I knew we were going to get our asses whooped this month, I just thought it would be next weekend.

Sometimes after a loss, I can say, “if not for ____, we would not have lost.” The blank is usually filled with “that fumble” or “that injury” or something. I fill in the blank today with “that game.”

I wonder how many times in college football history a team has returned a kick-off, a punt and an INT for a TD in the same game. Not often, I bet. I also imagine that no team has ever lost when they have picked up 21 points on the “cycle” of returns.

If you had told me 24 hours ago that we would lose to KSU and that OU is beatable next week, I would have asked if I could smoke what you were smoking.

I knew our O-line was suspect going into the season, and I was right. Then our O-line got injured, and it really got ugly.

There was a weekend in October of 2003 that 5 teams in the top 10 lost (if I recall correctly, UT lost to OU and then LSU lost to Florida prior to winning the NC). This weekend, it looks like 5 of the top 10 teams will lose (if USC wins and Fla. loses).

However much it sucks to lose, I am in either 1st or 2nd place in each of my 4 pools this week. Yes, I took KSU in 2 of them. (I took UT in one, and neither in the fourth one).

KSU is the only team in the Big XII with a winning record against UT since the inception of the conference (OU is 5-5-1). Although Coach Snyder is gone, Coach Prince beats us using his predecessor’s formula: special teams and turnovers.

John, go the ‘Stros game tomorrow. He will catch then, too.

I went 4-1 on the IAG football pickem contest (not one of “my four pools”, I only count the ones that win me money.)

I never weighed in on this, but firing Phil Garner was stupid. If anybody can explain that one to me, I am all ears.

If you give me $1,200, I will mail you secretive emails with my honest assessment of Coach Fran’s coaching abilities. (Hint: remember the email with the monkey smelling his finger and falling out of the tree?)

OU sucks.

Well, this has been a shitty afternoon.

1.) The Longhorns lose embarassingly (wait, I’ll do it for you: 12-7 Whooop)

2.) I am thus far down 3 units on my wagers (WTF BAYLOR?????) and pending Georgia (+2, losing by 14 w/ 3 minutes left) and Troy (-13 tied) in the 2nd qtr, I have 2 more units about to leave my pocket.

3.) Not only is it bad that Mrs Johnnymac decided this week that since Baby Johnnymac has been pulling her hair lately, she might as well cut it all off, we had baseball tickets to the Astros game tonight to see the Biggio catch for the first time in 100 years, Mrs Johnnymac thought the game started at 7:00 and stayed at her hairdresser’s until well past a reasonable time to get to the game, so I’m going to miss that.

Can you tell I’m already drunk? That last sentence was kind of weak.

Here are the football picks – I actually have them up on Friday for once! Now I just need West Virginia to wake up here in the second half, as of this writing they’re losing 14-3 and are looking like the JV scout team against the S Flordia offense at the beginning of the second half… Holy crap!

As far as actual wagers for me go this weekend, I am playing Baylor for 2 units and all the others for 1 apiece. Note that there is no Philadelphia Eagle action this week because no one took me up on my offer; for what it’s worth, I think the Eagles will cover the -3 at the Giants and I think I’ll pick it correctly this week because I’m not betting on it.

Dr Fro (7-8 season)

Cal + 5 v OREGON
FLORIDA STATE -2 v Alabama
Mich St +7.5 v WISCONSIN
COLORADO +23 v Oklahoma
Baylor +17 v TEXAS A&M

Johnnymac (7-8 season)

Baylor +17 v TEXAS A&M
W Virginia -7 v S FLORIDA
TROY -13 v La Monroe (I REALLY like this one)
Seattle -2 v SF
DETROIT +3 v Chicago

Padilla (6-8-1 season)

Louisville -9 v NC STATE
Pittsburgh -6 v ARIZONA
INDIANAPOLIS -10 v Denver
New England -7 v CINCINNATI
Houston -3 v ATLANTA