Week 4

GOAT Faithful,
Did not get to post my picks as I was tailgating in Lexington, Ky. For the record, the GOAT had:

Straight Lines
West Virginia -17
Northwestern+8 (CASHED)
NCSU +3.5
Washington+13.5 (CASHED)
Washington/ND Over (CASHED)
Miami +7.5 (CASHED)
Bama-16.5 (CASHED)
Auburn +2.5 (CASHED)
Houston-15

Tease:
Arky+6
Cal +12
Miami+15

Parlay:
Northwestern/Bama (CASHED)

NFL:

Tease: (CASHED)
Saints-1
San Diego+12

Oh well, doesn’t matter now! Moving right along….The week that was College tackle football #4 was as good as advertised. I will discuss what the GOAT brought away from this week. I will also be including NFL action in this discussion tommorrow. So here are the high points of the College Football week.

1. WEST VIRGINIA - WV is an absolute “Coal Mine Fire”…capping this team is like catching fish in dried up pond. 4 fumbles in the red zone, an interception and an immediate fumble, and a defense that allowed Colorado to score 24 points! Noel is DEVINE, scampering for 220 yards and 2 Tds and they were covering 35-17. But, in true WV fashion, they lay down and let Colorado score in the end and get the cover with :03 left. I bet Slaton and White got PAID on this one. (They have before).

2. LOUISVILLE - “THE VILLE”…..”THE VILLE”?!?!?! Are you f**king kidding me?!?!? Not only has Kragthorpe successfully run this program in the ground, but now, they have “THE VILLE” written across the front of their uniforms. I have seen some stupid things in my day, and this ranks easily in my top 5. This is not Miami, and you are not Thug U. This is a well respected, red blooded, higher education university. I would be absolutely embarrassed and would not contribute another damn dime to this program if my life depended on it, if I were a Booster. Get this guy out of there before he rubs off on Petino! Not to mention you got “Skull Drug” by Dave Wannstead??!

3. ILLINOIS - Hey Juicy, stop throwing it to the other team and your “NFL DRAFT STOCK” will quit plummeting. I know it doesn’t help that the “Zooker” has packed it in for the winter, but hang in there buddy, They always need half-ass talent in the Canadian Leagues.

4. MIAMI - Randy Shannon is worth every penny he has EARNED at Miami. I hate it, but Miami is for real.

5. ALABAMA - Bama is my #1 team, if I had a vote. Try to argue? DEFENSE WINS CHAMPIONSHIPS.

6. Cal - I have not seen a team implode like CAL in a long time! What a damn joke. Not only are they bad, but they are REAL BAD. 72-6 in 2 GAMES?!?!? Best is a good running back against SUSPECT defenses, he is not Heisman Material.

7. OKLAHOMA - The “SOONER” SANK somewhere off the Miami coast!!! QB’s are important, and Teaching BACK-UP QB’s is just as important. Bob, please tell Landry Jones that he is not Magnum PI, shave the ‘stache and win a meaningful ball game. Your going down in flames!

8. FSU – You make me sick

9. AUBURN – Look out SEC, Chisick(sp?) has got a 5-0 ball club on his hands, and they look good! Chesick(sp?) has now won more games at Auburn in one season then he did in his entire tenure at Iowa State. It’s unbelievable how speed and talent can make a coach look good and his prior team look so bad. Long road ahead, but this team may make some waves if they keep winning.

10. Oregon – after their debacle on the road at Boise St., Chip Kelly has got this team rolling. They look really good against CAL and have one big test left playing USC at home, might be a ROSEY future for this team, especially if the RUNNING GAME gets back on track(more on that later).

11. Notre Dame – I mean, this team really has “JESUS” on their side. The Luck is still alive and well.

12. Houston – I talk you up, and you let me down…back to being a “Never gonna be”

I reserve this time to commend Chip Kelly. LaGarrette Blount did not deserve a year long suspension, and I think that if he has stuck to the program that Kelly put in place for him, then by all means, let him play ball. A lot have and will disagree, but it is just like the GOAT said. If he does get re-instated, then cooler heads did prevail. Oregon jumped the gun on the year long suspension, plain and simple. If it were Tebow, Bradford, or McCoy that did this, 1-4 game would be enough. He, like Vick, has served enough time. I am very pleased with this decision on the part of the Oregon Athletic Program.

Tomorrow is being reserved for the NFL.

Enjoy,
Da GOAT