SOVIET CYBER-INTERFERENCE GOES BEYOND PRESIDENTIAL-SELECTION
WASHINGTON, D.C. (UPI)…Department of Homeland Security advised three-touchdowns-worth of states that the Russians at-least "gave it a shot " to hack (and in some cases managed to do so) into their 2016 Presidential Election voting. But it didn't stop there. U.S. counter-intelligence sources say USSR malcontents attempted, and sometimes altered, voting related to the NCAA college football polls (both AP and Coaches) as well as the 2016-17 CFP Committee votes, sending 2-10 Kansas into the final Top 25. The distortion even impacted Vindy's Picks, compelling the fab-forecaster to analyze and make a prediction on Mississippi Valley State vs. Florida A&M, two-teams not-only nowhere-near the rankings, but outside the Football Bowl Subdivision as well!
A 9-7 effort last week saw us close the gap on the year to one-game below-.500 (44-45, .494), so we're cueing-up AC/DC, hopin' to get "Back in Black". At the end of September, Boston researchers excavated an outhouse linked to Paul Revere (don't ask!). People of that era apparently regularly-filled said-facility with trash and household items, which explains discovery of well-preserved Nostradamus-like advanced copies of...
THE WEBER KID’S 2017 WEEK 6 FORECAST
(Approved by the Gruden Hot-Line!)
THURS. OCT. 5
#24 NC STATE (+3 ½) over #17 Louisville: MINOR UPSET PICK OF DA' WEEK #1. Cards took-out frustration of ugly-loss to Clemson on a second-cupcake, blasting I-AA Murray State 55-10. Wolfpack got let-down outta' da' way, edging feisty-Orange last week. 'Pack has threatened to have this kinda'-solid season fer a few years-running. Da' 'Ville's best-victory to-date seems to be 7-point neutral-site win over Purdue, and now sports a 1-3 spread-record on the campaign and disappointing 3-10 ATS tally over last 13 lined-tilts. Ball-security remains an issue for Louisville, losing ten turnovers already. Emboldened by last week's WAZZOU (+3 ½) over SoCal success, we say so much fer Lamar Jackson's Heisman-repeat...NC State 38 Red Wrens 31
SAT. OCT. 7
TEXAS A&M (+26 ½) over #1 Alabama: Tide 42 Aggies 20
#2 CLEMSON (-21 ½) over Wake Forest: Tigers 34 Deacs 10
Iowa State (+28) over #3 OKLAHOMA: Best guess fer "wish we had it back". Spooners got a week to work on some things following surprisingly-close win over Bad News Baylor Bears. 'Clones played tough, but lost SU/ATS vs. Texas, who will face these Sooners in da' Red River Shoot 'Em Up on October 14. State's been moving in the right direction, increasing points-scored while lowering points-allowed in each of past two seasons and look poised to do likewise again so far in 2017. Dust Devils will likely match their best SU-win total in past four years by dropping Kansas after this one, but will likely need an upset somewhere along the rest of the way to best that record. OK has taken the spread-dollars 8 times in past 10 contests and now shows 10 covers in past 13 as home-chalk...OK 44 ISU 23
#4 Penn State (-14) over NORTHWESTERN: Lions 40 N-Dub 17
VANDERBILT (+17 ½) over #5 Georgia: 'Dawgs 29 Admirals 17
Cal (+27) over #6 WASHINGTON: UDUB 40 Bears 20
Michigan State (+10 ½) over #7 MICHIGAN: Wolverines rested last week. Sparty's covered 9 straight in the series, winning back-to-back the past three until 2016's Big Blue victory 32-23 as –24. Meeshigan has been useless ATS off a bye the last five seasons. State won three games outright last season (Furman, Notre Dame and Rutgers) and sport very-few upperclassmen. Michigan's gone 2-2 against the line. Ironically, both spread-wins came outside da' Big House. Starting 'Rines QB Wilton Speight's out until further notice. In the aftermath of having two Wolverines chosen in the first-round of the NFL Draft, Jim Harbaugh crooned opera-tunes in the presence of the media. Just wonderin'…does that mean "da' opera ain't over 'til da' draft-lady sings"???!!!...Big Bluto 23 Sparty 17
