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The Old Professor L-Train is back for my third straight Football season of picking games right here on BigBadSportsDaddy.com. If you want to check my stats from last year, here you go.

2011 Professor L-Train's
NFL 17-6-2
NCAA 18-14
Overall 35-20-2




As Jen Welter and I talked about last night on the Fooseball Show live from Frankie's in Uptown Dallas, Week 1 of the college season is a "dust the dirt off your cleats" week. Going through the schedule on paper there are only 3 decent games. You have :

Mich State -6 vs Boise State
Clemson-3 vs Auburn

and in the main event

#2 Alabama-14 vs #8 Michigan

I'm not crazy about these lines, however my mom didn't raise a chicken. Let's do this! Here is where my money is going this week. Happy Betting and good luck!

Boise+6 over Mich State
Clemson-3 over Burn



Bama-14 over Mich

Also show me
LSU-44 over North Texas. Welcome to the ass kicking of your life Mean Green.
OU-30 over UTEP.


Remember to hold back early in the season. Lay off and bet low. We have to let trends develop so we can bust them up later in the year. I know we are all anxious to get some action. Just go Axl Rose and show a little Patience...OH....Yeah..


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Why 4? College Football Playoffs.

At 5 p.m CST on Tuesday, the powers that be of the college football world stood together at a press conference to officially announce the creation of a new system featuring a four-team seeded playoff, which will go into effect beginning in the 2014-15 season. The new playoff contract is set to last 12 years.

Is it better than the BCS?
Yes it is!

Is it a quick fix?
Yes it is!

Is it a permanent solution to a lifetime epidemic that has plagued college football fans since the beginning of time?
No it isn't!

I have two problems with the new system. The first is; only four teams make the playoffs. Baseball figured out this was garbage a long time ago.

The second is why a selection committee? The committee opens up all kinds of bribes and conspiracy theories that we will hear about all over ESPN as this thing plays out. The cold hard truth is College Football and corruption go hand in hand.

As my daddy always told me when I was young "Son, life isn't about problems, but about the solutions". In this case there happens to be an easy solutions.

Are you listening NCAA? Here is your solution for free!

All you have to do is raise the number of playoff teams to 8 and combine the selection committee with something else. For example have a selection committee,Some computer generated Power Rankings(like the BCS) and the AP Poll all count. Take all those polls and create a formula. Then you could shake it up and have a true college football national champion come out! Think about it for a second, A true COLLEGE FOOTBALL CHAMPION!

If you are #5 in the country you can probably make a convincing case to be in the top 4. If you are #9 then I don't want to hear it. If you were good enough to be there you should have been in the top 8 with no questions asked.


So what caused the NCAA to get off their collective arses and do something about the College Football National Champions this year? I mean the general public,Local NBA owners named Cuban,Politicians,the media and a BigBadSportsDaddy.com blogger named Larry have bitched for years about how things have been ran in the NCAA Football World. So what changed this year?

I think when two S.E.C. teams made the BCS Championship game 6 months ago the other conference stood up and said "Wait a freaking minute!". All of sudden the Big-10,Pac-10,and Big-12 said this isn't fair! Let's do something about it. When that many powers stand up and start moaning people should listen. IN this case they did.

In two years we will get our "precious" college football playoff we have been craving. This will last for 12 years. Through conference reallingmenst and the building of Super Conferences we will have this system. I just hope in 14 years around 2027 the NCAA actually gets it right!


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Well, did you listen to the old Professor L-Train last week? If you did then you made out like a Smokey-less Bandit and took my advice all the way to the bank. Maybe I should change my name to Professor Cash Register, Cha-Ching!

Did I mention all of my picks are absolutely free? NO BS! Like per say Jonathan Stone who runs ads on a local DFW Sports Talk radio station advertising his free picks for Monday Night's game.

Now when I think betting advice I think of cheesy stumpy guys in cheap pinstriped suits and gold watches, rings, necklaces, (the more gold the better baby), screaming bull**** into a microphone with the urgency of an oncoming apocalypse. There is no doubt that is exactly what I got on the other end of the line when I called Jonathan Stone for his "Free Monday Night Football pick". Why would Professor L-Train need to do such a thing? One I was bored and two I wanted to know what the catch was.

