Okay back to a regular schedule and back to some exciting college football. Kansas State blew out Texas Tech and a bunch of other things happened. The BCS picture got way clearer but it’s still a muddy mess. Look for all of that and Texas, Kansas, TCU, Oklahoma State, Baylor, Iowa State, Oklahoma, Notre Dame, Oregon, Alabama, Florida, the BCS, and USC. Continue reading Purple Yet Roar 41: Your Next Opponent Is The Most Dangerous
Alright I’m finally recovered from the long trip enough to pop back up and give y’all meager roar of the weekend that was in college football. This week I’m talking about Kansas State, West Virginia, Oregon, Mississippi State, Alabama, Big 12, SEC, Notre Dame, Oklahoma, Bill Snyder, Texas Tech, Tommy Tubberville, Seth Doege, Collin Klein, and Tyler Lockett
Puns aside, I go over the Big 12 action that was last weekend, all the while pointing toward the massive game Saturday night when Kansas State heads to Morgantown to take on West Virginia. I also talk about the BCS rankings and the teams involved, minus Oregon (sorry guys!). Start getting pumped, we are halfway through the season and it’s about to get even more jacked. Continue reading Purple Yeti Roar 39: I Ames To Please
It’s Sunflower Showdown weekend! While it’s nice that Charlie Weiss is trying to get his Kansas kids up for the game and refocus rivalry juice toward Manhattan, Bill Snyder has been doing that exact thing for much of his tenure. But we can get into that later. There’s a wealth of great games this weekend both inside and outside the Big 12. We’ll know much more where teams will be seeded in the national championship race after this weekend. Time to Pick It and Stick It. Continue reading Pick It And Stick It: Finding Some Seeds
So it was another great week of football and it started in Norman. Kansas State upset Oklahoma. I’ll talk about that and the other games of the weekend as well as look forward to some quasi exciting action for week 5.
Ho man, finally we get into the meat of college football. Last week, it was trap time. Now it’s the real deal. I can’t keep my homer-ism down. I’m full tilt on Kansas State vs Oklahoma this weekend. And what’s about to launch me out of my chair is that we are also treated to Notre Dame vs Michigan. It’s a shame they are on at the same time. Yup, it’s gonna to be a massive weekend and I’ll try to pick and stick my way through it. Continue reading Pick It And Stick It: Sensory Overload Weekend
Yup it’s time I wing them again. I don’t like making things ultra official and professional (note the website) and I will follow that same lack of format for another Pick It and Stick It Special. It’s Dart Board Predictions time! I don’t keep track so if you want to hit me up on the Twitterz (twitter.com/kccgd) or email ([email protected]) and let me know just how smart or dumb I am. So with that out of the way, let’s sharpen up the darts and start tossing. Get out of the way.
The Royals tanked hard in Kansas City, so why not hang out with me as we get ready for some football? Sure, it’s all talk and no play but better no play than terrible play. This week I talk Arkansas, Kansas, Charlie Weiss, Notre Dame, Ireland, Navy, Jessica Dorrell, Bobby Petrino, USC, ESPN, Oregon, Tha tweed, Texas A&M, SEC, West Virginia, Gary Pinkel, and Missouri. Continue reading Purple Yeti Roar 14: Welp Baseball Is Done So Watch More Football
Yup, we have a handful of games to go for this bowl season. It’s been a pretty great run so far. The weekend saw some great finishes and exciting shootouts. I’m going to miss college football much like everyone else out there after the last whistle blows. Until that whistle tweets its last tweet, we got a few more Crib Sheets to pass around as well. The news wasn’t too quiet as we get to see more coaching changes and draft declarations now. So let’s get right down to it:
Yes, it’s bowl season and I’ve got a hankering for one more Bowl Pick It and Stick It. This time bowling is more exciting for me outside of the BCS Bowls. Part of it is the fact that Kansas State got jipped out of an appearance at the Sugar Bowl, but the other part is that the line up BCS wise is just not interesting enough. The Sugar and the Orange are lame. The BCS National Championship Game is a rematch of boredom. The Fiesta and Rose look good but the overall product leaves me underwhelmed. That’s what I’m stoked for the Cotton Bowl. It’s non BCS and has a top 10 BCS match up with Kansas State taking on Arkansas. SEC vs Big 12. Hell yeah. Click on through for the Bowl Pick It and Stick It information.
