Tuesday, November 25, 2025
*to the tune of van halen's runnin' with the devil* goin' through the motions
I'm thankful these awful people are leaving Auburn
Old Mist -7.5 @ Mississippi St.: weird line
Georgia @ Georgia Tech +13.5: hoping!!
TAMMY -2.5 @ Texas: tammy. Go back to the SWC you freaks
Clemson @ South Carolina -2.5: lol
Kentucky @ Louisville -3.5: Stoops got something for em? No!
LSU +10 @ Oklahoma: no idea. Oklahoma plays an ugly game, that's my logic.
Vanderbilt @ Tennessee -2.5: I'm getting tired of Vanderbilt.
Mizzou -2.5 @ Arkansas: Hey get this out of my conference
Florida St. @ Florida: lol
Alabama -5.5 @ Auburn: nope
Real Good Effort All Around
Really good. Thank you for a wonderful visit.
Always forgetting to put the records in here: 5-2 (63-40)
Never forgets anything: 4-3 (53-50)
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Old Mist -7.5 @ Mississippi St.
Georgia -13.5 @ Georgia Tech
TAMMY -2.5 @ Texas
Clemson @ South Carolina -2.5
Kentucky @ Louisville -3.5
LSU @ Oklahoma -10
Vanderbilt @ Tennessee -2.5
Mizzou -2.5 @ Arkansas
Florida St. @ Florida PICK EM (I saw Florida -1.5 on one app and FSU -1.5 on another app so I'm doing this.)
Alabama -5.5 @ Auburn
Thursday, November 20, 2025
Week 13 equals We're Still in the Spooky Season
Simply delightful.
Missouri +7.5 at Oklahoma: Got "13-16" written all over it.
Charlotte +44.5 at Georgia: who cares. hate this.
Arkansas at Texas -9.5: sure???
Kentucky +9.5 at Vanderbilt: I thought Kentucky was going to be "fired at midseason" bad, but Stoops has, like the Counting Crows, been hanging around.
Coastal Carolina +23.5 at South Carolina: Trap game?
Tennessee -4.5 at Florida: I don't think they will, but Tennessee losing to Florida again would be pretty funny.
Western Kentucky +23.5 at LSU: Gap trame?
week 13. truly, the season has flown by. they always do.
As my grandpappy always used to say: "You are going to screw this up."
Oklahoma -7.5
UNC-Charlotte +44.5
Texas -9.5
Vanderbilt -9.5
South Carolina -23.5
Florida +4.5
LSU -23.5
Tuesday, November 18, 2025
SoCon Saturday isn't quite what it used to be, but we've still got some stinkers
Your eventual winner: 5-2 (58-38)
Your certain loser: 4-3 (49-47)
Folks, Tha Captain is on a run the likes of which we may never see again.
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Missouri at Oklahoma -7.5
Charlotte at Georgia -44.5
Arkansas at Texas -9.5
Kentucky at Vanderbilt -9.5
Coastal Carolina at South Carolina -23.5
Tennessee -4.5 at Florida
Western Kentucky at LSU -23.5
Thursday, November 13, 2025
*Noticeably Agitated* Picks
South Carolina +19.5
Arkansas +5.5
Alabama -6
NMSU +39.5
Old Mist -14.5
Georgia -6
Mizzou -7
Thursday the Thirteenth: Still Spooky Season
South Carolina @ TAMMY -19.5: tammy
Arkansas +5.5 @ LSU: lol
Oklahoma +6 @ Alabama: This is the only game involving a "real" SEC team and one of the new additions that seems natural to me
New Mexico st +39.5 @ Tennessee: The proverbial whole lotta points
Florida @ old mist -14.5: pine box
Texas +6 @ Georgia: Arch Time
Miss of sippy state @ mizzou -7: Committed to being disappointed by Missouri, because Missouri loves company.
Wednesday, November 12, 2025
From my phone. No.
Now with 100% more RECORDS
SNAP Benefits: 3-2 (45-44)
CRAP Benefits: 2-3 (53-36)
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South Carolina @ TAMMY -19.5
Arkansas @ LSU -5.5
Oklahoma @ Alabama -6
New Mexico st @ Tennessee -39.5
Florida @ old mist -14.5
Texas @ Georgia -6
Miss of sippy state @ mizzou -7
Thursday, November 06, 2025
Optimistic and Excited for the Rest of this Season!!
Oh ok.
Georgia -8.5
Mizzou +6.5
Auburn +6.5 Haha
Florida -3.5
Alabama -9.5
Already sending my regrets to this season
We are approaching not enough games for my comeback.
Georgia -8.5 at Mississippi St.: No thanks
TAMU @ Missoura +6.5: Not interested
Auburn at Vanderbilt -6.5: Declined with appreciation
Florida -3.5 at Kentucky: I'd rather not
LSU at Alabama -9.5: Maybe another time
Wednesday, November 05, 2025
People are calling it the greatest week in football history
Silly for Dilly: 4-2 (51-33)
Twerkin' for Durkin: 3-3 (42-42)
:) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)
Georgia -8.5 at Mississippi St.
TAMU -6.5 @ Missoura
Auburn at Vanderbilt -6.5
Florida -3.5 at Kentucky
LSU at Alabama -9.5
Thursday, October 30, 2025
Normal Picks. Quotidian? I might go that far.
Screaming this at my computer.
