Weekly Pick of the Week - Rivalry Week

Picks in Bold

Rankings based on CFP Selection Committee Rankings
All lines provided by Sportsbook.ag

#11 Arizona Wildcats @ #13 Arizona State Sun Devils

The Duel in the Desert
Friday 3:30
FOX

#16 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (+12.5) @ #9 Georgia Bulldogs

Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate
12:00
SEC Network

#4 Mississippi State Bulldogs (-3) @ #19 Mississippi Rebels

The Egg Bowl
3:30
CBS

#18 Minnesota Golden Gophers @ #14 Wisconsin Badgers (-14)

The Battle for Paul Bunyan's Axe
3:30
Big 10 Network

#15 Auburn Tigers @ #1 Alabama Crimson Tide (-9.5)

The Iron Bowl
7:45
ESPN

-Yup, I'm only picking 5 games during rivalry week.  I was shocked at how few of the traditional rivalries seem to heavily favor one team right now and aren't worth picking, like Ohio State v. Michigan, Florida v. Florida State, and Oregon v. Oregon State.  Or both teams of a traditional rivalry suck too much to be worth picking, like Notre Dame v. USC and South Carolina v. Clemson (it truly pains me to write that, but to be fair, that game is impossible to pick without knowing who Clemson's starting QB will be).

-Which scenario leads to playoff expansion faster?  1) Three SEC teams make the 4-team playoff?  Or, 2) No SEC teams make the 4-team playoff?  Oddly enough, I think it might be number 2 considering that conference believes they are the gods of college football and they would make a much bigger stink if left out of the playoff.  Personally, I would love to see that happen only because I can't stand those uppity jerks (other than Auburn, they have the most non-SEC SEC fans you will ever meet).

-Week 4.  That was the last time I had a winning week.  Yeah, it's sad, but I finally came through and went 4-2 last week.  Oddly enough, I am still only 4 games under .500 on the year.  But now that I am back to my winning ways, I guarantee another winning week or your money back.

-Last Week's Funniest College GameDay Sign:

"There was another sign that said "Lou Holtz Does Butt Stuff" that was really funny, but I thought this one was more fitting for Harvard."

-Alright, enjoy the fourteenth week of college football.

Last Week's Results: 4-2
Season Results: 34-38

Dream Journal Part 5

I started having the most vivid dreams a couple of years ago and decided to start writing down any that I could remember when I woke up in a Dream Journal.  Like all dreams, they are pretty damn weird, but my dreams are also hilarious.....but still weird.  Here are a couple of those dreams:

• The only thing I remember about this dream is that I'm in my dad's new car and it came with a really weird new feature - EVERY window had its own windshield wiper.
• I'm leaving the opera for some reason with a lady friend and find out that in this dream world, everyone rides dinosaurs instead of driving cars.  On the way home, we pull our stegosaurus named Chappy up to a red light and our jerk neighbors pull up beside us on their shinny new T-Rex.  After talking some shit, I tell Chappy to kick their dino-car's ass, which he promptly does.
• I'm supposed to play golf with my buddy BP at the Atlanta Athletic Club but he doesn't show and I play anyways.  On the 5th hole I hear a commotion and go to investigate only to find a game show happening in the caddy shack.  Before I know it, it's my turn to play and before I can answer my first question, some other guy yells out the answer (which I would have gotten wrong because I thought the answer was Breckin Meyer, I don't remember what the question was).  Somehow I still win and my prize is a Taylor Made 3-wood but when they give it to me, it turns out to be a crappy old Taylor Made Burner driver.  BP suddenly shows up and we finish the round.  Then I woke up.

"I must have been watching this episode of Futurama before I went to bed that night."

Adam Sandler

Do you remember when Adam Sandler couldn't make a bad movie?  He had such a good run of movies for a solid decade with films like Billy Madison, Airheads, Happy Gilmore, The Waterboy, and Big Daddy.  But recently?  Lots and lots of garbage.  I stumbled across this the other day:

That's Sandler's Rotten Tomatoes scores for his most recent movies.  Other than an animated kid's flick, his best score was 20%, and somehow that was That's My Boy, which isn't saying much.  What in the hell happened to him?  Because I honestly don't know.

However, there is good news.  His next movie actually looks promising.  It's called Pixels and stars Sandler along with Peter Dinklage (Tyrion Lannister), Michelle Monagham (Tom Cruise's wife from the Mission: Impossible movies), and Josh Gad (the voice of the snowman from Frozen).  Here is its plot:

     "Video game experts are recruited by the military to fight 1980s-era video game characters who've attacked New York."

