News The Nudge Way

Robert Marve gives a Big "F-U" to Randy Shannon
The Nudge was watching the Emerald Bowl with his defensive guru and Miami alumni, Jimmy "The Greek" and we were both saying that the Hurricanes would have been better off if they had started The String Bean Jacorry Harris all season instead of platooning him with Robert Marve. Harris looked a lot better than a true freshman should look like in his first collegiate start. If it wasn't for the fumble in the fourth quarter, Miami would have won that game. We both thought that Marve would never leave the program, and that the platoon system would be in place for the next four years. Well, 2009 Christmas came early to the Hurricanes faithful when it was announced that Marve would be leaving the school. HC Randy Shannon let him of his scholie with a bunch of conditions that have to be met. Marve cannot transfer to a school in the ACC, the SEC or the state of Florida.

Marve told the AP "I had to get out, I just decided that I can't play for Coach Shannon." When asked about the platoon between him and StringBean he said "I just felt like it wasn't fair to either of us, honestly."

Marve's stats for the year were 1,293 yards passing, with nine touchdowns and 13 interceptions. While The String Bean had 1,195 yards with 12 touchdowns and 7 INT's.


Randy Shannon, un-like RICHROD, said "I have respect for Robert and wish him nothing but success in the future." If the kid was transferring from Michigan, RICHROD would have said that the kid suffers from Bubonic Plague and that his mother has head lice.

The Real Story: Look, it's pretty simple what happened here. Marve saw Jacorry play and knew that he was never, never going to touch the field again. A blind man could have watched that game and came to the same conclusion. Marve will probably transfer over to a D-1AA school, and his name will come up in three years as a draft prospect. But I assure you that you will never hear from him again. more here if you want it



My Beloved Aggies of New Mexico State fire Hal Mumme for this guy, what?
Everyone knows the love affair The Nudge has had with Head Coach Hal Mumme, I haven't kept it a secret. New Mexico State fires the guy, why? Just cause he doesn't win your stupid football games, where's the excitement fellas? The Aggies went 3-9 this year and actually lost to the Spuds of Idaho. And who does the all-knowing NMSU Athletic Director hire to replace him, UCLA Defensive Coordinator DeWayne Walker. The move doesn't make any sense. Gone are the days of New Mexico State going for it on 4th and twenty from their own fifteen yard line. Walker would probably punt in that situation, UN-FUN.

In 2008, Walker pushed a bad UCLA defense into being the 11th rated passing defense in the country. Good right?..no. Teams had big leads on UCLA and ran the ball to kill off the clock. This is the case of another guy getting a job off of a misleading stat. Walker worked as a secondary coach in the NFL for Joe Gibbs and The New York Gints. He was also a coach at USC under Pete Carroll. All of Pete Carroll's coaches that leave USC fail, bottom line. And Walker will be no different. You won't catch The Nudge watching New Mexico State football anymore, ...well, you probably will. But I'll definitely be rooting against them, so there, take that. more here, but don't go there.

The Real Story New Mexico State succumbed to pressure that they were facing to WIN games and they thought that if they hired Walker, they would at least get some National Attention. Well we know what happens to attention whores don't we. They wind up with crabs. Where is that Paris Hilton anyway?




Best left tackle Prospect in the last ten years says screw it, I'm not getting hurt in that Bowl Game


Alabama Junior Offensive tackle, and just possible number 1 overall NFL Draft pick Andre Smith has been suspended from playing in the Sugar Bowl when Alabama meets the undefeated Utes, "What's a UTE"? Uber-HC Nick Saban told reporters that the Outland Trophy winner would not participate with the team because he had improper dealings with an agent. It has been noted that an Alabama State Attorney is looking into the case to see if any criminality is afoot. Saban sent Smith home where he was overheard as he was leaving the campus saying "I'm rich bey-atch, rich, rich, rich rich. Go *&*% all ya'all."

Saban was quoted as saying "The University of Alabama, the team and the football program are more important than any individual player. Everyone on our team depends on each other to be responsible, to make good choices and decisions relative to their actions."

He further stated, very much un-like RICHROD " Andre Smith has done an outstanding job in our program as a person, student and a player and we will do all we can as an institution to support him in all future endeavours..." more here

The Real Story: The Nudge has been following this kid since he was a junior in high school. Ever since he put on the houndstooth hat in his high school press conference, he has been a starter on Bama's offensive line. Some agent, somewhere, has been talking to this kid's family telling them that he will front them millions, and that Andre in no way shape or form should play in the bowl game. He's already, at worst, a top five pick. If he plays in the Sugar Bowl and blows out his knee, the family is poor, poor poor. But, if he takes the front money, their rich, rich, rich. Any of us in a similar situation would do the exact same thing, and if you wouldn't, Then your an idiot.

We can rebuild him, we have the technolgy he is Bionic FrontButt:

Notre Dame Head Coach, Charlie "The FrontButt" Weiss is now the new recipient of a bionic knee. Weiss hurt his leg when he was blind sided while standing on the sidelines at a game eating some barbecue ribs and not paying attention in September. The doctors said that the knee was deteriorating due to the high cholesterol and fat content in Weiss's diet. more here

The Real Story: Weiss is huge. If you didn't expect his knee to give way from all the years of lugging his gargantuan body around....then your an idiot.

