College Football Pick Em Year 2, Week 13

Last week Dario and Roy both went 5-5, bringing their season marks to:

Dario 69-41
Roy 62-48


Roy's Picks:

Buffalo @ Akron
Louisville @ Rutgers
Ohio @ Kent
SMU @ East Carolin
#10 Michigan State @ Penn State
#2 Auburn @ #11 Bama
#5 LSU @ #12 Arkansas
#13 OU @ #9 OK State
Florida @ #22 FSU
UGA @ GTech


Dario's Picks:

Buffalo @ Akron
Louisville @ Rutgers
Ohio @ Kent
SMU @ East Carolin
#10 Michigan State @ Penn State
#2 Auburn @ #11 Bama
#5 LSU @ #12 Arkansas
#13 OU @ #9 OK State
Florida @ #22 FSU
UGA @ GTech

ESPN Bloggers:

Akron
Louisville
Ohio
SMU
MSU
Bama
Arkansas
OKState
Florida(Heather)/FSU(Chris Low)
UGA

Week 13 results (season standings):
Dario 4-6 (73-47)
Roy 7-3 (69-51)
ESPN Bloggers 7-3/6-4.

College Pick Year 2, Week 9

After a dismal performance in week 7 Roy went 7-3 and supposedly Dario went 4-6. Now I'm not saying he cheated, but I'm saying there is no proof that he didn't cheat; nevertheless we'll give him the point for picking Ohio over Miami (OH). Bringing our season standings to:



Roy (39-31)
Dario (43-27)





Roy Picks:



#6 Mizzou @ #14 Nebraska
#26 Michigan @ Penn State
Purdue @ Illinois
Syracuse @ Cincinnati
#17 Oklahoma State @ Kansas State
Florida @ Georgia
San Jose State @ New Mexico State
#5 Michigan State @ #18 IowaTexas Tech @ Texas A&M
Texas El-Paso @ Marshall






Dario Picks:



#6 Mizzou @ #14 Nebraska
#26 Michigan @ Penn State
Purdue @ Illinois
Syracuse @ Cincinnati
#17 Oklahoma State @ Kansas State
Florida @ Georgia
San Jose State @ New Mexico State
#5 Michigan State @ #18 Iowa - CHECK BLOG!!!!!!!
Texas Tech @ Texas A&M
Texas El-Paso @ Marshall

Dario (6-4) in week 9; Roy (5-5). The ESPN bloggers made predictions for 7 out of the 10 games we chose; they went 3-4 in week 9. Victories included Illinois, Iowa, and Oklahoma State. Losses included Michigan, Cinci, Georgia, and Mizzou.

Roy (44-36)
Dario (49-31)

College Pick Year 2, Week 7

Week 7... the second half; the real half of College Football Season, unless of course you're Boise State and do not have to play anyone the rest of the season. Yea, I went there.

Dario went 6-4 last week to bring his halftime mark to 37-13 (0.74). Roy finally pulled his head out his @$$ for a 7-3 and goes into the half trailing 30-20 (0.6).

Anyway, the games are as follows:

#15 Iowa vs Michigan

#1 Ohio State vs #18 Wisconsin

Texas vs #5 Nebraska

#12 Arkansas vs #7 Auburn

#19 Nevada vs Hawaii

Pittsburgh vs Syracuse
Baylor vs Colorado
#24 Oregon St. vs Washington
Texas El-Paso vs UABLousiana Monroe vs Western Kentucky


DARIO'S PICKS

#15 Iowa vs Michigan
#1 Ohio State vs #18 Wisconsin
Texas vs #5 Nebraska
#12 Arkansas vs #7 Auburn
#19 Nevada vs Hawaii
Pittsburgh vs Syracuse
Baylor vs Colorado
#24 Oregon St. vs Washington
Texas El-Paso vs UAB
Lousiana Monroe vs Western Kentucky

Dario and Roy; 2-8 in week seven. What a weak performance.

