Gil Lock Shown The Door At Thanksgiving Dinner
The turkey wasn’t the only casualty at the table this week when the Lock family sat down for their holiday 
meal. Jill and Pad decided that it was finally time to show the door to their beloved husband and uncle, Gil. Apparently taking their cue from the administration at Notre Dame, they decided to let Gil know a little of what Charlie Weis has been going through in South Bend. The clincher was his third consecutive 1-2 weekend that continued to drag down the family record; one that featured Jill’s perfect 4-0 a week ago. It wasn’t pleasant; Gil was in a cold sweat through most of the meal, but it was necessary. After all, 1-2 is not what the Locks expected.
Locks of the Week
Jill Locks (20-8)
Nevada-Boise State over 72.5-
These are two offensive machines that have been very good to me all year. Boise needs to keep winning in order to secure a BCS bid and Nevada is on an eight game win streak.
North Carolina -5 over North Carolina State
- The Tar Heels may be playing better than anyone in the ACC right now as Butch Davis has his team clicking on all cylinders headed into the bowl season.
Clemson +2 1/2 over South Carolina
- I’m thinking Clemson is a dog because the games at South Carolina and they might be caught looking ahead to the ACC title game. However, the wheels have come off of the Gamecock’s wagon over the last month and they won’t have enough to stem Clemson’s momentum.
Pad Locks (6-4)
Arkansas State-North Texas over 53.5
- My weekly dose of “Arifemetic” as a tribute to my fallen uncle. Both teams stink and neither has a good defense.
Arizona -2 1/2 over Arizona State-
Arizona has got to be pretty pissed at blowing their shot at the Rose Bowl last week. They’ll take it out on an Arizona State squad that is clearly overmatched.
Texas Tech – 22 1/2 over Baylor
- Since losing QB Robert Griffin, Baylor has lost 6 of 7 and hasn’t even competed over the last two weeks; being outscored by Texas and Texas A&M by a combined 85-17. Things won’t be easier this week as Texas Tech looks to pad its Bowl resume.
already sent me her picks. Fresh off a 2-1 weekend that sent her record to 5-1 since taking over for husband Gil, she seemed very anxious to continue her run. I had trouble understanding one of her selections (West-consin? Is there an East-consin?) so, I called her to clarify. That’s when things got a little hinky.
go a pathetic 0-3 with his selections. He started out well enough, as Army took a noon kickoff from Ball State and marched down the field on its opening drive for a 7-0 lead. However, Ball State answered with a TD of its own and things went south from there for our good Mr. Lock. Army won the game 24-17 but failed to cover the 7 1/2 point spread. Baylor, matched up with one of Gil’s least favorite teams; Connecticut, turned everything around as the Bears lost by ten as a ten point favorite. Memo to Gil: Maybe UConn isn’t so bad. Finally, the Toledo Rockets failed to fire in their battle with Ohio State. The Buckeyes dominated to the tune of 38-0 and made a mockery of Mr. Lock’s affinity for the Mid America Conference. Maybe they’ll send their Men’s football team to Columbus next time. So, if you’re scoring at home, or worse; with your bookie, old Gil came up one short of the famous “blind squirrel.” It’ll take a lot of work to restore our faith and get back in our good graces but Lock assures me he’s up to the task. Let’s see who he’s chosen to lead him out of the darkness and into the light. Go ahead, Gil. Let out the leash.
Bowling Green led into the fourth quarter against Missouri before losing by seven; the final margin much closer to Lock’s line of 11 than the 19 you’d have had to lay in Vegas. Then, despite most of the world expecting a big 