Hugo, The Artist Dominate Academy Award Nominations
Hugo earned 11 nominations, including Best Picture and Director (Martin Scorsese).
Two films that creatively paid homage to the birth of cinema were rewarded with a slew of Academy Award nominations today. Martin Scorsese’s Hugo leads all films with 11 nominations, and the black-and-white silent film, The Artist, earned 10 nods. Both movies are in the race for Best Picture, along with War Horse, Midnight in Paris, The Help, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, The Descendants, The Tree of Life and Moneyball. (more…)
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Top 10 Films of 2011
Believe it or not, it was difficult to finalize the list of my favorite films of 2011. There were plenty of standouts despite a year of disappointments (The Hangover: Part II, Green Lantern, J. Edgar). I would do a Top 25 Movies of 2011 list, but I really don’t want to because that’s too damn long; and 10 is such a nice, sexy number. But let’s start off with some of the films that pained me deeply to take off my list. (more…)
Allstate BCS National Championship: 1 LSU vs. 2 Alabama
I believe the whole season LSU has been the better team, but Alabama did surprise me when they should have beat LSU the first time around. Either way, I have been sticking with LSU the whole season and I think they may not have the balance that Alabama does, but this time around I think LSU has built there offense and have established Jefferson and will put pressure on McCareon, unlike the first time around. LSU wins a tight one and are National Champs.
Prediction: LSU 31 Alabama 27
Results: Alabama 21 LSU 0
L: 19-16
GoDaddy.com Bowl: Arkansas State vs. Northern Illinois
I am going to be honest. I have don’t know dick about either of these teams so I am honestly going to look at stats and make a lame ass prediction. Northern Illinois runs the ball well, but gives up a lot of points. Arkansas State has a balanced attack with a strong defense. This is pretty much a home game for Arkansas State so I think they win this game comfortably.
Prediction: Arkansas State 34 Northern Illinois 21
Results: Northern Illinois 38 Arkansas State 20
L: 19-15
BBVA Compass Bowl: SMU vs. Pittsburgh
SMU plays in a shitty ass conference and Pitt plays in a less shitty one. So I am going to pick Pitt based on their solid defense and SMU playing in the Eastern Southwest Mississippi Conference.
Prediction: Pittsburgh 27 SMU 20
Results: SMU 28 Pittsburgh 6
L: 19-14
Cotton Bowl: 8 Kansas State vs. 6 Arkansas
Kansas State is one of the surprise teams of the year and deserves a lot of credit from where they have been. Kansas State does have flaws. They tend to not do well against spread pass teams. Oklahoma and Oklahoma St each scored over 45 points each and almost 700 yards given up against Oklahoma alone. I pick Arkansas in a high scoring affair.
Prediction: Arkansas 45 Kansas State 28
Results: Arkansas 29 Kansas State 16
W: 19-13
Orange Bowl: 23 West Virginia vs. 15 Clemson
Healthy Sammy Watkins and a confident Tahj Boyd will be the difference in this game. West Viriginia just lost one of their running backs to MCL and ACL tear, so I will pick Clemson because they will stop the run and control the clock.
Prediction: Clemson 38 West Virginia 24
Results: West Virginia 70 Clemson 33
L: 18-13
Sugar Bowl: 13 Michigan vs. 11 Virginia Tech
Yes, I am a Michigan fan…Yes, I am biased, but I will keep my biases to a minimum…Michigan wins.
Prediction: Michigan 34 Virginia Tech 31
Results: Michigan 23 Virginia Tech 20 F/OT
W: 18-12
Fiesta Bowl: 4 Stanford vs. 3 Oklahoma State
Stanford has Luck, Oklahoma St. doesn’t. Does that mean Oklahoma St. won’t win? Power vs. Spread. I picked Wisconsin over Oregon, but this time I am picking Oklahoma St. because they are motivated to prove everyone wrong. If Oklahoma St. was a traditional power I wouldn’t make that pick, but Oklahoma St. has nothing to lose. Stanford hasn’t played anyone: they got lucky against USC and got spanked against Oregon. I pick Oklahoma St.
Prediction: Oklahoma State 45 Stanford 31
Results: Oklahoma State 41 Stanford 38 F/OT
W: 17-12
Rose Bowl: 10 Wisconsin vs. 5 Oregon
This game will be all offense. Power vs. Spread. Wisconsin are a bunch a fat asses, and man those fuckers can block. Oregon are a bunch of barn burners and they will wear you out with speed. If Wisconsin can hold on to the ball and close to 40 minutes I think Wisconsin wins in a big upset, much like the upset they received last year at the Rose Bowl against TCU, but If Oregon gets up early it will be over quick. I think Wisconsin is redeemed and upsets Oregon.
Prediction: Wisconsin 42 Oregon 38
Results: Oregon 45 Wisconsin 38
L: 16-12
Gator Bowl: Ohio State vs. Florida
I don’t have much positive to say. Both Florida and Ohio State have solid defenses, but Braxton Miller will be the difference in this game. Fuck Florida. Fuck Ohio State. Florida, go back to the Spurrier times. Fuck Urban Meyer. I pick OSU.
Prediction: Ohio State 28 Florida 24
Results: Florida 24 Ohio State 17
L: 16-11
Capital One Bowl: 20 Nebraska vs. 9 South Carolina
South Carolina has been pretty impressive this year even after losing Lattimore and Garcia. I am very impressed with South Carolina’s defense and Nebraska this year has been and up and down team. So, I pick South Carolina and their defense.
Prediction: South Carolina 24 Nebraska 17
Results: South Carolina 30 Nebraska 13
W: 16-10
Outback Bowl: 17 Michigan State vs. 16 Georgia
This is going to be a great game. Two solid quarterbacks. Two good defenses. This is a coin flip, but this is a different Michigan State team. Usually, I would say that since Michigan State doesn’t want to be there and it seems they feel they should be BCS bound and just come in sluggish, but not this Michigan State team. MSU wins in a close one.
Prediction: Michigan State 35 Georgia 31
Results: Michigan State 33 Georgia 30 F/3OT
W: 15-10
Ticketcity Bowl: 19 Houston vs. 22 Penn State
I’m not going to get into “Rape Gate”, I’m just going to talk football. Houston does not do well against teams with a good pass rush and Penn State does not do well against the spread. Penn State will pressure Houston and will cause Keenum to turn the ball over. Houston really does not seem like they will be up for it after blowing there BCS Bowl chances, while PSU just wants to play football and not worry about all the mishaps in their program.
Prediction: Penn State 31 Houston 21
Results: Houston 30 Penn State 14
L: 14-10