#8 TCU (-13 ½) over #23 West Virginia: Both clubs took last Saturday off. Mounties slipped back into the rankings for first time since opening 31-24 neutral-site defeat by still-Top 25 Hokies. WVU's posted three straight SU victories since that loss, but over nobody-special (ECU, former Vindy-stompin'-grounds FCS Del State and Kansas). Horny Toads, on the other hand, are undefeated, boasting road-wins over Arkansas and then-#6 Oklahoma State. Marc Lawrence has TCU covering 8 of last 9 off a bye, while Morganbillies are 0-fer-last six-pack facing ranked opponents...Kermits 48 'Eers 23
#9 Wisconsin (-11 ½) over NEBRASKA: No faith in this pick. Consider yerselves duly-advised...Badgers 31 Big Dread 17
#10 OHIO STATE (-31) over Maryland: Peas haven't so-much-as needed deodorant in this series, taking last three contests by 28, 21 and fitty-nine! Box Turtles credited with triumph vs. then-ranked Longhorns, but little-else and have beaten da' spread three times in past ten tries. On the MLB-diamond, .300 is nice, but not-so-much in CFB play. Terps, also dispatched I-AA Towson easily before falling by 28 to Central Florida and are fielding third starting QB on the season. State needs style-points if it's gonna' return to da' playoffs. It's Homecoming at Da' 'Shoe. Now atop the Billboard 100 for the 6th consecutive-week...a classic Beatles tune meets a legendary Buckeyes football coach..."Norwegian Woody Hayes"! (Just fer you, Mike Yoder!)...OSU 44 MD 7
#11 Washington State (+2) over OREGON: VERY MINOR UPSET PICK OF DA" WEEK. Almost made this one our "lock of da' week". Drakes lead the nation in scoring at nearly a half-century per game, so "over" wouldn't be a bad choice either. Coogs have won in back-to-back seasons and nothing to suggest that pattern changes as Wazzou continues to improve and Ducks are just too-vulnerable to opponents' offense, having coughed-up double-digits to each of first five opponents, while State shows a shutout and another game yielding just a lone-touchdown. In addition, Mallards are without their starting QB, a starting receiver and part of the depth at RB...WSU 41 Donald Ducks 34
#12 AUBURN (-21 ½) over Mississippi: Last Saturday was a bad week for the Magnolia State, as Ol' Mist got put thru da' Bama wood-chipper 66-3 and the Mississippi State Bulldogs went down 49-10 to these-same Auburn Tigers. Rebels have yet to cover a lined-game and are under self-imposed post-season no-no, with former HC Hugh Freeze stepping-down in light of NCAA investigation involving multiple phone-calls to an "escort-service". Tigers are permitting paltry 11ppg and Mississippi ain't performing like Phil Steele's designated #8 Most-Improved Team. Visit to Death Valley looms for Auburn, but that's not nearly as daunting now as it was in the preseason. Even with a much-better outing by Ol' Missed...Auburn 37 Rabbles 9
#13 Miami: IDLE (next 10/12 vs. Georgia Tech)
Oregon State @ #14 USC ("under 61 ½"): Both sides made Vindy's Christmas-card list as Trojans (-3 ½) fell to Washington State (as we predicted!) and Beavers rolled-over in the second-half, giving UDUB 35-unanswered points to chalk-up another "lock"-pick. State may not equal last season's four SU-win total. Ya-gotta'-be-kiddin'-me stat-of-da'-week from Marc Lawrence...Dam-Builders have covered 13 of last 16 games following Wazzou. Reeling-in in that trend toward recent-relevance, OSU seniors have gone 2-0 in that that role. Troy-Boys no bargain at 1-4 ATS to-date and eyeing visit from da' Utes next. Trojans not-bad-bet 8-4 after outright-defeat past three campaigns per Marc Lawrence...Wooden-Horses 42 Beavers 6
