The most important issue of the day? Jobs? Turmoil in the Mideast? Taxes?
No. Then what?
Who’s gonna win the game, of course. Which game? Doesn’t matter. Everybody’s got a game.
I can’t help tell you who’ll win the game, though. I may be able to tell you who’s gonna lose, though. You can figure out who wins from there.
Last week, I went 7-0 with the picks. That brings the season total … what? The Mississippi State vs Auburn game? Oh, I can explain that: SHUT UP!
Now, for this week’s … what? I’m ripping off the old Leonard’s Losers gimmick? Well, I can explain that, too: SHUT UP!
Okay. Now that all that’s settled, let’s look at this week’s games. Those numbers? The current ranking in the AP poll.
LSU (3) vs Mississippi State
Defense will rule this game. As good as LSU is — and they are very very good — when these two teams meet for the 105th time, it’ll be a battle. LSU often wins, but Mississippi State will once again, make it a hard-fought battle. LSU’s defense should prevail.
Who’s gonna lose? Mississippi State.
Boise State (4) vs Toledo
I know. Who knew Toledo had a team? Of coure, that means that they’re the perfect team to play the Pretender Conference’s top team, Boise State.
Look for Toledo to take an early lead, as often happens in these mis-match games. But Boise State’s high-powered offense will rule the day.
Who’s gonna lose? Toledo.
Oklahoma (1) vs Florida State (5)
Everybody talks about how powerful Oklahoma is. And they are. But they have the advantage of playing in a weak sister conference. Same thing can be said about Florida State.
This is one of those top-five matchups between two teams that could be among the best in the nation, or a couple of pretenders who are basing everything on reputation and a Boise State type of schedule.
Oklahoma blew out the Semi-holes last year. But that was last year. This year, it’ll be different. Oklahoma has a tough time playing ranked teams on the road. But there’s no certainty that FSU has returned to their glory days. Today’s matchup will go far in determining just how good either of these teams really is.
Who’s gonna lose? Oklahoma.
North Texas vs Alabama (2)
Another practice game for the Tuscaloosa Pachyderms. Toledo must have has a previous engagement.
Who’s gonna lose? North Texas.
Wisconsin (7) vs Northern Illinois
Practice week continues for the top teams as the Badgers play the Huskies. While the Huskies might be a little better team than those playing, say, Alabama this week, they aren’t that much better. Wisconsin may be the best team in the B-One-G.
Who’s gonna lose? Northern Illinois.
Michigan State (15) vs Notre Dame
Back in 1966, these two teams played to a tie in a game that was hyped as the “Game of the Century.” It wasn’t. And this one won’t be, either.
Quasimodo’s American Cousins have had a rough start to the season. It doesn’t get any easier this week.
Who’s gonna lose? Notre Dame.
Ohio State (17) vs Miami
This game is sort of like “The Longest Yard,” except in the movie, only one of the teams was made up of convicts. This week’s battle between prisoners isn’t anything like that so-called championship game of … whenever it was the SEC didn’t have a team in the title game.
The South Florida Blowhards and the Ohio Chickens face off hoping someone might actually focus on football. If these two teams actually do that, it might be a good game. How good? If you want a game that’s not decided unti the 4th quarter, this one might be the one for you.
Who’s gonna lose? Miami.
Kansas vs Georgia Tech
Yeah, I know. I’m a Georgia fan. And Tech isn’t ranked. So, why is this game there? Because it could show whether or not anyone other than Virginia Tech or Florida State will compete for the ACC title and a BCS bowl game.
Paul Johnson has been the North Avenue Trade School long enough to put his stamp fully on team. He succeeded big time at Division 1-AA, and then brought Navy back during his tenure there, but turning Georgia Tech into a consistent power has been a tough go. If Erk’s offensive coordinator doesn’t turn the Humble Bumbles into a power, he might be back in the Southern Conference in a couple of years.
Kansas, meanwhile, has played a couple of push-overs, but has had a tougher time than some might have thought. That bodes well for George P. Burdell’s favorite team.
Who’s gonna lose? Kansas.
The Rest
You might not agree with all these. You’d be wrong.
Oh, and I might not have picked the game your team is in. Don’t worry. The team they’re playing will lose. Share your thoughts on these games, or your team’s game.
What?
Wake me up when it’s curling season.
Curling? Wife does that. She even bought an iron for it. I think Revlon makes it.
Has it come to this?
Son of Bob:
Obama doesn’t like football. You don’t like football. You’re Obama.
