Week 7 Results

A quick note up-front. I always try to take a light-hearted approach to writing about college football (I happen to be a big Joe Paterno fan, and don't actually mean all - okay most of the jokes I make at his expense). However, sometimes you have to take a step back and appreciate the game - and all team sports - for being something more than a vehicle via which you can gamble. Though I never played football (I was a track geek in high school), I do know the value of being part of a team. The guys (or ladies) you spend a season with - winning, losing, and growing - become a second (and in some cases first) family.

The loss of a family member is always difficult, and I want to take the opportunity - through my modestly-read outlet - to offer my condolences to the friends and families of UConn CB Jasper Howard, who was killed in an on-campus altercation last weekend. I'm not going to wax poetic about this any more than I already have, but it was encouraging to see Howard's football family rally around the tragedy. Most touching was this quote from UConn co-captain Desi Cullen. “To hear the news he is a father … and that (the child) will grow up without a father tears me apart. As Jazz looks down on us, I can promise his son or daughter will have 105 uncles. We will be better men because of Jazz.”


On to last week's results . . .

GA Tech upset VA Tech (-3), The Longhorns (-3.5) won by a field goal and pretty much ruined Sam Bradford and the Sooners' season, Alabama rolled, but not by enough over South Carolina (+17), FIU (+10) just managed to beat the spread against Troy State, and Ohio (-13.5) played like Ohio State, dismantling Miami, OH by 21.

Week 7: 3-2
This Season: 17-16-2

Stay tuned for this week's pick either today or tomorrow. It has been a very long and nerve-wracking two weeks, but there is a light at the end of the tunnel. Full disclosure soon - I promise.