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DOLLAR BILL DOUG TIME TRAVELS, WALKS A THOUSAND MILES TO JUST SEE YOU

EDITOR'S NOTE: It should not be news to anyone at this point that Dollar Bill Doug's picks have been on the far side of "horrendous" this season, to the point where he recused himself from making any picks at all for the final week of the regular season. Instead, he took it upon himself to build a time machine specifically so that he could delegate that responsibility to his 2002 self, a younger, more hopeful Doug whose psyche (and handicapping skills) had not yet been dulled by poverty, long-term unemployment, and the prospect of the Bulldogs going to the Independence Bowl. Please give a warm welcome to 2002 Doug, whose picks are as follows:

RISK LEVEL 1: Not paying attention to the pre-flight security demonstration on a commercial airliner

New Mexico State +47 at Boise State, 3 p.m.

Hi, everybody! Just to tell y'all a little bit about myself, my name's Doug Gillett, I just moved to Birmingham, Alabama, and I'm an editor at UAB, which I already like so much I can see myself spending the rest of my career here. Man, this site is great! I've got to tell you, this whole "blogging" thing kind of mystifies me -- Spencer's a great writer and everything, but I just don't know if "blogging" would be for me. I mean, I've got lots of opinions on sports and politics and everything, but I don't think I could ever be so presumptuous as to think people would actually want to read them. Last thing I want to do is come across as some kind of uninformed asshole, right?

Anyway, Boise State: I was STUNNED to find out that they're letting mid-majors in the BCS now -- next thing you'll be telling me is that we elected a black president. But the prospect of a BCS bid is probably so new and amazing to Boise State that they can't possibly have their minds completely on this game. Forty-seven points is a huge line for anyone, even the Broncos playing at home on that weird blue turf, so I think the Aggies, as bad as they are, will be able to keep it within nine TDs against a BSU team that isn't giving them their full attention. What the Broncos are probably focusing on more right now is how to beat whichever BCS-conference team they end up playing. (Keep dreaming, Broncos! As if!)

Star-divide

RISK LEVEL 2: Trying to find a place to park at Lenox Square (or any other shopping mall) on a Saturday in the month of December

West Virginia -1 at Rutgers, noon

badparking

In the last two seasons, WVU has beaten Rutgers by scores of 40-0 and 80-7 -- oh, wait, those are the 2002 and 2001 scores, sorry. But I still think Rich Rodriguez is doing some amazing work in Morgantown, and I'll tell you something else: That guy's gonna get snapped up by some big-name elite program before too long, and with his kind of skills he'll have them in the national-title game in his second season, tops. I'm just as impressed with what Greg Schiano has done at Rutgers, but come on, Rutgers is Rutgers. They haven't beaten anyone with a winning record all season (South Florida? UConn? Admit it, you made those up), and they're not gonna be able to hang with Rich Rodriguez running his spread offense to perfection. Huh? Oh, that's right, Rodriguez isn't the coach anymore. OK, well, who is? Longtime assistant Bill Stewart? Well, I don't know anything about him, but if he's worked under Rodriguez for that long, I'm sure he knows what he's doing.

RISK LEVEL 3: Cheating on this for any reason whatsoever

California -7 at Washington, 6:30 p.m.

Wow. This is weird. I was looking into how Washington had performed this season, and it turns out they kind of stink. But they just won a Rose Bowl a couple years ago! And didn't someone tell me they hired Ty Willingham at some point? How did Willingham not win a national title for them, for Pete's sake? The guy's one of the best in the business! Well, if Washington sucks, I guess they suck, and I don't see Cal having any more trouble with them than Miami is going to have with Ohio State in the national-title game next month, or than we're having with, like, Afghanistan right now.

EDITOR'S NOTE HOLY SHIT VANESSA FUCKING CARLTON METAL BREAK RAAAAAAAAWK!!!

RISK LEVEL 4: Actually taking Paul Johnson's advice and punching a Georgia fan

Florida -5.5 vs. Alabama, 4 p.m.

bennifer-rip

OK, seriously, this is nuts. What happened to Dennis Franchione at Alabama? He looked like he was turning them into a powerhouse, thought for sure he'd be a lifer. And how the hell'd they get Nick Saban? Figured his next stop would be the NFL, he'd be awesome there. As for Florida, we all figured they'd can Ron Zook eventually, but who thought they'd replace him with a guy with a pope's name? And how'd they get to 12-0 this year? Must've gotten lucky against Georgia.

