College Football Recap - 11/28/11

It is not even close anymore for No. 1:


LSU played by far the best schedule. They didn't have to, but they played Oregon (Pac-12 Champ) and West Virginia (Big East Champ).

BCS Flaw:
For those interested each conference can only have 2 BCS bids, so what happens if Georgia beats LSU? There is an exception to the 2 team rule and it is if the two non-champions are ranked #1 and #2 as would likely be the case with LSU and Alabama. Leave it to the BCS to make an exception for two NON-CHAMPIONS to be ranked #1 and #2 in their rankings.

I am not seeing the love that everyone has for Alabama, they have 3 wins over teams with winning records, their best win...Arkansas. Boise St. has 7 wins over teams with winning records, and their best win...Georgia. We here don't want a rematch, if you couldn't beat them at home you don't deserve another chance.

This weeks big mover is, unfortunately, BYU, up 16 spots, but we can take solace in the fact that their best win this year was Utah State.

This Weeks Ranking:
1 LSU 19
2 Boise St. 14.5
3 Oklahoma St. 13
4 TCU 11
5 Alabama 8.75
6 Oklahoma 8.5
7 Virginia Tech 8.5
8 USC 8
9 Stanford 7.5
10 Oregon 7.25
11 Nebraska 7
12 Houton 6.5
13 Michigan St. 6
14 Wisconsin 5.5
15 Baylor 5.5
16 Kansas St. 5
17 Michigan 4.5
18 Arkansas 4.25
19 South Carolina 4
20 Clemson 4
21 Arkansas St. 2
22 Georgia 2
23 Auburn 0.75
24 Penn St. 0.5
25 West Virginia 0.25
26 Southern Miss. -0.5
27 Notre Dame -0.5
28 Texas -0.5
29 Tulsa -1.25
30 Wyoming -1.5
31 Virginia -2
32 Georgia Tech -2
33 San Diego St. -3
34 Northern Illinois -3.5
35 Rutgers -3.5
36 Missouri -4
37 Iowa State -4
38 BYU -4.5
39 Cincinatti -4.5
40 Toledo -4.5
41 Lousiana Lafayette -4.5
42 Washington -4.5
43 North Carolina -4.5
44 Lousiana Tech -4.75
45 SMU -4.75
46 North Carolina St. -5
47 Iowa -5.5
48 Ohio -6
49 Western Kentucky -6.25
50 Florida St. -6.5
51 Louisville -6.5
52 Florida International -7
53 Air Force -7
54 California -7
55 Temple -8
56 Utah -8.5
57 Utah St. -9
58 Nevada -9
59 Western Michigan -10.5

The Heisman is pretty wide open this year and I am changing up and going Defense:
1. Tyrann Mathieu: The Honey Badger has 5 forced fumbles 2 picks and a punt return, he has been the most dominant player on the most dominant team.
2. Case Keenum: 393 YPG, 43 Touchdowns to 3 Interceptions, very impressive, but not great competition.
3. Robert Griffin
4. Montee Ball
5. Andrew Luck

Game to watch for this week Oregon v. UCLA, history might be made as a team playing for a conference championship ends up with a losing record or even better a 7-6 team going to the Rose Bowl.

College Football Recap - 11/21/11

LSU, back on top after Oklahoma St.'s loss to Iowa State. The biggest move up this week was North Carolina St., who jumped 23 spots.

1 LSU 17
2 Oklahoma St. 16.5
3 Boise St. 14.5
4 TCU 12
5 Alabama 10.75
6 Oklahoma 10.5
7 USC 10.5
8 Michigan 10
9 Virginia Tech 10
10 Nebraska 9.5
11 Oregon 9.25
12 Michigan St. 9
13 Clemson 7.5
14 Penn St. 7.5
15 Kansas St. 7.5
16 Arkansas 7
17 Baylor 7
18 Stanford 6.5
19 Houton 5
20 Wisconsin 4.5
21 Notre Dame 4
22 Auburn 3.75
23 Arkansas St. 3.5
24 South Carolina 3
25 Rutgers 3
26 Texas 2
27 Georgia Tech 2
28 West Virginia 1.75
29 Texas A&M 1
30 Virginia 1
31 Southern Miss. 0.5
32 Georgia 0.5
33 North Carolina 0
34 Cincinatti -1
35 Tulsa -1
36 Miami -1
37 Iowa -1
38 Missouri -1
39 Wyoming -1
40 Ohio St. -1.5
41 Lousiana Lafayette -1.5
42 Illinois -1.5
43 Iowa State -1.5
44 North Carolina St. -2
45 Northern Illinois -2.5
46 Toledo -2.5
47 San Diego St. -2.5
48 Arizona St. -3.5
49 Utah -3.5
50 Washington -3.5
51 Lousiana Tech -3.75
52 SMU -3.75
53 Florida St. -4
54 BYU -4
55 Louisville -4
56 Syracuse -4.5
57 Ball St. -4.5
58 Florida -4.75
59 Ohio -5
60 South Florida -5
61 Wake Forest -5
62 Western Kentucky -5.25
63 California -5.5
64 UCLA -5.75
65 Temple -6
66 Pittsburgh -6
67 Northwestern -6
68 Air Force -6
69 Florida International -6.5
70 Nevada -6.5
71 Utah St. -8.5
72 Western Michigan -8.5
73 Eastern Michigan -8.5

