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Thursday Pickin XIV (Wednesday edition)

November 26, 2008 · 30 Comments

Quote of the Day       “In the silence of her mind, Quiet movements, well I can find, Grabbin for me with her eyes, Now I’m fallin from her skies.”     –The Guess Who, No Sugar Tonight

I gotta bang this out quick so I can get on with finishing off “Third Week” leftovers in time to clean the slate for the Thanksgiving feast that begins tomorrow. Eight POTW winners last week, 3 no-shows, and RSR won the week by virtue of the all or nothing strategy and a song of the week victory, quoted above. Nobody won for list or theme, but vote getters received a nominal bonus. Last week’s results:

  1. RockStarRambler
  2. Fig E  (2-3)
  3. TKH (2-3)
  4. MD (2-3)
  5. SC (2-3)
  6. Larry (1-3)
  7. TB (2-3)
  8. Zeek (1-4)
  9. JLM (3-1)
  10. Feidt’s Follies (3-1) I couldn’t figure out your theme–clue us in
  11. Pitalo (2-2)
  12. Sweet (6-3)
  13. Smily (2-1)
  14. Ed 
  15. BR
  16. RMac
  17. Stone
  18. Greeg, OB Lefty, Face (on strike)

Season standings:

  1. TB    438
  2. Fig E  437
  3. RMac 422
  4. Ed  401
  5. RSR  398
  6. Feidt’s Follies 389
  7. Larry  368
  8. Pitalo   367
  9. OB   365
  10. Stone  357
  11. SC  355
  12. Zeek  335
  13. Sweet 334
  14. MD  318
  15. Smily  305
  16. JLM  304
  17. Face  291
  18. BR  388
  19. Greeg 275
  20. TKH  274

My Picks

  • Texas A&M  +35
  • LSU  -5
  • Memphis  -13′
  • Oklahoma  -7
  • Georgia Tech  +8′

POTW–State +18 (Go to Hell Ole Miss)

My Tunes

  • Hell’s Bell’s–AC/DC
  • Crossroad Blues–Robert Johnson
  • Devil’s Haircut–Beck
  • Whiskey Bent and Hell Bound–Bocephus
  • Runnin With the Devil–Van Halen

SOTW–Straight to Hell–Drivin and Cryin

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30 responses so far ↓

  • RMac // November 26, 2008 at 7:22 pm

    POTW – Ole Miss

    Free your Mind – En Vogue
    Union – Black Eyed Peas
    Peace Train – Cat Stevens

  • travellinbaen // November 26, 2008 at 8:53 pm

    It’s so easy to be magnanimous when you’re team is good.

  • ZEEK // November 26, 2008 at 9:14 pm

    Thanksgiving makes me think of mom sometimes so my theme this week will be females of old school country.

    SOTW-Loretta Lynn- Coal Miner’s Daughter
    (nuff said)
    Patsy Cline -Crazy

    Dolly Parton-Cowboy and the Dandy

    Crystal Gayle- Don’t it make my Brown Eyes Blue

    Tanya Tucker- The Night they Drove
    Old Dixie Down

    Tammy Wynette- Stand by Your Man

    Gridiron:

    POTW-Fla-16

    West Va-3′

    Tex Tech-21′

    So. Car. +1′

    Tenn-4′

  • supercynic // November 26, 2008 at 10:44 pm

    “It’s so easy to be magnanimous when you’re team is good.”

    Thanks, TB. That’s awfully nice of you to say those kind words about Ole Miss. Hey, MSU is no slouch of a football team. Ole Miss better not overlook them because they’ll kick Ole Miss’ butt. And quick. Anyway, I sure do appreciate your politeness.

    Ok, enough magnanimity.

    LSU -5
    Wake Forest -4
    Alabama -14
    Florida -16
    South Carolina +1′
    POTW: Tennessee -4′

  • larry // November 27, 2008 at 10:46 am

    I had a chance encounter with TB yesterday and I might say he is looking rather fit. TB is right, his wife is way out of his league.

    Wake -4
    LSU -5
    Auburn +14
    Tenn -4′

    POTW

    Ole Miss -16

    Tightrope – Stevie Ray Vaughan
    Devils Right Hand – Steve Earle
    We Just Disagree – Dave Mason
    Tempted – Marty Stuart
    Tumbling Dice – The Rolling Stones

    SOTW
    Ain’t No Good Chain Gangs – Johnny Cash & Waylon Jennings

  • travellinbaen // November 27, 2008 at 11:07 am

    I know of quite a few girls who inexplicably married down, to the great benefit of more than one Thursday picker.

  • Jessie Lou // November 27, 2008 at 8:28 pm

    Hope all of you are having a great thanksgiving.

