Top 25: Week 9 - 10/31/10

Not only is Auburn No. 1 for the 3rd week in a row, but they are putting some separation between them and everyone else, but they better not get too comfortable the Utes jumped 19 spots this week.

Top 25 Matchups To Watch This Week:
#10 Hawaii v. #12 Boise St.
#6 TCU v. #21 Utah (Go Utes!)
#8 LSU v. #16 Alabama
#17 Arizona v. #24 Stanford

1 Auburn 26.5
2 Michigan St. 18.5
3 Missouri 18
4 Ohio St. 17.5
5 Nebraska 15.5
6 TCU 14.5
7 Oklahoma St. 14.5
8 LSU 13.25
9 Iowa 12.5
10 Oregon 12
11 Oklahoma 12
12 Hawaii 12
13 North Carolina St. 11.5
14 Boise St. 11
15 Wisconsin 11
16 Alabama 10.5
17 Arizona 10.5
18 Illinois 10
19 Mississippi St. 8.75
20 Oregon St. 8.5
21 Utah 8
22 East Carolina 8
23 North Carolina 7.5
24 Stanford 7.25
25 Arkansas 7.25
26 Florida St. 6.5
27 South Carolina 6.25
28 Pittsburgh 6.25
29 Toledo 5.75
30 Miami 5.5
31 Virginia Tech 5.25
32 USC 5.25
33 Baylor 5.25
34 Iowa St. 5.25
35 Florida 5
36 Kansas St. 5
37 Penn St. 5
38 Syracuse 4.5
39 Washington 4.5
40 West Virginia 3.5
41 Notre Dame 3.5
42 Temple 3
43 Michigan 3
44 Nevada 2.5
45 Texas A & M 2
46 Maryland 2
47 Texas 2
48 Air Force 2
49 Northern Illinois 2
50 UCF 1.5
51 Northwestern 1.5
52 Georgia Tech 1.5
53 Clemson 1.25
54 Rutgers 1
55 Texas Tech 1
56 California 0
57 SMU 0.25
58 UCLA -0.25
59 Cincinatti -0.5
60 San Diego St. -1
61 Houston -1
62 Colorado -1
63 Kentucky -1.25
64 Mississippi -1.25
65 Tulsa -1.5
66 Navy -1.5
67 South Florida -1.5
68 UAB -1.5
69 BYU -1.5
70 Purdue -1.5
71 Louisiana Monroe -1.75
72 Troy -2
73 Army -2
74 Ohio -2.5
75 Virginia -2.5
76 Boston College -2.5
77 Arizona St. -2.75
78 Connecticut -3
79 Tulane -3
80 Fresno St. -3.5
81 Indiana -3.5
82 Southern Mississippi -3.5
83 Lousiana Tech -3.75
84 Miami Ohio -4
85 Louisville -4.5
86 Arkansas St -5.25
87 Georgia -5.5
88 Idaho -5.5
89 Middle Tennessee St. -7
90 Kent. St. -7.5
91 Western Michigan -7.5
92 Florida Atlantic -7.5
93 FIU -8
94 Utep -9.5

Top 25 Week 8: 10/24/10

Back to Back weeks at No. 1 for Auburn. Top 25 matchups this week include:

#3 Missouri v. #8 Nebraska
#2 Michigan St. v. #25 Iowa
#19 Florida St. v. #24 North Carolina St.