Heisman Top 5:
1. Case Keenum
2. Robert Griffin
3. Montee Ball
4. LaMichael James
5. Russell Wilson

College Football Recap - 11/14/11

The Cowboys are back on top. With Boise St. and Stanford losing the BCS gotta be scared right now. The biggest move up this week goes to South Florida and my beloved Utes, both moved up 17 spots.

Top 25:
1 Oklahoma St. 21.5
2 LSU 19.5
3 Oklahoma 15.5
4 Oregon 14.25
5 TCU 13.5
6 Alabama 13.25
7 Boise St. 13
8 Nebraska 12.5
9 Michigan 12
10 Clemson 12
11 Michigan St. 10.5
12 Virginia Tech 9.5
13 Penn St. 9.5
14 USC 8.5
15 Arkansas 8
16 Kansas St. 7.25
17 Stanford 7
18 Southern Miss. 7
19 Wisconsin 5.5
20 Notre Dame 5.5
21 South Carolina 5.5
22 Auburn 5.25
23 Houton 5
24 Georgia 5
25 Texas 4.75
26 Texas A&M 4.25
27 Arkansas St. 4
28 Georgia Tech 4
29 West Virginia 3.75
30 Baylor 3.25
31 Washington 2.5
32 Tulsa 1.75
33 Cincinatti 1.5
34 Ohio St. 1.5
35 Rutgers 1.5
36 Illinois 1.5
37 Missouri 1.25
38 Texas Tech 1.25
39 North Carolina 1
40 South Florida 0.5
41 Wyoming 0.5
42 Miami 0
43 Arizona St. -0.5
44 Virginia -0.5
45 Utah -1
46 Iowa -1
47 Toledo -1
48 Ball St. -1
49 Lousiana Lafayette -1.25
50 UCLA -1.25
51 Florida St. -1.5
52 San Diego St. -2
53 SMU -2
54 Nevada -2.5
55 Mississippi St. -2.75
56 Iowa State -3
57 Louisville -3
58 Wake Forest -3
59 Northern Illinois -3.5
60 BYU -3.5
61 Pittsburgh -3.5
62 Syracuse -3.5
63 Purdue -3.5
64 Florida -3.75
65 Vanderbilt -4
66 California -4
67 North Carolina St. -4
68 Ohio -4.5
69 Northwestern -4.5
70 Lousiana Tech -4.75
71 Temple -5
72 Western Michigan -5
73 Eastern Michigan -5
74 Western Kentucky -5.25
75 Air Force -6
76 Florida International -6.5
77 Utah St. -7
78 UTEP -7.75
79 Hawaii -9.5
80 Connecticut -11

Top 25 Conference breakdown:
SEC: 6
Big 10: 5
Big 12: 4
Pac 12: 3
Mtn. West: 2
ACC: 2
Conf. USA: 2
Independent: 1
Big East: 0
Sun Belt: 0
MAC: 0
WAC: 0

Yet the Big East still has an automatic bid to the BCS and teams like BYU are talking about climbing aboard this sinking ship. What a system.

Has anyone else considered that if UCLA loses to USC and Arizona St. loses one more game that UCLA will go to the Pac-12 championship with a 6-6 record and when they lose to Oregon will not be bowl eligible? That would be priceless.

Top 25 matchups to watch for:
#8 Nebraska at #9 Michigan (I got Nebraska)
#14 USC at #4 Oregon (I got Oregon)
#16 Kansas St. at #25 Texas (I'll go Texas)

Heisman Top 5:
Andrew Luck took a big hit getting blown out at Oregon. My Top 5 this week:

1. Case Keenum
2. Robert Griffin
3. Montee Ball
4. LaMichael James
5. Justin Blackmon

It was a crazy week with the Penn State scandal. In my opinion Paterno had to go. Don't get it twisted it was a cover-up. They all knew, and did not do enough to get Sandusky out of there. He was lifting weights on campus a week ago....are you for real? McQueary, you are still there, do you not remember finding him anally raping a kid and you are just cool with him being around?

