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Pick It And Stick It: Getting Kinda Flakey Here

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Whew my picks last week stunk.  It almost stuck as much as my pick for Kansas State over Texas.  Yes, it was for the spread and yes, they didn’t make it.  So how am I going to recover this week?  Fortunately Kansas State is off so I don’t have to worry about them.  There are some Top 25  matchups that could smooth the blow and get me back on the road to recovery.  There’s also a nice little non conference matchup that will be exciting as well. Continue reading Pick It And Stick It: Getting Kinda Flakey Here →

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Purple Yeti Roar 82: Running Scared

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Two weeks to go and there’s one last trickle of non football stuff to talk about before the start of the college football season.  Yup, it seems the NCAA and its member schools are running scared from this autograph thing.  I’ll talk about that, Tulsa, EA Sports, SEC, Big 10, Big 12, Missouri, James Franklin, and Gary Pinkel. Continue reading Purple Yeti Roar 82: Running Scared →

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Purple Yeti Roar 62: Johnny Twitter Advice

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Hey!  I’m back this week and I end up actually spending most of my time on Johnny Football.  Okay, well more like how he quit Twitter and how you should use the social service yourself.  Trust me.  I’m an epxert.  I also BS my way through news like Sun Belt, Idaho, New Mexico State, Big East, Tulsa, Western Kentucky, Conference USA, and Cowboys Stadium.

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Purple Yeti Roar 49: Bowl Mania

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It’s a new year and a slate of college football games kick it off.  I’m going to talk about the New Year’s Day bowls as well as review what has happened so far in Big 12 football.  So look for that as well as Baylor, UCLA, Holiday Bowl, Texas Tech, Minnesota, Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas, Michigan State, TCU, Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl, Texas, Oregon State, Alamo Bowl, Georgia Tech, USC, Tulsa, Iowa State, Liberty Bowl, Clemson, LSU, Chick-fil-A Bowl, Mississippi State, Northwestern, Purdue, Oklahoma State, Heart of Dallas Bowl, Georgia, Nebraska, Capital One Bowl, South Carolina, Michigan, Outback Bowl, Rose Bowl, Wisconsin, Stanford, Northern Illinois, Florida, Orange Bowl, Louisville, Florida State, Sugar Bowl, Oregon, Kansas State, Pac 12, Big 12, Fiesta Bowl, Wrestling,  Pittsburgh, Ole Miss, Compass Bowl, Kent State, Arkansas State, Godaddy.com Bowl, and New Year’s Continue reading Purple Yeti Roar 49: Bowl Mania →

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Purple Yeti Roar 45: One True Champion

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Hey I’m back for some BCS Fiesta fun!  Kansas State put the beat down on Texas and now they punched their ticket to the Fiesta Bowl to take on Oregon.  I got over that as well as Notre Dame, Alabama, BCS Championship Game, Louisville, Florida, Sugar Bowl, Orange Bowl, Northern Illinois, Florida State, Cotton Bowl, Oklahoma, Texas A&M, Rose Bowl, Wisconsin, Stanford, Heart of Dallas Bowl, Purdue, Oklahoma State, Iowa State, Tulsa, Liberty Bowl, Oregon State, Alamo Bowl, Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl, Michigan State, TCU, West Virginia, Syracuse, Pinstripe Bowl, Minnesota, Texas Tech, Car Care Bowl of Texas, Holiday Bowl, Baylor, UCLA, SEC, Big 12, and ESPN Continue reading Purple Yeti Roar 45: One True Champion →

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Bowl Pick It and Stick It 2011: 6 and 8 Split

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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.

