Two weeks ago I almost went perfect with my 12 picks. I posted a 10-2 mark and felt pretty damn good about myself. Then last week happened. I almost went perfect again. Detroit Lions 2008-09 perfect. I went 1-11 and can’t make any excuses. I sucked. This week I swear I’ll win at least two games.

South Florida +7.5 at UConn

West Virginia -2.5 at Rutgers

Fresno State +3 at Illinois

New Mexico State +47.5 at Boise State

Arizona +7 at USC

California -7 at Washington

Cincinnati -2.5 at Pittsburgh

Wisconsin -12 at Hawaii

Houston -3 at East Carolina

Florida -5.5 at Alabama

Georgia Tech Pick at Clemson

Texas -14 at Nebraska

The college football regular season is almost over and we’re nearing the time when Boise St. and or TCU get screwed out of playing for the national championship. I’d like to see a 16-game playoff but that’s for another time. This is about picks.

I caught some lucky breaks with the lines and late touchdowns to go 10-2 last week. I had South Florida -11.5 and they won 34-22. I had Oregon State -31.5 and they won 42-10. Iowa St. +15 and LSU +4.5 were the only dogs I picked and both covered even with Les Miles being a Google-certified idiot.

Here are my picks in bold type. Enjoy your turkey.

Texas -21 at Texas A&M

Pittsburgh Pick at West Virginia

Wyoming +3 at Colorado State

Temple -2.5 at Ohio

Memphis +16.5 at Tulsa

Nevada +14 at Boise State

Wake Forest -4.5 at Duke

Tennessee -3 at Kentucky

Marshall +1.5 at UTEP

Florida State +24.5 at Florida

Notre Dame +10 at Stanford

UCLA +13 at USC

If you need some help with your NFL picks check out my picks or watch The Shaw from BetUS:

We’ve only got a couple of weeks left in the college football regular season. This is week 12 for the collegians but only week two for my college football picks. I went 7-5 last week. Don’t expect the same this week.

Tim Brown joins us via BetUs to break down the Oregon-Arizona game. I’ll give my picks after the video.

My winners are in bold type.

Akron +10.5 at Bowling Green

Louisville +11.5 at South Florida

Iowa State +15 at Missouri

Kent +10.5 at Temple

TCU -31 at Wyoming

Penn State -3 at Michigan State

California +7.5 at Stanford

LSU +4.5 at Mississippi

Oregon State -31.5 at Washington State

Colorado State -4 at New Mexico

Kansas +28 at Texas

Hawaii -3 at San Jose State

If you’re looking for a little help with your NFL picks you can lean on The Shaw who’s been hot lately:

I’ve been handing out some average NFL picks so I figured it’s time to prove I can be equally as mediocre with my college football picks.

Here are some videos of college and football picks before I get to the guaranteed goldmine also known as my college football picks.

If you’re looking for some NFL picks check out the Shaw:

My picks are in bold type.

Temple -4 at Akron

West Virginia +9.5 at Cincinnati

Northwestern +5 at Illinois

Syracuse +7.5 at Louisville

Iowa +16.5 at Ohio State

Michigan +8.5 at Wisconsin

Florida State +5 at Wake Forest

Texas -23.5 at Baylor

Notre Dame +6.5 at Pittsburgh

Florida -18 at South Carolina

Stanford +10.5 at USC

Arizona -3 at California

The Oregon Ducks beat Oklahoma State 42-31 to win the Holiday Bowl in San Diego using a physical running game and the two best plays came at the expense of OSU’s Quinton Moore. Quarterback Jeremiah Masoli ran over Moore on his way to a 41-yard touchdown, and running back LeGarrette Blount jumped over Moore on his way to the game sealing score.

You’d think a guy that goes 230 like Blount does would run through guys instead of jumping over them, but he leaves that to his quarterback Jeremiah Masoli.

• Freshman defensive end Emmanuel Livingston arrested for aggravated assault

Disputes between members of a football team are common during intense practices. There are instances such as Carolina Panthers wide receiver Steve Smith punching teammate Ken Lucas, or Steve Smith punching a teammate during a film session, or pretty much any situation involving Steve Smith and a teammate, but you get the point. Fights happen.