Texas -1.5
Florida +7.5
Arkansas -4.5
Old Mist -12.5
Auburn -10.5
Oklahoma +3.5
THE SCARIEST OF PICKS
Vanderbilt at Texas (-1.5): the death or serious illness of a loved one
Georgia (-7.5) vs. Florida: public speaking
Mississippi State (+4.5) at Arkansas: nuclear or biological warfare
South Carolina (+12.5) at Old Mist: rejection by someone important to you
Kentucky (+10.5) at Auburn: ghouls and goblins
Oklahoma at Tennessee (-3.5): heights
Tuesday, October 28, 2025
Week Ten Presented by the Spooky Season
Trick or treating with the kids: 5-2 (47-31)
Thinks he's seeing some cryptids: 4-3 (39-39)
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Vanderbilt at Texas (-1.5)
Georgia (-7.5) vs. Florida
Mississippi State at Arkansas (-4.5)
South Carolina at Old Mist (-12.5)
Kentucky at Auburn (-10.5)
Oklahoma at Tennessee (-3.5)
Thursday, October 23, 2025
GET THEE TO A (week) NINERY
I was going to do these as Shakespeare plays, but after thinking about it for three seconds, no I'm not going to do that.
Old Mist +4.5 @ Oklahoma
Auburn +1.5 @ Arkansas haha could have been Hamlet (because of former Auburn quarterback Barrett Trotter (word for pig feet)).
Alabama -12.5 @ South Carolina
Mizzou @ Vanderbilt -2.5
Texas -6.5 @ Mississippi St.
TAMU @ LSU +2.5
Tennessee -9.5 @ Kentucky
I will not live in a pod. I will not eat the bugs. I will not miss the picks.
Old Mist +4.5 @ Oklahoma: Sooners are naturally Freemen on the Land
Auburn @ Arkansas -1.5: Auburn will lose this game.
Alabama -12.5 @ South Carolina: The red uniforms signify the red ink by which we renounce the bond that the United States Corporation has made through our birth certificates
Mizzou @ Vanderbilt -2.5: the gold fringe on the uniforms is because Admiralty Law is in effect
Texas @ Mississippi St. +6.5: if you sign your fishing license, you've signed over your rights
TAMU -2.5 @ LSU: my Moorish Nobility license plate is en route
Tennessee -9.5 @ Kentucky: the United States Postal Service is the real government
Tuesday, October 21, 2025
Week Nine, Feelin' Fine!
Pizza Man: 3-5 (35-36)
Sopping Wet Toilet Sandwich Boy: 4-4 (42-29)
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Old Mist @ Oklahoma -4.5
Auburn @ Arkansas -1.5
Alabama -12.5 @ South Carolina
Mizzou @ Vanderbilt -2.5
Texas -6.5 @ Mississippi St.
TAMU -2.5 @ LSU
Tennessee -9.5 @ Kentucky
Thursday, October 16, 2025
They Shut Down the Government so the Boys on Capitol Hill Could Watch Some SEC Football
Give the boys what they want!
LSU +2.5
Oklahoma -5.5
Old Mist +7.5
Arkansas +7.5
Florida -8.5
Texas -12.5
Alabama -9.5
Mizzou -1.5
SEC Picks as Cormac McCarthy novels
LSU (+2.5) at Vanderbilt: The Orchard Keeper - the first one, I probably won't remember what happened; it's not always clear why people did what they did; this one might be mostly about mental illness; set in Tennessee
Oklahoma (-5.5) at South Carolina: No Country for Old Men - a haunted man dreams of his father's generation, while terrible things happen around him
Old Mist (+7.5) at Georgia: Blood Meridian - includes the doings of an unspeakably evil character
TAMU (-7.5) at Arkansas: All the Pretty Horses - a beautiful and tragic story set in the Southwest; might just be the best one
Missississississippi State (+8.5) at Florida: Cities of the Plain - the depressing but inevitable conclusion of the story of characters we know
Texas (-12.5) at Kentucky: Child of God - too awful for me to watch
Tennessee (+9.5) at Alabama: The Road - somebody from Tennessee will die; the world might be ending
Missouri (-1.5) at Auburn: The Crossing - somehow the saddest; ends with people crying; despite the more grounded, human-scale nature of the misery, that very smallness--a lack of an overwhelming bleakness or extraordinary foe--makes it a worse thing to live through
Tuesday, October 14, 2025
3E Wishes Charlie Kirk A Happy Birthday
Admittedly I haven't really kept up with what he's been up to in the last few months, but I hope he's enjoying this exciting slate of football action. I know he is a big football fan.
:o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o
Elevating the discourse: 3-4 (38-25)
Of course he takes the elevator: 4-3 (32-31)
:o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o
LSU at Vanderbilt (-2.5)
Oklahoma (-5.5) at South Carolina
Old Mist at Georgia (-7.5)
TAMU (-7.5) at Arkansas
Missississississippi State at Florida (-8.5)
Texas (-12.5) at Kentucky
Tennessee at Alabama (-9.5)
Missouri (-1.5) at Auburn
Thursday, October 09, 2025
Seven Weeks... Seven Games... Seven Sins!
A thing I think about occasionally: The show Seventh Heaven featured a family (the Camdens) consisting of seven members (parents and five kids). Eventually, they decided to expand the family. To maintain the synergy (seven-gy), they had twins so it was seven kids. It's good to have an order to things.
I was going to thematically assign one sin to each game, but instead I'm just assigning every sin to Hugh Freeze.
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Alabama -2.5 A good sin to put here would have been Lust. Because of sex.
Old Mist -32.5 Well this could have been Lust too.
Texas -2.5 Gluttony because of the State Fair where they fry everything. Also Lust. But that doesn't matter because Hugh Freeze got all seven.
Tennessee -12.5 Maybe Arkansas will do a UCLA type thing but on the other hand, no they're not going to do that. Not sure what the sin would have been here. Maybe Lust.
Florida +7.5 Lust!
Georgia -3.5 You guessed it. Lust.
South Carolina +8.5 LSU doesn't seem that good? They can't score, beating Clemson in week 1 doesn't seem that impressive because Clemson needed to play UNC to figure out how to score points, and LSU needed Florida to throw an interception on every drive. Also, "You can't spell Lust without LSU!" Also also, "You can't spell South Carolina without Lust!" This game is hooorney.
