Last week was good.
11 winners and 3 losers. UK let me down. So did Louisville.
Can’t win’em all. Hoosier fans know that all too well.
This week I am picking the Indiana Hoosiers to beat Rutgers. I swallow kind of hard when I think that the last game the Hoosiers won this year was September 25th at Western Kentucky. Seems like forever ago.
The Hoosiers won 33-31 in Bowling Green.
Let’s the picks begin!
Michigan beats Penn State…It’s at State College. Still, the Wolverines will do fine.
Indiana beats Rutgers…Rutgers, indeed. Sounds like something that would clog the kitchen sink. New York market Big Ten Dollars at work.
Louisville beats Syracuse…If a storm moves in and they have to call it after three quarters the Cards will win with ease. If not, it might be a photo finish.
Georgia beats UT…Sorry Rocky Top.
Iowa beats Minnesota…Floyd of Rosedale likes Iowa City. I do too.
Marshall beats UAB…Attendance in Huntington has been bad, even with a good team. I have a conspiracy theory. Marshall has inked Chad Pennington’s son as a future Herd player. Chad is a coach of his boy’s team. Will both of them be in Huntington eventually? Attendance was one of the reasons Herd coach Mark Snyder got shown the door before Doc Holliday. I miss Doc. Hope he is well.
Michigan State beats Maryland…After Purdue made them look silly, Sparty is back.
South Carolina beats Mizzou…I’d like to see the annuals to look at how many times the Gamecocks have played this far west?
Arizona State beats Washington…Sun Devils are doing well.
UK beats Vandy…They better or basketballs will be pounding even louder than they already are!
Ole Miss beats Texas A&M…Hotty Toddy!!!
LSU beats Arkansas…Used to be a Friday after Thanksgiving staple. I miss those days.
Notre Dame beats Virginia…The ND mystic, with their own TV network, still has to succumb to ACC dollars. Wish they had the schedule they once had.
UCLA beats Colorado…As they should.
Five years ago a dream of mine was realized. I was able to take my Dad to Pasadena to see UCLA play USC.
I would give anything to know what was going through his head as he walked through that tunnel to look at the field inside The Rose Bowl for the first time in person. The greatest college football venue ever made is The Rose Bowl.
Yes, of course we got there early. It was a long time coming.
Before the game, he got to hang out with some UCLA cheerleaders. Some guys have all the luck!
Dad hangs out with cheerleaders and I look at kickers in pregame warm-ups. Go figure.
The Sam Darnold-led Trojans won a good game.
Two years later, I had to take my dear wife, Carrie, out there. We made it to the field on Thursday before the game and I was able to split the uprights in The Rose Bowl. Still does not seem real.
How does that happen? It did. Long story. Thank you, Bart Bigham and your students.
I’m Sad.
Graeme Edge passed away yesterday. He is standing to Carrie’s right. What a great picture.
I always liked this picture. It was taken the last time The Moody Blues played at Red Rocks outside Denver. Graeme looks to be taking it in at the end of the show. This was May of 2011.
Always a fan of this shot, away from his drum kit and leading the way. This was taken in 2012 in Indianapolis.
Graeme Edge was behind the drum kit of The Moody Blues from 1964 to 2018. I saw the band play more than 50 times from 1986 to 2017. The earliest incarnation of The Moody Blues, pre-Justin Hayward and John Lodge, toured as the opening act for The Beatles on their last concert tour.
Now, it is officially over…if you ask me. It was fun while it lasted. It was so much fun.
I’ll be in Bloomington for Indiana’s noon kickoff. That means we will be home in time to see the Rebs play the Aggies. Good times indeed!
Listening to The Moody Blues.
Danny Johnson