This Week's Picks: Week One And A Half

 

 

College Football starts, for real, this Saturday.

Sure, there were a couple of games last Saturday, and Notre Dame played Navy in Dublin for some unknown reason. However, "a full slate" of games starts on September 2nd.

College Football has changed a lot.  Last year was the first year of NIL-"Name, Image, and Likeness," which means the players can get some scratch.  

The Big Ten Conference, which used to be just in the Midwest, will now stretch from sea to shining sea in 2024. The Big Twelve picked up Arizona, Arizona State, and Utah for 2024; Oklahoma and Texas will play in the SEC in 2024,which means they will no longer be in The Top Ten.

As Bear Bryant used to say, "The times they are a changing."

 

This Week's Picks!

Jawja vs. The Martineers:  Georgia begins their defense their 2022 NCAA Championship Crown by playing the University of Tennessee-Martin (Motto: "Just tell people you went to Tennessee.") Coach Kirby will make sure everybody will focus on the process. Dawgs win.

 

Bees vs. Lousyville:  Georgia Tech fired Coach Jeff with a G last year and hired <check notes> Brent Key. The players seemed to respond to whatever Coach Brent said because they played better. Louisville has a new coach, too: Jeff Brohm. The Internet says Louisville had a good off-season. Who am I to argue with the Internet? Louisville wins.

 

The Ahia State vs. Who's Her:  Ohio State almost defeated Georgia and would have torn apart TCU like Georgia did. Indiana is waiting for basketball season. Ohio State wins.

 

Bamy vs. Middle of Tennessee:  At halftime of the UGA-TCU game, ESPN analyst David Pollock looked straight at Nick Saban and said, "Georgia, obviously we’ve seen in the past couple seasons now, they’ve taken hold of college football," meaning Georgia is great and Bama is bumpkis. Of course, Pollack was "laid off" by ESPN this past summer. Alabama will be Alabama this year, like always. As fun as a Middle Tennessee State win would be, it is not in the cards. Bama wins.

 

Ellesyou vs. The State of Florida.  LSU and Florida State are supposedly back!  We'll see. I think LSU is a little more back than Florida State.  LSU wins


My Beloved Owls vs. Tusculum.  Last year was a pretty tough year for My Owls.  We were 5-6 with only one conference win.  However, the big news for the Owls is they are jumping to the FBS in 2024 and will be in Conference USA.   Tusculum is a private Presbyterian university in Greenville, Tennessee, a town I have been to for real.  They are a Division II school and will not jump to Conference USA.  Owls win.