A Thankful batch of picks

My friends and I celebrated Thanksgiving one week early last night and it got me TOTALLY hyped for my favorite holiday, Thanksgiving. I love the food (turkey, gravy, stuffing, rolls, pecan pie, and OF COURSE MASHED POTATOES!) and I love the football, and I love the day off afterwards to eat the leftovers. How can you NOT love Thanksgiving?
Last night we of course went around the table and said what we were thankful for and I thought I might share a few cosmetic things that I am thankful for...I am thankful for the Big Ten network, and thus I don't have to watch Illinois/Indiana "slug" out a 7-3 football game...I am thankful for House, Prisonbreak, Bones and The OC on DVD. Basically, FOX...I am thankful for Pam Ward and her dance parties....I am thankful for the falcons not sucking so much this year, so people are actually listening to my Sunday show...I am thankful for my new house, which means a new cable system in Charter(Comcast sucks)...I am thankful for chocolate milk...I am thankful for my dogs sleeping it their own beds, instead of jumping up and stealing my bed space...I am thankful for Mike Leach, head coach of MY Texas Tech Red Raiders...I am thankful that UGA is off this week, so I don't have to lose years off my life watching us suck...And finally, I am thankful that Dennis Felton is no longer the men's b-ball coach at UGA....wait, he is still the Coach? Then I am thankful for Tissues...

On to the picks!
Michigan @ #10 tOSU. If Duh Ohio State wins, it still has an outside shot at a BCS bowl game, maybe even the Rose Bowl. EVEN MORE REASON to root for Michigan. Except that RichRod is still the coach at Michigan. duh Ohio State wins, but I will be rooting for Big Blue. I wonder if Rich Rod throws his name into the ring for the Klimpsen job...

NCSU @ #22 UNC. This isn't even a BASKETBALL rivalry anymore, much less a football rivalry. I think it is kind of funny how NCState thinks that UNC cares about beating the Pack. Hellur, UNC cares about Duke, not you Wolf Pack. SORRY. UNC wins over its "rival"

West Va @ Louisville. Remember when this game meant something? Back when it was RichRod v Petrino. I wonder if they each got a do-over.....well no. They each banked some serious cash, but they are losing. Note to Cincy's Brian Kelly, please read the cautionary tale that both of these guys wrote before taking the UTenn job. Go with the Neers. Pat White is better than Hunter Cantwell.

Army @ Rutgers. Hey Greg Shiano, betcha wish you had taken Miami's money now, right? Oh, you ENJOY living in the armpit of America? Well good for you. And you'll win this game too, but come on Dawg....Rutgers HAS to suck like 360 days of the year, right?

Klimpsen @ UVA. So A senior safety is writing the Klimpsen AD a letter of recommendation for interim coach Dabo and CJ Spiller says he will come back to school if Dabo sticks? Hmmmm, that the senior safety can write is amazing (he goes to Klimpsen) and CJ SPiller, DABO is the reason you'd come back? Not that your stock has dropped like it is on the NASDAC? Hmmmmm. Spiller, who are you trying to kid, big man? Come on. UVA at home against team dysfunction? I'll take the Hoos! (PS, how sad is it that Bud Foster and Will Muschamp have already turned you down. You know Tuberville is stick in Auburn, and why would you want Fulmer? Maybe TBowden wasn't so bad....)

Indiana @ Purdue on ESPN2.....which means DANCE PARTY IN West Lafayette! Purdue wins a final home game for Coach Joe Tiller. Oh, and Indiana stinks. Not a fun time to be A hoosiers fan right now.

Tennessee @ Vandy. Tell me Fulmer is almost through with his misery. Do you think he is even still coaching? If I was a coach that was being forced out, I'd say "Oh go screw yourself. Find another coach to finish out the year. PEACE!" Why are Fulmer and TWill and Ron Price sticking around? I'd bounce. Vandy wins because Fulmer is probably watching Last Holiday instead of game film.

Citadel @ #4 Florida. Way to really impress the voters down the stretch URBAN. Way to go bud. I would think that if Oklahoma knocks off Texas Tech, they would leap over the Gators. Citadel? Really?

Syracuse @ Notre Dame. Here is another coach, Robinson who is sticking around, despite being fired already. I would leave. But whatever. Notre Dame should win this one though because Syracuse has a losing record and we KNOW that Charlie Weis dominates teams with losing records like he dominates a box of Krispy Kremes. GO FUPA

Arkie @ Missy State. You would think that Miss State should win against Arkansas, especially since Casey Dick's little brother is scheduled to start, but Arkansas has been starting to come on in the second half of the season. But what does Miss State really care about this game? Even if Sly Croom loses, they won't fire him, because that would be RACIST. Go with the Bulldogs at home.