After listening to a prerecorded message I was then giving the option to talk to one of the "experts" for my free pick. I chose to move along with the call and get my free pick. Once what I figure to be the "expert's lackey" picked up I was asked "how much do you bet a game?" and then informed someone would call me back with pick.

When the return call came less than 5 minutes later a guy assured me he had the winners for Monday Night and would give them to me for free if I signed up for Jonathan Stone's advice at $250 per month. There's the rub! When I said I wasn't interested he went into a Boiler Room like hard sell and that's when I decided to end the call and quit wasting my time by simply hanging up.

Now not only am I giving you the best damn free picks on the net, I am watching out for my fellow degenerates. All I ask in return is that you give us a few clicks on bigbadsportsdaddy.com each and every week and maybe check out some of the podcast. For example like the new and improved Larry Stanley Show set to relaunch next Tuesday with Eric the Mingler Ringler in the co-host chair.

Now I'll give you what you really want which is this week's picks:

Last week I went 1-1 in NCAAF and 2-0 in the NFL bringing my 2011 record totals to 2-1-1 in College and 2-2 in the NFL.

NCAAF
Virgina Tech -21 @ Marshall
Virgina Tech has dominated Marshall in their last 3 meetings. Nothing I have seen this year makes me think this one will be any different! Bet VTech

San Diego State @ Michigan -10.5
Looks like double money to the Professor


NFL

The NFL lines are very meh this week. My advice is Kramer like, diversify and bet a little on a lot and hope for the best. I'm going to play these 5 thinking I'll at least hit 3


Give me

@Buffalo + 9 over New England
Det -3 @ Minneosta
Baltimore-4 @ St. Louis
ATL- 1.5 @ Tampa Bay

and my upset pick of the week

@Oakland +3.5 over NY Jets

Happy Betting! Class is dismissed!

Playoffs? Are you Talking About Playoffs?

Less then two days after Auburn was crowned College Football’s National Champion the playoff debate started. Then I read a long absurd facebook post from Mark Cuban yesterday about his way to fix College football and create a playoff system. I will spare you all the wild ass details. Let’s just say in typical Cuban fashion it was really tricked up and very unrealistic.


On the Sports Daddy Podcast heard on Bigbadsportsdaddy.com I present a way for NCAA to fix College football now without changing it all that much. The Larry Stanley System is real simple and most of all realistic. Are you ready for me to rock your sports brain? Have each conference create their own playoff system. OMG Larry Stanley you are a freaking genius! It’s no wonder you earned a nickname like Professor L-Train!

How simple is that? For instance this year in the Big 12 Nebraska and OU played for the Championship. However Texas A&M beat both those teams yet they didn’t get a chance to win the conference or to play for the title. So why not add OSU in the mix and have a 4 team single elimination round robin for the Big 12 Championship. Round 1 could look like this

1. OU vs 4. OSU
2. Nebraska vs 3. Texas A&M

Then the two winners play for the Big 12 Championship. Would there be any debate who is the best team in the Big 12 it is all said and done? Hell No!


You would need to get all the auto qualifiers on board which shouldn’t be a problem if you tell them they will make more cash money doing it this way, Imagine a playoff like tournament in the SEC,Pac 10,Big 10,Big 12, ACC, and the Big East. The greatest thing is there is already a blue print to go by. I’m going let you in on a little secret. It already works in College Basketball .

This scenario would keep the current BCS system in place. You know that system the NCAA seems to love so much but everyone else hates. It would also generate more revenue by adding another game to each conference. The Bowl System would stay exactly like it is. So why not do it? It makes way to much sense that’s why!

I know some of you are going to say what about the non automatic qualifiers? Well this is where it gets a little tricky. They could either create a conference playoff or join up and make a cross conference playoff. Let’s say Conference USA and the Mountain West want to combine forces to try to create a stronger contender they could take the top two or three teams from each conference and put them in a round robin. Look at that problem solve.


Another rebuttal against the Larry Stanley College Football solution maybe it adds a extra week to the season. Well fix that too eliminate a non conference week. OMG again I’m showing my genius..

