This is my view as I speak the rights. The pond ahead was once a par 3 golf course. Apartment buildings are all around. Pompano Beach, Florida, some four miles from “the beach” where the Atlantic Ocean can be seen. My dear wife, Carrie, and I saw it and it is a beautiful sight. There is a peace that one finds next to the water that I can’t begin to describe.
This week’s College Football picks and then some more sight-seeing.
Last week saw nine winners and four losers. The worst week of the season until this week perhaps. I got some iffy ones for sure. In week seven, you can’t ignore your heart. The season is too deep. For the year the record stands at 59 winners and 19 losers. We’ll see how things go.
Indiana beats Iowa…I wish I could be there. Finally some football weather in Bloomington and the Hoosiers will respond.
Duke beats Georgia Tech…I know my love for Duke has little limitation. They are the IU of the south during football season.
Auburn beats Tennessee…War Eagle and all that crap.
Northwestern beats Nebraska…I know folks are saying the Huskers gotta win sooner or later. And yes, I do feel badly for Coach Frost. But, he asked for it.
Boston College beats Louisville…I witnessed the game that put Louisville into the Fiesta Bowl in 1990 when BC came calling to Louisville in November. BC wins this one. The Card team is a mess.
Notre Dame beats Pitt…Health is on the side of the Irish. A soft schedule can do that for you. Then come playoff time, they get blown out.
Penn State beats Michigan State…Oh my. This could get ticklish.
Miami beats Virginia…How can I not pick the Canes when I drove past their stadium yesterday?
Ole Miss beats Arkansas…I sure hope the hotel I stay in Saturday night gets the SEC Network. It might be worth a call just to make sure!
Marshall beats Old Dominion…No offense, but am the only one that thinks that is a corny name for a school full of kids?
Bama beats Mizzou…I heard in Tuscaloosa they polished up a new spot in the trophy case already, despite Nick Saban’s poor-mouthing about how weak the 10th string punter is.
Purdue beats Illinois…The Boilers are not a bad bunch to look at.
USC beats Colorado…The Buffs are better. But beating USC? C’mon man!
My dear Carrie and I drove down to Key West yesterday. 185 miles from where I type these words right now is how far the drive was. Was it ever worth it. Carl enjoyed the trip too.
Carrie and I are fortunate in that we have been a place or two. Had our second home in North Carolina not been blown up by Florence so, we would be there now. But we aren’t. We are here in Pompano Beach with Cody and Jarrett and Jarrett’s lady friend Sarah. We are all having a great time.
Yesterday was special in that Carrie and I got to discover and visit places we had never been. To hang out at Sloppy Joe’s was a treat. You hear about the place. You read about it. Being there was even better. We all know it doesn’t always turn out that way.
Chickens are everywhere in Key West. They run the place.
At Sloppy Joe’s our new friend, Brian, played a Moodies song for us. He sang “Your Wildest Dreams”. He did a fine job. Justin would approve.
We did not go in, but I snagged a photo of Ernest Hemingway’s house. We will tour that when we get back one day.
Along the way, we took a few photos.
The place was beautiful.
We got our photo taken by a nice man. As south as you can go.
Today, Cody took us to a place south of where we are staying called Tree Tops Park. You can climb this tower for a good look from the tree tops.
There were some great sights here as well.
This was one of them.
Back home starts tomorrow.
Say a few prayers for the folks in the Florida panhandle. That was some unreal devastation they were handed. They got what I feared for my beloved North Carolina shore…so I have a sense of how much hurt is there. It is heartbreaking. God Bless them and their resolve.
Speaking the rights…
Danny Johnson