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So here’s the rest of the bowl line up:
| Bowl | Location | Date/Time | Network |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gildan New Mexico Temple vs. Wyoming |
Albuquerque, N.M. University Stadium |
Dec. 17 2 p.m. |
ESPN |
| Famous Idaho Potato Bowl Ohio vs. Utah State |
Boise, Idaho Bronco Stadium |
Dec. 17 5:30 p.m. |
ESPN |
| R+L Carriers New Orleans San Diego State vs. Louisiana-Lafayette |
New Orleans Mercedes-Benz Superdome |
Dec. 17 9 p.m. |
ESPN |
| Beef ‘O’ Brady’s St. Petersburg Florida International vs. Marshall |
St. Petersburg, Fla. Tropicana Field |
Dec. 20 8 p.m. |
ESPN |
| S.D. County Credit Union Poinsettia TCU vs. Louisiana Tech |
San Diego Qualcomm Stadium |
Dec. 21 8 p.m. |
ESPN |
| MAACO Las Vegas Arizona State vs. Boise State |
Las Vegas Sam Boyd Stadium |
Dec. 22 8 p.m. |
ESPN |
| Sheraton Hawaii Nevada vs. Southern Miss |
Honolulu Aloha Stadium |
Dec. 24 8 p.m. |
ESPN |
| AdvoCare V100 Independence Missouri vs. North Carolina |
Shreveport, La. Independence Stadium |
Dec. 26 5 p.m. |
ESPN2 |
| Little Caesars Western Michigan vs. Purdue |
Detroit Ford Field |
Dec. 27 4:30 p.m. |
ESPN |
| Belk Louisville vs. NC State |
Charlotte, N.C. Bank of America Stadium |
Dec. 27 8 p.m. |
ESPN |
| Military Bowl Presented By Northrop Grumman Toledo vs. Air Force |
Washington, D.C. RFK Stadium |
Dec. 28 4:30 p.m. |
ESPN |
| Bridgepoint Education Holiday California vs. Texas |
San Diego Qualcomm Stadium |
Dec. 28 8 p.m. |
ESPN |
| Champs Sports Florida State vs. Notre Dame |
Orlando, Fla. Florida Citrus Bowl |
Dec. 29 5:30 p.m. |
ESPN |
| Valero Alamo Washington vs. Baylor |
San Antonio Alamodome |
Dec. 29 9 p.m. |
ESPN |
| Bell Helicopter Armed Forces BYU vs. Tulsa |
Dallas Gerald J. Ford Stadium |
Dec. 30 Noon |
ESPN |
| New Era Pinstripe Rutgers vs. Iowa State |
Bronx, N.Y. Yankee Stadium |
Dec. 30 3:20 p.m. |
ESPN |
| Franklin American Mortgage Music City Mississippi State vs. Wake Forest |
Nashville, Tenn. LP Field |
Dec. 30 6:40 p.m. |
ESPN |
| Insight Iowa vs. Oklahoma |
Tempe, Ariz. Sun Devil Stadium |
Dec. 30 10 p.m. |
ESPN |
| Meineke Car Care of Texas Texas A&M vs. Northwestern |
Houston Reliant Stadium |
Dec. 31 Noon |
ESPN |
| Hyundai Sun Georgia Tech vs. Utah |
El Paso, Texas Sun Bowl |
Dec. 31 2 p.m. |
CBS |
| AutoZone Liberty Cincinnati vs. Vanderbilt |
Memphis, Tenn. Liberty Bowl |
Dec. 31 3:30 p.m. |
ABC |
| Kraft Fight Hunger Illinois vs. UCLA |
San Francisco AT&T Park |
Dec. 31 3:30 p.m. |
ESPN |
| Chick-fil-A Virginia vs. Auburn |
Atlanta Georgia Dome |
Dec. 31 7:30 p.m. |
ESPN |
| TicketCity Houston vs. Penn State |
Dallas Cotton Bowl |
Jan. 2 Noon |
ESPNU |
| Outback Michigan State vs. Georgia |
Tampa, Fla. Raymond James Stadium |
Jan. 2 1 p.m. |
ABC |
| Capital One Nebraska vs. South Carolina |
Orlando, Fla. Florida Citrus Bowl |
Jan. 2 1 p.m. |
ESPN |
| Taxslayer.com Gator Bowl Ohio State vs. Florida |
Jacksonville, Fla. EverBank Field |
Jan. 2 1 p.m. |
ESPN2 |
| Rose Bowl Game presented by Vizio Wisconsin vs. Oregon |
Pasadena, Calif. Rose Bowl |
Jan. 2 5 p.m. |
ESPN |
| Tostitos Fiesta Stanford vs. Oklahoma State |
Glendale, Ariz. U. of Phoenix Stadium |
Jan. 2 8:30 p.m. |
ESPN |
| Allstate Sugar Michigan vs. Virginia Tech |
New Orleans Louisiana Superdome |
Jan. 3 8:30 p.m. |
ESPN |
| Discover Orange West Virginia vs. Clemson |
Miami Sun Life Stadium |
Jan. 4 8:30 p.m. |
ESPN |
| AT&T Cotton Kansas State vs. Arkansas |
Arlington, Texas Cowboys Stadium |
Jan. 6 8 p.m. |
FOX |
| BBVA Compass Bowl SMU vs. Pittsburgh |
Birmingham, Ala. Legion Field |
Jan. 7 1 p.m. |
ESPN |
| GoDaddy.com Arkansas State vs. Northern Illinois |
Mobile, Ala. Ladd-Peebles Stadium |
Jan. 8 9 p.m. |
ESPN |
| Allstate BCS National Championship Game No. 1 LSU vs. No. 2 Alabama |
