First things first. A photo looking up the road East of Mailbox (my apologies to Gordon Lightfoot) taken this Saturday morning.
Fall. Forever Autumn. Whatever you want to call it. I look around this time of year and I see football season. In all its glory, heartache, or celebration. Many a good day I have had on or around a football field. I’ve seen a few games I can tell you. Watching from the couch this year, I have looked back on many of those times with a little extra thanksgiving in the old heart. I have been blessed.
This weekend last year, my dear wife, Carrie, and I stopped in Huntington on the way home from Topsail Island. This time she said, “You go ahead.” I walked the 1.6 miles from downtown up 5th Avenue to Joan C. Edwards Stadium. I’d been sitting all day in the car. I was ready to stretch my legs.
Old Dominion. That is who the Herd was playing that day. It marked the 71st FBS team I have seen play a game. Albeit the Hawaii game was a Spring Game Scrimmage in 1991.
Oh, that trip to Topsail last year. Carl is missing the beach this year. He loves that place. So do I.
It was a year ago that I found this pebble among a million shells and rocks and sand all together getting along quite nicely. I carried it around for a while. The ink started to fade. Now it sits on my book shelf in the home office.
On to this week’s picks!
You know how I said it had to get better last week? It didn’t. Five winners and five losers again. Pitiful!
I am leaving my affection for Coach Cut and the Dukies on the sideline this week. And how about Ole Miss last week? Should I pick them to beat BAMA? Naaaa.
The State Bulldogs should have saved some of those passing yards against LSU for the Hogs last week. That was a shock.
So, here goes nothing…
LSU beats Mizzou…Moved this on to avoid Hurrican Delta. Tigers will win! Uh, the LSU Tigers that is.
Texas beats Oklahoma…You’re old Uncle Dan can remember the day before ESPN when we got a couple of college games on TV a week and you knew this was going to be one of them. The Texas State Fair and the game played at the Cotton Bowl. It was special. It still is. Texas needs this game. So does Oklahoma. Texas by 4.
North Carolina beats Virginia Tech…Yes, I do love love my North Carolina teams. Good to see the Heels.
Georgia beats Tennessee…They get after it don’t they, these two? Another classic match-up. Until Georgia plays Alabama, we won’t know who is number one. I still lean toward the Bulldogs. Silver Britches are playing well.
Auburn beats Arkansas…The Hogs can’t win two in row can they?
Pitt beats Boston College…Let’s hope Pitt comes out in the yellow helmets and the blue trim that resembles the Days of Tony Dorsett and Danny Marino instead of those hideous dark blue things they wear. I have fashion sense!
Bama beats Ole Miss…I can’t do it. I was going to. Aunt Barbara talked me out of it yesterday afternoon as I was picking up to-go vittles. It would be nice to see the Tide take it on the chin in Oxford. Ole Miss is living Life in the Fast Lane Kiffin…sorry Chris Berman. I had to.
Marshall beats Western Kentucky…The Herd hasn’t played a game in awhile. This should be a good contest.
Mississippi State beats Kentucky…Coach Mike Leach does not go to Lexington and get beat. It would like Indiana beating Ohio State which is against the natural order of things.
Notre Dame beats Florida State…Another 7:30 PM EDT game….which there are troo many tonight!!!
Have a good weekend y’all. Hope I have spoken the football predicting rights.
Danny Johnson