I would like to see the NCAA show some balls and step and govern teams non conference schedule. I think you should be required to play one or two similar rank teams. You can base this on the final BCS standings of the year before. For instance Wisconsin you do get to play South East Canada State in week 3, you have to play Texas A&M. Hey Ohio State you don’t get to play Lake Erie University in week 4. No.No.No…..Buckeyes have you meet the TCU Horned Frogs? Here they are play them,.


This would require the NCAA to get off their asses an actually do something but for the most part it’s wishful reasonable thinking. What the hell do I know? I’m just one college football fan with not so radical ideas. ]




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Spare Bowls

First I want to say haha to Nebraska fans! I’m glad you lost the Big 12 Championship. You are all annoying D-Bags. Your mighty leader of men Coach Pelini is a jack ass! You deserve to play a 6-6 Washington team in the holiday bowl. You know who will be watching this game? You proud Cornhusker and your wife/cousin! This is the first spare bowl on my list.

A big problem with college football is there are way to many bowls these days. I would say the main problem but I think we all know lack of playoffs is the main issue. When I was a kid going to a bowl game was a big deal! No coach would of got fired ala Dave Wannstedt for making it to a bowl game. Now you better make it to a big money bowl or you gone.


I thought this week I would look at the 30+ bowl games and eliminate the ones no one will watch. The list starts with CornHusker vs Huskie. We have already seen this garbage! We all know the black shirts will stop the very over rated Jake Locker and Husker wins to my chagrin.


Ok New Mexico Bowl you are Happy with two 6-6 teams? One thing I know is I won’t be stopping down for BYU and UTEP. Sorry New Mexico your bowl is eliminated!

It’s the New Orleans Bowl Troy vs. Ohio. Who Cares? Gone!

So no one wanted Boise State except the Las Vegas Bowl? The Las Vegas Bowl is supposed to be Mountain West # 1 vs Pac 10 # 5 but that did not happen this year! SO you have Boise vs Utah. Come on man! I’m not saying Boise should go to a BCS bowl but 1 loss to a very good Nevada team should not land you in the Las Vegas Bowl! If the Holiday Bowl was smart they would of paired Boise vs Nebraska. Now you have a game! They didn’t and we all know what is going to happen here! Boise wins by 10,000. Las Vegas Bowl you are eliminated.


The Texas bowl will pair Big 12 whipping boy Baylor vs Big 10’s bitch Illinois. Waste of time and Space! Texas Bowl you’re f’n out!

The Meineke Car Bowl pays out a million bucks! Nice but the give us USF vs Clemson. Gag! Barf! And flush down the toilet bowl. This is a game we will never see on ESPN Classic even with their 24/7/365 coverage of old sports. Sorry Car Bowl hasta la vista baby!

The Ticket City Bowl will be played at the Cotton Bowl but the Cotton Bowl will be at Jerry world in Arlington. Make sense? Hell no! The Ticket City bowl also lined up the greatness of Texas Tech(I can’t even type that with a straight face) and NorthWestern Spares. TicketCity Bowl you never should have been created. This game is going to be about as lame as putting your guns up!

Next week it’s on to the BCS where certain match ups have really pissed me off.

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TCU EASTbound

TCU shocked the college football world by bolting to the Big East this week. As a TCU fan I think it's a great thing for the Frogs and the Big East! As a college football fan i feel sorry for the Mountain West and NCAAF.

The Mountain West will lose Utah and BYU after this season and TCU after next. That's a big hit. Unlike the Big 12 the Mountain West went out and did something about it and replaced the schools that left. The Mountain West lost the University of Utah and BYU but has replaced them with Boise State, Fresno State, and Nevada. Now you have a pretty strong conference but wait TCU bolts! WTH?

Could you imagine TCU and Boise in the same conference? That could develop into one hell of a rivalry. Then you add an up and coming program like the Nevada Wolfpack and a decent program like Fresno you are building a nice base. You can argue this conference of misfits would be stronger then the Big East,ACC or even the Big 10. Yet they will not get an automatic BCS Bowl bid and because of that TCU left.

What Could of Been
Mountain West North
Boise
Nevada
Utah
BYU
Wyoming
Colorado State

MW South
TCU
Air Force
San Diego State
New Mexico
UNLV
Fresno State

and a Mountain West Championship Game





However that's all what could of been. The reality is TCU made a great move for them! This move also really strengthens the Big East Football schedule also. So TCU and Big East both win! Even though they left the Mountain West out in the cold they had to. If they ever want to play for a national title this is the only way.

