
As you may have noted above, it’s the first video recording from my trusted Sony Cybershot DSC-W120 and what better place to do it than the Sunflower Showdown. To correct myself, Kansas State played Kansas for the 106th time at Memorial Stadium in Lawrence, Kansas. The courtesy tent we started out in foreshadowed the day as we tailgated our way to another glorious set college football games. The fog from the morning lifted for the game, but our own fog soon returned. This was a road trip to remember, sorta.
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Barspotting: Stadiumspotting Sunflower Showdown Style
Yes it’s road trip time for some of us here at KCCGD. Look for some tailgating wackiness and a healthy dose of live football video action this weekend as we hop on a bus and make way for Memorial Stadium. It’s Sunflower Showdown time as the Kansas State Wildcats travel to Lawrence to take on the Kansas Jayhawks. Both teams took a whooping last week and really lost in the same style: giving up the ball. We here at the KCCGD won’t turnover the coverage this weekend as we look to see some sweet pre-game action and pray that this week’s game is a little more than competitive. At any rate, it should be a blast and am sleeping just a little extra this week in preparation of a rockin’ good time.
When: Saturday, November 1st 2008
Where: University of Kansas Memorial Stadium – 1000 W 11th St Lawrence, KS 66045
Time: 9:30 AM – We hope to see you tailgating out there!
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Flaming Fannies From Some Buffalo Wild Wings
This week’s barspot hits up a franchise with the wacky folks from Buffalo Wild Wings. Raytown was the place we went to form the various locations around the area, and after the nice drive through Swope Park it seemed the right choice. I was fired up for the games as there were homecomings for some North schools and a big national contest in the South as well as the Big 10. Buffalo Wild Wings also fired me up in other places Let’s hit the barspot.
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Pick It and Stick It: No Really I’m Coming Back. REALLY.
Colt McCoy is coming back! Or at least, that’s what he says. At the same time, he’s telling us he looks like Tony Romo. I tend to disbelieve any talk about leaving early until the season is over for players. As frustrating as it is, that’s what happens in sports. Coaches, players, GM’s, everybody pretty much lies up front to divert any media jibba jabba. It’s a frustrating process indeed but we’re stuck with it until we evolve to read minds.
If Colt’s not ready, then he should stay another year, no matter what Scotty Borasch tells him. That’s not what others are saying however. Tim Griffin on the Big 12 ESPN blog tipped off a story that our own Jeffery Martin did about draft prospects in the Big 12 for next year. Martin talked to a draft scout and he listed Colt McCoy and Josh Freeman as potential first rounders if they declared. Now I can see Colt going after the Oklahoma and Missouri game, but I still think he should play another year. Josh, however, still looks raw and I’m not convinced he’s ready. We’ll find out first hand next week. But that’s for the barspot. Here’s the picks for the week:
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Barspotting: Franchise Funkiness at Buffalo Wild Wings Grill & Bar
Many of the barspots we’ve been at here at the KCCGD are locallly owned bars. Some of them are franchise (read more than one bar in the area), but we really haven’t hit up a national type chain. Until this week. I’m not sure if it’s the commercial or if it’s the tasty wings, but we’re taking a break from the local sauce to see how the national boys stand up. There may be more franchises down the road, but rest assured we will hit up the local flavor again real soon. Here’s this weeks slate of games:
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Pick It Standings Week 8: With a Lil BCS Sauce Mixed in
A week of no surprises on the field showed itself on the picks. Krizzou eeked by Cabbottmf with a tie breaker this week, but is still behind him in the overall standings. Meanwhile, the Yeti improves on his picking but is still licking his wounds from previous weeks. Let’s hope that Krizzou can bounce back better than Mizzou did against Texas last week. Talk about drunken fury. At any rate, we are getting down to biz-ness and winding down to the last half of season. There’s still time to suggest what the loser, which clearly looks like the Purple Yeti, will do at the Championship game humiliation wise. Send those thoughts in. Here are the picks:
| Rank | Pick Set Name | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Total |
| 1 | Cabbottmtf | 17 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 89 |
| 2 | krizzou | 16 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 82 |
| 3 | Purple Yeti | 14 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65 |
Another standing update comes from the first release of the BCS standings. I haven’t decided yet whether or not to keep the BCS update with the Pick It standings post or not. Maybe if I have time, I can do both. Until then, we can bask in the glory that 6 of the Big 12 teams are in the top 25 of the BCS, with 4 of them in the top 8. Here’s the top 10:
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My Mind’s Been Going Through Them Changes at Brooksider Bar and Grill
The Brooksider was already packed when I strolled in last Saturday, mostly with KU fans. The game was about to start and anxiousness was in the air. The barspotting crew at KCCGD knows this feeling all to well, as we made a stop here last year. This time around we were checking out the place to see what’s changed and whipping up some mojo for Krizzou’s Missouri Tigers. There were changes at the Brooksider, alright, and there were unexpected changes on the field.
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6 Foot 2 and Nothin’, 230 and Nothin’, and Hardly a Speck of Writing Ability…
So awhile back ago I was flipping through the Pitch to get a handle on the First Friday for the month of October. The issue, coincidentally enough, was the best of for 2008. As I needled my way through the pages, I landed on the best sports blog award. Now, this is the first I’ve heard of it, and was really surprised to see the winner. Down by the Line, a KC Wizards soccer blog, won the award. What?!?! Now I’m not taking anything away from blogger Mike and his passion for a sport that is not dominant here in the KC area, but how come a college football blog was not awarded? To answer that question for next year and in the spirit of this election season, I am officially kicking off my campaign to be the Pitch’s Best Sports Blog for 2009.
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Pick It Standings Week 7: Coaches and Cabbottmtf Poppin’ Jerseys
As we reach midseason, it seems that Cabbottmtf should be reaching for the champagne and prepping it to spritz all over the team of, um, himself. Consistently hitting double digits, it would seem like this race can be called. Krizzou and Purple Yeti tied this week, which might have seen good for the Yeti but it was Krizzou who felt the pain. So Cabbottmtf is popping his jersey much like what the Big 12 coaches are doing today. Even Dan Hawkins says that some of the teams should be in the NFL’s NFC West. Who can argue? At first, I bought into the SEC as being the big boy, but with entertaining and very competitive games coming from the top 10 Big 12 teams (all 4 of them, or a 1/3rd of the league), I have to say that for now Big 12 is king. Here are the rankings:
| Rank | Pick Set Name | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Total |
| 1 | Cabbottmtf | 17 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 79 |
| 2 | krizzou | 16 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 |
| 3 | Purple Yeti | 14 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 |
But don’t like the big time get to your head, Big 12 and Cabbottmtf. If you’re too busy showboating and reprazentin’, you’ll lose time and focus that the underdogs are taking full advantage of. The Yeti and Krizzou are still in it, pick-wise. Other conferences are coming up, even the Big 10 with an undefeated Penn State has a chance at the title game or the big prize. If you lose your head, you can fall off the top. Which is why the coaches are giving props now as the conference powerdog of the street, so the coach won’t feel too bad of a brunt if/when they lose. Look at Gary Pinkel, for example. Missouri choked away a game again this year and Mr. Pinkel was touting the strenghts of the conference as a whole in that article. Believe me, he’s gonna need the help when they take on Texas this week. Just like this update should help in picks for this week against Cabbottmtf. Squash ’em YETIS!