Quote of the Day:
“I need to get married.” –King of the non-sequitur and blank stare creating Hall of Famer, Sweet
Last week was one of the best ever here at Pickin for POTW’s with 14 coming in victorious against 5 losses. Fig posted a rare POTW winner and oh-fer combo. TB had to invent a new rule to give him bonus points to allow him to stay ahead of all POTW losers in the spirit of the game’s framer’s original intent. BR’s futility over the past year and 1/4 is really quite astounding. Mac keeps coming close to his sought for bonus, but the failure to track down a “Roberta” video doomed him once again. Zeek won the week, giving the TBU a “mortal lock” winner and obtaining the reinstatement of his GOOJF card from the State of Mississippi. Let’s go to the scoreboard.
Week 3 Results (record in parentheses is bonus only, the top 14 won their POTW)
- Zeek (4-1 plus theme bonus) 73
- RSR (undefeated) 68
- Sweet (all in) 68
- Irv (3-1) 62
- Mac (3-1) 62
- Smiley (3-2-1) 56
- Feidt’s Follies (3-2) 56
- TB (3-2) 56
- MD (1-1) 50
- BW Buzz (2-2) 50
- Greeg (2-3, plus SOTW bonus) 49
- Sam’s Moma (0-1) 44
- Coach TJ (2-3) 44
- Fig (0-5, plus bonus points to stay above all POTW losers) 39
- JLM (4-1) 38
- Fish (2-3) 14
- Who’s Larry (2-3) 14
- Face 10
- BR 10
- TDW, Q, Calico, maybe Harmo again someday (What’s a game without spectators)
- TKH (MIA)
Season Standings (RSR, Sweet, Irv, Feidt’s Follies, CTJ and Smiley remain unbeaten on POTWs. Greeg is 1 for 1.)
- RSR 209
- Sweet 187
- Irv 168
- Coach TJ 150
- Zeek 148
- Mac 141
- Smiley 132
- BW Buzz 132
- MD 131
- Feidt’s Follies 124
- JLM 108
- TB 106
- Larry 90
- Face 88
- Fish 84
- S&M 73
- Fig 56
- Greeg 49
- BR 30
- TKH 27
- TDW 26
My picks for this week:
- So Miss +14
- Vandy -7
- Arkansas +17′
- Kentucky +22
- Virginia Tech +3
POTW–rrrrrrrREBELS -4
My tunes in celebration of the renewal of the MSU-USM rivalry and a tribute to our opponents before I get back to hatin’ em.
- Take it Easy–The Eagles (one of my favorite first line tunes)
- Nasty–Janet Jackson (you will never see another Jackson family member on a TB list, but this one fits, and I kinda like it too)
- Radar Love–Golden Earring
- Fly Like an Eagle–Steve Miller Band
SOTW–Let There Be Rock–AC/DC
Bonus Quote of the Week:
“Free at last free at last, thank God Almighty…I’m free at last!!!!” –Zeek
Travellinbaen 
Here we go…
Notre Dame -7 (THEY WILL COVER)
Michigan -20
Miami, FL -3
Southern Miss +14
Florida St -14
POTW- The Bulldogs of GEORGIA -11′
POTW- Clem-2′
BYU-17
Cal-5′
FSU-14
NEB-28
Theme will be based on Rebels trip to S.C. tonight.
SOTW- Goin’ to Carolina-James Taylor
The Rose- Barbara Streisand- (Rose Bowl for the Rebels?)
Another one Bites the Dust-Queen
Dixie- Rebel Band (Brings a tear to my eye, it’s that good)
Pick of the Year
Ole Miss -4
Purdue +7
USM +14
Kentucky +21′
FL Intl +1
Song is for Zeek
I Feel Free – Cream
How come I got 44 points in the standings and 49 points for the week?
My editor’s day off. Fixed it.
