Week Number 10. It is November and I am sad.
No, this is about football. I don’t want to see the college football season end.
It is November for goodness sake. How did that happen? On good thing we have going for us this weekend is turning the clocks back. Another hour to hang in there and watch late night college football. Where is UCLA when I need them? They are off this week.
To quote Van Morrison, “I’m Tired Joey Boy.” Look it up. Avalon Sunset album, 1988. Listen to Coney Island. Words were never spoken any better. I am not huge Van Morrison fan. I do, however, give credit where I think it belongs.
This is where I started the College Football season. Full of optimism, as my Indiana Hoosiers were ranked in the preseason poll.
At this point, as the photo suggests, we still had SO MUCH optimism.
When I look back on the 2021 college football season, I will find solace in the fact that on one Saturday I traveled to Iowa City with my oldest friend, Jerry Brown. We had a good time. We laughed. we shared a nice meal. We cruised to parts of the country neither of us had seen. Indiana football made us cry. It was a portent of doom. But Jerry and I had a good time!
This week’s picks! I did AWFUL last week and I own it.
Ole Miss beats Liberty...This smells bad. Look out. I wonder how much Ole Miss offered to buy out of this one? Did they or did they not? Like the old Tootsie Roll Pop commercial…the world will never know.
Georgia beats Mizzou…Silver britches plays everybody!
Ohio State beats Nebraska…Hate that Scott Frost came back home to this. Face it. The Big Ten may have meant dollars to Nebraska…but the old pride sure has taken a hit. They will never be what we knew in the Big 8 days. They are an odd Big Ten apendage.
Pitt beats Duke…Hurts me to pick against the Dukies and Coach Cut.
Louisville beats Clemson…Clemson doesn’t want to come to Louisville. Saw this in 1981 when a ranked Southern Miss team came up and got spanked by a mediocre Louisville team. The USM team was undefeated with one tie when they played Louisville in November. The Eagles were ranked #9. Their tie? Alabama 13-13. Louisville gave them their first loss of the season. I was there. Less than 13,000 of us were. Was in also in Hattiesburg the next weekend when Southern took it out on poor Lamar.
UNC beats Wake Forest…Trust me.
Auburn beats Texas A & M…Auburn is coing off a big win against Ole Miss. In the SEC there is a pedigree factor. It will show when Auburn beats Texas A & M.
Purdue beats Michigan State…Even though Coach Tucker is telling his team he has seen this movie before, it is a great movie! Purdue plays the part better than most. Jeff Brohm is Hollywood tomorrow. I can call him Jeff. I was in the antiquated baseball press box of old Cardinal Stadium when he made his U of L debut at quarterback. John Tong said, “Nagle’s (Browning Nagle) pass incomplete to…” Tong was corrected and told that Brohm had made this pass. Tong acknowledged Brohm on the next play. Tong was something.
Notre Dame beats Navy…No boating miracle this year.
Penn State beats Maryland…Of course.
Cincinnati beats Tulsa…Was ready to pick Tulsa then saw there record.
Alabama beats LSU…This won’t be close in the first quarter.
Arkansa beats Miss State…Hogs outlast the Bulldogs.
Kentucky beats Tennessee…Apparently the Cats were full of themselves last week and got bit by the Dogs of Mississippi State. It happens. It won’t happen this week!
No, I did not pick the Indiana game. I am too much of a homer to pick against the Hoosiers. Read what you will into that. What a sweet and sour college football season this has been!
Have a good weekend!
Danny Johnson