Quote of the Week:
“That was about a piss poor performance on my part last week.” –Coach TeaJay
It was the first football weekend of autumn last week and boy did the TBU celebrate the occasion with a big fall. It was u-g-l-y you-ain’t-got-no-alibi-ugly. Only seven POTW winners were called against thirteen losers, with one retirement hiatus and one signmaker resulting in an undermanned squad taking the field. Lowlights include JLou’s unheard of 0-5, with a loser POTW, mirrored against Face’s 5-0, but still losing POTW. Tiny D managed to pick a POTW but then went 0-3 on her bonus selections. And TB lost my POTW and staggered to a fortunate 2-3 on the bonuses. For the record, I’m now 3-1 on the season on POTW’s and 8-10-2 on bonus picks. But State beat Georgia so Jimmy Crack Corn and I Don’t Care! Oh, back to the picks. The TBU went an embarrassing 21-32 on bonus selections.
Congrats to Fish for picking a nice, but unscored Wayne Root two-team teaser of the week, to TDW for one of his best ever weeks (including an outright dog’o the week) and to Zeek (song of the week) and RSR (list) for picking up the music bonus.
Nothing to do but get back up, dust off our britches and get back to pickin’. And thanks to my Bullies for getting me a big “helmet” win, I’ll be a’grinnin’ too this week.
First the standings for last week, remember the top 7 won their POTW and by rule no non-POTW winner can pass them. Bonus picks only in parentheses.
- RSR (all in plus make-up points to stay even with TDW plus music points) 73
- TDW (4-1) 68
- Larry 68
- Sweet 68
- Pitalo (1-4, but makeup points to stay ahead of biggest loser, Face) 51
- Smily (1-2) 51
- TD (0-3) 51
- Face (5-0) 50
- Fish (3-2) 26
- TB (2-3) 14
- Flyin’ J (2-3) 14
- TKH 10
- Mac 10
- MD 10
- CTJ 10
- Zeek 10
- Fig E (2-4) 8
- BW Buzz (1-3) 8
- BR (0-2) 6
- JLou (0-5) 1 (makeup point to stay ahead of the mia)
- Feidt’s Follies (on temporary retirement last weekend)
- Irv (making signs for the Keep Fear Alive rally in DC)
- S&M (just cuz)
Season Standings:
- Tiny D 223
- Daily Wit 213
- Face 196
- BR 192
- Flyin’ J 177
- Fish 170
- Larry 160
- TB 159
- JLou 139
- Pitalo 135
- SmilyJ 135
- MD 131
- BW Buzz 128
- TKH 124
- Fig E 112
- RockStarRambler 108
- Coach TJ 105
- Mac 103
- Sweet 98
- Zeek 97
- Feidt’s Follies 86
- Irv 84
- S&M rockchalkjayhawk
My Picks for this Week (here’s your link to the odds):
- Oklahoma State -3
- Ole Miss -3
- Tennessee +16
- Vandy +7′
- Florida +8
My POTW is Georgia -4′
My outright Dog O’the week is Vandy over UConn
My Tunes for the weekend, a tribute to the season, and how we performed on it’s first weekend:
- Fall on Me — REM
- Falling–Roy Orbison
- Harvest Moon–Neil Young
- The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead–XTC
- Rain on the Scarecrow–John Mellencamp
SOTW–Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground–White Stripes
as Jack says, “enough fooling around”
and then, back to foolin’ around, a bonus SOTW
Leadbelly
One final thing….a poll question
Travellinbaen 
POTW Oklahoma -3′
Bonus
Vandy +7
NC State +4
Ole Miss -3
Navy +10
Irish +3
DOTW
Washington over USC
Marshall +9 1/2
HAWAII -8
Baylor -9
BYU -4 1/2
Oklahoma state -3
POTW- Louisville – 4 1/2
DOTW- Arizona State
SOTW- Two Step- Dave Matthews Band
“When she was good, she was very, very good, but when she was bad she was horrid!” That nursery rhyme quote pretty much sums up my last week. Onward and upward – there is no crying in Thursday Pickin!
