This Week's Picks: Week 1

Well, looky here.

It is time for the start of our favorite professional sport, college football.

Down here in Georgia (pronounced "Jawja"), we had a really unusual summer. The forecast of every day was 100 percent chance of rain with an 89 percent chance of air to ground lighting with a 60 percent chance of Gabriel's Trumpet blowing and calling all of  God's children home.  When it wasn't raining, the temperature was 100 degrees with a humidity level of 4 billion. If you walked to the mailbox, you were soon covered in sweat.  Other than that it was very pleasant

The big news in the offseason was Urban Meyer's troubles at THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY IN THE STATE OF OHIO.

One of his coaches engages in domestic violence, really nasty stuff. This coach has taken pictures of his, er, member in various places, like The White House.

Of course, Urban handled this with his typical grace and aplomb.

First, he lied in saying he had no knowledge of this coach's personal life. Then he denied knowing the coach. Then he denied that he was the head coach of THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY Buckeyes.

THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY has suspended Meyer for three WHOLE games. How will he live with himself?

What is it with some major college football coaches?  They are disloyal to their players, schools, and fans (see Bobby Petrino) but weirdly loyal to their assistant coaches even when there is something seriously wrong (see Joe Paterno).

Oh well, I guess we don't have to worry about THE OHIO STATE playing in this year's playoffs.

This week's picks!


Dawgies vs Tee-tee:  Georiga missed out becoming the 2017 National Championship because Alabama's second-string quarterback was better than Alabama's first-string quarterback. Which could only happen to Georgia. Georgia is starting their season off with Austin Peay. Austin Peay is a university in Clarksville, Tennessee that is "large enough to offer you a broad range of educational and social options, but small enough to treat you as an individual".   Their cheer is "GO PEA!"  Get it?  Their most famous alumni is  Bob Harper, the trainer on The Biggest Loser.  UGA wins!

Bamy vs Loserville:  Give Alabama credit-they usually start the season with a high profile game. Despite the fact that he is a pretty lousy individual, Bobby Petrino usually has a very good team. It is just that Bama is bigger, stronger, and faster than everybody on earth. The biggest question in T-town is the quarterback position. Will Saban stick with Jalen Hurts, his senior quarterback or go with Tua Tagovailoa?  Sportswriters on the Bama beat hope it is Hurts simply because his last name is easier to spell. I wouldn't be surprised to see Saban start Hurts and then yank him at the first sign of trouble to get Hurts back for the chippy remarks in training camp.  Bama wins!

Bees vs Corny State: Tech begins another year being Tech. Which means we really don't know if they are going to be good or not.  It appears the ACC has figured out the Triple Option. Last year, the Tech defense rose to the level of mediocrity. They have five games in September. They should at least win two. The Alcorn State game will be one of them.  Tech wins!

Meechigan vs Our Lady:  Michigan and Notre Dame. Two of the most iconic names in college football. Fans galore. But something always happens on the way to January.  Jim Harbaugh has been, well, underwhelming to say the least. Notre Dame is ranked higher than Michigan right now.  I'm going with Notre Dame just to see what it feels like to say that.   Notre Dame wins!


My Beloved Owls vs The Georgia State University:  Kennesaw State went deep into the FCS playoffs last year.  Georiga State went to its first bowl game last season.  I'm even seeing trash talk on Twitter. Wow, things have changed. I would love to see Kennesaw State win, but I've never seen them in a game with a team from a higher conference.  Georgia State wins