[to the tune of Glenn Frey's "The Heat Is On"] It's Spooky Time
Alabama -2.5 @ Mizzou: This is an odd line, to me, an idiot. Is Missouri really good?
Wazzou @ Old Mist -32.5: I mean sure
Oklahoma +2.5 @ Texas: seems possible
Arkansas @ Tennessee -12.5: It will be extremely funny if Arkansas comes out and scores like 45 points. Bobby Petrino had a great gameplan that he kept hidden, waiting for this moment! The reality I think is that Petrino is past his best-by date.
Florida @ TAMU -7.5: I think "Texas has some problems" makes more sense than "Florida has turned it around" but am prepared to be wrong.
Georgia -3.5 @ Auburn: This is the last game for Freeze, in a vibes sense. Either he has still got something and, knowing that he may be playing for his job, can put a game plan with some tricks and schemes together and win this, or he's washed.
South Carolina @ LSU -8.5: South Carolina turned out to be way worse than I thought.
Tuesday, October 07, 2025
Week Seven: Spookey!
Ghouls, goblins, etc.: 3-2 (28-28)
Normal stuff. Not spookey.: 4-1 (35-21)
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Alabama -2.5 @ Mizzou
Wazzou @ Old Mist -32.5
Oklahoma @ Texas -2.5
Arkansas @ Tennessee -12.5
Florida @ TAMU -7.5
Georgia -3.5 @ Auburn
South Carolina @ LSU -8.5
Thursday, October 02, 2025
Week Six Flying By The Season Is (Yoda)
flying week really wow season's six by
Kentucky at Georgia -20.5: Georgia needs to look good after their loss. Kentucky is bad.
Vanderbilt at Alabama -10.5: Revenge tour
Texas -6.5 at Florida: This doesn't feel normal, these teams playing, and I don't like it.
Kent State +45.5 at Oklahoma: yuck
Mississippi State +14.5 at TAMU: This is where I would cut all my The Nice Bookie covidbux. Mississippi State might straight up beat TAMU, which barely beat an Auburn team with practically negative offensive yards.
Tuesday, September 30, 2025
Do you think we will make friendship bracelets in The Camps
Auburn head basketball coach Bruce Pearl: 4-4 (31-20)
Alabama Senator Bruce Pearl: 3-5 (25-26)
:o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o
Looks like it's off week for many of us.
Kentucky at Georgia -20.5
Vanderbilt at Alabama -10.5
Texas -6.5 at Florida
Kent State at Oklahoma -45.5
Mississippi state at TAMU -14.5
Thursday, September 25, 2025
remember when Mike Gundy wore an OAN shirt to go fishing
Notre Dame -4.5 @ Arkansas: This is apparently a trendy upset pick, and a lot of the computers like Arkansas, and I just don't see it.
Utah St. @ Vanderbilt -22.5: obviously I'm invested in a game involving one of Auburn's three biggest rivals
LSU @ Old Mist -1.5: feels like this is wrong
Auburn +6.5 @ TAMU: Auburn will definitely lose, but they'll lose closer than 6.5 points.
Tennessee -7.5 @ Mississippi St.: seems low, even in notoriously hostile Starkville, MS
Alabama @ Georgia -2.5: Alabama State and Georgia State should also be playing today
UMass @ Mizzou -43.5: why not
Kentucky +6.5 @ South Carolina: Vanderbilt being an above-average quality team is really throwing off my already-shaky grasp of which former SEC East teams have already played
Thatsa Lotta Points? Yous-ah Need-ah Think-ah Twice-ah!
Got curious!
Favorites by 40 or more points ATS:
Tuesday, September 23, 2025
Week Five wow season's continuing to fly by huh
The Tylenol Bandit: 6-3 (22-21)
Captain Autism: 4-5 (27-16)
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Notre Dame -4.5 @ Arkansas
Utah St. @ Vanderbilt -22.5
LSU @ Old Mist -1.5
Auburn @ TAMU -6.5
Tennessee -7.5 @ Mississippi St.
Alabama @ Georgia -2.5
UMass @ Mizzou -43.5
Kentucky @ South Carolina -6.5
Thursday, September 18, 2025
The season really is flying by, you're right. Auburn will be losing the Iron Bowl before we know it.
In honor of Star Trek, I now will be seven of nine
Arkansas at Memphis +6.5: I still don't believe in Arkansas. As a concept, I mean.
UAB at Tennessee -39.5: that's a lotta points, but UAB is bad
Auburn at Oklahoma -6.5: never
Tulane at Old Mist -12.5: This should be a conference game. Also, I guess I'm committed to Old Mist letting me down.
Northern Illinois +21.5 at Mississippi State: Turner the Burner baby
South Carolina + 13.5 at Missouri: looks like Sellers will play
Flo Rida at Miami -7.5: I'm not doing the thing about lines looking wrong because I've been so stupid so far, but this line looks very low.
Georgia State at Vanderbilt -26.5: [railroad union organizer getting roughed up by the Pinkertons voice] Fine, fine, I think Vanderbilt is good.
Sam Houston +41.5 at Texas: the beauty of sport
Monday, September 15, 2025
week four wow the season's really flying by huh
A pretty good record back when they played 11 games: 8-3 (23-11)
A bad record back when they played 11 games: 5-6 (16-18)
Not going well for some of us, but for others, things are going ... rather well.
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
Arkansas -6.5 at Memphis
UAB at Tennessee -39.5
Auburn at Oklahoma -6.5
Tulane at Old Mist -12.5
Northern Illinois at Mississippi State -21.5
South Carolina at Missouri -13.5
Flo Rida at Miami -7.5
Georgia State at Vanderbilt -26.5
Sam Houston at Texas -41.5
Thursday, September 11, 2025
For commemoration reasons, I intend to get nine out of these eleven picks correct
Changing my Halo handle to "1Shot2DaNeck"
Oklahoma -24.5 @ Temple: weird
Wisconsin +20.5 @ Alabama: I may be drinking too deeply of the bottle labeled Hope
South Alabama +24.5 @ Auburn: Unpatriotic to beat a team called USA
Georgia @ Tennessee +3.5: [steely resolve melting]: oh what the heck, maybe things will get better instead of steady decline into violence and disorder
UL Lafayette +27.7 @ Mizzou: This is definitely a game I was already aware was happening.
