Week 2

Hola freakitos. Here we are at the second week of the college football season. Thoughts on last week's games:
1. Who knew that my beloved Hurricanes would be involved in the best game of the week? I guess I should not be surprised because any time Miami and Florida State play it's always fun. The only difference between this year and the last 3 is that they both had an offense this time around.
2. The tradition continues with your Chica lacking any ability to successfully prognosticate. The good thing is I do not make a living predicting game winners....oh wait, that's not a good thing. Can someone please answer my plea and find me a full-time job doing this stuff???
3. BYU upset Oklahoma! It was kind of an ugly game as there was very little offense and Sam Bradford was hurt but it was an upset nonetheless; God knows we do love an upset on the Sportschica site.
4. Charleston Southern almost beat Florida. HA, just kidding. I'm going to continue to put this kind of rubbish here until Florida plays a worthy opponent. The good news for Gator fans: Tim Tebow has not ascended back to heaven yet.
5. And finally, Legarrett Blount from Oregon was suspended for the entire season for punching the country freak from Boise State. Here's my thing, I think the dude who taunted him (insert his name here) should have also received a minimum one game suspension for acting like a dang fool!

Okay, on to this week's picks; this week I'm only listing the games that are on my pool and based on the spread (except for the Thursday game). Again, if you disagree with my picks, PLEASE LET A CHICA KNOW! I need all the help I can get.

Thursday
Clemson vs #15 Georgia Tech - Dudes, GT is going to run all over Clemson. Clemson has their own great running back, CJ Spiller, but in the end Tech wins with that blasted triple option. Pick: GT

Saturday
Syracuse vs #7 Penn St - The spread is PSU by 28.5.  Penn St beat Akron by only 24 points last week, I have to think that Syracuse can put up a few points on the Nittany Lions. Pick: Syracuse (Remember, I am picking the spread, freaks!)

#18 Notre Dame vs Michigan - ND by 3.5 is the spread. I'm torn with this one but I'm going to go with the nasty Irish. Pick: ND

#16 TCU vs Virginia - The spread is TCU by 11. TCU all the way. The ACC is weak and Virginia is one of the teams dragging the conference to the bottom...hell, they couldn't even beat a Div 1-AA school last week. Pick: TCU. By the way, I know it is no longer called Div 1-AA but I refuse to call it by its new name.

UCLA vs Tennessee - The spread is UT by 8. I'm going to go with UT since they're home and UCLA is just not good! Pick: Tenn

South Carolina vs #21 Georgia - The spread is GA by 7. LAST week I picked GA to cover the spread and they jacked me so because of the jacked-up-ness, I'm going with the Cocks. Pick: S. Carolina

#3 USC vs #8 Ohio State - The spread is USC by 7.
Uuuuuggggghhhhh. Ohio St BARELY beat Navy last week. Poor pitiful Navy, they are so horribly bad, and yet, OSU only beat them by 4 points. Pick: USC

Well, that's it for the picks. Look for la Chica at the Dolphins vs Falcons game this Sunday. I will be in the Georgia Dome in full Dolphin garb so check me out! Thanks to my buddy Tamera for the awesome tickets....Go Sparty.

It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year....

Hola Football Freaks! Wow, is it just me or does it seem like the college football season ended 12 years ago? It's agony for those of us who love our sport but alas, we are at the inception of another glorious football season.

By the by, your sportschica is working on a brand new website (well actually, my dear friend Mindy P-A-R-K-E-R is working on it for me) that should be ready in the next few days. Be on the lookout for it and I will also obnoxiously notify you as well. With that said, let's get it going.....welcome to the most wonderful time of the year.

As usual, the first weekend brings with it a lot of boring lopsided games, however, there are a few that should be fun and interesting to watch and here they are:

Thursday
#16 Oregon vs #14 Boise State - Yes, la Chica is adding a Pac 10 vs WAC game in the first weekend; it's the first day of the season, officially, so what the heck. This game should be packed with a lot of offense and you know that's the way I like it. Pick: Oregon

Saturday
#13 Georgia vs #9 Oklahoma St - Kudos to UGA for having notable non-conference games 2 years in a row now and for also traveling outside of the southeast again! It's too bad the rest of the SEC doesn't do this...i.e. Florida! Go ahead, send your hate comments. Pick: For me this is a tough pick but I will go with the home team and pick OSU.

