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GET THEMED NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM
NEW
YORK, New York (AP)…Museums are wooing new patrons with
adult sleepovers. The American Museum of Natural History provides champagne,
dinner and live jazz. Adult visitors can snooze in sleeping bags beneath the famous
94-ft-long blue whale hanging from the ceiling of the spacious Milstein Hall of
Oceanic Life. Also, the Big Apple’s Rubin Museum of Art allows sleeping under
works of art and having their dreams interpreted when they awake. Meanwhile, bettors
can get some shut-eye under the world’s largest parlay card while having
nightmares about…
THE
WEBER KID’S WEEK 11 FORECAST
(Legally wearing equestrian nasal strips)
Virginia
(+18) over #2 FLORIDA STATE: Given the weekly
necessity to rally for the victory,
we’re not sure any contest on the
schedule qualifies as a “trap game” for the ‘Noles, but if there is one, this is it. Off the huge
comeback at Louisville and a road-trip to vastly-improved rival Miami up next,
State might very well look past a decent Cavaliers squad that beat the
aforementioned Cardinals in September. Minus last year’s National Title run,
FSU finds a way to fall in a game it shouldn’t. This could be it…though we
think Boston College is a better candidate for that role, should the Tribe get
past Miami. Neither side’s terribly-attractive ATS. Wahoos on 0-3 SU/0-4 ATS
dive while State notched just its second spread-win in seven tries this year
(including one home fave cover in three attempts). It’s Homecoming in
Tallahassee and Jimbo Fisher is pooh-poohing worries over Winston’s bad wheel. Virginia
won 4 of its first 6 games (doubling the outright win total from 2013) and
needs two more in final three to be bowl-eligible…FSU 27 Virginia 13
#14
LSU (+6) over #4 Alabama: Tide, though generally a coin-toss
ATS overall and in the SEC, has traditionally been betting-gold at Death
Valley. Nonetheless, Bengals have taken the money in 3 of last 4, home or away,
facing Alabama. Elephants won 21-17 here in 2012 and beat the Tigers by three
touchdowns last season. ‘Bama has lost exactly one conference game in each of
the previous three years. Ole Miss is already an SEC game in the “L” column. State
has a slight advantage passing, but also gives up 4.5 yards per carry on the
ground. Tide averages 5.1 yards a tote. Last 3 contests here in this series
have been decided by 6 or less. Crimson Trype responded, finally, after loss to
the Rebels and near-miss at Arkansas by smoking A&M and besting the Vols by
14. The real question here is… in which quarter will Les Miles bust out da’ trickeration and will the play go for a
first-down or maybe even a touchdown???!!! LSU meets an Olivia Newton-John Grease tune meets Weird Al Yankovic…”Hopelessly
Revolted Bayou”?!...Tide 17 Tigers 16
#8
Notre Dame (+2) over #11 ARIZONA STATE: Pitchforks won a tight
defensive battle in extras against Utah, while Irish survived Navy after looking like they were gonna’ blow the Middies
out early. Only second true road game of the season for the Leprechauns, who
probably should’ve beaten Florida State in the first one. Haveta’ figure both
sides will be happy to see opponents that throw
the ball this week after ND weathered 60 triple-option carries by Navy and
State saw Utah basically abandon the passing game despite a close contest
throughout the tilt. Despite returning just two starters on D and a paltry
number of lettermen back, Todd Graham has ASU competing for a conference
championship. The Beelzebubs have yielded just 36 total points over the last 3
games, but State shows a19-5 pass TD-to-INT ratio and Irish show 22-7, leading
us to believe this one goes “over” the total. The difference might be Irish
pass D, which has given up 11 aerial touchdowns and snagged 12 picks. Devils D
has permitted 10 passing scores with just 4 interceptions…Rudy 38 ASU 31
#7
MICHIGAN STATE (-3) over #13 Ohio State: Rematch of 2013
Big Tentacle Conference Championship, won 34-24 by Sparty. Buckeyes bombed
turnover-prone Illini while MSU was on a bye. OSU has posted seven straight
games “over” the total, hitting the board for 50 or more in 5 of last 6.
Spartans defense is holding up nicely (only 3 opponents have scored more than
17 points) despite losing six starters from last year’s squad. Marc Lawrence’s Playbook.Com shows
Buckeyes covering 13 of last 13 with revenge against a better-than-.500 foe. Gotta’
think Spartans loss to CFB #4 Oregon appears more attractive than OSU’s early
defeat by fading VirginiaTech. One thing’s for certain…there won’t be any
stake-planting Buckeyes (now 20-1 SU in conference play the past 2+ seasons) to
antagonize Michigan State, who has dropped just five games in November under
now-7th-year coach Dantonio …MSU 31 OSU 27
#9
Kansas State (+6) over #6 TCU: UPSET PICK OF DA’ WEEK. Purple
Persians have quietly moved into the AP Top Ten (#7 in the Selection Committee
poll) and should they win out, they would have an argument to make the Fab
Four, with their only defeat coming by 6 points to Auburn, should it win out or lose a nail-biter vs.
