Firstly…prayers go out to the folks in Paris and France after the tragedy that struck them last night. I hate it. But…I don’t know why we should be shocked. There are bad guys everywhere. There are bad guys in every town. Given how the the world has been made a bit smaller with all of our social media…with the easy ability to broadcast anything anywhere…why should we be shocked at an attack? Now I feel even more handcuffed as I try to learn about events from media outlets that are partly informative and large partly political windmills. Hard to know what to believe. Where have you gone Walter Cronkite?
Last week my college football picks we awful. 7 winners and 6 losers. The season total is at 95 winners and 40 losers.
I write this post this morning from Huntington, WV. My dear wife, Carrie, and I are in town today to watch the Marshall Thundering Herd take on the Florida International Panthers. It is also the 45th anniversary of the Marshall Football plane crash that took the lives of 75 players, coaches, staff, boosters, and flight crew. They will turn the fountain off on campus at 10 this morning, as is the custom. It will be turned back on in the spring. After the game, Carrie and I are driving back home and tomorrow morning I, along with my Dad and my sister, will be singing at the Brownstown Baptist Church. A bit of an “Old Home Week” celebration that is going on for a month at the church as they celebrate their 20th year in their “new” facility after the old church burned down.
Florida beats South Carolina…Coach Spurrier is gone and he was not going to get beat by Kentucky and Florida in the same season.
Georgia beats Auburn…I may miss this one.
Tennessee beats North Texas…the tuba player better be in shape because there will be a great deal of “Rocky Top” being played today.
Ohio State beats Illinois…this is not the year of the Illini. I wish it was. I want the Buckeyes to roast.
Northwestern beats Purdue…PU is better. Northwestern having a stellar season.
Texas beats West Virginia…just can’t pick the Eers to win this one. Coach Strong has his team stronger.
Louisville beats Virginia…Cardinal football never looked better.
Marshall beats FIU…an emotional game that hopefully won’t take the legs out of the Herd. Could be close.
Michigan beats Indiana…my dear friend Adam and his son are going to be my correspondents for this one. Hoosiers lose their 6th in a row. It is 1985 all over again.
Iowa beats Minnesota…Do the Hawkeyes still do the hokey-pokey after a win? They did with Coach Hayden Fry…he told me so.
I would make a call on the LSU-Arkansas game. I refuse. This game is supposed to be played the Friday after Thanksgiving and it was rescheduled for bad reasons I am sure. Another college football holiday tradition down.
Have a great weekend.
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Danny Johnson