AUBURN -35
IOWA-7
TENNESSE +16
SMU -12
POTW TEXAS TECH -7
potw – uf +8
Almost made that my dog of the week…..look out now!
Byu -4′
Texas +3′
Vanderbilt +7′ (POTW)
EASTERN MICHIGAN +10 (DOTW)
CENTRAL Michigan -17½
Wisconsin -2
SOTW: Think About It
POTW- Va Tech-4
DOTW- Texas Longhorns
SOTW-
SOTW- Humpty Dance- Digital Underground
LSU -16
Auburn -35
Iowa -7
USM -9
POTW
Oklahoma -4
Got a little crazy with the playlist – inspired by the theme. Went back to narrow it down and just couldn’t make the cuts.
Falling Slowly – The Frames
Orange – El Cantador (check them out http://www.myspace.com/vivaelcantador – local band, plays Jackson occasionally also on facebook)
Cool – Gwen Stefani
Yellow Moon – Neville Brothers
Falling for the First Time – Barenaked Ladies
Free Fallin’ – Tom Petty
In the Colors – Ben Harper
SOTW
Mad Season – Matchbox Twenty
Wow, I went from first place after week one straight to the cellar. I guess all is right with the world, huh? Time for a comeback, let’s do this!
POTW- Temple-5
DOTW- Clemson (hometown dog)
SOTW- For my Rebels who better get nasty (sources say the practices have been very intense and rowdy this week) if they have a prayer of salvaging the season.
SOTW is American Bad Ass – Kid Rock (technical difficulty on the copy/paste)
My Home Dawg POTW is Minn +5′
Outright DOTW is Mich St. +2
Continuing with the “cold states that start with “M” theme (sorry Montana and Mass., but you get left out), I’m going with all-Michigan Bonus home dawg picks:
W. Michigan +3′
E. Michigan +10
SOTW: dedicated to Fig E Fresh who, on his continuing path to an express ticket to meet Lucifer upon his ultimate demise (hopefully soon), is taking his 10 year old son to see the Crue tonight at Bayfest: Shout at the Devil
potw-louisville
dotw-vandy
also, tenn
sotw “I Sang Dixie” Dwight Yokam
It’s a good damn thing I quit betting on football. Man, what an abyssmal start to the pickin’ season. Well, as a former degenerate gambler, I can tell you the only play here is to dust yourself off and grab ahold of the the greatest beacon of hope and change there is. No. Not that degenerate loser. I am talking about a new weekend full of potential winners in the guise of pro and semipro sporting contests commonly referred to as FOOTBALL. Let’s do this.
POTW-Ole Miss -3 (this is what I call a gimme…pro tip-gimme’s usually lose)
DOTW-Michigan State +2
Song list
Another One Bites The Dust-Queen
Loser-Three Doors Down
I Will Buy You A New Life-Everclear
Sucks To Be You-Prozzak
and the SOTW-Loser by Beck
POTW Stanford +7′
DOTW Stanford
SOTW – Beautiful Girl – Pete Droge & The Sinners
To Be A Lover – Billy Idol
Susperstition – Stevie Wonder
Graduation Day – Chris Isaak
Rock and Roll Fantasy – Bad Company
POTW: KENTUCKY -3 “IT WORKED FOR THE REBELS LAST WEEK !”
DOTW: KENTUCKY -3
BONUS : USM -9
POTW: AUBURN -35 v UL Monroe
CONNECTICUT -7′ v. Vanderbuilt
Kentucky +3 @ MISSISSIPPI
Tennessee + 16 @ LSU
ALABAMA – 8 v. Florida
MISSISSIPPI STATE – 42 v. Alcorn State
November, 1987: Based on knowledge and belief, this is the last time Motley Crue made an appearance in Mobile, AL. It was a weeknight show. It was GnR’s first show opening for the Crue, as Ratt for some reason dropped off the tour before it arrived in Mobile. I was chapped at the time, not knowing much about GnR (Appetite for Destruction hadn’t been out long). Holly Harris assured me GnR rocked. Obviously, she knew what she was talking about. Some in the TB nation were with me at the Nov 87 show. Others remained in Jackson Co. to participate in rivalry week shenanigans. It is hard to believe, 23 years later, I am alive, and I am taking one of the the products of my loins, Fig III, to see Motley Crue play a show in Mobile, AL. Here are some Crue songs that are essential for me to listen to as part of my pre-game festivities tonight:
Livewire
Looks That Kill
Ten Seconds to Love (or 2, if your are Johnny Leland Knelms)
Wild Side
Dr. Feelgood
Kickstart My Heart
Motherf%cker of the Year
FigE- I was part of those “shenanigans” you speak of, and will never forget that night. If memory serves, a future doctor and lawyer were a part of the hi-jinx as well. Love your comment on Leland, or Premi, whatever. Rock the house with your boy and the crue big dog.
