FB: Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[AO]

Pick Em's for Week 1.   Post your picks on the pick em' board.

Everyone is welcome.  Take your shot at knocking off 2-time defending champ Finsleft.  Rules are subject to change without notice, logic or reason.


Previous Champions:
2011: Finsleft
2010: Finsleft
2009: sju56321
2008: AO
2007: AO
2006: Piperinsider
2005: Frankrickard/Repete

Week 1 Sep. 1
Non-Conference: 2pts
Concordia (Wis.) (+7.5) @ Augsburg
Concordia (Moorhead) @ Jamestown (+14.5)
Carleton (+10.5) @ Grinnell
Northwestern (+38.5) @ St. John's
Hamline (+10.5) @ Minnesota-Morris
St. Olaf @ Luther (+11.5)
#8 St. Thomas @ UW-Eau Claire (+10.5)

West Region: 1pt
Whitworth @ St. Scholastica (+8.5)
Crown (+14.5) @ Macalester

National: 1pt
#20 Thomas More (+6.5) @ #11 St. John Fisher
#2 Mount Union @ #13 Franklin (+24.5)

[sjusection105]

See, it's in your blood. You must be part Gypsy 

My son's baptism would have been way more extravagant were I a gypsy!

So true & paid for in $100's 

[faunch]

EDIT: And there is a commercial for Big Fat Gypsy Wedding. The world has already ended.  The Four Horsemen couldn't even bother showing up.

The Mrs. and I love that show!  Those gypsies lead some entertaining lives!!!

Try giving Dance Moms a shot....I swear one of these days I'm going to punch those bi_ch_s right through the damn TV!
http://www.mylifetime.com/shows/dance-moms

[finsleft]

Pick Em's for Week 1.
Everyone is welcome.  Take your shot at knocking off 2-time defending champ Finsleft.  Rules are subject to change without notice, logic or reason.

Previous Champions:
2011: Finsleft
2010: Finsleft
2009: sju56321
2008: AO
2007: AO
2006: Piperinsider
2005: Frankrickard/Repete

Can't touch me! (Click, for my animated, musical version, Freshmen)

P.S. Thanks AO for putting it together! +K

P.P.S. 38.5??? On a matchup of 2 teams picked as 4th place in their divisions?

[GoldandBlueBU]

Pick Em's for Week 1.
Everyone is welcome.  Take your shot at knocking off 2-time defending champ Finsleft.  Rules are subject to change without notice, logic or reason.

Previous Champions:
2011: Finsleft
2010: Finsleft
2009: sju56321
2008: AO
2007: AO
2006: Piperinsider
2005: Frankrickard/Repete

Can't touch me! (Click, for my animated, musical version, Freshmen)

P.S. Thanks AO for putting it together! +K

P.P.S. 38.5??? On a matchup of 2 teams picked as 4th place in their divisions?

Ha! I think that last year's match up of UMAC vs. MIAC champions in the playoffs illustrates the very sizable gap between the conferences very well...

I'm assuming you were being sarcastic...and shaking my head if you weren't.

[GoldandBlueBU]

Anyone happen to see this? 

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/08/23/before-and-after-pictures-woman-restores-christ-fresco-in-spanish-church_n_1824036.html?utm_hp_ref=uk

I can just see an old church lady thinking she was going to "help out"...and then ruin a very, very old piece of art in the process.

I liked the description of the changes: "A very hairy monkey in an ill-fitting tunic."

[SagatagSam]

I was about to offer a strenuous objection to the elimination of the red stripe on the pants this year, but, alas, there is precedent!

"I strenuously object?" Is that how it works? Hm? "Objection." "Overruled." "Oh, no, no, no. No, I STRENUOUSLY object." "Oh. Well, if you strenuously object then I should take some time to reconsider."

[AO]

P.P.S. 38.5??? On a matchup of 2 teams picked as 4th place in their divisions?

low expectations=achievable goals.  Either that or I'm just blindly throwing darts at a wall full of numbers.

