Wednesday, November 21, 2018

Vindy's Picks Week 13-2018

TESTY IVY-LEAGUE CLASH PROMPTS POSITION-CHANGE  
 
BOSTON, Massachusetts (FOX)...On Saturday, in the shadow of Fenway Park’s Green-Monster, Crimson rusher Devin Darrington cost his squad a touch-down by seemingly-making an obscene hand-gesture at a nearby Yale player en route to pay-dirt. DD did so prior to reaching the end-zone, so the spot-foul for taunting negated the six and resulted in a three instead. Darrington claimed, in light of grainy-video, the digit-in-question was his index-finger. Following the eventual Harvard-victory, coaches made Darrington pinky-swear he would not repeat the mistake (showing an opponent his age, IQ or sperm-count), before moving him to defense, where he’ll see nary-a-carry and be the middle-finger linebacker for the rest of the season!  
 
Yet-another pre-Saturday deficit led to an ongoing-mediocre 10-10 (105-110-4, .488) finish. Findin’ its way, early-and-often, into da’ Old Spice Foam-Zone... 
 
THE WEBER KID'S 2018 WEEK 13 FORECAST  
(On short-notice, planning to use Azteca Stadium as a staging-area in light of abrupt-bail by the NFL!) 
 
THURS. NOV. 22 
 
#22 Mississippi State (-11) over MISSISSIPPI: Bulldogs continue to be rankings-yo-yo, getting here by smokin’ Arkansas last week. Rebels on 1-4 SU/0-5 ATS slide and are 1-8 against the line in past nine contests. Honestly, Rebels’ best-outing recently was 48-44 demise in Oxford vs. South Carolina in early November. If State can keep QB Fitzgerald on the gridiron beyond the 1st Quarter (unlike 2017 edition)...Canines 34 Ol’ Mist 17 
 
FRI. NOV. 23 
 
#12 WEST VIRGINIA over #6 Oklahoma (“over 82”): Eers have bested three Top-25 foes in as many tries. Boomer Schooner, who’s won easily by minimum of 20-points in each of last triad in the series, lost in its only similar attempt, vs. Texas, on neutral-ground. Oklahoma has topped this total (82) five-times already and let KU ding the board for 40 last week. WVU has done-so twice en route to 5-2 “over”-streak...West-By-Gosh 48 Noklahoma 44 
 
#7 WASHINGTON STATE (-2 ½) over #16 Washington: Apple Cup! Last three editions have been basically more-like da’ Scrapple Cup fer Da’ Coogs. Fried or not, revenge!...Wazzou 35 Huskies 28
 
#8 (tie) Central Florida (-14) over SOUTH FLORIDA: UCF 41 Bulls 16 
 
#11 Texas (-15 ½) over KANSAS: Steers 37 Birds 10 
 
SAT. NOV. 24 
 
Auburn (+24) over #1 ALABAMA: Beyond the intensity of da’ rivalry-itself and maybe some payback for 2017-loss (keep readin), Tide gets nothing for style-points, facing a conference championship match vs. Joja’ for positioning in the CFP. In a follow-up to last week’s whine about the powder-puff opponents for SEC squads, ‘Bama failed to cover in 50-17 “win” over Citadel (+51), while Tigers beat da’ four-TD spread vs. Liberty, winning 53-nada. Aubie has lost but beaten the line in back-to-back years, going-down by 12 last time here (2016) and actually hangin’ only SU-defeat on the Pachyderms last season, but UA did go on to win the National Title regardless. Tigers are 8-2 “under”, while host is 7-3 “over” (though “under” against the better-defensive teams on the schedule... Crimson 31 Auburn 16 
 
South Carolina (+26) over #2 CLEMSON: LOCK OF DA’ WEEK...Be advised...we’ve hit our “lock”-pick once in past half-dozen tries! Even if ND clobbers hapless USC-coalition that fell to rival UCLA last week, it’s very-unlikely that Our Lady jumps Clemson into #2 spot for CFP-purposes (and if so, so what?!...it would still be Clemson and Irish in #2-#3 match-up). Tigers have taken last years by 5, 49 (here in 2016) and 24 last season. Poultry, who crushed da’ Chattanooga Choo-Choo (+30 ½) 49-9, tough to read with 14-point defeat at Lexington, 4-point win at Ol’ Mist and 4-point demise in the Swamp. Tigers have allowed just single-digits in four of last six contests, facing ACC-competition. Gamehens, frankly, are more-battle-tested...CU 21 Carolina 17 
 
#3 Notre Dame (-10 ½) over USC: Irish 27 Troy-Boys 13 
 
#4 Michigan (-3 ½) over #10 OHIO STATE: Importance of this one for the Buckeyes nearly dissipated-quickly, but was salvaged by a failed two-point conversion at Maryland, preserving State’s point-a-palooza win. Big Blue, not impressive in 31-20 (almost equally the total-points allowed over the previous trey of games [21]) victory vs. Indy, has back-to-back spread-losses, but both lines were a lot-bigger. Buckeyes are mere 3-3 against the number at home this season, but have won SU in 25 of last 27 at Da’ Shoe. Harbaugh snags first triumph in this series since he took-over...Michigan 28 OSU 17  
 
Georgia Tech (+17 ½) over #5 GEORGIA: ‘Dawgs 34 Bees 24
 
#8 (tie) Louisiana State (+2 ½) over TEXAS A&M: In extras...Bengals 23 Aggies 20
 
#13 Florida @ FLORIDA STATE (“over 52”): Best guess fer “wish” pick. Normally, we’d instantly go-against a team (+6) off a one-point upset of a Top 25 club, but Da’ Noles aren’t run-of-the-mill, especially facing rival-Crocs. We’ll put no stock in Gators 63-10 demolition of now I-AA Idaho last week. Tribe has walked-off with three-straight wins (3-0 ATS easily). UF shows 6-3-1 “over”. ‘Chop 6-2 “over” in past 8. Regardless of the scoreboard-outcome, the result will undergo an automatic hand-recount!...Gators 38 ‘Noles 31 
 
