Football Friday
November 4th, 2005 at 12:37 pm by Preston Taylor HolmesIt’s been a rough week here on top of ol’ Rocky Top. There’s been much wailing and gnashing of teeth. Even Randy Sanders has finally fallen on the sword for The Great Pumpkin’s piss-poor offense and institution-wide lack of discipline. A trip to South Bend to face Charlie Weis’ Fighting Irish is not just what the doctor ordered.
Cougar Scott must be creaming his jeans with the toothless Vols coming to town this week to be sacrificed on top of the Golden Dome.
The Irish are going to DDT the hapless Vols, 34-17. And I’m not sure Tennessee will be able to muster 17 points. Since Fulmer has made it clear that “play calling this week will be a group effort” – setting up yet another loophole for himself to avoid accountability for lack of production – you can expect more inefficiency, more mistakes and continued embarrassment throughout the rest of the season.
Elsewhere in semi-pro ball (where I went 1-for-5 last week, ugh):
- Va Tech 30 Miami 27 – This should be a good game. Va Tech will squeak this one out, keeping the BCS a nasty mess.
- Penn State 33 Wisconsin 23 – Penn State is actually going to have a shot at the Big Ten title for the first time in forever, and that will be plenty of motivation.
- Florida 22 Vandy 14 – The Commode-dores will keep it close, but will falter in the end due to their high I.Q.s.
- Arkansas 26 South Carolina 14 – Big let down for the Gamecocks after last week’s vanquishing of the Vols.
In the pros last week, I did go 4/5, which is respectable. The Titans, however, are less and less respectable each week. It seems like they hang in there, then derail late in the game. Tragic. This week, they fall to Brian Sipe and the Cleveland Browns, 24 – 14.
Elsewhere…
- Patriots 27 Colts 24 – This is one of those rare times when I’m actually going to sit down and watch a Monday Night Football game in its entirety. Should be outstanding, but the Colts are due a loss, so here it is.
- Steelers 26 Pack 12 – Even with Charlie Batch playing, the Steelers should be able to win this one with ball-control offense and solid defense, of which they have plenty.
- Carolina 29 Tampa Bay 17 – Without Doug Robinson at QB, the Bucs don’t have a prayer.
- Philly 31 Washington 20 – The real question here is can T.O. keep is big fat mouth shut long enough to play a football game? I hope that Owens has a season-ending injury during this game so that I won’t have to listen to his ignunt ass for the rest of the season.
November 4th, 2005 at 2:14 pm
VaTech will stomp Miami
Wisconsin will stomp Penn State
Patriots will stomp a bloody mudhole into the Colts
The third string will get playing time in South Bend
I will be seeing how long it takes to fill my garage with enough carbon monoxide to make me not care
November 4th, 2005 at 3:34 pm
Penn will kick some azz in wisconsin, count on it. Well maybe not. TO should be hung from the goal post by his big lips. Being a Philly fan I can say this, “put up or shut up TO” you sure as hell do not impress Philly fans in the least.
Listining to the NFL round up this morning, I don’t think there is a team in the league who has a Quarter back worth a damn in this weeks games.
November 5th, 2005 at 12:17 pm
Your picks look about right this week. I’m down with the set, except for maybe that Philly-Redskins game. The hate goes back.
On UT without Captain Randy’s questionable calling running the ship into a ragged coastline, I think they’re either going to stink it up so bad that I’m going to have to tape it so I can freeze frame the exact moment that this season hits rock bottom – Or….the Irish may have a fight on their hands.
People have been calling on getting rid of Sanders for years. Eight years of stinking it up. Losing to Maryland in a bowl game 30 to fucking 3. Explosive turtlepower just doesn’t sound right.
I’m excited. I watch these games every Saturday since David Cutcliffe left and wonder why the ball just isn’t making it to the big play talent. Clausen Jr.’s intense loyalty to Sanders and questionable throwing arm notwithstanding.
John Chavis coaches winners and future Sunday players and having watched his coaching style for so long – I would imagine that he would have them fired up.
I don’t care if they win. I just want to see them fight like they have some pride.
November 5th, 2005 at 10:41 pm
well, I love how I was wrong on every count.
and I’d like to go back to a time when coach Cutt was here and we scored a whole bunch of points.
on somebody not named Vanderbuilt or Kentucky.
cause, for the life of me, I can’t remember.
oh, and to rub salt in the wound, Vandy has tied Florida, 35-35. I honestly don’t think that Tennessee will win two more games.
November 5th, 2005 at 11:17 pm
I was really pulling for Vandy just now, but they laid an egg.
I’m hoping that Tennessee drops the rest of their games. They don’t deserve a bowl game and perhaps complete humiliation will wake some dumbasses up over on the hill.
Until Fulmer goes, we’re screwed, because he’s not going to hire anyone competent as offensive coordinator. The only reason he would hire Cutt is because he knows Cutt wouldn’t take his job like he did King Johnny Majors’.
The Va Tech game caught me completely off guard.
Thank goodness I’ve got a good amount of Jack Daniels™ Brand Bourbon flowing through my bloodstream.
November 6th, 2005 at 9:05 am
Vandy got screwed. That “unsportsmanlike conduct” call when they made their last touchdown in regulation deserves to be looked at by the NCAA. Had they gone for the win instead of the tie that penalty made all of the difference.
Still, double overtime in the swamp for Vandy against ranked Florida was quite a feat.
I did see the fight in the Vols though. The defense was hitting people and getting pressure on Quinn. There were some sparks in the offense but it’s hard to overcome as many turnovers and penalties (early on) as they continue to have.