Last night, I texted my peeps in a special VIP thread, that come next Saturday, barring two massive upsets, the season is over for Auburn, and quite a lot of other clubs. I know all the jokes about thanking God that it’s coming to an end, but it always amazes me how quickly a season goes by. We wait all year, and talk about it incessantly, and then it feels like it’s here and gone before you know it. Anyway, let’s talk foosballz.
Indiana @ theOhio State University: (OSU -13) If you’ve paid attention to sports talk, especially here in the south, no Power 4 team (Is that the phrase) has been more disrespected, and outright dismissed, than Indiana. I’ve only heard one “expert/analyst” say they even think the Hoosiers will play the Buckeyes close. It’s a given….OSU will rake Indiana by 35, and the Hoosiers will fade into oblivion, where they rightfully belong. Vegas seems to think it won’t be close either.
I’m not going to try and pretend I know a damn thing about Indiana. Can’t name one player on the team, and I’ve probably watched 10 total minutes of their games while flipping channels. And while most consider their schedule soft, it’s still a Big 10 slate of games, and with the exception of a 20-15 win over Michigan, they have flat out bitch slapped just about everybody they’ve faced. They score 44 points a game, and that 20 spot hurt that average. Ohio State lost to #1 Oregon, but have been workman-like in winning all their other games. Traditional thinking says the Buckeyes will tell the Hoosiers to stay in your lane, bro. I think it’s a fight.
Ohio State: 42
Indiana: 35
Alabama @ Oklahoma: (Bama -13.5) The Sooners play stout D, but they can’t score. Bama, unfortunately, is playing their best ball at the right time of the season. It won’t be close.
Alabama: 45
Oklahoma: 14
Texas A&M @ Auburn: (A&M -2.5) So, a disastrous season winds down for our Tigers. Inexplicably, Hugh Freeze decided to ride it out til the end with Preetinz Thurne calling signals. So, it is what it is. But, let’s look at Thorne’s season in 8 ½ games.
156/245 63.7% 2,111 yards 8.6 yards per pass 18 TD’s and 7 INT’s 154.6 Rating
PT had his epic fail game against Cal, with 4 interceptions. Outside of that, his stats are not great, but not awful. I think we can all agree that it’s the intangibles where he falls short, but again, he’ll be under center against the Aggies.
I won’t pick our guys in the Iron Bowl, but this week, I think Thorne takes us there like pleasuring ourselves to an image of Mrs. Buttersworth. Bing, Bang Boom! Three reasons I think we win. First, our #13 in the nation D will give us that chance. Two, this team continues to play hard and have fun, even at 4-6. And C, no way A&M is not looking ahead to the biggest game for their program in quite some time. Here’s to running the ball, and getting it out of PayDay’s hands quickly.
Auburn: 24
Texas A&M: 17
Feel free to opine, talk amongst yourselves, or otherwise, just bugger off.