I'm in.  But judging by Sandler's recent track record, even this will somehow suck.

"Tyrion Lannister with a mullet?  Yes, please."

NOKW - War of the Worlds

Here comes the next chapter in our "I'm Okay With, I'm Not Okay With" series where I point out things in a movie I can tolerate and then one thing I just couldn't (if you want, click here for all of the past posts):

Movie:  War of the Worlds

Basic Plot:  Aliens attack Earth and Tom Cruise must protect his kids from said aliens.

I'm Okay With:  The fact that the aliens buried their killer tri-pods fairly shallow under city streets and no one stumbled across them.  The fact that Tom Cruise somehow survived that initial attack when it seemed like every person who came near him was blown into dust.  The fact that Tom was able to so easily start that van after all other vehicles were disabled, just in time to drive away from danger.  The fact that Tom and his family should have died WAY too many times in this thing but magically survived each time.  The fact that I'm still not sure that Tom should have killed Tim Robbins, the guy was only trying to survive too.  The fact that Tom Cruise's son magically survives an explosion from an alien offensive that seems to kill everyone else and then he easily makes it to Boston before Tom Cruise does.

I'm Not Okay With:  The fact that the aliens were defeated so easily.  These aliens have the technology to travel across the universe, invade a planet, and yet at no point during their planning they think about native germs.  Bullshit.  They thought far enough ahead to bury their attack tripods under cities and yet while they were down there, they didn't bother to see if any of the local germs and viruses could infect them?  What about taking a couple of samples with them and inventing a cure before their attack?  We know they are advanced enough to travel the cosmos, but not smart enough to defeat the common cold?  I am not okay with that.

"That the aliens' tripods might be the worst designed war machines ever, just one easily placed missile will take it down."

Stupid State Laws - Georgia 9

Here comes another post about a state law that still exists on the books and why it is ridiculous (to see them all, click here):

Georgia

"Cussing over the telephone is against the law."

This is one of those laws that just straight up baffles me.  How in the hell do you even enforce something like this unless a cop happens to be standing beside you as it happens?  Simple answer, they can't.  Complicated answer, they cannot.  I lived in Atlanta for three years and I can honestly say that I should be in jail right now with the amount of cussing I did over the phone during that span.  Sure, I can understand that if someone is cussing on their phone in public with children around to hear it, that's bad, but what about a couple getting in a heat argument on the phone in their homes?  Does Georgia have enough cops to enforce something like that?  Not that I know of.  Then again, speeding isn't illegal as long as you don't get caught either.

"Rookie, some lady just cussed at me on the phone.  Go find her and arrest that bitch!"
"Wasn't that your mother-in-law, Sarge?"
"Uhhhhh......no."

Saturday's Video of Saturday

Here is our weekly funny video post.  Let's see what we got for you guys:

Set up:  Yes, I've shown this video before, but it truly is amazing and deserves to be seen again:

Summary:  And I still dare you to watch this and not get that tune stuck in your head.  Plus, how hot is the girl in this video?  The answer - super.

"In case you were wondering, her name is Madeline Mulqueen.  I looked it up."

Movie Trailer Review - Hunger Games 3-1

This is not a review of the trailer, but a review of this movie based entirely on this movie's trailer.  I have a special talent of being able to figure out whether a movie will be any good based just on the trailer and I'm finally putting that talent to good use.  Screw you, it's a real talent.

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1

Let's get this out of the way.  I read these books and loved the first one, liked the second one, but loathed the last one, which this movie and the next are based on.  Why did I hate it?  Three reasons: 1) The climax was such a letdown, then it just kept going and it didn't get any better.  2)  The author introduced a lot of cool futuristic technology but failed miserably explaining what those cool gizmos did.  3) For every one paragraph of interesting plot, there were two or three paragraphs about how Katniss felt about what was going on.  All in all, I just really didn't like this book and....

I didn't even bother watching the trailer because I really have no interest in going to see this thing because of my disdain for the book.  To be fair, the first half of the book was okay and that is what this movie will cover.  So, if my mom asks me to go see it with her, I might go just because I won't be paying.  Should you go see it?  Depends if you are a big fan of this franchise and/or Jennifer Lawrence.  Otherwise, nah.

Estimated Opening Weekend Box Office Gross - $90 million

What Kind of Fart This Movie Will Resemble:

The Cushioned Fart - A concealed fart, sometimes successful. The farter is usually on the fat side, sometimes a girl. They will squirm and push their butt way down into the cushions of a sofa or over-stuffed chair and ease-out a fart very carefully without moving then or for some time after. Some odor may escape, but usually not much. Common with some people.