This Week's Picks

It is always neat to see someone you know on television, even if it is “Mr. Cowbell”.

Last week, while watching the LSU-Mississippi State game I saw this young man whom I’ll refer to as “John” (just to pick a name at random) dressed as a human cowbell named “Mr. Cowbell”. [Mississippi State has this deal about ringing cowbells during their football games, classes, graduations, funerals,etc. Their alumni are nice people, if not a bit deaf]. I’ve known “John” for many years, back to when he was a little boy who would dress up as a lil’ cowbell.

“Mr. Cowbell” caught the attention of Clay Travis of the blog Outkick The Coverage. He noted that “Mr. Cowbell” would probably have trouble finding a young lady to ring his bell, if you catch my drift. Travis added, “He's going to be lucky if he doesn't get pushed over and lay on his back like a turtle unable to get back up.” I’m happy to report “Mr. Cowbell” was not pushed over on his back after the game and he was able to return home where he discovered he was famous all over the blogosphere.

This Week’s Picks!

Puppies vs. Old Mess. UGA finally won a game last week. Ole Miss is just in a bad way. Supposedly Rebel coach Houston Nut has to win this game since the Rebels lost to Vandy last week (he has the Suicide Hotline App on his iPhone). Georgia just has better players than Ole Miss, but the Dawg Nation is a little worried. They shouldn’t be-they’ll lose next week to Mississippi State. Dawgs win.

Buzzed vs. Heels of Tar. Georgia Tech put a world of hurt on Kansas, but those days are over. North Carolina is supposed to be better than Kansas. They are supposed to be better than Tech. We’ll see. Tech is impressing people by piling up big yardage on Western Carolina, Middle Tennessee State and Kansas. They won’t do that against UNC, but they’ll pull it out due to Coach Sunshine’s personality alone. Tech wins.

Pickens vs. Perry. Oklahoma State, which is in either The Big 12, The Pac 12, The NFL, or The WNBA faces Texas A & M which at the moment is in The Big 12 but next year will be in either The SEC or NASA. Someone will bring a football to the game and it might affect the standings one way or another. It might not. Either way Oklahoma State wins.

Clemmy vs. Half a Noles. Clemson: Those about to rock salute you for defeating Auburn last week. However, FSU is just too strong this year. FSU wins

Piggies vs. Bamy. Another year, another time for me never to pick a Bobby Petrino coached team to win. Bama wins.

Western Carolina vs. Georgia Southern. Georgia Southern, the only university in the country who’s Alma Mater contains the phrase “Pop a top, again” faces the same Western Carolina team that Tech wore out a few weeks ago. Since the Georgia Southern coach was an assistant to Mr. Joyful at Tech, the outcome should be the same. Eagles win.

Birmingham-Southern vs. Sewanne. Sewanne is The University of The South. Why they are called “Sewanne” is unclear. However, their website reports “It is not unusual for students and faculty members to work shoulder to shoulder on research projects and journal articles, to meet for coffee at a local eatery, or to serve together as members of the university orchestra, volunteer fire department, and other civic groups.” This is almost what is reported on the Georgia Southern website, except Georgia Southern’s says, “It is not unusual for students and faculty to see each other at the liquor store”. Sewanne is 2-1 this year, their best start since the founding of the Episcopal Church. Birmingham Southern is 3-0. Make it 4-0. Panthers win.