This Week's Picks Week Three

 

 

In case you didn't hear, Disney is in a spat with Direct TV which AT&T owns and somehow this means we can't watch ESPN on our Uverse, which is not Direct TV but is owned by AT&T.

Because of that, I (as of press time) am unable to watch College GameDay which is one of the best shows on television, because I have Uverse. 

College GameDay is about four hours long, when it could  be easily 30 minutes. That's okay because we can see Patrick McAfee act like King Dingus Face.

The others on the panel are Desmond Howard, who has won just about every award possible except the Nobel Prize. Kirk Herbstreit, a former Ohio State quarterback, who brings  his dog to the game.  Rece Davis is the anchor.  Lee Corso, who used to coach Navy and Indiana (not at the same time) gives his prediction on who will win the BIG GAME by wearing a BIG Head of the team he thinks will win.  Into this, Patrick McAfee has been dumped in with the new kid on the show, Nick Saban.  Nick Saban is a great football coach. Not so great TV personality.

One of my favorite parts of the show is when they decide it would be a good idea if everybody would just burst out into tears over a touching human interest story. Somebody's brother gets hit by a car. Mom comes down with some dreaded disease.  Sister's favorite show gets taken off of Netflix.  Whatever.

My favorite was about a running back's father, who had never seen the running back play football. The reason:  dear old dad was in jail for armed robbery. So this one game, after Dad had served his time, Dad was able to see his son play. Of course, the son suffered a career ending ACL tear on the second play of the game. Hey, don't do the crime if you can't do the time.  

This Week's Picks!

 

Jawja vs. Kenyucky: UGA took care of bidness last week and faces its first SEC opponent, Kentucky. Kentucky lost to the Chickens last week, so there's that. UGA wins.

Bumbles vs VMI:  I should have known that when I got on the Georgia Tech bandwagon, it would careen into a ditch. Sorry, guys.  Tech rebounds against VMI this weekend. Tech wins. 

Bamy vs. Weskahnson:  Another SEC-Big Ten match-up that is so popular this year.  Even without Coach Nick, Alabama is a good team, while Wisconsin is okay.  Alabama wins. 

Ellesyou vs Chickens:  LSU is heading to Columbia to play the Fighting Game Birds.  South Carolina won last week. Hmmm, they won't this week. LSU wins. 

 

My Beloved Owls vs San Jose State:   Kennesaw State plays the oldest public university on the West Coast.  San Jose State has some notable alumni.  Both Smothers Brothers, the rhythm section of Creedence Clearwater Revival, Stevie Nicks and Lyndsey Buckingham, and two Doobie Brothers. Yes, all these famous people knew the way to San Jose (I was legally obligated to use that line.)  Owls win.