You now, when I started this 3 years ago, I never imagined that I would still be doing this today. It all started as a goof. I took to the time throw something up and started writing. Now as I’m heading into my 4th year, I’m not really sure how much longer I’ll be doing this. I love college football and I love the pageantry that surrounds it. But every weekend comes and goes and I end up places where my friends aren’t just get a peek at some new venue. Is it worth it?
Okay here’s the first pick it list of the year and it’s a doozy. If you remember from last year, a number of us had to eat some missed weeks and totally blew our picks. So, in response to that, anyone can miss can have their lowest 2 scores knocked off. Worried about competition? Well, we have added the Top 25 AND the Big 12 into the mix to make sure our confidence points are all over. Not only do you have to pick against the spread, but now you have to make sure your confidence counts. With that said, let’s check out the first week of picks.
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We are back again going out to the best of what Kansas City sports bars has to offer in terms of college football. Like the storied tradition of college football, we have a tradition of going back to the best bar of last year to start out this season for KC College Gameday. We had no way of knowing back at the beginning of last September that Johnny’s in the Power & Light would be the best but here we are planning the first Barspot of the year down there. With every television fit into every nook and cranny as well as the crazy touch table poker game, Johnny’s hit the spot on all things needed for a great sport viewing experience. So come back out with us Saturday as we head back out there to enjoy Johnny’s and scoff at that ridiculous KC College Live thingy going on in the outdoor area.
Alrighty, I’m about halfway through my scotch and water, I blasted out another Crib Sheet, and I’m jacked up for some football tomorrow night. It’s prediction time! The offseason sucked. Period. Being in Big 12 land was not easy on this college football lovin’ Yeti and especially not easy on Kansas City. We weathered the storm and now we are here ready for some pigskin play. What will we see in this year’s volume of football? Let’s take a look in our crystal ball shaped glass full of scotch and water.
Finally the wait is over. Tomorrow night we kick off another great year of college football! It’s been what seems likes ages since the end of last season and now we have another year of the most pristine competition we’ll ever see on the field. Sure the offseason provided plenty of drama, with coaching changes and conference expansion, but we’re done with the talking and we’re ready to strap it on. The helmet that is. So here’s the last Crib Sheet before the new season:
Man what a crazy roller coaster of an offseason for the Big 12. Who would’ve thought a year ago that the Big 12 would be rocked to its very knees and survive probably one of most weirdest advances in college football history. It was like a whacked out game of Axis & Allies. Welp Germany didn’t win and neither did the Big 10. So here we are going into what is the last season we will ever see for this 12 conference league. Who will come out on top? Roll dice to find out (er read below).
Alrighty folks, it’s another year of college ball which means we have a Yahoo College Football Pick ‘Em League to setup. The rules are almost the same as last year. The big difference is that we are not counting TWO of the weeks picks. We have confidence and all this other hullabaloo so we decided to be a little more easy on everyone. It’s real easy to forget picks for Saturday when most of you are getting tanked on Friday night. So with that said, here’s the sing up info:
You know, there was talk the last two years of prizes and both years, it was ignored. So this year, I’ll just say that pride is on the line. For both weekly and the yearly. Although I will be more than happy to buy the yearly winner a Das Boot from Lew’s Grille & Bar to the yearly winner. Yeah I still owe last year’s winner but he hasn’t come into town to claim it. Get as many people as you can to sign up and good luck this year! I know I will sit comfortably at the bottom. Again.
The Kansas State Wildcats enjoyed somewhat of resurgence last year. They even almost went to the Big 12 Championship Game. Yet, they failed to make a bowl. The offseason was the most quiet I’ve ever heard and now we find ourselves looking straight down the barrel of a new football season. The weirdness of last year’s season should continue for this year. It’s all good for Bill Snyder 2.0, as they will be getting better. Day by day. Little by little.
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Here we go with the final week of mascots we’ve yet to touch that fall in Phil Steele’s Pre Season Top 40 and the #2 ranked Ohio State’s Brutus Buckeye. We’re not sure if it’s the excitement of football season kicking off this Thursday or the fact that we are closing out another seasons of mascots but we are feeling good about this one. Brutus is a giant buckeye. We’ll find out this week just what the heck it is and gauge whether the returning Terrelle Pryor will help lead his team to BCS Championship Game. We’re chomping at the Buckeye Bit so let’s get rolling.
Okay this close to the season and we still have major, er mid-major, moves regarding conference expansion. So BYU started to teeter and now the WAC blew up. Further out west there are questions of Pac 10 allegiance. Please, will the powers that be put all of this on lockdown so we can focus on actually playing football instead of this crap. The season is about 2 weeks away! We’re not sure they’re listening so in the meantime, everyone else clue them into this week’s Crib Sheet:
Big Al’s in the house this week as we are one more mascot away from completing the top mascots that we have yet to cover from Phil Steele’s Preseason Top 40. The #3 Alabama Crimson Tide won the big shiny ball last year and look to repeat this year with returning Heisman Trophy winner Mark Ingram carrying the rock. The competition is hot in the SEC and what better hot weather animal to have around as a mascot then the elephant known as Big Al. We were just as confused as you may be as to why a team by the name of Crimson Tide employs and elephant mascot. We’ll find that out as well as how we think Alabama finishes out the season.
Apparently there’s still some fallout from the NCAA’s investigation of schools regarding sports agents and football players. Read all about it below. Our take on the whole thing? The times they are a changing and much like any other huge organization, change comes slow. This week’s Crib Sheet points out that while the NCAA is running around doing investigations, they are cutting drug testing budgets. We think the NCAA needs to lean down more and seriously reconsider just how sports are played today. On the Crib Sheet:
The #7 Florida Gators from Phil Steele’s Preseason Top 40 rankings are the next victim in mascots we haven’t covered yet that make the list. The gender appeasing dynamic duo of Albert and Alberta welcome our wagon as we tool on down to Gainesville and check out how these Gators chomp. Last year, the Gators were led by one of the greatest college football players to ever live, Tim Tebow (yeah that’s right, we said that). This year, they are without him and are looking to fill the huge void left. Will the emptied spirit of the once very inspired Gator football team be rekindled with the help of these two costumed carnivore’s? Let’s find out.
It’s time to go camping! The teams are gearing up and we geared up for our own camp adventure last week. :
Another week of mascots and we cracked the top ten of Phil Steele’s Preseason Top 40 with the #9 Miami of Florida Hurricanes and their mascot Sebastian the Ibis. Just what is an Ibis? How the heck does it go with Hurricane? We’ll answer those questions as well as blow through Sebastian’s somewhat fiery past. Some say the Hurricanes are on the cusp of being back this year. Mr. Steele believes that they are Top Ten worthy. Now let’s find out if Sebastian is just as worthy.