Now TCU will be playing in front of the biased East Coast Media every week. They won't be a little red headed step child along with Boise State. They won't be that cute little school that went undefeated. The rest of the nation is going to find out what us Fort Worth peeps already know which is the TCU Frogs are contenders.

Let me take a shot at the mighty Texas Longhorns. Shame on you! You greedy bastards! You made sure you got paid and to hell with the Big 12! You should of been begging the Big 12 to add TCU which TCU would of jumped at but you didn't.Your Longhorn's attitude was let's keep the conference small so we can make an extra 5 million a year. Then Karma bit you in the ass didn't she? What Bowl are the Longhorns going to again? Oh wait......


TCU's move good for them! Great for the Big East! Bad for college football overall:(

Best Bets ...... Maybe worst bets 11-18

OK I know the old Professor L-Train's slump has continued longer then any of us could of ever expected. So much so I am writing this from one of the barefoot bandits hideouts. My bookie will never find me here!



During the course of a football season you are expected to go through a dry spell. Don't worry this one is almost over I can my fill it in my loins. Oh yeah! My Christmas betting balls are ringing!

My record on the season after my 1-2 performance last week in College 22-16-1. In the NFL I dominated last week and went 2-0! True Story. Look it up. My record in the NFL 12-12-1!

Make sure you check out my podcast on Big Bad Sports Daddy.com! You have The Larry Stanley Show on Mondays and The Sports Daddy's on Wednesdays with some award winning wrestling podcast on Tuesdays ;)

This week I like
Wisconsin - 4 over Mich
LSU-16 over Mississippi
MIch State -19.5 over Purdue
NFL
Philly -3 over NYG
Upset Special
San Fran -3 over TB

Best Bets 10-28

Hey Kids What time is it? It's Ranger Time!!! I know The Professor L-Train is contractually obligated to do a best bet blog for bigbadsportsdaddy.com. I wouldn't want to disappoint you or not get paid so here is how this blog will go. You will enjoy the hot chick pics I post and then read my picks for this weekend, the end! Get it? Got it? Good!


By the way here are some numbers you might be interested in 19-8-1 against the spread in College Football I am! Yoda(That little Green Bast@rd) couldn't pick like this. Bet Strong Young Jedi!

This week in NCAAF give me

OSU -5.5 over KState + Over 67

AZ -9.5 over UCLA


and could someone please tell me how in the hell Michigan State is getting points this week?

Michigan State +6.5 over Iowa $$$$$

NFL where my record is 10-7-1 on the season!

Washington + 2.5 over Detroit
Pitt +1 over New Orleans

Thanks for reading! Go Rangers

Professor L-Train

Big Bad Bets 10-22

So, the old Professor L-Train's cold streak was short lived wasn't it? 1 week and then boy did I bounce back!

Did you read my blog last week? If you did and took my advice you would know I went 4-1 Against the Spread in college ball! Nice, right? ;) I know I'm hot hot hot! Almost as hot as the pics I found to post this week! Enjoy :)

On the season that I am 18-7-1 ATS! Are you loving me yet? Why am I asking so many questions today? Maybe it's this 2 day hangover I am fighting off! Oh well on to the picks


Michigan State -5 over Northwestern.

MS is 4-0 ATS in last 4. YOu know the rule never bet against a streak. Well ride this pony all the way. Bet Spartans and don't buy into the let down game bullsh that is filling the net right now


Oklahoma -3 over Missouri

OK OU your the number 1 team in the country go prove it! I think the Sooners cover and take down the Tigers this week but will have a loss before the season wraps. Bet OU ubtil your Bookie screams Boomer Sooner


Wisconsin + 5.5 over Iowa

Are you insane Vegas? The Badgers just knocked off the number 1 team in the country! Unlike the Game Cocks I think this team game play a little ball. This is goiung to be a very tough game but I don't see either team winning by more then 3 or 4 points. Take the points here funk soul brothers and sisiters


NFL

2-0-1 last week! Again lady luck has smiled down upon me ;) After a slow start my overall record in the NFL is 8-6-1. Not to shabby eh hoosier?

