Quote of the Week:
“BW Buzz….talked with Huck?….Oh Baby……..(i would still carry Spurrier’s child in m descending colon if the Ol Ball Coach asked me to)” –Fig E
It’s the Third Week edition of Thursday Pickin’ and so even a season in disarray can’t keep TB from smilin’ about life, the universe, and (almost) everything this week. But in Pickin’, that ain’t easy. I lost yet again, falling to 4-7 on the year and my 1-4 performance on bonus picks dropped my overall record to 19-28-3 in that category. The TBU fared better in POTW’s, going 11-8-1 (121-110), but slumped to 19-29 on bonus picks. Congrats to TKH, Fish, Tiny D, and me for hitting an outright DOTW.
When a season goes down the tubes there is only one thing for it’s spokesman to do. So, without further ado…..here come the cliches….
MSU plays Arkansas this week. If you are a Mississippian, accustomed to seeing our state ranked at or near the bottom of so many statistical categories, you are well-acquainted with the sentiment….”thank God for Arkansas”, the state that saves us from ignominy more than any other. In that spirit, TB this week can say, “thank God for Zeek” who remains firmly entrenched in the cellar, for those who come to play each week, just below TB, and “thank God for Pitalo”, who’s POTW loss and 0-5 bonus week made my loser and 1-4 bonus week a bit less embarrassing.
TB, if some will recall, actually won Season I of Thursday Pickin and I did pretty well last year. But, “you can’t win ’em all.” “I’ll get ’em next year.” “I just gotta go out there, take it one tune at a time, and hope the ball bounces my way”, “get out there and keep diggin’, keep gettin’ better” because “it’s not the plan, we’re just not executin’.”
And finally, “they only remember what you do in November.” So I’ve gotta “finish strong” and you know, at this point, “I’m playin’ for pride” and maybe if I can get a couple of wins, “all’s well that ends well.”
Enough. Last week’s results, remember the top 11 won their POTW, TDW tied, everybody below lost, and bonus records only are in parentheses. Music points went to TD and Sweet.
Last Week’s Results:
- Face (all-in, plus 2 for thematic tune, plus bonus points to stay even with BW Buzz) 64
- Larry (same as Face) 64
- BW Buzz (3-1) 62
- BR 62
- Tiny D (1-2, plus 2, plus 5 tunes, plus 10 for callin’ out Third Week first) 61
- Fig (4-3) 56
- SmilyJ (1-1) 50
- TKH (1-2) 44
- Fish (2-3) 44
- Irv (0-3, plus 2, plus makeup points to stay above non-potw winners) 37
- Flyin’ J (1-4) 37
- TDW (3-2) 36
- Sweet (plus 2, plus 5 tunes) 17
- JLou (2-3, plus 2) 16
- RSR (plus 2) 12
- Mac (plus 2) 12
- MD 10
- Zeek 10
- TB (1-4, plus 2) 4
- Pitalo (0-5) 1
- FF and CTJ Defeated “off” again.
Season Standings:
- Tiny D 540
- BR 506
- Face 449 (Egad!)
- SmilyJ 444
- Flyin’ J 435
- Larry 431
- TDW 423
- BW Buzz 418
- Pitalo 415
- Fig E 411
- Fish 406
- JLou 401
- MD 375
- Sweet 374
- TKH 371
- RSR 327
- Mac 319
- CTJ 302
- TB 295
- Zeek 286
- Irv 219
- FF 164
- Harmony (the best music but non-football pickin Thursday Picker ever)
My “gotta play out the string” and hopefully “build some momentum for next year” picks:
- Tennessee -8′
- Wisconsin -4′
- Ohio State -3
- Northwestern +7′ ( vs Illinois at Wrigley Field, pretty cool)
- Notre Dame -8′ (vs Army at Yankee Stadium, semi cool)
POTW USC -3′
My outright DOTW is Ole Miss. Here’s your link to the odds:
My Tunes, and by the way, a choice this week, plus two for a cliche song on your list or plus, (what else?) 3 for selection to honor Third Week.
- Lovin’ Touchin’ Squeezin’–Journey
- Peace Love and Understanding–Elvis Costello
- Rednecks, White Socks and Blue Ribbon Beer–Johnny Russell
- Guitars, Cadillacs and Hillbilly Music–Dwight Yokum
SOTW–Faster Horses (the Cowboy and the Poet)
Travellinbaen 
POTW – FSU -4
ODOTW – Northwestern
Bonus – Miami +2
Memphis +20
Army +8.5
SOTW
Nice. I’ll credit your plus two retroactively.
