Yes, the last weekend of October is scary for many reasons to include the horror many fan bases will feel when their team is cut into into pieces by an unsuspecting foe!!
We saw SMU almost join the McRib Roster just yesterday after barely surviving a road trip to Houston ( Home of the “Redshirt Special” ) and likely more frightening results with 10 of the Top 25 on the road this week.
Speaking of on the road, ZT was traveling this week and found one of his favorite culinary delights as shown below at a Circle K in Southwest Georgia…..
Where can a dude find this many options for mysterious meat products in 1 offering!!!
But that is not all….ZT was overcome with excitement at a new offering and IN THE SAME BUILDING with the above, special Slurpees, hot boiled peanut vats, etc…….check this out below!!!!!!!
Yes…..THESE are aptly called TORNADOS!!! ZT enjoyed the Ranchero Steak & Cheese Tornado and the Cheesy Pepper Jack Tornado ( #1 & #3 from L to R ). Didn’t really understand why they were called Tornados until 8 hours later……… ZT plans to stick with mysterious meat selections in the future as I was forced to miss the SMU-Houston game due to high winds……….. Things have calmed down and now ready to prognosticate:
Saturday Full Portion Prognostications
#13 Wisconsin Badgers 24 #3 Ohio State Buckeyes 31
1 of 2 Super Games of the Week…… OSU is ZT’s #1 and Top 5 on Offense & Defense! Have yet to see anyone really challenge them but that will change this week. Badgers are #1 in the Nation in Time of Possession ( an honor usually reserved for one of the Service Academies ) and if they can avoid any critical turnovers it is a recipe for an upset in Columbus! Hard to find weakness in the Buckeyes but lowest ratings are in sacks allowed so if Wiscy can get after Dual-threat QB Justin “My Mom is Mrs.” Fields and disrupt the flow…who knows. Ok, all this is easier to write about than execute as OSU is also #3 in rushing with RB JK “Don’t let Dobby Free” Dobbins ( Really ZT? A Harry Potter reference? ok, no more! ). Should be a good one to watch but ZT see’s Badgers headed back to the woods of Wisconsin with 2 losses, in a close one…..
#9 Auburn Tigers 21 #2 LSU TIGAHS 27
SEC Super Game of the Week ……. Can the Auburn defense stand up to the hottest offense on the Bayou led by QB Joe “Give you 5 dollars to ride your ” Burrow?……Interesting note: these 2 defenses are almost dead even with both allowing 319 yds. per game with roughly 94 yds. rushing. LSU actually allows 3 points more per game ( 20 vs. 17.1) but have to believe home field advantage is just enough of a tipping point to favor the TIGAHS over the Tigers in this one. Gary Danielson spotted after the game on Bourbon Street headed to a Drag show at The Pub in his Halloween Costume ( just fits him doesn’t it ?! )
#8 Notre Dame Fighting Irish 24 #19 Michigan Wolverines 28
Well, Well, Well…….rumors surface this week about Harbaugh sniffing out other coaching opportunities? Hearing NFL spot allows everyone to feel good about changing out a Michigan Guy? Heck of a time for this to surface….Did the Vatican leak this in an effort to distract the Wolverines and keep the Irish alive in the Playoff Picture?? Honestly, ND has played Georgia and UVA and that is it while Michigan has played 3 Top 20 teams with only Wiscy thumping them in Mid-September. ZT going with Shea Paterson & some solid Wolverine Defense to handle ND QB Ian “I shoulda read the play” Book and the Irish in a slight upset at The Big House!
FLASH!!! PADRE sending some prognostications via a still, quiet voice and no commentary…..just focus on the scores and say nothing is the message:
Ohio State Buckeyes 34 Wisconsin Badgers 17
LSU Tigers 34 Auburn Tigers 23
Alabama – HULK Arkansas – Loki
Notre Dame Fighting Irish 23 Michigan Wolverines 20
Tennessee Vols 20 S. Carolina Gamecocks 19 UPSET OF THE WEEK
Padre departs in the form of a quiet mist….
ZT Quick Snack Picks
Arkansas Razorbacks 17 #1 BAMA 38
Saban took TUA to watch old episodes of the $6 Million Dollar Man after he had some synthetic ligaments added to fix his 2nd high ankle sprain. Saban said ” Aight, this guy was in a freakin NASA accident and was up faster than you were last time…I looked at his film 3 times so no reason you can’t be ready by LSU!”
#5 Oklahoma Sooners 38 Kansas State 14
Wildcats pretty decent on defense but just don’t see them hanging with OU and former Bama QB Jalen “Glad no one on the wrecked schooner got” Hurts. Word is Governor of Alabama even called to see if a government subsidy could be used to rent him for the LSU game in 2 weeks. Boomer Schooner still in the shop but won’t need it this week!!
#6 Penn State Nittany Lions 23 Michigan State Spartans 24 – Upset Special
Something smells in this one…..Nittany Lions did blow a lead last week vs. Michigan but Sparty playing more like Farty much of this season. Granted, MSU big loses were to OSU & Wiscy so maybe a little better than America thinks & PSU coming off a few tight games with Iowa & Michigan. A week off for Sparty and a game at home is a recipe for Lion taming……ZT smells the upset in East Lansing!!!
Boston College Eagles 13 #4 Clemson Tigers 41
Dabo makes more than Nick Saban ( $9.3mm vs. $8.85mm ) so that means Clemson beats BC worse than Bama beats Arkansas……..not to mention, Clemson QB has good ankles…
Texas Longhorns 31 TCU Horned Frogs 28
The Battle for Texas!! Not really but sounded good! Vegas line indicates something odd going on here but TCU has had trouble on Offense and counts on its #1 Defense ( ok, it IS in the Big 12 so what does #1 Defense really mean ) to carry them forward….Think Bevo eats some frog legs this week….
Washington State Cougars 24 #11 Oregon Ducks 49
Only picking this one because I like Pirate Mike ( even if he is less relevant this season ), his Air-Raid offense that considers 70 passes per game as ball control and of course any press conference he holds. Ducks HC Mario “stare into my” Cristobal looks to stay in the outside hunt for a playoff spot at home. One dark spot, ZT has demoted Brian “my butt is” Griese to the same status as Gary D. After listening to that fool call the Bama game last week, it is no wonder he only gets late night announcing gigs and was seen wearing this Halloween costume in downtown Eugene………..
Burnt Entrée
Liberty Flames vs. Rutgers Scarlet Knights
How bad do you have to be to wake up realizing you are paying a private school team $1 million dollars to come and likely beat you at home? Welcome to Rutgers!! It is so bad that because the National Weather Service indicated a 1% chance of rain, the Rutgers President and AD tried to cancel the contest citing “crowd safety”….1st issue, there will be NO CROWD at this game. The fans that show up are thinking Flames HC Hugh Freeze will recite lines from The Blind Side at halftime. Instead of watching this one, attend a seminar on the growth of mold spores in subtropical climates and their impact on salamanders. When you are done, put on a T-shirt that says ” Jersey Shore Sucks and so do their Mothers” and walk around downtown New Brunswick until someone mugs you. A night in the ER will be more entertaining than this one.
ZT headed to the Bakery Outlet store to buy some “just out of date” honey buns to give out at Halloween later this week………
Pigskin Prognostications by the Piedmont Padre and Zimmern's Twin 