Washington at Wazzou. The Apple Cup, or as I have seen it written, the Rotten Apple Cup. The sad thing is that with the OT format as it is now, there WILL be a winner. This game cannot end 0-0, like it should. If it were up to Donovan McNabb, the NFL would have the college OT format, or at least one where people don't end up tying. Hey McNabb, #1, your hair? Wuzzup wit dat? #2, the game has passed you by and you are STILL PLAYING. #3, sometimes FOR THE GOOD OF THE TEAM, how about you do something self-sacrificing? (Maybe shut your mouth about TO or run a QB sneak!) Oh, crap, I have to pick a winner. Ummmm Wazzou at home.

#15 Michigan State @ #8 Penn State. MSU is the UGA of the Big Ten. The only games they've played all season, they lost, badly. Ohio State blew them out at home and Cal beat them on the road. They haven't blown out the teams they should have and the big out-of-conference win v Notre Dame (or Arizona State) looks like crap now. So likely Michigan State will lose to Penn State. Much like if UGA were to play a team like that. MSU is a SOLID #3 in that conference, but certainly not #1(PSU) or #2 (tOSU). Sad. But they hang around the top 10 like UGA does. Wow. Scary.....

Stanford @ Cal. PAC10 FOOTBALL! WOW-WEEEE! Don't they just call this "The Game" or something like that? So dumb. One highlight that might get played more than the storming the florida endzone is this DUMB runback thru the band. A winner here? Cal at home.

Illinois @ Northwestern. What crap trophy are they playing for here? I think the reason the Big Ten has all of these trophies is to keep its own players interested in the games. Otherwise they'd all be watching the Big 12 and the SEC. Ummm Illinois in a "road upset"

BC @ Wake. So Wake Forest is hold two senior days because the school officials don't feel the seniors will get a proper send off next week in the final home game v Vandy. Ohhhhhhhhhh, so the Thanksgiving holiday is the reason there are no students at the games. RRRRRRRRRRRrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrright. But go with Wake in this senior game PART1!

#9 Boise State @ Nevada. A bunch of experts are saying that Boise State is going to lose this one. I don't see it. Sorry. I think unfortunately Boise State wins and goes undefeated and they face Utah in the Fiesta Bowl or whatever. Put them in it so I don't have to listen BSU b!tch and moan about being snubbed into the Armed Forces Bowl or whatever and how "an undefeated Bronco team could have beaten OU or Texas..." Put them in there, let them lose, let NO ONE WATCH and let the BCS realize, "hmmmm maybe we should stop putting these crap teams in the big games because they really do suck against major competition."

Duke @ VaTech. Maybe in basketball this one is close, but on the football field? No. Plus, isn't this Macho Harris's last home game? I bet Macho goes balls out in this one. Wait, it is against DUKE. WHO CARES? Macho and the redneck hillbilly dogfighters win.

#14 BYU @ #7 Utah. Winner of this one immediately gets 6 wives given to them following the game. Is there honestly fair though? You have 26 year olds v 25 year olds. Stormin' Mormons against other Mormons. This is a little crazy. But again, give Utah the game so we can have them face Boise State in the "No one's watching Bowl" And could Fox please give the crew that worked the UGA game last year that one? To punish them for having a hard-on for Hawaii last year...

#20 Pitt @ #19 Cincy. BIG EAST FANS, DON'T WORRY! Basketball season is here. You guys matter again! An Brian Kelly, way to go out on top before heading down to Tennessee. PS, I am SO glad that David Pollack knew about you when NO ONE ELSE did. He was the ONLY ONE. Nope, no one else. Just him. Are you guys blood brothers?

FSU @ #25 Maryland. Just when FSU is ready to be back, they crap the bed. Against GT...against BC...and now they will against Maryland. Actually, the way the ACC has gone this season, Maryland should lose this one. Go with the Noles.

BLUE PLATE SPECIALS...
Lock of the week
#21 Oregon State @ Zona. Whenever a team plays Arizona with Arizona having a chance to better its bowl position, it always wins. Zona was talking big about the Rose Bowl v USC...and lost. Last season Zona was making a bowl push, and it lost....So now, even though the Cats are eligible, they will TOTALLY lose and be sent to the Emerald Nuts Bowl, probably against GT. Go with Oregon State To the ROSE BOWL.

Upset Special
Ole Miss @ #18 LSU. Troy couldn't finish the drill, but Ole Miss will be able to. Houston Nutt beat LSU last year and this year he has a GOOD QB, and won't have to use Run DMC back there. Look for Ole Miss to knock off the Bayou Bengals.

NFL-National Felon League.
Carolina @ Atlanta. Matty Ice got rocked the last time out v Carolina and Roddy White should have made the game winning catch v Denver last week. Oh well. DHall isn't here to mess this game up for the Falcons, and I think the Rook wins this one. Take the dirty birds.

Rooting interest games.....
#2 Texas Tech @ #5 OU. My new boys the Red Raiders of Texas Tech come out firing and get into a shootout with OU. Should be one of the more exciting games of the year. I think the injury to OU's LB will show up in this one and TTU just outguns them at the end. Michael Crabtree and Graham Harrell lock up the joint heisman in this one. GO RED RAIDERS!