Weekly Picks of the Week - Week 5

Picks in Bold

Rankings based on Coaches Poll
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Virginia Tech Hokies @ Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (-7)

Thursday 7:30
ESPN

#13 South Carolina Gamecocks (-7.5) @ Central Florida Knights

12:00
ABC

#6 LSU Tigers (+3) @ #10 Georgia Bulldogs

3:30
CBS

#12 Oklahoma Sooners (-3.5) @ #22 Notre Dame Fighting Irish

3:30
NBC

#21 Mississippi Rebels (+15.5) @ #1 Alabama Crimson Tide

6:30
ESPN

#24 Wisconsin Badgers @ #3 Ohio State Buckeyes (-7)

8:00
ABC

-Is it just me or have there been one, maybe two, good match-ups each week this season?  And by good match-up, I mean a game between two ranked teams.  It's pretty bad when ESPN is showing Colorado St v. Alabama in primetime (that actually happened last week) and ABC's two primetime games were Michigan at Connecticut and Kansas St at Texas.  Connecticut lost to Towson.  Towson!  Connecticut should not be allowed on national television, especially primetime television.  Pathetic.  For the most part, this season has been pretty boring and it will only get a little better this week.  Personally, I blame the SEC because it seems like all of their teams are (unfairly) ranked and they refuse to schedule games against quality non-conference opponents.  Jerks.

-A couple of weeks ago, I was playing golf with my buddy BP.  BP is a Gamecock fan, so we try to steer away from talking about football because it will only turn into nothing but insults about each others' team.  So, one of our random topics was "Who is college football's worst announcer?".  My first thought was Lou Holtz because you can't understand anything he says and he is a massive boner, I mean homer (he always picks Notre Dame even if they are a 2 TD underdog).  But I said Jesse Palmer.  I had watched the game he announced the night before we played and I came to loath that guy.  He seems to talk just to hear his own voice even when half the stuff he says is utter nonsense.  Then came the Clemson game last week and it got even worse.  He said so much stupid shit that I swear David Pollack was going to knock him out.  You could definitely hear it in David's voice that he was tired of listening to Jesse talk about things he obviously had no idea what he was talking about and I really thought a fight was going to break out.  So, as of right now, the worst announcer in college football is Jesse Palmer and no one else is even close.

-I had another winning week last week.  I told you I would get back to my winning ways and they will continue or your money back.

The Funniest Sign From Last Week's College GameDay

(There was another sign that said "Samantha, Can Christian Even Pass the Salt?" that I found hilarious.  If you don't get it, it's b/c the hot blond who replaced Erin Andrews on GameDay is married to terrible Vikings' QB, Christian Ponder)

-Alright, enjoy the fifth week of college football.

Last Week's Results: 4-2
Season Results: 14-8-1