New Orleans Louisiana Superdome |
Jan. 9 8:30 p.m. |
ESPN |
Remember it’s a straight up pick but you can rank your confidence from 1 to 35. What other bowls are interesting you ask? Well, let’s start with the Big 12. Baylor and Washington look good for the Alamo Bowl, thanks to Robert Griffin III’s Hesiman win. Oklahoma playing Iowa for the first time in forever in the Insight Bowl sees Sooner head coach Bob Stoops head to his alma mater. What other games look good? How about the Outback Bowl with Georgia taking on Michigan State, another version of the BCS snub bowl. That’s about it for me. The others are decent but they just don’t jump out to me. Come back every Monday from here on out, though and we’ll go over the picks.
It’s the final, final week of Pick It and Stick It (more on that in a couple of weeks). Did I produce a herculean effort much like Oklahoma State over the weekend to jump into the third place? Or did I hang off the edge and shed a bucket full of crocodile tears? We’ll find out soon enough. We also found out how the BCS system works in fine detail, speaking of Oklahoma State. Now that the regular season Pick It and Stick It is over, we are kicking up the Bowl Pick It and Stick It, with a twist you may be familiar with. All that and more inside.
Continue reading Pick It Standings 2011 Week 14: The Final Placement
Yessir, it’s the last regular season week of college football! We have tons of conference championships, but we also have a fairly stacked Big 12 schedule. I’m sure that won’t happen as soon as they conference actually goes back to 12, but it’s nice to enjoy Farmageddon and Bedlam while the title games are going on. Bedlam is bigger, though, and I’m pulling for a major breakthrough for Oklahoma State so they can go the BCS National Championship Game. Much like I’m pulling for a miracle in the picks this week. I’m not asking for much, just for third place. So let’s find out what the picks are:
Continue reading PIck It and Stick It 2011 Week 14: The Final Flingdown
It’s the final week of Barspotting for the 2011 year! Yeah, I could go to some bowl games, but the way the BCS National Championship Game is turning out, I may just skip the whole shebang. But who knows, I may be doing a little Bowlspotting with the Kansas State Wildcats if they find their way down here in Texas again. In the meantime, Little Woodrow’s is on the list. I’m not doing the 6th Street variety, but the one out in south Austin. I’m ending the year the way I started it: Doing a family friendly sports bar and playing some backyard games. It should be fantastic.
We have one more week to go, but things are pretty much locked up by now. On the Pick It and Stick It side, Bryce Brown for Heisman pretty much has it locked up. BCS wise, it looks like the heavens and earth have shaken and bubbled up a rematch between LSU and Alabama for the BCS National Championship Game. Ugh. At least for the BCS there is an outside chance for Oklahoma State to throw a wrench into the gears. So let’s take a look at the standings for the next to last time this year.
Continue reading Pick It Standings 2011 Week 13: Locked Shut Early
Ho man, am I stuffed. I never thought that I would be as stuffed as I was away from the family on the Thanksgiving as I am now. I know for certain that Thanksgiving is one of the best holidays out there now. Family is really getting together with friends and loved ones. Thanksgiving is a reason to get together with family and totally gorge yourself. I need to hit the gym pronto but first I will go over the Pick It and Stick It for this week. It’s some doozies and I mostly excited that great games come one after the other. It was like the second, third, and fourth helpings for me on Thanksgiving. Here’s the pick set:
Continue reading Pick It and Stick It 2011 Week 13: Plucking One Out