[OzJohnnie]

EDIT: And there is a commercial for Big Fat Gypsy Wedding. The world has already ended.  The Four Horsemen couldn't even bother showing up.

The Mrs. and I love that show!  Those gypsies lead some entertaining lives!!!

Ah, well I reckon that's because you have a son.  With three daughters my perspective on funny has sure changed.

Someone git me a shotgun.  I got me a porch ta sit on.

[DuffMan]

I was about to offer a strenuous objection to the elimination of the red stripe on the pants this year, but, alas, there is precedent!

I'll miss the red stripe, too.  And the red pants are awfully ugly!  I like the jerseys, though.

My favorite quote from the article:

Weighing 30 percent lighter than standard football jerseys, the adidas TechFit jersey will help players be lighter and faster on the field and is a complete reconstruction of the standard uniform with multiple innovations.

Uh, yeah.  That few ounces is really going to make them faster! 

[bennie]

I was about to offer a strenuous objection to the elimination of the red stripe on the pants this year, but, alas, there is precedent!

It could be worse...

http://www.goducks.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=500&ATCLID=205656134

There is a slide show on the bottom of the page. I guess in the second picture I am suppose to be admiring the belt? It just seems so inappropriate! I do love the shiny helmets!

My friend just pointed out the comment on the picture "Our latest Nike uniforms continue to redefine reality.". Is that really an appropriate message for a crotch shot? Just saying...

[faunch]

I was about to offer a strenuous objection to the elimination of the red stripe on the pants this year, but, alas, there is precedent!

It could be worse...

http://www.goducks.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=500&ATCLID=205656134

There is a slide show on the bottom of the page. I guess in the second picture I am suppose to be admiring the belt? It just seems so inappropriate! I do love the shiny helmets!

My friend just pointed out the comment on the picture "Our latest Nike uniforms continue to redefine reality.". Is that really an appropriate message for a crotch shot? Just saying...

Jaysus H...Oregon's uniforms defy reality IMHO however these might be the worst of all time.

http://helmetgame.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/notre-dame-adidas-techfit-uniforms-shamrock-series-01-687x449.jpg

http://sportscrack.blogspot.com/2012/08/notre-dame-shamrock-series-techfit.html

[Knightstalker]

I was about to offer a strenuous objection to the elimination of the red stripe on the pants this year, but, alas, there is precedent!

It could be worse...

http://www.goducks.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=500&ATCLID=205656134

There is a slide show on the bottom of the page. I guess in the second picture I am suppose to be admiring the belt? It just seems so inappropriate! I do love the shiny helmets!

My friend just pointed out the comment on the picture "Our latest Nike uniforms continue to redefine reality.". Is that really an appropriate message for a crotch shot? Just saying...

Jaysus H...Oregon's uniforms defy reality IMHO however these might be the worst of all time.

http://helmetgame.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/notre-dame-adidas-techfit-uniforms-shamrock-series-01-687x449.jpg

http://sportscrack.blogspot.com/2012/08/notre-dame-shamrock-series-techfit.html

Why can't they leave leave some things alone.  I loved the traditional Notre Dame uniforms, just a classic look that defied time in my opinion.  I also do not like the changes to Penn States uniforms, I don't care what the reasoning is.

[SagatagSam]

Why can't they leave leave some things alone.  I loved the traditional Notre Dame uniforms, just a classic look that defied time in my opinion.  I also do not like the changes to Penn States uniforms, I don't care what the reasoning is.

The flashy uniform phenomenon is a fool's gold. It can sell a ton of merchandise, garner lots of publicity--and can even lure enough football talent into your program get you a few wins (see: Oregon)--but it has yet to win anyone a national championship.

RE: Notre Dame's Uniforms for the Shamrock Series
It looks like they've found a uniform that matches the highly overrated status and bloated ego of the Notre Dame program over the last 20 years.

[OzJohnnie]

Queue tmerton... Ready weapons... FIRE!