Quote of the Week:
“I do what I can with what I have. (which sux if you’re me. And I am.)” —Zeek
TB’s been busy this week. Meaning, busier than usual. Too busy to do my normal routine, which includes TCB and TCB (takin’ care o’bizness, and takin’ care o’blog). So once again you get the preamble-free version of Thursday Pickin’.
TB lost my fourth POTW in a row last week, and I’m now underwater at 3-4 on the year. I went 3-2 on bonus picks moving my season total to 13-14-3. The TBU went 11-10 on POTW’s moving our collective season mark to 67-64. On bonus picks we were 19-27 and it would’ve been much worse without BW Buzz and Irv coming through. TKH and Sweet hit their DOTW’s and the music points went to JLou and Fig.
Last week’s results, remember the top 11 won their POTW, bonus results only in parentheses:
- SmilyJ (2-1) 56
- Sweet (all in plus bonus to stay with Smily) 56
- Face 56
- Flyin’ J 56
- RockStarRambler 56
- BR 56
- Larry 56
- Pitalo (2-3 plus bonus point to stay ahead of biggest loser BW Buzz) 45
- TKH (0-1) 45
- Fig (1-4 plus music bonus plus BWBuzz bonus) 45
- TDW (0-5–really got saved by BW Buzz) 45
- BW Buzz (4-0) 44
- Irv (3-0) 38
- TB (3-2) 26
- JLou (2-3 plus music bonus 19)
- Zeek (0-1) 14
- Fish (0-1) 14
- Mac 10
- MD 10
- Coach TJ (1-3) 8
- Tiny D (1-3) 8
- FF (overslept til Sunday)
Season Standings:
- Tiny D 325
- Smily 303
- TDW 303
- BR 300
- Larry 288
- Fish 284
- Face 280
- RSR 276
- Sweet 266
- Pitalo 264
- Flyin’ J 254
- MD 253
- JLou 233
- Fig 223
- TB 219
- BW Buzz 212
- CTJ 195
- TKH 193
- Mac 193
- Zeek171
- Feidt’s Follies 144
- Irv 136
- Harmony (the best DJ any Thursday Picker ever had)
Here are my picks for this week and here’s your link to the odds:
- Penn State -9′
- Tennessee +16′
- LSU +6 (Dog o’ the week)
- Georgia -4
- DAbears +9′
POTW–Michigan State -5
My tunes, to help me find a little more time in the day:
- 10 Seconds to Love–Crue
- Lovin’ Every Minute of It–Loverboy
- In the Midnight Hour–Wilson Pickett
- Beautiful Day–U2
- No Time–The Guess Who
SOTW, Elvis and the TCB Band
Now that all you Bear fans have a tear in your eye, let me add a little levity
Travellinbaen 
So did I not get my DOTW McNeese St. points?
You were probably makin’ signs the week I started DOTW, but no, the DOTW is an unscored outright underdog winner pick. In other words, McNeese would’ve had to win the game without points to be a DOTW winner. You did get your normal 6 points for winning that game against the spread though.
Even though I have no idea what’s going on in Thursday Pickin’, I have found myself anxiously awaiting this day….oddly, for me, a good case of confusion and fantastic collection of music makes up for a pretty damn good day of the week.
This week has been a total disaster, bringing, ever so harshly, to my existence the whole “when it rains, it pours” idiom. And, just for shits and giggles we had hail and thunderstorms to boot! I’m usually to spastic to go with a theme on my music collection and this weeks it is no different. However, I title the following Duck, Duck, Goose.
A/AVotW: It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’s “Night Man”
COTW: Vanessa Carlton’s version of “Paint it Black”
FVOTW: Mazzy Star “Fade Into You”
Runner-up SOTW: Dinosaur Jr. “Feel the Pain”
SOTW:
Dinosaur, Jr. is one of the greatest bands most people haven’t heard of. I used to listen to them on something called a “cassette.”
