Still foggy from the hangover after the Shit Sandwich served piping hot this past Saturday. But alas, life goes on, and the college football season is still just cranking up. I was stoked leading into the season about the Mark-Key matchups that would surely occur every week with the realignments that happened. But, for the second week in a row, that’s not really the case. Texas at Michigan had all the signs, but turned into a rout from the opening kickoff.
This week does have a handful of intriguing tilts, but nothing to set the ole DVR for. Let’s go for more prediction suckage
Texas A&M @ Florida: (TA&M -4) A&M opens the season at home against The Fighting Irish, and pretty much get manhandled. The Aggies follow up, looking like they should against a far inferior opponent, McNeese State, with a 52-7 pasting. The Irish, meanwhile, get manhandled by Northern Illinois the following week. Can you read anything into any of that? Probably not.
Florida looks like they may be sending Coach Crewcut out the door soon, after The U waltzed into the Swamp and took that lunch money, and their girlfriends. Gusty Gaytah tries to right the ship against the mighty Samford Bulldogs, by starting freshman QB, DJ Lagway. He torches to the tune of 456 yards and 3 TD. Is Lagway the missing ingredient? I say yes, but more because I love seeing the Aggies lose. The Fighting Percy Harvey’s at home.
Florida: 31
Texas A&M: 24
Alabama @ Wisconsin: (Bama -16) Not much to break down here. Bama skruggled for 3+ quarters against a decent Souf Flurrda team, but pulled away in the end. A lot of the problems stemmed from 5-6 holding penalties on some linemen pressed into action by injuries. Badger Badger Badger has been underwhelming, to say the least, scoring 28 and 27 against Western Michigan and South Dakota respectively. The game is in Wisky at Camp Randall, so maybe they keep it close for a while.
Alabama: 42
Wisconsin: 14
New Mexico @ Auburn: (AU -28) Unless Freeze yanks Thorne, and HB24 or one of the others goes all DJ Lagway, I don’t think we’re going to learn much from this Saturday. In fact I have a feeling there’s going to be more frustration. New Mexico is not good. They’ll be better than Alabama A&M, but not nearly as physical as Cal. While they absolutely suck defensively, they can light it up pretty good on O. They hung 39 on #20 Arizona this past weekend. Granted, they gave up 61, but it was a 27-24 game at half. I can see a similar scenario on Saturday, with the 50,000 in attendance getting real restless by half. Hope not.
We accomplish nothing by keeping Thorne at the helm. But, that’s a topic for another thread.
Auburn: 38
New Mexico: 24
A couple of other notes. I’m not a betting man, other than getting my tix every week for the lottery. But BC going to Mizzou as 16 point dogs is tempting. BC handles FSU easily, then wipes the floor with a nobody, plus, they’ve got a very experienced QB. Could be closer than people think, but the folks who set these lines know way more than me. Also, LSU will be in the House of Cock Saturday, with USCe coming off a throttling of Kentucky. Could be….
Thoughts? Predictions? Other games? Feel free to opine, talk amongst yourselves, or basically bugger off!
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