I got bowled over.
On my last post about the College Football Bowl Games I picked I reported that I had picked 17 winners and 7 losers. I was feeling quite good about myself. I started to think not only was I having a good time…but, perhaps, I actually knew a thing or two.
Wrong.
I know nothing. If only there were only those 24 simple game..
I got my hind-parts handed to me with the rest of my picks. Let’s start with the fact that I picked Alabama to beat Ohio State and Florida State to beat Oregon….thus landing Bama and FSU in the National Title Game. Including the title game, I lost all three.
My beloved Ole Miss Rebs wasted gas money getting to Atlanta. A refund should be given to every fan that spent any of their discretionary money on attending this game over the sum of quarter….as in 25 cents. The fans showed up. The players did not.
18 winners and 21 losers….that was Bowl Picking Effort. This from a man who picked 110 winners to 40 losers leading up to the bowls. I am delighted you don’t have to pay to read this. I am paying for enough for both us…I’m a proud man.
The National Championship Game to be played on…get this…Monday Night…only a dollar figure could move the Saturday mainstay to a Monday Night. I have said I will not watch. I have been lying. I will watch the first half and decide if I should brew a couple cups of coffee to maintain my interest from there on. Ohio State? Yuck. Oregon? Duck. Still, know this…the SEC got the humble pie they deserved. It was just a matter of time. It always is. Bear Bryant coached his last game at Alabama in 1982 in the Liberty Bowl. Nick Saban coached his first game at Alabama in 2007. He’ll be done some day and then they will be reeling again. Good luck to the man that has to replace THE MAN. Ask Ray Perkins.
This past Monday I looked at Carrie, my dear wife, and told her it was the first Monday Night we had not had a meaningful football game to watch on television since August 25th. I don’t count pre-season NFL football. If you are trying to make a team, you can count it.
Honestly, I am glad the season is over. I am ready to give my eyes a break. I watch too much football. Today it was VERY bright as I drove home after work. I put my sun shades on. It felt good to have them on again. I had not put them on in a while. And yes, it was COLD…and it is COLD as I write this. Single digits. Windchill factors in the minus-double digits. I was listening on internet radio to 104.9 The Surf, Hilton Head today. Someone on there said the windchill was going to be 0. Early last week I was walking on a beach there watching the sun come up as I was wearing a pair of short britches. Curious.
I want to thank Carrie for getting me an IPOD for Christmas. I had one. I lost it a few months ago. I hope I lost it. I sure hope no one stole it. It is so good to get my music back. Moody Blues at the ready. My IPOD is a mixed bag….outside of the Moody Blues songs that number over 100 I am sure.
On my IPOD you will find: ABBA, a-ha, Air Supply…I know, I know, Al Stewart, Alicia Keys, Allison Krauss, April WIne, Asia ( a great deal of it), Barbara Streisand, The Bay City Rollers, The Beatles, The Bellamy Brothers, Bette Midler, Billy Joel, Billy Swan, Bob Seger, Boz Scaggs, Bruce Springsteen, the Byrds, Carly Simon, Carole King, Christopher Cross, Coldplay, Creedence, Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young, Dan Folgelberg, myself, The Dave Clark Five, David Foster, Debby Boone (Yes, that song), Diana Ross, Dion, Don Henley, Don McLean, The Dream Academy, Duran Duran, Dwight Yokam, The Eagles, Earl Thoma Conley, ELO, Elton John (Lewis Grizzard said that sounded like a toilet manufacturer), ELP, Eric Carmen, Faith Hill, Fastball, Foo Fighters, George Harrison, George Strait, Gordon Lightfoot, Huey Lewis and the News, Jimmy Buffett, Joe Cocker, Joe Walsh, John Barry, John Fogerty, John Lennon, John Mellencamp, John Parr, Johnny Cash, Justin Hayward, Little River Band, Madness, Mark Knopfler, Mark Shultz, Merle Haggard, Mike +The Mechanics, The Moody Blues, Moving Pictures, Neil Diamond, Nena, Night Ranger, OMD, The Outfield, Paul Anka, Paul McCartney, Phil Collins, The Prentenders, Procol Harum, Ray Charles, The Righteous Brothers, Rita Coolidge, Roberta Flack, The Shirells, Soul Asylum, Steve Earle, Styx, Theodore Gile, Tim Krekel, Train, Traveling Wilburys, Travis, U2, Van Morrison, Wetton/Downes, The Who, and Willie Nelson.
Call me a softy if you wish. I can live with that for a very long time.
Speaking/Singing the Rights.
Danny Johnson