This moment, for me, did Joe in:



Did he just say: “The kids that were victims or whatever they say, I think we ought to say a prayer for them. Tough life, when people do certain things to you. Anyway, you’ve been great. Everything’s great, all right.”

Yeah Joe I think most of us would consider ten year old kids being raped as victims or whatever.

Sandusky is sick but what McQueary and Paterno did is also sick, this should have never continued.

Top 25 - 11/7/11

With their big 9-6 win over Bama, LSU moves back to No. 1. We have included all the team rankings this week. Once you hit six losses you are ineligible which leaves 88 teams ranked at this point.

Many of the talking heads are calling for a LSU/Bama rematch for the Championship. This is a knee jerk illogical reaction. Alabama really hasn't played that difficult of a schedule and they lost at home, why should they get a rematch, they had their chance and lost.

1 LSU 24
2 Oklahoma St. 21
3 Oklahoma 20
4 Boise St. 16.5
5 Alabama 14.75
6 Penn St. 12.75
7 Clemson 12.5
8 Nebraska 11
9 Virginia Tech 11
10 Oregon 10.75
11 Michigan 10
12 Arkansas 10
13 Stanford 9.5
14 South Carolina 9.5
15 Texas 9.25
16 TCU 9
17 Southern Miss. 9
18 Michigan St. 9
19 USC 8.25
20 Kansas St. 8.25
21 Auburn 8.25
22 Houston 8
23 Notre Dame 7.5
24 Texas A&M 7.25
25 Georgia 6.75
26 Cincinnati 6.5
27 Wisconsin 6
28 Georgia Tech 6
29 North Carolina 6
30 Ohio St. 5.5
31 Illinois 5.5
32 Washington 4.75
33 Rutgers 4
34 Baylor 3.75
35 Arizona St. 3.5
36 Miami 3.5
37 Tulsa 3.5
38 Louisville 3
39 Arkansas St. 2.5
40 SMU 2.5
41 Texas Tech 2.5
42 West Virginia 2.25
43 Toledo 2.25
44 Virginia 2
45 Marshall 1.25
46 Missouri 0.75
47 North Carolina St. 0.75
48 Iowa 0.5
49 UCLA 0.5
50 Wyoming 0.5
51 Florida 0.25
52 Lousiana Lafayette 0.25
53 Tennessee 0.25
54 Syracuse 0
55 Iowa State 0
56 Mississippi St. -0.25
57 South Florida -0.5
58 Wake Forest -0.5
59 Ball St. -0.5
60 Florida St. -1
61 San Diego St. -1
62 Utah -1
63 Northern Illinois -1.5
64 Western Michigan -1.5
65 BYU -2
66 Pittsburgh -2.5
67 Nevada -2.75
68 California -3
69 Northwestern -3
70 Ohio -3.5
71 Vanderbilt -3.5
72 Florida International -3.5
73 Western Kentucky -3.5
74 Eastern Michigan -3.5
75 Lousiana Tech -3.75
76 Temple -4
77 Purdue -4
78 Air Force -4.25
79 East Carolina -4.25
80 Utah St. -5
81 Kentucky -5.75
82 UTEP -6.25
83 Connecticut -6.5
84 Bowling Green -6.5
85 Hawaii -7.5
86 UCF -8.5
87 Colorado St. -10.25
88 Miami Ohio -10.5

Top 25 - 10/31/11

1 Oklahoma St.
2 LSU
3 Boise St.
4 Oklahoma
5 Alabama
6 Stanford
7 Nebraska
8 Penn St.
9 Clemson
10 Virginia Tech
11 Michigan
12 South Carolina
13 Michigan St.
14 Kansas St.
15 Houston
16 North Carolina
17 Oregon
18 USC
19 Arkansas
20 Texas A&M
21 Auburn
22 Georgia
23 Southern Miss.
24 Georgia Tech
25 Notre Dame

Everybody is hyping LSU v. Alabama who are #1 and #2 in the BCS, but here it is only #2 v. #5. Oklahoma St. has regained the No. 1 spot for now. Other Top 25 match-ups this week include #12 South Carolina v. #19 Arkansas, #1 Oklahoma St. v. #14 Kansas St. and #4 Oklahoma v. #20 Texas A&M.