DARIO (39-21)
ROY (32-28)

FanSportNET.com College Football Pick Em Challenge Week 14

This weeks games are as follows:

Oregon vs Oregon St
Florida vs Alabama
Cinci vs Pitt
Ohio vs CMU
Clemson vs G Tech
Houston vs E. Carolina
Fresno St vs Illinois
WVU vs Rutgers
Cal vs Washington
USC vs Arizona

Dario K. Mobley's picks: (victors are in red)

Oregon
Bama
Cinci
CMU
Clemson
Houston
Fresno
WVU
CAL
USC

Roy's picks:

Oregon
Bama
Cinci
CMU
G Tech
E Carolina
Fresno
Rutgers
Cal
USC

Dario : 6-4 This week , 6-4 Last week, 50-30 for the regular season.

Roy : 7-3 This week, 5-5 Last week, 48-32 for the regular season.

Now its bowl time...

FanSportNET.com College Football Pick Em Challenge Week 12

    

ROY PIERCE AKA RIP PIECE




Buffalo @  Miami (Ohio)
Northern Illinois @ Ohio- tough one, both could win conference championship if win final two games
Army @ North Texas- wow
Mississippi State @ Arkansas
#8 LSU @ Ole Miss
Louisiana-Monroe @ Louisiana-Lafayette
Hawaii @ San Jose State
#14 Penn State @ Michigan State
#10 Ohio State @ Michigan - can the sweater vest keep up with the top scoring team in the big ten?
#11 Oregon @ Arizona

LAST WEEK: 7-3
THIS WEEK: 4-6
TOTALS: 36-24



  DARIO AKA THE REALIST



Buffalo @ Miami (Ohio)
Northern Illinois @ Ohio
Army @ North Texas
Mississippi State @ Arkansas
# 8 LSU @ Ole Miss
Louisiana-Monroe @ Louisiana - Lafayette
Hawaii @ San Jose State
#14 Penn State @ Michigan State
#10 Ohio State @ Michigan
#11 Oregon @ Arizona

LAST WEEK: 7-3
THIS WEEK: 7-3
TOTALS 38-22

FanSportNET.com College Footbal Pick Em Week 11

    

ROY PIERCE AKA RIP PIECE




Michigan State @  Purdue
Michigan @ #20 Wisconsin (mind not heart)
#10 Iowa @ #11 Ohio State
#16 Utah @ #4 TCU
Stanford @ #9 USC
#25 West Virginia @ #5 Cincinnati
#24 South Florida @ Rutgers
Kentucky @ Vanderbilt
Nebraska @ Kansas
#17 Arizona @ California

LAST WEEK: 7-3
THIS WEEK: 4-6
TOTALS: 36-24



  DARIO AKA THE REALIST



Michigan State @ Purdue
Michigan @ #20 Wisconsin
#10 Iowa @ #11 Ohio State
#16 Utah @ #4 TCU
Stanford @ #9 USC
#25 West Virginia @ #5 Cincinnati
#24 South Florida @ Rutgers
Kentucky @ Vanderbilt
Nebraska @ Kansas
#17Arizona @ California

LAST WEEK: 7-3
THIS WEEK: 7-3
TOTALS 38-22

FanSport.NET College Football Pick Em Challenge Week 10

    

ROY PIERCE AKA RIP PIECE




#16 Ohio State @ #11 Penn State
#9 LSU @ #3 Alabama
Wake Forest @ #10 Georgia Tech
S.Carolina @ Arkansas
Oregon State @ #20 California
Texas A&M @ Colorado
Kent @ Akron ( WTF??)
Colorado State @ UNLV
La. Monroe @ North Texas (WTF??)
#15 Houston @ Tulsa

LAST WEEK: 6-4
THIS WEEK: 7-3
TOTALS: 32-18



  DARIO AKA THE REALIST



#16 Ohio State @ #11 Penn State
#9 LSU @ #3 Alabama
Wake Forest @ #10 Georgia Tech
South Carolina @ Arkansas
Oregon State @ #20 California
Texas A&M @ Colorado
Kent @ Akron
Colorado State @ UNLV
La. Monroe @ North Texas
#15 Houston @ Tulsa

