I looked through the speaktherights.com archives for a few minutes this past weekend. My dear wife, Carrie, and I were in Huntington to watch the Thundering Herd beat the WKU Hilltoppers and that was great fun. Herd 30 Toppers 23. It was a good game. Here is a photo from the pregame:
It was a chilly night for football. The season total of picking winners and losers after 11 weeks is 92-40. Two weeks of 8-4 have helped a little of late. I was not a happy camper to see that Auburn beat Georgia. And what about Jalen Hurts? This guy deserves the Heisman Trophy and he has barely been in the conversation. Why? Because his team is so good. Don’t panalize greatness because he is surrounded by superior talent. He can’t help it! No doubt he is the best this year.
Whilst looking at the archives I came across a classic. It was my recording of my Granny picking NFL games three weeks before she passed away. She was ill at the time, for sure. She was still ready to talk football. I asked her to be a guest NFL prognosticator. She did a great job and was as colorful as always. He responses that great are below:
Granny’s NFL Picks for November 2nd
DISCLAIMER:
Though it is just after 2 PM on Sunday afternoon as I write this, I have yet to see a single down of football played in any NFL game played today thus far.
Also…these game picks are not official speaktherights.com NFL picks….they are better. They are my Granny’s picks!
So says Granny:
Tampa Bay will beat Cleveland…The Bucs have better runners.
Dallas will beat Arizona…I can’t pick against my Cowboys!
Houston will beat Philadelphia….Those Eagles won’t know how to play in Texas!
Kansas City will beat the New York Jets…That Jet bunch is a mess.
Cincinnati will beat Jacksonville….The Bengals are better than the other team.
Miami will beat San Diego… The Dolphins have a pretty good team this year.
Washington will beat Minnesota…The Vikings need to play in a dome.
San Francisco will beat St. Louis…The new stadium will help the 49ers.
Denver will beat New England…Even though it is cold as kraut in New England, I can’t pick against Peyton.
Pittsburgh will beat Baltimore…I can’t root against Terry Bradshaw’s old team.
Indianapolis will beat the Giants on Monday Night Football….Sorry, I know you (me) are for the Giants… but Luck will beat their butts!
This is one 89 year-old lady who knows her football.
My dear wife, Carrie, and I just left her house about fifty minutes ago. She is hanging in there like I know she can. She is one of the toughest people I have ever met. We are still having a good time, though I know she is having a hard time with her health. She is amazing.
I’ll get to my story about 1975 another day.
Go enjoy this one.
Speaking the rights.
Danny Johnson