Charleston Southern vs #1 Florida - JUST KIDDING! Everyone knows what will happen here.

#20 BYU vs #3 Oklahoma - Some people are saying the Sooners will not even cover the spread (21.5) which by the way, is important for me due to my pool that I've joined again this season. More on that in a later post. Pick: OU (I would love an upset though!)

#5 Alabama vs #7 Virginia Tech - This game is in Atlanta on Saturday night so for those of you in the area, check it out. My favorite group, Collective Soul, is doing a free concert in Centennial Olympic Park afterwards. This game could go either way as well, Bama has lost a lot of players from last year's team including their hottie QB, John Parker Wilson. On the flip side, VT's main running back Darrell Evans is out so.....what's a Chica to do??? Pick: VT (for my ACC friends)

#8 Ole Miss vs Memphis - This game is on here this week not because I am interested but because Ole Miss is ranked #8, FREAKS! My buddy Pete is a huge Rebels fan so this is for you dude. I hope your team does well this year; they've sucked for a thousand years so let's give them a break, right? Pick: Ole Miss

Monday
Miami vs #18 FSU - Um, for those of you who read my blog last year (thank you!), my sentiments are pretty much going to be the same this year.....lots of prayers going out to my fellow Cane peeps. Dear Lord, just help us get through this season without losing our DAMN MINDS! The Canes' schedule is brutal and if they can go 2-2 to start the season, la Chica will do just about anything for celebration (keeping it PG freaks). Pick: This is a rivalry game so anything can happen but I am a realist and will therefore choose FSU.

That completes the picks for this week. My format will change next week as I go back to picking based on the spread for my pool; it's fun and you know it. Have a great holiday weekend freakitos and God bless college football.

Canes and Dolphins

Hola freakitos. I've been absent from my blog as I have been traveling a lot for work lately but I am back on here now.

How about my Canes and Dolphins? I know that as soon as I write anything about them they are gonna suck it up for me but I am very proud. Both of my squads had horrible seasons last year so this turnaround is amazing.

Look for me at the Miami/Ga Tech game tomorrow evening here in Atlanta. I have a feeling I'm going to come away disappointed; I just don't feel that Miami can stop that freakin' triple option offense that Tech runs but we'll see.

The Dolphins play New England on Sunday so both my boys have huge games this week. I'll be praying and hoping!!

Ciao for now freaks!

Saturday Games

Hola freakitos,
I'm excited about this weekend's games. Who knew the Big 12 was going to be fun to watch this year??? That is La Chica's brand of football: offense, offense and more offense!

Please comment on my games this week; I still have not sent in my picks for my pool:

Miami at Virginia / Mia by 1 / Pick: Miami

Northwestern at Minnesota / Minn by 5.5 / Pick: NW?

Tulsa at Arkansas / Tul by 7 / Pick: Tulsa

Pittsburgh at Notre Dame / ND by 5.5 / Pick: Pitt

Florida St at Georgia Tech / FSU by 1.5 / Pick: GT

Oregon at California / Cal by 3 / Pick: Oregon

Florida at Georgia / Fla by 5.5 / Pick: Georgia (this should be fun)

Nebraska at Oklahoma /OU by 21.5 / Pick: OU

Texas at Texas Tech / Tex by 6 / Pick: TT (another fun one)

New Mexico at Utah / Utah by 8 / Pick: Utah

Thoughts??? By the by, happy halloween freaks!

La Chica Is Going Crazy

Hola freakitos, I'm sorry that I completely forgot to enter a blog entry last week for last Saturday's games but what do you care?!