LAST WEEK: 7-3
THIS WEEK: 7-3
TOTALS 31-19

FanSportNET.com College Pick Em Challenge Week 4

    

ROY PIERCE AKA RIP PIECE




No. 3 Texas @ No. 14 Oklahoma State (Tough ONE to pick!!)
No. 5 USC @ No. 10 Oregon (Coach Pete doesn’t lose big games… BUT the Ducks are rolling over people)
West Virginia @ South Florida (South Florida can’t win in October, Saturday is October 31)
Ole Miss @ Auburn
Central Michigan @ Boston College ( Weird One…..LOL!!!!!)
Purdue at Wisconsin (Purdue hasn’t won on the road yet and the only team they’ve beat is Ohio State)
Michigan State at Minnesota (SCARY!!)
#24 California at Arizona State (Cal has bounced back and rolling again)
Louisiana Tech at Idaho (Cinderella Story!!)
Indiana at #4 Iowa (Could be upset alert, Indiana played UM well)

LAST WEEK: 6-4
THIS WEEK: 6-4
TOTALS: 25-15



  DARIO AKA THE REALIST



No. 3 Texas @ No. 14 Oklahoma State
No. 5 USC @ No. 10 Oregon
West Virginia @ South Florida
Ole Miss @ Auburn
Central Michigan @ Boston College ( Weird One…..LOL!!!!!)
Purdue at Wisconsin
Michigan State at Minnesota
#24 California at Arizona State
Louisiana Tech at Idaho
Indiana at #4 Iowa

LAST WEEK: 5-5
THIS WEEK: 7-3
TOTALS 24-16

FanSportNET.com College Football Pick Em Challenge Week 3

    


ROY PIERCE AKA RIP PIECE





#13 Penn State at Michigan (it’s in Ann Arbor; Rich Rod should continue Lloyd Carrs dominance over PSU)
#6 Iowa at Michigan State (I stated weeks ago that Iowa would lose to one of the Michigan teams, I’m a stubborn old man and I’m sticking to my word and picking MSU for the upset, which can easily do if offense is clicking consistently)
Oklahoma at #25 Kansas (Classic Big 12 south vs north… with south being stronger)
#8 TCU at #16 BYU (home field advantage)
South Florida at #20 Pittsburgh (thinking South Florida rebounds; so I might change this one.)
FSU
Arkansas
Oregon
UNLV
Utah State (They’ve had a tougher schedule compared to Louisiana Tech)

I almost picked the North Carolina FSU game… I told u on the air in episode 3 I believe that UNC was not going to be ranked long.

LAST WEEK 5-5
THIS WEEK 6-4
TOTALS: 19-11





  DARIO AKA THE REALIST


#13 Penn State at Michigan
#6 Iowa at Michigan State
Oklahoma at #25 Kansas
#8 TCU at #16 BYU
South Florida at #20 Pittsburgh
Florida State @ North Carolina
Arkansas @ Ole Miss
No. 11 Oregon @ Washington
UNLV @ New Mexico
Louisiana Tech @ Utah State

LAST WEEK 7-3
THIS WEEK 5-5
TOTALS 17-13

FanSportNet.Com College Football Pick Em Challenge Week 2

    







#5 Boise State vs Tulsa (no matter how bad I WANT Tulsa to win this game, think with mind not heart so the realist says…)
#11 Iowa vs Wisconsin
Northwestern vs Michigan State (probably a pillow fight; depending on what version of my bi-polar almaumater shows up)
Texas Tech vs #15 Nebraska
Arkansas vs #1 Florida (Has Florida played a strong offense yet? They will this week)

BOLD RED are who I’m choosing as victors.

