Week 7 College Football Picks and a High Note (and a sad one)

First things first. A nice-looking scoreboard in the west endzone at North Harrison last night. It got better. North beat Clarksville 56-26. Nice job boys.

The Indiana Hoosiers are in Eugene, Oregon for a tussle today. I have said to more than one, the Hoosiers need to protect the ball, and their defensive front must put pressure on that pesky Duck QB early and often. Oregon has not played a very stout defense this year. UCLA showed us that in their win over Penn State last week. What a game that was.

I am delighted that this game is in Eugene and that I am not going to be in attendance. I don’t think I could hold up to watch this in person. My senses can only take so much overload.

We are just an hour away from the noon kicks. I have to get moving here.

Last week was another week of 10 winners and 4 losers. Gotta do better than that!

Alabama beats Mizzou… Hey, I hope so. At Columbia, the Tigers can be grrrrrreat!

Ohio State beats Illinois… I just don’t see the Illini D playing in front of the Buckeyes all day. I am an Illini fan today.

Florida State beats Pitt… Not close.

Michigan State beats UCLA… Sparty has to beat the Bruins. I will be cheering for UCLA.

Ole Miss beats Washington State… This will be the 9th conference game soon instead of this nonconference matchup. That is a shame. Folks from Washington need the serene culture Oxford can provide them for a weekend.

Indiana beats Oregon… I can’t pick against them. If the D line does what I tell them, Indiana wins.

Penn State beats Northwestern… At home. After that loss to UCLA. Sorry Northwestern.

Texas beats Oklahoma… Call me a homer. His uncle made football in Indiana. I hope this is Arch’s coming out party and everyone just shuts the hell up about his play for a week.

Tennessee beats Arkansas… Coach Petrino is in charge. Life can be a funny thing. Gives hope to all of us.

Iowa beats Wisconsin… The Hawkeyes bounce back.

Clemson beats Boston College… The game is at Chestnut Hill. Beautiful place in the fall.

Georgia beats Auburn… Give this one to the Dawgs!

Purdue beats Minnesota… Time for the Boilers to create some turnovers and make a huge special teams play.

USC beats Michigan… A game like this in the Coliseum in October makes that move by those Big Ten westies all worth it. Get these while we can.

I typed all these words listening to the 1975 Blue Jays album by Justin Hayward and John Lodge. English vinyl is much better than American made.

We lost John Lodge yesterday. He died suddenly. He was 82. I wish I could find the picture of the two of us taken in Huntsville in 1994. He was kind. John was a true gentleman English rocker.