Slept through these……………

Hawaii 61 Louisiana Tech 17

#7 USC 35 Oregon 10

San Diego State 21 UNLV 7

Arizona State 41 Washington State 17

Kansas State 45 #4 Texas 42

Central Florida 26 Memphis (sorry, Miss Candy) 24

#18 Wake Forest 38 Florida State 0

#12 LSU 28 Alabama 14

Louisiana-Monroe 35 Florida International 0

#11 Arkansas 31 #13 Tennessee 13

#22 Boston College 28 Duke 7

#17 Oklahoma 34 Texas Tech 24

UCLA 25 Oregon State 7

#14 Boise State 23 San Jose State 20

TCU 27 New Mexico 21

Middle Tennessee 38 Arkansas State 10

North Texas 16 Louisiana-Lafyette 7

Fresno State 23 New Mexico State 18

You better get some ribs, kid

Last last night, high-school phenom Derrick Rose of Chicago signed a letter of intent to play for the University of Memphis in 2007-08.

And leave the Illini with another guy ditching the Land of Lincoln for greener pastures.

I know one thing though, the guy better eat some ribs when he first get down here to Memphis.

Scores galore plus recapping Game 1

These games ended 45 minutes after I gave the scores of the early action.

Boston College 24 Florida State 19

Cal 31 Washington 24

Washington State 34 Oregon 23

Boise State 42 Idaho 26

Tennessee 16 Alabama 13

Rutgers 20 Pittsburgh 10

Halftime at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium: Tulsa 21 Memphis 7

In Nashville: South Carolina 31 Vanderbilt 13

As far as Game 1 is concerned, it seems like the Cardinals’ lack of rest hasn’t distracted them at all. Pujols and Rolen have both hit homers in the game and it’s 4-1 Cardinals in the top of the sixth inning.

This week’s picks

On last Friday, I did my very first pick special of the season and went 3-2 (Michigan,  Florida, and Texas were the winners on last week).

The picks I posted on last Saturday wouldn’t count because hell, I ran out of things to say in the blog Saturday morning.

And now here’s this week’s picks:

Memphis 35 Arkansas State 0

Florida 21 Auburn 14 (sorry, Kelly)

Ohio State 38 Michigan State 14

Michigan 23 Penn State 20

Louisville 20 Cincinnati 0

Those are my picks and I’m sticking with it.

More picks for Saturday

This is just a followup post on picks that I posted on here yesterday afternoon.

Memphis 31 UAB 30

Nebraska 29 Iowa State 14

Vanderbilt 23 Ole Miss 20

Georgia 19 Tennessee 10

DeAngelo Williams:Movie Critic

I just found out through the Memphis Flyer’s website that DeAngelo Williams has a new title to his list of titles as Tiger legend, rookie running back, and a friend of my friend Kim from my Whitehaven days.

Movie critic.

I gotta read his take on “Jackass 2″ then.

Game time set for UT-Memphis

Next Saturday’s game between the Tennessee Volunteers and Memphis Tigers will be on ESPN starting at 11 o’clock in the morning.

Separation Saturday wrap-up

After finally getting some much-needed cable into my folks’ house and waiting until the third quarter to get the DirectTV receiver to work, I felt that it was my God-given right to indulge in a sweet brickwood cigar and follow the key games from Separation Saturday.

In South Bend, the Michigan Wolverines stomped all over Brady Quinn’s dreams of winning the Heisman Trophy by destroying the Irish 47-21 this afternoon and in the process, quelling the belief that Lloyd Carr couldn’t win the big games against Ohio State or Notre Dame anymore.

For Auburn and LSU, their annual grudge match looked more like an Auburn-LSU baseball game at Alex Box Stadium in Baton Rouge as LSU won 7-3 over Auburn in a game that normally determines who will represent the SEC West in the SEC Championship game in Atlanta later on in the season.

In Lexington, the Wildcats (pause for dramatic effect) ran roughshod over an undermanned Ole Miss squad that turned the ball over five times and got manhandled 31-14 to fall to 1-2 on the season.

And leave Coach O finding some more uses for profantities in the postgame press conference.

In Memphis, a couple of Tiger squad played another classic tonight at the Liberty Bowl as Tennessee State pulled off an overtime win by screwing up on an extra point try and then converting it to a two-point conversion by using the same shovel pass that I use sometimes when I quarterback street football games in my neighborhood to beat Jackson State 31 to 30 in the Southern Heritage Classic.

Meanwhile in Greenville, the Memphis Tigers were Jekyll and Hyde on the field tonight as a subpar second half doomed the Tigers in their game against East Carolina this evening as the Pirates beat the Tigers 35 to 20 and drop the Tigers to 1-2 on the season.

Wonder what DeAngelo’s doing these days, Tiger fans?

Neither am I.

In Bloomington, Indiana, my former school, Southern Illinois, beat a Big Ten school for the first time in school history by beating Indiana 35 to 28.

Which is not really any cause for celebration in Carbondale.

These are the Hoosiers.

In Nashville, my friend Kasi’s school almost pulled off a cardiac victory but came up two points short of beating the Razorbacks at Vanderbilt Stadium this afternoon.

Which means the pharmacists in Nashville will triple dosages of heart medications for patients at hospitals all over Nashville.

The Mississippi State Bulldogs scored points for the first time this season and still lost at home to Tulane by three points.

Same old thing in Starkville.

In Knoxville, another classic chapter was added to the Florida-Tennessee rivalry as Florida came from behind to beat the Vols 21 to 20 on a last-minute drive engineered by senior quarterback Chris Leak.

And another reason to explain to my 9 year-old playnephew that Florida wears the gayest uniforms in the SEC.

Now that these acts of this Saturday in football have been written, what will happen next Saturday?

Only time will tell.

Scores to pass along………..

These are the one that are finals:

East Carolina 35
Memphis 20

Tulane 32
Mississippi State 29

Tennessee State 31
Jackson State 30 (OT)

Earlier today:

Arkansas 21
Vanderbilt 19

Rhodes College 20
Centre 10

This just in…………..

Thanks to the magic of Gametracker, I have some scores to pass along

Tennessee 17
Florida 7 3rd

Southern Cal 21
Nebraska 3

East Carolina 28
Memphis 20

Kentucky 31
Ole Miss 14 Final

Shocker of the day: Southern Illinois (my former school) 35 Indiana 28 in Bloomington