This week take
NY Gaints +3 over Dallas

WTF? Has anyone seen the Cowboys play? How iun the hell are they a favorite???
I would never bet against the Cowboys myself but if you want to win some major bucks this is your bet

Baltimore -13 over BUff

Buffalo is terrible! Almost as bad as the Cowboys. Bet Ravens to cover

Washington +3 over Chi

Another no brainer! The Skins should win straight up and you want to give me points on top of that? It's not right to let a sucker keep thier money! Hey Eric Ringel Mr. Super Bears fan! Do you want some action on this game???



Lar aka Professor L-Train

Shoot OUT BANG BANG

It's Red River Shoot Out Week! Sorry that's what us old schoolers call it. ALL this PC crap has America calling it The Red River Rivalry now. What ever you call it you know It's Texas-OU Weekend!

This is the weekend when The Dallas Highways and Bi-Ways get invaded from the North and South! All those wild ass college kids come to town to get down! There are some crazy rumors floating around that their might be a football game in Dallas too.

Texans are preparing for the game from Brownsville to Lewisville by buying kegs, renting margarita machines,and marinating their finest meats and cleaning their grills. Okies are adjusting their antennas on their double wides. No one bother to tell them they don't work anymore.

All this Red River Shoot Out talk got me to thinking If this were the Old West and there was a shoot out going down I would be Doc Holiday and The College Football betting line would be Ike Clanton! I would be Jesse James and my bookie would be Sandra Bullock ;) I am your freaking Huckleberry!

My name is Larry Stanley aka Professor L-Train and I am 9-3-1 against the spread in 2010. This is all documented on The Biggest Badest Sportyest Website in the world! http://www.bigbadsportsdaddy.com.

You can also catch my podcast the Sports Daddys on BBSD's Radio Page. New shows go up every Wednesday but you can download it then put it on your ipod and listen whenever you want. You now how it all works.

DRAW! Here are this weeks best bets!

Indiana +10 over Michigan
Before the season started I picked the Hoosiers to have a breakout year. They started off 3-0 and are better then most people think. The only problem is no one pays attention to their games. That all changes this Saturday when Denard Robinson brings his Heisman campaign and his Wolverines to Memorial Stadium in lovely Bloomington, Indiana. The eyes of the College football world will certainly glance at this box score and see just how good Indiana is. Michigan may win but it won't be by 10. Expect this game to remind you of a Billy the Kid Lincoln County Shoot out. Over trends are like this: Mich 9-4 Indiana is 7-2-2.

The Over Under is 65 bet Indiana and the Over

Alabama - 8 over Florida

Listen up Alligator Dave it's time to face the facts that Florida isn't as mighty as it once was. You can say The Tide got exposed last week against the Hogs if you want. I say all that did was poke a hornets nest. The Razorbacks not the Gators are the 2nd best team in the SEC. Look for Saban's Outlaws to put it on em. Bet Bama Tide





Oklahoma -3.5 over Texas

I am a Texas Longhorn fan and I never pick their games. This week I make an exception as I want my fellow Horns to save a penny or two. The horns have been way to inconsistent in 2010 to bet them. I am not betting this game but the only way to bet it is Sooners -3.5. Damn typing that I feel like Pat Garrett just shot me in the back.

Stanford +7 over Oregon

This maybe the game of the week! This would be like a gun fight between Wild Bill Hickok and Wyatt Earp. Andrew Luck's Lynch Mob heads north on a mission. Look for Stanford D to be the difference in this game. Not that they will be much of a difference but just enough to get them the win outright. The O/U is 64.5 bet the over and watch these two break 90!



NFL

So I haven't been so good in the NFL this year. I know it's been a season full of home dogs. I just haven't had the stones to pick many of them. My record on the season is 2-4 ATS. This week I like


Philly - 6 over The Redskins
Houston -3 over the Greatness
and
Denis Leary's Pats -1 over Flipper

BEST BETs Bishes

7-1-1 Against the Spread in 2010! Yeah I am making the College lines my bitch! Why pay for "Experts" picks when I am giving you the winners for free! My name is Larry Stanley aka Professor L-Train. No I did not give myself that nickname no matter what those two dorks on the John and Eric Show(Heard every Thursdays on bigbadsportsdaddy.com) say!

This week I am not crazy about any of the lines but I have a few winners for you!

