Silky's Week 8 Diamonds

Silkydiamonds

Imma sip this tea
Welcome back folks, we salvaged a kiss your sister weekend after starting 0-3 on Thurs. So we went 7-4 on Saturday. That shows some positives & of course the Thursday negatives.

Current Tally:

41-34 | 54.6% | +3.6U

No setting the world on fire (yet) but steady and consistent. Ill take it

Yall know the rules, hate, congratulate, commentate, extrapolate, pontificate even demonstrate. Just.......................Participate:cheers:

Good luck this week folks
 
First thing Im ready to jump on is Miami -7.5. Ive said it before & still mean it until they prove me wrong. Backing UNC means (U) (N)ot (C)apping. Not a good team, and if Renner doesnt play they are an awful team. I'll take my chances with the Road fave Miami.

​Miami -7.5
 
Let me be the 1st to wish U a Great wk 8 my friend
I lean ur way at 7.5, now 8 but I bought it to 7

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Also if Im not around here at all to discuss, follow me on twitter @apesnbears. I talk a ton of football, drop a lot of liberal politics, and otherwise just inform &discuss stuff. Warning, Im a VERY active tweeter lol
 
I think Colter will be a go, or at least they will announce him as probable. If he's out or they announce doubtful, I just cost myself points :(
 
Also if Im not around here at all to discuss, follow me on twitter @apesnbears. I talk a ton of football, drop a lot of liberal politics, and otherwise just inform &discuss stuff. Warning, Im a VERY active tweeter lol


Followed you just now..


I'm
@gthenv


I post plays and stuff too.. Looking forward to your stuff.
 
Had you pegged as tea party silk... more failed capping or successful sarcasm? liking nw a little more as I look into it more btw .. need the health of the two key guys to do it though. Mark runs with attitude and think it has a contagious quality to it.
 
Had you pegged as tea party silk... more failed capping or successful sarcasm? liking nw a little more as I look into it more btw .. need the health of the two key guys to do it though. Mark runs with attitude and think it has a contagious quality to it.

its only a hunch, but I think Mark plays. Just worried how effective he'll be
 
Honestly don't like them being the fave here, would prefer them as the dog. Death Valley is the closest to an SEC atmosphere outside of the SEC. If Clem has a major fault, it's their inability to stop power running. Something FSU should do well. The power running serves 3 purposes, keeps Clem's O off the field, keeps their D on it & allows Jameis to not be in the position to carry it all on his shoulders in this environment. So a lot of this comes down to FSU OL vs Clem DL
 
Mehh, Gators should be fine. Missouri ain't playing banged up UGA & their turnstile defense this week. And let's remember Mizzou without Franklin, cuz that's who they'll be this week. Tough gig for the offense led by Murphy in Baton Rouge, but the kid got the whole playing in a tough SEC roadie out the way.

Last time a Pinkel coached team beat a top 10 team, then faced a top 20 team, they got their teeth kicked in the next week (beat OU then lost to Nebby)
 
Murphy the only reason they lost. Hard to believe Florida couldn't recruit better QB's after what tebow did at the school. If they had an average QB, they win at lsu....assuming lsu doesn't figure out they can get a PI whenever they want because they can't get open and uf uses hands constantly with ball in air.
 
Murphy the only reason they lost. Hard to believe Florida couldn't recruit better QB's after what tebow did at the school. If they had an average QB, they win at lsu....assuming lsu doesn't figure out they can get a PI whenever they want because they can't get open and uf uses hands constantly with ball in air.

Great point about QB & a really strange phenomenon. It's like Texas. Seems it's difficult to get a good kid to come in & follow a great QB. Whether it's the pressure or not wanting to wait their turn I don't know, but Bama seems to have secretly figured it out. Then again Brantley & Driskell wee supposed to be can't miss guys. Same thing happened at FSU after Weinke, then a decade of QB misfires that sunk the ship (that & Bobby being too loyal to his son as OC)
 
Heh, you'd hate my twitter lol. I've learned to refrain here though.

No it's cool. I enjoy having political discussions with those on the left more than right anyway for reasons I'm sure you are aware of. I'm the hate both major parties type myself.
 
Anybody got injury info on Marqise Lee, Vic Blackwell & Morgan Breslin? Not just the easily searchable google ish. Real deal info?

if Lee & 1 of the other 2 are a go, I want USC. I'll only have ND if Lee doesn't play
 
Murphy the only reason they lost. Hard to believe Florida couldn't recruit better QB's after what tebow did at the school. If they had an average QB, they win at lsu....assuming lsu doesn't figure out they can get a PI whenever they want because they can't get open and uf uses hands constantly with ball in air.
After seeing them in person their offense is worse than I thought, and I don't think Murphy is the problem. He obviously isn't good enough to win games on his own but it's hard to win as a manager/distributor surrounded by average, at best, skill players.
 
