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IL Staff Pick ’Em, Week 4
Go to IL.com I would say the trash talk is heating up, but that’d be a lie. I’m in the cellar and not in much of a position to talk, Dixon is “too tired” (his words), duty is calling Culver, Skakandi is afraid of getting yelled at and Schaffer doesn’t want to bring the negativity to his ivory tower.
Jiloty sent a nice shot across the bow, saying “Dixon, looked for your talking head game previews from last week but all I found were some random clips with three helmets on a table.”
It’s hard to take him too seriously though, because after complaining about how easy last week’s picks were (5-2 is your definition of easy, John?), I get this in my inbox: “These are hard games. Guess I shouldn’t have complained that the Albany-Delaware game wasn’t in the picks last week…” Really reeks of confidence, eh?
As always, picks, standings and comments after the jump.
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| Schafe 19-5 (5-2) |
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| Dixon 18-6 (5-2) |
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| Culver 17-7 (5-2) |
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| Kandi 17-7 (6-1) |
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| G-Shan 16-8 (6-1) |
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| Sweens 15-9 (4-3) |
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| Jiloty 15-9 (5-2) |
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| Quint 14-10 (5-2) |
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| Burns 14-10 (3-4) |
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| Brand 14-10 (6-1) |
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| Foy 12-12 (3-4) |
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ARMY VS. RUTGERS (TEXAS STADIUM)
“Will goal scorers in this one give the crowd a T.O. celebration?”—MARK DIXON
“The Jersey Boys will be too “star” struck to perform. Get it. There’s a star in the middle of the field…”—JOE SWEENEY
PENN @ YALE
“Eeney meeney miney moe…”—SWEENS
“Penn freshman Corey Winkoff has 12 points already, taking the pressure off Craig Andrzejewski. Go with the Quakers.”—GEOFF SHANNON
SYRACUSE @ HOPKINS
“Cuse is back in a big way, but JHU needs to bounce back with a win as they enter the toughest part of their schedule. Home field advantage helps too.”—BRENDAN SKAKANDI
“I am so incredibly close to going with the Orange in this one that if they win, I might tender my resignation from this contest.”—TERRY FOY
FAIRFIELD @ HARVARD
“Two teams that are difficult to predict. I still can’t get past Harvard’s Siena loss.”—JOHN JILOTY
“Chris Atwell called me out last weekend for goin’ against the Stags. Can’t do it two weeks in a row.”—KANDI
DREXEL @ ALBANY
“Home cooking: just what the Danes need to get their first ‘W’ of the season.”—DIXIE
“Two young coaches, two experienced teams. Here’s a question: who’s the favorite in this game?”—ME
HOFSTRA @ PRINCETON
“I like Alex Hewit to break out in this one.”—JJ
“Another Tough pick. Same deal with Princeton as Hopkins though: angry and ready. Game could finish 2-1 in OT.”—G-SHAN
CAROLINA @ DUKE
“March Madness on the lacrosse field, baby! Blue Devil buzzsaw wins the battle of Tobacco Road.”—DIXIE CHICK
“They’re amazing. Undefeated season?”—SWEENS
(2 votes, average: 4.5 out of 5)
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9 Responses to “IL Staff Pick ’Em, Week 4”
By CRV on Mar 13, 2008 | Reply
Duke is amazing because the best players on the team have been given a ridiculous favor. Amazing is a better desciption of the NCAA’s decision. What isn’t amazing is that they could go undefeated, but should that really impress anyone?
By Jim on Mar 13, 2008 | Reply
Will Duke buy the NCAA dinner for buying them a championship?
By K 9 on Mar 13, 2008 | Reply
Most of you guys are choosing Princeton??? Alex Hewitt let a lot of stick side high goals in last week against, and they still dont really have a go to guy offensively. On top of that Hofstra is brimming with confidence after beating one of the top two teams in the country. My money is on the Pride.
By Chris on Mar 13, 2008 | Reply
UNC has all of the tools to upset Duke. Don’t sleep on the Tar Heels.
By PJLAX on Mar 13, 2008 | Reply
KANDI,
How you could you take the Stags over Harvard? I think that as a great player you should no the inside information. What do you think about the Hop winning this weekend? I think they are going to have a tough one. What do you think?
-PJLAX
By Marty on Mar 14, 2008 | Reply
Duke is, has been and will be amazing! The fact that Some( not all) seniors from last year are playing their Fourth season is only fair given that the 2006 season was canceled due to an evil hoax and criminal prosecutor. One senior from last year is even playing for UVA.Lots of new team members are really contributing as are this year’s seniors. They deserve all their wins!
By SKAKANDI on Mar 14, 2008 | Reply
PJ,
A buddy of mine on fairfield called me out last week for not picking them against Rutgers, so I had to go with them this week. Not saying Harvard doesn’t have a very good chance to win. As far as Hopkins/Syracuse goes, I think Hopkins could pull it out as long as they dont take this ‘Cuse team lightly. It will not be a typical Hopkins/’Cuse regular season game, like the ones from the recent past. Syracuse seems to have a new attitude and respect towards their opponenets this year. Thanks for the post!
Brendan
By Russell Baker on Mar 15, 2008 | Reply
3 of the 5 round table picked Albany to win over Drexel. It was a close game, but even with the officials doing their best to call the game in Albany’s behalf, Drexel prevailed. Albany’s EMO couldn’t find the net even with Drexel 3 men down.
By PJLAX on Mar 16, 2008 | Reply
KANDI,
Tough loss for the HOP what do you think the team’s mentality is at this point in the season? You guys had a great turn round last year, do you think they can climb the mountain one more time?
-PJLAX