primitives predict 10-22 college football games

[franksolich]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=215x188681

Oh my.

The condom primitive finally got up off the sidewalk from the Occupy Iowa City festivities, and lit the campfire.

One notices the condom primitive didn't solicit any predictions about the upcoming Nebraska-Minnesota game.

Minnesota's got a pretty good football team; I wouldn't count Minnesota out.

Minnesota is 29-20-2 against Nebraska; the only other team along with Oklahoma, who's played Nebraska 25+ times, with a winning record against Nebraska.

By the way, there's a question about the University of Iowa, the condom primitive's school, in the sports forum here:

http://www.conservativecave.com/index.php/topic,65660.0.html

I'm really kind of concerned about Iowa.

Anyway.

Condem  (1000+ posts)        Tue Oct-18-11 08:46 PM
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********COLLEGE FOOTBALL: WEEK 8 ********

Halfway through, Occupiers. Trying to recall the last two years of this and I don't remember everyone doing this well. In fact, I believe the leader, maybe, 12-15 games over .500, at this point, but 23 games over?!? Incredible. Could be the fact that the parity in college football is gone. About eight teams have separated themselves from the pack and it's a huge gulf between them. We may have 5 undefeated teams when all is said and done but really three stand alone. It's ****ing obvious who they are. Shit. How much would a Plus One matter this year? A ****ing ton.

A 'standing o' to era and a la. 13-2 and 12-3, respectively. The combined record of everyone playing was 127-83. Shit. That sounds like a North Carolina - Kentucky B-ball final. Okay. This week. The action commences Thursday night with a game that features a coach who has already been fired and one that's about to be. So before kickoff. Standings to follow.

Thursday, October 20
UCLA +4 @ Arizona

Friday, October 21
Rutgers -1.5 @ Louisville

Saturday, October 22
Oklahoma State -6 @ Missouri
North Carolina +9.5 @ Clemson
Arkansas -15.5 @ Mississippi
Georgia Tech +3 @ Miami (Fla)
Air Force +29 @ Boise State
Auburn +22 @ LSU
Penn State -4.5 @ Northwestern
Tennessee +28 @ Alabama
USC +7.5 @ Notre Dame
Washington +20 @ Stanford
Wisconsin -7.5 @ Michigan State
SMU +3 @ Southern Mississippi
Texas Tech +25 @ Oklahoma

And as always. Best of ****in' luck.

Okay, franksolich is 0-1 against the primitives, because I picked Michigan over Michigan State last week, and in an upset, the primitives won.

a la izquierda  (1000+ posts)        Tue Oct-18-11 09:54 PM
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2. Missouri

Then a momentary interruption as the primitives discuss the occupation of Iowa City:

era veteran  (1000+ posts)        Wed Oct-19-11 12:40 AM
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3. Just got off work Condem and took the few 99%'ers downtown some coffee and Joe Bologna's breadsticks.

I am too old to stand in the rain. How is it going in Iowa City?

Condem  (1000+ posts)        Wed Oct-19-11 05:58 AM
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4. happy and I were at the GA, era...

..and it lasted two minutes. Seems the City and OIC are in discussions on how long this thing is going to last. So some of the powers (wait- no leaders!) hustled off to the City Council meeting to explain their case. Todays's high is in the upper 40's with wind and rain. The tough times are not far away.

Now back on track:

era veteran  (1000+ posts)        Wed Oct-19-11 09:35 AM
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5. OSU

Ooops, that appears that's all there is, just two so far.  There'll be about six or eight more as the week goes on.

Without waiting for the other primitives to chime in, I'll go ahead and pick Missouri to beat Oklahoma's little brother in this week's big game.

Missouri's a nasty team, full of all sorts of nasty surprises.  It's best to be wary of Missouri.

And I suggest any lurking primitives who are into making predictions, pick Missouri.

Missouri's always been this way, and we in Nebraska know that better than anybody else (although it wouldn't be hard to get folks from Oklahoma to agree with us), as Nebraska and Missouri have played each other more times than either's played anybody else, or with only a few exceptions, more times than any other two teams have played each other.

Things are rolling along just great, just dandy, just fine, and one's on top of the world where nothing can seem to go wrong.....and then ooops, one meets Missouri.