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News The Nudge Way

Robert Marve gives a Big "F-U" to Randy Shannon
The Nudge was watching the Emerald Bowl with his defensive guru and Miami alumni, Jimmy "The Greek" and we were both saying that the Hurricanes would have been better off if they had started The String Bean Jacorry Harris all season instead of platooning him with Robert Marve. Harris looked a lot better than a true freshman should look like in his first collegiate start. If it wasn't for the fumble in the fourth quarter, Miami would have won that game. We both thought that Marve would never leave the program, and that the platoon system would be in place for the next four years. Well, 2009 Christmas came early to the Hurricanes faithful when it was announced that Marve would be leaving the school. HC Randy Shannon let him of his scholie with a bunch of conditions that have to be met. Marve cannot transfer to a school in the ACC, the SEC or the state of Florida.

Marve told the AP "I had to get out, I just decided that I can't play for Coach Shannon." When asked about the platoon between him and StringBean he said "I just felt like it wasn't fair to either of us, honestly."

Marve's stats for the year were 1,293 yards passing, with nine touchdowns and 13 interceptions. While The String Bean had 1,195 yards with 12 touchdowns and 7 INT's.


Randy Shannon, un-like RICHROD, said "I have respect for Robert and wish him nothing but success in the future." If the kid was transferring from Michigan, RICHROD would have said that the kid suffers from Bubonic Plague and that his mother has head lice.

The Real Story: Look, it's pretty simple what happened here. Marve saw Jacorry play and knew that he was never, never going to touch the field again. A blind man could have watched that game and came to the same conclusion. Marve will probably transfer over to a D-1AA school, and his name will come up in three years as a draft prospect. But I assure you that you will never hear from him again. more here if you want it



My Beloved Aggies of New Mexico State fire Hal Mumme for this guy, what?
Everyone knows the love affair The Nudge has had with Head Coach Hal Mumme, I haven't kept it a secret. New Mexico State fires the guy, why? Just cause he doesn't win your stupid football games, where's the excitement fellas? The Aggies went 3-9 this year and actually lost to the Spuds of Idaho. And who does the all-knowing NMSU Athletic Director hire to replace him, UCLA Defensive Coordinator DeWayne Walker. The move doesn't make any sense. Gone are the days of New Mexico State going for it on 4th and twenty from their own fifteen yard line. Walker would probably punt in that situation, UN-FUN.

In 2008, Walker pushed a bad UCLA defense into being the 11th rated passing defense in the country. Good right?..no. Teams had big leads on UCLA and ran the ball to kill off the clock. This is the case of another guy getting a job off of a misleading stat. Walker worked as a secondary coach in the NFL for Joe Gibbs and The New York Gints. He was also a coach at USC under Pete Carroll. All of Pete Carroll's coaches that leave USC fail, bottom line. And Walker will be no different. You won't catch The Nudge watching New Mexico State football anymore, ...well, you probably will. But I'll definitely be rooting against them, so there, take that. more here, but don't go there.

The Real Story New Mexico State succumbed to pressure that they were facing to WIN games and they thought that if they hired Walker, they would at least get some National Attention. Well we know what happens to attention whores don't we. They wind up with crabs. Where is that Paris Hilton anyway?




Best left tackle Prospect in the last ten years says screw it, I'm not getting hurt in that Bowl Game


Alabama Junior Offensive tackle, and just possible number 1 overall NFL Draft pick Andre Smith has been suspended from playing in the Sugar Bowl when Alabama meets the undefeated Utes, "What's a UTE"? Uber-HC Nick Saban told reporters that the Outland Trophy winner would not participate with the team because he had improper dealings with an agent. It has been noted that an Alabama State Attorney is looking into the case to see if any criminality is afoot. Saban sent Smith home where he was overheard as he was leaving the campus saying "I'm rich bey-atch, rich, rich, rich rich. Go *&*% all ya'all."

Saban was quoted as saying "The University of Alabama, the team and the football program are more important than any individual player. Everyone on our team depends on each other to be responsible, to make good choices and decisions relative to their actions."

He further stated, very much un-like RICHROD " Andre Smith has done an outstanding job in our program as a person, student and a player and we will do all we can as an institution to support him in all future endeavours..." more here

The Real Story: The Nudge has been following this kid since he was a junior in high school. Ever since he put on the houndstooth hat in his high school press conference, he has been a starter on Bama's offensive line. Some agent, somewhere, has been talking to this kid's family telling them that he will front them millions, and that Andre in no way shape or form should play in the bowl game. He's already, at worst, a top five pick. If he plays in the Sugar Bowl and blows out his knee, the family is poor, poor poor. But, if he takes the front money, their rich, rich, rich. Any of us in a similar situation would do the exact same thing, and if you wouldn't, Then your an idiot.

We can rebuild him, we have the technolgy he is Bionic FrontButt:

Notre Dame Head Coach, Charlie "The FrontButt" Weiss is now the new recipient of a bionic knee. Weiss hurt his leg when he was blind sided while standing on the sidelines at a game eating some barbecue ribs and not paying attention in September. The doctors said that the knee was deteriorating due to the high cholesterol and fat content in Weiss's diet. more here

The Real Story: Weiss is huge. If you didn't expect his knee to give way from all the years of lugging his gargantuan body around....then your an idiot.

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Down goes Frazier, Down goes Frazier

The Nudgette Secretary, Lindsey Scott ringing in the new year, "Nudge Style"

My how the mighty have fallen. With 17 Bowl Games already played, the standings in the Nudgerama Bowl Extraveganza have really taken a turn. Leading the charge with a nearly insurmountable lead was Crazy Ass Bow Hunter who was putting a smack down on all his competition. The Bow Hunter was getting sickingly cocky, bragging to everyone that he knew exactly which way each and every bowl game was going to go. Meanwhile, The Nudge was perched in the corner, biding his time, waiting to strike at any second, like a cat. And how did the Gods of College Football treat the Bow Hunters cockiness, he lost the last five games in a big way honey. And look what cool cat jumped up through the standings and is currently in 1st place, that right, little old un-cocky me, The Nudge.