That’s the thing with the tape in it, right? 😉 I remember my very first cassette tape, Meat Loaf’s “Bat out of hell II”
Aha. Trying to keep fear alive cost me!
Houston +7 1/2
Baylor -6 1/2
Kent State -2
Oklahoma – 3
UCLA +25
POTW-Hawaii-3
DOTW-Wisconsin
SOTW- Eli’s Coming- Three dog night.
OREGON -25
CINCINNATI -7½
Notre Dame -6½
Connecticut +1′
Duke +26′
MIAMI -6′ (POTW)
POTW- LSU +6
DOTW- Connecticut
south florida +7
mich st -5
notre dame -6′
nebraska -5′
Mississippi Bears +9′
POTW – DaBears +9′
DOTW – DaBears – I did hit my DOTW last week if it matters.
SOTW – Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad – Jamey Johnson
In the Air Tonight – Phil Collins
Run Around Sue – Dion
Grease – Frankie Valli
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Bonus SOTW – My Home’s in Alabama – Alabama
Well, atleast I got quote of the week, bout as good as I can do this year.
POTW- Louisville-1′
DOTW-Mizzou
SOTW- All My Rowdy Friends Are Comin’ Over Tonight- Bocephus
(Live from Tupelo)
*Maybe the University of Mississippi Ole Miss Rebel Black Bears can put
some pig in the ground this weekend!!!!
No fancy extra bonus points for same team potw/dotw?
POTW/DOTW Navy +6.5
POTW: STATE -20
DOTW: Louisville +1.5
Also, Middle Tenn -12
West Va -14
SOTW: “Monkey See, Monkey Do” Cliff Crofford; The monkey at the fair had me singing this song all day after he took money out of my hand and stuck it in his pocket. Also, had to get a pic of my 5 year old with him. I could play with monkeys all day.
Also, related songs. See if you can tell me how they are related.
“Coca Cola Cowboy” Mel Tillis
“I’ll Wake You Up When I Get Home” Charlie Rich
“Six Pack To Go” Hank Thompson
“I Can’t Say No To A Truck Driving Man” Carol Chase
“Behind Closed Doors” The Silver Fox
Your wife promised you some loving if you would go to the store a bring her some Coke. That was easy. And congrats.
Please let the quote of the week be…I could play with monkeys all day.
Smily- I thought you did play with your monkey all day!!!!
potw: arkansas -9.5
dotw: mizzu
sotw: ac dc :touch too much
Smily, do you still have those scars from the night we spent with that monkey? You were a bad boy.
And….we have a winner for QOTW.
POTW Georgia -4
Arkansas -9
Auburn -6
Michigan St. -5
Field tripping to the capital yesterday with an offspring inspired my play list…had time and necessity to listen to some old stuff
Ruby – Kaiser Chiefs
Just like a pill – P!nk
Sweetest Thing – U2
SOTW – Buddy Holly – Weezer
POTW: South Carolina -12′ @ VANDERBILT
Arkansas -9′ @ MISSISSIPPI
lsu +6@ AUBURN
uab +20 @ MISSISSIPPI STATE
Alabama -16′ @ TENNESSEE
Georgia -4 @ KENTUCKY
TUNES:
“Wasted Days and Wasted Nights” – Freddy Fender
“Fight The Power” – Public Enemy
“Animal (F**k Like A Beast)” – WASP
“One In A Million” – Guns & Roses
“Nothing Sacred” – David Allen Coe
POTW Auburn -5 1/2
SOTW
POTW: Ole Miss +9.5
Feeling a little strung out after this work week.
She Sells Sanctuary (guitar) – The Cult
Bittersweet Symphony (violin) – The Verve
Losing My Religion (mandolin) – REM
Cello Song – Nick Drake
SOTW: Little Lion Man (banjo) – Mumford & Sons
Here’s to a great weekend listening to excellent tunes, including Dinosaur Jr. and Kaiser Chiefs (2 truly inspired selections)!
I vote for Smilyj for
QUOTW
That’s funny!!!!
