This is what happens. You so look forward to a college football season and you look the thermometer in Southern Indiana and it has read 90 degrees or more all week this week. It is October for goodness sake! This is nuts.I sweat as I type these words on an October 3rd evening. I am sad that we are in Week 6 of the college football season already.
Last weekend in Tuscaloosa I had the time of my life. It was 100 degrees. Had it been 75 degrees I would probably still be there trying to get into the next game at Bryant-Denny Stadium. To say we will be back is an understatement. That slogan the SEC used about it “Means more in the SEC” is all too true. It may mean too much.
True story. The first thing I hear from Bama fans after their team just won 59-31 and their quarterback just threw a school record 6 touchdown passes is that Tua (the QB) left a few yards on the field and missed some receivers that will cost them during LSU. I had a silent scream on my face. Did y’all just watch the same game I did? No wonder Nick Saban look constipated all the time. It is a different world in Tuscaloosa. But it is a good one. And…Lord help these folks when Saban turns in his key. It will be Bear is gone all over again. And only then will they truly appreciate what I saw on Saturday. I said it before and I will say it again to Brother Tim Petty, thank you for delivering Carrie and me to T-Town in style. You’re a good man.
In earnest, I have had a very busy week. I couldn’t tell you who plays college football this weekend. So…let me take a time-out. And pick a few games.
After starting the season 31-11 after three weeks, I have stunk it it up the last two week. 8-6 and 8-6 the last two weeks. Easily the poorest showing for two consecutive weeks on speaktherights.com. I hang my head.
Let’s see how things shake out this week. I have picked a challengers for sure along with a couple cupcakes. The good thing is Indiana does not play this week and I don’t have to pick against them! Bless their hearts. That Michigan State debacle was something. You would be hard pressed to find the Elias Bureau to come up with stats that said a quarterback who complete 20 straight passes, as IU’s Michael Penix did last week, played for the team that lost the game. I can’t imagine.
On to the picks:
Duke beats Pitt…Coach Cut just wins.
Ohio State beats Michigan State…Mad that Sparty beat IU last week.
Washington beats Stanford…Will be a fun game to watch.
Iowa beats Michigan…Big one for the Hawkeyes. I root for Iowa too.
Oklahoma beats Kansas….And everyone else till they play Alabama.
Penn State beats Purdue…Purdue…aka MASH Unit.
Louisville beats Boston College…I saw these two play in 1990 the year U of L whipped Alabama in the Fiesta Bowl. I was in the press box at Louisville for that one and got to talk to Gerard Phelan, the guy who caught THE PASS from Doug Flutie that beat Miami on the last play of the game. He was the color commentator for NESN (New England Sports Network) I shook the hand that caught THE PASS. In my football life, nothing impressed me more until I kicked footballs in The Rose Bowl.
LSU beats Utah State…Play the freshman!
Florida beats Auburn…Hope I get to see a little of this one after a little travel on Saturday.
Notre Dame beats Bowling Green…And the Bowling Green players will get to tell their grandchildren they played at Notre Dame Stadium.
Northwestern beats Nebraska…I have been called foolish for this pick.
Georgia beats Tennessee…And folks on both sides lament the fact that this game is supposed to mean some thing.
Ole Miss beats Vandy…Hotty Toddy!
SMU beats Tulsa…The Mustangs are finally back. They deserve some love.
Have a good weekend. Take care of one another.
And when you can….speak the rights.
Danny Johnson