#14 Utah State (+2 ½) over #21 BOISE STATE: MINOR UPSET PICK OF DA’ WEEK. Mountain-Jest Title-Game opportunity at-risk here. Lone meeting-of-late was 21-10 victory by BSU here in 2016...a season in which Utah State put mere three games in the “dubya” -column. Aggies are currently 8-2 “over”. If USU prevails in this one, how much do ya think they’d like only SU “L”, in East Lansing, to start the year, back???!!! Tater-Heads are 16-2 outright last almost three-seasons at Albertson’s Stadium. Despite the visitors’ “lock”-failure in Week 12, some of us learn the hard way...Aggies 42 BSU 37 
 
Maryland (+13 ½) over #15 PENN STATE: Second-choice fer “lock”. Box Turtles need a triumph to make da’ post-season for second-chance in four-years. A victory here would, at best, garner State’s 3rd-consecutive DD-win tally. Lions’ recorded “meh”-worthy13-point dubya at Rutgers, scoring 14-points off turnovers and show 5-1-1 “under”-streak. Caveat...Terps tanked last-pair by total of three-points, including OT-decision in Week 12. Upset would not rattle us, while PSU victory simply clarifies which secondary conference-tie-in-berth it attends...Nits 31 Terracotta Pins 24 
 
LOUISVILLE (+17) over #17 Kentucky: ‘Cats 35 Cards 20 
 
Brigham Young (+14) over #18 UTAH: Mormons have lost by 7, 1 and 6 last three in the rivalry despite three-straight-SU-winning campaigns by da’ Utes (and a 4-9 season last year in Provo). Cougars are 7-2 “under”, though majority of those came early in the year. BYU lost 7-6 at home to Northern Illinois, Utah won 17-6 in DeKalb... Salt Lake U 26 BYU 17  
 
#19 Syracuse (+7) over BOSTON COLLEGE: UPSET PICK OF DA’ WEEK #1...L’Orange 29 Iggles 27 
 
#20 NORTHWESTERN (-18) over Illinois: Wildcats 34 Illini 10 
 
#23 Army: IDLE (next 11/8 vs. Navy) 
 
#24 Pittsburgh (+5 ½) over MIAMI: UPSET PICK OF DA’ WEEK #2. Ummm...No....Panthers 29 ‘Canes 24 
 
Kansas State @ #25 IOWA STATE (“under 40 ½”): Dust Devils 21 Purple Persians 10 
 
BETWEEN THE HASHMARKS 
 
BTW, KC wide-out Tyreek Hill got flagged for a similar-gesture on his way to a 73-yard 4Q-TD-reception vs. Da' Rams on Monday Night! Hill claimed he’d “been carrying Viagra on the sidelines”, “for a friend”, just ahead of the play, and was “not responsible” for his “hand’s involuntary-response"! The former-receiver has been relegated to duties as the punter’s personal-protector on special-teams! 
 
A man arrested two Sundays ago for driving-under-da'-influence in Wayne, New Joisey said he over-imbibed “because the Jets suck” in the aftermath of his preferred-team's 31-point demise vs. Da’ Bills. Likewise, a bettor in Sin City suffered a similar-fate this past weekend, advising Vegas’-finest that he, too, downed alcohol excessively “because Vindy sucks!” 
 
Those familiar with downtown Las Vegas know “Ya’ can’t stop Vindicator...you can only put him in Container Park.” 
As a fan of college hoops, we propose a new early-season tournament...the Lake Tahoe Invitational...featuring Nevada-Reno as host and other squads bordering bodies-of-H2O...Navy, San Diego State, Washington, Long Beach State, Army and Utah! 
 
Bustin’ box-office records over the holiday-weekend...”Ralph Breaks Da’ Nuthin’-But-’Net”. 
 
If a basketball player intentionally-smacks an opponent in da’ with a boquet-of-flowers, is it a “Fragrant-One Foul”??!!! 
 
“Wish We Had It Back”: Yep, we called our SOONERS –36 over Da’ KU Blue-Birds as our “wish-pick”. Additionally, we wish we’d decided-on da’ Mounties @ OKLAHOMA-STATE “over 71” rather than ‘Eers -5 over the COWPOKES in light of West-By-Golly-Ginnie's outright 45-41 defeat! 
 
"Locked in a Box":  USU’s entirely-too-tight victory at Colorado State drops the “lock”-record to 4-7 (.364).
  
Black Shirt:  Goes to Minutemen WR Andy Isabella fer TD-grabs of 45- and 75-yards to let UMass stay within +44 of Joja’!   
 
Shoppe Talk: We mandated the presence of da’ Spooners and da’ Suck-Eyes, both at 1-4 in last five appearances. Da’ Tide and Da’ Gators played I-AA foes, but the Mounted Ears of WVU hit us again, losing SU at OKSU, and fall to 3-6 (.333). Wolverines, with forecast-dubya, get a hall-pass (fer now!)
 
Vindy's Week 13 Best Bets: Last Week: 2-1-1 (Cal @ STANFORD was PPD) Season: 26-25-2 (.510 
AIR FORCE –14 ½ over Colorado State, TULANE –7 over Navy, Colorado +12 over CAL, Colorado @ CAL “under 43, Stanford –6 over UCLA 
 
Wishing all the loyal-readership a happy and safe Tofurkey/Turducken holiday weekend!  
 

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