POTW – Stanford -6′
DOTW Rutgers
BDOTW Miss $tate
What’s the Frequency Kenneth? – REM
Man on the Moon – REM
Crimson and Clover – Tommy James and the Shondells
Whiter Shade of Pale – Procol Harum
Rebel Within – Hank III
SOTW – Middle Aged Crazy – Jerry Lee Lewis
POTW
Northwestern +7′
DOTW
Miami Hurricanes +2
UCLA + 2 1/2
Fresno State + 30 1/2
Tennessee -8 1/2
NO Illinois – 14
Texas – 21 1/2
POTW-UTAH -3
DOTW- Houston
SOTW- Love me sexy- Jackie Moon (Will Ferrel)
Thanks for the vote of confidence TB, nice to be appreciated. It is over for me so I will do what I never do which is mess with the Rebs.
POTW- Rebs +16
DOTW- Iowa
My theme this week for tunage is inspired from one of the greatest periods of most of our lives, the 85-86 school year. So, the theme is: If you weren’t sporting a mullet, concert t-shirt, tight rolled levi’s, high top reeboks, and weren’t jammin’ in the trunk of MD’s Zephyr, or hangin’ out of the hatchback of my chevette or Dr. Scoop’s RX-7, so you could REALLY hear the treble blastin’ from the Pioneer 6907’s, well…….you were a geek!!!!!!
Dokken- In My Dreams
Ozzy- Bark at the Moon
AC/DC- Hells Bells
Ratt- Wanted Man
Poison- Cry Tough
Motley Crue- Shout at the Devil
Skid Row- 18 & Life
Van Halen- Runnin’ With the Devil
KISS- Cold Gin
SOTW- Motley Crue- Starry Eyes ( Crue twice, you ask?) Well…. Crue Rules!!!
I suddenly feel compelled to run out the front door, jump in the RX7 or ‘vette hatch or climb in the window of the zephyr, and haul ass over the rr tracks to highway 90 to devour a kenny special from (missing brain cell) and get back within 20 minutes.
With the pioneers blastin’
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HOAGIE HOUSE! (edited 5 hours later)
More bonus songs from that era:
Scorpions- Big City Nights
Black n Blue- School of Hard Knocks
Wasp- I f%*k like Beast
Judas Priest- You Got Another Think Comin’
Quiet Riot- Cum On Feel the Noize
Iron Maiden- 2 Minutes to Midnight
Billy Idol- Rebel Yell
Accept- Balls to the Wall
Motley Crue- Stick to Your Guns (Never released- Black Market Demo)
Guns n Roses- Sweet Child O Mine
Def Leppard- Photograph
FSOTW- (Funny Story of the Week)- Coming out of Wal-Mart today the Salvation Army had their red kettle hung up on the tripod with a big Salvation Army sign atop. There was a real life SA worker with uniform ringing the bell. As I stopped to drop a little change in the kettle, an old woman (70’s) stops and matter-of-factly asks the bellringer, “Hello, who are ya’ll raising money for?”
(BLANK STARE)
So now I’ll reveal what I did last week, since points have now been given. I picked all games with a 3 in the betting lines, then made 3 is the magic number my SOTW, and I did it, coincidentally, shortly before Third Week. I should have waited a week.
You were obviously feeling it in your subconscious.
Potw ohio state -3
Bonus picks
Arkansas
Lsu
Tenn.
Dotw: fresno state
POTW: Tennessee -8′ @ VANDERBILT
Arkansas -3′ @ MISSISSIPPI STATE
Troy +21′ @ SOUTH CAROLINA
SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI – 4 v. Houston (Note to Sweet: Not “Rockets”)
LSU – 16 v. Mississippi
Zeek, I smell what you’re cooking with that post dude.
Commercial break:
Speaking of rockets – does anyone know where the red rocket is? I would swear I saw it on Market Street yesterday.
IR: clever, but way over our sleepy heads.
I vote Zeek for LOTW. Where is the MD 20/20?
In the back of Scoop’s stepmom’s (Jane’s) cutlass cierra where I left it at the Ratt / Bon Jovi concert.
