It was a bad weekend for the state of Georgia. The Georgia Bulldogs lost to The South Carolina Gamecocks 35-7 in a game that was not as close as the score indicates. UGA looked very, very bad against the Illegal Fighting Game Birds. Thankfully, UGA has this week off to lick their wounds (pun intended).
Not that the Ramblin Wreck did any better. In fact, they lost to the other South Carolina school, Clemson, 47-31. It didn't take a heckuva engineer to realize something had to be done. The term "something had to be done" is college football talk for firing a coordinator. That just so happen to be Al Groh. Coach Happy Face (Paul Johnson) was given the dreaded vote of confidence from Tech's athletic director. Here at Pick's Central, my staff and I agree (my staff = my cat Gracie Manis), that Johnson has one more year to do something positive, like a win a game. Incidentally, Tech is off this week, too.
This Week's Picks!
Illegal Game Birds vs Went In Dumb-Come Out Dumb Too: Okay, I've called The Old Jedi Ballcoach a loon several times before, but he proved one thing: he can get a team up for UGA better than anyone else. LSU proved last week that they are not all that hot. South Carolina wins.
The Medium Horns vs Sooner or Later Love Is Gonna Getcha: West Virginia tore up Texas last week. Oklahoma will do the same. Hank Hill will probably want to cry. Sooners win.
Bamy vs Misery: Do you ever get the feeling that Missouri wants to rethink this SEC business? Bama keeps rolling along. No reason to think this game will be any different. Bama wins.
The Other Bulldogs vs The Teers: Coach Pumpkin Pants brings Tennessee to Stark Vegas which has a Chili's restaurant, by the way. Mississippi State has a 5-0 record. Really. But, it has been against Jackson State, Auburn, Troy, South Alabama, and Kentucky. It will be 6-0 by the end of Saturday. Mississippi State wins.
Our Lady vs Stan's Ford: Notre Dame looks like they are going to climb back into the National College Football picture just long enough to make you hate them again. This ought to be a fairly good game, but I'm not quite on the Fighting Drunk Short Stereotypes bandwagon just yet. Stanford wins.
Georgia Southern vs Wofford: If there is a team Georgia Southern ( lyrics from the Alma Mater: "There stands the glass that will ease my pain, that will settle my brain") hates besides Appalachian State it is Wofford who are the MIGHTY...FIERCE....Terriers(?). Wofford (named after Paul Wofford, who invented the Wofford Iron) is a pretty good team. But, Georgia Southern is going to wear their Military Appreciation Day uniforms, which caused my son, the Former Great 38 to send me an actual text that had nothing to do with money. Georgia Southern Wins.
THE TWP DIVISION THREE GAME OF THE WEEK: Luther vs Wartburg: You know, the marketing people at Wartburg College have a significant problem. How do you get an 18 year old kid to come to a college called "Wartburg"? You could highlight that Wartburg is a " internationally recognized liberal arts college of the Lutheran Church (ELCA)". That has been known to draw kids to the campus, that's not enough. You have to remind people of the long standing rivalry you have with those jerks at Luther College. In 1996, "The rivalry rose to new heights when two clever Wartburg cross-country runners rented a plane, flew to Decorah (the hot spot where Luther College is located) and dropped leaflets on the Luther campus". Now, if that doesn't get your competitive spirits going, nothing will. Wartburg won last year 24-21. Here's a slice of the exciting action. Wartburg wins.
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