College Football Recap - 12/5/11

There is no disputing who is No. 1, but after that let the confusion begin. Are we really going to have Alabama play LSU again for the championship after we saw what Oklahoma St. did to Oklahoma. Not to mention Alabama already lost to LSU, ON THEIR HOME FIELD. It's the same crap, different year and it isn't going to change until the BCS idiots are ousted, the bowls terminated and the University Presidents decide they want to make some real money.

Let's compare resumes of the 1 loss teams:

Wins Over Teams With Winning Records:
Alabama - Arkansas, Penn State, Auburn.
Oklahoma St. - Kansas St., Oklahoma, Baylor, Tulsa, Louisiana Lafayette, Missouri, Texas.
Boise St. - Georgia, Toledo, Wyoming, San Diego St., Tulsa, Air Force, Nevada.
Stanford - USC, Notre Dame, Washington, Cal
Houston - Louisiana Tech, Tulsa, SMU

I think when it comes down to it you can't overlook Oklahoma State's resume. They beat 7 teams with winning records and Alabama beat 3 and this week's rankings back it up with Oklahoma St. ranked 2 and Alabama 5.

1 LSU 22
2 Oklahoma St. 14.5
3 Boise St. 13.5
4 TCU 11
5 Alabama 8.75
6 Wisconsin 8
7 USC 8
8 Stanford 7.5
9 Oregon 7.25
10 Clemson 7
11 Virginia Tech 7
12 Oklahoma 6
13 Nebraska 6
14 Houston 5.5
15 Southern Miss. 5
16 Michigan St. 5
17 Baylor 4.5
18 Arkansas 4.25
19 Michigan 4
20 Kansas St. 3.5
21 South Carolina 3
22 Georgia 1.75
23 Arkansas St. 1.5
24 Auburn 0.75
25 Penn St. 0.5
26 West Virginia 0.25
27 Notre Dame -1.5
28 Northern Illinois -1.5
29 Wyoming -1.5
30 Tulsa -2
31 Texas -4
32 Georgia Tech -2.5
33 Virginia -2.5
34 San Diego St. -3
35 Cincinatti -4.5
36 Toledo -4.5
37 Rutgers -4.5
38 Lousiana Lafayette -4.5
39 Washington -4.5
40 BYU -5
41 Lousiana Tech -5
42 SMU -5
43 North Carolina St. -5
44 North Carolina -5
45 Western Kentucky -6.25
46 Missouri -6.5
47 Louisville -6.5
48 Florida St. -7
49 Florida International -7
50 California -7
51 Ohio -7.5
52 Air Force -7.5
53 Iowa -7.5
54 Temple -8.5
55 Utah -8.5
56 Utah St. -9
57 Nevada -9
58 Western Michigan -10.5


As for the Heisman, none of the offense players are locking it down, but on the other hand the Honey Badger did it again and he has been the best and most dominant player on the best and most dominant team so my vote goes to:



The Honey Badger, Tyrann Mathieu.

Storage Wars: Inside Info

So like everyone else in the world I am a big fan of the show Storage Wars. So I decided to get off the couch and get into the trenches. After losing out on 8 auctions (including one I really wanted with a bunch of stuffed Geese) we came to the last storage locker. The locker didn't look too promising and most people started to leave, but in the back corner I saw a box with a note that said "Bart's Ring". Go time for jonobeingjono. $20 going once, going twice and boom real housewife of Lehi jumps into the fray "$30", we go back and forth and $140 later I take her down. I head to the office, pay for the locker, sprint (okay jog) back to my purchase, proceed immediately to the box, clear everything off it and on top it says "wedding rings"....uh oh. Rip it open and not only did I find Bart's Ring but I also got Margaret's:



Bling Bling Baby!


Now on to the show. For all those like me who are dying to know.....what does Barry Weiss do? He made his money in the produce business as an owner and vice president of "About Northern Produce - Mushroom Inc." and also has always been in the antique business, and he has the highest net worth of anyone on the show.

Alleged Net Worth of the Characters:
1. Barry Weiss - $7,000,000
2. Dan Dotson - $3,500,000
3. Dave Hester - $2,500,000
4. Darrell Sheets - $1,500,000
5. Jarrod & Brandi - $700,000 (and does anyone else wonder how Jarrod landed Brandi?)

Dave Hester owns a 1700 square foot home in Placentia with an approximate value of $470,000, however he has loans against the house totaling approximately $690,000 and in 2009 the house went into foreclosure before he was able to pull it out.

Dave Hester in the Courts:
- Sued in 2009 by American Express on a collections case.
- Sued in 2011 along with Newport consignment on a personal injury case, looks like a slip and fall case at the shop.
- Got a DUI in 2005.
- The most interesting legal matter is the current battle with rapper Trey Songz over his use of Yuuup. Trey Songz seems to claim that he has a claim to Yuuup and sent Hester a cease and desist. Hester responded by filing a lawsuit in Federal Court to have the Court legally declare that Yuuup is his. You be the judge:

Hester:


Trey Songz:


That is pretty close, you might have a problem Hester, stay tuned on how this important and likely precedent setting litigation turns out (oh and Trey let me know if you need anything from Lexus Lawyer).


Now that I'm in the distressed goods business, if anyone is interested I've got the following: 35 pounds of wheat - $20; Mini-TV $25; Boggle $2; Miracle of Forgiveness $3 (I may or may not have been compelled to already read it); Random wedding and kid pictures $15; 1.5 karat diamond wedding ring $4,000. Hit me up.

The X-Factor: Astro Memorial

If you don't watch the X-factor you are seriously missing out. It is geniusly produced and choreographed to make you feel emotion and I feel it every episode, hook, line and sinker.

Last night Middle America voted out my man Astro which is a real shame. So the kid has a little swag, what great rapper doesn't? I may be the biggest Astronaut there is, I mean check this out:



Astro make me:



And finally the best love song ever sung, a love song to hip hop:



I'll be missing you!

Sincerely,

Your No. 1 Astronaut.

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