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This week I launched Bowl Pickem on Ice Cream Helmet. The standard game which counts toward your ICH Score uses confidence rankings. Rank all the bowl games 1-32.

If you wish to create your own group confidence rankings can be used or if you wish to use wager points or just straight up 1 point per bowl game.

The San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl is the first bowl and is on Thursday. Get started on your picks!

College Football Bowl Picks on Ice Cream Helmet

We plan to be back next week, but here are the picks.

Evan: 31-34 (4-1), Mike: 31-34 (2-3)
Rutgers (M) @ Louisvile (E) (Thursday)
ACC Championship in Jacksonille, FL: Virginia Tech (M) vs Boston College (E) (Saturday, 1:00)
SEC Championship in Atlanta, GA: Tennessee vs LSU (EM) (Saturday, 4:00)
Oregon State @ Oregon (EM) (Saturday, 4:30)
Big 12 Championship in San Antonio, TX: Oklahoma (E) vs Missouri (M) (Saturday, 8:00)

I’ve been slacking on the List posts the past few weeks. This one deserves its own: Versus.

It made The List previously (when it was called Bandwagon Jumping) thanks to a couple of Pac-10 upsets that were on the channel. I also appreciate the channel because ESPN did a terrible job at hockey and really didn’t care about it. The NHL is Versus’ #1 priority. The only thing better would be to have The NHL Network.

This week on Tuesday I happened to flip on Versus and found two shows that I think I’ll be back for next week.

Hockey Central
Sorry, a few minutes of Barry Melrose on SportsCenter does not satisfy my hockey needs. I also usually miss it because I’ve changed the channel because they are talking about the NFL or something else that I really don’t care to hear any more about. Now Hockey Central is no NHL2Night with John Buccigross. Still its a lot of hockey highlights and hockey talk that I could definitely use more of. Besides the big name players and the Flyers I don’t know all that much. Out of the professional leagues the NHL is only behind baseball in my order of preference. I just know more about the NFL and NBA because you can’t avoid seeing all the news stories about them. They also do live look-ins.

Now I only got to see the last few minutes, but I think I will at the very least add it to my DVR for next week. I can’t really be sure because the Versus site is terrible but it looks like Hockey Central is on Mondays and Tuesdays at 9:30 or 10, depending on the game on before it.

Sports Unfiltered with Dennis Miller
This show got some press when it was announced. I didn’t really care. Dennis Miller? What was his last show on, CNBC? Whatever it was I tried to watch it once or twice, but couldn’t. I did enjoy Dennis Miller Live, when I did get to see it. I thought he was a good choice for Monday Night Football. I turned out to be wrong.

The show was on after Hockey Central. He opened with an AJ Feeley joke, so I gave him a shot. Turns out he does a whole monologue of sports related jokes. A lot of them are even funny, who knew. He doesn’t go too crazy with his historical references. Well, for me at least. He might go with more sports history, which I don’t really notice. The real history stuff I notice because I will not understand about half of what he is saying.

Its a lot like Dennis Miller Live, he does the monologue and then goes into his rant, which was about all the sports figures getting into trouble. His guests were Michael Irvin and Denny McClain, pretty solid for a show I wasn’t even aware was airing yet and related to the topic very well. After that he does the week in pictures, also right from his old show and still solid. He had on Bob Costas, who wasn’t terrible. He had some guy go try bull riding, seems like he’s going to try stupid things each week. We’ll see about that segment. He ends talking to some guy in Vegas about his picks for the week. Drop that segment right away.

I was at least able to find a half decent show schedule for this one on the site. Tuesdays at 10 or 10:30 are new episodes and the replays run throughout the week. They might be on to something with this show. I can’t think of anything else like it.

I don’t like people coming to the door trying to sell me stuff. I never trust it. In college I fell for the magazine trick. There is $20 I’ll never see again.

Last week 3 guys came to the door. Two is the limit. Three just seems like you’re up to something. I’m not going to fall for the intimidation factor. Only one of the guys even spoke. Were they supposed to split up and just decided not to? Otherwise, why are they paying all three of them?

They had an offer for me, spend the equivalent you’d spend on 2 Sixers tickets and get vouchers for 6 tickets. So roughly $100 for six tickets. Not a bad deal. I have some questions. Who is going to 6 Sixers games because someone came to the door? I’m guessing you could use multiple coupons at once, but they didn’t push that angle.

My other concern is how do I have any idea these guys are legit. Coupons for tickets? Real tickets wouldn’t work either since you’d have no idea what someone would want to buy. Even if you did have real ones, I wouldn’t trust those either. What they should do is sell me on it and then give me a flyer. Send me to a web site that I deem as legit. Preferably the Sixers site, but its also possible this is some sort of outside party. Then have me enter a code that will show that I am buying from this person. Make the code required to get into the site to get the deal, otherwise people would forget. The people walking around could potentially make more sales. Still sell it the regular way, you’ll get those people who fold under pressure. You’d also get the suspicious people like me, who’d like to take advantage of the deal but are concerned about giving money to a stranger at the door.