UTEP +41.5 @ Texas: That's a lot of points, even against UTEP
Arkansas @ Old Mist -9.5: The Pitt Man Cometh
Florida +9.5 @ LSU: Florida turning around and beating LSU would be a hoot
TAMU @ Notre Dame -6.5: SEC expansion has really gone too far
EMU @ Kentucky -24.5: I'd love to be the kind of rich pervert who could throw $10,000 down on this game and not even care
Vanderbilt @ South Carolina -5.5: let's settle down on the Vanderbilt stuff
Never Three-get
Norm MacDonald voice: 9/11
So, I first drafted this on Tuesday. Reasonably, my expectation was that no internet-famous bigots were going to get shot in the neck before it posted on 9/11. In that spirit, here are some other things that are going to be wrong!
Temple +24.5 The opposite of a quotidian matchup, imo.
Alabama -20.5 *Simpsons theme song voice* Ty Siiimpsooon
South Alabama +24.5 Can't think of anything.
Georgia +3.5 Moving along.
Mizzou -27.5 That guy was an amputee. Wild.
UTEP +41.5 *Primus voice* too many po-eeeeeeents
Arkansas +9.5 Arkansas can only get 7.5 points now. I never say no to a bargain.
LSU -9.5 Florida can only get 7.5 points now. I hate bargains!
Notre Dame -6.5 1991 Cotton Bowl ass matchup. (Looked this up now. TAMU and ND played in the Cotton Bowl after the 1987, 1992, and 1993 seasons.)
Kentucky -24.5 Krogerfield (like Cloverfield). Someone should do a photoshop of that.
Vanderbilt +5.5 Spurrier won 11 games 3 straight years in 2011-13 without going to the SEC championship game. That's wild.
Monday, September 08, 2025
Week 3(E)
America's Sweetheart: 6-6 (11-12)
America's Sweetheart (anti-vax): 9-3 (15-8)
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You know what to do next (flip a coin is what I do).
Oklahoma -24.5 @ Temple
Wisconsin @ Alabama -20.5
South Alabama @ Auburn -24.5
Georgia -3.5 @ Tennessee
UL Lafayette @ Mizzou -27.5
UTEP @ Texas -41.5
Arkansas @ Old Mist -9.5
Florida @ LSU -9.5
TAMU @ Notre Dame -6.5
EMU @ Kentucky -24.5
Vanderbilt @ South Carolina -5.5
Thursday, September 04, 2025
The boat they blew up was actually Knight Boat from Simpsons
Every week there's a canal. Or an inlet. Or a fjord.
San Jose St. + 36.5 I want to change this but I can't. I already typed it in to the computer.
TAMU - 29.5 Mike Elko looks like the kid from Christmas Story all grown up.
Kentucky +10.5 Two words: Kroger. Field.
Mizzou -6.5 Mizzou is my sleeper SEC Championship Game pick.
South Florida +17.5 Not dealing with Florida's shit right now.
Arkansas -23.5 Arkansas is my sleeper SEC Championship Game pick.
La Tech +37.5 In my mind, LSU always putters around in this kind of game. Remember when Brian Kelly did that fake southern accent at his introduction.
Arizona St. - 6.5 Mississippi St. seems bad.
Oklahoma -5.5 Oklahoma is my sleeper SEC Championship Game pick.
Ball St. +43.5 With respect to the context of this week, please do not underestimate my seriousness when I say "Thatsa Lotta Points!"
Virginia Tech -1.5 Eeexit liiiight
Alabama -36.5 It's Clobberin' Time.
I wonder what the Belgians think of the SEC's crummy Week 2 schedule
San José State (+36.5) @ Texas: that's a lotta points
Utah State @ Texas A&M (-29.5): not too many points
Old Mist (-10.5) @ Kentucky: We haven't had much of a season yet, but this line seems insanely low, like a touchdown low. If we were doing The Nice Bookie, this is where I would likely lose a big chunk of my bankroll.
Kansas (+6.5) @ Missouri: Boarder War
South Florida @ Florida (-17.5): not too many points
Arkansas State @ Arkansas (-23.5): not too many points
Louisiana Tech (+37.5) @ LSU: that's a lotta points
Arizona State (-6.5) @ Mississippi State: Not as insanely low as Old Mist-Kentucky, but this still seems low.
Michigan @ Oklahoma (-5.5): "Helmet game" means I'll probably watch this stinker between two mediocre teams.
Ball State (+43.5) @ Auburn: that's a lotta points
Vanderbilt (+1.5) @ Virginia Tech: The Hokies did not impress last week. I don't dignify playoff talk because the CFB playoffs really shouldn't exist, but the talk about Vandy as a sneaky playoff contender seems premature.
UL Monroe (+36.5) @ Alabama: lmao or should I say LA-MO.
Tuesday, September 02, 2025
"[After Alabama last started 0-1, there] were four coordinated Islamist terrorist suicide attacks by al-Qaeda against the United States in 2001."
A winning record: 6-5
A worse, losing record: 5-6
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San José State @ Texas (-36.5)
Utah State @ Texas A&M (-29.5)
Ole Miss (-10.5) @ Kentucky
Kansas @ Missouri (-6.5)
South Florida @ Florida (-17.5)
Arkansas State @ Arkansas (-23.5)
Louisiana Tech @ LSU (-37.5)
Arizona State (-6.5) @ Mississippi State
Michigan @ Oklahoma (-5.5)
Ball State @ Auburn (-43.5)
Vanderbilt @ Virginia Tech (-1.5)
UL Monroe @ Alabama (-36.5)
Thursday, August 28, 2025
More like Lamer Day weekend
I've been informed that it's football season.
