Before we get into the picks for the weekend, I found it funny that Cullen Harper will now undergo shoulder surgery and will miss the next 2-4 weeks. Hmmm, this was a guy that after he was "thrown under the bus" according to his dad on 680 the fan, kicked his coach when he was out the door via a text message to ESPN. Then he tried to say that he was talking about Dabo Sweeney and how "he deserved it" RRRRRIGHT Cullen. You meant Dabo deserved the job. Uh huh. Sure you did. Only after when you started to think about how you just HURT your dwindling draft status did this "oh you misinterpreted what I meant" come about. Listen DUDE, only a perfect season and national championship and Heisman would have even gotten you DRAFTED. Why are you trying to play this whole thing off like "I decided to return for my senior year to win a title!"? You know you would NOT have been drafted last year and if you HAD achieved that triple crown I just laid out, CONGRATS, you are Matt Flynn and are taken in the 6th round. Good work, Cullen.
And PS, if you think NOW that an NFL team wants a player who wasn't good enough or motivated enough to keep his coach's job, then threw him under the bus and had his FATHER critize the coach on the radio. Yeah, that is JUST the fringe prospect I WANT ON MY NFL TEAM! Can the redskins draft him please? PSYCHE! Bottom line Cullen, maybe if you hadn't sucked so bad, Tommy would still have a job and you'd still be starting QB instead of GOING TO THE SIDELINES ANYWAYS due to surgery. MAYBE!
now then...on to the picks!
#7 Texas Tech @ TAMU. Remember when Texas A&M used to be a respectable team? The 12th man. The Cadets kissing their girlfriends after a score. Those girls aren't getting kissed this season it seems. The Red Raiders win this one and some of the Aggie ladies think about transferring so they can get some. Girls have needs too!
Da Cuse @ #19 SoFla. What is Syracuse waiting for now? If they didn't want to be the first to fire a coach or to fire him in mid-season, well KLIMPSEN already opened that floodgate. As jennifer love hewitt would say, "WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? HUH?" So Fla is going to WIN the Big East, because you KNOW Pitt will mess that up somehow. The Bulls AT LEAST win this game.
#21 Wake Forest @ Maryland. You know what's sad? This is probably the marquee conference matchup of the week. WOW. Wake Forest has a PHAT coach in Grobe. Maryland's coach is just fat. Decs beat the Turtles.
Purdue @ Northwestern. Oh, so I guess we know where Pam Ward is this weekend. In the Chicago area. LOOK OUT DARWIN! The Boilermakers didn't give up an offensive TD to duh Ohio State last week, but they still lost. Curtis Painter gets his revenge at Ryan Field. (isn't that what it is called?) Fighting Darwins go down. Sorry Cristy
Wisco @ Iowa. THANK GOODNESS The Big 11 created their own network (which NO ONE has bought) If not, then this crapfest would still be on an ESPN channel. I wish the Big 11 would put ALL of their games on that network, then I just WOULDN'T go to Buffalo Wildwings and I could avoid the conference all together. Oh, Wisco wins because Iowa sucks THAT MUCH. Ask Kill Joy. He would tell you the same.
Baylor @ #8 Okie State. The Pokes are coming off a big road win. Will there be a letdown at home? Against ANY team other than the Bears MAYBE. hey Art Briles is going to get things going there, but just not yet. Although how said is it that the Baylor bear players might look forward to going to Stillwater? I mean they live in Waco normally. Pokes win.
Ole Miss @ #2 Bama. So everyone is saying that this is going to be the big upset of the week. Houston Nutt knows how to beat top 5 teams! True, he beat Florida this year, but I am not thinking that lightning will strike twice. I'd LOVE for it to happen, but I think Bama takes care of Business. Is it CLOSE? Yes. Ole Miss has talent, but Bama eeks one out. Now if this game was being played in Sanford Stadium, the the Tide would roll, but at home.....close game.
#16 KU @ #4 OU Can we PLEASE stop s-ing the d of the Big 12 conference? I know KU is ranked, but so is Vandy. Come on. I broke this down last Sunday on 790 The Zone (Score Atlanta Scoreboard Final, Airing during the Falcons games!) If you broke down the ranked teams from Big 12 v SEC, the SEC still wins. UTex v Bama-toss up; OU v Florida-Fla, Texas Tech-UGA-UGA; LSU v Okie State-LSU; Mizzou v Vandy-Mizzou; KU v SoCar-SoCar-that defense!; Tenn v Nebraska-tossup; Auburn-TexasA&M-Auburn; UK v Colorado-UK; Iowas State v Ole Miss-UM; Baylor v Miss State-MSU; Arkie v KSU-KSU=8 for SEC, 2 for Big 12, 2 tossups. SEC Wins, hands down. Oh, for this game....OU, Duh!
#12 Duh Ohio State @ #20 Michigan State. What is sad is that Ohio State will win and the voters will count this as a HUGE ROAD WIN. because it is SOOOOO tough to go ON THE ROAD in the Big 11 and win a road game. You know, because winning at Indiana or at Iowa or at Minnesota is SOOOO TOUGH! Javon Ringer is good, but Beanie Wells is better. I know, because his mother told me!
Miami @ Duke. Is Duke Favored? This WOULD have been my upset special, but I think Duke is favored. WOW. How THE U has fallen. Duke has a better coach and though the players favor Miami, Duke wins because they will be better coached. Miami is still A LONG ways away. Sorry Jon Michaels, Tad and Dennis. Dennis, I will try and keep Linda away from you on Monday. I'll remind her.