After the crushing upset of The Ducks of Eugene over the Cowpokes of Okie, the standings are as follows:


1st Place- In the Hearts and Minds of Many- The Nudge (+1300 Points)

When I asked myself to comment on my new found place in the standings, I said to myself "Ease up Playboy, there's a lot of football left" and "I just hope this is making Angry-G even angrier."

2nd Place- Mr. Awesome (+1000 points)

When asked for comment, Mr. Awesome broke away from the mirror for a split-second and said "Do I win some beer or something?..no....then leave me the *&%* alone, I'm busy."

3rd Place- Everyone's favorite Ladies Man, Mikey-Love (+900 points)

Mikey-Love had this to say, "Clue me in wit this thing, what the Hell is going on, and why do you keep asking me stupid questions, I'm tanning."

4th Place- Bow Hunter (+400 points)

Bow Hunter had this to say, "This thing is going on too long. Why can't we just say that the bowl's ended yesterday, and you can give me my money, yea."

5th Place- The Angriest Man on Earth- Angry-G (+200 points)

"Bro, am I ahead of that crazy ass Bow Slinger?..no.. what the *&%$, man, yo. I gotta beat that dude, you know I'm only pullin for him to lose right. I don't even care if I win this thing, but I'm still gonna win it, you know, bro, a-right jerk-off, later."

6th Place- C-Nut rockin the RICHROD 4Pres t-Shirts (-100 points)

C-Nut had this to say. "you see, I'm really screwed in this thing. I picked West Virginia because they were all RICHRODS recruits, so you know they were going to win. But outside of that, with Michigan and RICHROD not being in, I really..........................................blah................................blah...........RichRod.....................................................................Spread option.....................................Tate Forcier...............................................................win a BCS Bowl next year......................................blah. And that's about it, Hey did I tell you that Michigan signed their 86 wide receiver to their recruiting class?

Last Place- AnalSeczter (-1500 points)

AnalSeczter had this comment, "This is stupid, I didn't even look at the thing. Pick a real sport to do this in. College football sucks. Leave me alone. Go suck it losers."

Recently single Nudgette, Holly Madison. So your saying there's a chance, I read ya Holly!

Here are the picks rolling into New Years Day.

Outback Bowl, Tampa Florida: Iowa -3 to South Carolina
The Nudge: Carolina 2* -200
Mikey-Love: Carolina 2* -200
Angry-G: Carolina 3* -300
C-Nut: Carolina 2* -200
Bow Hunter: Carolina 4* -400
Mr. Awesome: Carolina 2* -200
AnalSeczter: Iowa 3* +300

Capital One Bowl, Orlando Florida: Georgia -7 1/2 Michigan State

The Nudge: Georgia 5* +500
Mikey-Love: Georgia 2* +200
Angry-G: Georgia 4* +400
C-Nut: Georgia 5* +500
Bow Hunter: Georgia 4* +400
Mr. Awesome: Georgia 3* +300
AnalSeczter: Georgia 3* +300

Lounging Nudgette, Heather Rae, which rhymes with New Years Day, get it, I'm witty!

Konica Minolta Gator Bowl, Jacksonville Florida: Clemson -3 Nebraska
The Nudge: Clemson 1* -100
Mikey-Love: Nebraska 2* +200
Angry-G: Clemson 3* -300
C-Nut: Clemson 2* -200
Bow Hunter: Clemson 5* -500
Mr. Awesome: Nebraska 4* +400
AnalSeczter: Clemson 3* -300

The Rose Bowl, Cali-freagin-fornia: USC -10 Penn State

The Nudge: Penn 2* -200
Mikey-Love: Penn 2* -200
Angry-G: Penn 2* -200
C-Nut:USC 3* +300
Bow Hunter: USC 3* +300
Mr. Awesome: Penn 2* -200
AnalSeczter: USC 3* +300

Stay Classy, Lucy Pinder, you Nudgette you

FedEx Orange Bowl, Miami Florida: Cinncinati -1 Virginia Tech
The Nudge: VaTech 5* +500
Mikey-Love: VaTech 2* +200
Angry-G: Cinn 3* -300
C-Nut: VaTech 2* +200
Bow Hunter: Cinn 3* -300
Mr. Awesome: Cinn 4* -400
AnalSeczter: Cinn 3* -300

This is what the party is gonna look like when I rock this thing and drop Nudgerama on you all!
Nudge Out baby! Can you feel The Nudge?

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Down goes Frazier, Down goes Frazier

The Nudgette Secretary, Lindsey Scott ringing in the new year, "Nudge Style"

My how the mighty have fallen. With 17 Bowl Games already played, the standings in the Nudgerama Bowl Extraveganza have really taken a turn. Leading the charge with a nearly insurmountable lead was Crazy Ass Bow Hunter who was putting a smack down on all his competition. The Bow Hunter was getting sickingly cocky, bragging to everyone that he knew exactly which way each and every bowl game was going to go. Meanwhile, The Nudge was perched in the corner, biding his time, waiting to strike at any second, like a cat. And how did the Gods of College Football treat the Bow Hunters cockiness, he lost the last five games in a big way honey. And look what cool cat jumped up through the standings and is currently in 1st place, that right, little old un-cocky me, The Nudge.

After the crushing upset of The Ducks of Eugene over the Cowpokes of Okie, the standings are as follows:


1st Place- In the Hearts and Minds of Many- The Nudge (+1300 Points)

When I asked myself to comment on my new found place in the standings, I said to myself "Ease up Playboy, there's a lot of football left" and "I just hope this is making Angry-G even angrier."

