The debate is OVER

Why was everyone saying that THIS was the best USC team that Pete Carroll had ever had? People were ready to crown this team the best ever. WHY? could you answer me that? They tried to do this with the 2005-06 team too. Ummm Hey ever hear of the UNDEFEATED 2004 team? Matt Leinart won the Heisman, Bush, White, that defense. Why are people saying ANYTHING DIFFERENT? EVER? That team and certainly NOT this one. Deal with it folks. And now that they've lost, HA! They crushed a terrible UVA team (sorry Daddio) and they beat an Ohio State team that is on fumes without a QB and without a RB (unless Beanie's mom will let him out to play). They've had TWO WEEKS OFF already, which is weird, isn't it? And now they've lost their first Conference game. WOW. But seriously, this is the best team EVER....if you don't count the 2003 and 2004 and really the 2005 team. THE FOURTH BEST TEAM Carroll has had!

Now on to the picks.......
Minny @ #14 duh Ohio State. So Pryor is in at QB and Wells' mom said that he can play. Great. Minny is undefeated though (thanks to beating teams with a combined D-III record of 0-56), but duh Ohio State dots this victory with a few late Beanie scores to make it SEEM like a blowout.

Maryland @ #20 Klimpsen The Terps won against Cal a few weeks back and their coach celebrated by eating an entire Krispy Kreme. Klimpsen is STILL 0-1 on the season. Even with the win, the Tigers are STILL 0-1.

Michigan State @ Indiana. Two words Javon Ringer. That's all that needs to be said about this one. Is Tom Creen coaching the football team too? No? OK, Sparty wins.

UVA @ Duke. I hope Daddio isn't reading this, but WOW, I am about to pick Duke to win in these picks. Has that ever happened before? Let me go back and check....(Elevator muzak playing) No. I have NEVER picked Duke to win. Particularly against UVA. WOW. I will now spread honey on my rectum and crawl backwards into a bear cave.

UNC @ The U (Miami, not Florida. Sorry Louis Murphy. Didn't mean to confuse you). Butch Davis returns to the place he rebuilt and has since had to watch crumble under Larry Coker and Randy Shannon. Hmmmmm I wonder if this is how 1992 Tom Cruise feels when he jumps into a time machine and goes into the future to watch 2008 Tom Cruise. Go with The U though because Yates is out at QB for the Heels.

Ole Miss @ #4 Fla. If this game was at The Grove, with Snead and Florida's semi-struggles on offense and young defense, I'd put this in the upset special pick. But Florida's special teams are fantastic and the defense has been opportunistic thus far this year. This may be the best team Florida has faced thus far this season, but Houston Nutt just doesn't have the skillz to beat Florida this time. (PS, is there a more overrated team out there right now than Florida? Tebow hasn't looked dominating and the running game...well MAYBE Moody has turned a corner, but look at the competition. Miami? Tennessee? Hawaii? Three pretty terrible teams.Just kick the ball OB on punts and you are fine.)

#9 Wisco @ Michigan. Wow do I hate Wisconsin. Why? I don't know, but I just do. I hear the town of Madison is awesome, but I just DON'T like the Badgers. For whatever reason. They win this game, and I'm not saying Wisco isn't good. No, they are solid, but I just don't like them. As a program I mean. But the Badgers burrow to a win.

Tennessee @ #15 Auburn. I remember the LAST time Tennessee was backed into a corner with everyone calling for Fulmer's head and the team was coming off a big loss and were playing a ranked team....they crushed UGA last season. I think it HAPPENS AGAIN! THIS GAME. Tennessee wins with the ground game.

#25 Frezno State @ UCLA. I think FZU wins this one JUST to make Tennessee and in turn the SEC look even worse with every UCLA loss this season. Thanks Fulmer. But way to be Tommy Bowden 2.0 and just win one game a year to save your job. Wow! Maybe you and Tommy Bowden can start a little club and call it the hotseat club or something. You can vote on each other's big games to win and which little games to blow.

Colorado @ FSU. I REALLY want to go with FSU because the Noles are in Florida, and Colorado can't possibly win two of these games in a row, ON THE ROAD no doubt. But the Buffs do have that outstanding freshman playmaker and FSU has a pair of youngster QBs while the grandson of Braveheart sits on the bench....Hey, you know what? This ain't intramurals brother. GO WITH COLORADO!

Purdon't @ Notre Dame. Why isn't Notre Dame ranked yet? I mean they WON over Michigane and SDSU, right? I know they lost last week, but when UGA wins, they move down, I figured when the Irish lost they might move up? I figured the voters smoked enough sticky icky icky to do this stuff? I mean, HOW DO YOU WIN IN CONFERENCE ON THE ROAD AND MOVE DOWN? USC LOST on the road in conference. THINK ABOUT THAT! UGA won. Yeah, you guys feel dumb now, DON'T YOU! Wait, I need to make a pick here...Purdue and Curtis Painter.