Oh Yeah, LSU versus State. Probably most of you know of State’s complete suckiness against the Tigahs. But you probably do not know that it can be directly attributed to TB and Smilyj. One weekend long, long ago when State was actually better and expected to beat LSU, TB and Smilyj ran amuck of some loud and boisterous LSU fans in Starkvegas. Anyway, the situation, as I remember started out heated between TB and the LSU thugs. However Smilyj showed up and calmed TB down as usual and lighter heads prevailed. Once we all became congenial ,(thanks to Smilyj), some good natured trash talking began. By this time of a saturday morning (probably 10am)TB and Smilyj were well on the way to feeling “just right.” So we naturally welcomed the chance to revel in the greatness of our Bullies. Thus, we ran our mouths uncontrollably. Somewhere in the rants TB decided to make a wager with the Tigah faithful that if the Bullies did not whip the Tigahs that we would show up with a keg of beer as payment for the lost wager. I cant repeat the exact words TB used to propose the wager but the presence of bodily fluids was involved and there was just an attitude of total disrespect for LSU’s chances of actually beating State that year…..Well, State lost. And TB and Smilyj, dejected by the loss, got our asses out of the area as fast as we could, totally welching on the bet. Since then, State has lost 17 of 18 to the Tigahs with the lone win being a lucky miracle and most of the losses being by extremely wide margins.
I have often felt that if we could track those LSU fans down and just payup on the bet, the curse would be lifted.
But instead I am going to inlist the help of the TB blog football pickers and ask that everyone help with my theme for songs this week. Maybe we can all exercise this curse caused by the youthful and overenthusiastic TB and Smilyj.(mainly it was TB).
My choices for theme songs are
“VooDoo”-Godsmack
“Witchy Woman”- Eagles
SOTW-not related to theme songs.
“Titties and Beer”-Rodney Carrington and David Allan Coe
Now for my Pics I will Pic totally with my heart for the teams I want to win but I shall reverse the pic in order to cause the reverse of what I really want to happen. Get it.
POTW Ole Miss-4
Bama–17
LSU-13.5
sEan,
I have no faith in your ability to reverse the curse, so my POTW is LSU -12′
Others:
Ole Miss -4
Miami -3
Number 1, TB was the peacemaker that day. It was some dudes from OS on the other side that I knew that I settled down and thus averted violence.
B, the “fluids” business is not like the account may make it sound. It simply referred to the place where the keg would be located.
Moreover, TB paid the debt. I ran into that dude from OS at Gorenflo’s one night and he called me out on welching. I offered to cancel the debt by buying his next beer and he (the poor corndog fan) accepted the bargain.
Finally, this was probably the 157th time I’d saved Greekson’s life.
How does MD get 12′ and smi-LY get 13′? The Miss/SCar line sure looks like its for SUCKAS. A line like that, historically, usually means that the #4 team in the nation…on the road…national tv will lose. I hope its not the case cause I want to see the Rebel drama and excitement build throughout the year. But, I’m just saying. What a dark, dark day it would be tomorrow. I am gonna take SCar for a rather large amt tonight cause I want to see the Rebs ride this for awhile.
Can we take over/unders from scoresandodds.com or is that getting too fancy
Minnesota +2′
Lsu – 13
Bama -15′
USM +13′
Troy +1′
POTW
The Rebs -4
Dixie – The Pride of the South – Ole Miss Band
He’s a Rebels – The Crystals
American Triology – Elvis
If Heaven ain’t a lot Like Dixie – Bocephus
Jaws Theme – ??? –
SOTW
Rebels – Drive By Truckers/Tom Petty
Jaws Theme – That would be John Williams
POTW: Ole Miss -4 @ SOUTH CAROLINA
Picks:
Florida -22 @ KENTUCKY
Arkansas + 17′ @ ALABAMA
Arizona St. + 11′ @ GEORGIA
TENNESSEE – 23 v Ohio
AUBURN – 33′ v Ball State
SOTW: 2001 a Space Odyssey – (as the Cocks come out of the tunnel tonight)
Auburn -33 1/2
Arkansas +17 1/2
Georgia -11 1/2
Illinois +14
Boise St. -16 1/2
POTW
LSU -12 1/2
PLOTW
Young Americans-David Bowie
American Girl-Tom Petty
Living in America-James Brown
Keep on Rocking in the Free World-Neil Young
SOTW
Political Science -Randy Newman
Bonus SOTW
Sweet, yeah whatever.
on the lines, it’s just whatever Sheridan has which on the State-LSU game was 12′ when I looked a little while ago. But Bama was -17′ then too so maybe they got updated.
Baen, I won my pick of the week, so Im still undefeated, so maybe we need to tweek the scoring, still no love for the nasty bunch
Potw
LSU -12′
Others
Missouri -7
Ohio st -14
Maryland +1′
East Carolins -10
Tennessee -23′
SOTW…after breaking many laws in the Burg this past weekend at one of the funnest games/nights ever…we were feelin high as hell flying through Palmdale! SMTTT!