2nd Place- Mr. Awesome (+1000 points)

When asked for comment, Mr. Awesome broke away from the mirror for a split-second and said "Do I win some beer or something?..no....then leave me the *&%* alone, I'm busy."

3rd Place- Everyone's favorite Ladies Man, Mikey-Love (+900 points)

Mikey-Love had this to say, "Clue me in wit this thing, what the Hell is going on, and why do you keep asking me stupid questions, I'm tanning."

4th Place- Bow Hunter (+400 points)

Bow Hunter had this to say, "This thing is going on too long. Why can't we just say that the bowl's ended yesterday, and you can give me my money, yea."

5th Place- The Angriest Man on Earth- Angry-G (+200 points)

"Bro, am I ahead of that crazy ass Bow Slinger?..no.. what the *&%$, man, yo. I gotta beat that dude, you know I'm only pullin for him to lose right. I don't even care if I win this thing, but I'm still gonna win it, you know, bro, a-right jerk-off, later."

6th Place- C-Nut rockin the RICHROD 4Pres t-Shirts (-100 points)

C-Nut had this to say. "you see, I'm really screwed in this thing. I picked West Virginia because they were all RICHRODS recruits, so you know they were going to win. But outside of that, with Michigan and RICHROD not being in, I really..........................................blah................................blah...........RichRod.....................................................................Spread option.....................................Tate Forcier...............................................................win a BCS Bowl next year......................................blah. And that's about it, Hey did I tell you that Michigan signed their 86 wide receiver to their recruiting class?

Last Place- AnalSeczter (-1500 points)

AnalSeczter had this comment, "This is stupid, I didn't even look at the thing. Pick a real sport to do this in. College football sucks. Leave me alone. Go suck it losers."

Recently single Nudgette, Holly Madison. So your saying there's a chance, I read ya Holly!

Here are the picks rolling into New Years Day.

Outback Bowl, Tampa Florida: Iowa -3 to South Carolina
The Nudge: Carolina 2* -200
Mikey-Love: Carolina 2* -200
Angry-G: Carolina 3* -300
C-Nut: Carolina 2* -200
Bow Hunter: Carolina 4* -400
Mr. Awesome: Carolina 2* -200
AnalSeczter: Iowa 3* +300

Capital One Bowl, Orlando Florida: Georgia -7 1/2 Michigan State

The Nudge: Georgia 5* +500
Mikey-Love: Georgia 2* +200
Angry-G: Georgia 4* +400
C-Nut: Georgia 5* +500
Bow Hunter: Georgia 4* +400
Mr. Awesome: Georgia 3* +300
AnalSeczter: Georgia 3* +300

Lounging Nudgette, Heather Rae, which rhymes with New Years Day, get it, I'm witty!

Konica Minolta Gator Bowl, Jacksonville Florida: Clemson -3 Nebraska
The Nudge: Clemson 1* -100
Mikey-Love: Nebraska 2* +200
Angry-G: Clemson 3* -300
C-Nut: Clemson 2* -200
Bow Hunter: Clemson 5* -500
Mr. Awesome: Nebraska 4* +400
AnalSeczter: Clemson 3* -300

The Rose Bowl, Cali-freagin-fornia: USC -10 Penn State

The Nudge: Penn 2* -200
Mikey-Love: Penn 2* -200
Angry-G: Penn 2* -200
C-Nut:USC 3* +300
Bow Hunter: USC 3* +300
Mr. Awesome: Penn 2* -200
AnalSeczter: USC 3* +300

Stay Classy, Lucy Pinder, you Nudgette you

FedEx Orange Bowl, Miami Florida: Cinncinati -1 Virginia Tech
The Nudge: VaTech 5* +500
Mikey-Love: VaTech 2* +200
Angry-G: Cinn 3* -300
C-Nut: VaTech 2* +200
Bow Hunter: Cinn 3* -300
Mr. Awesome: Cinn 4* -400
AnalSeczter: Cinn 3* -300

This is what the party is gonna look like when I rock this thing and drop Nudgerama on you all!
Nudge Out baby! Can you feel The Nudge?

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Let The Nudgery Continue

She works at a Deli, seriously, I'm not kidding

The Nudge covered big today with my four star Rice pick. Chase Clement to Jarret Dillard was just too much for the Broncos of Western Michigan to handle. If Rice keeps improving with their defense, they should start building a program that could compete, but that's a big if. Next year with them losing the two best players in the history of their school, their offense migt not get going for a while. Watch out for The Nudge picks going against them early and often next year. I lost on a 2 star game with NC State losing by 6 to Rutgers. I know this sounds like a broken record, but you can't predict big injuries to big players in a game. While NC State Qb Russell Wilson was in the game, NC State was moving the ball. Before the end of the second half, he suffered a knee injury and O'Brien brought in Daniel Evans, the guy who started the season at QB and was horrible. Evans used to be effective a couple of years ago, but he has never caught on to the O'Brien spread attack. ANYWHOSE. Loss

The Nudge told you that Pat Fitzgerald would have his team fired up and that the game would be closer than most of the pundits thought. The Nudge still had Mizzoo as a four star pick with Mizzoo giving 10 and a nudge. Loss Mark my words, if there's one coach in all college football whose job is safe, outside of Pete Carroll, it's Fitzgerald. He's got the backing of the entire school and student body behind him and he has the Northwestern program heading in a great direction. Look for the Cats to cover a couple of times next year.

The Nudge covered in a big way Honey with the Maryland Terps 2* and Rice 4*, and at press time it looks like giving the ball to LaGarrette Blount in the fourth quarter is really looking good for the Ducks of Eugene 2* pick. Cover. There's still alot of football to play, but the sands of time are running out for the season, so without further ado, let's go to the Nudge Picks

Sands of time never run out for Megan Fox

Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl, Fort Worth, Tex-ass: How-Stun giving 3 and a nudge to The Mighty Falcons of the Air.