[tanstaafl]

By fransolich:

Without waiting for the other primitives to chime in, I'll go ahead and pick Missouri to beat Oklahoma's little brother in this week's big game.

Missouri's a nasty team, full of all sorts of nasty surprises.  It's best to be wary of Missouri.

And I suggest any lurking primitives who are into making predictions, pick Missouri.

Missouri's always been this way, and we in Nebraska know that better than anybody else (although it wouldn't be hard to get folks from Oklahoma to agree with us), as Nebraska and Missouri have played each other more times than either's played anybody else, or with only a few exceptions, more times than any other two teams have played each other.

Things are rolling along just great, just dandy, just fine, and one's on top of the world where nothing can seem to go wrong.....and then ooops, one meets Missouri.

Frank, any word yet from the SEC on accepting Mizzou's self inviting into said conference? Or will they and OSU start their own conference? They can call it the "Toothbrush Conference". Anywhere else it would be the Teethbrush Conference.

[franksolich]

Frank, any word yet from the SEC on accepting Mizzou's self inviting into said conference?

Nope, no word officially about Missouri joining the Southeastern Conference, but Missouri's acting pretty confident, and it being Missouri, it's probably pretty much a done deal now.

Missouri'll make a fine addition to that conference, although really, I would've liked things rather more if Missouri had come with Nebraska into the Big 10, so that we could have some company instead of having to deal with easterners all by ourselves.

Or will they and OSU start their own conference? They can call it the "Toothbrush Conference". Anywhere else it would be the Teethbrush Conference.

Oh now.  This has been a while, but when I was in college, every year we "sponsored" students from Oklahoma State, Oklahoma's little brother; showed them around, partied them, gave them a good time.

Good kids, students from Oklahoma State, and no dental problems. 

What struck me about them was that they knew they were going to get beat by us, pummeled by us (this was during their 42-year losing streak against Nebraska), they knew they were going to get pounded, they knew there was no hope.....but they never held it against us, being mellow and laid back about the whole deal.  Absolutely no acrimony in their beings, fans of Oklahoma State.

Missouri was always a different matter.  Missouri, being much older and bigger and richer than Nebraska, always had this absurd notion they were "better" than us in all things cultural, intellectual, technological, traditional.

Well, that of course was true--in size and resources, Missouri was a fully-grown bison compared with the infant field mouse that was Nebraska--but we showed them, at least on the football field.

From that first meeting in 1890, Missouri got frustrated with us--a frustration lasting 120 years--because they were better than us, and so supposed to pound us every time.....but that wasn't happening.  Nebraska owns Missouri, in one of the widest win-loss chasms in the old Big 8 and Big 12.

However, Missouri was never, at no time, a "sure win" for Nebraska.  They'd lose and lose and lose and lose, when Nebraska was just an "average" or "so-so" team.....and then when Nebraska was exceptional, ooops, they'd beat Nebraska (Oklahoma had the same experience).

When playing Missouri, even if Missouri had a lousy, rotten team, one could never be sure, be confident, about what was going to happen.  In terms of fingernail-biting, no other team in the Big 8 or Big 12 presented so much tension about the game, than Missouri. 

Fans of Oklahoma State and Nebraska always seemed to well represent a cross-section of those states, the socio-economic strata, but fans of Missouri appeared to be only of the upper crust of that state; the elites, the professionals, the wealthy.

Nothing against the upper crust, but we showed 'em.

[franksolich]

Okay, as of Wednesday about suppertime--the deadline for the primitives is Thursday about this time--a few more primitives tossed in their predictions.

It's obvious these primitives know nothing, nothing at all, of the nuances of college football; they just simply pick what the bookies say, and the bookies are saying Oklahoma State by about a touchdown.

One wishes life were that easy, picking things by what the bookies say.

Oklahoma State's a pretty good team, but Missouri's going to win.

[GOP Congress]

Why are the primitives worrying about the Evil Corporate Sponsored White Guys football scores in the first place? Maybe they have a whiz kid who interrupts the commercials with their Big Brother propaganda replacing the commercials.

