Starting a Petition

This year has been a very disappointing year for me, not just because my football teams have been sub par or involved in major cheating scandals, but also because my favorite Pacific Life commercial has been taken off of TV. I want to start a petition to get this commercial back as I have a theory that when it came on, my team's momentum would normally change in a good direction(I also have a special dance for it that only a few special people have had the unfortunate opportunity to see!). Anywho, who's with me?? It's the best commercial ever-doesn't it make you think of life insurance...?

Tail Slaps (Music Only - Pacific Life Fight Song)

My Least favorite College football weekend!

So this is the weekend I hate every year. Last year I talked about the best things of the greatest cocktail party on earth and this year, it is going to be one painful game to watch. Not only are these teams struggling more than they have in years(and may I add what an incredible change Mark Richt and the Bulldogs have done since my last blog post!), but they have very similar records and very similar motivations. Both Florida and Georgia can play for the SEC championship despite their dismal records. Florida is in the driver seat and controls its destiny, while Georgia basically needs to win out and get another loss from South Carolina. Regardless, they both have a chance which means, who has a slight advantage of me cheering for them this year? Lately, the Tebow factor gave the Gators a slight edge over Georgia, plus Florida was having an opportunity to play for the National Championship. When David Pollack was with Georgia, they had a slight advantage, and so on.... Literally this year is going to be a celebration and despair on each play. Quite a bittersweet feeling when these teams are both your favorite. If you think it is hard on me, ask my parents! They can't really even watch the game together as one must watch upstairs and the other downstairs. Honestly, my dad has played a lot of golf on this day so we shall see if he decides to actually sit down and watch the game this year. Oh well, at least I get to eat nachos and a chick-fil-a biscuit in celebration of my first weekend home with Robert! I do love Saturdays in the fall regardless of what awaits for me at 3:30pm on CBS!

Picks for the week! My last picks I was 9-4 so I hope to keep this nice streak going!

FSU vs NC State-FSU
Miami vs UVA-Miami
Tennessee vs South Carolina-S. Carolina
Michigan St vs Iowa-Iowa
Missouri vs Nebraska-Nebraska
Florida vs Georgia-???
William & Mary vs UNC-GO HEELS
Auburn vs Ole Miss-Auburn
Stanford vs Washington-Stanford
Vandy vs Arkansas-Ark
Kentucky vs Miss St-Kentucky
Baylor vs Texas-Baylor
Oregon vs USC-USC
Michigan vs Penn St-Michigan

Georgia, Keep Richt one more year please!

All of you out there probably know I am a Georgia fan and not only that, I am a Georgia fan that loves to win. It has been a pretty good last couple of years. In this Richt decade ('01-'10), Georgia has been ranked number one, won the SEC Championship twice, won seven bowl games(and only lost two), won two BCS bowl games, 16-11 versus the big three rivalries(Florida, Auburn, and Georgia Tech), and almost every year has been in the top ten in recruiting. Yes, the list goes on and on, but the only thing us Georgia fans are looking at right now, and let me tell you, it is BLARING right in my eyes, is the 1-4 record, 0-3 in the SEC and the embarrassing loss to a terrible Big 12 team that is about to be a PAC 10 team. So you are probably asking this Georgia fan who always likes to win, why do you still want to keep Richt??

Well I say to you, this man is a great man. He does know how to win, he is just in a black hole right now. If one fumble here, one bad call there, one player playing in the first four games, and this team gets one of those SEC wins and they have confidence again. It's a young team that goes into a stadium expecting to lose and surprised if it wins. I know what it's like to be in a black hole of losing and it's not fun, but I also know what it's like to come out of the hole and you need a leader like Richt to do it. I want him to stay. I don't want another Bobby Bowden(and I know Richt doesn't compare to Bowden) fiasco where Richt leaves a beloved school and doesn't want to come back because of how he was asked to leave. I want a great man like Richt to get one more year, see how the recruits and confidence can change next season and see how Richt can lead a pretty down team this year. If Richt does make some strides and the team gains confidence, it could be an amazing run(and the run must last into next year)!

OK, on to the picks. It's a big week of games and I am so excited, as always! Even more excited because I am going to my first ever Notre Dame football game! My record was 11-4 last week, not too shabby!

Indiana vs Ohio St-Ohio St
BC vs NC St-NC State
Tennessee at UGA-GO DAWGS
Alabama vs S Carolina-Alabama
Arkansas vs Texas A&M-Arkansas
Michigan St vs Michigan-Michigan St
Virginia vs Georgia Tech-Virginia
Clemson vs UNC-GO HEELS
Oregon St vs Arizona-Arizona
Auburn vs Kentucky-Auburn
LSU vs Florida-GO GATORS
Florida St vs Miami-Florida St
USC vs Stanford-Stanford

PICKS!! (finally)

Georgia vs Colorado- GO DAWGS
Florida vs Alabama- GO GATORS
UNC vs ECU-GO HEELS
Oregon vs Stanford-Oregon
NC State vs VT- NC State
Notre Dame vs BC-Notre Dame
FSU vs UVA- FSU
Vandy vs UCONN-Vandy
Miami vs Clemson-Clemson
Tenn vs LSU-LSU
Auburn vs LA Monroe-Auburn
Penn St vs Iowa-Iowa
Wisconsin vs Mich St-Mich St
Oklahoma vs Texas-Oklahoma
Michigan vs Indiana-Michigan