I was wondering if you and VK were gonna tag team another ucla roadie :)

Heh, my numbers actually call for UCLA to win SU. So I need to dig deeper or leave it alone. Gotta find out why the numbers call for it and how its supposed to happen. But If I was going straight off my work, Id take UCLA ML. Instead, Im being a bit of a wuss & taking the pts :D lol
 
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No it's cool. I enjoy having political discussions with those on the left more than right anyway for reasons I'm sure you are aware of. I'm the hate both major parties type myself.
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Well come on aboard with a follow & Ill follow back. Be good to chat with ya. I spend most of my day with Twitter then jump in here throughout
 
you are the third or fourth person i have seen on Wiscy. I can't wrap my head around that one though. Care to explain your thoughts? TIA
The brief version is, running offense & dominant defense. Illy gives up way too many sacks & allows way too many rushing yds. Wisky should bulldoze up & down the field, eat clock and hopefully not have the QB pass much. That should force Illy to get anxious with the balll, take some risks they shouldnt in the passing game, which then starts the boulder going downhill
 
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The brief version is, running offense & dominant defense. Illy gives up way too many sacks & allows way too many rushing yds. Wisky should bulldoze up & down the field, eat clock and hopefully not have the QB pass much. That should force Illy to get anxious with the balll, take some risks they shouldnt in the passing game, which then starts the boulder going downhill
 
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Well come on aboard with a follow & Ill follow back. Be good to chat with ya. I spend most of my day with Twitter then jump in here throughout

Would, but I don't have twitter. Maybe check out the political forum here. Once football is over then I'll care about politics again, LOL.

I was leaning Houston, was a little scared how their D would do vs BYU. Any insight?
 
Heh, my numbers actually call for UCLA to win SU. So I need to dig deeper or leave it alone. Gotta find out why the numbers call for it and how its supposed to happen. But If I was going straight off my work, Id take UCLA ML. Instead, Im being a bit of a wuss & taking the pts :D lol

I came into the season thinking ucla could win this game. Oregon next week is a different beast but I've always viewed this one as winnable. Now that I'm reading about how screwed up Stanford's dline situation is I'm thinking we should win.



free column from front page of stanford scout bootleg:
(this is an excerpt from that column)

A Decimated Defensive Line


Stanford's defensive success last season was rooted in dominance on the defensive front. When Henry Anderson routinely relocated the line of scrimmage in Eugene, a host of potential difficulties in defending the Ducks were rendered moot. But injuries have had a specific focus here in 2013, and it's fallen almost exclusively on the defensive line. The Farm Boys are now scrambling to replace Anderson (knee), a task which would be more manageable if David Parry were healthy. Instead, the nose tackle is playing through a lower abdominal issue while his back-up Ikenna Nwafor (leg) is shelved for several weeks. Meanwhile, defensive end Ben Gardner is battling through intense pain in his arm.

"It hurts like a son of gun," Shaw said.

Anderson, who was originally expected to miss 4-6 weeks, may miss slightly more time now: Shaw predicted Tuesday that he'll be back for either the Oregon game on November 7 or the USC contest November 16. The six-foot-six, 295-pound terror is expected to begin running and conditioning again this week.

Meanwhile, it appears that both Parry and Gardner will play through lingering issues for the indefinite future. Gardner undergoes frequent treatment for his arm injury, while the Cardinal is holding Parry out of practice until Wednesday for his body to at least partially recuperate. These nagging issues are compounded by a lack of trusted depth on the defensive line. Two weeks ago, defensive coordinator Derek Mason stressed to me that he "needed more" from youngsters Nate Lohn and Aziz Shittu so that he could employ a legitimate rotation. Shittu, however, saw action on only one unproductive play at Utah before being removed from the game. His development has obviously come along slower than Stanford's brass had hoped.

These issues certainly encouraged Mason to ask Shaw if tight end Luke Kaumatule could switch positions to defensive end after the loss to Utah. The 6-foot-7, 265-pound Hawaiian, who was recruited to The Farm as a defensive player and only switched to offense after Shaw asked him to do so following the graduations of Zach Ertz and Levine Toilolo, seemed content with the move.

"That sounds like fun," he told his coach.
 
Great point about QB & a really strange phenomenon. It's like Texas. Seems it's difficult to get a good kid to come in & follow a great QB. Whether it's the pressure or not wanting to wait their turn I don't know, but Bama seems to have secretly figured it out. Then again Brantley & Driskell wee supposed to be can't miss guys. Same thing happened at FSU after Weinke, then a decade of QB misfires that sunk the ship (that & Bobby being too loyal to his son as OC)


Texas is different .... horns haven't had a problem attracting the good qb's they have just been terrible at selecting the correct ones to offer ... you would probably be shocked at the list of current qb's that texas passed on to end up with ash and case McCoy. well you follow recruiting so maybe not ... but most would be shocked. In the case of Florida, they just aren't attracting the quality to begin with.
 
Anybody got injury info on Marqise Lee, Vic Blackwell & Morgan Breslin? Not just the easily searchable google ish. Real deal info?

if Lee & 1 of the other 2 are a go, I want USC. I'll only have ND if Lee doesn't play
Lee and Breslin both probable and Blackwell is still questionable...as per Don Best...also lean USC. BOL Silk :cheers:
 
Welp UNC got the money Congrats. I personally still think they stink & were just 1 of 2 shots inside the 6 from not covering. But no excuses a loss is a loss
 
UNC is hot garbage. Duke getting kneed in the face and morris' being bipolar didn't help. but yeah. a loss is a loss.
 
Welp UNC got the money Congrats. I personally still think they stink & were just 1 of 2 shots inside the 6 from not covering. But no excuses a loss is a loss

I don't think you were that far off. Times I was watching all those 3 and outs UNC O had and was thinking 'come on'. The Johnson loss was huge, it might get overlooked because of the numbers that Crawford put up, but losing Johnson's home run ability was the biggest turn in the game. I thought it was weird that after he got kneed in the head, he played the next series, then they took him to the locker room. I think if Johnson plays the whole game (and maybe Dorset) that it forces UNC to have to make more plays from their O.
 
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