1 Auburn 26
2 Michigan St. 22.5
3 Missouri 19.5
4 LSU 16.75
5 Ohio St. 16.5
6 Oklahoma 16.25
7 Oklahoma St. 14.5
8 Nebraska 14
9 TCU 13.5
10 Hawaii 13.5
11 Alabama 13
12 Wisconsin 11.25
13 Oregon 11
14 Arizona 11
15 South Carolina 10.25
16 Boise St. 10
17 North Carolina 10
18 Stanford 9.75
19 Florida St. 9.5
20 Illinois 9.5
21 East Carolina 9.5
22 Mississippi St. 9.25
23 Arkansas 9.25
24 North Carolina St. 9
25 Iowa 8.5
26 Miami 8.5
27 Toledo 8.25
28 Iowa St. 8
29 Virginia Tech 7.25
30 Baylor 7.25
31 USC 7
32 Oregon St. 7
33 Michigan 6.75
34 Notre Dame 6.75
35 Florida 6.5
36 Kansas St. 6.5
37 Pittsburgh 6.25
38 Navy 6
39 Washington 6
40 Utah 5.5
41 West Virginia 5.5
42 Maryland 5
43 Texas 4.5
44 Syracuse 4.5
45 Clemson 4.25
46 Texas Tech 4.25
47 California 4
48 Temple 4
49 Georgia Tech 4
50 Texas A & M 3.75
51 Nevada 3.5
52 Air Force 3.25
53 UCLA 3.25
54 Penn St. 3
55 Rutgers 2.5
56 San Diego St. 2.25
57 Kentucky 2.25
58 Colorado 1.75
59 Southern Mississippi 1.5
60 Houston 1.5
61 Cincinatti 1.5
62 Mississippi 1.5
63 Northern Illinois 1.5
64 Troy 1
65 BYU 1
66 UCF 0.5
67 Georgia 0.5
68 Fresno St. 0.5
69 Purdue 0.5
70 Tulane 0.5
71 Northwestern -0.25
72 SMU -0.25
73 South Florida -0.5
74 Lousiana Tech -0.5
75 Army -1
76 Tulsa -1.25
77 Arizona St. -1.25
78 Vanderbilt -1.75
79 Louisville -2
80 Indiana -2
81 UAB -2
82 Ohio -2.5
83 Idaho -3
84 Connecticut -3
85 Miami Ohio -3.25
86 Boston College -3.5
87 Arkansas St -3.75
88 Tennessee -3.75
89 Virginia -4.5
90 Utah St. -4.5
91 Wake Forest -4.5
92 Kansas -4.5
93 Louisiana Monroe -4.75
94 Western Michigan -5.25
95 Middle Tennessee St. -5.5
96 Utep -6
97 Buffalo -6
98 FIU -6.5
99 Florida Atlantic -7.25
100 Kent. St. -7.5
101 Louisiana Lafayette -7.5

Top 25 Week 7: 10/17/10

As some of you may know Mr. Free Parking spent some of his formative years living in Auburn. Perhaps that is where I got that Southern Matthew McConaughey Time To Kill Charm from. I used to roll around town with Bo Jackson and with Bo Knows and JBJ joining forces we were just owning the town. So it is with great pride that I unveil the new No. 1 this week, they're back:



We got some huge games this week. 1 v. 2 as Auburn and LSU hook up and 3 v. 5 with Oklahoma at Missouri, should be an excellent week.

1 Auburn 23
2 LSU 21
3 Oklahoma 20.5
4 Michigan St. 20.5
5 Missouri 16.5
6 Oklahoma St. 16
7 Ohio St. 15.5
8 TCU 14
9 Alabama 14
10 Boise St. 13
11 North Carolina 12.75
12 Hawaii 12.5
13 North Carolina St. 12
14 Stanford 11.75
15 Oregon 11
16 Nebraska 11
17 Florida St. 10.75
18 Michigan 10.25
19 Arizona 10
20 Iowa 10
21 Texas 9.75
22 Florida 9.75
23 Notre Dame 9.75
24 Oregon St. 9.5
25 East Carolina 9.5
26 Virginia Tech 9.25
27 South Carolina 9.25
28 Toledo 9.25
29 Mississippi St. 8.5
30 Kansas St. 8.5
31 West Virginia 8.25
32 Arkansas 8.25
33 Wisconsin 7.75
34 USC 7.5
35 Miami 7.5
36 Baylor 7.25
37 Utah 7
38 Georgia Tech 7
39 Washington 7
40 Illinois 6.5
41 Air Force 6.25
42 Nevada 5.5
43 Iowa St. 5.5
44 Northwestern 5
45 Maryland 5
46 Navy 5
47 Rutgers 5
48 Temple 5
49 UCLA 5
50 San Diego St. 4.75
51 Kentucky 4.75
52 UCF 4.5
53 Fresno St. 4.5
54 Cincinatti 4.25
55 Colorado 4.25
56 California 4
57 Mississippi 4
58 Pittsburgh 3.75
59 Texas Tech 3.75
60 SMU 3.75
61 Southern Mississippi 3.5
62 Purdue 3.5
63 BYU 3
64 Troy 2.75
65 Northern Illinois 2.5
66 Texas A & M 2.5
67 Penn St. 2.5
68 Clemson 1.75
69 Georgia 1.5
70 UAB 1.5
71 Arizona St. 1.25
72 Army 1
73 Houston 1
74 Miami Ohio 0.75
75 Wyoming 0.75
76 Connecticut 0.5
77 Syracuse 0.5
78 Lousiana Tech 0.5
79 Tulane 0.5
80 Vanderbilt 0.25
81 Indiana -0.5
82 Kansas -0.5
83 Tulsa -0.75
84 Utep -1
85 South Florida -1
86 Colorado St. -1.75
87 Louisiana Monroe -1.75
88 Boston College -2
89 Tennessee -2
90 Rice -2.5
91 Arkansas St -2.75
92 Louisville -3
93 Idaho -3
94 Wake Forest -3
95 Western Michigan -3.25
96 Utah St. -3.25
97 Marshall -3.5
98 Virginia -3.5
99 Louisiana Lafayette -4.25
100 Ohio -4.5
101 Buffalo -4.5
102 Florida Atlantic -4.75
103 FIU -5
104 New Mexico St. -5.25
105 Middle Tennessee St. -6
106 Central Michigan -6.5
107 Kent. St. -6.5
108 Duke -6.5
109 Ball St. -8

Food Truck Review

As many of my followers know, Mr. Free Parking is the resident food truck expert for Greater Los Angeles. Here is a review of some of the more popular trucks roaming the streets.