No Inter-Dis Material this week due to the holiday. Here are the picks:

Evan: 27-33 (3-2), Mike: 29-31 (4-1)
USC (E) @ Arizona State (M) (Thursday, 8:00)
Boise State @ Hawaii (EM) (Friday, 9:00)
Clemson @ South Carolina (EM) (Saturday, 7:00)
Missouri (E) @ Kansas (M) (Saturday, 8:00)
Alabama @ Auburn (EM) (Saturday, 8:00)

This is just for the historical record. These picks were made before the games started on Saturday.

Picks
Evan: 24-31 (1-4), Mike: 25-30 (4-1)
Ohio State (EM) @ Michgan
Clemson (E) @ Boston College (M)
Duke @ Notre Dame (EM)
Georgia (M) @ Kentucky (E)
Louisville (M) @ South Florida (E)

Audio: mp3
Running Time: 49:46
Hosts: Evan and Mike
Guest: Gregg

Evan and Mike return after a week off following the trip to Penn State for the game vs Ohio State. We discuss that event and all our usual college football topics. Evan has a story the might be a little heavy for Inter-Dis.

Topics
Evan’s Trip to Penn State
Changing opinion of someone you disliked when they have a serious injury.
Replay in MLB
College Football
-ESPN Page 2 College Football Rules #34-45
-Picks
-Heisman
-Conference Champions
-Mike going to the Penn State @ Temple game on Satuday
Evan taking his 1st sick day as a teacher - Plans to watch Reign Over Me and Evan Almighty

(We never got back to discuss why Gameday is in Williamstown, Massachusetts this Saturday. Mike and Evan don’t understand the reasoning.)

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Evan and Mike had to take the week to recover from a great time in State College. Well, great except that Penn State lost. Here are this weeks picks.

Week 10 Picks
Evan: 20-25 (0-5), Mike: 18-27 (3-2), Gregg: (2-3)
Cincinnati @ South Florida (EM) (Saturday, 3:30)
LSU (EM) @ Alabama (Saturday, 5:00)
Missouri (EM) @ Colorado (Saturday, 6:30)
Arizona State @ Oregon (EM) (Saturday, 6:45)
South Carolina (EM) @ Arkansas (Saturday, 8:00)

Audio: mp3
Running Time: 1:02:38
Hosts: Evan and Mike
Guest: Gregg

Evan and Mike are joined by a fellow Inter-Dis alum, Gregg. Most of the discussion, as usual, focuses on College Football. As well as looking ahead to the big weekend with Ohio State visiting Penn State.

Topics
Multiple Ketchup Brands on a Restaurant Table
Gregg is an Inter-Dis Alum
College Football
-ESPN Page 2 College Football Rules #27-33
-Picks
-Heisman
-Conference Champions
-Halloween Tailgate
World Series
-Mike: Rockies in 7

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South Florida lost @ Rutgers 30-27.
Colorado State won @ UNLV 48-23.

One team fell from the list in each category last week. Colorado State easily handled UNLV. South Florida couldn’t quite take out Rutgers. This week all but one of the undefeated teams plays a 1 or 2 loss team. Things are

Toughest Games for Undefeated Teams: Arizona State (California), Boston College (@ Virginia Tech), Ohio State (@ Penn State)
Best Chance to Stay Undefeated: Hawaii (New Mexico State)
Best Chance at a Win: Marshall (Rice), Utah State (Louisiana Tech)

Undefeated

Arizona State (7-0, 4-0)
Last Week: Off
This Week: California (5-2)
Look out for: California (Saturday, 5-2), @ Oregon (11/3, 6-1), @UCLA (11/10, 5-2), USC (11/22, 6-1)

Boston College (7-0, 3-0)
Last Week: Off
This Week: @ Virginia Tech (6-1) on Thursday
Look out for: @ Virginia Tech (Thursday, 6-1), @ Clemson (11/17, 5-2)

Hawaii (7-0, 4-0)
Last Week: Off
This Week: New Mexico State (4-4)
Look out for: Boise State (6-1)

Kansas (7-0, 3-0)
Last Week: W 19-14 @ Colorado
This Week: @ Texas A&M (6-2)
Look out for: @ Texas A&M (Saturday, 6-2), Missouri (11/24, 6-1)

Ohio State (8-0, 4-0)
Last Week: W 24-17 vs Michigan State
This Week: @ Penn State (6-2)
Look out for: @ Penn State (10/27, 6-2), Wisconsin (11/3, 6-2), @ Michigan (11/17, 6-2)

Winless

Florida International (0-7, 0-3)
Last Week: L 28-14 @ Louisiana-Monroe
This Week: @ Arkansas (4-3)
Best Chance: Louisiana-Lafayette (11/17, 1-7), North Texas (12/1, 1-6)

Marshall (0-7, 0-3)
Last Week: L 33-24 vs Southern Miss
This Week: Rice (1-6)
Best Chance: Rice (Saturday, 1-6), UAB (11/24, 2-5)

Utah State (0-7, 0-3)
Last Week: L 31-28 vs Nevada
This Week: Louisiana Tech (2-5)
Best Chance: Louisiana Tech (Saturday, 2-5), @ Idaho (11/24, 1-7)