#8 Cincinnati
#20 Oklahoma
#4 Virginia Tech
#25 Notre Dame (everyone hates USC)
#2 Alabama

Getting a little loose with my picks, probably will take me to the cleaners this weekend

LAST WEEK: 8-2
THIS WEEK : 5-5
TOTALS : 13-7




 

NO. 8 CINCINNATI @ NO.21 SOUTH FLORIDA
NO. 20 OKLAHOMA @ NO.3 TEXAS
NO. 4 VIRGINIA TECH @ NO. 19 GEORGIA TECH
NO. 6 USC @ NO.25 NOTRE DAME
NO. 22 SOUTH CAROLINA @ NO.2 ALABAMA
#5 Boise State vs Tulsa
#11 Iowa vs Wisconsin
Northwestern vs Michigan State
Texas Tech vs #15 Nebraska
Arkansas vs #1 Florida


LAST WEEK: 5-5
THIS WEEK: 7-3
TOTALS : 12-8

FanSportNet.com College Football Pick Em Challenge Week 1

ROY TOOK DARIO DOWN THE FIRST WEEK AS THE RIP PIECE WENT 8-2 AND THE REALIST WENT 5-5.

    







LSU (not impressive but winning… like the OSU teams of early 2000’s)
Nebraska (wants to prove that Mizzou QB wrong)
Bama (They’re going to run the tables, National Champs)
Oregon (hopefully they keep their swagger)
Arkansas
Michigan State (hopefully they don’t have a let down… which they will b/c its MSU)
Iowa (MSU kept pressure on Tate all day… Iowa’s D front is even better than MSU’s)
Ohio State
Tennessee
Florida State

Totals: 8-2







No. 1 Florida @ No.4 LSU
No.21 Nebraska @ No.24 Missouri
No. 3 Alabama @ No. 20 Ole Miss
No. 13 Oregon @ UCLA
No. 22 Georgia Tech @ Florida State
No. 17 Auburn @ Arkansas
Michigan State vs Illinois
Michigan @ No. 12 Iowa
Wisconsin v@ No.9 Ohio State
Georgia @ Tennessee

Totals: 5-5

FanSportNet.com College Football Pick Em Challenge

This will mark the beginning of something epic. It's like Apollo Creed vs. Rocky. It's like The Rock vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin.

It's like the Yankees vs. The Red Sox, Duke vs. North Carolina & The Lakers vs. The Celtics all wrapped in one. This is THE RIP PIECE vs. THE REALIST. They will go head to head to see who is THE MAN in picking College Football Games.

                                                           

We will both select five games each week and pick the winners. This is the start of something big!! This is the start of something enormous!!!!! This is going to be massive!!! This is going to be like the cahunas Joe Pesci had in Goodfellas:

                                                     

The first week games and picks are below:

No. 1 Florida @ No.4 LSU

No.21 Nebraska @ No.24 Missouri
No. 3 Alabama @ No. 20 Ole Miss
No. 13 Oregon @ UCLA
No. 22 Georgia Tech @ Florida State
No. 17 Auburn @ Arkansas
Michigan State vs Illinois
Michigan @ No. 12 Iowa
Wisconsin v@ No.9 Ohio State
Georgia @ Tennessee




    







LSU (not impressive but winning… like the OSU teams of early 2000’s)
Nebraska (wants to prove that Mizzou QB wrong)
Bama (They’re going to run the tables, National Champs)
Oregon (hopefully they keep their swagger)
Arkansas
Michigan State (hopefully they don’t have a let down… which they will b/c its MSU)
Iowa (MSU kept pressure on Tate all day… Iowa’s D front is even better than MSU’s)
Ohio State
Tennessee
Florida State








No. 1 Florida @ No.4 LSU
No.21 Nebraska @ No.24 Missouri
No. 3 Alabama @ No. 20 Ole Miss
No. 13 Oregon @ UCLA
No. 22 Georgia Tech @ Florida State
No. 17 Auburn @ Arkansas
Michigan State vs Illinois
Michigan @ No. 12 Iowa
Wisconsin v@ No.9 Ohio State
Georgia @ Tennessee

THE RIP PIECE:UM vs MSU

How many you got?

