Week 5 brought us more firings, a pair of great primetime games, and the usual unpredictable circus that we’ve all come to know and love. Basically the Miley Cyrus of the sports world – edgy, unhinged, oftentimes can make you cringe, but at the end of the day still producing bangers. Where else in the world would you find a ball boy willing to fight an entire football team, an incompetent troll that has parlayed crazy phone calls into a potential US Senate campaign, a 360 lbs tank catching screen passes, and a coach that went on live TV coked out of his mind? Week by week college football is making the Kardashians look like Leave it to Beaver.
Week 6 Pro Tips:
- Lane Kiffin is the gift, or maybe the grift, that keeps on giving. This guy doesn’t just win, he completely eviscerates whoever he beats. Not only did he embarrass #4 LSU and his daughter’s boyfriend, he absolutely owned Brian Kelly. He’s Omar whistling coming down the street. Even his dog got into the fight. If Home Alone was remade right now, Kevin McAllister would be up late at night watching Lane clips instead of Angels with Filthy Souls because this dude has a tommy gun fully loaded with uptempo plays and sarcasm and he’s taking no prisoners. Basically, everything Coach Prime wishes he could be. Just hope you don’t end up on the wrong end of one of his strays.
- As if NIL and revenue sharing weren’t enough, now we have to deal with patches on jerseys and possible $2 billion private capital investments! This seriously has to be where the road ends, right? Private capital is injected into businesses with an expected increase in returns based on strategic investments, not to help cover payroll. If we’re just going to burn capital with no intent on actual return,, how about we use it to save an iconic relic instead of giving 18-22 year olds even more money! The madness has to stop, but just in case it doesn’t here are our top 5 hopes for patches on jerseys.
- Colorado – Depends
- Georgia – Georgia State Patrol
- West Virginia – Ashley Furniture
- Auburn – Charmin
- Texas A&M – Amway
- For the ultimate losers of the week, we’ve got some very solid candidates. Kirby Smart extended his record against Alabama to a pitiful 1-7 while also resetting their 33 game home win streak. James Franklin moved to 2-21 against top 6 opponents. Throw in our good buddy, Dabo, and Clemson, Georgia, and Penn St. are all staring at a combined 0-12 record against the spread this season. It’s like turning off the autotune and getting exposed at Thursday night karaoke. However, somehow they will avoid the ridicule of being the biggest losers of the week thanks to Chili’s sweeping in and distracting everyone with this devastating decision.
TOS GAME OF THE WEEK
#16 Vanderbilt @ #10 Alabama (-11.5) 2:30PM CDT, ABC
What we like about this game: It’s rare that Alabama gets a home conference game with revenge on their mind, but they’ll definitely be playing with a chip on their shoulder after last year. With the momentum they’re building coming off that big Georgia W, this game gives them a real chance to make a statement that puts them right back in the heart of the playoff chatter.
What we love about this game: Vandy is 5-0 for only the second time in 80 years and Diego Pavia is riding an irrational wave of confidence. This week he went straight for the jugular, while also introducing his version of Johnny Chase into his entourage. Let’s be honest though, as a dude who has never lost to a team from Alabama (4-0 dating back to NMSU days), he has walked the walk. Can he keep the streak alive in Tuscaloosa this week?
Our goal for this year is to continue growing our community, while providing intellectually insightful, err, casually entertaining content at a more consistent clip than the CFP rankings show. We greatly appreciate your support and patronage as we continue to develop this site into your one stop shop for winning the weekend!