EEEEEEEEKKKKKKK! I did what? For those who may not know, Aloha, means hello AND goodbye. Why am I saying that in a football blog? Because, this weekend, Saturday the 16th, I threw a Luau birthday party for a [turning] 3 year old. It was great! There were leis, coconut cups to drink out of, tiki torches, and fantastic beach birthday cake! Organizing the decorations + planning the menu + packing good bags + shopping for last minute items (like a pineapple) = I forgot to do my picks.
Yeah. I know.
Thankfully, there is a default in our little program. Preseason we choose how we want our "missed" weeks to auto pick for us. I default to the favorites. Choices are favorites, underdogs, home team, road team...so while you won't miss a week, you don't get much choice in the picks other than that variant. I defaulted 24/50... ho hum.
So other than the stupid mistake of NOT doing my picks this week, I can't blog about why I picked so and so, and his hair, or any other choices I made.
So I will go to another default, this time for the blog. I will actually talk about some of the football info floating around out there.
I will now reach into my helmet and magically pull out a topic...
Oklahoma, Oklahoma VS Iowa State, and Oklahoma vs Missouri - No for the record, I am not a Sooners fan, but I am married to one.
I didn't pick this team for that reason though.
Oklahoma vs Iowa State - this is the game that put Oklahoma back in the #1 spot. While they hold a few records for this spot, such as "most weeks ranked #1" which sits at 97 weeks, and a streak of 15 consecutive weeks ranked #1, this spot has been eluding them for some time now. In 2004 they were seated number 2 from preseason, through the end, where they lost the BCS championship title to LSU 21-14. Thats when the trouble started. They spent the next 2 years barely waving in and out of the top 25, 2007 they seemed to be getting their groove back, and 2008 they were back in the top 10 all season, even taking turns in the #1 seat weeks 5 and 6. Again they played for the BCS Championship title, and AGAIN they lost - this time to the Gators, and the not so Tiny Tim Tebow 24-14. Which made 2009 an interesting season. We expected the team we saw the year before, but instead the team lost that loving feeling and fell out of the top 25 in week 10. They remained outside the circle for the rest of the season. HUH??
This brings us to this year. They magically managed a number 7 ranking in the preseason, and after some sketchy "almost losses "that were somehow wins, find themselves in the #1 seat once again. A 52-0 victory over Iowa State, more than doubling the spread of 23.5, Ryan Broyles had 182 yards receiving and DeMarco Murray set the school record for most TDs during their stomping of Iowa State, bringing his total to 58 [career touchdowns]. Iowa State was still reeling from their 68-27 loss to Utah, but looked like a high school team with barely 183 total yards the whole game despite 27:03 minutes of possession time. The Sooners magic offense and defense made the most of their 32:57 minutes of possession with 37 first downs, 7 TDs and a field goal. Could this be the team we once knew?
Remaining in the number one spot is going to be tough, and with the schedule set ahead of them, some may say impossible. They are only favored 3 points over next weeks Missouri. Missouri, who managed 7 sacks in last weeks game vs Texas A&M, winning 30-9, will be OU's biggest test this season, despite their 11th place ranking. Missouri is 6-0, Oklahoma is 6-0, Oklahoma has won seven in a row over Missouri and 19 of 20 in the series, with the Tigers' only victory coming in 1998.
The Tigers 35 point game average, and impeccable defense take on the Sooners record setting offense....
Eenie Meenie Minie Mo, can a Sooner catch a Tiger by the toe, again?
dum dum dum.... tune in next week, and find out!
Showing posts with label Oklahoma. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Oklahoma. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Fem Football Week 5 - Missed it by a Hair Cut
During week 4, I watched parts of the Penn State vs Temple game, and I noticed one of the players take his helmet off. His hair, although nicely kept, seemed to not be phased by the helmet. I do not recall his name or jersey number, just his hair. Looked like "going out" hair, not football hair. This led to an irrational line of thinking. Try to follow along.
I wonder how long it takes him to do his hair. Hair gel? wax? hmmmm. Penn State is not playing too well right now, wonder if he is more concerned with the damage the helmet is doing to his hair? hahahhah... I am sure a guy in a football game does not care about his hair.
That however, is how I decided to do the next weeks (5) picks. I will say for the record, I did not google every player, just the quarterbacks, and picked the team with the quarterback who had what appeared to be the most low maintenance hair. I went 25/47 in the picks -roughly 53% accurate even against the spread, while using hairstyles as my gauge. I would have fared only slightly higher with 27/47 if I had done the picks based on my usual routine of stats comparisons, and scores in previous games, etc. Not too bad. The competitive side of me wishes I had gone my usual route, so I could move up the ranks a bit in the picks. I am currently tied for 9th out of 70. But in the end, it was a fun experiment.
To fulfill your curiosity, here are a few examples of my picks using the first 3 games in the list
Oklahoma's Landry Jones
vs Texas' Garrett Gilbert 
Both are cute, and about the same length, so I had to delve a little deeper, and go with Texas, since Landry adds the "widows peak" to the front of his hair. Seeing the little extra he went with his hair, should have tipped me off to the extra he puts in the game.
OU 28 v Texas 20
Connecticut's Zach Frazer
vs Vandy's Larry Smith 
You can imagine my panic when I started googling this one. As much as I would love to see Vandy win, after all they are a Tennessee team, and one of the Nashville Home Teams, its not a likely outcome. I was pretty relieved to see Larry's Lovely Locks hanging out of his skull cap. Pretty hair. Not a pretty game
Connecticut 40 v Vandy 21
Ohio's Boo Jackson
vs E Michigan's Alex Gillet 
Eh. Ok. Confession. I cheated on this one after these photos. Sorry Alex. You look like you throw like a girl. So I cheated and rationalized that Boo doesn't do his own hair, so his maintenance is nil. :)
Ohio 30 v E Mich 17
I wonder how long it takes him to do his hair. Hair gel? wax? hmmmm. Penn State is not playing too well right now, wonder if he is more concerned with the damage the helmet is doing to his hair? hahahhah... I am sure a guy in a football game does not care about his hair.
