November 4, 2020
Good Day Grover Pickers,
While you enjoy watching the Thursday night NFL game between “Who is Left for the 49ers” and “Who is Available for the Packers”, please enjoy this weekly preview as well.
MACtion is BACK!
Ball State, Bowling Green, and all the directional Michigan schools kicked off Wednesday night. The MAC owns Wednesdays! It’s like owning Mediterranean and Baltic on the Monopoly board.
Also, isn’t that a school night?
Miami v NC State
Are you more likely to be able to name three players in this game or three members of a Pennsylvania election board?
BYU v Boise
On a snowy mountain top beyond the fruited plain, two roads end and another begins. Either the Cougars or the Broncos will still have a shot at a New Year’s 6 Bowl. The other is headed for a one loss season and visit to a bowl game named for a discount furniture chain.
Here’s the weather report for kickoff in Boise Saturday night.
Purdue v Wisconsin
We shouldn’t have to pick a winner of this game, we should have to choose if we believe this game will even be played.
Update! This game will not be played. Wisconsin is all but eliminated from the Big 10 because they have not played enough games, but they do remain bowl eligible. Of course, in the age of Covid, a team of you and everyone in line with you at the Chick-fil-a drive-thru is also still bowl eligible.
All of the people in this photo remain bowl eligible and likely to fill a spot in the Myrtle Beach Bowl.
Michigan v Indiana
The Wolverines are on the brink of switching places with Indiana and becoming the Big10’s third most useless program.
The PAC 12 is BACK!
As a reminder, these are the Pac 12 teams.
Arizona v Utah
UCLA v Colorado
Washington St. v Oregon State
Washington v Cal
Stanford v Oregon
Arizona State v USC
Oklahoma State v Kansas State
For the right to be mildly upset when the winner is properly left out of the CFB Playoff.
South Alabama v Coastal Carolina
The Chanticleers keep coming! We’ll pick them until they lose.
Florida v Georgia
It turns out Dan Mullen is merely a slightly smarter, much goofier, way more successful Will Muschamp. Intense beyond reason and an unwilling participant in reality. Of course, these are irrelevant character flaws if you beat the Bulldogs.
It turns out Kirby Smart is a genius recruiter, but not much else. Who else could sign all of the nation’s best high school quarterbacks and then trot out for this rivalry game a 5-10 guy named Stetson who was 2nd Team 3A coming out of high school? That is a Kirby recruit leading the #3 Ohio State Buckeyes right now, yes? That guy is a leading Heisman candidate, right? UGA’s QB is currently 10th in passing… in the SEC!
UGA may luck out anyway since Florida enters the cocktail party ranked “Completely Incapable” in tackles.
Clemson v Notre Dame
Notre Dame is the underdog you can never root for.
So is Clemson.
Tennessee v Arkansas
No shame in losing to Alabama, Vols, everybody does. UT just loses in much more spectacular and boring ways than anyone else.
Don’t look know, but the Razorbacks have improved and they feature the Vol Slayer, QB Feleipe Franks. UT fans will probably feel good about themselves for 59 minutes and 58 seconds, before Feleipe does Feleipe things and makes you feel bad.
Remember, you chose to root for the Vols. This is what you get.
Saints v Buccaneers
The battle to be the most overrated NFL team since last week’s Titans. Brady and the Bucs are NOT going to the Super Bowl. Antonio Brown is NOT likely to be a Buc by week 16. This is the Pewter Mirage.
Steelers v Cowboys
Andy Dalton has concussion and Covid, which is a really smart veteran move when you are facing the Steelers defense. The Cowboys offense has the firepower of a cap gun. The Steelers defense are a marauding band of Thor clones. Andy is safer with a concussion and covid.
Happy Picking,
The Commissioner
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