This is finally a national stage for Kevin Sumlin and his resurgent How-Stun team. QB "Come out of nowhere" Case Keenum has been lighting up the scoreboard out of the spread throw first offense. So far this year, he's thrown for 4,768 yards with 41 TD's. In the past four games he's thrown 402 yards, 480 yards and 494 yards in their loss to Rice. Easy pick How-Stun right? Not so fast. The Mighty Falcons of the Air have posted a quiet 8-4 record with their four losses coming at the hands of a fired up Navy team, a BCS Buster Utah, the best TCU team I ever saw and score-a-minute BYU. If your going to look for how this team played against similiar offenses, I think the BYU game is your best point of reference. And that game was close. Look for the maturity level of the Air Force Academy Cadets to be the deciding factor in this one. I'm rolling with the F-15's because "That's what Tom Cruise would do." Air Force 1* Take the over at 64, 3* Loss, Loss 1*, 3*

Brut Sun Bowl, El Paso, Tex-Ass: Oregon State giving 2 and a nudge against LeSean McCoy.

This one comes down simply to two players, Quizzz and LeSean. I think LeSean sets El Paso on fire. Easily gets 200 yards rushing to set the stage for a campaign run at The Stiff Arm next year. Pitt has been playing gritty knock out your front teeth, push back, way back offense for the past couple of weeks now. The Nudge was very impressed with them in the loss to the BearClaws and their wins against Pat White and a good UCONN team. Knock'em in the grill McCoy, big numbers. 2* Push

Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl, Nashville Ten-I-See: BC giving 3 and a nudge to Vandy

At first, I thought, BC and their robotic like move you down the field offense is going to win over a real over rated Vandy squad. Again, I changed my mind, I have to stop doing that. Since telling everyone that the ranked Vandy squad was the most overrated team in history, they've lost six out of their last seven games and haven't competed too well. Mr. Bama football Chris Nickson went down with an injury and Mackenzie Adams stepped in at QB. Look for do-everything Vandy CB DJ Moore to really have a big impact in this one. So why am I rolling with Vandy against all of my intuitions. BC is starting Frosh QB Dominique Davis down in Nashville. This is defenitely a de-Facto home game for the Commodores and Davis, although possesing tremendous athletic ability, will be affected by the crowd. Vandy has to jump on him early and cause some turnovers. BC is going to look to run the ball straight at them, Vandy will stack the line and force Davis to pass, when he does, he'll probably hit Moore a couple of times. The pick is Vandy 1*. But Davis does have tremendous upside, and can be a real factor next year. Cover 1*

The Annual Nudgette Lingerie Show was really a big hit

Insight Bowl, Tempe, Zona: Mangino's Man-Size Appetite giving 9 To Tha Gopha's

You broke my hear Mangin-ious. You lost 4 of your last 6 games. Kansas RB Jake Sharp #1 is going to be the big factor in this game. If they can establish the run early, that will set up the spread version of the play action, that will be Reesing hitting Meier for ten yards per catch. The Gopha's are over rated, sorry. When they faced tough competition they folded like a wet blanket. The JayHawks are a much better team then their record indicates. Reesing is for real, and if your not pulling for him then your down right Un-American. Big Spread, but the JayHawks win this one by 20 points, no problem. Reesing and a FIVE STAR, Cover with the Five Star

Chick Fil A Bowl, Atlanta, Gawgia: Gawgia Tech giving 4 to The Hat.

Everyone and their Mutha is picking Tech to win outright. De-Facto home game, and the crowd will be a huge factor. Head Coach extraordinnaire Paul Johnson has done a down right fantastic job at Tech in his first year. When he went there, I knew that Josh Nesbitt would be a perfect fit in his scheme. In this game, watch beast running back Jonathon Dwyer on the full back dive. He'll be good for 5 yards per in this game. The big factor is going to be Nesbitt hitting Demaryius Thomas when LSU puts nine guys in the box to stop the run. There is a catch and a "Not SO Fast" in this one though. The reason Johnson's wing option is able to be so effective is that other teams don't face it all year and only have one week to prep their defense on the reads. LSU has had a month to focus solely on this. AND that's big, very big. The reason why Tech will win is because LSU will not get consistent play out of their QB, whoever they decide to play at any given moment. Next year, Russell Shepard starts there from Day 1 and they're a different team. This one is closer than people think! Tech 1* Loss

Alway's Great Outback Bowl, Tampa, FL: Iowa giving 4 to The Visor

I need to stop everyone from sucking off Shon Greene for a second. The reason why he was able to get sooo many yards is 1) they have no passing attack and he was the only one who could move the ball 2) he got all those yards against Purdue, Wiscy and Florida International for Christ's sake. If the guy played in the SEC, you would never had heard of him. And guess what, The Visor plays in the SEC. And not only that, he has the best defense in that conference of great defenses. Stop with all the Shonn Greene *&*%. Jasper Brinkley is the man. He will control the game. The Visor is going to run the ball down the BlackEye's throats till it hurts. Visor 3* Loss

Your secrets safe with us Nudge, we won't tell!

