Sad does not begin to address how I feel that the College Football season is already half over. I cant’t believe it.
Though I am in North Carolina as I type these words, I kind of feel like I am in Indiana. Most of the folks around here are already looking forward to basketball season. The UNC football team is not doing well. NC State is on a downward slide. Duke is doing well but they still love their basketball off the charts. You think you are in the south when you visit North Carolina…but you’re not. Talk radio is looking to bouncing balls. Like the folks in Indiana, I feel sorry for these people too.
Last week was kind. Ten games picked…ten winners. I doubt we run into that again. Simply put we are 57 winners picked and 13 losers picked so far this college football season. If I may, let me impart that I do not bet on college football…or any sport for that matter. I think betting is a waste of money. The day I am more interested in the point spread than whether or not my team wins, you will know that I started smoking crack. It just ain’t going to happen! My regard for the game and the effort that goes into one includes much more respect than I can write about.
I do enjoy picking the winners.
Baylor will beat West Virginia…As a Marshall fan, you enjoy games like this. You enjoy watching big brother get taken to the wood shed. Baylor should score many points.
Duke will beat Virginia…Duke will have six wins and one defeat after Saturday. They will be bowl-eligible for the third consecutive year…a first in school history. The Wahoos have improved a great deal. Duke’s home-field advantage is minimal. Doesn’t matter. The Dukies have a football mentality that says it is us against the world of college football. They would be right.
Michigan State will beat Indiana… I have heard word that Indiana wants to fill in the open end of their stadium and make Memorial Stadium a “bowl”. If you can’t get to bowl game, you might as well make your own. How disturbing this is. Nate the Great went down with injury…might buy Coach Wilson another season.
Alabama beats Texas A&M…Good for Nick Saban showing a little passion at the press conference this week. I agree with him. Style points in the SEC are predicated on one thing…did you score more than your opponent? The Tide will come back stronger than they have been all season.
UCLA beats Cal…The PAC 12 is having a tough time. No marquee left there. UCLA still has a chance to make noise in January if they win out and get some help.
Ole Miss beats Tennessee… Rocky Top will have to settle on being played in between commercial breaks. The Vols won’t score much. The Rebels are in a great place. Their rival Cowbellers are a couple places ahead of them in the polls and they won’t take focus off the field or the accelerator until the end of the Egg Bowl.
Notre Dame beats Florida State…For the sake of college football the Irish need to beat the Seminoles (hope I didn’t offend anyone). If FSU loses, perhaps some of their off the field woes will be focused just there…off the field. I am sick of listening to excuses for a player that should know better…or Johnny Manziel may say he is just a kid and will make some mistakes.
LSU will beat Kentucky… Tiger Mike will claw and the Wildcats will paw then run home to Lexington. Kentucky is much improved. They are not ready to go to LSU and make that statement just yet. Win a couple more and go to a bowl game. We all know it could be much worse.
Iowa beats Maryland…Why does he care about the Hawkeyes? I still have a soft spot for Coach Hayden Fry. I like the way Coach Kirk Ferentz does business. His buy-out alone has saved his job thus far. With that said…I still think the Hawkeyes are a good team and will play for the Big Ten Championship.
Marshall beats Florida International…the Herd is ranked for the first time in 12 years. They will keep pouring it on too in hopes of making a big bowl in January or December 31st. When Rakeem Cato throws a touchdown pass this weekend, it will be a record 39 games in a row in which he has done so. Oh…and their run game is pretty awesome too. See Devon Johnson tote the mail a few times.
Happy Watching this Saturday.
Speaking the rights.
Danny Johnson