This Week's Picks

Last weekend, Mrs. Picks and I went to Statesboro, Georgia (“You’ll Get Used To The Gnats. Maybe”) and watched The Eagles of Georgia Southern University tear apart the Blue Hose of Presbyterian College. You may wonder what a “Blue Hose” is. According to the website, Gobluehose.com, a Blue Hose is an “old woman”. Seriously, it is a “fierce Scottish warrior”, although at times last week they played like old women.

At the beginning of all Georgia Southern home games, a bald eagle named “Freedom” (real name: Bubba) flies from the press box at the top of the stadium to the field, much like the Auburn War Eagle “Spirit” (real name: Earl). A couple of games ago, “Freedom” took his name seriously and flew off the top of the stadium and just kept going. He was found hours later at Paula Dean’s restaurant in Savannah sporting a couple of new tattoos.

There was much concern about Freedom and if he would try to skip town again, although, if you’ve been to Statesboro, you understand his side of the story. I’m happy to report that at our game, Freedom behaved himself and did not fly outside of the Metropolitan Statesboro area. However, I did see him smoking a cigar at halftime.


This Week’s Picks!

Dawgies vs. Crocs: UGA travels to Jacksonville, Florida, which is supposedly half way between Gainesville, Florida and Athens for another meeting of the world’s formerly largest cocktail party. Over the past twenty some odd years, this has been the world's largest gathering of clinically depressed Georgians. However, this year the Gators have lost three in a row coming into this game while the Dawgs have won five in a row. Stop me if you have heard this before: this should be a win for UGA. Dawgs win (but it will not be pretty).

Clemmy vs. Buzzed: You wouldn’t know that Georgia Tech has lost only two games. Tech looked good when they were playing lesser teams, running that famous Coach Happy’s Triple Option. Now they are playing pretty good teams and the Triple Option looks like one bad choice. That thud you hear is everybody jumping off the band wagon. Wait, Tech always plays Clemson hard and they usually win. Not this year. Clemson wins.

Sparty vs. Huskers of Corn: This is one of those bruising Big Ten battles where all of the lineman look like they were fed specially formulate grain in a trough. Michigan State barely beat Wisconsin. I think they’ll beat Nebraska. Michigan State wins.

Baptist Bears vs. The Best Team In Oklahoma and It Isn’t Oklahoma: Oklahoma State is the alma mater of a buddy of mine that is probably one of the smartest people I have ever met. I’m happy for him and his school. It is tempting to go with Baylor because of Robert Griffin III, but even he cannot beat Cowboys by himself. The Cowboys win.


Georgia Southern vs. Appalachian State: Appalachian State, whose motto is “Making a difference in the world one student at a time” is a hated rival of Georgia Southern whose motto is “I like beer, it makes me a jolly good fellow”. The Eagles have been on a roll and is ranked number one in the FCS polls. There appears to be something just a little off about this year’s Mountaineer team. Eagles win again.

Birmingham-Southern vs. Trinity University: The Panthers have lost only one game this year. Here comes their second test, Trinity University which according to their website has “An inspiring faculty, bright and engaged students, an energized community, and the chance to do it all”. It also has humility. Trinity has done pretty well also this year. It ought to be a good D3 game. Panthers win.