I am just plain lazy

or as some might say "shiftless". I have had stories to write about for the last few weeks, I just haven't taken the time to write them down.

I have a ton of excuses. I have had a ton of shit on my mind. Shit that makes me revisit past times when i have stopped writing because the writing has become too personal. Shit that makes me want to quit my job and go live in a village in Africa where the women all have huge milk laden tit's. But the bottom line is I have been to lazy to sit in front of this box and write.

In the past three weeks, i have experienced the following events:

the Lakers getting their asses handed to them by Detroit
The Trojans of USC whopping up on the Oregon Duck's and starting another run on the National Championship.
Both of the above happened with my Pop's

UFC middle weight champion Matt Hughes falling to George St. Pierre, among other fights, at ARCO Arena. Home of the largest collection of red necks in CA.

USC putting a overrated Notre Dame football team away early in the third Quarter.

All of these events have stories attached, and I promise to tell them over the next few days, unless of course I am knee deep in pussy. If that happens to be the case, stand by for more stories!!!

Ichat transcripts follow:

Whiskey:
doooode, i am fucked up and about to post
8:38
i need to get laid

JD:
8:39
i am too
8:39
fucked up that is

Whiskey:
8:39
nice
8:39
i have only had one drink

JD:
8:39
wow

Whiskey:
8:39
i made (the OL) pour it into one of my big water cups.

JD:
8:39
LOL

Whiskey:
8:40
it was a Jack and coke. prolly 12 oz of coke and 12 oz of jack.
8:40
i pulled the fcuking diffuser thing out of the handle of jack and made her pour.
8:40
i fiinished it ablout 10 min ago and have been getting progessivly drunker


Blogging music: Mos Def, The New Danger

I ate it so bad my board broke

I know I loss the parlay with the FSU flop, but the LSU game was a killer. Most times when a team is up by 14 points and less than 1 minute left in the game it goes into victory formation. Well Bama kept calling time so LSU kept running the ball and sure enough, LSU ends up inside the Bama 10. At this point there is easily less than a minute and no time outs, but LSU does the unthinkable, they go for the score. How awesome, a TD covers, they are going to save the bet, and what do they do? Nothing, that was a let down like no other.

Got a Friday night special for y'all; all games are one unit this week.

FRIDAY
Central Michigan at Northern Illinois – CMU -4

SATURDAY
Oklahoma at Baylor – OU -20.5
Kansas State at Kansas – KSU +2.5
Connecticut at Syracuse – UConn +1
Tennessee at Vanderbilt – UT -8
UL Monroe at Kentucky – UK -20
New Mexico at BYU – BYU -27
Wyoming at UNLV – UW -9
Maryland at BC – UM +8
Oregon St. at Stanford – OSU -14
Arizona at Oregon – AU +14
ULL at FIU – ULL -5.5
Cal at USC – USC -5
SJS at Hawaii – UH -24

YTD: 23-18 , +9.5 units

Bonus Parlay: Oregon St., USC, Hawaii, BYU, Wyoming

Let's go surfing

The last few picks have been bums, what can I say. Still up a little, but with only a few weeks left I need to make a big push. Let's face it, the late start is going to end up hurting in the end, so I recommend a wave strategy for this week. Take some winnings from the early games and lay it on a late game parlay.

NC State (3-6) at Clemson (7-3) 12:00 PM EST – NC State +17

Wisconsin (9-1) at Iowa (6-4) 12 PM EST ESPN – UW -2

Minnesota (4-6) at Michigan State (4-6) 12 PM EST – UM -2

Purdue (6-4) at Illinois (2-8) 12 PM EST – Purdue -3

Navy (6-3) at Eastern Michigan (1-8) 1 PM – Navy -12

Stanford (0-9) at Washington (4-6), 3:30 EST – UW -19

Notre Dame (8-1) at Air Force (4-4) 4 PM – ND -11.5

Troy (4-4) at Florida Atlantic (3-6) 4 PM – FAU +4

Utah State (1-8) at Nevada (6-3) 4:00 PM EST – Nev -30

Oregon State (6-3) at UCLA (4-5), 6:15 EST – OSU -2

Alabama (6-4) at LSU (7-2) 7:45 PM EST ESPN – LSU -18

Wake Forest (8-1) at Florida State (5-4) 8:00 PM EST – FSU -8

All Games 1 unit

YTD: 16-13, +7.5 units

Check back Saturday for a possible late night Hawaii pick.

We have a new URL!!!

We can now be found at www.doooode.com.

Brisket Contest

We entered a Brisket cook-off yesterday. I had high hopes for this contest. There were about 30 teams entered I made a brisket with my standard brisket rub. Expect with a extra amount of brown sugar to give it a little sweeter flavor that judges love. I felt the finished product came out really well, however we did not place in the top 3.

I did learn some interesting twists on cooking brisket. One team told me about dipping a brisket in milk and then rubbing it, another team soaked there brisket in whiskey and beer for a few hours before rubbing it. The team that ended up it third ended told me they covered theirs in thousand island dressing before rubbing it. I am going to have to try that next week.

Here is to one day winning one of these contests! Cheers

WOW

The decision was a tough one to make.

USC v. Stanford at Stanford Stadium at 4:00, or a tasting of Louis XIII with a few good friends.

I choose the once in a lifetime Louis XIII tasting and let me tell you, te title of this post does not do it justice.

Brian lied, the unit died

That's what I get for watching a pre-game show. Right before the game started, all Herbstreit could talk about was how great Brohm was feeling. Well, on to the picks.

Boston College (7-1) at Wake Forest (7-1) 7:00 PM – BC -3.5 – 2 units

Virginia (4-5) at Florida State (4-4) 12:00 PM EST – FSU -11 – 1 unit

Indiana (5-4) at Minnesota (3-6) 12 PM EST – IU +6 – 1 unit

Ohio State (9-0) at Illinois (2-7) 3:30 PM EST – OSU -24 – 1 unit

USC (6-1) at Stanford (0-8), 7:00 EST – USC -28 – 1 unit

North Carolina (1-7) at Notre Dame (7-1) 2:30 PM EST – ND -24.5 – 1 unit

East Carolina (4-4) at UCF (2-6), 4:00 EST – ECU -6 – 1 unit

YTD: 13-9, +9.5

Apple Hookah

Tangiers F-Line Apple
Smiley's Ultimate Glass Hookah Head and glass screen
MYA Bohemian Hookah
Martinelli's Sparkling Apple Cider and ice in the base

The OL even joined me for this one. The aroma of the Tangiers apple is awesome (that's what got the OL out there)!!! The flavor was mild, but very true to an apple. The cider in the base intensified the apple. Add in a couple of swigs from the bottle cider, and it was apple nirvana!

We followed this with a nice bowl of salad.

Great start to the third quarter of the WV v. Louisville. Wins some you lose some.

The X-Factor

The line for WVU vs. UL is pick'em. Why? Brian Brohm is the X-factor. If his hand is healthy UL will throw all over the WVU secondary, if not, UL fans are in for a long night. I don't have a decent report on the hand and the bye week had to help with the healing. What this boils down to is if you have a report that says "healthy hand," then stay away because the healthy hand makes the game a toss up. If you know the hand is bad, then Brohm will play like he has in his last two games, which means WVU (2 units).

Update: ESPN Reports that Brohm says his hand feels fine but that he has some trouble gripping the ball, and that his thumb feels tight when it is cold. Current Temp: 38 F. I'm moving it down to a 1 unit game because there is always the chance that Brohm is betting on himself and he is trying to move the line.

WVU +1.5 over UL (1 unit) (Yep, that's right I got +1.5)

YTD: 13-8, +10.5