The Gator Bowl, Jacksonville, FL: Clemson giving 2 and a nudge to The Huskers

The Nudge flat out loves Bo Pellini. There, I said it. I love the man. Real football is back in Nebraska and everything is right with the world. Dabo Sweeney has a lot of firepower on that Clemson team, but I think the BlackShirts will lay the pipe. Look for Braska to run the ball right at Clemson and try and play keep away. I love this match up and this game, for observation purposes. For choosing who will cover, that's another matter all togethar. With a month off, does Clemson put it all togethar? Does Spiller and Davis break out of a cocoon just in time for the NFL Scouts? I don't know. Too many questions to really call this game. I'm going with BO, 1* Cover

Capital One Bowl, Disney, FL: Richt's Bulldogs giving 7 and a nudge to Dantonio's Spartans

Dantonio's Spartans are a one-trick pony. Stop Superman, and you win the game. I love that everyone's number one NFL Pick Four Weeks Ago Mathew Stafford is playing for a chance to play for the Detroit Lions in this one. For years everyone has been saying that this guy has number one pick written all over him. Now, because Stoops let Bradford play til the end of every game and they played in the no-defense Big Twelve, Bradford is all of a sudden a better pro prospect. Come on. Stafford lights this one up. FIVE STAR pick. Roll Dawgs Cover on another Five Star Pick

Nudgette Holly Vance wishing you a happy Rose Bowl

The Grand Daddy of EM ALL, ROSE BOWL: Mighty Men of Troy giving 9 to the JoePa's

A lot of movement in this line, going JoePa's way. It started out at 10 and a nudge, and has dropped a full point and a nudge. Why, because while everyone was saying how USC is going to destory the lowly Big Ten Champs, the smart money was funnelling it away on the high spread. I've always liked the JoePa's in this one. With USC FB Stanley Havili ruled academically ineligible in this one, I like it even more. Why, you might ask will a FB who only had 324 yards receiving be so missed? Because Havili has been the one to make big plays out of the backfield and keep USC in the games where the whole team has fallen asleep. The guy is Dirty Sanchez's safety outlet, and he's needed him a lot this year. The JoePa's are a good solid team. Outside of a few minutes in that Iowa game, they would be playing for a National Championship against Florida. In that game they would only be underdogs by 6 points. So why has everyone forgotten about them, and think that they can't win this one. Because their not a "SEXY" team. The SpreadHD(tm) offense is just plain solid, no award winners there. And their Defense really earns the phrase "They bring their lunch pails to the game." USC, in their game against UCLA, showed that this team can fall asleep. I know they have the number 1 defense in the country, but Penn State has the Number 8 D. This is really going to be a good game, and a good game equals a close game, and the number is too high not to jump on the JoePa's. 1*

FEDEX Orange Bowl, Miami: B-Kell's BearClaw's giving 2 to BeamerBall

VaTech has to win this one. The way the team has focused on this game, and the stories I have been hearing about how this team has been practising since they got to Miami has said a lot. I love the Beamers in this one. B-Kell and the boys are happy to be in a BCS Bowl. The Hokies must win. Next year, B-Kell will win a BCS Bowl, not this one. FIVE STAR PICK.

Bowl Record so far (notice it's back on the bottom): 13-6 overall, 1*5-2, 2* 3-2, 3*2-0, 4*2-3, 5* 1-0.

That's it, I got to go and join my one man band in a new song we're writing about Tim Tebow's biceps. See Ya sports fans!

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Let The Nudgery Continue

She works at a Deli, seriously, I'm not kidding

The Nudge covered big today with my four star Rice pick. Chase Clement to Jarret Dillard was just too much for the Broncos of Western Michigan to handle. If Rice keeps improving with their defense, they should start building a program that could compete, but that's a big if. Next year with them losing the two best players in the history of their school, their offense migt not get going for a while. Watch out for The Nudge picks going against them early and often next year. I lost on a 2 star game with NC State losing by 6 to Rutgers. I know this sounds like a broken record, but you can't predict big injuries to big players in a game. While NC State Qb Russell Wilson was in the game, NC State was moving the ball. Before the end of the second half, he suffered a knee injury and O'Brien brought in Daniel Evans, the guy who started the season at QB and was horrible. Evans used to be effective a couple of years ago, but he has never caught on to the O'Brien spread attack. ANYWHOSE. Loss

The Nudge told you that Pat Fitzgerald would have his team fired up and that the game would be closer than most of the pundits thought. The Nudge still had Mizzoo as a four star pick with Mizzoo giving 10 and a nudge. Loss Mark my words, if there's one coach in all college football whose job is safe, outside of Pete Carroll, it's Fitzgerald. He's got the backing of the entire school and student body behind him and he has the Northwestern program heading in a great direction. Look for the Cats to cover a couple of times next year.

The Nudge covered in a big way Honey with the Maryland Terps 2* and Rice 4*, and at press time it looks like giving the ball to LaGarrette Blount in the fourth quarter is really looking good for the Ducks of Eugene 2* pick. Cover. There's still alot of football to play, but the sands of time are running out for the season, so without further ado, let's go to the Nudge Picks

Sands of time never run out for Megan Fox

Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl, Fort Worth, Tex-ass: How-Stun giving 3 and a nudge to The Mighty Falcons of the Air.

This is finally a national stage for Kevin Sumlin and his resurgent How-Stun team. QB "Come out of nowhere" Case Keenum has been lighting up the scoreboard out of the spread throw first offense. So far this year, he's thrown for 4,768 yards with 41 TD's. In the past four games he's thrown 402 yards, 480 yards and 494 yards in their loss to Rice. Easy pick How-Stun right? Not so fast. The Mighty Falcons of the Air have posted a quiet 8-4 record with their four losses coming at the hands of a fired up Navy team, a BCS Buster Utah, the best TCU team I ever saw and score-a-minute BYU. If your going to look for how this team played against similiar offenses, I think the BYU game is your best point of reference. And that game was close. Look for the maturity level of the Air Force Academy Cadets to be the deciding factor in this one. I'm rolling with the F-15's because "That's what Tom Cruise would do." Air Force 1* Take the over at 64, 3* Loss, Loss 1*, 3*

Brut Sun Bowl, El Paso, Tex-Ass: Oregon State giving 2 and a nudge against LeSean McCoy.

