Comments on the week from our expert panel of reporters, bankers, doctors, lawyers, ad wizards, lawn guys, bond guys, car guys, pilots, priests, principals, builders, teachers, bums, and nomads.
Continually updated throughout the day...
Notice how “all that is great in college football” didn’t include an Iowa tradition? Even Bevo’s poop made it on the list… -- Yo Sal
This week's picks are very challenging. I see you are still the KING in making selections difficult. Hail to the KING. -- School of Noise
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From the Bench special edition:
Pitt -- Traditionally if Pitt was going out West to play a Pac 10 team, I am going PAC all the way, but lets face it, Utah is not really a PAC ten school at least not yet. Plus, I figure the Utes are still too confused wondering about what BYU was thinking going independent.
Conn. -- I know that I am going against the grain twice on the home teams. The Big House is going to go nuts when they lose. Rich is on his way out and his team knows it. Uconn is always quicker than most realize. ND found that out the hard way last year.
LSU -- It will be close, but it's the SEC.
Fresno State -- PAC 10 team or should have been but it does not have the tv market.
Va Tech -- I saw Boise State last year in Tulsa at the Doubletree. I was not intimidated. I felt I could have slipped on a uniform and helmet and nobody would have noticed. They look like a bunch of kickers. Plus the BCS honchos have already paid off the refs for this game.
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A poem, by Danny K.
The season starts. The games are here.
Everyone thinks they're a winner.
Now I've something to do on Thursday nights
Besides beating the wife after dinner.
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Randi P, motivational speaker:
It is with great pleasure and an over abundance of excitement that I send you my picks for this week... this first week of the greatest season of the year, the week that people across the nation countdown to right after they make their new year resolutions, the week that people who are not participants in a College Football Extravaganza stop and think to themselves every Saturday afternoon during the season, "Man, I wish I would have joined a College Football Pool," the week that brings a smile to faces and puts a twinkle in eyes. From September to January people look forward to the coming Saturday and the games that can make or break a player, team, school and outcome to a College Football Extravaganza! This time of year brings people together. TVs will be checked. DVRs will be set. Parties will be planned. Tailgates will be used. Food will be cooked and/or grilled to perfection. Beverages will be on ice. Cheers will be shouted. Fight songs will be heard. Anticipation has been building and the time his here!!!! Let the games begin and good times roll! 2010 COLLEGE FOOTBALL EXTRAVAGANZA! Can you hear it....
WOOO - PIG - SOOIE!
WOOO - PIG - SOOIE!
WOOO - PIG - SOOIE!
ARKANSAS RAZORBACKS!!!!!!
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Jeff G.'s Weekly Breakdown:
Utah – What conference is Utah in now – WAC/Mountain West/Big Fourteen – I can’t keep up. Pitt can’t seem to win on the road, so I’ll go with the homers.
Michigan - I really want to see UConn win this, but I think Rich Rod will wait until the Big Ten conference schedule to tank.
Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game
LSU – the Carolina fans and administration are so pissed about the recent cheating accusations that I have to think Butch will have to keep some of his cheaters at home to save some face. LSU isn’t what they were 3 years ago, but they should be able to handle UNC in that discombobulated state.
Fresno – Cinci’s days of winning went out the door with Kelly.
VTech – We’ll see if this sets the tone for the ACC games this year. I still do not believe the BSU hype and they’ll have a ton of pressure on them being it’s basically a home game for the Hokies. Thank God it’s not in Boise – I can only watch so much of that field before I need Tylenol. Also, Earl might soak the field this weekend = good for VTech running game.
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Hoping these picks get me off to a solid 2-3 start... -- Hattan
I smell 0-5 in the air. -- Kazoo
Pitt - Because their QB doesn't party in Milledgeville. Boise State - Anarchy in the BCS? Yes please! -- HogTattoo
This is a week of "not quite there" in College Football. Traditional power schools will come out victorious... At least that theory holds true until you get to the Fresno State game, there's where I think coaching continuity will prevail. -- Husker Do
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The Big O says:
I'm surprised, and a little bit hurt (Ha), by you having left out Auburn's eagle's flight around the stadium fans, but took a shot about tractor parades...I don't think I've seen a tractor on campus ever; for example, the transportation power for the Wreck Tech parade in days of yore being supplied by fraternity pledges carying the floats (ask Trey about boxer shorts, et al back during his Freshman year). Truth is, our mascot is the only (wild or tame) animal (other than a human in a mascot suit) allowed to roam free in or above a football crowd. Can't you just see a wild hog lose in Fayetteville? Or Bevo at Texas? Or LSU's Tiger outside his cage or the enclosed home on campus? Let alone a gator romping about in the Swamp? No, not even Uga whatever number without being leached. Heck, I don't even let my rescue dog Rowdy (75 pounds of pure muscle, half Boxer and the other have, we think, Great Dane) loose in an unconfined area). But back to your comments...I call for neither New World Order nor the BCS. Rather, I'm for the Congress, if necessary, to act, mandating at least an eight team playoff!
Turning to the task at hand, substituting astute reasoning based upon limited research capabilities, but lots of gut feelings, and absent choices based upon some unrelated reason, here are my picks (really guesses being it is the first weekend) for this week -- although I'm disappointed you didn't include ASU v AU, but I know you will include the AU/Clemson game two weeks later because no one can ever figure out what those Tiger Paws are doing early in the year -- or later for that matter. Here goes: (1) Pittsburg, because they likely have a better defense and that usually wins early in the season; (2) Connecticut, because there has to be some basis for that sports correspondent picking them to go to a reasonably good bowl game; (3) LSU, because they have SEC talent which is better than North Carolina talent and hopefully Les doesn't screw it up too early in the season (if he does, NC's coaching is superior and could change the outcome), but if he does, he's toast at LSU; (4) Fresno State, based solely on home field advantage plus a feeling that Cincinnati's best football days are behind them; and (5) Virginia Tech, because of home field advantage and more likely a better defense -- yet who knows about a team that has the highest winning percentage in D1 football over the past 10 years. One thing I know for sure, I can't do as poorly as I did last year even if I tried! War Eagle and Beat dem Indians -- opps, political correctness run amuck, now Red Wolves or something like that.
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