Arizona -7 over California

The Wildcats are 6-1 ATS in their last 7 home games. They just beat a very good Iowa team. Don't bye into any of that let down crap that is floating around the net. Arizona is flat out a better team and at home covers the 7 no problem-o! Bet Arizona


Oregon -12 @ Arizona State

Don't ask me why I felt the need to put both AZ schools in my best bet picks this week but for some reason I did. However this time I am betting against the Grand Canyon State. Last Year Oregon won this game 44-21. This year the Ducks are an offensive juggernaut! Oregon is 3-0 ATS in 2010 and 9-2 in their last 11 games. Bet Oregon and make it your biggest bet of the weekend.


*****Also Bet the over which is 55 in this game! Oregon is averaging over 60 points this year. Nice parlay here**********


Stanford - 4.5 over Notre Dame

Stanford's Defense has been sick this year! They also have a Heisman candidate QB. They roll in to South Bend as the best team and leave with at least a 10 point win! Sorry not this year Irish! Bet Stanford


NFL

So in the NFL I am not as hot! I am 2-3 this year so far. Last week I knew better then to take 3 road favorites but I did it anyway. What the hell was I thinking? This week I'll tell you the best bet on the board looks like Houston-3 at home over Dallas. Being a Cowboys fan I refuse to bet against them or tell anyone else to (wink wink)

Detroit +10.5 over Minnesota
This line is to good to be true! The only team with more problems then the Boys right now are the Vikes. They aren't playing good. Minnesota may win this game at home but it won't be by 11.


Monday Night
Green Bay -3 over Chicago
I am still not buying what The Bears are selling! Yes they are 2-0 but the are the worst 2-0 team in the NFL! Better Lucky then good right Bears fan? Look for the Pack to murder them on Monday Night.

Big Bad Best Bets

Short and sweet Big Bad Sports Daddy's own Professor L-Train(That's Me) is 5-1 ATS in College football in 2010 and 14-0 straight up! NFL I started out last week 1-1. There is not a hotter college football handicapper anywhere in the country as we speak! I am also giving you my picks for free! Why? Because I can!


Arkansas + 2.5 over Georgia

Yes The Hogs are the travel team but have you seen them play? The Razorbacks are 5-1 ATS in their last 6 SEC games. Georgia is unsure if they will have the nations top receiver back or not. I also don't think The Bulldogs D can contain Mallet. Take the Hogs and The points and look for them to win straight up

Nebraska -3.5 over Washington

Nebraska has one of the best secondaries in the nation and a great pass rush. Look for the future 1st rounder Jake Locker to struggle against this D. He simply doesn't have enough help. Nebraska 6-1-1 ATS in their last 6 non conference games. Bet em big!


Tennessee + 14 over Florida


Last year in Florida with little timmy Tebow the Gators only won by the score of 23-13. 14 is way to much to lay to Tennessee in Tenn. Take the VOLS and the points and hope there isn't another long delay to slow them down


NFL


This will probably be the only time I do this all season! I like 3 Road Dogs this week and one you can take to the bank


Chicago +9 over Dallas
This game is in Dallas but did you watch them play on Sunday Night? The Cowboys Offense looked awful! I am not sure if they can manage to score 9 points much less cover 9! Bet Bears.


New England -2.5 over NY JETS

Forget about it! If the Dallas Offense sucks then I don't have the words to start describing the JETS. There D is good but so is the Pats Offensive attack. Pats still this one in The Big Apple and cover no problem


Monday Night

New Orleans -5.5 over San Francisco

The Saints picked up right where they left off on Thursday night vs. The Vikings. The 49ers still have Alex Smith as their starting OB. Enough said! Bet Saints

TCU ReHash

I have to admit as a TCU fan I might of been taking the Oregon State Beavers lightly. Sure this game had all the hype of 1920’s heavy weight boxing match. It was even played in a stadium built to honor the Gods. The Frogs and Beavs didn’t disappoint at all. The biggest disappointment and mean literally biggest was the heavy set ESPN sideline reporter. What? You are telling me Jen Brown and Erin Andrews were busy? We were stuck watching lots of love all night but that’ s ok at least The Frogs are own national TV.

