This Week's Picks Week Four

 

 

Yes, friends, I am playing hurt. 

This week, I've had the worst back pain ever in the history of mankind.

Not that I am one to complain.

I think it is sciatica which is the "pain that travels along the path of the sciatic nerve. The sciatic nerve travels from the lower back through the hips and buttocks and down each leg".  But, like most males, I haven't seen a doctor about it since it is not bleeding.  

In grand male tradition, I have rubbed some dirt on my back along with some stuff Mrs. Picks has bought at the store. It seems to work pretty well.

The only problem is I work all day sitting down and trying to get up from my chair sends my sciatica into overtime, to use a football term. 

I think it is getting better, but if I get a bunch of picks wrong remember I was in excruciating pain and it caused me to make unwise decisions.

 

This Week's Picks!

 

Jawha vs The Ohio KSU:  The Ohio KSU is Kent State, which is famous for a bit of unpleasantness in 1970. Tin soldiers and Nixon's coming and all that. But Kent State is also the alma mater of Nick Saban. Anyway, the Golden Flashes are coming to Athens for a paycheck.  Unfortunately for them, you had all those upsets two weeks ago so there's no way Kirby will let their guard down.  Georgia wins.

Wrecked vs Another Dang Florida School:  Coach Geoff has made through this week which was amazing considering how poorly the Bees played against Ole Miss. One columnist said Coach Geoff was worse than Bill Lewis, which is saying something. The University of South Florida is in Tampa, which really isn't South Florida. The Bulls are sometimes good, sometimes bad. The way Tech has been playing they'll probably look pretty good.  Bulls win.

 

Clumpson vs Backslidden Deacons:  Every few years, Wake Forest wakes up and has a pretty good season. This is one of their seasons.  However, Clemson has a pretty good season every season and they are the cream of the ACC crop. It would be cool if Wake Forest beats Clemson. They won't  Clemson wins.

 

Lizards vs Rocky Topped: Step in the This Week's Picks Way Back Machine to a time in which Archie's first born, Peyton, was the quarterback for Tennessee and Florida was coached by Johnson City, Tennessee's own Steve Spurrier.  My Uncle Leon and Aunt Edith lived in Johnson City and I remember them talking about the old ball coach when he was a young ball player.  Anyway, this game, back then determined who was going to win the SEC East.  It doesn't anymore.  Now, they are playing to see who finishes second behind Georgia.  For you, Uncle Leon:  Tennessee wins. 

 

Bamy vs Commode Doors:  Remember in the summer when the new Vanderbilt coach was talking about how good Vandy will be? He said, "We know in time Vanderbilt football will be the best program in the country,"  The key phrase in that sentence is "in time".  That time is not now and it will not be Saturday.  Bama wins

 

My Beloved Owls vs Little Dogs That Are Ugly And Bark A Lot:  The Owls are 0-2, losing to Samford and Cincinnati. Meanwhile, Wofford is 0-3.  Not being a homer but, The Owls win.

 

 

 

 

This Week's Picks: Week Three

 

 

Man, last Saturday was probably one of the greatest days in the history of man. App State beat Texas A&M, Marshall beat Notre Dame (Notre Dame!!), and my son's drunk Eagles beat Nebraska and got their coach fired(!!!).  The dinky old Sun Belt Conference, where the winner goes to New Orleans before Christmas, beat the Big Boys. 

Even Alabama almost lost. You can't have everything.

This Week's Picks! 

 

Jawja vs The Chickens:  Since it always is the first conference game, I consider the Georgia-South Carolina game to be the actual beginning of the season.  If Georgia plays well, then they'll have a pretty good season. If not, Georgia will have a poor season. I think Georgia will play well. I think the Chickens will not. Dawgs win.

 

 

 

Wrecked vs Ole Mess:  Tech welcomes Ole Miss to Bobby Dodd Stadium.  "Here, have a win Ole Miss. Go get you a Frosted Urange at the Greasy V.  We pride ourselves on service here at Tech. Don't forget your electronics- we have a whole range of world wide nerds that can fix anything technical. Our Coach is named Jeff but he spells it Geoff like he comes from money or something."  Ole Miss wins.