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Pick It and Stick It 2011 Week 13: Plucking One Out

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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:

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PIck It and Stick It 2011 Week 09: This Is Giving Me Chills

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It’s Halloween weekend (-ish, it’s on Monday) and the weather is finally starting to reflect that down here in Austin.  I have to get used to it being hot rolling into late October.  This weekend has a big ole cold front blowing through and I’m already feeling the chills.  That’s the sign on fall that I need and it fits right in the super creepy Halloween theme.  The action of the field and on the Pick It and Stick It is still smoking hot.  Keltron3000 is breaking away from the pack but others are hot on her heels.  Kansas State is up for the game of their lives, well more like the game of the year, as they host Oklahoma.  So grab some Candy Corn and let’s check out the picks: Continue reading PIck It and Stick It 2011 Week 09: This Is Giving Me Chills →

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Pick It And Stick It 2011 Week 04: Sticking Together

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Whew!  Another close one for the Big 12.  I swear, the Big 12 is the greatest thing since MTV’s The Real World.  If you want to talk about the best conferences, then the one with the best drama factor definitely is the Big 12.  Yeah, they are staying together but we really don’t know for how long.  So while they hold hands again and tell everybody that things are cool, let’s focus on some actual football.  This week’s Pick It an Stick It kind of reflects the noise off the field.  Like the Big 12, most of the great games are stuck together around 2:30 Saturday.  That’s fine for me and my barspotting trip, but how will it fare for the picks? Continue reading Pick It And Stick It 2011 Week 04: Sticking Together →

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Pick It and Stick It: Sticking With The Crowd

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It’s the hustle and bustle of college football.  At the beginning of the year, everyone is tied 0-0.  Slowly and weekly, the winners bubble up and the losers peter out.  We’re getting into week 3 and it’s still crowded.  We haven’t yet hit the real bubbling point.  Apparently it’s Road Test Weekend so we’ll more than likely get the cauldron cooking real quick.  Speaking of being crowded, I’m planning and surfing the flesh at the Austin City Limits Music Festival. Granted I have Sunday tickets so it won’t be too bad, but Saturday’s at Third Base Sports Bar.  Let’s hope people don’t bubble up vomit and I don’t peter out.

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Barspotting: Thirdbase

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Alrighty welp I’m back for another week of actual Barspotting.  Kansas City was nice and all but I’ve been to all the good bars up there and now I’m ready to hit (or find) the good bars down here in Austin.  This week I’m going to try to get to Third Base.  Hopefully, I can play my cards right and get there to brag about it all to you on Monday morning.  From the looks of things it’s a hot spot to be at so I know it’ll be crowded with others when I get there.  Come on and join me!

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Pick It and Stick It: Flick Me A Winner

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Here we go with another year of Pick It and Stick It!  This time I decided to go easy on people and not do confidence points throughout the year.  It was just too much beef to handle week in and week out.  So I cut that fat off and leaned it down to a tasty point spread straight up pick league.  You can drop two weeks so if want to join up please do so at:
If you got any questions, please feel free to hit me up.  Now let’s take a look at the first week’s pics:
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Barspotting: Kicking Off A New Town of Barspotting at Doc’s Backyard

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Alrighty, football is here and you know what that means: Barspotting!  For those of you not familiar with how Barspotting works, I basically tool around town and find places to watch college football then rate whether it’s worth it to check it out yourself.  This year will be different because I’m in a whole new town.  So I get to find a whole bunch of new bars review and also get the added benefit of finding my way around town.  The first ever Austin edition of Barspotting will feature Doc’s Backyard in Sunset Valley, well, because they are real close to me.  Not only that but they have a supposedly real tasty Chicken Fried Avacado.  Let’s check out Saturday’s lineup. Continue reading Barspotting: Kicking Off A New Town of Barspotting at Doc’s Backyard →

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Mascot Monday: Captain Cane

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We’re back again this week with the countup of mascots from Phil Steele’s preseason Top 50 for 2011.  WIth the kind of week the Big 12 has been through, they could use a hero.  A hero who has been through some recent changes as well.  So with that in mind, we’ll look at $35 and the Tulsa Golden Hurricanes’ Captain Cane.  This week, we will look at the reason there are hurricanes in Oklahoma, as well as check out how one of the lamest mascots got a makeover and somewhat of an upgrade.  Board up the windows, here comes the latest edition of Mascot Monday

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Crib Sheet: Ramping Up For Another Year

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Media days are about done and that means practices are right around the corner.  I’m almost ready to ring the cowbell for a new season.  In the meantime, here’s this week’s Crib Sheet:
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