I, along with the rest of the country didn’t get to see the
UT vs App State NEAR reincarnation of “The Horror” of 2007 live but we did see
ESPN look ins. App State goes into the
second biggest house and almost pulls off the miracle, again. And if their coach hadn’t had his head up is
own arse in the final minutes (and if they would have made that extra point)
there probably wouldn’t have been an OT.
I DID see a lot of the little “m” game
and I guess you can say one of two things:
That one’s out of their system as I believe the Gophers did just about
everything you can do to try to lose a game (snapping out of the endzone and a
game record four (4!) defensive ejections for targeting). Claeys said afterwards he wasn’t sure that
Minnesota had even had one ejection (I can THINK of one that SHOULD HAVE BEEN
CALLED that wasn’t) since the rule was put in place. OR, secondly and maybe closer to the
truth: The Fuzzy Rodents aren’t that
good. Which way the gophers go will
reveal itself as the season moves forward, but sheesh…
It’s funny when football Finally gets here. The countdowns, the talk, all the stuff
leading up to it and suddenly:
BOOM! There’s games and reality
rears its ugly head!
I watched the Cal-Hawaii game last Friday. Most of it anyway. I didn’t see anything that made me regret my
Michigan to cover the 41 at home pick too much, and Hawaii turned the ball over
5 times against what is supposed to be a rebuilding Cal Bear defense.
That’s not good….for Hawaii.
Hawaii also made public (for whatever reason) a request to
see the Michigan scrimmage tape. The
request is so asinine that I can’t believe the Hawaii coaching staff actually
made it and I’m not sure what their motivation was for making it (the request). I can tell you that this was probably the
look on Jimmy’s face when he heard they were asking:
Another Newsy type item that I have to comment on, and this
can only be filed under one heading: The
“Whiskey
Tango Foxtrot (WTF) are you THINKING!!!!” by having a Joe Paterno Commemoration day before the Temple Game to recognize
the fact that it was exactly 50 years ago that JoPa took the field as a head
coach….I wonder if James Franklin was consulted on this? IF he was, I wonder what his opinion
was regarding the question: “Do you
think this is a good idea? Yes or no?”
Let me ask you something:
Is Temple going to recognize
and honor Bill Cosby as well? Maybe Michigan can bring back Ted Kazinski to Ann Arbor and have him
be an honorary captain? I know JoPa didn’t
do the molesting…but furgodsakes HE KNEW ABOUT IT AND DID
NOTHING!!!! Let JoPa and everything
associated with the last 40 years go PSU….Let it go and chalk this up as a ….BAD
IDEA.
Something else that I’ve been thinking about is the fact
that I didn’t really do any deep dives into any potential “Dark Horses” that
people don’t see coming in the Power 5 conferences. So, I’ll make up for that oversight right
now! In no particular order, here goes:
ACC
Coastal
I’m not even sure who the favorite is at this point, but I
don’t see Duke repeating as the champ. I
believe that a team that might – MIGHT surprise some people and has an outside
shot of making the ACC championship is Virginia
Tech under former Memphis head coach Justin
Fuente. They just might be something
special. Also watch: Miami
ACC
Atlantic
While they’re not a complete Dark Horse, I do like Louisville to upset either Clemson or FSU. If they can get past both, look out!
SEC
East
The SEC East is the really bad half of the SEC. And I think everyone kind of has the
Cremesicles winning the East this season (maybe not so much now) and some even
have the Cremesicles in the CFP. A good
Dark Horse to watch here even though the won the East last year will be Florida.
SEC
West
I always go with these guys and sooner or later, BB is
going to come through for me! Arkansas is the perennial pick of
dreamers and hopers. I’ll do it again
and say that the Hogs have a punchers chance to win the West.
Big
XII
Even though they’re still 10 teams in the BigXII….the Sooners are eveybody’s favorite. But I’m going to say that even though TCU will be tough, they won’t be as
tough as everyone thinks. Watch out for Burnt Orange Nation, a new offense and
a motivated coach…and if they can get past the domers early, well, winning the
first one is the hardest, sometimes. Not So Dark Horses for invites to the
conference: Cincinnati and Houston. Dark Horses:
U-Conn and Memphis.
Pac 12
North
Again, I’m not even sure who the favorite is (Washington’s Huskies perhaps) but a
team I’ll be watching with a record setting returning QB is Washingon State. Coached by the Pirate, Mr. Leach, the Wazoos may surprise some people this season.
Pac 12
South
I guess UCLA is
the favorite and my pick of Stanford is a bit of a dark horse pick, but if
someone were to really come out of left field it would be Rich Rod and the Wildcats that would surprise some people….just
sayin’.
Big West
After that hideous debut, the furry rodents winning it all seems like a long shot now….
Big
East
Maryland….who else?
The
FMQ
So, the gophers screwed up what had been a perfect record
so far. I’m adding a couple of picks to
the list I posted last week as there wasn’t a spread available yet (at least
with the service I use) and I was also waiting for hi-jinks, suspensions,
arrests, etc.
LSU @
Wiscy (+10)
So much of me wants to take a shot of Wiscy here it’s not
even funny. Especially after seeing the egg
that the SEC favorite laid last night on their home field. Still, the Hatter’s teams seem to start out
strong and fade late….Granted, Wiscy was way up last year and handed the game
to the Tigers….Revenge at home?
Take
Wiscy and the 10 for $25
Ole
Miss @ FSU (-4)
Ole Miss has had a lot of NOISE in the background this
entire off-season. NCAA investigation that parallels the USC and Miami
messes. USC paid the ultimate price that
they’re still recovering from and the U managed to skate on a technicality or
that football program might have been wiped clean off the face of the
earth. But I digress….FSU starting a
red-shirt QB gave me pause initially, but the last time FSU did that the QB won
the Heisman.
Take
FSU and lay the 4 for $25
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