Here are my picks for this week based on the pool I'm entered into:

Boston College at North Carolina / NC by 3 /Chica pick: BC

Texas Tech at Kansas / Kan by 2 /Chica pick: TT

Kentucky at Florida /Fla by 24.5 (for real?) / Chica pick: Kentucky

Oklahoma at Kansas St/ OU by 19/Chica pick: OU

Georgia at LSU / LSU by 2.5 / Chica pick: LSU

Oklahoma St at Texas / Tex by 13 / Chica pick: Okie St (this should be a fun game to watch)

Virginia at Georgia Tech / GT by 11.5 / Chica pick: UVA

Colorado at Missouri / Mizz by 22 / Chica pick: Colorado

Ohio St at Penn St / PS by 2.5 / Chica pick: PSU

USC at Arizona / USC by 15 / Chica pick: USC

Now, keep in mind, I just need to either beat or match the spread!!! Isn't this fun? I will be out of town most of next week freakitos for business. I'll still be checking the blog so I look forward to your commentary on la football this weekend, pro and college.

Speaking of pro: my Dolphins have digressed. Oh well, at least we have won 2 games.

One more pick: Wake Forest at Miami - Canes will lose (sniff, sniff).

Monday Thoughts

Another weekend gone by too quickly my freakitos. The main thing I want to discuss is Tommy Bowden's firing at Clemson; am I shocked? Absolutely not. I know expectations are high these days but how many years has Clemson been picked to either win the ACC or compete for it yet how many years have they disappointed their alumni and fans? That falls on the head coach!

I have a question for my fellow Cane fans: if Clemson and Auburn can just up and fire their head coach and offensive coordinator respectively during the middle of the season, why can't Miami fire Patrick Nix?! Good grief he is a horrible coordinator and it's making Randy Shannon look like an even worse head coach. I'M JUST SAYIN'!

The Dolphins lost in a heartbreaker; this seems to be the theme for my teams.

How about New England? I'm so glad they suck!

Texas is ranked number 1....thoughts? Regardless, what a fun game that was to watch? On another note, how boring was the LSU/Fla game? LSU never showed up and got blown away...wow.

Gotta run freakitos, stay tuned for my picks! Ciao.

It's Almost Saturday Again...

...and even though I'm excited for the weekend, I'm worried about yet another loss by my beloved Hurricanes to a team they should beat. The Canes play Central Florida this weekend and they just might lose because their coaches SUCK!

I'm taking a week off from my pool this week as we can take a bye week and I've chosen this weekend.

I'm excited about my Dolphins though, they are the only glimmer of hope in my sports world. Yes, I know that's kind of sad. Anyway, they play Houston this Sunday and will probably lose because that's the way my life is right now with sports! Woe is me, can someone tell me I'm pretty?

Just kidding sports freakitos; I'm just feeling sorry for myself.

Los Picks

Friends and freakitos, I'm sorry for such a boring ass blog entry this week but it's been crazy. I've been out of the office a lot this week and then when I'm here, I'm swamped. This is going to be very brief and to the point:

Florida St vs Miami: I don't think the Canes will bounce back from that horrible loss to nasty ass Butch Davis and those mangey leg humping Tar Heels last week. Pick: FSU.

The rest of these are based off my pool based on the spread, check 'em out:

Penn St at Purdue: Penn St by 12: Pick: Penn ST
Rutgers at West Virginia: WV by 14 Pick WVU
Kentucky at Alabama: Ala by 16.5: Pick: Kentucky
Texas Tech at Kansas St: TT by 7.5 Pick: TT
Navy at Air Force: AF by 6: Pick: Navy
Texas A&M at Oklahoma St: Okla St by 23: Pick Texas A&M
Texas at Colorado: Tex by 14: Pick: UT
Ohio St at Wisconsin: Ohio St by 3: Pick: Wisc
Oregon at USC: USC by 17: Pick: Oregon
Missouri at Nebraska: Mis by 11: Pick: Mizzou

Thoughts?

Pickitos

Let's not beat a dead horse but what about that game last night between USC and Oregon St?! It just goes to prove how crucial home field advantage is in college football. Wow, kudos to the BEAVERS for an outstanding game. I thought USC was going to come back but alas, they did not. I hope there are more huge upsets this weekend!

