Don't Sing It...

...Bring It Weekend (yeah WCW!). A lot of people tell me they don't like to bet the first couple of weekends because they want to feel it out, wait until all the suspended players are eligible, see who is good etc. These people are widely considered pussies, but we'll give them the benefit of the doubt since its week 3 and by now they should be getting their nuts underwater, ready to dive in like the cool kids.

The first two weeks have taught us a number of things but the central theme seems to be this: with the possible exception of Oklahoma and Texas, midwestern football absolutely sucks compared to non-landlocked football. There are umteen reasons for this, but if you ask me the main one is that midwestern football has always sucked and has been overrated forever. It is not a new development that the best football players are from south of the Mason-Dixon and California. Ohio and Pennsylvania are exceptions to this rule, but how many great football players from New York can you name? New England? Michigan (the state, not the University)? Indiana? Montana? Anyone? Bueller?

The ridiculous manner in which the college football champion has been crowned since forever has done a lot to keep up the myth of midwestern football. Had there been any sort of tournament in place the list of national titles would look a lot different and a lot more southern and coastal throughout the modern era. Have the bartender put a Big 10 game on a tv right next to an SEC game this Saturday. It will look like the Big 10 players are all playing with a shit in their pants (just like JoePa!). Or just pop in a tape of the Michigan-USC bowl game last year. Or.......the Gayturds running past THE Ohio State University....

...which brings us to this week's pick. There are some great matchups this weekend. I love the Gators to roll T-Tennessee at home by well more than 8 but no team has won more bets for me lifetime than T-Tennessee so out of professional courtesy I can't pick against the Vols. There is a very good shot that USC thrashes Nebraska and has the ten covered by the end of the first quarter. But I'm a one pick man, and the pick is this: UW getting 4 hosting THE Ohio State University. THE OSU is ranked because it would seem weird for voters not to vote for a team that played in the title game last year. They are an overhyped, slow team going into the loudest stadium in the country against a hungry UW squad that is on a roll. And the line is shrinking, it was 5.5 three days ago. UW wins straight up (but I'll take the 4 if you insist).