#24 TCU @ #2 OU. OU is very excited about the chance to move to #1 following the USC loss....They win here, but JUSTICE IS DONE IN THE WORLD BECAUSE UGA WILL (assuming they win) LEAPFROG THEM as the voters correct a previous wrong! Yeah. I am saying it. Actually I WILL be rooting for OU here, because I want as MANY of these little crap mid-major, Non-BCS schools to lose so the NCAA will NEVER INVITE ANY OF THEM to a BCS bowl again. Who wants to see that Sugar bowl again? (I mean I'll watch a tape of it, but it was NEVER close and the outcome NEVER in doubt) OU Booms

Miss State @ #5 LSU. Well it seems the Tiger have found a QB in Lee now that Hatch had to leave the game to finish a thesis on cold fusion. (really an injury, but the guy went to Harvard. That's kinda funny). But I read where the FIRST thing this guy's dad said to him on the phone was "Hey Jarrett, what were you DOING on that interception?" Nevermind, Great game and big win. or Hello, I'm proud of you and I love you Son. Nope the dad played the Capriati card. Nice. Hey Mr. Lee, your son will never play in the NFL. How about you let him enjoy these college wins before he starts a career of GA,QBC,OC...? LSU wins this one and Lee hits ignore on his phone after the game.

#22 Illi @ #12 PSU. Yep, Paul Mac picked Penn State to win the Big 11. They would need to win in Happy Valley to do that. My question is, why is GameDay not at THIS GAME? GameDay hates UGA and has wet dreams about all things Big 11, right? Wait, they don't really hate UGA. It is just that the whole crew is made up of Kirk (OSU guy, so he isn't a fan of the SEC b/c of the last two years) Lee (Prolly never got a coaching offer from the SEC) Chris (that guy just looks OLD), Desmond (a big 11 guy) Robert Smith (OSU guy) Lou (coached at SoCar) Mark May (Pitt team has history with UGA) Jesse Palmer(Florida guy). I of course am kidding here. There isn't a bias. Once UGA wins a title, they will be ALL OVER their jocks too, just like they are with Florida and Ohio State. It'll happen. Just wait. Penn State in this one!

VaTech @ Nebraska. I know some Cornhusker fans and they say Nebraska has a chance. Sorry. They do not. VaTech seems to have it rolling again and the Huskers don't have the players. Since it is in Lincoln, maybe it will be close, but VaTech, UNFORTUNATELY will win this one.

THEY PAY THESE GUYS...OVER THE TABLE
Falcons @ Carolina. Before the year started, this was clearly a Falcons loss. The Falcons have taken care of two terrible teams, and many can't figure out what this Panthers team is. A lot are saying this is a Falcons win....i just can't do that. Panthers win. Plain and simple. Sorry Body.

LOCK O' The WEEK
Arkie @ #7 Texas. This game was pushed back because of the Hurricane and despite Petrino trying to get it delayed until 2010, the game is ON this weekend. PS, no one has gotten back to me on when the gas is coming back. Only some a-hole who is trying to get the UGA/Bama game cancelled this weekend. Yeah, that'll happen. So while I take inventory and my wife is out looking at houses, I know MY car won't be using much gas. Just saying. Not a lot of gas is going to be used by THIS GUY. Thankfully. Hopefully by next week when I need gas again it will be flowing like Texas's points in this game. Horns hook Petrino.

UPSET SPECIAL
UAB @ SoCar. Remember, THIS was the game that Spurrier said RB Mike Davis and a few other key players would be missing, NOT the UGA game or Vandy or NCSU games. You know, games they should have been because they WEREN'T the 5th games of the year! Come on Spurrier. Suspend them for the NEXT available game! But you are struggling so much, you needed any win you could get. People are calling for your head. Not good for Spurrier. But really though, if SoCar is calling for his head, WHO ARE THEY GOING TO GET? really? Skip Holtz? ECU was exposed last week. Sorry little engine that could. UAB and Neil Hidi-hidi-hidi-HO Calloway WIN THIS ONE. Why? Karma. THAT'S WHY!

Local rooting interest
GT is off. I thought it was GREAT that GT got so excited that they FINALLY beat an SEC Bulldog team. Too bad it was Miss State. GT is going to be pretty good, but let's not be bragging that you took it to an SEC school. That would be like the UGA basketball team bragging last season that they took a game from the MIGHTY ACC conference in Wake. (Wait, Felton did do that. Oops.)

#8 Bama @ #3 UGA. Before the season started, this game looked like a lock. Bama was still a year away. Well Bama got a big bump when they beat Klimpsen, then crushed Arkie. Do I think they are #8 in the country? No. Are they good. Yes. Can they beat UGA? I think Mark Richt likes going against Nick ever since the 2003 SECCG. I say Dawgs win the Blackout by 11. 21-10 maybe. John Parker Wilson doesn't care me and while that Cody guy is 482 lbs, come on. Knowshon is on a Heisman campaign here. I think he goes for another 150+ with 1 TD and Matty Stafford tosses two scores in the win. Why do I think this? Because Richt wants to show AJ Green is BETTER than Julio Jones. I think Richt is a little irked by some of this stuff out there that maybe he isn't as good as Saban and whatnot. With the Funeral comments and the Arenas "have you seen his highlights" comments. I think Richt is fired up and the team gets a HUGE WIN going into the off-week!

GO DAWGS! GO BLACKOUT! GO STRAIGHT TO #1 by 11:56pm Saturday night!