Fem Football Weeks 9 - Favorites roll as Texas rolls over

As I predicted last week - in a half joking manner , Texas lost to Baylor. It seems to be a magic place for underdogs and teams that have never beat Texas, or haven't in a loooooooong time. 1997 was the last time the Bears beat the Horns. Baylor is usually in the bottom of the Big 12, but this year seem to be "taking over" - While lagging most of the game, they came back in the 3rd quarter with a 69 yard touchdown run, and then a 1 yard TD, then a pass for another TD. Final run - was to the corner to celebrate with the fans who trucked out to watch the victory. I think that Texas is going to need a bigger visitors section if they keep up the losing streak. Memorial Stadium, in memory of team that was once called the Texas Longhorns, but are now known as losers.

As for the picks, Favorites seemed to be taking the roll seriously, and winning as predicted. And things seemed to be status quo. Vandy lost to Arkansas, Washington to Stanford...although Virginia did pull an unexpected win over Miami (FL) who was favored by 15...

Florida took the controversial win over Georgia, in over time. This is the first OT in 95 meetings, and one for the history books, as both teams were unranked for the first time in over a decade. Although Florida has won 18 of the last 21 games, they came in as the underdogs of this game. Taking beatings the last 3 games, and falling out of the top 25 in week 8, things have been bleak for the Gators. Next week might as well be a bye week as they play Vandy, but they then have ranked South Carolina to contend with in week 11!

Predictions for next week
Dare I call ANOTHER Texas loss?
TCU over Utah
Iowa State over Nebraska
Texas Tech over Missouri

Fem Football

Ahhh College Football. For those of us who love it, we crave it. We talk about it during the off season, we argue over Quarter Backs and Wide Receivers, coaches, penalties, assistant coaches - basically anything to keep the conversation going and the team spirit alive. We breath a sigh of relief when August rolls around, and get the grill ready for tailgating.

Something about the crunch of leaves, and cool breeze makes me want to crack open a beer and toss the football around. But alas, there is no cool breeze in Singapore. So I have to pretend its cool enough for my football sweater, and watch the games via stream on the net. I still enjoy the beer, and tailgate on my balcony.

I am one of the few women I know who participates in the picks. Games are selected every week, points spread, favorite vs underdog, home vs away etc is all mapped out.
We pick
*top ten - who we think the top ten will be when the season is over, and we do this before the season opener
*a sleeper - someone not in the top preseason rankings but we think will be at the end,
*a clunker - a team currently ranked that we think will fall out.

I am up against mostly men.

Men who played football in high school, some in college, all of them in the back yard. They know scores from 10 years ago, averages, yards rushing, height weight and the name of the girlfriend of everyone who picks up a ball in the NCAA.

I paint my toenails while looking over the stats I won't remember, and use weird female scientific rationale to choose my picks.

There are roughly 70 participants, 4 of us female. I am currently the only woman in the top 20, and am tied with 6 others for 9th place. I think I am rocking this thing!

I will keep you updated on my rise and fall. But so you know, my top 10, clunker, and sleeper

Team #1: Ohio State
Team #2: Auburn
Team #3: Florida
Team #4: LSU
Team #5: TCU
Team #6: Texas
Team #7: Oklahoma
Team #8: Boise State
Team #9: Nebraska
Team #10: Tennessee

Sleeper team Tennessee
Clunker Penn State
and I am in the SEC with the VOLS.

I bleed Orange, heart Peyton Manning, Smokey, and Rocky Top.