Anyways... I am a conflicted Michigan State fan... or should I say Michigan fan? More and more the Michigan is leaving me and Michigan State is taking hold. See, I grew up rooting for Michigan my whole life, then I went to Michigan State for college and that expensive piece of paper on my wall says, "Michigan State University" so going into this game I was really conflicted because I did not want MSU to ruin UM's undefeated season, but I know if MSU plays to their potential every game they could win the Big 10. But enough about that, lets set the atmosphere. How does it sound to be 46 degrees (F not C) at 8 a.m. in the rain hanging out with 100,000+ of your closest 'friends'? It's a blast... especially since 6 months from now 46 degrees will result in people wearing t-shirts. Although, the UM fan standing on his truck talking smack getting hit with beer cans/bottles must have been cold and lonely. Please note that this individual was calling attention upon himself and was rewarded with it; mean while everyone else remains friendly, except for the altercation we saw after the game as well... but that was with a sour loser UM fan telling MSU fans to F off... he was quickly put in his place and that was broken up rather quickly by some more sober citizens.

But needless to say, the things that D loved most about East Lansing were out roaming around... How I miss East Lansing.

78,000 + were in attendance to watch MSU dominate UM. Yes dominate, with 14:49 to play in the 4th quarter the score was 20-6 in favor of the Spartans. MSU's defense put pressure on Forcier, who found himself on his back more often than a prom date. It was very impressive yet so very aggravating because Michigan State has beat itself the previous 3 games. Now its time to call out names... I told you, Dwyer, that MSU looked to be better than UM vs a common opponent (and I don't care about that injury stuff of the ND WR). MSU hit ND harder than UM hit ND all game long and it showed in this game. MSU's first possession against UM looked to be another let down... throwing an interception that UM turned into 3 points. State responded by a 10 minute drive that finished by my boy Larry Caper from Battle Creek (my old stompin grounds) welcoming #8 from Michigan to East Lansing....




From there on out, MSU fumbled a few times... but the defense stepped up and gave the offense more opportunities which they capitalized on. State has a lot of issues with turnovers and it continued in this game. Wisconsin turned 3 T.O.s into 21 points on the Spartans last week. Needless to say, East Lansing was rocking going into the 4th quarter; but then that's when MSU became conservative and protecting against the big play. MSU began to give up so many short passes and next thing you know, UM is on your 10 yard line... Every one's... I mean EVERYONE in the stadium rooting for MSU had their stomach in knots and fully believing that "here we go again" feeling of blowing yet another game. Overtime came and the Spartans won the toss, elected for defense first... which stepped up like they had for 3 quarters of the game and got the T.O. Michigan proceeded to stuff MSU on their possession, so on 3rd down, I believe Caper was suppose to to just get the ball in position for the kick, when he was able to pound his way 23 yards for T.D.

Michigan State's veteran defense finally showed up to play this year. The offense has been one dimensional all year until this game; it looks as if MSU has found its swagger again (talking about from last year). I mean lets be real here, is there a team out there more skytzo than MSU? All and all, I beleive this team is better than last year's 8-3 team even without Ringer. They just need to get out of their own way. MSU held UM to 28 yards rushing... the conferences best running team only had 28 yards vs MSU (where was this in Madison WI last weekend?) MSU has possession for nearly 40 minutes compared to 20 minutes for UM...
Yards: UM 251, MSU 417
Ryds: UM 28, MSU 197
Pyds: UM 223, MSU 220
T.O.s: UM 2, MSU 3
Penalties: UM 2-15, MSU 8-94
Needless to say, it was quite the emotional roller coaster for every fan. Now both teams need to go undefeated from here on out and I will be happy... and so will you, because EVERYONE hates Ohio State.

