Quick Pageantry Picks

At Florida -13 over Alabama- Bama’s too young to not get blown out in the Swamp.

Texas Tech +2 over at Texas A&M- Texas A&M couldn’t beat Army by 2 points, why should they beat Texas Tech?

Michigan -4 over at Minnesota- After yesterday I'm a little snake bitten by road favorites but the disparity of talent here is ridiculous

At Cincinnati -8 over Miami (OH)- Not sure if this game’s on TV or not but Miami (OH) just lost to Syracuse by 20 just last week

The Ohio State -6 over at Iowa- Have to trust The Ohio State to pull away late in this game. The Ohio State is 3-0-1 against the spread. And this game wasn’t even close last year.

Rutgers -4 over South Florida- Louisville knows just how dangerous this trip is in September. I feel better though when I heard what this spread actually was.

At Mississippi +17 over Georgia- If this plays out shall I never bet a road favorite in the SEC again.

At Virginia Tech -11 over Georgia Tech- The Jackets are a little overrated



Bonus: Boise State +4 at Utah. Boise State does well against the Mountain West and are the much better team.

A Michael Scott Joint: "The Convention"

(SPOILER ALERT: If you don’t want any of last night’s episode of The Office spoiled for you DO NOT scroll past the picture of Angela Martin)



Last night's episode of The Office was nowhere near the level of last week's episode. In fact it probably belonged in the First Season. Michael and Dwight went to the Mid-Atlantic Mid-Market Paper Supplies Convention in Philadelphia. The major story was Michael's jealousy of Jim's new boss Josh and Jim's apparent friendship with him. When Michael threw a party in his hotel room and only Jim showed up. Michael asked him if he left because he wasn't as cool of a boss as Josh. This prompted Jim to reveal the real reason he left Scranton...his failed attempt to win Pam's love. Pam, meanwhile went on a double date with a cartoonist from the Scranton Times and Kelly and Ryan. Kelly feeding Ryan french fries (I mean freedom fries) was the funniest part of this episode. While Pam was underwhelmed by the date, Toby is interested in an office romance with her but can't bring himself to say so. Jim tried to pull one last prank on Dwight in the hotel but Angela's "surprise" for Dwight made Jim think he got a hooker for the night and left all that alone. Michael's new ring tone is "My Humps" by Black-Eyed Peas and Jerome Bettis (nicknamed "The Bus" because "he doesn't like to fly") made a cameo appearance on an otherwise forgettable episode.

Next week, Angela tries to convince Dwight to overthrow Michael.

Thursday Night Betting Tips

I will make an effort to share my College Football Betting Tips to Josh for all gamblers as we had a MAGNIFICENT week last week and hope to carry momentum throughout the season.

BYU +6 over at TCU, Under (47)- Even though it’s the Mountain West and it's Thursday. TCU hasn't been that impressive but its defense has. This game is on Vs. which is the new name for OLN. It's still Channel No. 378 on your cable though so good luck finding it without bruising your thumb.

at Auburn -14 over South Carolina, Over (37.5)- Lay down the 14 against a South Carolina team that isn't that good. The only worry is Sidney Rice going nuts. Auburn should run on the Gamecock defense so I think the over is a safe bet there. Years ago, there was a fire at a library at Auburn, Steve Spurrier said it was a tragedy because "Half the books hadn't been colored in yet". I LOVE THAT LINE.

Trojan Horses

Had to wait until last night’s Southern Miss-UCF game to post this week’s Pizza Parlor Index. Indiana is now nothing more than an answer to a trivia question that no one besides my friends will ever ask. They lost 14-7 to Connecticut on Saturday. In fact they were one of three non-conference losses by Big Ten teams this weekend that managed to keep Iowa, The Ohio State University and Michigan from the top of this week’s poll. You should recognize the new number one team, USC which has a very real possibility of holding onto this slot for the entire season because of a fairly challenging non-conference schedule (Arkansas, Nebraska, Notre Dame) and the Pac Ten’s league wide commitment to playing solid out of conference schedules. As it is still early in the season the 19 undefeated teams in Division 1-A are the top 19 teams in the poll as the season progresses there may be some overlapping probably over the smaller conference teams (Boise State, TCU, Houston) as their opponents records are woeful which is either fair or unfair depending on your point of view.