Okay, here are my picks for this week; again, I'm basing this on my pool that's based on the spread.

Mississippi at Florida / Line is FL by 24 / My pick: Ole Miss

Houston at East Carolina / Line is ECU by 11 / My pick: undecided

Colorado at Florida St (in Jacksonville) / Line is FSU by 6 / My pick: Colorado

Arkansas at Texas / Line is Texas by 28 / My pick: Arkansas

Colorado St at California / Line is Cal by 25 / My pick: CSU

TCU at Oklahoma / Line is OU by 18 / My pick: OU?

Mississippi St at LSU / Line is LSU by 25 / My pick: LSU

Alabama at Georgia / Line is GA by 7 / My pick: AL

Illinois at Penn St / Line is PSU by 14 / My pick: PSU

Virginia Tech at Nebraska / Line is Neb by 7 / My pick: VT

Let me know what you think!!!

Picks and Other Items

Hola freakitos. Before I dive into this week's games, let me discuss last night's game between West Virginia and Colorado: I said this in January when WVU hired Bill Stewart as their head coach and I will say it again, it is a LarryCokerization all over again. Bill Stewart is going to run the Mountaineers into the ground.

Did anyone see that horrible time management at the end of last night's game? He was the main reason that game went into overtime and thus causing his team the game. WOW! That's all I can say except I feel sorry for WV fans and alumni because the pain they are about to endure during the Cokerization is unbearable and no one deserves to go through it. Okay, I'm done. On with this week's picks.

This week is a little different, I'm going to introduce you to my weekly pool. I've mentioned it before but it's based on the spread and then you have to assign points to each game. The goal is to obviously pick as many games correctly as possible and to also assign point values to the right games and accumulate the most points, capice? Let's go.

Alabama at Arkansas, Line Ala by 9.5. My pick: Ala

Florida at Tennessee, Line Fla by 8. My pick: FL

Boise St at Oregon, Line Oregon by 12. My pick: Boise St

Miami at Texas A&M, Line Miami by 4. My pick: Miami

Notre Dame at Michigan St, Line MSU by 8.5. My pick: ND

Utah at Air Force, Line Utah by 7.5. My pick: Utah

Wake Forest at Florida St, Line FSU by 4. My pick: I'm still thinking

Rice at Texas, Line Texas by 31. My pick: Texas

LSU at Auburn, Line LSU by 3. My pick: LSU

Georgia at Arizona St, Line Georgia by 6.5. My pick: GA (even GA screwed me by 1 point last week).

Let me know what you think about my pickings.

Go Chica Go Chica Go Chica!

Hola freakitos, I just wanted to be obnoxious and braggadocious for a minute as this will probably be my only chance this season; your Chica won her pool for last weekend's games.....YEAH!

That's right, freakitos, out of 75 entries, I won the most games. Now, you may be saying to yourself, big deal but let me just say: it is! This pool is not just based on picking who is going to win the game but it's based on the spread and that's hard as hail. Then once you decide that, you have to assign point values to each game. See what I'm saying?

This week, I'm going to introduce you guys to the pool and maybe you can help me (smile).

Look for my post later this week.

Off Topic: Did anyone watch the Monday Night Football game last night? If so, you saw the bonehead move that DeSean Jackson made for the Eagles when he made an awesome catch and would of had a touchdown had he not started showboating before he reached the endzone! MORON

Los Pickitos

Better late than never freakitos, here are my picks for this week:

Friday:

#13 Kansas vs #19 South Florida - I was the only person who didn't join the USF bandwagon last year and I still don't like them but this game should be a fun one to watch. I love a lot of offense and this should provide that for me. I'm going to go with the Bulls simply because they're at home. Pick: USF

Saturday:

#2 Georgia vs South Carolina - Spurrier always provides a bit of a spark and interest in these SEC games against tougher opponents. Last year Carolina beat GA at home so look for the Bulldogs to avenge their loss. I don't think it's going to be a blowout but what do I know?! I do think Georgia will win, however. Pick: UGA

UCLA vs #18 BYU - After UCLA's victory against Tennessee, I thought they deserved a spot on my blog. BYU should handle them at home but look out for the Bruins! Pick: BYU

