NWC Pick 'Em Contest: Week 11

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Thankfully my pick 'em year is coming to a close.  I went from defending 2010 champ to pick 'em chump in the matter of 365 days.  A real flash in the pan. I guess this is what Willamette felt like in 2009. (*rimshot*).  Wildcat11 went 4 out of 6 last week as my two blemishes came with Willamette keeping the Wagon Wheel vs the Pios and McMurry ended Louisiana College's season out in the ASC.  That brings my yearly total to 50 correct picks out of 66 games (75.8%) which puts me in the middle of the pack.  So here is one last week to go out on a respectable note and finish strong.

Northwest Conference

Whitworth (3-6) over Puget Sound (0-8) (at Puget Sound): If the Rats offense plays as well as they did in last weekend's game vs Linfield then Whitworth should score a solid win.  Whitworth should be feeling pretty good as over the past three weeks they've smashed Pacific, beat Willamette on the road, and give Linfield all they could handled.  UPS has been a turnover over machine with zero run game and that will spell doom for the Loggers.

Willamette (4-5) over Pacific Lutheran (5-3) (at Willamette): Well, I talked a gang of smack about Willamette last week.  The Bearcats responded with a double tall man pointed in my direction as their offense clicked in putting up a huge number on the Pios.  But this game isn't about the up and down Willamette offense but more about PLU's lack of offensive production.  Unless the Bearcats shoot themselves in the foot, I like the Bearcats to win.

West Region Games Of The Week

St. Olaf (7-2) over Concordia-Moorehead (6-3) (at St. Olaf):  St. Olaf's pool C playoff bid took a major hit last week as the corpse known as St. John's football tripped up Oles 27-24 in Collegeville.  I almost took Moorehead because of the playoff hopes of St. Olaf getting dashed but see the Oles getting it done in their season finale.

Louisiana College (7-2) over Hardin-Simmons (5-4) (at HSU):  Two good teams that are playing for a matter of pride at this point.  LC's playoff hopes came to an end last week at the hand's of McMurry and HSU has been playing out the string for a good chunk of the season.  I'm going to take LC to get the win over HSU because I need to start getting used to picking against the Cowboys since Linfield and HSU are picked up their series again as HSU will visit the 'Catdome in 2012 and Linfield will return the favor in 2013.

National Game Of The Week

#14 Kean (8-1) over #15 Montclaire State (8-1) (@ Montclaire): The NJAC championship is on the line in this clash of these East Region top teams.  Kean has come up a few times this year in the NGOTW and have came through each time.  That's good enough for me even if they have dudes that mug for the camera like this.  COme on bro...brutal.