POTW: BYU -4
Bonus picks:
Northwestern -5′
East Carolina +14
Tulsa -9
Georgia -4′
SMU -13
SOTW dedicated to the European Ryder Cup team:
Seek and Destroy, Metallica
Oklahoma -3
Wisconsin – 2
NC State +3
Texas Tech – 7
Southern Miss – 9
POTW: LSU -16
Songs – Albums I loved in highschool:
Foreigner – Foreigner
Urban Cowboy Soundtrack
Rolling Stones – Miss You
Fleetwood Mac – Rumours
James Taylor – JT
Album of the Week – Eagles – The Long Run
POTW: Ole Miss -3
Songs that make me laugh:
I Can’t Complain – Todd Snider
Take The Skinheads Bowling – Camper Van Beethoven
She Don’t Use Jelly – The Flaming Lips
Bitch Went Nuts – Ben Folds
SOTW: Because I Got High – Afroman
Looks awesome Karen! You know, I’ll just throw this out there, but this is still an unchsooling plan, in my opinion, because it is what Keilee wants not what you are telling her to do. So you don’t have to feel like unchsooling doesn’t work for. Just my opinion I have every intention of us reading the History of US books at some point, when the time is right. It’s a great series!
SOTW: “Lying From You” Linkin Park…
Female Vocal of Week: Joss Stone “Fell in love with a boy”
Actor/Actress sotw: “Forgiveness” Anna Faris as Samantha James in Just Friends
Oops..forgot my Cover of the Week:
Here it goes.
POTW – Marshall +9.5
Air Force -10
Colorado State +33.5
Kentucky +3
Army +6
Notre Dame -2.5
Dog of the week – Georgia
SOTW – Air Force Song
I can’t believe you haven’t used that song you play over and over in the car yet. Have you seen it on the beer commercial? We always say “Flyin’J’s song” when it comes on.
Pow FSU -6
Other losers
Indiana + 10
Mississippi Muppets -3 (God I hope I lose this one very badly)
Illinois +17
UNLV +20′
Dawg of the week
Colorado
Song of the week
I must correct one of my albums:
Rolling Stones – Some Girls (Miss You is on this Album)
One of the random things I thought about while falling asleep last night.
Kinda still swimming in it right now. I’ll be back later, but Hate to say it I kinda like the Rebels -2′ today.
NC State +3.5
Florida +8.5
Oklahoma -3.5
POTW
Stanford +6.5
And a couple of songs from a show I wish was still on, Flight of the Conchords
Best seat I ever had last week. Neil Young like a Hurricane.
Double Latte POTW – Florida +8′
over 66 in Oregon
My vote for SOTW goes to Smily for Yokam’s “I Sang Dixie” and LOTW goes to FigE
(told u I’m a sucka for the Crue)
Great tunes this week!
SOTW – Mac for Loser
LOTW (including cool SOTW selection) – Larry
Honorable Mention – Harmony for Actor/Actress SOTW, Forgiveness from Just Friends
SOTW-Sweet
LOTW-fig e
I got to give MD props for SOTW. The Crue rocks. I don’t understand LOTW so I aint voting on that. I vote for myself for ADOTW. (awesome dude of the week)
smilEy – SOTW
JL – Album LOTW
Mac – LOTW
Smiley – SOTW
Reading your article, I am now listening Lucy Schwartz