DEPOSED
COACH BOON FOR ‘GOLDEN ARCHES’
YOUNGSTOWN,
Ohio (MSNBC)…One AD’s trash is another CEO’s
treasure. During a post-pink slip team meeting diatribe, during which, he
turned the air blue, lambasting Nebraska
Athletic Director Shawn Eichorst, former Huskers coach Bo Pelini said he’d
“rather f*****’ work at McDonald’s than work with some of those guys. Not that
there’s anything wrong with working at McDonald’s.”. Fans of the Y-Town State
Penguins expecting to see the new head coach around campus actually encountered
Pelini taking drive-thru orders at a local Mickey D’s. Given Pelini’s record as
a proven winner, leading his team to at least nine wins in each of his seven
seasons and as many bowl appearances, the announcement of his hire by the fast-food
giant immediately sent stocks in the company soaring.
Farther west, the real reason Sony Corp was unhappy with the hack by North Korea is
that it exposed sensitive e-mails detailing the company’s plan to produce a
film about…
THE
WEBER KID’S 2014-15 BOWL PREDICTIONS (PART I)
(Consciously-uncoupling bettors from
their money on a weekly basis!)
DEC.
20
GILDAN
NEW MEXICO BOWL (@ Albuquerque, NM)
Texas-El
Paso +10 ½ over Utah State: UPSET PICK OF DA’ WEEK. Behind
a big rushing attack and a scoring D that improved from more than 38 points per
game through their first six contests to just over 20 ppg over the last six,
Miners will make the post-season for first time in four years. We cashed a few
tickets with UTEP this year and according to an article by SB Nation.Com, the
Miners tied three other teams for most-overachieving ball-club, reaching 4 ½
more outright victories (7) than the opening Vegas over/under (2 ½ ). USU has
beaten 8 opponents already by double-digits (though over no one special, save
for Air Force) and may look to erase the 50-19 pounding it got in the Mountain
Jest title game by Boise State, who made a statement that contributed to its
Fiesta berth. The two scoring offenses are within a point of each other and
UTEP shows a decent 12-5 passing TD-to-INT ratio as well. Over the past few
bowl seasons, ‘dogs who cover the game also win SU more than 50% of the time.
Don’t be shocked to see UTEP do so here…UTEP 31 Aggies 28
DEC.
23
BOCA
RATON BOWL (@ Boca Raton, FL)
Marshall-Northern
Illinois “over” 66: Have to admit, Marshall’s scoring
defense was stellar, minus the previously-noted 67 points it yielded to Western
Kentucky, but none of its other foes were offensive powerhouses and Herd lit up
the board for at least 41 points in all but three games in 2014 and are 5th
nationally in scoring behind four of the CFP’s top six squads. Huskies gave up 34 at UNLV, 52 at Arkansas,
34 to Central Michigan and 41 to Miami-Oh-No! Additionally, Northern Illinois
+11 might be a feasible choice. Herd hadda’ know it was never truly under consideration
for a playoff spot, but one of the other big New Year’s Day outing would’ve
been likely with a perfect season. Instead, Marshall is relegated to early
December “Rat’s Mouth” Bowl” (actually, the translation is “Thieves Inlet”, but
Herd doesn’t care!). NIU went 12-0 in road dog spot coming into this season and
went 6-2 ATS away from DeKalb this year too. Sled Dogs have 11 victories for
fifth consecutive time and would hit even dozen with the upset…Marshall 41 NIU
32
SAN
DIEGO COUNTY CREDIT UNION POINSETTIA BOWL (@ San Diego, CA)
Navy
+2 ½ over SAN DIEGO STATE: Rematch of the 2010 Poinsettia Bowl
(won 35-14 by State) and yep, Aztecs play a post-season contest in their
backyard…again (Z-z-z-z-z-z-z-z). Not sure if Army-Navy game just 9 days prior
to this one will help the Middies (live-action execution of game-plan) or hurt
them (bruised and battered off tough 17-7 win vs. very-physical Cadets). We
think the former. State’s no stranger to option-football, facing Air Force in
conference-play yearly (and beating the Flight Platoon 30-14 this season as
part of a four-year win-streak) and Aztecs held 7 opponents or 21 or less while
all five defeats came when the other team scored at least 24. “Under” 54 would
also be worth a look. Sudzu went 6-0 SU during the regular-season here. However,
the nearby naval base negates any homefield-edge the Aztecs might otherwise
have…SDSU 21 Swabbies 20
DEC.
24
POPEYES
BAHAMAS BOWL (@ Nassau, Bahamas)
Western
Kentucky -3 ½ over Central Michigan: Chippies’ video-taped
response to learning they were headed here instead of Ford Field in Detroit for
the Quick Lane Bowl went viral. If you’ve seen it, you know it looks like they
made the field of 68 for March Madness as an at-large #11 seed playing its
first game in-state! Hilltoppers come into this one happy for a different
reason. Western Kentucky finished the year triumphant in five of their last six
contests, including the wild 67-66 upset of then-undefeated Marshall…on the
road…and shows a solid 3-1 ATS record vs. non-conference teams this year (10-4
over the last three). 7-5 Chippewas played well against MAC bottom-feeders, but
the defense will be outmatched here vs. Western Kentucky scoring O that’s #6 in
the country (#3 in passing offense with 44 aerial touchdowns and just 10
picks-against) …WKY 41 CMU 24
BETWEEN
THE HASHMARKS
BTW, there’s no truth to the rumor that McDonald’s
new motto would change to “You deserve a broken-play
today!”
Iggy Azalea meets Hanukkah meets the Commodores
football team…”LaChaim…
so…*Vannnnndyyyy*”!
Navy’s three-and-outs on its first three possessions (despite the
blocked punt return for TD by Army) was a harbinger that the game would finish
well-under the total (56) instead of “over” as we predicted, ending up just
17-7.
Steelers’ top receiver Antonio Brown showed up for
the game at Cincinnati earlier this month sporting a suit from the classic
flick “Tron”. Shortly afterward, Penn State coach James Franklin came out in
favor of throwback alternate unis. Cool. Can’t wait to see the Lions take the
field wearing the raccoon outfit from Super
Mario Brothers or dressed as Link from Legend
of Zelda or Scorpion from Mortal
Kombat! Pittsburgh got a three-TD road win over the Bengals, so maybe an
NFL QB will don a big yellow Pac-Man outfit
(which would, of course, require the use of the words “Wocka-wocka-wocka-wocka”
during signal-calling for at least one play on each offensive possession!)
Speaking of throwback, “remember how excited you
were the first time you got Vindy’s Picks
in yer stocking??!!!”
As a follow-up to last week’s lead story for those
familiar with “Army of Darkness”, can anybody else out there see LeBron
standing atop a desk at the local S-Mart quipping,
“Name’s ‘James’…Not-in-My-Housewares.”
In the errata department, we incorrectly referred to
Kate Middleton as “Princess” when in fact her title is Duchess. Oops. Beggin’ the royal pardon!
Back next week around Christmas Day with more bowl
predictions!
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