At the risk of playing into a joke I just didn’t get, you do realize that the LSU and Boise games have already been played (Thursday & Friday, respectively), right?
Brad:
It looks like you did get the joke after all.
The SEC couldn’t carry the jockstraps of the Big 10. This was proven in the Civil War!
Mike:
If they had played that on the gridiron, it’d have turned out different.
Ok….You really can’t compare what happened at Ohio State to what happened in Miami. Tyrell Prior traded some jersey’s for tattoos. Miami players were paid over $500k for hurting players during games, hookers, abortions and cocaine. I love the blog lol…but You can’t put these two teams in the same category.
Kmangun :
No, it’s not the same. But the whole “they’ll sit out the first few games of NEXT season (if they don’t go to the NFL)” thing shows that the character of the two are the same, though the crimes don’t compare.
Michigan State over Notre Dame………….oops!
Damned Irish!
Basil,
That’s a low blow…you know full well you should never compare someone to Obama in polite company.
Things I find more interesting than college football:
-NASCAR racing with those old-fashioned amusement park tin lizzy cars
-picking my nose
-A party with no music, dancing, or alcohol
-Asphalt
-watching a fly attempt to fly out once it is inside
-fungus
Don’t get me wrong: I love the NFL. I just grew up in a region where we just don’t really care about college football and sort of consider it junior league with those who have yet to prove themselves in the NFL.
Now I’m going into hiding before the college football fanatics (aka everyone from outside the northeast/northern midAtlantic) comes to trounce me.
WAIT! I just found a way to entertain myself while watching college ball:
My husband and I are coming up with ways one can screw with the BYU team.
So far:
-spiking the gatorade with alcohol
-spiking the gaorade with caffeine
We’ve got more, but I don’t want to encourage ussjimmycarter too much and Seanmahair might get mad at me.
Ohio State over Miami……….oops!
You just can’t depend on a bunch of convicts to get anything right.
Hey, Basil, I was just wondering. Who did Boise State beat 2 weeks ago? I’m having a hard time remembering.
Does Boise State have a team this year? If so, that’s great.
Now, if only Georgia had one.
My mighty Iowa Hawkeyes spotted Pittsburg around 23 points before storming back and punishing them in the 4th quarter to take the win! But that’s how we roll in Iowa City! We just make the whole experience pain for the visiting team. We make them think they are going to win then BAM we smack them in the nads and cruise to victory! NOBODY beats us in our house..well…except Iowa State last week but that’s because we did not want the very ghey CyHawk Trophy so we threw the game!
OK…as a lifelong Notre Dame fan I have learned a few things….#1 Never ever ever ever gamble or predict on a Notre Dame football game….not any…period…you will lose, or if you do win you will have a false confidence going into the next game…#2 Las Vegas handicaps ND differently…forget what the line is…in this past game against MSU, ND was favored by five….it makes zero sense….unless you look at the odds of the net ND turnover ratio…the odds of ND of having a three or more net turnover game three games in a row were like 150 million to one….that being said….LV handicaps to a tie…the winner in a tie is LV…if they don’t tie , they win and lose but a tie with the spread they win all…this ND team outplayed their first two teams they faced, yet lost. If you take out the net turnovers they win both…My prediction before the MSU game was this…No Clue…I want them to win, but this is a mentally weak team that is playing to avoid losing, and not to win…another thing I am now a believer in is never ever predict or bet on a game when it involves a military school…because of the wishbone and the discipline of these teams (army, air force, navy) LV tends to handicap with the mindset that a “sucker” will play for a cover. Most division 1A schools that aren’t used to playing against a wishbone disciplined team can’t stop said team…Northwestern v. Army this past weekend is a great example (I advised a dear friend from “playing” that game only to gloat when I gave him the HUGE I told you so this morning)…so in closing I say again….stay away from military schools and Notre Dame…if you ingest that, you rest easier at night….Lord knows I never will rest easy at night being an ND fan…
Basil you took my teasing manfully…my hat is off to you. Also as a Raider fan I can sympathize with what tiapara says about ND.
I know who’s going to lose this week. We are. We lose every week. As long as the ditherers in DC and the spinners in the lame stream media are in charge we lose. But hey there’s football on the TV, beer in the fridge and chips in the cabinet so…………..it’s all good.
And yes I am cranky today. Too much Obama, too early in the morning………….and it’s Monday.
FSU is going to lose of course! OU is on the road to the national championship this year. Plus, I am waiting for them to announce that they are starting their own conference since all the whiner team like Colorado, A&M, and Nebraska are fleeing like rats from a sinking ship. I fully expect Missou to bounce next.