This one comes down simply to two players, Quizzz and LeSean. I think LeSean sets El Paso on fire. Easily gets 200 yards rushing to set the stage for a campaign run at The Stiff Arm next year. Pitt has been playing gritty knock out your front teeth, push back, way back offense for the past couple of weeks now. The Nudge was very impressed with them in the loss to the BearClaws and their wins against Pat White and a good UCONN team. Knock'em in the grill McCoy, big numbers. 2* Push

Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl, Nashville Ten-I-See: BC giving 3 and a nudge to Vandy

At first, I thought, BC and their robotic like move you down the field offense is going to win over a real over rated Vandy squad. Again, I changed my mind, I have to stop doing that. Since telling everyone that the ranked Vandy squad was the most overrated team in history, they've lost six out of their last seven games and haven't competed too well. Mr. Bama football Chris Nickson went down with an injury and Mackenzie Adams stepped in at QB. Look for do-everything Vandy CB DJ Moore to really have a big impact in this one. So why am I rolling with Vandy against all of my intuitions. BC is starting Frosh QB Dominique Davis down in Nashville. This is defenitely a de-Facto home game for the Commodores and Davis, although possesing tremendous athletic ability, will be affected by the crowd. Vandy has to jump on him early and cause some turnovers. BC is going to look to run the ball straight at them, Vandy will stack the line and force Davis to pass, when he does, he'll probably hit Moore a couple of times. The pick is Vandy 1*. But Davis does have tremendous upside, and can be a real factor next year. Cover 1*

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Insight Bowl, Tempe, Zona: Mangino's Man-Size Appetite giving 9 To Tha Gopha's

You broke my hear Mangin-ious. You lost 4 of your last 6 games. Kansas RB Jake Sharp #1 is going to be the big factor in this game. If they can establish the run early, that will set up the spread version of the play action, that will be Reesing hitting Meier for ten yards per catch. The Gopha's are over rated, sorry. When they faced tough competition they folded like a wet blanket. The JayHawks are a much better team then their record indicates. Reesing is for real, and if your not pulling for him then your down right Un-American. Big Spread, but the JayHawks win this one by 20 points, no problem. Reesing and a FIVE STAR, Cover with the Five Star

Chick Fil A Bowl, Atlanta, Gawgia: Gawgia Tech giving 4 to The Hat.

Everyone and their Mutha is picking Tech to win outright. De-Facto home game, and the crowd will be a huge factor. Head Coach extraordinnaire Paul Johnson has done a down right fantastic job at Tech in his first year. When he went there, I knew that Josh Nesbitt would be a perfect fit in his scheme. In this game, watch beast running back Jonathon Dwyer on the full back dive. He'll be good for 5 yards per in this game. The big factor is going to be Nesbitt hitting Demaryius Thomas when LSU puts nine guys in the box to stop the run. There is a catch and a "Not SO Fast" in this one though. The reason Johnson's wing option is able to be so effective is that other teams don't face it all year and only have one week to prep their defense on the reads. LSU has had a month to focus solely on this. AND that's big, very big. The reason why Tech will win is because LSU will not get consistent play out of their QB, whoever they decide to play at any given moment. Next year, Russell Shepard starts there from Day 1 and they're a different team. This one is closer than people think! Tech 1* Loss

Alway's Great Outback Bowl, Tampa, FL: Iowa giving 4 to The Visor

I need to stop everyone from sucking off Shon Greene for a second. The reason why he was able to get sooo many yards is 1) they have no passing attack and he was the only one who could move the ball 2) he got all those yards against Purdue, Wiscy and Florida International for Christ's sake. If the guy played in the SEC, you would never had heard of him. And guess what, The Visor plays in the SEC. And not only that, he has the best defense in that conference of great defenses. Stop with all the Shonn Greene *&*%. Jasper Brinkley is the man. He will control the game. The Visor is going to run the ball down the BlackEye's throats till it hurts. Visor 3* Loss

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The Gator Bowl, Jacksonville, FL: Clemson giving 2 and a nudge to The Huskers

The Nudge flat out loves Bo Pellini. There, I said it. I love the man. Real football is back in Nebraska and everything is right with the world. Dabo Sweeney has a lot of firepower on that Clemson team, but I think the BlackShirts will lay the pipe. Look for Braska to run the ball right at Clemson and try and play keep away. I love this match up and this game, for observation purposes. For choosing who will cover, that's another matter all togethar. With a month off, does Clemson put it all togethar? Does Spiller and Davis break out of a cocoon just in time for the NFL Scouts? I don't know. Too many questions to really call this game. I'm going with BO, 1* Cover

Capital One Bowl, Disney, FL: Richt's Bulldogs giving 7 and a nudge to Dantonio's Spartans

Dantonio's Spartans are a one-trick pony. Stop Superman, and you win the game. I love that everyone's number one NFL Pick Four Weeks Ago Mathew Stafford is playing for a chance to play for the Detroit Lions in this one. For years everyone has been saying that this guy has number one pick written all over him. Now, because Stoops let Bradford play til the end of every game and they played in the no-defense Big Twelve, Bradford is all of a sudden a better pro prospect. Come on. Stafford lights this one up. FIVE STAR pick. Roll Dawgs Cover on another Five Star Pick