Auburn @ Bay, Lord of the Bears +2.5: Auburn is considerably more talented, especially along the lines, but they also have an inconsistent, pervert coach who might be dying from a lifetime of alcohol abuse and general degeneracy. Losing this game feels very in character.
Texas @ Ohio St. -1.5: Ohio State losing to Michigan and, say, Minnesota, but winning the national title again, is about as hopeful a possibility as I can realistically envision.
Syracuse vs Tennessee -13.5: orange joke
Mississippi St. -12 @ Southern Miss: Glad they're playing.
Toledo +7.5 @ Kentucky: Kentucky might be Extremely Bad this year.
Marshall +39.5 @ Georgia: nah
Alabama -13.5 @ Florida St.: there's a lot of emotional weight on this game, which will be a laugher and make me sad
UTSA @ TAMU -22.5: People underestimate how big Texas is as a state. Did you know: it is further from Texas A&M to San Antonio than it is from Texas A&M to Edmonton, Canada.
LSU @ Clemson -4: If I didn't already know and you just asked me where Dabo is from, I bet I'd say Pelham.
Georgia St. +38 @ Old Mist: seems like a lot of points
Virginia Tech vs South Carolina -8: Game of the week for me. I'm curious if people know that Shane Beamer's dad, Frank Beamer, was a professor of environmental science at Virginia Tech. House divided!!
One Big, Beautiful Week
I was out all day yesterday, so I'm doing these fast. Like Sonic the Hedgehog. So, I'm just going to name a Sonic character for each game. And because we're talking about games, I'm only doing characters from the games that I'm aware of. I'm sorry, I have a training all day today. I'm sorry.
Auburn -2.5 Sonic
Ohio St. -1.5 Tails
Syracuse +13.5 Knuckles
Mississippi St. -12 Dr. Robotnik
Kentucky -7.5 There's some kind of Metal Sonic
Marshall +39.5 There's a girl Sonic
Alabama -13.5 Can't think of another one
UTSA +22.5 Still no
Clemson -4 no
Georgia St. +38 so many games
Virginia Tech +8 whew
Monday, August 25, 2025
Sportsball??? Again???
A lot of this shouldn't be legal.
Auburn -2.5 @ Bay, Lord of the Bears
Texas @ Ohio St. -1.5
Syracuse vs Tennessee -13.5
Mississippi St. -12 @ Southern Miss
Toledo @ Kentucky -7.5
Marshall @ Georgia -39.5
Alabama -13.5 @ Florida St.
UTSA @ TAMU -22.5
LSU @ Clemson -4
Georgia St. @ Old Mist -38
Virginia Tech vs South Carolina -8
Friday, August 15, 2025
Data and privacy
First up, a trip to the grocery store. You hop in your car, blissfully unaware that doing so results in numerification—the assignment of numbers to complex human acts. There’s an entire industry, projected to be worth half a trillion dollars by 2030, dedicated to collecting and selling the trails of data your car emits when it hits the road. Everything is tracked. Your location and speed. Your acceleration and braking patterns. The music you listen to along the way. Who you call from your car and for how long you speak. Many cars today produce around twenty-five gigabytes of data per hour. That’s roughly the size of all English-language Wikipedia articles—every hour.
Tuesday, July 29, 2025
Monday, July 21, 2025
As I was walkin' down Rub-a-Dub Square / Not a chill to the wind, but a nip to the air
Rub-a-Dub Square is what I call masturbating.
Monday, July 07, 2025
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Wednesday, April 30, 2025
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Saturday, April 19, 2025
Compliance
This is a pattern: no one wants to take a risk. Not elected officials. Not 19-year-olds picking college majors. Because in this economy, everything is compliance now. As the Italian philosopher Umberto Eco warned in his essay "Ur-Fascism," social systems don't collapse overnight. They erode through small surrenders, through the gradual normalization of compliance as a civic virtue.
There is compliance with markets, with political power, with the unspoken rule that you must always be optimizing: for income, access, or institutional favor. Majors aren’t educational pathways anymore. They’re compliance signals. Just like a tariff exemption. Or a congressional vote.
Saturday, April 12, 2025
Tuesday, April 08, 2025
Bust a left, a right, I'm outta sight, I'm throwed
I aspire to be either a "lil troy" or a "fat pat".
Monday, April 07, 2025
Friday, April 04, 2025
Saturday, March 29, 2025
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Saturday, February 08, 2025
Sunday, January 19, 2025
For all the tostitos
Tha Capn: Buckeyes -8.5
Charlie: Notre Dame +8.5
Worth however many points it takes to Decide a Winner.
Wednesday, January 08, 2025
Ceci n'est pas some picks
Penn St. +2 My hard-hitting analysis is that I read on the internet that Notre Dame doesn't quite have the depth of the other semifinalists. On a short turnaround, that could matter? Also, I'm somehow rooting for them so I think they'll lose.
Ohio St. -6 They seem good now.
I don't like that this is about the best realistic semifinal
Nortre Dame -2 v Penn St.: nortre
Ohio St. -6 v Texas: Ohio State is good
Monday, January 06, 2025
Colorful
For some reason I'm on the left, you're on the right. Green means win, maroon means loss. Way to nail those single digits, sis.
All Over But the Shouting (playoffs)
Once again, conclusive proof that we are the two smartest people in the world. You had the worst confidence point performance of all time. Great.
Friday, January 03, 2025
Thursday, January 02, 2025
Tuesday, December 31, 2024
Good Riddance to Bad Rubbish (the year 2024)
Pick Them Classic (Games) will be decided today. If any of the following teams win over the next few days, I will win New Pick Them (Confidence).
