WINNERS OR WHINERS®....Week Eight Wrap Up.

We came pretty darn close to being perfect with SEVEN out of EIGHT picks. That's an 88% hit rate. And if you followed our leads - especially our upset picks - you're probably heading to Best Buy right now to load up on another high def flat screen. Or, maybe, beefing up your depleted 401(k)...whatever rocks your boat, baby.

Dumb and dumber?

Speaking of rocking the boat, George the Cat hit big on his BIG PICK of the WEEK taking Bama over Tennessee, even laying the points. It wasn't a pretty sight in Knoxville as Alabama opened up a can of Crimson Tide whoopass in another prime time beat down of the Big Orange, and another example of Tyler "Pouty" Bray's lack of leadership and class. Coach Orange Pants is now something like 0-14 against ranked teams and it's not gonna get any better for the Vols as they head to Columbia to take on the Gamecocks. And you can bet that Spurrier the Evil Genius is licking his chops to get his team back in the win column after losing the past two weekends to Florida and LSU. I hate to say it, but Dooley's only chance of surviving the moving van is to bring home the W. How much you wanna bet that Mayflower Van Line is on AD Dave Hart's speed dial?

Numbers never lie.

In addition to the Bama pick, we had several more money makers. So let's do our weekly Weekend Rewind.

The Weekend Rewind®..... 

Let's start with the only pick that came up short. Texas A&M came within one of Reveille's whiskers of upsetting the Bengal Tigers 24-19. Johnny Football had a case of the oopsies and threw 3 interceptions. But Johnny Manzeil, just a redshirt freshman, is going places so get use to hearing his name. Heisman 2014, perhaps?

In another upset pick, the Wildcats of Kansas State chewed up the Mountaineers in Morgantown, 55-17.  Collin Klein was an amazing 19-21 for 323 passing yards, a career high, plus added 43 rushing yards. I'm thinking he's a lock for the Heisman, something that Kansas State has never experienced.

We predicted undefeated Notre Dame to win but it was a lot closer than expected with their 17-14 win over BYU. While the Irish passing game struggled, their rushing effort stepped up with 270 yards. And now they head to Norman, Oklahoma to face the Sooners.

Clemson took care of business with the Hokies, winning their third straight over Virginia Tech, 38-17. Remember those names I mentioned last week? Well, Ellington had 96 rushing yards and Boyd ran for two touchdowns and passed for another. Thanks fellas.

The Gators won big over the Gamecocks 44-11 which will put them in a really snarly mood when they host Tennessee this Saturday in Columbia.

Probably the most entertaining game of Saturday was the Nebraska-Northwestern match in Evanston. The Wildcats led for most of the game with the Cornhuskers coming back late to win 29-28. Being 12 points down in the fourth, Nebraska's Martinez led the way with two touchdowns to edge out Northwestern. For the day, Nebraska rack up 543 yards of total offense.

The Red Raiders took out the Horned Frogs of TCU, 56-53, in three overtime periods. QB Seth Doege tossed a TD pass in each of the overtimes, giving him 7 for the game.

The Week Ahead... 

Be sure to check back later in the week for our next group of winning picks. And George the Cat will be making his BIG PICK of the WEEK featuring Notre Dame at Oklahoma.

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