Week 2 College Football Preview

This is sloopy’s mandatory link, I had hoped to replace it with “How many days since Indiana beat Ohio State” and link to a very small number, but then the second half happened.

Last weekend had some amazing games.  And no, I don’t want to talk about the last one.  This weekend won’t live up to it, but I could be wrong.  That is why they play the games.

Dubious Rivalry of the Week

Buffalo @ Army, West Point, NY

It’s the battle for NY state, except that part that Syracuse controls.  Buffalo leads the series 3-2.

Tailgate of the Week

This is what happens when someone who doesn’t follow sports “helps.”

Rice @ UTEP, El Paso, TX

This is Rice’s second trip to tailgate of the week, possibly because they are a nice side dish.

Sun Bowl Stadium is carved out of the rocks in El Paso, creating a free upper deck for fans willing to climb the hills.  And this section comes with special amenities you don’t find in most stadiums.

Beer:  Give Ode Brewing a try.  I would.

Booze:  Hand Job

1 oz Vodka

1 oz Tequila

1 oz Banana Liqueur

1 oz Irish Cream

Shake over ice, strain into cocktail glass.

Game of the Century of the Week

Auburn @ Auburn-With-a-Lake, Clemson, SC

Auburn and Clemson are the exact same school.   The only way to tell them apart is to see if you can spot the lake.  If so, you are in Clemson.

The all time record is a surprisingly unbalanced 34-14-2.  I would tell you who leads the series, but it really doesn’t matter as most of the games were played before 19-dickety-4.  Since Nixon’s reelection, they are an even 3-3.

I will point out that my choice last week was much better than the overhyped snooze fest that was being hyped by everyone else.

Top 25

 The “bug” last week was not in my software, but one of my orphans screwed up the data entry.  A few beatings took care of that and way are back to normal.

  1. LSU 4.820
  2. South Carolina 4.751  +1
  3. Mississippi St 4.692  +1
  4. Duke 4.672  +1
  5. Auburn 4.646  +1
  6. UCLA 4.629  +4
  7. Clemson 4.618
  8. Mississippi 4.595  +1
  9. Georgia 4.594  +2
  10. “Cheer harder!”

    Notre Dame 4.566  +2

  11. Alabama 4.563  +2
  12. Utah 4.561  NR
  13. Michigan 4.504  +2
  14. Arizona St 4.501  NR
  15. Nebraska 4.498  +5
  16. Boston College 4.495
  17. Pittsburgh 4.481
  18. California 4.472  NR
  19. Iowa 4.471  +4
  20. Illinois 4.469  +1
  21. Michigan St 4.458  NR
  22. Tennessee 4.457  -3
  23. Oregon 4.454  NR
  24. Maryland 4.451
  25. Syracuse 4.450

Falling out: Georgia Tech, Texas A&M, Purdue, Texas Tech, Texas

Comments

91 responses to “Week 2 College Football Preview”

  1. Heroic Mulatto


    Yeah so fucking what? I got that Neapolitan penis, fuck you gonna do about it? Guaranteed your bitch gonna be more excited to suck on multi colored popsicle than your bland ass monotone dick. My penis be the cultural climax of three of the greatest colors known to mankind. The chocolate, the cream, and last but not least the rose. There are LAYERS to this dick, like a goddamn onion, by the end of the session when I’m done cutting it you can guarantee your girl gonna be crying tears of joy. You telling me right now as a farmer who wants culturally diverse chickens on his free range farm, you just gonna get roosters that are one color? Fuck that, give me some colorful cocks any day. Neopenis out.

    1. But Enough About Me

      This is a level of performance-art posting I’m just not clueful enough to understand.

      1. Bobarian LMD

        What I got out of this is HM just comes here for the ice cream.

    2. Suthenboy

      As usual I am late to the thread.

      As usual there isnt much point in reading past Hm.

      1. But Enough About Me

        I just wanna know why he memory-holed Thicc Thursday. She was cute until she turned profile. {pout}

        1. I think the way they pose themselves makes them look creepily disproportioned. It’s like the way BP photshops Becky’s arm holding the mike, except with a different part of the body.

    3. commodious spittoon

      Neoprenis otoh is what it feels like with the condom on.

  2. AlmightyJB
    1. AlmightyJB

      Working on this. Lots of flavor. A good stout. Bell’s never disappoints.

      https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/287/2403/

      1. DEG

        I like Bell’s. Unfortunately, I have none of their beer in the house.

  3. DOOMco

    SC needs a reliable WR.

  4. RBS

    Howmanydayssinceohiostatebeatclemson…

    1. Meh. They pasted us in the playoff, that’s for sure. But it’s not the same as a rivalry game.

      Also, in case anybody missed the link, it’s been THIS MANY DAYS since Meatchicken beat the Buckeyes.