Home Dawg POTW: Vandy +9
Bonus Home Dawg Pick: Oregon St. +3
JL, I saw the Red Rocket in Gautier a while back and informed Fig of the sighting. He did not believe me. The truth is out there
B Rad..This one is for you, read the captions, quite High-larious
Wisconsin -5
USM -4
POTW -16
DOTW MS State
Tre’ tunes
Dizz Knee Land – Dada
Red Wine, Mistakes, Mythology – Jack Johnson
SOTW – 1 Bourbon, 1 Scotch, 1 Beer – Thorogood
Nice team those -16’ers. I meant LSU.
POTW TENNESSEE -9
ARKANSAS -3
SOUTHERN MISS -4
LSU -16
SOUTH CAROLINA -21
NO Illinois -14½
East Carolina -8½
WESTERN MICHIGAN -3
Utep +17 (DOTW)
BUFFALO -7
WYOMING -2½ (POTW)
POTW
Arkansas -3′
Other Picks
USM -4
Navy -13
What comes out of a China mans ass? Rice Rice+8′
You Take’ Em Points +17
Dawg of the week
Iowa
Everyone have a great Thanksgiving, I’m going to the Hunt Club, to be all gangsta and stuff. Ya know what I’m sayin
Got to love Coach TeaJay – how about a grilled ham and cheese coach?
Picks:
Missouri – 11
Stanford – 6 1/2
Kansas State – 2
Utah – 3
Mississippi +16
POTW – Southern Miss – 4
Songs of the week:
Bewitched, Bewildered and Bothered – Ella Fitzgerald
My Head Hurts, My Feet Stink and I Don’t Love Jesus – Jimmy Buffett
I believe the Red Rocket is alive and well and I just saw it yesterday on Market Street.
Picks are doomed. So I ain’t picking this week. Concentrating on good music. Theme be damned.
POW – Wisconsin -4′
USM – 4
Rutgers +13
Miss St +3′
Col +2
WF under 49
Black Bears +16
DOW – EMich
SOW
POTW- USM -4
I vote for Sweet. SOTW.
And a renig. POTW Arkansas-3 1/2 or so.
My time is back. Its early, I tried to beat everyone up but my daughter decided it was time (that word again) she was ready for the days activities. Anyway here it goes.
POTW – Penn State -10.5
Notre Dame -8.5
Navy -13
Vanderbilt +9
Arkansas -3.5
New Mexico State +37.5
Have a Happy Thanksgiving everyone, can’t wait TB
Uh, I hit my POTW and DOTW and 1 bonus pick. and lost 1 bonus pick. Somehow TBU has me going 1 and 1. Please explain yourself.
POTW Tenn -8
POTW Tenn-8
DOTW Houston+4
Also, State+3′
Wisc -4
S Carolina-22
SOTW “I’m Going To Hire A Whino” David Frizzell
also “Red Red Whine”
POTW: Ole Miss 16
DOTW: Colorado
311 – Come Original
Three Dog Night – Shambala
Three 6 Mafia – It’s Hard Out Here for a Pimp
Seven Mary Three – Cumbersome
SOTW: 3 Strange Days – School of Fish
For Third Week bonus
For the Illinois/Northwestern game at Wrigley
Iowa +3 (DOTW)
Miami +2
Florida St. -4
POTW
LSU -16
LOTW
All Kinks Songs
Some Mother’s Son
Mr. Churchill Says
Nothing to Say
SOTW
One last bonus song to celebrate steppin’ into 3rd week.
That was Zeek that posted 3rd Bass / 3rd week song above.
Mac-SOTW
Zeek-LOTW
I’m late! But I’m not hungover *coughs* anymore. What? It was 3rd week.
Here are my songs for the week.
A/AVOTW: Sandra Bullock (The Proposal) “Get Low”
COTW: Melissa Etheridge/Joss Stone; Tribute to Janis Joplin
FVOTW: The Cranberries “Daffodil Lament”
Violent Femmes (of the week): Gimme The Car
Bonus: 3OH!3 “Holler Till You Pass Out”
SOTW:
SOTW: Fratellis “Flathead”
I hope this one works.
Love the fratellis.
SOTW – CoachTJ Cranberries
LOTW – TB
Looks like a dominating performance by the TB Pickers…..F*ck Jim Feist, Wayne Root, et al
LOW – Zeek
SOW – TB
LOTW- RSR
SOTW- Pitalo for the awesome Jackie Moon tune…..”Kick off ya shoes and suck me sexy…..”
My vote for SOTW is split between TJ for the Cranberries The Vampire and Harmony for 3OH!3 (that sh*t was funny)