I don’t know
if anyone else misses old Leonard Postero
of Leonard’s Losers as much as I do but the Saturday morning drive on the way
to a ballgame is not the same without him.
My better half, Patsy, and I were discussing this past Saturday how much
we miss him and she suggested that I try to do something similar in an effort
to put some of that old Saturday morning magic back in game day experience. No one will ever replace or come near the
entertainment Leonard so wonderfully gave us but I am going to try just because
I miss him so much.
This coming Saturday’s games will be my first and probably last but I’m
going to give it a shot.
September the 8th, the second and everybody's shot at either redemption or
continued glory shakes out like this:
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Vanderbilt vs
Northwestern:
The Commodores
under their second year coach and miracle worker are either on dope or have
been hypnotized to believe they can actually play football. They came within rowing distance of beating
the ‘Ole Ball Coach’ and his Marshal Durbin load of roosters last week in the
season opener and are headed up north to play the Northwestern Wildcats. I feel sure the medication or hypnotism will
last at least another week and surely any team from Nashville can handle a
team with a mascot named ‘Willie the Wildcat’.
The South will surely rise in this one. Big Norm’s loser---Northwestern.
Tennessee vs
Georgia State:
Little Derrick
and his Smokey Dogs ran NC State and all the trailing wolf pack plum out of the
big house on the River in Knoxville back across the line, licking their wounds
and howling like the kicked dogs they were last week. This week they will lure the Georgia State
Panthers into that same big house on the river. Even with Bill Curry, sweater and all, the
Panthers have gotten off to a bad start by losing to South Carolina State by
the embarrassing score of 33-6, so a big turnaround in this second week is
highly unlikely. Dooley will certainly
add to his legend career this week. Big
Norm’s loser-- Georgia State.
Ole Miss vs
Utep
The Lord in
all his wisdom has tried his best to give the Johnny Rebs as much consideration
as is possible in scheduling while the ‘hottie totties’ break in their brand
new coach God sent them from Ark. State.
They really had a tussle with the power house Central Arkansas before
finally finishing them off last week but there is a truck load of hungry miners
headed their way this week to finish what they couldn’t quite pull off against
Oklahoma last week. Never trust hungry
‘miners’ on a weekend with the smell of fried chicken thick in the air from
partying in the ‘Grove’. Big Norm’s
loser—Ole Miss.
Kentucky vs.
Kent State
Kentucky
should never play anything but basketball and Kent State is the school that
gave us Nick Saban. Enough said. Big Norm’s loser---Kentucky
Florida vs.
Texas A&M
Well Bam-Bam
was supposed to be the answer to all Florida’s problems when they got him away
from Texas with a key to the Bank of Gainesville. Last year was all the fault of the fat ass
guy sitting on
the cooler calling the offense. Against
the power house Bowling Green last week it seem the fat guy might not have been
the total problem. The lizard chompers
barely escaped the lowly Falcons at home, now they must go to College Station
and play a team with a new coach that wants to make a good first impression on
their new conference friends. The Aggies
may not be the ‘hook’em horns’ but the Gators are in for one more fight. Big Norm’s loser---Florida
Arkansas vs.
La. Monroe
The hogs have
one more ride through the forest on their Harley before they get to host the
Crimson Tide out there in the Ozark’s.
La. Monroe is not much to talk about when you’ve been squealing around
the pig pen all year about how good you are.
Temporary coach or not the Hogs should be way too much for the Warhawks
from Cajun country. Big Norm’s Loser---La.Monroe.
Georgia vs.
Missouri
University of
Georgia head ball coach has now held the title of coach with the most talent
and least results for longer than any other active coaching man. Coach Richt has proven he can underachieve
with the best. On the other hand
Missouri is probably tired of hearing how it is going to be years before it can compete in the SEC
and has sent a fleet of yellow cabs to bring the dogs out to Columbia for an
old fashion welcome to the conference butt whipping by the Tigers. If Missouri were not already in the SEC this
would be another embarrassment for our conference but now it’s just another
occasion for Richt to talk about how they will be better next week.
Big Norm’s
loser----Georgia.
Auburn vs.
Mississippi State
Dan Mullen is
about to wear out his welcome in dog town.
Is he the great coach he says he is or just another beneficiary of the
Tim Tebow era in gator town. Mullen’s
puppies have got to beat somebody from the western division someday but will it
be against the Tigers from the loveliest village? Coach C. loaded up his baby Tigers last week
and led them into the Dome against a good if not great Clemson team and hung
tough till the very end. Mullen invited
the sisters of the poor over to Starkspatch for a fight similar to a Michael
Vick family outing. Maybe someday but
not this year. Big Norm’s
loser----Mississippi State.
Alabama vs.
Western Kentucky
Already said
people in Kentucky should play basketball.
I’m not sure anyone this side of Eli and the New York Giants could give
Alabama at this time a decent game.
Little Nicky has it all going for him right now and something short of
Coach Bryant coming in here with his ’61 team is not going to slow it
down. If I were a lawyer in Bowling
Green today I’d be on T.V. offering a deal on wills and living wills for anyone
on the traveling team. Little Nicky will
dictate this score.
Big Norm’s
loser---Western Kentucky.
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