Thanksgiving is hard to beat. Before I get to the rivalry games, LATE last night Boise State lost to Nevada. So, no more Boise St. in the BCS crud from anyone, OK? I like Boise by the way.
I picked Alabama to beat Auburn and early on it looked like a spanking. But give the warbeagles credit for quite a turn around. Momentum did the fickle switch and once Auburn got it, everybody was faster and stronger and more energetic. Alabama looked just the opposite. Great game and even though I don't like Auburn at all, that was strong. Now I'll have to pull for South Carolina and the old ball coach to knock off the beagles. Oh and go Arkansas today, no way I want Lester Miles and LSU to sneak into anything significant :)
Florida has beaten FSU 6 times in a row and today in Tallahassee, the NOLES have their best chance in a long time to beat the Gators. Both teams are hard to predict, but at least FSU has a clue about who there are offensively. Go Noles, by 4. Maybe. Oh yes, if Maryland could somehow beat NC State, FSU would play Va Tech in the ACC Championship game with a BCS bowl berth on the line. An undeserved one...
High school playoffs are still going strong. Next weekend I expect to be in Cairo/Tally on Friday night, so I may go see Navarre @ Lincoln OR Cocoa at Madison...strong.
Yesterday, while my daughter was "conditioning" at the big park in Umatilla, my son Josh and pal Malcolm and I, played football and soccer and worked out too. We did the football Pass, Punt and Kick challenge that I witnessed at Abilene Christian Universtity's half time a few years ago (ACU is 11-0 and #2 in D2 by the way). The idea is to move the ball 120 yards with the pass, punt and field goal. We cheated in that we did the 110 yard version. All 3 of us were successful on the first try ( we did have a nice breeze behind us) with Josh clearly the stronger competitor (his kick would have been good for 45 plus). So, we did the noble thing and tried again at full distance. OH for 3 :), although we did have distance, just not direction on the kicks. Fun stuff.
Georgia Southern hosts South Carolina St today in the first round of the FCS division. Go Eagles!
Interesting blog...
ReplyDeleteDo you not like Auburn for personal reasons (just the basic choice in the rivalry), or is there a specific thing about the team this year you do not like (other than the yet unproven allegations regarding the pay-for-play)?
Wetumpka got slaughtered in the 3rd round of state 6A playoffs by Daphne. But, it was a fun run especially since we got to beat Prattville twice this season:)