TOp 25 - 10/24/11

1 LSU 22.5
2 Alabama 21.5
3 Oklahoma St. 21.5
4 Boise St. 20
5 Clemson 18
6 Oklahoma 16
7 Kansas St. 15.5
8 Virginia Tech 15.25
9 Penn St. 14.75
10 Stanford 14.5
11 Texas A&M 14.25
12 Michigan 14
13 South Carolina 13.5
14 Houton 12.5
15 Michigan St. 12
16 Nebraska 12
17 USC 12
18 Oregon 11.25
19 Notre Dame 10.5
20 Auburn 10.5
21 Arkansas 10.25
22 Wisconsin 10
23 Georgia 9.75
24 Southern Miss. 9.5
25 Syracuse 9.5

Top 25 - 10/17/11

1 LSU 21.5
2 Alabama 20.5
3 Oklahoma St. 20.5
4 Boise St. 19.5
5 Oklahoma 19
6 Clemson 18
7 Virginia Tech 16.25
8 Michigan 16
9 South Carolina 15
10 Kansas St. 15
11 Nebraska 14.25
12 Penn St. 14.25
13 Stanford 13.5
14 Georgia Tech 13
15 Texas A&M 12.75
16 Houton 12.5
17 Notre Dame 12.5
18 Texas 12.5
19 Auburn 11.75
20 Illinois 11.5
21 Arizona St. 11.5
22 North Carolina 11.5
23 USC 11.5
24 Oregon 11.25
25 Georgia 11.25

Heisman Top 5:
1. Robert Griffin
2. Case Keenum
3. Trent Richardson
4. Ryan Broyles
5. Andrew Luck

Seal Beach Tragedy

For those interested in more info on the crazy shooter in Seal Beach, I have done some research and his name is Scott Dekraai.

Here is what we know:

Scott Dekraai was divorced from a Kristen Dekraai on 9/13/99, which was 12 years ago.

The alleged target was named as his ex wife "Michelle Dekraai", but there is no record in Orange County for a divorce from a Michelle Dekraai, unless Michelle is Kristen's middle name.

The supposed custody battle leading to the attack is over a 7 to 8 year son, who was apparently conceived after the divorce unless Michelle Dekraai is someone different than Kristen Dekraai. Yet there is no custody case pending in Orange County.

Scott Dekraai has now remarried a Luzviminda Dekraai and they own a house in Huntington Beach at 16212 Melody Lane, Huntington Beach. It was purchased by Scott in April 2008 for $629,000 and he took out a loan of $315,000, his new wife was eventually added to the title. They also recently purchased a home for $495,000 at 20720 Nectar Avenue in Lakewood with a loan of $242,000. Our guy Scott has some money.

Contrary to news reports there is no person with the last name Dekraai licensed by the California board of cosmetology.

Something appears to be off in what is being reported, I think the current wife (Luzviminda) must be the same Michelle being talked about and he was out to get someone associated with her at the salon. Convertible BMW Laywer (Lincoln Lawyer's main competition) is on the case, we'll try to get some more details to figure this thing out.

Top 25 - 10/10/11

Alabama is the first team to go back to back weeks at No. 1. The biggest move up was Penn St., moving up 9 spots.

1 Alabama 22
2 LSU 20
3 Michigan 19.5
4 Oklahoma 17.5
5 Illinois 17.5
6 Oklahoma St. 17
7 Clemson 16.5
8 Notre Dame 16.25
9 Boise St. 16
10 Georgia Tech 16
11 Texas 14.75
12 South Carolina 14.5
13 North Carolina 14.25
14 Nebraska 14.25
15 Houston 13.5
16 Arizona St. 13.25
17 Penn St. 12.75
18 Wisconsin 12.5
19 Kansas St. 12.5
20 Stanford 12
21 Arkansas 11.75
22 Virginia Tech 11.75
23 Auburn 11.75
24 Southern Miss. 11
25 Rutgers 11

And Heisman Top 5:
1. Robert Griffin
2. LaMichael James
3. Case Keenum
4. Robert Woods
5. Kendall Wright

There are not an abundance of good matchups this week, the only game between Top 25 teams is #6 Oklahoma St. v. #11 Texas and free parking will be in attendance.

Didn't I Warn You

So a couple of years ago on this here blog I warned all landlords about Real Housewife Lynne Curtin. Well she did it again, Eviction No. 4:

Jacalyn Robbins v. Frank Curtin and Lynne Curtin; Orange County Superior Court Case No. 30-2011-00458887.

The Plaintiff hired eviction attorney Steven Silverstein, who Mr. Free Parking has had many cases with (the last court appearance I had with him, he showed up in a polo shirt). The Curtins settled the matter, agreeing to move out, however failed to comply with the settlement and judgment was eventually entered against them.

Wasn't she saying last season that business was booming????

We'll be on the lookout for #5.