You thought Mark Richt was going to have a bad week.
A gentleman by the name of Steve Sarkisian was the coach of The University of Southern California Trojans. The key word in the previous sentence: "was". The New York Daily News reports Coach Sarkisian had a little drinking problem, if you define "drinking problem" as ordering "91 shots of tequila during two visits to a restaurant, racking up a $1,023 bill." That's a lot of tequila, Sheila.
Needless to say, USC has fired Sarkisian, especially now it appears he was three sheets in the wind during USC's victory over Arizona State a couple of weeks ago.
Which brings me back to Coach Richt. If anyone needs to drink in self defense it is Mark Richt. After last week, I wouldn't be surprised to see Coach Cutie Pie strolling along the sidelines carrying a jug with "XXX" written on it.
This week's picks!
Pitiful Puppies vs Moosuri: For the third straight season in a row, the best player on the Georgia Bulldogs had a devastating injury that not only took him out of the game, but out of the season. Georgia has lost two games in a row and it is not clear how many more they can win. You never know which Missouri team will show up: the one UGA can beat or the one they can't beat. Mark Richt better hope the bad Missouri team shows up. UGA wins.
Buzzed vs The Pitts: If you have been following along, you know that there is a controversy about This Week's Picks being a jinx on Georgia Tech. In fact, one vocal reader always accuses me of being a jinx. After the Clemson game, which I picked Tech to lose, it suddenly hit me who the Georgia Tech Jinx was: it was this reader! My evidence: last year this reader did not have Tech season tickets and Tech won the Coastal Division of the ACC. This year, this reader bought season tickets and Tech is 2-4 and is in last place in the Coastal Division of the ACC. So it follows that this reader is The Georgia Tech Jinx. Look you can't argue with math and settled science. Oh yeah, the game. Pitt wins.
Bamy vs Aggie: What should you do if you find three Alabama fans buried up to their necks in cement? Get more cement. Ha, ha. Just a little college humor, for fun. Say, did you hear about the small two seater airplane that crashed in a cemetery near the Texas A&M campus early this morning? So far, the Aggie fire department has recovered 300 bodies. Tough one to pick, but my one rule is I never pick against
Meechigan State vs Meechigan: Michigan football is back and it is a good thing too because they had to disband the water polo team due to the horses drowning. Michigan State has been winning too, but they haven't been as impressive. If Michigan loses, Jim Harbaugh will kill some people. I'm going with Michigan. Michigan wins.
Reptiles vs Ellesyou: Oh great, Florida is back too. Which reminds me of this great joke: Why can't they put on a live Nativity scene at Christmas at the University of Florida? Because they can't find three wise men and a virgin. Welcome back, Gators, but I'm thinking the chomping will be done by LSU. LSU wins.
The Mighty Hooters vs Another Type of Bulldog: Our beloved Owls began their Big South Conference play in this game against Gardner-Webb, the only Baptist institution of higher learning named after Ava Garner and Jack Webb. The Running Bulldogs are 2-3 for the year, but they have played a tougher schedule than The Owls. This is where we see how good The Owls really are. This is when I have to invoke the Lewis Grizzard rule. He once told me (really) "Always bet with your head and not your heart". I would love to see Kennesaw State win, but they won't. Gardner-Webb wins.
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