pimp's sat picks

[fatherpimp]

5-0 first week then 0-2 next week: man, im freakin useless to you guys so far. inconsistency has got to be the worst in a handicapper--can't trust him but can't ignore him either.

im also reeling from my beloved wolverines getting raped by those damn quacks; gotta give it to the ducks, always tough at home.

this week's top pick for me is ark; this team plays w/ heart and i believe that it will carry them a long way because they have a solid talent foundation; for alabama, it's still early in the season, and the somewhat recent coaching transition doesn't bode well when you need to click on all cylinders against a solid team that plays tough on the road; last week, ark took n. texas out on the field and just violated them, and n. texas is not as bad as some may think.

even looking at the texas game couple weeks ago, texas had no one to look forward to: rice? tulane? moreover, they had revenge on their minds in beating ark--so texas brings "A" game, right? well, im not sure what they brought, but ark went in there and spanked them anyway. for the saturday game against alabama, ark has their own revenge from last year to be pissed about and i think they'll be focused for this game.

as my 2nd pick, im torn between two picks actually; i like the gamecocks at tn to cover 16.5; needless to say, tn is coming off a huge emotional high from swampland, ive noticed that in the past, fulmer has not been the best leader at keeping his team consistent; his coaching record is full of ups then downs then ups; TN may win, but 16.5 for a game that is almost surely going to be a run and grind defensive matchup is just too much of a spread; even w/ a score such as a 24-10 domination by the vols, usc covers; one thing that worries me is that the usc starting kicker is going to be benched; man, that's a recipe for disaster going into TN when they're going to need 2 or 3 field goals to cover this spread.

the other game i like is pitt/aggies over 49; it just hurts to watch these defenses even try; ok, the aggies aren't as bad, but they're gonna look awful at times this saturday against that pitt offense.

as my, "im bored so ill slap a quarter on these games, rather than go out and pay three times the amount getting drunk" bets of this saturday are...
navy over rutgers. and uconn +21 (this is the weakest of the 5 predictions)
navy's got more talent and is better coached; has anyone been to a rutger's game? ain't much of a home game, i can tell you that.
you know, the ncaa should really ban rutgers football into division 5 by itself and make them practice and play games by themselves for a decade before making other teams drive up to new brunswick and waste their time.

one concern i have and this is a sig one is that navy has air force on deck and that is, by far, more important to the midshipmen than some damn game they're deciding to call "college football" on saturday in new brunswick, nj.

uconn is solid and 21 is a lot for the hokies to cover; but then again, ive seen the hokies make solid teams look stupid so, i'd go light on this one.

best of luck to everyone. would love to hear any comments, questions, or just plain hate mail.

(btw, reading through the nfl picks, it looks like an exciting sunday ahead w/ posters differing on various picks; what do you guys think of the texans over the jags?)