Oregon State showed they were here to play at the 11:48 mark of the 1st Quarter. TCU’s Heisman Trophy Candidate QB Andy Dalton threw and early pick for TCU. The Ryan Katz threw a strike to James Rodgers to put the Beavers up by a TD. That Kid can throw a deep ball

The first half of this game again reminded me of a boxing match. They both were landing hate makers looking for KO and couldn’t quit get there. I was concerned about Andy Dalton showing a slight limp and his two picks. None the less the Frogs took an ugly 21-14 lead in to the locker room at half time.

TCU lead by running back Ed Wesley took control of the clock in the second half. Their opening drive chewed up half of the 3rd. Each team would score 1 more TD in the 3rd. Heading into the 4th with a score of TCU leading 28-21 this is rivaling Pitt vs. Utah as the game of the opening weekend.

Both teams failed on their opening possessions of the 4th. TCU even failed on it’s second and had to punt it back to the Beavers with 4:18 to play. TCU once again would call on one of the Nations best D’s to close it out.

With the Cowboy Classic on the line it looks like the pressure got to Oregon State’s first time starting QB Ryan Katz. For the first time in the Katz tried to audible at the line of scrimmage. As everyone on the Beavers Offense looked confused disaster struck. Oregon’s Center sailed the football right after Katz head which he returned kicked out of the back of the end zone. Go Frogs! TCU went up 30-21 with 4:00 minutes left.

Lead by Dalton and Wesley TCU would put away the Beavers. As a Fan I am proud and shocked. Yes I know TCU was playing another ranked team but I expected more. The Frogs failed to cover the spread and let the Beavers stay in it right to the end. The ghost of Dutch Myers is smiling somewhere! Fighting Em until Hell Freezes over then fight on the Ice! Only 11 more to go before anotherBCS bowl.

TCU Frogs Redemption

When the 2010 football season kicks off for your TCU Frogs Saturday night they will have one thing on their mind and that is redemption! The Fiesta Bowl loss was a very hard pill to swallow for the Frogs and their fans. In 2010 anything less then perfect will be unacceptable.
The Frogs aren’t messing around! On Saturday night they are going to face off with a very good Oregon State team at the Death Star in Arlington. This is a huge gamble for a TCU team that must go undefeated again to get any kind of BCS respect. Sorry but one mark in the L column and your BCS dreams are over Frogs. The big question is if they do beat Oregon State and run the table will they play for a National Title? Sadly the answer is no. It’s nothing personal because the same goes for Boise State. Here’s the part of the blog where I should go on a rant about College Football Playoffs but I refuse to do that. Everyone in the Milky Way galaxy and even the rebels on Hoth know there should be a playoffs but there is nothing we can do.

So what can we expect from Gary Patterson’s Boys this year? Realistically I think they go undefeated again. Andy Dalton is back and is pissed! No one took the Fiesta loss harder. Andy is going to lead the purple and black with a big chip on his shoulder in 2010 as he should. For the first time since LT there is Heisman talk in Cowtown. It’s a long shot but there are quite murmurs.



However Dalton is going to need some help this season if wants to lead the Frogs to the Promise Land. The big play threat wide receiver Antoine Hicks and sophomore running back Ed Wesley will have to do their part on the business side of the ball to keep that O clicking. There is no doubt in my mind that they will!

We haven’t even got to the 2008 & 2009 Nations best Defense yet. The Horned Frogs return 7 starters and are ready to complete the Triple Crown and claim the Nations best D once again.

TCU will be challenged by the Beavers Saturday night. They also will have to stay focus to keep a quickly improving SMU team from sneaking up on them on Sept 24. In conference the road to undefeated will be tough especially when the Frogs travel to PAC 10 defecting Utah in November. On the bright side the other two tough Mountain West teams (BYU and Air Force)come to Fort Worth.

Do I think the Frogs will go undefeated again? Here’s a Big Bad Texas Hell YES!


I think it will be a great time to be a Frogs fan in 2010! If you are not going to the game Saturday join BigBadSportsDaddy at The All Star Sports Bar and Grill in Fort Worth for a TCU Frogs Kick off party! Larry Stanley, Eric Ringel and the Legendary Scott Gains will be broadcasting a live pregame show from 5:30-6:30 right here on BBSD. Then stick around for the game and rock with the post game concert. What better way to celebrate the start of another perfect season then by partying with your friends at BBSD?

