As promised, here are my matchups for our Week 10 Pick'em. I have pitted the mascots against each other in a veritable deathmatch of sorts to determine the outcome against the spread. We shall see how I did at week's end...surely better than I have been doing!
Texas Longhorns (-36) vs. Central Florida Knights.
ADVANTAGE: Knight
Rationale: A knight is heavily armored and protected. His lance stabs through a longhorn steer before it can even get close.
Alabama Crimson Tide (-10) vs. Louisiana State Fighting Tigers
ADVANTAGE: Crimson Tide.
ADVANTAGE: Crimson Tide.
Rationale: If you take Alabama's mascot as the elephant, elephant tramples a tiger. End of story. If you take them as red water, then the tidal rip current drowns a fighting tiger. One could argue the Tiger drinks the water, thereby making it superior, but this water is red - red from the blood of other Tigers or red from algae which is probably poisonous to the Tiger.
Pennsylvania State Nittany Lions (-4) vs. Ohio State Buckeye.
ADVANTAGE: Buckeye.
Rationale: Lion eats poisonous nuts. Dies. That's what she said.
Iowa Hawkeyes (-18) vs. Northwestern Wildcats.
ADVANTAGE: Wildcat
Arkansas Razorbacks (-10.5) vs. South Carolina Gamecocks.
ADVANTAGE: Razorbacks
Rationale: A wild pig is much fiercer than a carefully trained fighting chicken. Even if the chicken does have razor blades on it's feet. Woooooooo Pig Sooie!
Notre Dame Fighting Irish (-11) vs. Navy Midshipmen.
ADVANTAGE: Fighting Irish
Rationale: This is about as close to a push as you can get this week. Drunken Irishmen vs. Drunken Sailors. I mean it's really a toss up. I think the Irish have it in their blood, though, so i'm going with a moderate cultural advantage. Furthermore, Navy's goat mascot is definitley weaker and stupider than the actual drunken irishman on the ND sidelines. It's a close one, but i'll find this pot-o-gold betting on the Fightin' Leprechauns.
Oklahoma Sooners (-6.5) vs. Nebraska Corn Huskers.
ADVANTAGE: Sooners
Rationale: Sooners stole the land from Indians - claiming it for themselves and eventually encorporating as a state. Sooners easily rob corn supply from local farmers and escape into the night via covered wagon. Speed and stealth overcome in this one.
Missouri Tigers (-14.5) vs. Baylor Bears
ADVANTAGE: Bears
Rationale: A) This bear looks mean, B) A bear could probably kill a tiger but it's close. Both combatants leave the forest bloody and badly injured.
UCLA Bruins (-8.5) vs. Washington Huskies
ADVANTAGE: Bruins
Rationale: Bear vs. Dog. I've seen enough episodes of "When Nature Attacks" to know how this one ends up.
Southern California Trojans (-14) vs. Arizona State Sun Devils
ADVANTAGE: Sun Devils
Rationale: Devils are powerful beings - the keepers of the dark realm in you will. This one is especially angry because he's been in the sun all day and is obviously sun burned. Devils also command a legion of demons. This was the same rationale... No way a human warrior stacks up against a deity.
Texas A&M Aggies (-1) vs. Colorado Buffalos.
ADVANTAGE: Aggie
Rationale: Aggies are outdoorsy and highly regimented. They would easily domesticate a wild buffalo.
Kansas Jayhawks (-3.5) vs. Kansas State Wildcats
ADVANTAGE: Wildcat
Rationale: Wildcat eats happy little Jayhawk.
Oregon Ducks (-5.5) vs. Stanford Cardinal
ADVANTAGE: Duck
Rationale: Cardinal the color? An animal vs. a color? Hmm..can Ducks even see the color red? Also, Stanford's mascot is a tree. A happy looking evergreen at that. Ducks can fly past trees. I'm not sure a tree could beat much of anything, come to think of it. This one's a rout.
California Golden Bears (-6.5)vs. Oregon State Beavers
ADVANTAGE: Beavers
Rationale: Beaver builds a dam to keep the Bear at bay. Beaver could also dam up the stream, thereby starving the Bear and removing his drinking water supply. Beaver also hides in the dam he builds, making him too elusive for the fumbling Bear.
Houston Cougars (-3) vs. Tulsa Golden Hurricane
ADVANTAGE: Golden Hurricane
Rationale: Hurricanes are no joke. Houston already felt the brunt of a recent hurricane - Katrina. Lord knows it's still paying for that today. This one's made of gold, which means even more flock to the promise land.
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