SLPYBEAR WEEKLY PICK 'EM -- Week #11 - Rice vs. Bellville

[slpybear the bullfan]

This Week's Pick 'em...

What is better than a late season HSFootball matchup with a district championship possibly at stake? Yeah, I don't know either... ;)

This week the pick'em heads to Region 3 and visits 20-3A....it is Bellville at Rice Consolidated... Brahamas and Raiders.... let's hear what you have to say...

As always, polls close on Fridays.

Last Week's Pick'em...

Wow... the poll sure did take a beating last weekend... Hat's off to Snyder and the defeat of Abiliene Wylie last week. I don't know what conventional wisdom said about this matchup, but the 3ADL said overwhelmingly that Wylie would win... and the 3ADL was bigtime wrong sufferning its worst week all season... only 6 out of 52 posters correctly picked the winner.... for a whopping 11.5% YUK!

Needless to say, that dropped our average for the year almost 5 points to...57.6%

2004 Season Results...

(Click on a Week to be taken to that thread...)


Week 10 - Abiliene Wylie vs. Snyder W - 6 of 52 - 11.5% Week 10 - 57.6% cumulative YTD (http://bbs.3adownlow.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=21584)
Week 9 - Bridgeport vs. Decatur W - 43 of 56 - 76.7% Week 9 - 62% cumulative YTD (http://bbs.3adownlow.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=21164)
Week 8 - Southlake Carroll W vs. Denton Ryan - 52 of 61 - 85.2% week 8 - 60.3% cumulative YTD (http://bbs.3adownlow.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=20641)
Week 7 - Cameron W vs. Caldwell - 27 of 56 - 48.2% week 7 - 56.7% cumulative YTD (http://bbs.3adownlow.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=20217)
Week 6 - Graham vs. Marlin W - 36 of 62 - 58% week 6 - 58.0% cumulative YTD (http://bbs.3adownlow.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=19652)
Week 5 - Cuero W vs. Sinton - 50 of 89 - 56% week 5 - 58.0% cumulative YTD (http://bbs.3adownlow.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=19244)
Week 4 - Liberty Hill W vs. Manor - 34 of 53 - 64.1% week 4 - 58.8% cumulative YTD (http://bbs.3adownlow.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=18803)
Week 3 - Decatur W vs. Gainesville - 31 of 58 - 53.4% week 3 - 57.1% cumlative YTD (http://bbs.3adownlow.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=18430)
Week 2 - Liberty Hill vs. Burnet W - 32 of 48 - 66.6% week 2 - 59% cumlative YTD (http://bbs.3adownlow.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=18151)
Week 1 - Jasper W vs. WOS - 33 of 62 - 53% week 1 - 53% cumulative YTD (http://bbs.3adownlow.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=17853)


As always, I welcome your thoughts and suggestions.

Slpybear

[rhs78]

This should be a very good matchup and also district championship up for grabs. both teams have very good offense Rice 37points avg. 320 yds, Bellvile 29points 300 yards. this gives rice a slight advantage. Defense Rice-10 points-175 yds, Bellvile 25 points-260 yds, this is a big advantage Rice. Special teams go to Bellvile. With all this said i think Rice wins at home in a close game by less than a touchdown. this game with so much on the line could go either way. good luck to both teams and stay healthy for playoffs.

[Raider4ever]

Go raiders play an injury safe football game!

[trueblue]

hey i heard that the raiders are looking forward to be playing the Port Isabel Tarpons.the team that beat you guys last year on 4ot pi-63 rice-61

[rhs78]

Originally posted by trueblue
hey i heard that the raiders are looking forward to be playing the Port Isabel Tarpons.the team that beat you guys last year on 4ot pi-63 rice-61 that is a long ways off and a ton of things would have to go right for both teams to meet in the playoffs again- i think that it would be another great game- but i dont see it happening this year

[creditcard]

ill take rice by 2 touchdowns

[Insanity_Strikes_Again]

I expect this to be a pretty high scoring game for rice....Rice will probably make it into the high 30's, low 40's and Bellville maybe into the high 20's to mid 30's.

[Raider Nurse]

I think this will be a close one. Bellville always has a good team and they always play Rice tough. I think Rice will win the game but not by a big margin. Just play "Raider Ball" and you'll come out on top, Rice!!!! Go Raiders! Beat the Brahmas!!!!:clap:

[Flourhead]

whoever has the most points at the end of the game will win... i'm betting 50 on that

[Speed24]

I agree with many saying this will be a very close game. I never expected b-ville to be anywhere near what they are this year. I gathered rice would be good, but not quite as good as last year b/c of the loss of spears. Bellville is quite young led by senior Emmanual Sanders who is a great playmaker. Both have very high powered offenses capable of scoring on any play. This will come down to which team can play better D. I see rice playing the better D. As long as bellville can slow down huffman and create big plays on offense they can definetly win this game. I will post no score prediction b/c both are very great ball clubs with exceptional talent. Good luck to all D20 playoff contenders, somebody bring home a State title!!!

[swampkitten]

:inlove: :inlove: Love those Raiders!!!! Friday night game will be a good one for sure!Raiders have been hard at work this week getting ready for Bellville, just play Raider ball and get the job done !!!!! Have a safe game !!! Go big BLUE !!!!!

[gobbler grad]

RICE WINS THIS ONE
HEAR THE TEAM IS PUMPED UP FOR THIS ONE

[Raider Nurse]

GO RICE!!!!!!! Let's make some noise tomorrow night!!!!:)

[swampkitten]

:kiss: :kiss: :kiss: Go Big Blue !!!!!!!!!

[Flourhead]

looks like our winning percentage is gonna drop a lot lower.... do you have a game of the week for playoffs too?

[slpybear the bullfan]

Yup. I will have to scour the brackets to look for the best matchups...