Nudgette Holly Vance wishing you a happy Rose Bowl

The Grand Daddy of EM ALL, ROSE BOWL: Mighty Men of Troy giving 9 to the JoePa's

A lot of movement in this line, going JoePa's way. It started out at 10 and a nudge, and has dropped a full point and a nudge. Why, because while everyone was saying how USC is going to destory the lowly Big Ten Champs, the smart money was funnelling it away on the high spread. I've always liked the JoePa's in this one. With USC FB Stanley Havili ruled academically ineligible in this one, I like it even more. Why, you might ask will a FB who only had 324 yards receiving be so missed? Because Havili has been the one to make big plays out of the backfield and keep USC in the games where the whole team has fallen asleep. The guy is Dirty Sanchez's safety outlet, and he's needed him a lot this year. The JoePa's are a good solid team. Outside of a few minutes in that Iowa game, they would be playing for a National Championship against Florida. In that game they would only be underdogs by 6 points. So why has everyone forgotten about them, and think that they can't win this one. Because their not a "SEXY" team. The SpreadHD(tm) offense is just plain solid, no award winners there. And their Defense really earns the phrase "They bring their lunch pails to the game." USC, in their game against UCLA, showed that this team can fall asleep. I know they have the number 1 defense in the country, but Penn State has the Number 8 D. This is really going to be a good game, and a good game equals a close game, and the number is too high not to jump on the JoePa's. 1*

FEDEX Orange Bowl, Miami: B-Kell's BearClaw's giving 2 to BeamerBall

VaTech has to win this one. The way the team has focused on this game, and the stories I have been hearing about how this team has been practising since they got to Miami has said a lot. I love the Beamers in this one. B-Kell and the boys are happy to be in a BCS Bowl. The Hokies must win. Next year, B-Kell will win a BCS Bowl, not this one. FIVE STAR PICK.

Bowl Record so far (notice it's back on the bottom): 13-6 overall, 1*5-2, 2* 3-2, 3*2-0, 4*2-3, 5* 1-0.

That's it, I got to go and join my one man band in a new song we're writing about Tim Tebow's biceps. See Ya sports fans!

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North Carolina Thug 4 Life Makes Some Nice Catches

UNC WR Hakeem Nicks makes a sick behind the back catch against West Virginia.

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North Carolina Thug 4 Life Makes Some Nice Catches

UNC WR Hakeem Nicks makes a sick behind the back catch against West Virginia.

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Nudge College Bowl Picks of the Day

Since my disastrous Notre Dame pick and my meltdown of losing four bowl picks in a row, The Nudge has posted back to back to back to back wins for the second consecutive time in the last two weeks. Coming into Monday, there are two very surprisingly good bowl match ups that have kind of been hidden out there.

The PapaJohns Bowl, Bama; This game pits a resurgent Rutgers squad led by fourth year Senior Starter Mike Teel and Mr. New Jersey Football Running Back Joe Martinek against Tommy O'Brien's Wolfpack from North Carolina State. The Wolfpack have really played well down the stretch this season. They started out pretty poorly, but ever since they have found Russell Wilson, they've been covering like syrup on flapjacks.

The Nudge has lost out on my last four picks going against NC State in which they have won outright. And I have won on Rutgers last four games in which they've covered, ever since their big win against PITT. Since that win, Rutgers has beaten a South Florida team that imploded, Army, Syracuse and a horrible embarrassing Louisville team. NC State however, since Wilson took over has beaten a very good Thug-Deep Tar Heels team, A Thug-Deep Miami Team, Wake and Duke. In this one, I'm rollin with Tha Ghost Faced Thug Killas, take Irish Tommy O'Brien and the 4 and a nudge their getting. 2*

He's right, its really not all about the rattlesnake wiggles and Mississippi Bow Ties

Valero Alamo Bowl, San Antonio Tex-ass.

This game is putting two teams together that both run the spread em out offense. Northwestern runs a little bit more than Mizzoo, but both offensive sets are the same. In this game, what can you say about the job Northwestern HC Pat Fitzgerald has done. The Nudge remembers the days when Pat was bringing the Cats to the Rose Bowl while he was out on the field. Northwestern gets their super RB Tyrell Sutton back after he went down from an injury in mid season in the Indiana game. He might be a factor in this one.

Everyone and their mother is picking Mizzoo giving 10 and a nudge. At first glance, I had this game as a FIVE STAR pick going towards Mizzoo, but after seeing the Jacorry "Stringbean" Harris throw the ball against Cal's top rated pass defense the other night, it's official "Anything Can Happen."

This really should be a great game to watch, and I'm a little surprised that they put it on Monday Night. My guess is that whoever scheduled it thinks that a large bar crowd will be out watching this because there's no Monday Night Football, I disagree. This game should be played on a Saturday, either last one or next one.

Last time I changed my pick from a FIVE STAR play, it blew up in my face with the Notre Dame game. I'm still going to stick with Mizzoo. The Cats can not hang with Maclin and Coffman. Don't forget about Mizzo RB Derrick Washington. He's averaging 6 yards per carry and has 17 TD's. Take Mizzoo, even though the Big Twelve South and North are over rated this year. 4*

The Nudge covered with a 2* Thug Life getting 1 and a nudge at Pat White, a 3* with Christian Ponder and the Homies laying a brick to Wiscy, a FIVE STAR with Cal giving 6 to Miami (Hey, I gave out the pick early, if you didn't jump on it when it came out, shame on you, you didn't cover), and a 1* with Louisiana Tech.

Totals for the Bowl Nudgerama: 10-4 overall, 1* 4-2, 2* 2-0, 3* 2-0, 4* 1-2 and 5* 1-0

That's it, enjoy, I have to go soundproof the NudgeBunker a little better. Too many rugrats running around. See Ya sports fans!

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