Pick 6: Week 6 - The Horror

by Hayden Fry's Moustache Ride on Oct 9, 2009 1:39 PM CDT

Welcome to this week's Pick 6, where we analyze the lines for the weekend's Big Ten games and each pick 6 of our favorite bets. It's highly scientific. It's easy money. It's just for fun. So, clearly we are not responsible for you losing your ass off if you take our advice.

First let's take a look at last week's reults:

The week 5 chart of evolution

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I don't even know what to say at this point. I guess I'll blame Michigan just because fuck them. On a positive note, we hit 5/6 of our locks. That's like 99%. Like I said, easy money.

I'd like to thank HoyaGoon and YouCanPutYourEddsInIt for putting up subpar numbers, but it would have been nice for one of them to have gone 0-6. No worries, I'm thinking we have a shot at it this week. Three and out the kok story brings his wealth of knowledge and assholish screen name to the table. Let's get it on. THE GRID:

Quite a few very popular picks this week. That can't be good. You may have also noticed that I picked Michigan, but before you kill me with your keyboard let me be clear that I think Iowa will win by 4-7 points. Just not 8. Once again: Iowa to win, Michigan to cover.

In fact, here is exactly what I think will happen:

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It just doesn't seem fair...

So much for foot speed, dickbag.

OVERALL STANDINGS:

Poll

Which nearly consensus pick is most likely to lose?

Minnesota -3.5 vs Purdue

38 votes

Indiana +6.5 at Virginia

29 votes

Wisconsin +16 at Ohio State

61 votes

Miami +19.5 at jNWU

14 votes

142 votes | Poll has closed

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Anybody else think Indiana is going to destroy the Cavs?

by YouCanPutYourEddsInIt on Oct 9, 2009 2:28 PM CDT reply actions

Rain predicted all day here in VA

If that affects anyone’s thoughts on the game.

I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.

by HoyaGoon on Oct 9, 2009 2:37 PM CDT up reply actions

bet I was most torn over

I like IU’s team, but a buddy who went to IU, advised dtrongly against it based solely on the sketchiness of both teams this year.

Iowa Basketball: We don't rebuild, we implode.

by three and out the kok story on Oct 9, 2009 3:07 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions

I am not totally sold on Indiana or anything

but I am totally sold on Virginia being unable to string together two good weeks in a row. That’s just illegal. Or impossible. Something like that.

by RossWB on Oct 9, 2009 3:56 PM CDT up reply actions

Groh's gone at the end of the year

IU in a close, sloppy one.

DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?

by ReadingRambler on Oct 9, 2009 8:49 PM CDT up reply actions

Duh

Virginia only beats teams they have absolutely no business beating. Indiana is not such a team. (Being from the Midwest, they are also immune to the bizarre phenomenon known as ACC Surrealism.)

The consensus pick that I think is most likely to blow it is Fake Miami. Not that Northwestern is good or anything, but Fake Miami has reached levels of EPIC FAIL that even EMU can’t match. And EMU wrote the book on EPIC FAIL. Wisconsin probably loses to OSU but there’s no way in hell OSU takes them by three scores, and Purdue’s offense will probably give up as many points as they score, as they have done for much of the season.

by SpartanDan on Oct 10, 2009 12:08 AM CDT up reply actions

Virginia 47-7 over Indiana, OSU 31-13 over Wisconsin, Northwestern only 16-6 over Fake Miami

This, kids, is why you should never, ever take my advice on picking football games.

by SpartanDan on Oct 10, 2009 6:03 PM CDT up reply actions

wow man

I know you and Kok go way back, so you got to defend your boy. But to be fair, I did come up with the name in the depths of the 2007 season, which was pretty much the nadir of his tenure.

Iowa Basketball: We don't rebuild, we implode.

by three and out the kok story on Oct 9, 2009 2:31 PM CDT via mobile reply actions