I'm still new to everything 2009-related, so I don't know all that much about this Tebow kid -- can anybody direct me to some Web sites or "blogs" where I might be able to find out more about him? -- but even after just giving his stats a quick once-over, it kinda looks like he might be the real deal. Clean-cut kid with a good heart, a lot of talent, and the kind of Christian values Middle America loves -- he's almost like the college-football version of Britney Spears, and I'm sure he's destined to go just as far as she has. (You know what would be hilarious? If they ended up as a couple. We could even give them a nickname like "Bennifer" -- now there's another power couple that we're gonna be stuck with for a long time.)

RISK LEVEL 5: Deliberately buying your girlfriend a piece of lingerie two sizes too small and then telling her, "I thought it might be an incentive for you to, you know, lose a few extra pounds"

Hawaii +11.5 vs. Wisconsin, 11:30 p.m.

minefield

I'd be worried about this game if I were Wisconsin, because sometimes teams that don't look all that imposing can jump right up and bite you in the rear end. Take Georgia's upcoming game against Georgia Tech, for instance. Now, I know we're 10-1 and they've been struggling to a 7-4 record, but I'm worried about those guys -- I'm sure they want revenge for us breaking their win streak last year, and that Chan Gailey guy is someone I'm nervous about, him coming from the NFL and all.

In Wisconsin's case, they're having to fly all the way out to Honolulu to play a game that kicks off at what's gonna feel like 10:30 to them, and over the past few years it hasn't been at all rare for BCS-conference teams to travel out there and get played close, or in some cases lose straight up. I'm not predicting an upset any more than I'm predicting, say, Vanderbilt to ever go to a bowl game or CDs to ever be overtaken as the dominant format for recorded music, but the Badgers need to be on alert and make sure they're spending more time focusing on the game at hand than what bowl they think they're going to end up in.

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“Last thing I want to do is come across as some kind of uninformed asshole, right?”

Too late Dollar Bill Doug. For any year.

by Orson's Love Slave on Dec 3, 2009 12:12 PM EST reply actions  

I like how you think a Georgia fan is more dangerous than a scorned Swedish model wielding a golf club.

I’ll take the barking man holding a can of beer, thanks.

by Tim James on Dec 3, 2009 12:13 PM EST reply actions  

That Delta inflight instruction chick is smokin-hot.

by Eer in the ATL on Dec 3, 2009 12:17 PM EST reply actions  

No line on the GT/Clemson game? Smart move.

Either team would be a Risk Level 6, money wise.

A primary concern is that our DL is the walking dead at this point. Wommack will have to do a lot ( to help save his job) if he wants to contain Spiller.

by Techie on Dec 3, 2009 12:20 PM EST reply actions  

Hopefully at least 2002 “dollar bill” doug didn’t insist on using that stupid nickname that he doesn’t deserve, and has no flow to boot.

by Bill Bradley's Legal Team on Dec 3, 2009 12:25 PM EST reply actions  

OLS, I enjoy hearing that from anyone, but I enjoy it that much more hearing it from you.

by Doug on Dec 3, 2009 12:25 PM EST reply actions  

@4 What would 2002 DBD know about the ACCCG? First one was in 2005. Oh, and Orson’s Love Slave needs to stop lobbying for a Hatorade bath; if your player’s don’t surprise you with it, you didn’t deserve it.

I lol’d at Risk Level 5.

by Golden Hand on Dec 3, 2009 12:31 PM EST reply actions  

I actually like the picks, particularly the Hawaii one. Plus, if Hawaii wins, they get a bowl game against their old coach and, bonus, it should shut Notre Dame out of the bowls whether they like it or not. I know emotion only goes so far when you’re overmatched, but one team is playing for a lot, and the other team is on a trip to Hawaii!

by lowercase on Dec 3, 2009 12:34 PM EST reply actions  

Somehow, after “Hi, everybody”, in my mind I read the entire piece in a really nasal, hi-pitched, geeky voice. Everything that I read by Doug will henceforth sound this way in my head.

by starkvegas on Dec 3, 2009 12:39 PM EST reply actions  

A guy earns a billion dollars and look what he does! Once we find out the size of the check TW has to write to get out of this one, the risk level may be adjusted to a strong 5.

Tech is favored by 1 over Clempson in the Cripple Fight. As with South Park, it’s probably best to just stay away from that one.

by ohiodawg on Dec 3, 2009 12:43 PM EST reply actions  

@ Eer

I always pay attention to the Delta pre-flight video. Safety first.

by CA Dawg on Dec 3, 2009 12:47 PM EST reply actions  

Looks like you have a gaggle of haters who were dumb enough to take your gambling advice. (Dumb enough to take anyone’s gambling advice, really – once you start relying on anything other than your own research and intuition, you are fucked.)

by JD on Dec 3, 2009 12:57 PM EST reply actions  

I only go with the picks that somebody who claims to be famous shouts out of my local sports radio station.

