This Week's Picks: Week One

 

 

Here we are again at the start of another College Football Season.  Things are different this year.

For one thing, there are 18 teams in the Big Ten, meaning there are 8 teams over 10 if my math skills honed at Cobb County Public Schools are good.

The Big Ten was a Midwestern Conference. Now, it has schools from the West Coast—the big ones, the big whoop-de-do schools like Oregon and USC all the way to East Coast (Rutgers).

Nobody is saying it, but it will cost a lot of money to travel in this conference.

Plus, can you see Indiana University ever winning the Big 10?  How about Wisconsin?  Minnesota?

The SEC is a little better. They are adding Oklahoma and Texas, which makes sense, considering they are basically Southern states.

But still, there are 16 teams in the SEC. How much money do you want to bet that Vanderbilt never wins a conference game?

There's a twelve-team playoff that you need a slide rule to figure out. This ensures we won't hear bellyaching from teams like Florida State. For that, we give praise.

This Week's Picks!

 

Jawja vs. Klemsome: Last year, Georgia lost its conference championship to Alabama and was kicked out of the playoffs. Georgia then beat the snot out of Florida State in the Orange Bowl. Clemson had an off year, for them.   I think UGA will win. UGA wins.

 

Bumbles vs Down Town Connector University. Speaking of slide rules, The Bees were buzzing last week in Ireland when they beat FSU which makes it the second Georgia school to humiliate FSU in a year.   Tech looks better than they have in years. They should have little problem with Georgia State. Tech wins.

The Lions of Nittany vs Almost Heaven? West Virginia? Gee, every year someone says West Virginia is going to be all that and a bottle of Mountain Dew. Then they lose. They will this time.  Penn State wins.

Our Lady vs The Ags:  Oh Lord, Notre Dame is the best team until the season starts.  Texas A&M will give them a fight, but Notre Dame has the luck of the Irish, Rudy, The Gipper and all that.  Notre Dame wins.

The State of North Dakota vs Prime:  North Dakota State is an excellent FCS school that should be in the FBS. Colorado gets attention because their coach has a gigantic personality and is a good copy. Colorado wins and Prime picks up three new endorsements.

Jawja Souhurn vs Boyzee State: Georgia Southern (school song: "Pop A Top, Again") welcomes Boise State to Pat Paulson Stadium and the land of the unforgiving gnats.  It is a big-time school.  What the hey, Georgia Southern wins. 

 

My Beloved Owls vs. The Alamo: The real big news is that Kennesaw State starts playing in the FBS, in Conference USA, on Saturday against the University of Texas at San Antonio.  UTSA is a pretty big school and was very good last year. Their most famous alumnus is Santa Anna, the Christmas rapper. The Owls are big underdogs in this one. I'm listening to my heart on this one: Owls win.