    Florida – 16 1/2
    Kentucky +4
    South Carolina
    Vanderbilt – +4

    POTW – LSU – 5

    Songs Various with no theme:

    She’s got Skillz – All 4 One
    Gonna Make You Sweat – C&C Music Factory
    Genie in A Bottle – Christina Aguillera
    1 Week – Bare Naked Ladies
    Closing Time – Semi Sonic

    SOTW – There We Are – James Taylor

  • smilyj // November 27, 2008 at 9:19 pm

    POTW LSU -5
    also STATE +18.5
    Fresno State -21
    South Carolina +1
    SOTW Waylon- “Drinking and Dreaming”
    Willie- “Bloody Mary Morning”
    Hank-”Naked Women and Beer”
    Kid Rock-”Drunk in The Morning”

  • RockStarRambler // November 28, 2008 at 11:05 am

    POTW: Ole Miss -18

    Here is this week’s songlist, inspired by some of RSR’s family members at Thanksgiving:

    Walkin’ Cane – REK

    Mother, Mother – Tracy Bonham

    Tiny Dancer (aka Hold Me Closer Tony Danza) – Elton John

    Alright Guy – Todd Snider

    Brother Love’s Travellin’ Salvation Show – Neil Diamond

    SOTW: (Don’t Fear) The Reaper – Blue Oyster Cult

  • jon feidt // November 28, 2008 at 12:27 pm

    funny how the picks for Ole Miss are -16 and the picks for State are +18′. Question of the week: How do you spend $54 at the Jazz Club. Still cheaper then anywhere else in the free world.

    Still early so I’ll be brief:

    Rebels by 29 (expecting bonus here Baen)
    Oregon St – 3′
    Okie St +7′
    Texas Tech – 38
    Pick o The Week: Tennesse -4′

    Songs will come to me about halftime. Time to break out the Bourbon. But the first song is the National Athem followed by the band banging on the drums kicking into Dixie as The Red and Blue rain down all over state running out onto the field.

  • Bobby Pitalo // November 28, 2008 at 1:20 pm

    LSU -6 1/2
    SMU +15
    Georgia -7
    Alabama -15
    South Caralina pk

    POTW
    Bowling Green -2

  • sweet // November 28, 2008 at 8:01 pm

    Picks:
    Fla -16′ (POTW)
    BC-6′
    Mem-14
    USM-15
    Hou-3′
    Ala-14′
    Ky+4
    Ore St-3
    SCar+1

    Theme – Gerrycurls
    SOTW – Soul Glo (Coming to America)
    The Children Are our Future (Randy Watson w/Sexual Chocolate)

  • sweet // November 28, 2008 at 8:04 pm

    Jhericurls

  • Fig E // November 28, 2008 at 9:28 pm

    Picks:
    *usm -15 @ SMU
    *Georgia Tech +8 @ GEORGIA
    *Florida -16′ @ FLORIDA STATE
    *OREGON STATE -3 vs Oregon
    *South Carolina +1 @ CLEMSON

    POTW:
    ALABAMA -14′ vs Auburn

    TUNES:
    *Jerry Jeff Walker – Hairy Ass Hillbillies
    *Skid Row – I’ll Remember You
    *Guns N Roses – One In A Million
    *Jimmy Buffett – Wonder Why We Ever Go Home
    *Jason Boland & The Stragglers – Bottle By My Bed

  • Greeg // November 29, 2008 at 11:13 am

    2 Ps OTW
    Memphis -14
    USM -15

    Bama -14′

    Songs
    Je t’aime moi non plus – Serge Gainsbourg & Jane Birkin (The sexiest song I have ever heard. I have no idea what they are saying but the song was banned in the US so it must be pretty provocative.)
    Wind It Up – Gwen Stefani

  • travellinbaen // November 29, 2008 at 1:19 pm

    MD’s picks

    FL -16′
    AL -14′
    OK -7′
    POTW Ore State -3

  • ZEEK // November 29, 2008 at 5:34 pm

    Funny how Fig finally wised up and didn’t go against Ole Miss this week after hating on them for many weeks in a row. Did you run out of Haterade?

  • Anonymous // November 29, 2008 at 6:23 pm

    That was funny – Haterade!

    Kind of sad about Sylvester Croom. After being subjected to so much Auburn news through the Mississippi (really Alabama) Press, I’ll be anxious to see what goes on with Tuberville. At least Croom was likable which cannot be said for the Riverboat Gambler, not by me at any rate.

    On a totally seperate note – do not go see 4 Christmases with Vince Vaughn.

  • Fig E // November 30, 2008 at 9:40 pm

    Zeek, note the date and time of my picks post. It was after the Ole Miss – MS State game was over.

  • ZEEK // December 3, 2008 at 1:26 am

    My vote for all three categories this week(In music) go to Smily.

  • Jessie Lou // December 3, 2008 at 9:03 am

    I’m going with Greeg’s french tune in tribute to my french friend I spent the weekend visiting.

  • RockStarRambler // December 3, 2008 at 11:20 am

    song – Larry for We Just Disagree

    theme – RMac

    list – TB (hate the theme, but love the tunes)

  • Greeg // December 3, 2008 at 11:36 am

    SOTW vote goes to The Children Are our Future (Randy Watson w/Sexual Chocolate)
    Theme goes to Sweet
    List goes to Sweet

  • Madd Dawg // December 3, 2008 at 11:49 am

    JL,
    Please define “visiting”. Remember, this is a PG rated blog.

  • larry // December 3, 2008 at 1:41 pm

    RSR For List and

    SOTW – Brother Love’s Travellin Salvation Show

  • Jessie Lou // December 3, 2008 at 5:54 pm

    MD – would you like the truth or a lie?

  • sweet // December 4, 2008 at 12:50 pm

    Theme – Zeek
    List – smi-LY
    Song (tie) – Wind It Up & Gonna Make You Sweat

  • Madd Dawg // December 4, 2008 at 4:23 pm

    JL,
    whichever version is more interesting to read

  • Jessie Lou // December 4, 2008 at 4:25 pm

    MD – I’ll just let your imagination do the writing – her name is Monique……

  • Madd Dawg // December 4, 2008 at 5:42 pm

    I can work with that

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