Kobe and Tiger

I think the most disturbing thing I have read this year is the latest Harris Poll. America voted Kobe and Tiger as their favorite American Athletes. Really Harris Poll who the hell did you get to vote in this so called poll? If you missed it I went on a rant on this on BigBadSportsDaddy.com’s newest podcast The Sports Daddys (New Podcast up Every Wednesday on BBSD). However I don’t think I ranted enough. Before I continue let me go ahead and post the list.

America’s Favorite Athletes

1) Kobe Bryant and Tiger Woods tied

3) Derek Jeter
4) Brett Favre
5) Peyton Manning
6) LeBron James
7) Michael Jordon
8) Tom Brady
9) Drew Brees
10) Dale Earnhardt Jr.


My problems with this list starts at the top. It’s hard for me to believe that America’s favorite Athletes are an alleged rapist and a known cheater. Tiger and Kobe shouldn’t be on any favorite athlete list! They are scum who can play a sport better then most! They are horrible role models and the fact that enough U.S. Americans say they are their favorite really turns my stomach guts. America Sports fan you should be ashamed of yourself.

I don’t hate the fact Derek Jeter is on this list. I may hate the Yankees and everything they stand for but not Jeter. He is a great athlete and true team captain. You will never see him pulling bush league bullsh like ARod. Derek Jeter is a true baseball player and deserves to be on this list.

Brett Favre WTF? I know he’s fun to watch play and he has had a great career but shouldn’t you be sick of him by now? How can you say he’s your favorite athlete? Sure he is the guy I never want to see interviewed again. He might even be the most over dramatic American athlete. There is absolutely no way in hell he should be a favorite! In his old age he has became an annoying irritant. If you ask anybody outside of Minnesota do you think they would say Brett is their fav? Again NO!

Peyton like Jeter should be on this list. As a matter of fact I don’t have a problem with either of the other two QBS on the list. Brady and Brees I get that. Vote for them. They are good


Now Why is Michael Jordon on this list? Is it not active guys? I guess not. Well then you are telling me America loves LeBron “The Decision” James and Kobe ”Do Bears Come to this window” Bryant more then MJ? Sure MJ liked to play a little blackjack but is that really that bad? MJ is Mr. American Basketball. If there is a list of favorite athletes he should be the first basketball player listed. If you disagree then you are high!

Now it’s on to Dale Jr. Do you really think he would be driving that race car if his last name wasn’t Earnhardt? Would he be loved as much and have as many fans if his Daddy didn’t die on the race track in front of America? You take those two things away and he’s Kyle Petty without the talent. Jimmie Johnson should be on this list. He’s only won 4 Championships in a row! Is that good? Did he break it?

If I could get a list of the people who took part in this Harris pole I would go Jay and Silent Bob on them and kick some major ass. These people in this poll do not speak for American Sports fans. These people are flat out idiots.

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What's The Deal with The Big 12

As Jerry Seinfeld would say “What’s the deal with the Big 12? Is Texas staying or going or what are they doing here?”

Now to the point The Big 12 is staying together in some half ass kinda way. While this is what most Big 12 fans wanted it is destined to fail and fail hard.

The Big 12 stayed together by promising their 3 darling schools (Texas,OU and A & M)Iphone money and lots of it! Then they promised the lesser schools double what they were making in the past few years so they would stay and like sheep they did. The planned worked but at what now?


Now the Big 12 has backed itself into a corner. They can’t have a championship game with 10 teams and they can’t afford to expand. So whatever this conference is to become it’s going to be a joke. If I were the BCS I would yank their automatic bid unless they added two teams which as I stated above they can’t afford to do that. Give that BCS bid to Notre Dame no matter their record. You know the brain trust that runs the BCS is dying to pull a stunt like that anyway.


Big 12 Commissioner Dan BeBee may have patched up his conference for now but until he figures out away to get two more teams in it is still on life support. Monday ESPN was reporting that it was inevitable that Texas, OU, Texas Tech and Oklahoma State were heading to the PAC 10 and orangebloods.com was reporting The Big 12 was to stay intact. Now I’m thinking they may both be right. The one thing we know is the 10 schools left in this mess are getting paid like a MFer! And that's what it's all about!


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