Carrie, my dear wife, and I both took serious pause and exhaled to the extremist this morning when we got a call from our son, Jarrett, at 6:30 this morning. Carrie was in her car headed for work. I was heading out the door when I heard the phone ring. I answered and caught her before she was down the road. Jarrett was calling from Atlanta. He had just landed after a long, restless flight from Dubai. He is returning home from his job as a helicopter specialist for a major aviation firm. He has been working in Afghanistan most of this past year, since he was honorably discharged from the Army. He knows what kind of help our guys need.
I talked to him from my desk at work today before I went home. He was driving on Interstate 10 between El Paso and Las Cruces, New Mexico to see a young lady he needs to see before he flies home to see us…and quite understandably so. They are going to see Merle Haggard sing tomorrow night. Good for them.
Week 11 of speaktherights.com College Football Picks:
The first weekend of November is always a little melancholy. It signals the last month of the traditional regular season college football schedule. It make me sad. I don’t care for sound of orange balls hitting college hardwood floors until March.
So far we have picked 77 winners and 23 losers.
This week:
Georgia will beat Kentucky…Too much run run run by Georgia..and it is a noon start which is much too early for the Lexington set to get excited over football.
Iowa will beat Minnesota…the Gophers are good. I still believe in the Hawkeyes.
Duke will beat Syracuse….Duke will be 8-1. There is hope….the Dukies are proof.
Penn State will beat Indiana…The Hoosiers have little imagination on offense. The run game is good the passing game stinks and that makes the run game bad. 40 to 6, perhaps.
Arizona State will beat Notre Dame….The Domers have been crying foul that they are not higher in the playoff ranking. The Sun Devils will take care of that.
Marshall will beat Southern Miss…But Herd beware. After a week of practice during an open date….the Herd should be ready…this is when they have trouble…when you think they won’t. I hope the Herd starts and finishes strong.
Auburn will beat Texas A&M…Most have.
UCLA will beat Washington…Look out for the Bruins. They may play last man standing in the PAC-12 and make some national noise.
Michigan State will beat Ohio State…A classic case of two mules fighting over a turnip. This is like old Big Ten days. Neither of these teams excite much. Both are very strong. Sparty is just a little stronger….by less than 10 points.
Drum roll…please.
LSU will beat Alabama…Sorry Bother Tim. Les Miles is just enough off plumb to make this happen for Tiger Mike and his merry men. A night game on national television? LSU…sounds like they musta got six!
P.S. There will be a lighter fluid shortage in Morgantown this weekend. The Mountaineers are going to hand it to the Longhorns. Bonus pick…that will not count.
And so it goes.
I spent some time with my Granny tonight. Thanks for so many that have asked about her lately.
We are going to watch a little football together tomorrow…I hope.
Speaking the rights.
Danny Johnson