They're going to write "Up 228-64 And Lost" on my tombstone.
Monday, December 30, 2024
Friday, December 27, 2024
Everyone Loves The Playoffs
Penn St. v Boise St. +11: wishful thinking
Texas -13.5 v Arizona St.: Future Conference Mates Collide
Ohio St. -2.5 v Oregon: It's hard to win a rematch. Also it's idiotic that this is a rematch of a conference game.
Notre Dame v Georgia -2: I'm getting a sinking feeling about the future propaganda value of Georgia winning a national title in the first college football playoff with a backup quarterback.
"In 2024 there will be a 12 team playoff. Boise St. & Arizona St. will be in the field."
More Surprising Probably:
1869 - ~2005: Boise St.
~2006 - Present: Arizona St.
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Penn St. -11
Arizona St. +13.5
Ohio St. -2.5
Notre Dame +2
Thursday, December 26, 2024
quart of final playoff lines
Just submit whenever.
Penn St. -11 v Boise St.
Texas -13.5 v Arizona St.
Ohio St. -2.5 v Oregon
Notre Dame v Georgia -2
Tuesday, December 17, 2024
why not
CRISIS GAMES:
date name: you v me
First Rounders
SMU +8.5 v Penn State: The 1982 Bowl
Clemson v Texas -11.5: man I'm glad there's a playoff, couldn't wait to watch Clemson and Texas play some more
Tennessee v An Ohio State University -7: Obviously Ohio State isn't my preference to win the playoffs, but it would be pretty funny about Ryan Day if they did.
Could the first on-campus playoff game have been anywhere other than South Bend?
Yes! It could have been a lot of places.
Indiana +7
SMU +8.5
Clemson +11.5
Ohio St. -7
OK let's try this again
Ok, playoff 1st round picks against the spread. Please submit Thursday at 5 pm. go get em, tiger.
Indiana v Notre Dame -7
SMU v Penn State -8.5
Clemson v Texas -11.5
Tennessee v Ohio State -7
Friday, December 13, 2024
Three pick them games is another example of Bidenflation
Bowl picks? In THIS economy?
IS4S Salute to Veterans Bowl: (34) South Alabama vs. Western Michigan: Jaguars baby! Remember when they scored 87 points? Also, why did they name a bowl after a noted terrorist group?
Scooter’s Coffee Frisco Bowl: Memphis vs. (8) West Virginia: two disappointed teams
Boca Raton Bowl: Western Kentucky vs. (29) James Madison: James Madison's reputation as president is, I think, highly inflated due to his (deservedly) well-regarded career prior to the presidency. Poorly handling a war that the USA didn't need to be in, appointing generally incompetent cabinet officials (try to name the most effective--you can't!), and ideological inconsistency in office are all reflections of the fact that he was simply not executive material. Imagine if Great Britain had decided to take the War of 1812 more seriously, or even if Napoleon had waited a year to try to retake power, and we're writing this Bowl Pick Them of Cricket or something.
Art of Sport LA Bowl Hosted By Gronk: California vs. (3) UNLV: You think I can take Cal football seriously? You can take that slop to the trough. Also: not even the dumbest bowl name.
R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl: (18) Georgia Southern vs. Sam Houston: R+L stands for Ralph and Lauren, since they like to wear Ralph Lauren in New Orleans, the ones with the giant horse logo or the Polo Bear in a trench coat.
StaffDNA Cure Bowl: Ohio vs. (11) Jacksonville State: pretty quotidian matchup imo. "DNA staff" is my nickname for Tha Captain's penis, as in, "Hey buddy, let me see that DNA staff."
Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl: Tulane vs. (16) Florida: About to have a streak of "huh, so that's where that ended up in my confidence rankings" picks.
Myrtle Beach Bowl: Coastal Carolina vs. (4) UTSA: Oh, to be in Conway, South Carolina, in late December.
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl: (2) Northern Illinois vs. Fresno State: Turner "The Burner," remember him. Anyway, this classic contest is "all about the tater".
Hawai’i Bowl: (6) South Florida vs. San Jose State: Wasn't South Florida supposed to be good this year? If my life depended on naming a majority of conference tie-ins for bowl games this year, I would be a dead man.
GameAbove Sports Bowl: (31) Pittsburgh vs. Toledo: When I see "GameAbove" my brain does the prayer hands emoji.
Rate Bowl: Rutgers vs. (24) Kansas State: It's not the weirdest thing about the conference anymore, but it's weird that Rutgers is in the Big 10. There was only like a five-year period when that could have realistically happened, and it did, and we're stuck with it. Anyway: Rate Bowl? Is that the whole name?
68 Ventures Bowl: Arkansas State vs. (17) Bowling Green: One fewer than the venture we're all thinking of. [The humor is getting very blue in this Pick Them, not appropriate].
Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl: (22) Oklahoma vs. Navy: Navy is not a good football team??? This should be higher, confidence-wise.
Birmingham Bowl: Georgia Tech vs. (10) Vanderbilt: Fitting that Birmingham, the Athens of America, should host what has to be the highest average USN&WR academic ranking of any bowl this season.
AutoZone Liberty Bowl: Texas Tech vs. (14) Arkansas: Former Conference Mates Collide
DIRECTV Holiday Bowl: Syracuse vs. (13) Washington State: Wasn't there a moment when we all thought Washington State was good? I have not updated my priors about this season (or anything else in college football since 2006).
SRS Distribution Las Vegas Bowl: (21) Texas A&M vs. USC: All I am using as evidence for this pick is that Lincoln Riley had to tell the media that he was not a candidate for the Central Florida job.
Wasabi Fenway Bowl: (26) North Carolina vs. UConn: The fellas are going to send Mack out with a win. You could probably convince me this was a conference game.
Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl: Boston College vs. (5) Nebraska: bad boy mowers pinstripe bowl. Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl. BAD BOY MOWERS PINSTRIPE BOWL BAD BOY MOWERS PINSTRIPE BOWL BAD BOY MOWERS PINSTRIPE BOWL
Isleta New Mexico Bowl: (12) TCU vs. Louisiana: ULL is better than people think, is that right? The line looks wrong on this one, but not wrong enough to actually pick Louisiana's finest institution of higher learning.
Pop-Tarts Bowl: Iowa State vs. (32) Miami: I hope they do exactly the same stuff that they did for last year's let's watch the pop-tarts bowl, and act like it's the first time--eating pieces of the mascot, going into the toaster with the dreams sign, the whole bit. Act like it's the first time it happened, and ignore the existence of last year's bowl game.
Snoop Dogg Arizona Bowl presented by Gin & Juice by Dre and Snoop: Miami (OH) vs. (1) Colorado State: what in tarnation
Go Bowling Military Bowl: East Carolina vs. (19) NC State: This is the Scary Movie version of the Indiana-Notre Dame game. Remember when the dumbest bowl names were things like Meineke Car Care?
Valero Alamo Bowl: BYU vs. (15) Colorado: BYU is pretty good, but Deion loves to be on TV and will get going for a bowl game. He has done way better at Colorado so far than I expected, although a spectacular flameout still seems plausible.
Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl: Marshall vs. (28) Army: "Army is good" is what I originally wrote, but I worry that reads like I had a stroke or am a disabled child playing with toys.
Transperfect Music City Bowl: Iowa vs. (9) Missouri: Trans Prefect is one of the reasons that idiots think the Western Roman Empire fell. Say "Music City is Iowa Mizzou" in a Fatboy Slim voice--you'll be glad you did.
Reliaquest Bowl: (35) Alabama vs. Michigan: lol, lmao
Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl: (23) Louisville vs. Washington: I guess this ended up here because Louisville mostly only lost to really good teams. Going back and doing the forensics on my confidence rankings/picks has been fun.
Cheez-It Citrus Bowl: (33) South Carolina vs. Illinois: Do they make Citrus Cheez-Its? They should.
Kinder’s Texas Bowl: Baylor vs. (20) LSU: Nothing could be Kinder's than to question people's genders in the Booooowwwwlll Game.
Taxpayer Gator Bowl: Duke vs. (30) Old Mist: "Gator," "Old Mist," and "Duke" are the three price points of whiskey that I drink. Filled with regret for this choice, as it seems like the kind of game that Lane might totally check out of, but it's too complicated to change my confidence rankings.
Servpro First Responder Bowl: North Texas vs. (27) Texas State: Definitely feels like a conference game. North Texas is playing Texas State in Dallas.
Duke’s Mayo Bowl: (7) Minnesota vs. Virginia Tech: A bit of the shine is off PJ, but he's still a good coach.
Bahamas Bowl: Buffalo vs. (25) Liberty: the libs are at it again
oh crap
Monday, December 09, 2024
Thundering of hooves in the distance; a bowl pick them nears
For some reason, we're making this even more involved. There are three ongoing contests of wit and strength:
-Straight up homie Bowl Pick Them
-Confidence Rankings, with a higher number indicating more confidence
-Straight up homie Playoff Pick Them
Picks for the Bowl Pick Them/Confidence Ranking and the first round of the Playoff Pick Them are due by Friday, December 13, at 5:00 pm.
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IS4S Salute to Veterans Bowl: South Alabama vs. Western Michigan
Scooter’s Coffee Frisco Bowl: Memphis vs. West Virginia
Boca Raton Bowl: Western Kentucky vs. James Madison
Art of Sport LA Bowl Hosted By Gronk: California vs. UNLV
R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl: Georgia Southern vs. Sam Houston
StaffDNA Cure Bowl: Ohio vs. Jacksonville State
Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl: Tulane vs. Florida
Myrtle Beach Bowl: Coastal Carolina vs. UTSA
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl: Northern Illinois vs. Fresno State
Hawai’i Bowl: South Florida vs. San Jose State
GameAbove Sports Bowl: Pittsburgh vs. Toledo
Rate Bowl: Rutgers vs. Kansas State
68 Ventures Bowl: Arkansas State vs. Bowling Green
Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl: Oklahoma vs. Navy
Birmingham Bowl: Georgia Tech vs. Vanderbilt
AutoZone Liberty Bowl: Texas Tech vs. Arkansas
DIRECTV Holiday Bowl: Syracuse vs. Washington State
SRS Distribution Las Vegas Bowl: Texas A&M vs. USC
Wasabi Fenway Bowl: North Carolina vs. UConn
Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl: Boston College vs. Nebraska
Isleta New Mexico Bowl: TCU vs. Louisiana
Pop-Tarts Bowl: Iowa State vs. Miami
Snoop Dogg Arizona Bowl presented by Gin & Juice by Dre and Snoop: Miami (OH) vs. Colorado State
Go Bowling Military Bowl: East Carolina vs. NC State
Valero Alamo Bowl: BYU vs. Colorado
Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl: Marshall vs. Army
Transperfect Music City Bowl: Iowa vs. Missouri
Reliaquest Bowl: Alabama vs. Michigan
Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl: Louisville vs. Washington
Cheez-It Citrus Bowl: South Carolina vs. Illinois
Kinder’s Texas Bowl: Baylor vs. LSU
Taxpayer Gator Bowl: Duke vs. Ole Miss
Servpro First Responder Bowl: North Texas vs. Texas State
Duke’s Mayo Bowl: Minnesota vs. Virginia Tech
Bahamas Bowl: Buffalo vs. Liberty
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Playoff Round One
#10 Indiana @ #7 Notre Dame
#11 SMU @ #6 Penn State
#12 Clemson @ #5 Texas
#9 Tennessee @ #8 Ohio State
Monday, December 02, 2024
Thursday, November 28, 2024
I'm thankful the season is over
Mississippi St. @ Old Mist -26: more like Lame Kiffin
Georgia Tech +19.5 @ Georgia: If we were doing the Nice Bookie this season, I'd bet on this, foolishly.
