I was asked today how the Marshall Thundering Herd did this past weekend.  I told my friend they did not lose.  They did not play.  This week they will be visiting Old Dominion on Saturday for C-USA tilt scheduled to kick off at noon.  Early prediction…ODU will be a pesky handful, though the Herd goes home victorious.

Of the ten picks this past weekend on speaktherights.com, we managed to get 8 of them correct.

I did pick Cincinnati to beat Ohio State.  Wishful thinking on my part.

I did pick Duke to beat Miami.  Wishful thinking on my part.

I did pick Maryland to beat Indiana.  Smart thinking on my part.  Remember on an earlier post…I wrote about the natural order of things.  Enough said; I do believe Indiana will beat North Texas this coming Saturday.

What possessed me to think Ole Miss was playing in Memphis this past weekend is beyond me.  I commented that the Rebs would be riding the bus back to Oxford after the game against the Tigers.  They played a home game.   They play an even bigger home game this coming Saturday.  The Rebs will win this game.  For the first time in all my following of the Rebels, I think they will beat a team ranked much higher they they are.  Having spent the weekend in Alabama, the Tide is ready turn.  Not because it wants to…because it is time.  Time to get hit upside the helmet by a powerful defense.  This is the Rebels’ time.   We’ll be talking about this one for a very long time.  In earnest, providing they protect the football and do well with field position, Ole Miss will win.  I said on the radio over and over again and I will say it on speaktherights.com:

“Field position and turnovers, Gus (my radio partner)…that will be the key to the game.”

For the first time in a long time I feel Ole Miss’ defense has the lateral and vertical speed to stay with any team.  So my final edict:  Protect the dadgum ball!  My apologizes to Coach Bobby Bowden.

In other news:

My dear wife, Carrie, and I attended a wedding in Alabama this weekend.  It was good to see old friends and enjoy the post-wedding ceremony that included watching football afterwards.  The weather was great.  If you have ever traveled down Interstate 65 through the state of Alabama, you know they possess the greatest rest area landmark in the country.  It is a Saturn 5 Rocket that welcomes you to Alabama.  The thing is awesome.  I wish I had taken the time to take a picture to share with you.

Good job yesterday by Teddy Bridgewater.  He is the NFL’s first rookie quarterback to direct his team to victory this season.  Johnny Manziel has yet to do that.

My friends at Brownstown Central were big winners this past Friday night.  They defeated the county rivals, the Seymour Owls, 75-14.  Clay Brown threw 5 touchdown passes.  My friend, Jerry Brown, must be proud of his team.   I wish Seymour wasn’t so pitiful.

Thanks goes out to the Mellow Mushroom restaurant in Bowling Green, Kentucky.  Carrie and I ate lunch there yesterday.  The place was spotless and the food was even better.

Just speaking the rights.

Danny Johnson