I mean, if you’re making that much money on the spread, why not spread the love around right? Right?

by Techie on Dec 3, 2009 1:08 PM EST reply actions  

OLS:

Christ almighty man, grow the fuck up. I bet you look forward to this column just so you can hate. What are you, the New York Times Blog Review?

by BoredCPA on Dec 3, 2009 1:18 PM EST reply actions  

ohiodawg -

We are about to find out the strength of the pre-nup that Tiger and Elin had and whether the court will deem it enough. Pre-nups always sound great, but I seem to always hear about them beiing broken in court. So I’m always wondering if they protect anyone besides the attorneys that put them together.

by Crabapple Buck on Dec 3, 2009 1:21 PM EST reply actions  

wait, you mean Dollar Bill Doug’s idiom was to make correct picks? I thought was a pilot for a new Dr. Drew show.

by blazin on Dec 3, 2009 1:22 PM EST reply actions  

For the record, there are a number of Georgia fans I would like to punch in the face, and I could probably get away with it, and possibly even be cheered on by other Georgia fans in doing so. Even Georgia fans get annoyed by other Georgia fans. It’s just that bad.

by TechDan on Dec 3, 2009 1:37 PM EST reply actions  

Ohio State has covered a record 9 times this year. That alone makes this a crazy year.

by Kevin@LSU on Dec 3, 2009 1:39 PM EST reply actions  

@12 (Dumb enough to take anyone’s gambling advice, really – once you start relying on anything other than your own research and intuition, you are fucked.)

FTFY

by Golden Hand on Dec 3, 2009 1:45 PM EST reply actions  

There is no way in hell the Delta video was filmed on a real plane. Unless the video actors averaged 4 foot 6 in height, there was far too much headroom, legroom, seat width and aisle for any plane in their inventory.

Besides, the staff was friendly, the stewardesses hot and the drinks were served in 16 oz cups.

Riiiiiiiight. My BS filter was pegged within the first ten seconds.

Sullivan013

by sullivan013 on Dec 3, 2009 1:54 PM EST reply actions  

Re Risk Level 1:

I much prefer the Air New Zealand “Bare Essentials of Safety” video. For reasons that will be somewhat obvious. Kia ora, motherfuckers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-Mq9HAE62Y

by Chuck on Dec 3, 2009 1:58 PM EST reply actions  

I don’t think any ACCCG will top 2006. Pouring rain, clearly intoxicated Paul Maguire tearing around the field on a camera tower, Chan Gailey reaching equilibrium thanks to Wake Forest. Total scoring consisted of five field goals for a 9-6 thriller.

by Ancient Chinese Secret on Dec 3, 2009 2:11 PM EST reply actions  

@3 – She’s the reason I fly Delta.

by paco on Dec 3, 2009 2:26 PM EST reply actions  

@21 Theenks fuh thet, mite.

by Golden Hand on Dec 3, 2009 2:39 PM EST reply actions  

golden Hand- Ok Padre.

If you think gambling is bad, your not doing it right. So keep trying.

by tzubear on Dec 3, 2009 2:42 PM EST reply actions  

The Delta gal’s cheekbones and lips don’t quite seem natural and kinda freak me out.

On the other hand, try telling me you don’t get even a little excited when she wags her finger at you…

by Blog Goliard on Dec 3, 2009 3:04 PM EST reply actions  

maybe Tiger’s just fooling around because he is looking forward to making up with his wife… while she is laying on top of several thousand hundred dollar bills he has just tossed out

me, I think that may be the saddest case of “after a while it will get boring” I have ever heard

anyway…. Dollar Bill Doug…. how’s that single life working for ya? met any hotties over there in B’ham? lotta crazy nurses over there I hear

by WarChiziken on Dec 3, 2009 3:41 PM EST reply actions  

OH…and the female pilot at the end of the video was thermonuclear

by WarChiziken on Dec 3, 2009 3:45 PM EST reply actions  

I’ve had my share of gambling wins and losses, and I’ve learned one thing (well, more than one, but you get the point). When you see a spread like (-47), there’s someone who knows a lot more about this game than you do. More times than not, I’ve gone against the urge to take those points and won.