      1. RBS

        I know you can’t control that every idiot Ohio State fan spends at least a week in my hometown every summer, but I have grown to hate Ohio State more than I hate the Gamecocks.

        1. I’ve grown to hate Ohio State because of Sloopy’s tedious, masturbatory “Michigan droolz! Ohio State rules!” stuff.

          1. Playa Manhattan

            Uh, don’t you mean THE Ohio State?

        2. I don’t think I spent a week there this summer, and I’m a huge idiot Ohio State fan.

          As for Ted, I don’t understand the hate. Have I slighted you in some way? Or are you a fan of TTUN? Because if you were, that would explain the rage.

          1. AlmightyJB

            O-H

          2. AlmightyJB

            WooHoo! Go Bucks!

          3. trshmnstr

            Me hanging out with Big Bird, repping the Buckeyes.

          4. AlmightyJB

            Nice TM:)

          5. Sweet, garbage man!

          6. Playa Manhattan

            N-O

  5. DEG

    Ode Brewing’s stuff looks great.

    I’m drinking a Sydney Street Stout which is pretty good.

    1. But Enough About Me

      I’m drinking soju. It’s an efficient inebriator.

      1. Heroic Mulatto

        Damn, son. That’s tequila-levels of dangerous.

        1. commodious spittoon

          Tequila is a great shooter. I’m not sure why anyone would shoot with anything else.

        2. But Enough About Me

          I can handle it. AND ANYONE WHO SAYS I CAN’T GETS A BULLET RIGHT THROUGH THE MONITOR! {belch}

        3. Gustave Lytton

          I suppose it depends on the strength. Most soju around here is only 15%.

      2. But Enough About Me
      3. Soju mixer – just take a bottle, add some fruit juice powder, shake and drink normally. Just don’t try and stand up.

    2. I had a glass of Bordeaux with dinner.

      1. But Enough About Me

        Yeah, I’ma gonna do a few Pinot Noir rosés with dinner as well…

        1. Rosé? What kind of monster are you?

          1. But Enough About Me

            The kind that gives his custom to local wineries that experiment with their wines, to delightful result. 😉

          2. Bobarian LMD

            I have some Kentucky Old Fashioned Barrel Ale.

            It’s a 10% bourbon influenced ale, that I got an incredible deal on.

            Different initial taste that really grows on you.

          3. Bobarian LMD

            And I’m getting fucked up fron it, too

            Go Chiefs!

      2. commodious spittoon

        Buck fucking fiddy PBRs at my favorite watering hole. I am loving life. Several drinks and a good tip and I didn’t break twenty dollars. Home now for a repast of *opens fridge* ramen and Evan Williams.

        1. RBS

          I did not make it beyond “Butt fucking…”

          1. commodious spittoon

            Overrated.

            Kinda-sometimes FWB sprung it on me awhile back, and… I don’t know, okay? It’s a thing. Okay. There are better options.

        2. Ugh, prole

        3. Playa Manhattan

          “Several drinks and a good tip and I didn’t break twenty dollars”

          So that’s 8, maybe ten PBRs at the most? That’s an awful lot of effort to not catch a buzz.

          1. commodious spittoon

            Sometimes it’s just about sightseeing.

          2. Bobarian LMD

            Being paid 20 to drink 7 PBRs just ain’t worth it; have some self-respect!

        4. mikey

          I guess anything liquid and served in a glass or bottle is technically a “drink”.

          1. Playa Manhattan

            Hang on.

            *goes to buy wide mouth gatorade bottles*

  6. Vhyrus

    Situation update: had to change trucks in ft Lauderdale cause uhaul sucks big donkey dicks. Found an open storage area in Sarasota. Heading towards Naples. Hopefully we can find a hotel.

    1. commodious spittoon

      What was the problem? You’d think they’d be happy having their trucks driven out of a hurricane path.

      1. Vhyrus

        Pickups are in town only. We begged them to let us drive it Tampa but no dice. Now I’m driving a 10 footer

    2. Question: why didn’t you just overstay your reservation and pay a penalty with Uhaul later?

      1. Vhyrus

        Ft Lauderdale is going to look like a bomb went off in it after sunday

        I want no part of that

  7. Lachowsky

    My team, Razorbacks, are going to play TCU in Fayetteville this saturday. It should be a good game

  8. Derpetologist

    Harvard students call Charles Murray a ‘white nationalist’
    https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=9721

    ***
    “He doesn’t just hate—or believe in the inferiority of—people of color and the working class; he also thinks that women are just generally less intelligent, less morally relevant, than men,” Whittaker continues. “He says that women have played a proportionally tiny part in the history of the arts and sciences. He asks, ‘where are the female Einsteins?’”

    “Right here!” the audience shouts in response.
    ***

    [head desk]

    1. commodious spittoon

      Betting dollars to donuts jackass has never read a single word written by, or even a quoted word of, Charles Murray.

