CFB – Week 7….TIMBER!!!!!!

What a week 6 with some incredible games!!! 2 of the Top 5 lost last week and noted 40 Ranked teams have lost games so far this season! How about this… Guess which conference has 5 teams in the Top 10? YES, it is the Big 10!!! Likely to stay that way through week 7 with OSU, Penn State, and Michigan all having that much coveted BYE WEEK and looks like great timing for them! For the rest of the gang, got to focus and find a way to dig deep and get another win!!!

Padre is in Bayou Mode……been watching the movie Waterboy non-stop for 72 hours just to get his mind right for the LSU game and prognosticating…

Florida 30 LSU 27

My Gators are better coached. My Gators have a better team. My Gators have WAY less injuries. Translation: My Gators will almost lose a game they have no business not winning by 15+ points. Side Note: Less than two years removed from a Natty, Coach O has about as much chance of surviving as a pizzeria who serves pineapple pizza pies in Italy.

Arkansas 27 Auburn 17

Brutal loss last week for Pittman’s Angry Pigs. My Arkansas friend didn’t even talk to me for around 48 hours while he mourned ( true story! ). His first words as he reached out by text? “Tough weekend man.” The Braves made the NLCS, so he is a little better right now. A little. Personally, I felt Arkansas was the better team last week, and I feel like they are the better team this week – but this time they win. The PittMeister gets his boys up for the game and takes out the Tiger-Eagle from the Plains.

Oklahoma State 34 Texas 31 Minor Upset

I actually believe Sark has the Longhorns on the rise, but last week’s loss was a bigger punch to the gut for Texas fans than the final season of Game of Thrones was for GoT fans – okay, maybe not that bad! Bran?! Really?! Bran!?! Anyway, the Pokes take advantage of the Longhorn’s broken heart and pull off the close victory. #MulletMade

Georgia 37 Kentucky 10

Kentucky is 6-0 for the first time since King George taxed the colonies. Georgia is #1 in the AP for the first time since the first season of Knight Rider ( true story! ). Well, very much like David Hasselhoff killed it on the night the Berlin Wall came down, Georgia kills the dreams of the upstart Cats. Look at it this way Kentucky: You’ll be 6-1 for the first time since, well, King George taxed the colonies.

Bama 44 Mississippi State 17

An angry Satan – I mean Saban – beats a ramblin’ pirate 8 days a week.

Texas A & M 30 Mizzou 29 ALMOST Upset

A & M riding high after taking out Satan- I mean Saban- and his Legion of Demons – I mean Crimson Tide. Mizzou is desperate. Desperation gets the Tigers close…..but just short. ***Calm down Bammers, you’ve won 6 Nattys in 12 seasons. We are all jealous of you. Heck to prove how big you are, I am writing more about Bama and Saban than I am about A & M for their game against Mizzou. Just calm down and call Paul Finebaum for some rare loss therapy sessions.

Tennessee 44 Ole Miss 41 Minor Upset

My Gators thumped Tennessee. Now suddenly, Tennessee’s offense is on fire. Ole Miss had an emotional win last week. Tennessee had a walkthrough. The Vols have just enough to take out the Rebs with a FG at the end of the game. Neyland goes crazy. Fans storm the field. They take down the goalposts. Because the beat their old coach and……mighty Ole Miss. Meanwhile, Kiffin realizes, again, that you can’t always pop your popcorn and eat it too ( does that dad-joke even make sense?).

Purdue 27 Iowa 26 UPSET of the WEEK!

Iowa is #2….after coming back on a Penn State team without a QB. I love Coach Ferentz, but does anybody really believe Iowa is #2? Really? Do Iowa fans even believe they are #2? People who think Iowa is #2 probably think pineapple belongs on pizza. Just sayin’. Anyway, I have NOTHING against Iowa, but I do believe their run has to end somewhere. I say it ends this weekend against Purdue. And then Cincy becomes #2. Really? Does anybody believe Cincy is #2?!? Here I go again………

ZT is still searching for the best brain food he can find. Traveling this week and believe a good bone-in bison (grain fed with no drugs of course ) steak would be a great boost after the “Big AZ Country Fried Chicken Sandwich” last week slowed the blood flow down much faster than expected. Explains ZT’s prognostications but it’s a new week!!!!

And since we all know traveling typically generates an increase in snacking, ZT also going with an “ALL ZT QUICK SNACK” selection week…..

