The weekend we’ve all be looking forward to all summer is finally here. A full football weekend is in store for us. Finally. There will be nothing but football watching being done this weekend by J Beanie. Week Two of college football followed by Week One of the NFL, as well. The NFL was suppose to get started last night but instead a last minute schedule change put the defending Super Bowl Champion New York Giants in an exhibition against a All-Star team of college back-ups. I didn’t watch the game because the Busket Boys were out doing their thing (losing) but seeing the highlights, it must have been an embarrassment to be a Redskin fan.
Anyway, on to the football weekend, first with college then the NFL.
I’m looking for the marquee game this week. Looking… looking… looking… not finding it. ESPN is selling us the Miami-Florida game. Really? Because Miami beat Charleston Southern 52-7, we are suppose to believe they are back and going to make this game relevant to anyone outside for Florida? Nope, sorry. Don’t care about the state of Florida and if a hurricane came through the state during the game and destroyed the stadium and both teams I would be a lot happier.
Other big games for top five teams. Let’s just say USC may have the toughest week ahead.
Ohio State’s got Ohio. Don’t blame OSU for this one. They are gradually getting ready for USC by upgrading competition one crappy Ohio team at a time. The only question about this game is who will Tressell leave in long enough to push the lead to 48-0 and get hurt in the process. Honestly, I wouldn’t be surprised if OU plays with them for a quarter, even a half before getting blown out in the end.
Georgia actually has a decent game against Central Michigan. Georgia shouldn’t have a problem but it will be interesting to see how CMU’s Dan LeFevour does against top competition.
Oklahoma has Cincinnati. The Bearcats did go 8-4 last year but come on. It’s still Cincinnati and that town would be better off falling into the Ohio River.
Florida International has a good chance to win just their second game in the last 25 when they take on Iowa.
San Diego State has a good chance to win their eighth game in the last three years when they play Notre Dame.
Bowling Green can make it two wins in a row over BCS schools against Minnesota this weekend.
What could be the best game of the weekend is West Virginia at East Carolina. The up and coming Pirates are coming off a big win over Virginia Tech. I’m thinking they got another big game in them.
Murray State at Indiana. No, not basketball. So who cares? Even if it was basketball, who cares?
Then there’s Michigan and Miami (OH). Graig, what are we betting on this? The next two weeks will be key for Michigan. Wins over the RedHawks and Notre Dame could mean a winning season and extending the nations longest bowl game streak. A loss in either and that will be hard to make a reality. I’m excited because this will be the first time I get to see Michigan this year. They have to be better than last week. I don’t know anything about Miami besides they are a MAC school and Graig says they have the worst quarterback of all time. Hopefully that means Michigan can find some kind of rhythm on offense and their defense play like the second half against Utah defense.
As for the NFL, I’m pumped for the Browns home opener against Dallas. The opener is always one of the best events of the year for tailgating and I don’t expect it to be any different this year despite missing several regulars at the game. As for the game, I have a sinking feeling it’s going to be like last year’s opener against Pittsburgh; ugly. Of course, I’ll never predict that and I’ll take the Browns in a game much like the Bengals from last year.
In other games (I’m going to pick winners just so you know who not to bet on. I’m guessing straight up because I don’t feel like dealing with the spreads. Anybody want to try and do better than me?)
PITTSBURGH over Houston
JAX over Tennessee
BUFFALO over Seattle
INDY over Chicago
CINCY over Baltimore
PHIL over St. Louis
MIAMI over New York Jets
NEW ENGLAND over Kansas City
DETROIT over Atlanta
NEW ORLEANS over Tampa
ARIZONA over San Francisco
SAN DIEGO over Carolina
GREEN BAY over Minnesota
OAKLAND over Denver
Cincy won’t win at OU, but they’ll play them tough. Brian Kelly, although extremely douchey, is a solid coach. It would be nice if the city fell into the Ohio River though.
GAMBLING TIP! WVU/ECU game is going to be experiencing a ton of the residual hurricane rain…take the under.
The Redskins were bad, but they were better than the Browns were in their opener last year. I want to punch Eli Manning in his vagina.
Yes, we do have the worst QB in the nation. I don’t know what we could bet although you WILL be giving me the 14.5 points if we come to an agreement of some sorts. Naked pictures of Seal/Damman?
The Cowboys are giving the Browns 5…it should be 10. Dallas is going to roll.
I can’t believe they are putting the Miami/Michigan game on TV. It should be rated R for Ridiculously terrible football. Parents should be warned not to let their children watch this.
I would love to rip on the Redskins and thier god awful quarterback and Browns-like secondary play, but I will wait till after Sunday because the Browns could be headed for a similar fate on Sunday. Losing yet another player for the year because of injury is another blow to an already suspect defense. We now have a guy who played against Ohio Northern last year, starting on Sunday. D.A. and the boys better have the offense in high gear because it is going to take 40 points to win this one.
I already sent all the naked pictures of myself to David Dellucci.
At least it could be close. There is NO reason why The Ohio’s/anOSU game is on national TV.
Is bad or good that the OSU and Michigan games are on at the same time? You can watch a horribly played close game and with one flip of the channel button you can see a horribly played blow out? Man, does ESPN know how to pick games or what?
There is the fact (supposedly) that OSU stole the O-H-I-O cheer from Ohio. That could really spice up the rivalry. Ok I’m reaching here, but they had a segment about it on the local news yesterday. It was a real hard hitting news story, much like you would find here at J-Beanie Sports.
That being said, I despise that cheer and anyone who partakes in it. I think many of my fellow Buckeye fans feel the same as I do, but are just drowned out by the homos who do that gay cheer non stop. I am trying to start a revolution to make it illegal to do that cheer in public. Anyone who wants to take up the cause with me is more than welcome to. I have only done that cheer once in the last 15 years and that was on Bourbon St. in New Orleans last year before the big game and I still have not forgiven myself for it.
Damman, I agree with you that that is the gayest cheer in all of college sports. It’s even gayer than the Colorado male cheerleader. Gayer than Graig down on all fours, naked, spreading his ass checks farting on your face. But you can not say many Buckeye fans feel the same way. (About the cheer, not about farting in guys’ faces but they all love to do that.) They pride themselves in that cheer. Guys will yell it out to show how much of fan they are and it doesn’t matter the location. It’s more annoying that the Florida State tomahawk and the Florida “chomp” and that’s saying something.
That cheer is amazing how nationally known it is. My gf and I were on a cruise in the caribbean and she had an ohio state shirt on and someone said OH!! It caught me totally off gaurd. I will agree while pregaming for the game, the chant does get old. But being in a different state and not even expecting it puts a smile on my face. It’s nice to know you have fans all over the place, which is a side effect of the cheer. So while I do hate the cheer, I love what it stands for.. OHIO baby.
As for your NFL Picks. I agree with you on all but 3… The Jets will beat Miami, Minnesota will beat Green Bay, and Denver will beat Oakland.
Miami vs Florida primetime saturday night! Anyone think Miami has a chance to return to form…? No, neither do I.
Completely unrelated but I think you will at least find it funny:
So after my fantasy draft last Saturday in which I had been drinking since College GameDay came on the air, I went to a bar in my hometown. I was pretty bad. Anyway, the DJ started playing “This Is How We Do It” by Montell Jordan and apaprently I started screaming “THIS IS MY JAM!” over and over.
I am not embarrassed and I feel like you guys needed to know this.
We’ve all be there Graig… thank you for making me feel better about my own shenanigans.