http://blogs.mercurynews.com/collegesports/2014/10/10/pac-12-football-picks-of-the-week-18/

He picks us as his lock, five star special! Noooooo....

...oh Wilber. Sigh.

this is a beautiful opportunity to buy our 5th win with a $100 bet on Washington. I love the emotional hedge. Get paid $100 for your suffering if we blow it. Feel like you're the reason we won if you bet against the Bears, and maybe have your cake and eat it, too, if we happen to win by three or fewer.

Wilner usually picks our games well. Which we especially hated the past two seasons. Being his lock tomorrow is a good omen.

" ... he line has shifted, with the Bears now a slight favorite. They should be a substantial favorite. Pick: Cal."

Substantial favorite ... ????

His track record in picking Cal has been eerily accurate this year. Maybe it was just a Tedford thing?

Either that, or we're totally screwed. We're Cal fans, so we expect the latter.

a complete game ? offense running at 10K rpm all 60 mins and pass defense / pass rush show flashes of what could be

bearsandgiants;842379461 said:

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this is a beautiful opportunity to buy our 5th win with a $100 bet on Washington. I love the emotional hedge. Get paid $100 for your suffering if we blow it. Feel like you're the reason we won if you bet against the Bears, and maybe have your cake and eat it, too, if we happen to win by three or fewer.

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This is what BearPlay is for, at least to this non-bettor.

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Lock of the week

Call ock.

91Cal;842379454 said:

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http://blogs.mercurynews.com/collegesports/2014/10/10/pac-12-football-picks-of-the-week-18/

He picks us as his lock, five star special! Noooooo....

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No, it's Ted Miller who we disappoint when he picks us. Wilner is just always generally down on us but has been surprisingly positive and accurate this year.

EDIT: But Ted Miller also picked us this week as a matter of fact.

Understood regarding Ted, but iirc this is the first year that Wilbur has been consistently accurate on us...

I recall that in the past, he was simply hit it miss whether or not he was negative or positive...as rare as he was with the latter ;-)

91Cal;842379454 said:

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http://blogs.mercurynews.com/collegesports/2014/10/10/pac-12-football-picks-of-the-week-18/

He picks us as his lock, five star special! Noooooo....

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If he picked us to lose every game, I'd call it Wilner's Kiss of Death.

Adam Jude of the Seattle Times is going with 41-38 Washington.

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After all of the critical hits Cyler Miles has taken past couples weeks, the Huskies must first establish a consistent running game, something they couldn't do against Stanford. Do better on first and second down, and third down becomes much more manageable for the young quarterback.

I'll also be curious to see if Miles is involved more in the run game intentionally, anyway, and not on run-for-your-life scrambles. He seems to have a decent feel for the read-option; it's not something he has to do every other play, but just a handful of times a game could force defenses to alter their plan just a bit.

Goff will pile up some yards, but the hunch here is that UW's front seven will do just enough to slow him down while the UW offense, behind a big game from Lavon Coleman and a key field goal from Cameron Van Winkle, reemerges in a nice bounce-back effort.

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B.A. Bearacus;842379541 said:

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Adam Jude of the Seattle Times is going with 41-38 Washington[/URL].

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SeaTimes is a rag that understands its money is xenophobic dependent and they have to go with the local team.
That's the safest score he could conjure .... but he knows in his brain that Cal 63, uDuh 17 is more realistic.

BeachyBear;842379468 said:

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His track record in picking Cal has been eerily accurate this year. Maybe it was just a Tedford thing?

Either that, or we're totally screwed. We're Cal fans, so we expect the latter.

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Yeah, something is going on. I guess Tedford as well. Tedford banned him from Cal practices or something.