Tennessee -10.5 @ Vanderbilt: Is Tennessee any good?
South Carolina +2.5 @ Clemson: cocks baby
Louisville @ Kentucky +4: okay
Auburn @ Alabama -11.5: no
Arkansas @ Mizzou -3: Pittman quietly doing one of the better coaching job of the season
Florida -14.5 @ Florida St.: The SEC-ACC match up with marginal playoff implications is not this one.
Oklahoma @ LSU -6: Classic SEC Rivalry
Texas @ TAMU +5: This is the funniest outcome, although Texas winning by 35 would also be funny.
Going to "Pull a Kamala" and lose horribly
Mississippi St. +26
Georgia Tech +19.5
Vanderbilt +10.5
Clemson -2.5
Louisville -4
Auburn +11.5
Arkansas +3
Florida St. +14.5
Oklahoma +6
TAMU +5
Wednesday, November 27, 2024
This Goose Is Cooked
Stick a fork in the pick off.
Thanksgiving: 3-6 (54-49)
The Day Before Thanksgiving (Have to Work): 2-7 (45-58)
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Mississippi St. @ Old Mist -26
Georgia Tech @ Georgia -19.5
Tennessee -10.5 @ Vanderbilt
South Carolina @ Clemson -2.5
Louisville -4 @ Kentucky
Auburn @ Alabama -11.5
Arkansas @ Mizzou -3
Florida -14.5 @ Florida St.
Oklahoma @ LSU -6
Texas -5 @ TAMU
Thursday, November 21, 2024
Here ya go!
Looking back at this now, several hours after originally writing it down, I'm filled with dread and disgust.
Old Mist -10.5 Can't remember who they play and don't care.
Georgia -42 Points, huh.
Tennessee -42 Huh... Points.
Texas -20.5 It would be funny if Arch Manning had a quarter-zip jersey. On account of his tv uncles.
Arkansas -23 MAD Magazine: Louisiana Blech!
Mizzou -8 Wrong!
TAMU -2.5 Right!
Alabama -14 Super Right!
LSU -8 We all know how hard it is to play in Death Valley at night.
these picks are more like Dudpool and Loserine
Old Mist -10.5 @ Florida: Florida winning this would be pretty funny in a number of ways.
Tuesday, November 19, 2024
I watched Deadpool & Wolverine
Thursday, November 14, 2024
at least things will be funny
Texas -13.5 at Arkansas: I guess Texas is good again. Probably overreacting.
LAMO +24 at Auburn: 50-50 game at best.
LSU -4 at Florida: Florida is getting better but is still not good.
Missouri +13.5 at South Carolina: The Cocks got this one, but that's too many points.
Tennessee +10 at Georgia: no
New Mexico State at Texas A&M +39: GAME OF THE WEEK BABY, LET'S GO BIG POINTS BIG MONEY
Thursday, November 07, 2024
feeling extremely optimistic about the future
Florida +21.5 @ Texas: that's a lot of points
Georgia -2.5 @ Old Mist: This feels like a classic "Kiffin offense gets shuts down and loses by 24" game.
South Carolina -3.5 @ Vanderbilt: This is maybe the game I care the most about this week.
Mississippi St. +24 @ Tennessee: that's a lot of points
Alabama -3 @ LSU: I probably won't watch this game, going to an event, and I'm glad.
Oklahoma @ Mizzou +2.5: another historic SEC match up
screaming hard and making a difference!
Tuesday, November 05, 2024
don't vote, it's fine. honestly what can we even do
charlie trump: 3-3 (46-36)
captain harris: 2-4 (36-46)
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Florida @ Texas -21.5
Georgia -2.5 @ Old Mist
South Carolina -3.5 @ Vanderbilt
Mississippi St. @ Tennessee - 24
Alabama -3 @ LSU
Oklahoma -2.5 @ Mizzou
Thursday, October 31, 2024
SO SPOOKY
Cold Mist -7 @ Arkauldron
Vampirebilt @ Auboorn -6
Horrorida +17 vs Gored-ya
UMask @ Grislyssippi St. -18.5
VOODU -2.5 @ Scary Crowalina
Corpsetucky @ Terrorssee -16.5
spooky update: wearing a pinky ring!
SPOOKY
Arkansas +7 They're playing pigs, but Old Mist is looking for a 'goat... a scapegoat for why they have lost two games. Maybe they will "Blame" Kiffin.
Vanderbilt +6 Easy pick.
Georgia -17 Probably wrong. But possibly right. We'll know this time next week!
Mississippi St. -18.5 Now that they've been effectively eliminated from playoff contention, the pressure is off and the 'dogs can just cook.
TAMU -2.5 Texas A&M is good now.
Tennessee -16.5 Kentucky lost to Auburn for Pete's sake.
Tuesday, October 29, 2024
somebody wake up the guy from green day, it's week ten
Green Day: 3-3 (43-34)
Third Day: 3-3 (34-43)
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Old Mist -7 @ Arkansas
Vanderbilt @ Auburn -6
Florida vs Georgia -17
UMass @ Mississippi St. -18.5
TAMU -2.5 @ South Carolina
Kentucky @ Tennessee -16.5
Thursday, October 24, 2024
Iron Maiden voice: Six ... six picks ... the number of the beast
Oklahoma +20.5 @ Old Mist: a human number
Welcome to Jurassic Picks
dinosaurs
Oklahoma +20.5
Mississippi St. +7
Alabama -13.5
Vanderbilt +18.5
LSU +2.5
Kentucky -2.5











