Week Six Predictions

Each week I will be posting my predictions for every Big Ten game game as well asa few of the out of conference. As always these will be accompanied by related (not really) YouTube videos.

My record: Overall 43-11, Big Ten 35-7

Yeah I know I was sick last week and this didn't happen.  Oh well, we will move on.  No Iowa game this week but plenty of intriguing matchups.  More after the jump.

Bowl Predictions Week 5

Every week I will be putting up an updated bowl prediction out there. It will include all the BCS and Big Ten bowls. Every few weeks I will include all of the bowls. The selection order for the BCS is


1) National Championship
2) National Championship
3) Bowl that lost a representative to the first NC pick
4) Bowl that lost a representative to the second NC pick
5) Sugar Bowl
6) Orange Bowl
7) Fiesta Bowl


Remember that the Rose Bowl, if it loses the Big Ten or Pac 10 representative must take the first non-AQ school.

Week 4: Real Picks of Genius

Each week I will be posting my predictions for every Big Ten game game as well asa few of the out of conference.  As always these will be accompanied by related (not really) YouTube videos.


My record: Overall 33-8, Big Ten 27-5

Only predicted one game incorrectly on the blog last week.  Too bad it was the only game I really wanted to be right about. 

This week I am actually doing my youtube videos all from one source: the Bud Light Real Men of Genius/ Real American Heroes Commericals.  Face it, not only does this conference slate really suck, but there is not much commentary I can make about these games that is different since the vast majority should be blowouts.  So instead of tediously finding something that vaguely communicates that each Big Ten team will (likely) win this I chose the Bud Light commercials. 

Why those Bud Light commercials?  Well, think of it as an ode the the REAL men of genius who made this boring as hell conference slate.  So crack open a Bud Light you sultan's of scheduling, because of you my Big Ten Saturday will be every bit as soul crushing as my 9:30 am Globalization and the Media Class.

Bowl Predictions Week 3

Every week I will be putting up an updated bowl prediction out there. It will include all the BCS and Big Ten bowls. Every few weeks I will include all of the bowls. The selection order for the BCS is

1) National Championship
2) National Championship
3) Bowl that lost a representative to the first NC pick
4) Bowl that lost a representative to the second NC pick
5) Sugar Bowl
6) Orange Bowl
7) Fiesta Bowl

Remember that the Rose Bowl, if it loses the Big Ten or Pac 10 representative must take the first non-AQ school.

Week Three Predictions

Each week I will be posting my predictions for every Big Ten game as well as a few of the bigger out of conference clashes. As always these will be accompanied by related (not really) YouTube videos.


My Record: Overall 20-7, Big Ten 17-4

Need to do better this week after a very poor showing last week.  Picks are after the jump.

Bowl Predictions Week 2

Every week I will be putting up an updated bowl prediction out there. It will include all the BCS and Big Ten bowls. Every few weeks I will include all of the bowls. The selection order for the BCS is



1) National Championship
2) National Championship
3) Bowl that lost a representative to the first NC pick
4) Bowl that lost a representative to the second NC pick
5) Sugar Bowl
6) Orange Bowl
7) Fiesta Bowl


Remember that the Rose Bowl, if it loses the Big Ten or Pac 10 representative must take the first non-AQ school.

Quick Notes and Videos

Just a few quick notes today.  First I wanted to make sure everyone was following me on PhilSteele.com and at KRUI (you can listen live at kruiradio.org or 89.7FM in Iowa City).  You can normally catch me 12-1pm on the radio on Thursdays and Fridays filling in the panel for Mike Rabon's Sports Issues show and Alex Solsma's College Football show.  I will also be hosting at noon on Sunday in an around the horn style show so you should check that out.  I will post links to Phil Steele as my articles for them get out but since I don't put them up on the website there is a delay.

Second note, Alex Solsma's new blog http://solsmaonsports.blogspot.com/ is a must see for Iowa fans.  Alex does a ton of stuff with video and radio and he gets far more access to the football team than most students do so it is certainly worth checking out.  I will add it to the Blogroll so the link will be with the rest of the daily reading from now on. 

Finally, for those of you who follow on faebook you probably have noticed the copious amount of hate week videos that have gone up on my facebook page.  Well in case you missed any of them they are all embedded after the jump.  Enjoy, and BEAT STATE.