[franksolich]

Why are the primitives worrying about the Evil Corporate Sponsored White Guys football scores in the first place? Maybe they have a whiz kid who interrupts the commercials with their Big Brother propaganda replacing the commercials.

There was a time, oh, maybe up until about two years ago, that there was a primitive who actually knew something about sports, the cboy4 primitive, who also incidentally was the only primitive ever known to have a sense of humor.

As actually knowing something about something, and having a sense of humor, are taboos among the primitives, he was chased away.

But the primitives have the need to act as if they're up on things, in the know, and that includes things involving sports.

But really, the college football "fan" primitives just rattle off stuff they hear from the bookies and from television; they know nothing of the history, the glory, the traditions, the true meaning, of the sport.

[franksolich]

Well, as of Thursday morning, the primitives have predicted Oklahoma State over Missouri by 9-2.

We'll see.

[franksolich]

At the close of the primitive predictions, 11 primitives chose Oklahoma State, 3 primitives chose Missouri.

We'll see.  It's inevitably got to be Missouri.

By the way, one wonders what's up with this:

Condem Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Fri Oct-21-11 10:17 AM
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21. Homecoming Weekend in Iowa City, forumites!!
   
happy and I have the honor of hosting the tailgate. 10 cases of hops, malt yeast and water should do it. 67 degrees with sunny skies and an ass kicking of the Indiana Hoosiers. I ask you. Does ****ing life get any better than that?

It looks as if the professional student the condom primitive's abandoning occupooping Iowa City for occupartying Iowa City.

The Cause can't interfere with fun, after all.

[Odin's Hand]

There are two things working for Oklahoma State: 1) Mizzou fans B/AC with an 11:07 kickoff and 2) A weaker-than-average Mizzou defense in Pinkel's coaching tenure.

[franksolich]

There are two things working for Oklahoma State: 1) Mizzou fans B/AC with an 11:07 kickoff and 2) A weaker-than-average Mizzou defense in Pinkel's coaching tenure.

But what's working for Missouri is their tendency to upset.

I'm not aware of any other college football team that's done more upsets than Missouri.

[Odin's Hand]

But what's working for Missouri is their tendency to upset.

I'm not aware of any other college football team that's done more upsets than Missouri.

They could do it. MU's QB Franklin has looked flat the past couple of weeks, though.

and you are right, frank, Mizzou has always been an unpredictable football team for the majority. My old man always said, "never bet on a football game with Missouri in it."

[ChuckJ]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=215x188681

Oh my.

The condom primitive finally got up off the sidewalk from the Occupy Iowa City festivities, and lit the campfire.

One notices the condom primitive didn't solicit any predictions about the upcoming Nebraska-Minnesota game.

Minnesota's got a pretty good football team; I wouldn't count Minnesota out.

Minnesota is 29-20-2 against Nebraska; the only other team along with Oklahoma, who's played Nebraska 25+ times, with a winning record against Nebraska.

By the way, there's a question about the University of Iowa, the condom primitive's school, in the sports forum here:

http://www.conservativecave.com/index.php/topic,65660.0.html

I'm really kind of concerned about Iowa.

Anyway.

Okay, franksolich is 0-1 against the primitives, because I picked Michigan over Michigan State last week, and in an upset, the primitives won.

Then a momentary interruption as the primitives discuss the occupation of Iowa City:

Now back on track:

Ooops, that appears that's all there is, just two so far.  There'll be about six or eight more as the week goes on.

Without waiting for the other primitives to chime in, I'll go ahead and pick Missouri to beat Oklahoma's little brother in this week's big game.

Missouri's a nasty team, full of all sorts of nasty surprises.  It's best to be wary of Missouri.

And I suggest any lurking primitives who are into making predictions, pick Missouri.

Missouri's always been this way, and we in Nebraska know that better than anybody else (although it wouldn't be hard to get folks from Oklahoma to agree with us), as Nebraska and Missouri have played each other more times than either's played anybody else, or with only a few exceptions, more times than any other two teams have played each other.

Things are rolling along just great, just dandy, just fine, and one's on top of the world where nothing can seem to go wrong.....and then ooops, one meets Missouri.

"The primitives won."

They don't really hear (or read) that too often.