This Week's Picks- Week Ten

 

William Christopher Swinney, better known as "Dabo" is the head coach of the Clemson Tigers. 

One of his duties as head coach is to take calls from fans on his weekly radio show called "Dabbin' With Dabo".  Check that, the show is called "Tiger Calls".  You can imagine the thrill a Clemson Tiger fan would have asking Coach Dabo a question and then hanging up to listen to the answer. (It must be like the time Jimmy Fallon responded to a tweet I sent him.  Sort of.)

Well, this past week's show did not have the same heiney smooching call that most Deep South football coach's radio shows have.  Oh no, Tyler from Spartanburg  is not your average caller.

He asked Coach Dabo why Clemson was paying Coach Dabo millions of dollars to have a 4-4 record. That's pretty good scratch.  

Coach Dabo answered that fans like Tyler from Spartanburg are "part of the problem" whatever that means. I don't remember a Tyler from Spartanburg on the Clemson roster.

He also said Tyler could apply for the job of Head Coach.  Okay.

Coach Dabo said, “To answer your question, I started as the lowest-paid coach in this frickin’ business,” Swinney said. “And I’m where I am because I’ve worked my ass off every single day. And I ain’t gonna let some smart-ass kid get on this phone and create this stuff. So if you’ve got a problem with it, I don’t care, all right?”

Coach Dabo has a point. Clemson has won two National Championships in the past ten years and this is just an off year.  

Vince Dooley had off years. It happens

I'm not so sure I would criticize a man on his own radio call in show. Do it on another show. 

But still, when you make big money, you make yourself a big target. Tyler is the type of fan that wants to know what have done lately.  Clemson has just had 12 ten win seasons in a row. 

You can't win with guys like that.

Since Dabo is from the Deep South, he ought to remember that old saying, "Never wrestle with a pig because you both get muddy and the pig likes it."

This Week's Picks!

 

 

Jawja vs Moosori:    Missouri is the second game of the rougher schedule for Georgia-another team that possibly, maybe, could beat Georgia. And Mizzou seems to always play Georgia tight. While I'm not convinced Georgia will win every game this year, I think they'll win this one. UGA wins.

Bumbles vs. Viginny:  Tech had no business defeating North Carolina last week. But they did, and optimism abounds down on the flats. Shoot, I haven't heard one word about all of the astronauts Tech has graduated. Anyway, while Virginia beat North Carolina too, I don't think they are as good as Tech. Tech wins.

 

Aggies vs Ole Mess:  Jimbo has another so-so team. Ole Miss can make a go at the West title if things break the right way.  In the end they won't. Ole Miss wins

Elessyou vs Bama   The showdown in the West between LSU and Bama. These are always good games.  Both schools have rabid (i.e.: insane) fan bases. Both schools have good teams.  Alabama has slowly been getting better with each game this year.  Nick had two weeks to plan. That should be enough time.  Bama wins.

Prime vs Beavers:   The cracks are being to show with the grand Deion experiment.  He doesn't have a defense and blames the offensive line for everything.  But, he's interesting. Oregon State wins.

 

My Beloved Owls vs Sam Houston. Ten years ago, the idea of Owls football was just a dream. Saturday, they play their 100th game. This year hasn't been that great for the Owls. Two wins over smaller schools.  This Saturday sees The Owls play Sam Houston State University, which hasn't won a game all year, but they've played a tougher schedule.  Dan Rather is an alumnus of Sam Houston. No, the name of the  school was never the Sam Houston Institute of Technology.  Sam Houston wins.