Finally, an ASU home game. ASU beat Stanford on the first weekend of September and the Devils haven’t had a home win since.
Saturday night at 7 they’re finally going for another home win in front of a great home crowd. It’s no where close to a sell out but they’ve sold a ton of tickets for this game.
With the Hall of Fame festivities for Eric Allen, Coach Snyder, and Pat Tillman, I’m pretty humbled to even be a part of it. As of now, Allen and Coach are scheduled to join us for the pre-game show that starts at 5:30.
The weekend has started pretty slow for me. I don’t know if you can tell by my on-air performance this week but I’m sick. I’ve tried to fight it but I haven’t been as crisp on air and that drives me crazy. If you’ve been able to tell, thanks for listening through it. If you haven’t, than ignore everything you just read. Today (Friday) I slept from 10:30 this morning to 4:00 this afternoon. Normally my naps are 2 or three hours but since I’m so run down, I hit it pretty hard.
Friday night is game night with the family so we played Clue. It’s a new version with the lead pipe and wrench taken out. Wolf thought they did that so they could make murder more pleasant for kids. I thought he was onto something until I opened the game. They’ve added new weapons like the baseball bat, ax, poison, and trophy. It was wonderful to explain to McKenna (she’s 4) how someone uses the different weapons to kill. She told me, ”You could use the ax to chop someone into little pieces and then they can’t breathe.” Isn’t that cute?
Saturday is Vienna’s soccer game. She’s not a liability anymore so it’s more fun to be dad and coach. The KU/Tex Tech game is on at the same time as her game so I’ll have the VCR going and watch it when I get back. Same thing with Miami/Wake. I’ll watch KU/TT because it’s my job. I’ll watch Wake because I’m friends with their coach.
Saturday night is the PSU/OSU game but I won’t get to watch it until Sunday. I’ll be on the air doing the ASU pre-game. I’m going to be recording so many games Saturday. I want to see LSU/UGa, Bama/UT, and Tex/Okla St on top of the other games I’ll be recording early in the morning. My Sunday will be packed with the NFL games and all of the college games I’ll be watching.
How can you not be completely enthralled by the Cards/Carolina match-up? The Panthers are really good but you know AZ would win if the game was in Glendale. It’s incredilbe to think about what a win for the Cards would mean. The catch is I think there’s a real problem for the West Coast teams to deal with the travel and the 10a start time. I think Carolina is just too good to be the first team to lose in the last 14 games between West Coast teams and Eastern time zone teams when the game’s at 1p ET. That’s not an indictment on the Cards at all. A loss to Carolina is not a bad loss. The Panthers are also desperate. Not in the sense that they’re not good but because the NFC South is so good that every game has more importance in that division. I think Panthers win.
Did a little better last week in the picks. It’s time to roll this train. The problem with last week is the two picks I gave you but didn’t use myself. I nailed them both but I get no credit so hopefully the game I like that I’m leaving off the board–NYG +3 @ PIT–doesn’t come back to bite me.
Vandy -10 1/2 v Duke
Vandy’s at home and they know their dream season could end without a bowl if they don’t crush Duke. They won’t fail.
MSU -3 1/2 @ Michigan
MSU is far superior to Michigan. The fear here is that no matter how far down Michigan is, they won’t let little brother ever feel the glory of a win. The loss to a MAC team could inspire the Wolverines. I’m not worried because there’s one major factor at play here…Michigan sucks and MSU is not bad.
Ohio St +2 1/2 v PSU
Are you kidding? I get points in the shoe? Hey Penn State’s pretty good but get real. Was it that big win over Temple that made Vegas a believer? OSU should be getting hammered for the way they keep losing in big games but don’t put that label on this game. Just because OSU can’t handle the USC’s of the world, has no bearing on this game.
Bama -6 @ Tennessee
I’m sure if a Tennessee fan reads my Ohio State prediction is thinking the same thing I did above. “You mean I get a TD at home in a rivalry game? I get a chance to end Bama’s return to greatness at Neyland Stadium and you take Bama who’s playing without Cody?” Yea, I know all that, but here’s this: you have Phil Fulmer and I’ve got Nick Saban. I win.
NYJ -13 1/2 v KC
You’d think I’d never touch the Jets again after they emarassed themselves and me last week. Honestly, that has a lot to do with why I’m picking them this week. They were awful last week and they want to prove they’re not that bad. They’re still alive for a playoff spot so they need to win, and the Chiefs are beyond awful. This franchise is an embarassment to the legacy of Lamar Hunt. There’s no way a third string QB is going to come in and beat Brett Favre. This is a big number in an NFL game. A Jets defensive TD and a few more KC turnovers for field position make this number too low.
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