Fixed it. Kind of obvious I didn’t get much sleep last night. And Coach, “no love”? I gave your boys a Janet Jackson song for cryin’ out loud.
I was kidding. and I think the we got em, we finally got the bastards beat, or the two redneck girls saying eff ole miss are top tens as well. Off to the bar to get good seats for the game,,life is Good.
Miss Jackson if your nasty
Southern Miss +14
Florida St -14
UF -22
Bama +17
POTW
Miami -3 (would have been South Carolina but already started
POTW
BC -1
Others
Maryland +1 1/2
Arkansas +17 1/2
Oregon +5 1/2
MS State +12 1/2
Song theme is basically the idiocy of the war on drugs and my personal wish that pot was legal.
Cypress Hill- Hits From The Bong
Widespread Panic- Can’t Get High
Purple Haze- Jimi Hendrix
Bob Dylan- Rainy Day Women
SOTW
Hotty Toddy baby! The rivers are running red with the bloodbath of POTW’s that went down with that game.
Anybody who needs a good laugh go back and read Zeek and Larry posts……..hiLARRYous! Believe the hype baby
Mac, I think that Larry and Zeek are right now following the suggestion of your SOTW
Did anyone catch the subtle jab spurrier took at the Rebs in his postgame interview? When asked about how big the win was, he said “well we beat Kentucky here a couple of years ago.”
POTW TENN 23 1/2
1. GEORGIA 12 1/2
2. FLORIDA 22
3. ALABAMA 17 1/2
4. LSU 12 1/2
5. AUBURN -33 1/2
I knew that was going to happen last night. I could feel it the minute I turned the TV on and they were talking about the game on ESPN.
Also, can someone tell me why any sportscaster would call Ole Miss, Mississippi? That’s not our F****NG name!
Way to choke at the first hurdle rebs! Now for the love of god please kill Alabama!
My psychic capabilities are not what they used to be but they were dead on last night which is why I stayed away from that one. The only people happy in the state of Mississippi this morning are the Bookies.
I’m guessing Big G didn’t give away alot of Free Beer at the LaFont last night.
Gotta love it!
The Ole Ball coach pulls one out!
Hotty Toddy!
Yeah, I texted Larry and Feidt in about mid 3rd quarter last night to ask if there were a bunch of thirsty patrons…….no response
POTW
Navy – 28
Songs
(For the Reb lovers) Heartbreak Hotel – The King
(For the Reb haters) Feels Good – Tony Toni Tone
Free Fallin – Tom Petty (Can the Rebs keep a top 20 ranking?)
Special Guest Picker of the Week
Dr. Scoop says – Ala/Ark OVER 57 points
LET’S SEE IF I CAN KEEP MY STREAK ALIVE!
(0-3).
POTW: KANSAS -14
SOTW: LITTLE RIVER BAND (LONESOME LOSER)
I want to change my SOTW to
Loser – Beck
I’d like to dedicate “Yesterday” by the Beatles to Mr. Snead. The cover of Sports Illustrated looked real good yesterday.
It’s not bragging if you can do it. With all the attention comes the pressure – I would not want it although I’m not sure how he could have gotten out of it.
In case any Ole Miss fans are wondering, the Independence Bowl is Monday, December 28th this year.
My co SOTW is now: Will they Love Me Down in Shreveport? – David Allen Coe
This is like “everybody pile on Perry” at Cherokee elementary
Just one question – Why? Why would they pile on Perry?
I am hoping the loss will be what Snead needs (yep, I’m a poet) and he’ll be able to settle down and get a grip.
POTW- Vandy -7
SOTW- My Hero- Foo Fighters– dedicated to my man Steve Spurrier.
TB, QOTW has already been sewn up in my opinion by Sweet. ” The Miss/SCar line sure looks like its for SUCKAS.”
You know why I knew what the outcome of last nights game and probably Ole Miss’s season would be? I actually told Fatback Larry this at Buffalo Wildwings when he became part of our Fantasy football league. (And yes, his team sux.)
It doesn’t matter if the Rebs were good last year and had so many players back, and won a big bowl and were ranked high and all that shite. It wouldnt have mattered if they were undefeated last year and had all their players back. It’s simply that NO ONE is intimidated by Ole Miss. Not like Bama, Georgia, Florida or LSU who have half the battle won before the game starts. Any team looks at Ole Miss and thinks “this is just Ole Miss, we can beat them.”