KOGI:


Kogi is the one that made the food truck concept popular. They serve Korean-Mexican fusion. It is unique and well priced. I recommend the Short Rib Burrito ($5), the Pork Belly is also tasty. Load it up with Sriracha and you are good to go.


GRILLED CHEESE TRUCK:


I was beyond excited to try The Grilled Cheese Truck as I really like cheese. I came away a bit disappointed. The food was good but nothing special and was way overpriced. If you add bacon and guac to your sandwich it comes to $9. It's worth going to try it out but it isn't close to my favorite food truck.


NOM NOM:


This is my favorite truck. They serve Banh Mi and Tacos. For those of you unfamiliar with Vietnamese cuisine, Banh Mi is a sandwich and a good sandwich at that. You can order a Pork Banh Mi for $5 which is clearly the best but the Lemongrass Chicken is also good. The portions are great especially for $5. Be prepared to wait in line, but it is well worth the wait.


GRILL EM ALL TRUCK:

Grill Em All was the winner of the Great American Food Truck Race on the Food Network. They make gourmet hamburgers the most famous of which is The Behemoth ($9) wherein each bun is a grilled cheese sandwich. I must admit I was in heaven while eating it but approximately an hour later felt that death may be imminent but I would take the risk of death again any day of the week.

I have also been to Frysmith and Don Chow Tacos and wil save the review of those for another day. I also am seeking an opportunity to try Crepes Bonaparte, The Buttermilk Truck, Fishlips and Lomo Arigato so we'll have some info on those soon.

Top 25: Week 6 - 10/10/10

I gotta give it to Les Miles, he has the most cojones of any College Football Coach, and LSU is now No. 1 in the Country.

Also this week we had the first casualties for teams not eligible to win the Free Parking National Championship. Those proud teams are Akron, Eastern Michigan and New Mexico.

1 LSU 23
2 Auburn 21
3 Oklahoma 19.5
4 Ohio St. 18
5 Michigan St. 18
6 Boise St. 16
7 TCU 16
8 Oklahoma St. 15.5
9 Alabama 15
10 Missouri 15
11 Nebraska 14
12 North Carolina St. 14
13 Stanford 12.75
14 Oregon 12.5
15 Oregon St. 12
16 Florida St. 11.75
17 Michigan 11.75
18 Florida 11.75
19 Arizona 11.5
20 Virginia Tech 11.25
21 Nevada 11
22 South Carolina 10.75
23 Kansas St. 9.75
24 Air Force 9.25
25 North Carolina 9.25
26 Notre Dame 9.25
27 Hawaii 9
28 Arkansas 9
29 Utah 8.5
30 USC 8.5
31 West Virginia 8.25
32 Georgia Tech 8
33 Toledo 7.75
34 Iowa 7.5
35 Northwestern 7.5
36 Maryland 7.5
37 UCLA 7.5
38 Mississippi St. 7
39 Illinois 7
40 Temple 7
41 Colorado 6.75
42 Iowa St. 6.75
43 East Carolina 6.5
44 California 6.25
45 Wisconsin 6.25
46 Baylor 6.25
47 Texas 6.25
48 SMU 6.25
49 Miami 6.25
50 Mississippi 6
51 Southern Mississippi 6
52 Washington 5.75
53 Houston 5.5
54 Texas Tech 5.5
55 Army 5
56 Penn St. 5
57 UCF 4.5
58 Purdue 4.5
59 Troy 4.25
60 Utep 4
61 BYU 3.75
62 Rutgers 3.5
63 Fresno St. 3.5
64 Kentucky 3.25
65 Texas A & M 3.25
66 Northern Illinois 3
67 Syracuse 3
68 Connecticut 3
69 Navy 3
70 Idaho 2.25
71 Vanderbilt 2.25
72 Miami Ohio 2.25
73 Georgia 2
74 Arizona St. 1.75
75 South Florida 1.5
76 Wyoming 1.5
77 San Diego St. 1.25
78 Cincinatti 1.25
79 Louisville 1
80 Kansas 1
81 Colorado St. 1
82 Indiana 0.75
83 Arkansas St 0.75
84 Tulane 0.5
85 Tulsa 0.25
86 Boston College 0
87 Western Michigan -0.25
88 Louisiana Lafayette -0.25
89 Pittsburgh -0.75
90 Marshall -0.75
91 Louisiana Monroe -0.75
92 UAB -1
93 Buffalo -1
94 Clemson -1.25
95 Tennessee -1.5
96 UNLV -1.5
97 Lousiana Tech -2
98 Wake Forest -2
99 Memphis -2
100 Utah St. -2.25
101 Virginia -2.5
102 Rice -2.5
103 Ball St. -2.5
104 Ohio -2.75
105 Florida Atlantic -2.75
106 Middle Tennessee St. -3
107 New Mexico St. -3.25
108 Minnesota -3.5
109 FIU -3.5
110 Bowling Green -4
111 Duke -4
112 Washington St. -4
113 Central Michigan -4.5
114 San Jose St. -4.5
115 Kent. St. -5.5
116 Western Kentucky -5.75
117 North Texas -8.5

