WE SHINED IN WEEK NINE

Trend be looking good

We went 7 & 1 last Saturday which is pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty good. The only game we missed on was Georgia Tech's lackluster performance against Virginia. But we'll take 7 winning picks any day of the week.

After a bumpy four week period at the beginning of the season, we've rebounded very nicely which means we're back to making some green especially when we hit on UPSET SPECIALS. So take a moment and start thinking about how you're gonna spend your extra cash....which leads me to the following announcement.

NEW MAN CAVE FOR WOOLARD'S WEEKEND WINNERS

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We had hoped to unveil our new game day headquarters back in late August but we ran into some technical delays which couldn't be avoided. But here it is: a multi screen, multi seat gathering spot from which we can monitor multiple games while keeping a close eye on Vegas action. During the week it doubles as work space for real client work, thus providing a tasty write off. So it's a win-win scenario. If you're ever in the hood during game day, give us a jingle. There's more than enough cold libations and delish eats for everyone. Nothing but the best for our subscribers.

SIDELINES

• if ever there was a mis-justice in officiating it's the blown call in Miami's last play of the game in which 8 lateral passes were employed on the way to its game winning touchdown over Duke. So it appeared. But early in the sequence it was clear that a Miami player's knee touched the ground prior to lateraling the ball, thus game over. But the ACC crew missed it AND so did the Video Review crew which took over nine minutes to review the play! In fact, according to the ACC, the officiating crew made four major errors during the last play. BUT yet, the ACC will not reverse the outcome despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary. AND to add insult to injury, the ACC named Corn Elder as the ACC Special Teams Player of the Week for scoring the touchdown. ARE YOU KIDDING ME?? Thus, the ACC gets our D-Bag of the Week Award.

• the HOT SEAT is heating up. We've just crossed over into the second half of the season and already we've seen a number of firings and retirements among head coaches. Good guy Frank Beamer is stepping down at Va Tech, Spurrier has left South Carolina, and George O'Leary is gone from UCF. Miami fired Al Golden last week, Maryland cut loose Randy Edsall before that, Steve Sarkisian was sent packing at USC. And Tim Beckman was canned the week before the season even started at Illinois. With all of this activity, the coaching carousel will be spinning overtime as schools look for replacements which of course triggers more openings down the line.

With that in mind, here's Woolard's Weekend Winners HOT SEAT listing, at least for now:
Mike London, Virginia...just a matter of time.
Charlie Strong, Texas...he may survive this season. Then again, he may not.
Mark Richt, Georgia...calls for his firing getting louder and louder with the national media piling on as well.
Mike MacIntyre, Colorado...losing 20 consecutive games to ranked teams ain't helping. Neither are his sideline altercations.
Paul Rhoads, Iowa State... a shutout over Texas is not what it used to be. Rhoads may be hitting the road before too long.

On the WARMING PLATE:
Butch Jones, Tennessee...2016 will be the year to produce with no excuses. Otherwise, he moves to the HOT SEAT big time.
Mike Riley, Nebraska...just a matter of time before Nebraska realizes it made a mistake in his hiring (not to mention the firing of Bo). The Husker AD has already issued the dreaded "vote of confidence."
Mike Leach, Washington State...a loss to FCS Portland State has Cougar fans royally pissed at the mad pirate and might make him walk the plank.

 

We'll be back later this week with your GREAT EIGHT WINNING PICKS. ®

In the meantime, have a winning day.

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