That however, is how I decided to do the next weeks (5) picks. I will say for the record, I did not google every player, just the quarterbacks, and picked the team with the quarterback who had what appeared to be the most low maintenance hair. I went 25/47 in the picks -roughly 53% accurate even against the spread, while using hairstyles as my gauge. I would have fared only slightly higher with 27/47 if I had done the picks based on my usual routine of stats comparisons, and scores in previous games, etc. Not too bad. The competitive side of me wishes I had gone my usual route, so I could move up the ranks a bit in the picks. I am currently tied for 9th out of 70. But in the end, it was a fun experiment.
To fulfill your curiosity, here are a few examples of my picks using the first 3 games in the list
Oklahoma's Landry Jones
vs Texas' Garrett Gilbert 
Both are cute, and about the same length, so I had to delve a little deeper, and go with Texas, since Landry adds the "widows peak" to the front of his hair. Seeing the little extra he went with his hair, should have tipped me off to the extra he puts in the game.
OU 28 v Texas 20
Connecticut's Zach Frazer
vs Vandy's Larry Smith You can imagine my panic when I started googling this one. As much as I would love to see Vandy win, after all they are a Tennessee team, and one of the Nashville Home Teams, its not a likely outcome. I was pretty relieved to see Larry's Lovely Locks hanging out of his skull cap. Pretty hair. Not a pretty game
Connecticut 40 v Vandy 21
Ohio's Boo Jackson
vs E Michigan's Alex Gillet 
Eh. Ok. Confession. I cheated on this one after these photos. Sorry Alex. You look like you throw like a girl. So I cheated and rationalized that Boo doesn't do his own hair, so his maintenance is nil. :)
Ohio 30 v E Mich 17
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Fem Football
Ahhh College Football. For those of us who love it, we crave it. We talk about it during the off season, we argue over Quarter Backs and Wide Receivers, coaches, penalties, assistant coaches - basically anything to keep the conversation going and the team spirit alive. We breath a sigh of relief when August rolls around, and get the grill ready for tailgating.
Something about the crunch of leaves, and cool breeze makes me want to crack open a beer and toss the football around. But alas, there is no cool breeze in Singapore. So I have to pretend its cool enough for my football sweater, and watch the games via stream on the net. I still enjoy the beer, and tailgate on my balcony.
I am one of the few women I know who participates in the picks. Games are selected every week, points spread, favorite vs underdog, home vs away etc is all mapped out.
We pick
*top ten - who we think the top ten will be when the season is over, and we do this before the season opener
*a sleeper - someone not in the top preseason rankings but we think will be at the end,
*a clunker - a team currently ranked that we think will fall out.
I am up against mostly men.
Men who played football in high school, some in college, all of them in the back yard. They know scores from 10 years ago, averages, yards rushing, height weight and the name of the girlfriend of everyone who picks up a ball in the NCAA.
I paint my toenails while looking over the stats I won't remember, and use weird female scientific rationale to choose my picks.
There are roughly 70 participants, 4 of us female. I am currently the only woman in the top 20, and am tied with 6 others for 9th place. I think I am rocking this thing!
I will keep you updated on my rise and fall. But so you know, my top 10, clunker, and sleeper
Team #1: Ohio State
Team #2: Auburn
Team #3: Florida
Team #4: LSU
Team #5: TCU
Team #6: Texas
Team #7: Oklahoma
Team #8: Boise State
Team #9: Nebraska
Team #10: Tennessee
Sleeper team Tennessee
Clunker Penn State
and I am in the SEC with the VOLS.
I bleed Orange, heart Peyton Manning, Smokey, and Rocky Top.
Something about the crunch of leaves, and cool breeze makes me want to crack open a beer and toss the football around. But alas, there is no cool breeze in Singapore. So I have to pretend its cool enough for my football sweater, and watch the games via stream on the net. I still enjoy the beer, and tailgate on my balcony.
I am one of the few women I know who participates in the picks. Games are selected every week, points spread, favorite vs underdog, home vs away etc is all mapped out.
We pick
*top ten - who we think the top ten will be when the season is over, and we do this before the season opener
*a sleeper - someone not in the top preseason rankings but we think will be at the end,
*a clunker - a team currently ranked that we think will fall out.
I am up against mostly men.
Men who played football in high school, some in college, all of them in the back yard. They know scores from 10 years ago, averages, yards rushing, height weight and the name of the girlfriend of everyone who picks up a ball in the NCAA.
I paint my toenails while looking over the stats I won't remember, and use weird female scientific rationale to choose my picks.
There are roughly 70 participants, 4 of us female. I am currently the only woman in the top 20, and am tied with 6 others for 9th place. I think I am rocking this thing!
I will keep you updated on my rise and fall. But so you know, my top 10, clunker, and sleeper
Team #1: Ohio State
Team #2: Auburn
Team #3: Florida
Team #4: LSU
Team #5: TCU
Team #6: Texas
Team #7: Oklahoma
Team #8: Boise State
Team #9: Nebraska
Team #10: Tennessee
Sleeper team Tennessee
Clunker Penn State
and I am in the SEC with the VOLS.
I bleed Orange, heart Peyton Manning, Smokey, and Rocky Top.
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