Stanford @ UCLA. I thought Rick Neuheisel was supposed to turn the Bruins around? Maybe he needs to cheat a little harder. The Cardinal win behind Screech's cousin. Does anyone else remember when Harbaugh showed up at Bayside (the new class) in his full Colts gear, claiming he was Screech's cousin? That cracked me up. Right up there with Jim Abbot(in Yankees gear) telling Corey Matthews (in Phillies little league getup) not to give up. Stanford wins.
Michigan v #3 Penn State. The Nittany Lions haven't won against Michigan since 1996? really? is that right? Hmmmmmm. Well get your whuppin' sticks out for this game. Michigan is going to get stomped. Hey, why did Michigan boosters really need to have the AD say that RichRod is safe from being fired? REALLY? You guys, after living through Lloyd Carr all those years you REALLY want to fire RichRod this soon? I would have thought that you guys would be used to mediocrity. Cake's boys win this. And Paul Mac is looking more and more like a genius EVERYDAY!
Arkie @ UK. U-K, more like U-SUCK. Thanks for that Benji! In all seriousness though, I want UK to win this, then beat Florida next week, then keep it rocking and maybe even get ranked before UGA travels to the Bluegrass state and stomps then down. Question though, how come, UK's field isn't blue? They live in the BLUE GRASS state. They have blue as one of their colors? Why wouldn't they put the blue turf in there? I will have to ask my cousin. Wildcats beat Petrino and the Hogs.
Oregon State v Washington. PAC10 FOOTBALL! GET SWEPT UP IN IT! The Beavers will beat the Huskies. Dam the Huskies suck! Get it? Dam, like where a beaver lives?
miss state v Tennasty. Fulmer will FINALLY get a win. But the question is, why isn't Sly Croom getting any heat on him this season? Oh, that's right. We aren't allowed to knock him, despite the fact that his vaunted defense isn't that good and his offense is offensive. Way to go to a bowl last year though guys. YOU GUYS LOST TO GA TECH. COME ON! YOU GUYS SUCK. But so does Tennessee, but I don't think THEY would have lost to GT.
#11 Mizzou @ #1 Texas. Everyone thinks THIS ONE should be in my upset special too, but Texas looked too good last week and Mizzou's fatal flaws were exposed, namely their defense is terrible against teams NOT with a direction in their names. The Horns hook the Tigers as Mizzou is destined to wind up in the Alamo Bowl before this season is over.
#13 LSU @ SoCar. Wait, the AJC thinks this will be an upset? WHAT? No, we want LSU to think they are BACK so they can lose NEXT WEEK to UGA. We know that LSU under les miles loses two games every year. IT CAN'T BE THIS GAME BECAUSE UGA NEEDS IT TO BE NEXT WEEK! So Car, just lay down. LSU wins so they can lose next week!
#17 VaTech @ BC. Remember when Matty Ice won in Blacksburg last year in the last two minutes? Wow, that game got Ryan drafted and he looked impressive in the last 6 seconds last Sunday. But then VaTech beat the team's brains out in the ACC Championship. The Beat them AGAIn in Chestnut Hill. Hokies take it.
#25 Cali @ Zona. Listen, the only reason Cali is #25 is because SOMEONE had to be. There are really only 22 good teams in college football this year worthy of ranking. The Fighting Sandy's are just the beneficiary of the RULE that states you have to have 25. But Zona wins this one and helps Mike Stoops continue his reign of terror. At least that's what the Zona boosters claim he is doing to THEM!
Legally paid league
The Falcons are off this week. The Redskins lost to the Rams. Let's move on!
Special games
Lock of the week
#6 USC @ Wazzou. Wazzou is a 43 point underdog. But Joe McKnight isn't going to play.....it won't matter. Mitch Mustain will see cleanup duty in this one...in the second quarter. Men of Troy crush
Upset of the week
#18 UNC @ UVa. The Tar Heels haven't won in C'ville since the early 1980s. So it has been a while. Wait, could I have typed it's mean "it has"? Can that contraction work there? I need to look this up. Daddio will be in attendance and he will see Groh winning this one. Has a coach ever won COach of the year, then the next season taken home Comeback coach of the year award? Groh must STAY!
Local rooting interest
GT @ Klimpsen. Because the tigers broke the fletcher-imposed rule of not firing Bowden for three seasons, OF COURSE I have to pick them to lose. If Bowden had stayed, I think Klimpsen would have won this game, but now, with WILLY KORN in there, GT takes it. BTW, I will TOTALLY be rooting for Willy Korn to do well, just so Cullen Harper can see his draft status fall even farther. Could he be blacklisted? I don't know. I would, but that's just me. GT and the defense win this one. PS, way to almost lose to Gardner Webb last week a-holes!
#22 Vandy @ #10 UGA. The UGA offense will FINALLY get going v an SEC opponent and I think AJ Green catches TWO TDs as BooBoo and CMR make an effort to get him to forget last week. Maybe even first play ala ASU game. And Knowshon prolly goes for 150. Now, will Vandy's O hang against UGA's seemingly overhyped Defense (which I proudly boasted about ALL SUMMER on 790 the Zone's Zone SPorts Sunday)? Maybe for 3 quarters, but in the end, this one WON'T end with Vandy dancing on the Georgia G or even Georgia celebrating, just UGA knowing that this is 1 down ANOTHER tough one to go next week. UGA puts this game in had probably middle of the third and then puts in the vanilla offense for the remainder of the game in a 27-13 win.
There we go, be sure to tune in Saturday morning for High School High 5 on Sports Radio 790 The Zone. 9-10 am. Fletcher runs point this weekend!
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