SOUTH CAROLINA -12
ARKANSAS -10
ALABAMA -16
KENTUCKY + 4
POTW AUBURN -5 1/2
Home Dawg POTW:
Kansas +14
POW – Northwestern +6
DOW – North Carolina
For Luscious Larry
For MaddDawg
For Fig E
POTW- Baylor -6
Sweet,
Nice song list. I can’t believe that Dio died. I remember seeing him in concert with Joel Grey and William Krebs in Biloxi in 10th grade on a school night (what were our parents thinking back then?). There were maybe 1500 people there.
But my vote for SOTW goes to Fig E. with truly inspired raunchy selections. I can see where your mind is right now and feel sorry for Missy tonight.
Check out these tunes from around graduation year (DW, also on a “cassette tape”) I love the numerous references to beepers.
and last but not least….
Fig E still has Hammer pants.
TB- I think I started somethin with the QOTW comment, whaddya think?
MD- You went WAY back on that one dog, you definitely got my vote for LOTW.
Sweet- Munched on any nuts today?
Smiley- You’re gay. (I’m just sayin)
FigE- Missy Time…ho-oh, ho-oh, ho-oh, ho-oh, here we go……
P.S.– Shout out to William Krebs….. Rest in Peace bro.
Yes, I haven’t decided whether to welcome the additional participation/interest or to be a stern autocrat and disqualify any attempts to overreach citizen autonomy……but TB has taken note of the grassroots movement
Potw
Navy +’
Bonus Picks
UAB +19′
Kentucky +4
East Carolina -12′
West Virginia -13′
DOTW
LSU
Iowa – 5
Penn State – 9
South Carolina – 12
Arkansas – 9
Kansas State +6
POTW: Texas Tech – 2
Songs are all from the year 1970 when most of you were being born I was listening to WTIX out of New Orleans – the only music station we could get around here:
American Woman – The Guess Who
Thank You – Sly and the Family Stone
I Want You Back – The Jackson 5
Green Eyed Lady – SugarLoaf
War – Edwin Starr
SOTW – Moma Told Me Not To Come – Three Dog Night
TB- the people have spoken, so let it be written, so let it be done.
POTW Parley Over Arkansas 58′
Kentucky +4
Dogg O the Week – Tennesse +16′
Since MD has had me on youtube all morn listening to old skool, I have to throw this Bonus SOTW in since it is football/baseball all day and this is an old skool fav of mine alogt of ya’ll have probably never heard.
Knelms: So, you assume the Hammer pants you found last week under Kathie K Knelms’ side of the bed were mine? I appreciate that.
Once again, I am behind. The one team pick seem to work for me so here it goes. POTW Missouri +3.
I would like to note my POTW and DOTW both won, which proves my Costanza theory is working. I will now attempt to ruin Oregon’s season by taking them soon because I despise them for some reason, probably their PAC-10 affiliation along with their ungodly uniforms and overration?( Is that a word,TB)
SOTW- I will go with Sweet for TNT
LOTW- Definitely MD– “You don’t know ME, MAN!!!!” LOL!!
QOTW- Smiley and his beastialitcal (Is that a word, TB?) comment on monkeys.
Both Harmony and tiny d are winners in my book:
SOTW – Harmony for Feel the Pain and/or Fade Into You
LOTW – tiny d
QOTW – Harmony: “Even though I have no idea what’s going on in Thursday Pickin’, I have found myself anxiously awaiting this day….oddly, for me, a good case of confusion and fantastic collection of music makes up for a pretty damn good day of the week.” I’m right there with you, Harmony!
SOTW – TB and one for Pitalo since I forgot to vote for his last week
LOTW – RSR and MD
SOTW – TNT – Sweet
LOTW – MD
I remembered to vote, here it goes.
LOTW: It’s a toss up between RockStarRambler and Madd Dawg for me.
SOTW: Tinyd
QOTW: Zeek: “Smily- I thought you did play with your monkey all day!!!!”
SOTW-TNT- SWEET
LOTW-Larry