      We need to defund student loans. Immediately. And call in existing debts. Lift the bankruptcy rules on student loans, and force debtors through serious no-shit bankruptcy proceedings. This social justice cancer is only curable through excision and amputation. We have unleashed a plague on humanity by convincing dipshit teenagers that they can have opinions, and that those opinions deserve a public airing. We have a lost generation of stupid gits on our hands, and we need to limit that contagion. Quit feeding the plague, quit funneling smart kids into indoctrination camps. Write off this generation and let’s return to normality.

    2. JaimeRoberto

      Thanks to these clowns I’ve started reading The Bell Curve. I haven’t got to the racist bits yet, so I’m not outraged yet. Next up on my list is Time on the Cross to learn more about the economics of slavery.

      1. After that, take a look at the wonders of multicultural unencumbered mass migration with “The Camp of the Saints.” I’ve *got* to write a full review for it eventually. You know if it sets Shikha off it’s gold….and trust me – it is.

        1. JaimeRoberto

          Already read it. It was ok. Some things were spot on, but I can see why Shikha was put off by the potrayal of Indians.

  9. Bobarian LMD

    On another note:

    Go Chiefs!

    Fuck the Patriots!

    1. commodious spittoon

      Fuck you, buddy! GO PACK GO

      1. commodious spittoon

        Woops, read Patriots as

        you know what, I’m going to mix myself another drink.

    2. DOOMco

      *drops gloves*
      What’d you say about Boston?

      1. It would be nice if the Patriots actually played in Boston.

        1. DOOMco

          That would be cool, but where would they?

  10. Playa Manhattan

    That list can’t be right. Cal isn’t on there.

  11. Timeloose

    Penn State Pitt rematch Sat. I think some revenge will be served. It will also be good to see the in state rivalry rekindled.

    1. Bobarian LMD

      Is this where we start telling pedophile jokes?

      1. Playa Manhattan

        It’s too young for that. I mean soon. It’s too soon for that.

        1. Bobarian LMD

          How does Penn State separate the men from the boys?

          They don’t.

  12. Your software has an inherent SEC bias. We all know MIss State are frauds.

  13. DOOMco

    AP’s looks different.
    what list are you using, ROBC?

    1. Playa Manhattan

      I believe the one that doesn’t have UCLA.

  14. trshmnstr

    Well, I was actually quite pleasantly surprised that Purdue was in it until the last drive with Louisville. It was mostly Louisville’s doing, but this is a Purdue team that hasn’t really been competitive with ranked teams since ~2008. We’re the friday night special this week (what the fuck is with college football on fridays, B1G??), so hopefully the first game doesn’t prove to be a fluke.

  15. robc

    I explained ranking methodology week 0, but will cover again. It is a homebrew system. From final rankings of 2016, I predicted all of 2017 games. As real results happen, they replace the predictions. If I used that, it would look a lot like the AP or any other system. But that isnt what I use. I then loop thru the program 130 times (once per FBS team) and set the target teams future games to them winning and pull their projected rating out. I then rank all 130 teams based on that rating.

    So a hypothetical 12-0 LSU team is better than any other hypothetical undefeated team.

    The SEC bias is actually a has Bama on the schedule bias. Same for Clemson. I am surprised Auburn isnt higher.

    At this point, its basically a SOS ranking.

    1. DOOMco

      ahh, ok.

    2. Playa Manhattan

      How do you explain UCLA at #6?

      1. robc

        9 P12 games, including not getting pulled down by Oregon St as they dont play them. Tamu, Hawaii and Memphis out of conference. All are bowl probable. No crappy fcs game.

        Its a strong schedule.

  16. trshmnstr

    Quick recommendation for future iterations (if feasible): put the team’s record next to the rating.

    I really enjoy what you’ve put together here robc!

    1. DOOMco

      I really enjoy what you’ve put together here robc!

      100%

    2. robc

      I have been planning that, but havent added that feature in yet because my systen thinks everyone on that list is 12-0.

      I will get it added in before teams with a loss get back in the top 25.

    3. robc

      I hope people are enjoying the fact that I cover games not covered by the espns.

      I was also going to say more hand job videos than espn, but that was espn.

  17. straffinrun

    Who are you? I’m not talking about your name or your occupation. I’m talking about something bigger. Something bigger. Something deeper. I’m talking about your connection to a culture, a history, a destiny.

    1. straffinrun

      “`I’m not a fascist` is exactly what a fascist would say.”

    2. westernsloper

      Is that Napoleon Dynamite with tits?

    3. Playa Manhattan

      Between that and Hillary’s book tour, Trump is going to get crowned king in 2020.

      1. straffinrun

        Not quite in the majority, is she?

  18. Raven Nation

    Holy crap – the Chefs are ahead!

    1. Bobarian LMD

      The referees sure seem to be overly involved in the patriot’s offensive scheme.

      1. Bobarian LMD

        42-27

        GO CHIEFS!