Week 2

SMU/OU Over 68.5- Never let it be said that I can’t admit when I’m wrong. I’ve been wrong once before and I didn’t like it one bit (thought the Cowboys would 3-peat but we wasted that and let San Francisco go win one in ‘94). Looks like Brent Venables heard the show and was out to prove a point, and boy did he ever, hanging 73 points on Arkansas St. while his defense looked like Sooner fans expected, holding the Red Wolves to 208 total yards and only 10 first downs. Is this the “new look” OU offense that we should expect to see all year long? No, no it isn’t, BUT, I’m gonna take advantage of them playing like they got a shot to do something this year. SMU meanwhile, has watched their former coach move across town to Fort Worth, take his team to the National Championship, and then hit them with the equivalent of “New number, who dis?” when he said that TCU won’t be playing SMU any longer starting in 2025, so they’re gonna try and send a message every week until they meet TCU in 2 weeks. Nothing sends a message to an ex like going to the gym and hitting the town with someone better looking on your arm, a.k.a. scoring a bunch of points on a worthy opponent. SMU will be saying “Keep my hoodie and block my number; I’ll be fine”. OU will be saying “We’re back! Boomer Sooner is back! Smells like 2000 again!” I’ll be saying “Neither of you is telling the truth, but I’ll take every point you’re gonna score”.

Kent St/Arkansas Over 57- Fayetteville is gonna be rockin’ for the first true home game of the season for the Hogs (last Saturday’s game against Western Carolina was played in Little Rock, so technically a neutral site…about as neutral as Texas playing in Round Rock, but still). Arkansas scored 56 last week against a football team that many call “The Georgia of the western Carolina’s”, and Kent St gave up 56 (and cost us the under) against the “2017 National Champions”, the UCF Golden Knights (hahahahaha! I’m not joking either, they actually claim this title, though no one told Alabama that before they played Georgia that year, or they probably wouldn’t have wasted their time trying to win what had already been won), so….yeah…I think this one has “over” written all….well…..all over it.

Georgia St./UConn-Georgia St-3-This ain’t basketball, UConn isn’t good, and Georgia St can score. Put it all together and you get a formula for a comfortable victory. Georgia St. put up 424 total yards last week and 42 points against Rhode Island (yes, that’s right; R.I. has both basketball and football. The fighting Lamar Odom’s double dip in the sports world, baby!) Meanwhile, UConn gave up 364 total yards and 24 points against a NC State team that themselves aren’t anything to write home about. 15 first downs, 113 passing yards, and 160 rushing yards aren’t exactly elite numbers that are going to scare the Panthers defense into wetting themselves and waving the white flag, not to mention the game is in Hotlanta, so give me Georgia St - 3 and give me a rocking chair win.