Top 25: Week 5 - 10/3/10

Oklahoma the new No. 1 after Florida's loss.

1 Oklahoma 20.5
2 LSU 19.5
3 Alabama 18.5
4 Auburn 18.5
5 Florida 16.25
6 TCU 16
7 Ohio St. 15.5
8 Oklahoma St. 15
9 Michigan 15
10 Michigan St. 14.5
11 Boise St. 14
12 Arizona 13.5
13 Oregon 13
14 Missouri 13
15 USC 12.5
16 Nevada 12
17 Kansas St. 12
18 Northwestern 11.5
19 North Carolina St. 11
20 Iowa 10.75
21 Stanford 10.75
22 Virginia Tech 10.75
23 UCLA 10.75
24 Nebraska 10.5
25 Temple 10.5
26 Toledo 9.75
27 Utah 9.5
28 Florida St. 9.25
29 Air Force 9.25
30 Mississippi 9
31 Miami 8.75
32 Texas 8.75
33 Baylor 8.25
34 Washington 8.25
35 Houston 8
36 Colorado 8
37 Maryland 7.5
38 Notre Dame 7.5
39 Wisconsin 7.25
40 West Virginia 7.25
41 Iowa St. 7.25
42 Penn St. 7.25
43 Southern Mississippi 7
44 South Carolina 6.75
45 North Carolina 6.75
46 Georgia Tech 6.5
47 Oregon St. 6.5
48 SMU 6.25
49 Miami Ohio 6.25
50 Kentucky 6
51 Fresno St. 5.5
52 Hawaii 5.5
53 San Diego St. 5.25
54 Arkansas 5.25
55 Utep 5
56 California 4.5
57 Army 4.5
58 South Florida 4.5
59 East Carolina 4
60 Texas A & M 3.75
61 Idaho 3.75
62 Texas Tech 3.5
63 Mississippi St. 3.5
64 Illinois 3.5
65 Indiana 3.25
66 Tulsa 3.25
67 Vanderbilt 3
68 Tulane 3
69 UCF 2.75
70 Wyoming 2.75
71 Connecticut 2.25
72 Troy 2.25
73 Northern Illinois 2
74 Kansas 2
75 Tennessee 2
76 Louisiana Lafayette 2
77 Colorado St. 2
78 Georgia 1.5
79 Navy 1.5
80 Clemson 1.25
81 Pittsburgh 1.25
82 BYU 1.25
83 Utah St. 0.75
84 Florida Atlantic 0.75
85 Syracuse 0.5
86 Rutgers 0.5
87 Louisville 0.5
88 Purdue 0.5
89 Boston College 0.5
90 Memphis 0.5
91 Middle Tennessee St. 0
92 UAB 0
93 Buffalo 0
94 Wake Forest 0
95 Minnesota -0.25
96 Marshall -0.25
97 Arkansas St -0.25
98 Rice -0.25
99 Central Michigan -0.75
100 UNLV -1
101 Ball St. -1
102 Virginia -1
103 Cincinatti -1.25
104 Arizona St. -1.75
105 Bowling Green -1.75
106 Ohio -1.75
107 North Texas -2
108 Western Michigan -2.25
109 Western Kentucky -2.25
110 Kent. St. -2.5
111 FIU -2.75
112 Duke -2.75
113 Washington St. -2.75
114 Louisiana Monroe -2.75
115 New Mexico St. -2.75
116 Lousiana Tech -3
117 San Jose St. -4
118 New Mexico -4
119 Akron -5
120 Eastern Michigan -5.25