It's finally here. Athletes and pigskins on the gridiron. Assaults, DUIs and arrests off campus.
I love the smell of football on a Saturday morning. Finally it's football time in Tennessee California. The Volunteers against the Bruins. The Tigers of Clemson against the Crimson Tide of Alabama. Appy State at LSU. Illinois at Missouri. And of course the Florida Gators with their usual first game patsy. I love it.
I've plugged in all the stats and ran them through my brain computer. Here's my fearless predictions for the first Saturday of college football:
Tennessee 27, UCLA 24--There's not been a lot of time for the Vols new offensive coordinator to get his system into place. Therefore I expect the Vols' offense to sputter and look ugly at times. That's the bad news. The good news is that UCLA's defense is suspect and that Rick Neuheisel has given up betting pools to return to coaching. He was better with the pools. It ain't going to be pretty but the Big Orange takes the win.
Alabama 23, Clemson 21--Clemson is a tough place to win but the Tigers have a habit of laying an egg in a big game. This is a big game. I think the Tide wins this one in my upset special of the week.
LSU 30, Appalachian State 20--Hmm, I wonder if coach Les Miles has shown his team the game film from Appy's win over Michigan last year. I'm going to guess that he has. I'd love to see my home boys the Mountaineers pull off another huge upset but I think the Bengal Tigers are wary and won't let what happened to Michigan happen to them.
Missouri 27, Illinois 20--I thought Missouri was a great team last year but Oklahoma not only whipped up on them once but twice. That makes me think they can't handle the big games. I still like Big Mo but I'm not sure I can trust them. But they're home so I'm going with them. And if they blow this one, never again.
Florida 80, Hawaii 0--Hey, if the Gators can schedule patsies then I can predict a ridiculous score. Tebow runs for seven touchdowns and accepts the Heisman after the game. Urban Meyer complains about the officiating and declares his offense is sputtering. Is is possible for me to dislike him even more than Steve Superior? No.
August 29, 2008 in
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