    

THE RIP PIECE: Michigan State vs Wisconsin 2009

Let me start off by stating this is my first blogging experience and by introducing myself; I'm Roy, a 2006 graduate of The Michigan State University. I currently reside in THE GREAT CITY OF MADISON WISCONSIN and had the opportunity to attend the titled game in 2009. Lets give a little recap of the season before this game; MSU came in with a record of 1-2 and UW with a record of 3-0. There was a chance for rain and I thought the rain would impact MSU's passing game so my initial pick was split; if it rained MSU would lose because we cannot run the ball. If it stayed dry, MSU would win because UW struggles against the pass. Well it stayed dry and MSU still lost. Kirk Cousins did not rebound after that interception in the Norte Dame game last week; he threw sloppy passes and stared at his receivers without looking around for other possible receivers. I was quite frustrated with him; it wasn't till later in the game when I saw him start looking around a bit more. MSU has been playing two quarterbacks, Kirk Cousins and Keith Nichols. Nichols transferred to MSU from Oklahoma becauce he was always going to be behind Sam Bradford. Anyways, the first 3 games of the year Cousins looked to be the better player until the final drive at Notre Dame when he was rushing everything and not relaxing and over threw a wide open Caper in the end zone for the win. Then, the very next play, he forced a pass right into the hands of a defensive player. All this being said, Cousins started and played the majority of game vs UW and although it's not all his fault for the loss, he didn't help with his poor play and turnovers. Yes, I am aware that Nichols had 2 INT's to Cousins 1 INT in the game, but thats only because UW players dropped a few of Cousin's passes. I HAVE TO GIVE UW CREDIT... THEIR OFFENSE KEPT MSU ON ITS TOES GUESSING AND ON THEIR HEELS BACK PEDALING. Wisconsin effectively ran the ball (as always) by keeping MSU in check on defense with their passing game. Offensively UW was very balanced and as soon as MSU would load up to stop the run, UW hit MSU for a  touchdown reception. But enough about the game!! MSU was out played and congrats to UW for starting 4-0.


This was my first experience going into a hostile atmosphere and I was extremely nervous. I was afraid some jerk was going to push me over the limit by throwing something, yelling at my fiance, etc... that I would unload on his face and in return get jumped by 18 other people. Fortunately, that didn't happen and I had the time of my life! Yes, there were a few bad apples in the Wisconsin faithful but everyone else was extremely friendly and polite. Of course they had to raz us before and after the game but thats the fun of it. During our walk to the tailgate spot, people we honking at Erica and I and booing us. It was fun but made me a little nervous. When we arrived at our spot and met up with friends (all MSU alumni) at 8 am, we did what you do at tailgates: bing drink. The UW tailgaters surrounded us but they all were friendly. A few even drank with us...

After the drinking, it was game time. On our walk to Camp Randall Stadium, almost every Wisconsin fan that spoke said, "Good luck" and I simply replied, "Thanks". A few tried talking smack but I figured the best thing to do was to ignore drunken people possibly looking for a fight. Camp Randall is a beautiful stadium. Everything was red and you couldn't see any MSU fans in the stadium even though there were a lot there. A few Wisconsiners approached us after the game to talk with us and give us compliments on Michigan State's campus and thanked us for supporting Madison's economy. All in all, the UW fans were true class acts.

At the start of the 4th quarter I get to see a Wisconsin tradition. I loved it!!!  It was fun and energetic just like the city of Madison. It was something called, 'Jump Around'... I've been trying to upload a video for 2 straight days to this blog and it just isn't working!!! That is frustrating. The youtube videos are all crappy quality so yea...

The stats on the game;
MSU had 486 yards of offense, 90 of those on the ground. Wisconsin had 436 with 193 coming on the ground. MSU had 4 turnovers compared to 1 by UW and 9 penalties compared to 5 by UW.
After the game, I recommend doing exactly what I did. We walked to the Memorial Union on UW-Madison campus and enjoyed the afternoon over looking the lake and had a few more cold ones. Later on, we strolled up State Street towards the capital stopping at Pauls Club for a few MORE before ending up at The Old Fashioned on Capital Square for deep fried cheese curds and a healthy selection of Wisconsin Beer.

Next week, 'big brother' makes the little over an hour drive up to the 'little brothers' to do battle. (Michigan vs. Michigan State).