The Cyclones were eaten by the Big Guy

Two years in a row they walk into their final game needing a win to rep the North in the Big 12 Championship and two years in a row they crap the bed. Two years in a row they go to OT against a team they led early and couldn’t put away.

I’m sure the Fighting Manginos will enjoy their bowl game – especially after playing the role of spoiler. Mark Mangino is a true coach, and he is about 4 players away from putting together a team that could challenge anyone in the Big 12.

We stuck to our guns as we said we would. We lost the early game so we called it a day. Had we won and played some more; Virginia Tech showed up in the second half and covered. But the Irish looked sloppy and let Stanford hang around the whole game.

See you back here Sunday morning for some NFL action.

Saturday Late Action

If and when our Iowa State play hits the green, we’ll have some late game action. We aren’t chasing the green though; this is an “if we win early, we play a couple late” proposition.

Virginia Tech is a -24.5 shot against North Carolina. The public has bumped the line up from 21 and while we don’t always like to chase the rising line, this game will be horribly one-sided as the Hokies control their own destiny into the ACC Championship. The Tarheels are weak on defense and won’t be able to move the ball against the Tech D.

Take Virginia Tech -24.5 (but ignore this game above 25.5)

Notre Dame is BCS bound with a win at Stanford. This line opened at the Irish -17 and has been bet down to -15/-15.5. Notre Dame is too explosive to justify this low number and this game will be a blowout.

Take Notre Dame -15.5