This Week's Picks

At the board meeting of This Week’s Picks, it was decided that I should discuss the head coach of The Georgia Bulldogs, Mark Richt.

To say Richt is in the hot seat is an understatement. If Richt is not feeling the heat, he has an asbestos bottom. Losing to a greatly improved Fighting Chicken team is one thing. Losing to the Pigs is one thing after another. Losing to the Other Bulldogs is terrible. Losing to Colorado is a statement. The statement is: we are going to have a season so bad, getting a bowl game in Shreveport would be the cause of great rejoicing.

Let’s admit one thing: Richt is toast. When you lose to a mediocre Colorado team, the story will not have a happy ending. In fact, the only thing in Richt’s favor is he has three years left on his contract with a buyout clause of three million per year. That’s nine million dollars and as the baker said, that is a lot of bread. Then you have to find another coach that would have to be at his level in pay and/or reputation. Good luck on that. The trouble with UGA is there is no plan B when it comes to the Head Coach.

Yes, Richt is toast. He just won’t get canned this year and will spend the next two years trying to repair whatever happened in 2009 and 2010. After that, he’s gone like a freight train.

This week’s picks!

Pups vs Busted Flat In Baton Rouge: Typical Tennessee luck-done in by math again by a LSU team who has a coach that can’t tell time. At least they were in it in the last seconds of this game against one of the better teams in the Conference. Until the Pups win again, I’m not picking them. UPSET ALERT: Vols win.

Buzz vs Thomas Jefferson’s Project: Georgia Tech isn’t exactly beating the band this year, taking all game to put away a Wake Forest team that was using a kid from the stands as quarterback. My rule of thumb with Tech is to pick them when they are playing somebody of the same caliber they are-Virginia is that. Bees wins.

Bamy vs Chickens: I know the Chickens are better, but Bama is such a freak I don’t see them losing to South Carolina. Bama wins.

Huskers of Corn vs The Other KSU: Both teams are 4-0 but Nebraska just looks better. Nebraska wins.

Criminoles vs Criminals: Ha, Ha, a little FSU/Miami humor. I like Miami’s quarterback when he throws to his own players and FSU acts like they don’t miss Bobby at all. This is one is hard to pick, but I’m going with FSU.

Georgia Southern vs Wofford: What do you need to know about Wofford? Their nickname is The Terriers (and people laugh at Kennesaw State’s nickname “the Owls”). Was the Fighting Weiner Dogs already taken? Georgia Southern Wins.

Edinboro vs Slippery Rock: In the other big news of last week, Edinboro lost to Indiana University of Pennsylvania (or was is Pennsylvania University of Indiana? University of Indiana Pennsylvania?). This week The Fighting Scots face the Rocks of Slippery Rock. They will crush Slippery Rock into pebbles with a bam-bam! Edinboro wins.

Birmingham-Southern vs Centre College: The Panthers travel to Danville, Kentucky. What is there to do in Danville, Kentucky? As the city of Danville’s web site says:

“Discover the first post office west of the Allegheny Mountains at historic Constitution Square. Tour the home of Dr. Ephraim McDowell, a courageous physician who performed the world's first successful abdominal surgery at this site. Or treat yourself to an award-winning performance at the Norton Center for the Arts.”

I’ve always wondered about the first post office west of the Allegheny Mountains. Who hasn’t sat at the feet of their grandfather to listen to stories about the courageous Dr. Ephraim McDowell? Maybe after the game the Panthers will want to treat themselves to an award-winning performance at the Norton Center for the Arts. Panthers win.