#20 Florida Gators vs LSU TIGAHS

Battle of the Swamp dwellers!! Not saying Coach O is on the hot seat but he just ordered 5 pairs of asbestos jeans and underwear from Duluth Trading Co. On the other side, Mullen is feeling more “warmth” from his fan base than the heat shield on a Space X trip re-entry. ZT says Mullen survives while Coach O flames out. Gators 38 TIGAHS 21

UCF Knights vs #3 Cincinnati Bearcats

Well, well, well…..After UCF won the Orlando National Championship in 2017, here comes one of their ACC foes working to show them how it’s REALLY done! Bearcats destroyed the Temple Owls ( so bad that even PETA has complained ). ZT likes what HC Fickell is doing and thinks he runs the Gus Bus off the road again this week…… Bearcats 42 Knights 17

Auburn Tigers vs #17 Arkansas Razorbacks

Bacon Bits….man, that one hurt!!! Good news? 3 straight home games. Tigers got behind Georgia ( like most ) but never gave up. So what happens in Fayetteville this week? HOGS will run because that is what HOGS do. AUB QB Bo Nix will scramble more than a guy trying to clean up the house after his wife has been out of town for a week ( ZT knows how much that is from experience ). Defensive play will be elevated but HOGS get the W at Home and HC Sam Pittman will break out the locker room Juke Box and play “Shave that Tiger” ( ZT says don’t watch that one on YouTube or you will have permanent scarring!! ). HOGS 24 Tigers 20

#11 Kentucky Wildcats vs. #1 Georgia Bulldogs

Game of the week in the SEC ( which typically means in all of CFB ) with the Wildcats HC Mark Stoops bringing in a nasty group of felines to due battle with a nasty group of dawgs in the bushes ( ok between the Hedges ). Like the KY offense…..LOVE the Bulldog Defense. LOVE > LIKE. Wildcats haven’t been 6-0 since the 50’s and Bulldogs haven’t been #1 since the 80’s. Someone gonna be crying Saturday Night. Bulldogs 27 Crying Cats 10

#5 Alabama Crimson Tide vs. Mississippi State Bulldogs

Will it be Grandpa Saban or Coach Saban this week in T-Town as the Tide gets ready to play Pirate Mike Leach and the Mississippi version of his Air Raid Offense in Starkville at night??? Tide looks like a team that needs a break but not happening for a few more weeks. Bulldogs had the week off to get ready for this one. ZT sees Bama rebounding but not fully healed. Bama 38 Air Bull Dogs 24

#18 Arizona State Sun Devils vs Utah Utes

Sun Devils got to travel to Utah….ASU QB Jayden Daniels loves to throw AND spread it around noting 6 receivers with 135 or more yards this season. Both these team showing improved play. ZT loves Utes QB Cameron “bad moon” Rising who has over 500 yards and 4 TDs in 2 starts and 300+ against USC. ZT calling the upset at HOME, at NIGHT ( no Sun you Devils )…. UTES 24 Sun Devils 21

Purdue Boilermakers vs. #2 Iowa Hawkeyes

Hawkeyes took out the Nittany Lions last week and get to party with the Boilermakers this week. Iowa still not flashy but winning, so far, with defense ( Bama fans ask “What is Defense??” ). ZT considering changing his name to be closer to Purdue RB King Doerue….maybe Prince Fondue??… will keep you posted. Bottom line: Iowa goes to bye week 7-0 Hawkeyes 23 Boilermakers 10

TCU Horned Frogs vs. #4 Oklahoma Sooners

BOOMER!!! QB battle would appear to be over. Will see if Lincoln Riley can keep Rattler or will he enter the transfer portal. That is likely locker room concern but QB Caleb Williams has firm control of the starting spot (ZT has it on good authority the fans have wanted this for several weeks ). NOTE: OU has not announced who starts this week….why would they! TCU got back in win column last week but don’t see them keeping up this week. Boomer Schooner runs over the poor horned frog at their Frogilos ( ZT acting like a Herpetologist??? ) Boomer Schooner 38 Squished Frogs 24

#12 Oklahoma State Cowboys vs #25 Texas Longhorns

Can TX recover from that heartbreaker in the Cotton Bowl last week? Blowing a 21 point lead is worse than being 4 beers ahead of your little sister in a 6-pack chugging contest and losing!!! OSU defense is better than promoted giving up less than 19 PPG. They do this with a DL/LB corps that will break you like Ricky Bobby’s Mom did her grand kids. Plus Cowboys like to dominate cattle. Cowboys 31 Longhorns 27

#10 Michigan State Spartans vs. Indiana Hoosiers

It’s a big party with Sparty!!! They are quietly 6-0 and fresh off a good pounding of Rutgers. MSU has a solid/balanced offense and Hoosiers is a better movie than this football team. Sparty 31 Hoosiers 4 3-pointers

#13 Ole Miss Rebels vs. Tennessee Volunteers

Vols HC Heupel has this team playing some SOLID offense and Ole Miss defense should be the Sand Dollars vs. Land Sharks. Ole Miss has only lost to Bama and bounced back the next week to take out the Bacon Boys. Thank you Matt Corrall who has already thrown for 1500 yards and 12 TDs. Oh yeah? Add 8 rushing TDs!! Clear your bladder before this one starts because they will be scoring quickly and often!! Rebels 49 Vols 38

#21 Texas A & M Aggies vs Missouri Tigers

Aggies Offense signed a NIL deal with Duncan YoYo company. Mizzou has not played a ranked team until this week….Enough said. Aggies 48 Tigers 31

Padre and ZT off to watch their teams play…..we NEVER have a bye week during the season and like it that way!!!!