Also, I’m not in the habit of betting on teams that have lost to the likes of Louisiana Tech and Idaho, in any year. So no, I won’t be taking points with Hawaii either.

by Brian O'Blivion on Dec 3, 2009 3:50 PM EST reply actions  

Thanks for reminding me of 2006. I thought I’d drunk the memory of that game into oblivion.

by Techie on Dec 3, 2009 4:16 PM EST reply actions  

Never take a -40+!

by One And Done on Dec 3, 2009 4:57 PM EST reply actions  

Even your flight attendants wagging their fingers at me suggestively won’t get me to fly on your shitty airline, Delta!

by Philip on Dec 3, 2009 4:58 PM EST reply actions  

@25. Gambling is fine, if you own the casino, or have a crack team of MIT card-counters on your side, but betting on sports is mostly just a matter of lighting money on fire. Too random, and what ain’t random is taken up by the point spread. Anybody who says he makes money after the spread and the vig is what we call a future bankrupt. Only college football game I ever bet on was Tech-Georgia in 2000, because that wasn’t exactly gambling (UGA was a 1-point favorite, because Dawg punters are stewwwwpid).

by Golden Hand on Dec 3, 2009 5:06 PM EST reply actions  

I can’t decide if the Delta chicks hot or just really fuckin weird looking.

by Vol on Dec 3, 2009 5:24 PM EST reply actions  

@21 As soon as I saw the safety flight video, I knew someone was going to post the Air NZ video. It’s too bad there’s only one decently attractive girl in the video, and she’s about a 7. With the accent, she gets an 8. ;)

by Jason on Dec 3, 2009 6:45 PM EST reply actions  

Hell, all oddsmakers are 58% anyway. Better odds than that are those that the stewardess in that video has enough silicone in her face to seal a lot of windows. Seriously, she looks like Shake from ATHF when he got plastic surgery.

by MCab on Dec 3, 2009 6:59 PM EST reply actions  

@25 – Part of the “research and intuition” I mentioned involves having the intuition to know if you suck at gambling so you can stop.

by JD on Dec 3, 2009 8:12 PM EST reply actions  

I like the Hawaii pick, mostly because they need the win to be bowl eligible. And any MSU or NW fan from 2004 can tell you that when Hawaii needs a win to be bowl eligible in the islands, they will get it, one way or another.

by SpartanDan on Dec 3, 2009 8:56 PM EST reply actions  

Why did you post the safety video? I watched that entire thing thinking “any minute now there’ll be a punch line”, but there’s no punch line! There’s no punch line!

by Craig on Dec 3, 2009 8:59 PM EST reply actions  

@34: She’s both, dude. Weirdly hot. Not like your buddy’s mom in seventh grade, but alien weird. Make sme think of Donald Fagen’s “Tomorrow’s Girls”: They’re mixing with the population / A virus wearing pumps and pearls / Lord help the lonely guys / Hooked by those hungry eyes

by OJ's Last Fan on Dec 3, 2009 9:00 PM EST reply actions  

A.) The new zeland girl is hawt as shite, and the accent makes her not an 11, but a 12. The CG bodies are
are creepy as fuck though.

B.) I’d be worried about this game if I were Wisconsin, because sometimes teams that don’t look all that imposing can jump right up and bite you in the rear end. Take Georgia’s upcoming game against Georgia Tech, for instance. Now, I know we’re 10-1 and they’ve been struggling to a 7-4 record, but I’m worried about those guys — I’m sure they want revenge for us breaking their win streak last year, and that Chan Gailey guy is someone I’m nervous about, him coming from the NFL and all.

you are a terrible person for this

by University of Florida, Georgia Campus on Dec 3, 2009 9:37 PM EST reply actions  

I really enjoyed the SECCG pick

by billycthulhu on Dec 3, 2009 11:59 PM EST reply actions  

Point spreads are for suckers. I only pick winners not this cover bullshit.

by Brizzle on Dec 4, 2009 1:09 AM EST reply actions  

1. I second the remark that 2006 ACC championship game was the worst game Ive ever been to. It was indeed cold, wet, and dismal.

2. @41 – Its not CG, its paint.

3. I concur with most, slightly intrigued but utterly confused by Delta safety lady.

by Brian on Dec 4, 2009 1:16 AM EST reply actions  

I’d fuck any one of those kiwi broads.

That is all.

by shovel pass on Dec 4, 2009 2:41 AM EST reply actions  

Couple name for Tim Tebow/Britney Spears?

Titney? Brim?

by Mxyzptlk on Dec 4, 2009 2:03 PM EST reply actions  

@45 the blond one from the beginning looks like a man. otherwise thumbs up.

by University of Georgia, Florida Campus on Dec 4, 2009 2:32 PM EST reply actions  

Also, the blond in this one gives me approximately 600 bonerz:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnhVcD74i14&feature=response_watch

by University of Georgia, Florida Campus on Dec 4, 2009 2:37 PM EST reply actions  

@21 – Apparently I have lower standards than the model-nailing studs hereabouts because I’d move to New Zealand solely on the basis of the parting shot of the brunette.

by dc trojan on Dec 4, 2009 5:29 PM EST reply actions  

The Delta stewardess is weird looking. If I was talking to her, I would have to constantly remind myself not to stare at her cheeks. I’m surprised she is the woman they chose as the face of the airline for that video.

by chg on Dec 4, 2009 11:23 PM EST reply actions  

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