Should have watched some of these “Cupcake” games closer! And I thought Nicholls State beating Kansas was an UPSET!!! Kiffin for Coach of the Year!!!!
Piedmont Padre is completing his Lego model of the Ark of the Covenant for his fireplace mantel. May be really late releasing his prognostications ( unless he looks into the Ark once completed and then we will never see his week 2 picks ).
AHH…..The Padre took heed and DID NOT look into the ARK so here we go….
Georgia Bulldogs 27 South Carolina Gamecocks 17
Bulldogs have too much depth for Carolina. After the game, Muschamp has to enter the Jack Nicholson’s “Anger Management” program that Adam Sandler took. Video by ESPN next Tuesday– Muschamp losing his cool at practice, then he stops and sings “I feel pretty, Oh so pretty, I feel pretty and witty and bright!”
USC Trojans 24 Stanford 20
Although the Southern Cal players thought Calculus was a Roman Emperor, they still have more muscle and strength on the gridiron than the Fightin’ Einsteins!
Texas A & M 23 Clemson Tigers 20 – UPSET OF THE WEEK
Clemson is better, and outplays A & M, but turnovers prove to be the difference. Jimbo gets a big win in his 2nd game! I have nothing funny to add. I love Dabo. And just selfishly ( as a Gator ) glad Jimbo left FSU. But I do have a FSU Joke: Did you hear about the FSU Seminoles’ fan who won a gold medal at the Olympics? He liked it so much that he decided to get it bronzed!
Florida Gators 31 Kentucky Wildcats 27
Much closer than the “other experts” predict. I am worried about this game as a Gator. Don’t know what we have. Don’t know what Kentucky has. But I’m gonna say the streak continues. If we lose? Dan Mullen goes from Hero and Savior of the program to Uncle Eddie from the Vacation movies. Oh No, look what Stoops just sent me…..
Zimmern’s Twin has been soaking on the recent NIKE decision to name Colin K as their new spokesman. Word on the street is the same firm who convinced Dr. Pepper to drop Larry for this “fansville” thing is partly responsible. Short of flying to Oregon, eating a weed-laced brownie sheetcake, then chasing it with some Jose Cuervo followed by 10 Jello-shots and then huffing a can of compressed air, ZT can’t come close to understanding it. So, will go with the Jay Cutler approach ( now that he can do no more damage to my Dolphins )………….
FRIDAY NIGHT ( Already 0-1 and have just not been that solid picking College games on High School Night, but reference Cutler ” Just do it. Or don’t. I don’t care” so I will! )
TCU Horned Frogs 42 SMU Mustangs 24
On paper ( or blog ), TCU should mop up early and move on to week 3. One issue, TCU has a date with THE Ohio State Buckeyes next week in Arlington, TX! TCU Coach Gary Patterson is fresh off a 55-7 shellacking of Southern. Dual-threat QB Robinson tossed 5 TD’s in the 1st half and should have another good game against a below par Mustang Squad. SMU got thumped by the Mean Green of N. Texas last week 23-46. HC Sonny Dykes was a 1st Baseman at Texas Tech and has never really gotten past “2nd base” as a college football coach. The son of coaching legend Spike Dykes is a good pedigree but won’t get him a win this week. Mustangs keep it a little closer than expected. Why? It is a rivalry with the winner taking home the “Iron Skillet” …..
SATURDAY ( When REAL college football is played )
Central Michigan Chippewas 28 Kansas Jayhawks 21
WHERE IS MARK MANGINO?!! Put our an APB at all Golden Corrals!! Kansas loses to 26-23 in OT last week to Nicholls State and AD Jeff Long states “not sure about future of HC David Beaty.” SO, ZT Googled Beaty ( because real football fans no NOTHING about KU football ) and notes he is 3-34 at Kansas and officially the worst coach ever at KU with a .081 win percentage. Word is Les “I love the grass in Kansas” Miles has a long time connection and may be in talks to take over. When KU students are asked about the football situation, 87% did not know KU had a team but 98.3% knew the names of the basketball team’s freshmen managers. The Chippewas are fresh off a loss at Kentucky where they were only down by 1 at the half only to be held scoreless in the 2nd half in a 35-20 loss. ZT is going with Central because it is a home game and the official Chippewas website says “football season is fun and memorable for one reason – tailgating.” With that kind of support, how could ZT NOT pick them?
Georgia Bulldogs 34 South Carolina Gamecocks 30
Biggest SEC game of the Week! Kirby and Hulk Muschamp use to play 3 on 3 basketball when they were in school together….Hard to imagine how Muschamp wouldn’t foul out before someone scored 10. USC Freshmen QB Jake ” I wish I drove a ” Bentley will have to be perfect and expect the Bulldogs Defense to do all they can to confuse him. Georgia has QB Jake Fromm returning and several new RB’s including Evander Holyfield’s son Elijah. ZT believes the key is the HUGE O-Line of Georgia. These guys are banned from all buffets and even McDonald’s won’t let them order of the $1 menu! Gamecocks have some electric weapons, especially Deebo Samuel. In the end, closer game than the experts believe but Bulldogs win it. After the game, Muschamp goes to Home Depot and breaks 73 2×4’s over his knee in 42 minutes.
BAMA 55 Arkansas State Red Wolves 17
Ark State is a solid Sunbelt team with a Senior QB Justin Hansen. He has passed for over 7,000 yds. in his career. That said, there will be more heat in Bryant-Denny Stadium than just the 90 degree game time temp! Bama should be content to use Tua, Mac Jones and 4+ RB’s to pound the ball like a Waffle House does a cheap steak! What, no mention of Jalen Hurts this week? Strange event in the 4th Quarter…Ark State QB ( # 2 ) throws one out-of-bounds while running for his life and it is caught by Jalen. Jalen tosses it back to the Referee. 3rd Team QB Mac Jones calls the NCAA to tell them “Jalen just threw a pass” and they issue an immediate statement claiming he participated and this would constitute his 2nd game. When asked about it after the game, Saban says ” I prayed on Sunday AND Wednesday this week not to get angry…..but apparently I need to pray on Friday too. SO, DON’T EVER ASK ME ABOUT IT AGAIN!”
CLEMSON TIGERS 31 Texas A & M Aggies 21
Well….Jimbo Fisher can run from his ACC nemesis but he can’t hide!!! The Dabo Dudes will be in high gear for this one! Dual QB system with Bryant & Lawrence coupled with the maybe the #1 defense in the nation will be too much for the Aggies to handle. When Fisher is asked why they are behind at halftime, he says ” I thought the 12th man meant I could play 12 guys at home at College Station…thought it was a special military exception or something.” When asked about the crowd, Dabo said ” well, they can yell but NCAA doesn’t let the fans play so no issue!”
Florida Gators 28 Kentucky Wildcats 24
“IT’s MULLEN TIME” in Gainesville! No way he wants to be the guy that breaks the 31 game win streak the Gators have over the KY! Looked like if may happen last year…BUT IT DIDN’T, even with McElwain, Nussbum ( no I didn’t misspell it ) , and Luke ” where am I going to play next week” Del Rio at the helm. Wildcat HC Stoops will make it a solid game working to control the clock, convert 3rd downs, limit turnovers, pressure the QB….hey, that is in “Coaching Football for Dummies” edition 3!! Reality, KY is a better team than most of America believes but ZT does like to eat gator so going with UF in a close one!
ZT is going to Krispy Kreme as he got a text the “Hot Now” light is on, more to come if I am inspired…if not, it didn’t cost you anything but time!
Pigskin Prognostications by the Piedmont Padre and Zimmern's Twin 