What a S*%T Show!
Written by Wendi
Between debris being thrown on a field and golf balls hitting head coaches, a Texas player’s horns on his helmet was officially broken, quarterback confusion and another 1 score loss for Nebraska pretty much summed up our weekend. Well, most of us at least.
Well, we know Texas is definitely not back and should not be in the near future. Like 10 years in the future. After the second week of being up double digits and blowing it in the second half, Texas fell to Oklahoma State in Austin.
Raise your hand if you thought Auburn would beat Arkansas? I don’t see any hands! The one day we all picked against them, Bo Nix may have performed his best game yet? Ok, so maybe I got a little ahead of myself on that one. But it appears that Auburn is becoming Texas 2.0. You pick Auburn, they lose. You don’t pick them, they win. It’s just a never-ending nightmare.
In the battle of the B1G’s, Nebraska came ever so close again to getting a W. Like clockwork, they lost by one score. Maybe Frost isn’t the answer. But something needs to change where it be mental or cultural in the cornfields. Rutgers was not able to get past Northwestern in the pillow fight of the week.
Georgia blew by Kentucky with no problem. They appear to be THE team to beat this year.
BYU lost their second game in a row traveling to Waco to play Baylor. Welcome to the Big 12 BYU!
In a game where it appeared that North Carolina was going to put Miami to bed, they let the Canes storm back and with under a minute left in the game and Miami down 45-42, they were in field goal range but they got a little greedy and decided to throw the ball, it got tipped and ultimately picked off.
I must admit the last 3 games I did not finish because I went to bed early. Yes I know, I know. Shameful of me. I don’t feel good about it either. But it appeared that NC State was able to hold off Boston College for the win. Iowa State said "Thank you so much Kansas State for letting us come to Manhattan to beat you” and Washington State handed Stanford their fourth loss of the season.
And for those of us that were paying attention - #2 ranked Iowa fell to Purdue at home.
FUN FACT: There are only 11 remaining teams unbeaten.
On To pick’ems…
You know, the day could have started off better. Did it? No. And who all do we (most of us) have to thank for this. Yes, David we are all looking at you. There were five of us that lost the first four games. Even more of us that only won one of those games. And then there are the usual suspects, Mom and Marc, who nailed three of those games. How is that even possible? I mean thank goodness for Georgia and MOST OF US were able to capitalize on those 10 points. Without those, it could have been a lot worse for a lot of us. After I write this, I need to go back to the store to buy more bandages for these wounds. I imagine I am not alone in that department. Mom and Marc now have a HUGE lead from the rest of the pack.
You got mom and Marc still on top of the food chain singing "Oops, I did it again” (in Britney Spears’ voice). Someone has got to put an end to this madness. It doesn’t help that they are in cahoots with each other. It’s like I said the other day – the Football Gods are against us this year and there is no sign of stopping or slowing it down. But I think I have mom figured out now. It’s all the titanium in her. It is giving her this psychic like ability. Yeah, that’s it.
CONTENDERS OF THE WEEK: Mom, Marc and Stemple. Okay okay! You can join them too Cindy, Megan, Adam, Kim and Sean. You were able to score at least 30 points.
PRETENDERS OF THE WEEK: There was a Circus here in Ozark a few months back. I wonder if they are hiring. I don’t think it is too late for us to join. You know, all of the ones NOT mentioned above. Because this whole season has been a clown show week after week after week. Me, bitter? NAH!
Most points for the week: Someway, somehow Marc lost two games totaling 10 points which netted him 45 points in this disastrous week.
Least points for the week: With Mike snagging only 16 points, that drop from 3rd place looks like a thing of the past. But at least you had the grandbaby this weekend, right?
Best pick of the week: Mom, Marc and Noah gambling with Minnesota over Nebraska. Mom and Marc went pretty high and it paid off.
Worst pick of the week: David’s picks. No I am not talking about his actual picks. I am talking about those games he is posting for us to make our picks on. You know David, all you’re doing is hurting yourself. Look at what place you're in! You are 44 points away from 1st place. How does that make you feel?
<David's edit: I'm still beating you Wendi>
Here are the rankings:
1. Mom -271 points
2. Marc – 266 points
3. Stemple - 237 points
4. Sean - 236 points
5. Kim - 234 points
5. Megan - 234 points
6. Cindy - 231 points
7. David - 227 points
8. Adam - 224 points
9. Mike - 222 points
10. Samuel - 214 points
11. Wendi - 209 points
12. Noah - 206 points
13. Jacob – 199 points
There is a 72 point difference from first to last. Good luck next week, because most of us are going to need it.
