It is Thursday evening and the sun is down over the hill to the West. It is stone-still out on the back porch. I am enjoying the peace, as the day winds down. There are football games to pick. Though given my performance last week, you probably wonder why. Maybe I will pick against your team and therefore guarantee them a victory. Maybe it is not that awful bad.
I just know that last week was the all-time low in speaktherights.com college football prognostication. 6 winners and 7 losers. How did I ever win 6?
This weekend the music gets some more treatment as Jeff Guernsey comes in to play some fiddle and perhaps mandolin on the latest music project. I am very excited. I have met Jeff a few times. He is a nice guy. He is way talented! He played on my first two cds and, ironically enough, this will be the first time I have ever seen him play on one of my songs. I was not there the first two times he did his recording. I left that in the capable hands of the board wizard, Jeff Carpenter. This time, Jefferson wants me there…and I want to be there. We have something very special going on. I want to witness every piece and part.
On to the football picks.
Pitt beats Marshall…No fun picking against the Herd. Time to be realist. (Hope I am wrong!)
Michigan State beats Indiana…I hope I am wrong here too…and the Hooisers will come out ready to play.
Florida beats Vandy….Chicken pick.
Iowa beats Northwestern….The Hawkeyes are still pretty good. The Wildcats are not chopped liver either.
Duke beats Virginia…the Dukies vicotry over Notre Dame will fuel them to greater success and they won’t be taking this week off.
Minnesota beats Penn State…Goldy is pretty good. A victory over the Nittany Lions still means a little something.
Tennessee beats Georgia…and Rocky Top plays on.
Alabama beats Kentucky…Doesn’t matter who plays QB for the Tide. That is a proven fact.
Ole Miss beats Memphis…as the best two or one loss team in the country tries to build some steam.
Louisville beats Clemson…In earnest…I think U of L will do much of what they did to Florida State, Howard’s Rock notwithstanding.
UCLA beats Arizona…The Bruins are due.
USC beats Arizona State…The Men of Troy are doubly due.
LSU beats Mizzou….Coach O has a good first game.
Tomorrow night I plan on watching the North Harrison Cougars beat the Silver Creek Dragons in a conference game in Sellersburg. I have never seen a game at Silver Creek. That bunch didn’t have a team until recently. Should be good times. Go Cougars, indeed!
Have a good weekend…and if you get the chance…
Speak the Rights!
Danny Johnson