‘Bama). Maybe the Universe evened the score for the Froggies, who got a last
second FG in Morgantown (and five West Virginia turnovers) last week to edge the
determined Mountaineers 31-30, for the earlier 61-58 loss at Baylor. The
Tadpoles might want some payback for last year’s 33-31 loss (though revenge
doesn’t really apply to a team that got just four victories all season). ‘Cats
have covered 9 of last 11 vs. ranked opponents and have a bye week next. Frogs
saw their scoring production fall steadily from 2010’s 41 ppg to 2013’s 25 ppg,
but are currently a bridesmaid to only Baylor, at 48 ppg. The scoring defenses
are comparable on both sidelines and KSU held Auburn to 20 points (Tigers
currently averaging almost 39 ppg).. Do TCU players while warming-up/stretching
before each practice or actual game sing…”Heaaaaad, shoulders… knees and toads, knees and toads!”???!!! Or maybe it’s really… “Heaaaaaaad coaches, knees and toads, knees and toads!”…Wildcats
24 TCU 20
BETWEEN
THE HASHMARKS
Meanwhile, CFB Selection Committee #1 Mississippi
State and #11 Ole Miss host I-AA middle-of-the-packers UT-Martin and
Presbyterian, respectively. In early November???!!! We know football schedules
are set at least a few years in advance….but who puts an FCS squad on the slate in November???!!!
We’d lump ‘Bama in here as well, but we’ll
give a little slack (emphasis on little)
for hosting I-AA Western Carolina the week before the Iron Bowl vs. Auburn
because the Catamounts are 6-3 overall, 4-1 in conference and challenging for
the SoCon title. Though upon further review, WCU, while losing its opener
respectably by 5 at South Florida, lost last week 51-0 to conference
front-runners UT-Chattanooga (Mocs are currently #11 in the FCS Poll and opened
the year with a 4-point defeat at Central Michgan)! We withdraw our “slack”!
If yer a fan of both college and pro football, yer
in Heaven right now, in da’ midst of 27 straight days featuring at least one
NCAA or NFL contest, starting last Thursday (10/30) and running thru 11/25 (da’
Tuesday before Thanksgiving)!
QB Jameis Winston was
accused of shoplifting crab-legs and crawfish from a grocery store, leading to
suspension from FSU’s baseball team. Eye-witness accounts noted
Winston “appeared to pause to avoid walking in front of a deputy before
leaving a Tallahassee supermarket without paying…”. Yep, he made a “defender”
miss in the open check-out line!
Shortly after the New Year, Bobby Petrino was signed
to his second shot at the helm of the Louisville Cardinals, but following his
Arkansas snafu, his contract includes prohibitions vs. riding a motorcycle or
even viewing Easy Rider, Sons of Anarchy,
any of the Mad Max/Road-Warrior flicks,
Magnum Force or…Wild Hogs!
Daylight Savings Time occurred in the wee hour of
Sunday mornin’. We’re wonderin’ how many NCAA football teams would like to turn
back da’ clock 60 minutes (or less) following Saturday’s results!
This week’s AP rankings had FCS club North Dakota
State with 4 votes…tying Stanford and 3 more than SEC squads Florida (1) and Texas A&M (1).
Over the summer, Ron Artest…AKA Mensa Worm Priest…er…um…Metta World Peace…changed his name again…to The Pandas Friend…after
getting’ a gig with a Chinese Basketball Association squad! Can some other sappy moniker swap such as UNICEF Care Bear be far down the
pike???!!!
At the sportsbook counter…Arizona (+6 ½) lost by 10
to UCLA, costing us a three-team parlay that featured covers by Utah (+5 ½,
losing by 3 in OT at ASU as noted above) and the Philly Beagles (-2 ½) over
HOUSTON (Texans lost by 10). We were smart enough to park North Carolina +17
(lost by 20) at MIAMI and Illinois +28 ½ (lost by 41) at OHIO STATE on the same
ticket, but Utah State -3 won by three touchdowns at HAWAII to cash the straight
bet and Colorado State -7 (-6 ½ at time of last week’s blog) pushed at SAN JOSE
STATE to turn UTEP -6 ½ (won by 21 over Southern Mist) into a straight bet. The
remaining selections we looked last week at but didn’t play went 2-2. Money
down this week on Weeziana Tech -3 ½ over UAB, Duke -3 over SYRACUSE, Air Force
-6 over UNLV and FRESNO STATE -2 ½ over
San Jose State. Still catchin’ our eye…Utah State -7 over WYOMING (we ain’t
buyin’ the blow-out upset of Fresno State), Wisconsin -16 ½ over PURDUE, Joja’
Sudden -11 over TEXAS STATE and Weeziana-Lafayette -15 over NEW MEXICO STATE.
Rocky
Horror Picture Show meets the SF Giants World Series MVP…”Say!…any of you guys know how to… Madison Bumgarner?!”
Next week…a few thoughts on college hoops!
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