Georgia Tech vs Virginia Tech - even though VT is struggling so far, I think this should be a fun game to watch. Those obnoxious Va Tech rednecks will be good and drunk by kickoff so it should very loud up in there. Pick: GT

#5 Ohio State vs #1 USC - Geez, if I hear the name "Beanie" Wells or whatever the hell his name is one more time on ESPN, I may vomit. "The best running back in history" may not even play tomorrow night and I think that irony is hysterical. Personally, I think USC will destroy the Buckeyes but who knows. I also thought Florida would destroy my beloved Canes but they did not so anything can happen. Pick: USC

#10 Wisconsin vs #21 Fresno State - I love that Fresno State is ranked and I love that they have a shot at beating a Big 10 school! Wisconsin has issues winning on the road so with that, I'm going with the Bulldogs. Pick: Fresno St

I'm done for now, next week I'm going to introduce you to my football pool I'm in this year. I need your help, it's based on the spread and God knows I am horrible at that! Hell, I'm horrible at prognostications period so help me freaks!

Picks

Hola freakitos. I usually send this out earlier but better late than never. Here are some picks for this Saturday, however, keep in mind that there are only a handful (if that) of games that are interesting this weekend. Second week of the season and the games still suck!

Saturday:

Georgia Tech vs Boston College
Aren't there about 14 players hurt on Tech's team? I'm just kidding but I don't think this young Tech team will beat the Eagles in Baaahston. I don't know how to spell a really annoying New England accent, sorry. Pick: Boston College

Ole Miss vs #20 Wake Forest
Geez, if Wake loses at home to Ole Miss then the ACC should cease playing out the rest of the year. Actually, in all seriousness, Ole Miss has improved so..... Pick: Wake Forest

#8 West Virginia vs East Carolina
I put this game on here because I'm curious to see what ECU will do after their "upset" of Virginia Tech last week. Go Pirates! Pick: WVU

Miami vs #5 Florida
Sportschica talking to God: Dear Lord, please do not let my beloved Hurricanes be humiliated in front of 90,000 obnoxious Gator fans and the rest of the country watching on television. Please do not let Randy Shannon look like a chicken with his head cut off during the game. And finally, Lord, please do not allow the obnoxious Gator fans to throw beer on my beloved Hurricanes.
I think that sums up how I think this game will go! Pick: Florida

Last Weekend and a New Dog

Before I begin to recap my sucky weekend, well sucky as far as my picks go, I wanted to show this photo of Georgia's new mascot: Uga VII

Now, again, before I get hate mail about showing any kind of favortism towards Georgia: yall know me by now! I do love that dog though; I'm not going to lie.

Okay back to this past weekend, here is what I have to say about it: WTF????!!!!! Your Chica is involved in a pool where you bet on 10 games a week based on the spread and I stunk it up!!! See, this is why I don't pick games based on the spread. I'll keep you posted on my status but I'm sucking.

Now, what about the game last night between UCLA and Tennessee, that was fun and I'm happy that the Bruins pulled the minor upset.

As for the Clemson Tigers and the rest of the ACC (insert Virginia Tech), wow! Alabama came to play and Clemson believed all the bad kool aid they were fed. Number 9 team in the country my ass.

I have to get back to my day job but watch out for my picks for this upcoming weekend. I'm concerned about Hurricane Hanna as that b*tch is likely to cancel my game versus Florida on Saturday night. We shall see.

Have a great week my freakitos.

CORRECTION

Not that a lot of you care, but the Clemson/Alabama game is at the Georgia Dome and not Death Valley this Saturday night.

I'll say this again, I'm really looking forward to this game. I hope Clemson doesn't pull their usual choke job!

That Time of the Year

Hola Freaks! It's that time of the year again so most of us are so happy. I'm so ready to bid farewell to summer and bring on the crispy Saturdays of fall. BRING IT!

With that said, I've been out of the loop due to the day job but here are the picks for next week's games. I know, it's a bit early but I need to do it while the doing it is good. I'm going to change it up during the season and maybe add a little "spread" but for this first entry, let's just do it the good ole fashioned way.