#15 Oklahoma State: IDLE (next vs. Baylor)
#16 Virginia Tech @ BOSTON COLLEGE ("under 48 ½): VT 27 BC 10
#18 South Florida: IDLE (next vs. UMass)
#19 San Diego State (-10 ½) over UNLV: Anybody else out there wanna' see Troy and Howard (Da' Duck) U. make the CFP???!!! Diego is still head-and-shoulders above Jose...Aztecs 33 Rebels 19
#20 UTAH (+5 ½) over Stanford: UPSET PICK OF DA' WEEK #2. LOCK OF DA' WEEK. We liked the home-'dog before the line shot up in favor of Stanford after bettors learned Utah will be without starting QB Huntley until further notice. His back-up?...Senior Troy Williams, who started every game for the Utes in 2016. Trees are turning the corner with back-to-back wins over UCLA and ASU, but the Utes are at least 4 points-better than the Pitchforks, who lost by 10 to the Cardinal. Homecoming in Salt Lake. We think the local fans will enjoy it...Utah 24 Stanford 20
Louisiana State @ #21 (tie) FLORIDA ("under 47"): Gators 24 Bengals 16
#21 (tie) Notre Dame (-14) over NORTH CAROLINA: Irish 38 'Heels 10
#25 Central Florida (-17) over CINCINNATI: Knights 36 Bearkats 16
BETWEEN THE HASHMARKS
BTW, Jim Harbaugh looked mighty-funny in a Valkyrie-outfit, but kudos to Coach fer havin' the intestinal-fortitude to wear it, including da' blonde-braided wig!
Continuing our AlPa does JoePa series..."I know it was you, Fresno State. You broke my heart. You broke my heart!"
Notable Trends fer Those Who've Played Five FBS Games in Five Fortnights: 5-0 under- Middle Tennessee; 4-1 under- Arizona State, Boston College, Iowa, New Mexico State, da' Alma Mater, and South Carolina; 4-1 over UCLA and Our Lady; 4-1 ATS: Clemson, New Mexico State and Our Lady; 1-4 ATS: North Carolina, Rice, San Josie State and UCLA!
Bored with the rest of the normal- and extended-cable fare, Vindicator tuned into "Whose Line Is It Anyway?!" only to be disappointed that it had nuthin' to do with the point-spread!!!!
On the same day in July OJ was granted eventual parole, Kato Kaelin simply rued the loss of his hometown Milwaukee Brewers on da' diamond!
After reviewing the game-film and initial on-field punishments levied against Odell Beckham Jr. last week for his canine-like antics, the NFL mandated OBJ to attend at least three-Saturday's-worth of obedience-school classes at the local PetSmart!
The city of Atlanta is looking to test unmanned-vehicles on busy roads as early as September. We’d argue the Falcons defense already tried that on the field during the loss to New England in last season’s Super Bowl!
As we welcome the start of the NHL regular-season...is it just us or do any of our fellow Stars Wars geeks out there think the Vegas Golden Knights logo is reminiscent of Boba Fett?
"Wish We Had It Back": Yep! We expressed our angst foregoing a side to blow yet-another total on the Badgers-Wildcats game!
“Locked in a Box?”: UDUB bashed Da' Beavers sufficiently to raise the "lock" record to 4-1 (.800)! Last Week: 1-0 Season: 4-1 (.800)
Black Shirt: The ebony-apparel goes to Wazzou K Eric Powell for game-winning three-pointer with 1:40 left to validate our "minor upset pick of da' week" over USC!
Shoppe Talk: Shocker! Clemson re-joins da' fray at 1-4 (.200 season; 4-17, .190 last 21 plate-appearances). Tigers get to enjoy the company of the Florida Gators and Hokies of Virginia Tech, both at 1-3 (.250)
Vindy’s Week 6 Best Bets: Last Week: 3-1 Season: 13-6-1 (.684)
BYU (+8) over Boise State, PURDUE –4 over Minnesota, Texas Tech –17 over KANSAS, Florida International @ MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE "under 51 ½"
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