Also, I know all these Reb fans are saying “I was thinking they’d choke. I knew there was too much hype.” BS! Every Reb fan deep down thought they would rule this year and play for the SEC championship and have possibly even go undefeated. I could see it in there eyes. Last nite was great! I think now I will watch the game again and rub peanut butter all over myself.
Sweet,
Love the Navy pick…Will it be 30 tomorrow????????????????????????????
Sweet are you adopting the Doc Scoop pick or is that just for our entertainment purposes only?
Fish – I need all the help I can get with you
TB – I will go with Dr Scoops over for an official added pick
California – 5
Florida St. – 14
Notre Dame – 7
Nebraska – 27
USM +13
POTW – LSU – 12
Songs that remind me:
Living on a Prayer – Bon Jovi
I Need You Tonight – INXS
Danger Zone – Kenny Loggins
It Wasn’t Me – Shaggy
Thunder’s Dance Floor – lyrics by Jessie Lou McFaul and music by Irvine Redd
Warning – Incubus
Its early, I am sleepy and have to drive to Gulfport and am still a little pissed at our out coaching ourselves the other night so your not getting much.
State +12
USM +13
Arkansas +17′
Kentucky +21′
Wash St. +45
POTW Va Tech +2′
Somebody is gonna lose today outright. Either Florida or LSU
To all you MSU, USM, and Tulane fans who are just covered in jizz right now from the big circle jerk you are all having with each other, I say…. Enjoy it. Hey, we got beat, no excuses here. However, in the immortal words of RJ and Wally, “I do believe they have to play the whole game,correct?” What I mean by this is let’s wait until the end of the season and see who is reveling and high-fiving and jizzing everywhere,ok? Most of your teams will not even be bowling this year, while we will be tasting Sugar some other New Year’s Day flavor…..So kiss my Rebel A$$!!!!!!!
Ole Miss= 8-4. maybe.
POTW: Oregon + 5 1/2
Still Fighting It – Ben Folds
Somebody to Shove – Soul Asylum
Momma Said Knock You Out – LL Cool J
Saturday Night’s Alright for Fighting – Elton John
SOTW: Little Black Backpack – Stroke 9
Ummm, RSR, I think in the interest of fair play, your pick should be made before your team is up 25-3, I mean I’m just sayin’.
I can vouch it was timely made; I just didn’t put it in when she told me because I thought it was a late game and wanted rsr to do her own playlist
Rsr doesn’t want the controversy so she’ll rake tx tech
Didn’t mean to cause controversy, but RSR is formiddable every week.
Controversy is good for ratings.
i gotta go with Mac for SOTW. Sweet, you do know me man
I have actually what the song says with the band.
I have actually done what the song says with the band.
Is what I meant to say. I guess the short term memory is not what it use to be.
I have to go with Fraud Larry and Loser by Beck for SOTW.
The memory gets worse with age – mine used to be spectacular and now it has been downgraded to fantastic.
“They’re real……and they’re spectacular.” Terri Hatcher on Seinfeld. Even at 45, I’ll bet they still are.
Did anybody just happen to see NBC world news do a piece on Sarah Bailey (Thomas now) being a ref in college football? She lives in Ill now I think, and it showed her house, kids, her scrambling eggs for breakfast and then suited up and on the field for a N Ill/Idaho game. They showed her answering some interview questions and some dude said she could be the first woman ref in the NFL.
I didn’t see it Sweet but I talked to Scott Bailey a couple of months ago and he told me all the stars were lining up for her to be a ref in the NFL. They were, and I guess are, crossing their fingers. That would be pretty cool.
And I have no pride so I’m voting for myself SOTW.
I saw Sarah Bailey in Ladies Home Journal recently and in the gym this morning I heard that she was in Southern Living’s September issue. Did not see the TV piece.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/33063868#33063868
I have to go with Mac for theme and song of the week, a man after my own heart. Gonna fire one up for you Mac!!
Sweet,
I actually heard the same thing but about a year ago. She is very well respected and has been throughout. That would be very cool if she made it. She use to kick my ars at basketball at Puddin head’s house.
And by the way,
So much for all the help you can get!!!!
There is also a NYTimes article on Sarah dated 9-18-09 with a picture included.