 

State Of Florida vs Lousyville:  I don't know. Florida State, I guess. They haven't been much since Jim Joe Bob left.  I just think they are better than Louisville.  By the way, is the capital of Kentucky pronounced "Lewie-ville" or "Louis-ville"? It is pronounced Frankfort.  By the way, Frankfort is also the home of the J M Academy of Cosmetology. (You don't get this kind of information for ESPN College Gameday.)  FSU wins

 

Jawja Suthern vs Team From Alabama That's Not Bama or Auburn:  You know things got wild in Statesboro with the win over Nebraska and being named the Cheeze-It National Team Of The Week.   Of course, things get wild when they open a new Wal-Mart. (They have two now-back when my son was there they had one.)   The University of Alabama-Birmingham quit football a few years ago but they brought it back. Since the Eagles surprised us last week, I owe them one.  Georgia Southern wins.

 

Rocky Topped vs Zippers:  Lost in all of the big time upsets last week was Tennessee's win over the Pitt Panthers.  That's a pretty big step for our Knoxville friends. They are playing the Akron Zips. According to my in-depth research (Google) the Zips were indeed once called the "Zippers" but they changed it because Zips sounds classier.  At one time, John Heisman (yes, that one) was their head coach.  The past few seasons haven't been kind to Akron. Tennessee won't be either. Vols win. 

 

 

This Week's Picks Week Two

 

Here at Picks Central, a major event was announced.

Mrs. Picks and I are on deck to become grandparents in March of 2023.

My son and daughter-in-law told us before the Fourth of July and asked us not to post it on social media until they posted it. 

Young people are always telling us old folks about what we can and cannot put on social media. Of course, we can't help it if we think our social network needs to know what we had for lunch.

Some of us went forty-some-odd years without documenting our eating habits or how the knucklehead parked at the grocery store.

So, yes, there will be a baby around Picks Central. The baby is a boy, which means the Manis name will live on. 

There has been some discussion on our "grandparent's name."   In the old days, we called our grandmother "grandmother" and our grandfather "grandfather" like heathens. Now they go by names like "Pop Wop", "Moogie-Woogie",  "Pap-Poo-Paw",  "Sexy Granny", or whatever.

I figure the baby will eventually call us what he want to call us.

This Week's Picks

 

 

Dawgs vs Baptist Dawgs- UGA showed no mercy on The Ducks of Oregon. However, this is one of those games in which the Big Honkin' school takes on a smaller school for a beating and gives the smaller school some money.  Hey, Samford beat My Beloved Owls last week. Can they beat Georgia?  No.  Georgia wins.

 

 

Wrecked vs Directional Carolina University Tech takes on Western Carolina this week, which promises to be one of Coach Geoff's wins this year. They better, or there will be some buzzing bees Sunday morning.    Tech wins.

 

 

 

Bamy vs Texsass: Bama travels to Austin to play Texas. In another world, far, far away,  this would have been a monster game.  I just don't see it.  I think Bama will hook the horns.  Bama wins.

 

 

Jawja Suthern vs Huskers Of Corn: As you may remember, my son is a graduate of Georgia Southern University (Motto:  Hey y'all, watch this!) and I used to include the Eagles in my weekly picks. The Eagles have had some off years lately.  They had a coach last year I thought would be the next great Georgia Southern coach.   It turns out he wasn't. The players ran wild, including one that drank a beer on top of a moving school bus. (You had to be there)  There's a new head coach at Georgia Southern: Clay Helton. If that name sounds familiar to you, he was the Head Coach at The University of Southern California.  That's a pretty big deal. I wonder how he convinced his wife to move to Statesboro.   The Eagles will play Nebraska, which is a big deal, or it was a big deal. Nebraska has hit hard times and there's a lot of chirping from their fans.  If the Eagles can manage to win, the Cornhuskers will run Scott Frost out of Lincoln.   I'm too chicken. Cornhuskers win.

 

 

My Beloved Owls vs Skyline Chili University-My Beloved Owls were beaten by the Baptist Dawgs of Samford last week.  Now, they have to go to Cincinnatti and play the Bearcats.  As Lewis Grizzard once told me, "Hey, Shorty, would you move" "Never pick with your heart" or something like that. It was almost forty years ago. I'm going to be a grandfather and I have a fixed income.   Bearcats win.