I'm going to warn you, the pickings are slim. It's the first weekend of the year and every team is playing a weak-ass opponent and I'm not going to waste my time surveying those games. Here are 3 games I am interested in and of these 3, only 2 involved teams that are both ranked.

Saturday
#24 Alabama vs #9 Clemson - This game should be awesome. It's in Death Valley and for those of you who have been to a game at Clemson, you know it is louder than hell up in there! I hope Clemson doesn't lay a fat egg and choke as they normally do. I hate Alabama and I hate their coach so for that reason alone, I'm pulling for the Tigers! Clemson wins (I hope). 8:00 on ABC

#20 Illinois vs #6 Missouri - No, these are not typos, yes both Illinois and Missouri are ranked in the top 25 to begin the season. One wonders how upside down the universe is when these 2 loser teams are ranked and meanwhile, my beloved Hurricanes might lose to Charleston-Southern.....sigh. I don't care about this game in the slightest but I'm going to pick Mizzou. 8:30 on ESPN

Monday
#18 Tennessee vs UCLA - There are many things that I love about the opening weekend of college football but in the last couple of years, the main thing is that there is at least one game on each night starting on the Thursday before the first weekend.....God bless this wonderful country. The Vols should destroy UCLA but it will be fun to watch the Bruins and their new coach Rick Neuhisel. I know I completely butchered the spelling of his last name but you know who I'm talking about. Going with Tennessee on this one. 8:00 on ESPN

Favre to NYC!

Evening sports freakitos. It's been awhile! I'm in Chicago for work but I couldn't resist writing this entry.

It's almost mid August and we all know that means football is right around the corner; I'm going to put together an entry on the preseason college polls but what do you guys think about Georgia getting a number 1 ranking? Is it deserved? Is this finally Georgia's year (hell it's been 28!)? Or, is this preseason ranking the kiss of death? I can't wait to find out.

Now, we'll discuss all that later but as you guys have heard by now, Brett (1 t or 2?) Favre is headed back to the NFL to the NY Jets! Unbelieveable.

Thoughts? Of course, now we have to continue to hear about whether or not he's going to retire after this season or if he's coming back. Or, if he retires, if he's going to come back after he retires. Or, if he doesn't retire, will he retire, BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH! I'm so sick of it.

You Know....

I'm getting a little sick and tired of getting busted on MY OWN DAMN BLOG about what I do write about and what I do not write about. I was on vacation this weekend people, so back the hell off!

Goodbye Uga VI

The University of Georgia's mascot, Uga VI, died last night in his sleep. You know that I am not a Georgia fan; in fact, I really dislike them but you also know that I just love that dog!

Regardless of which Uga it was, it's always the best mascot in sports and you gotta love them! I love the way he just barrels onto the field, barks at the camera-man and of course, watching him resting on his bag of ice.

According to the article below and his owner, Uga died peacefully in his sleep in Savannah. I know all dogs go to heaven so rest in peace Uga!

http://www.wsbtv.com/news/16736131/detail.html?treets=atl&tml=atl_break&ts=T&tmi=atl_break_1_12000106282008

Euro Cup 2008

I know, I know, no one who reads my blog is a soccer fan but I must admit, the Euro Cup has captured my interest. I am not a big soccer fan either but I do watch the World Cup every 4 years and I have been watching the Euro Cup this year.

Tomorrow, Spain goes against Russia in a semi-final match and the winner goes on to face Germany on Sunday. I've only one thing to say: VIVA LA ESPANA!!

Also, Wimbledon is going on and Le Tour de France begins July 5th. I'm a huge cycling fan and especially for Le Tour so I can't wait as I will be glued to my Versus channel throughout July. Hey, I gotta watch something waiting for college football and since my Braves are sucking.

By the by, freakitos, I am in Vancouver, Canada this week for work and I must say, it is a beautiful city. Speaking of that, I have to get ready for dinner so ciao for now. There's a lot of sports going on this weekend and next week for a summer month so tune in.

Ciao.