The Eastern Arizona College football time had a skirmish at practice result in an off the field aggravated assault charge. Defensive end Emmanuel Livingston was still pissed off about something that happened at practice when he encountered his teammate and took action.

From the Eastern Arizona Courier:

EAC Police were dispatched to the Mount Graham Regional Medical Center around 8:20 p.m. and made contact with the victim. He told the police Livingston approached him as he was leaving the dorm and they had a verbal confrontation that had been instigated during football practice earlier in the day. He said Livingston then grabbed his neck and choked him as he threw him against a wall.

Livingston tried to lie to the cops about being involved in a fight, and he got two witnesses to support his story. The police eventually broke the witsnitches and learned what really went down.

After initially hearing conflicting accounts from the witnesses, both admitted to seeing Livingston choke the victim with one hand while pinning him against the wall. They said the victim passed out and fell onto the concrete patio floor. Officers noted a large amount of dried blood on the concrete approximately 25 feet from the entrance to the dorm.

To tell the truth, the victim got off lucky. If this had happened at a high school in West Virginia he would’ve been choked until he passed out and when he woke up his ankles and wrists would’ve been duct taped.

• Florida St. Head Coach Bobby Bowden yells at a referee during halftime of FSU’s 26-17 victory over N.C. State

Bobby Bowden was pissed off about the holding calls going against Florida State in the first half, and had to let the referee know it before being interviewed by Erin Andrews.

We all know what’s going on here. Bobby was showin’ out because EA was in the house. He wanted to prove to the young lass that he’s still got it, in case, you know, she was wondering.

And apparently N.C. State didn’t pray enough, if at all, during halftime. Coach Bowden’s halftime mass helped FSU rally from a 10-6 halftime deficit to a 26-17 victory. Praise FreeShoes.

Notre Dame sophomore tight end Will Yeatman and freshman center Mike Golic Jr. were two of the 41 people arrested at a South Bend, Indiana home early Sunday on misdemeanor alcohol charges. Yeatman and Golic partied with members of the Notre Dame soccer and lacrosse teams, probably in an attempt to drink away the Irish’s loss to Michigan St.

From FoxSports.com:

Police made the arrests after Notre Dame returned to South Bend following a 23-7 loss Saturday at Michigan State. St. Joseph County Police spokesman Sgt. Bill Redman said police were targeting businesses that reportedly had sold to minors when they received a report about the party.

Those arrested were taken to the St. Joseph County Jail. Neither Yeatman nor Golic, whose father, Mike Golic, co-hosts “Mike & Mike in the Morning” remained in the jail Sunday evening.

Damn.. Somebody’s snitching on the Irish. This could mean big trouble for Will Yeatman. He was arrested in January for driving drunk on a campus sidewalk, but was cut some leniency contingent upon Yeatman staying out of trouble for a year. He made it eight months. I hope he receives credit for getting close. As for Golic Jr., you would think his father would have schooled him on staying out of trouble. I’m interested to see how “Mike and Mike in the Morning” cover this story.

Florida Gators running back Chris Rainey is a reporters dream. He’s liable to say anything at anytime. You can call him the Gilbert Arenas of college football.

Rainey got last year started by proclaiming he’s a white girl man, this year he’s talking about his class schedule.

From The Independent Florida Alligator:

Reporter: What are you taking this semester?

Rainey: I’m taking sex classes.

Reporter: Six classes?

Rainey: Sex classes.

“It’s boring. I thought it would be fun, like you see on TV. But it ain’t like that.”

Chris Rainey is great. He thought he’d have a hot female professor with an English accent teaching the class with the aid of porn, and for homework all of the students bang each other. The it’s boring means the class is taught by some old guy reading aloud from a book about the reproductive systems of marsupials at a 60 word a minute pace.

Chris Rainey, Florida Gators, interview

Props to 1280 The Zone for getting this video of a Utah Utes commercial/rap video shoot. The video features quarterback Brian Johnson, running back Darrell Mack (but you can call him DMC), defensive backs Sean Smith and Brice McCain, and kicker Louie Sakoda. The track sounds like it was produced under university supervision so don’t expect to hear any Josh Jarboe type lyrics.

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