Syracuse moves up 9 spots to 58th.

Also read the captions over the picture each week for a fun fact from ESPN’s College Football Encyclopedia.

Rnk Team PPIndex
1 USC 85.434
2 Florida 85.090
3 Iowa 84.898
4 Michigan 84.574
5 Auburn 84.164
6 Ohio State 83.800
7 Oregon 83.636
8 Missouri 83.142
9 Texas A&M 82.921
10 Wake Forest 82.340
11 Georgia 82.122
12 Rutgers 81.552
13 West Virginia 81.540
14 Louisville 81.356
15 Virginia Tech 81.114
16 Purdue 81.078
17 TCU 78.472
18 Houston 74.843
19 Boise State 74.796
20 LSU 68.602
21 Oklahoma 68.266
22 Washington 68.044
23 Texas 67.949
24 Tennessee 67.905
25 Michigan State 67.896
26 Washington State 67.798
27 Notre Dame 67.387
28 Boston College 66.893
29 Clemson 66.239
30 Florida State 66.074
31 Indiana 65.765
32 Arkansas 65.671
33 Alabama 65.472
34 California 64.593
35 Nebraska 63.784
36 South Carolina 63.338
37 UCLA 63.076
38 Oklahoma State 62.932
39 Texas Tech 62.620
40 Arizona State 62.615
41 Northwestern 62.518
42 Pittsburgh 62.192
43 Wisconsin 62.171
44 Maryland 61.135
45 Kansas State 61.067
46 Western Michigan 61.037
47 Georgia Tech 60.069
48 South Florida 60.024
49 Utah 59.026
50 Kansas 58.605
51 New Mexico 58.298
52 Southern Miss 58.214
53 Navy 57.336
54 Minnesota 56.099
55 Tulsa 56.085
56 Connecticut 55.249
57 Iowa State 53.087
58 Oregon State 53.086
59 Syracuse 52.984
60 Air Force 50.408
61 Army 49.444
62 Brigham Young 48.645
63 Central Michigan 47.836
64 Colorado State 46.471
65 Akron 45.971
66 Nevada 45.618
67 Kent State 45.550
68 Bowling Green 44.896
69 San Jose State 44.420
70 Penn State 43.200
71 Arizona 43.096
72 Kentucky 43.034
73 North Carolina State 40.617
74 Ball State 39.181
75 Fresno State 39.078
76 Toledo 38.432
77 Mississippi 38.430
78 Mississippi State 37.898
79 Hawaii 37.704
80 Tulane 37.563
81 Northern Illinois 36.995
82 Ohio 36.927
83 UTEP 35.122
84 Southern Methodist 35.026
85 Middle Tennessee State 33.830
86 Virginia 33.413
87 Wyoming 33.409
88 Buffalo 32.725
89 Arkansas State 32.350
90 East Carolina 30.183
91 UAB 28.804
92 North Texas 26.804
93 Baylor 24.042
94 Cincinnati 24.019
95 Stanford 23.837
96 Colorado 23.310
97 Illinois 23.024
98 Vanderbilt 22.902
99 North Carolina 22.056
100 Miami, FL 20.458
101 Duke 20.379
102 Eastern Michigan 18.321
103 Miami, OH 18.228
104 San Diego State 18.225
105 Temple 17.921
106 Rice 17.782
107 UNLV 17.717
108 Idaho 17.098
109 UCF 16.881
110 Louisiana Tech 16.729
111 Memphis 16.354
112 Marshall 15.952
113 Utah State 15.516
114 New Mexico State 15.449
115 Florida International 14.282
116 Louisiana-Monroe 13.470
117 Florida Atlantic 13.261
118 Troy 12.594
119 Louisiana-Lafayette 12.361