FridayPicksWeekendEtc

I'm posting my Friday funny, my picks, and talking about my weekend all at once. Why? I'm off to Chicago first thing in the morning. It should be a ton of fun. I get in around 11:30 and my Dad and I are heading straight to Manny's deli for a great pastrami sandwich. Then Friday night Moran and are are going to the Bulls game. When that ends, J-Bone and Pete should be arriving, so we'll meet up with them and go out. Then around 11:30 Mike Moeschler and the Mule get into town, at which point we will continue drinking. Saturday we'll go watch the Husker game at a bar, and at 1:00 I'm going to watch my cousin swim for Northwestern. Many of my family members are going up to Chicago for this meet, then we'll probably all go do something after the meet. Sunday we are going to tailgate before the Bears game. A few of our crew have tickets, but they are running around $300 a piece - not worth it. But we'll tailgate, maybe find some leftover tickets after kickoff, but if not we'll find a bar to watch NFL games. Should be a great time!

Now to my Friday funny. Since I am going to Chicago, this is perfect, as my friend Tom in Chicago sent out this classic SNL sketch.

Now to my top 5 football picks for Saturday, quickly...

1* Tennessee +3 Over LSU - Love Tennessee as the home dog for amazingly the 3rd time this season.

2* Oklahoma -3 Over Texas A&M - This should be a great game, but the OU defense is just too good for A&M and I think OU wins this one by 10 at least.

3* Kent -14 Over Buffalo - Did you really think Kent would NOT be on my list? They didn't cover last week, but I expect a big bounce back, after blowing a couple of punts last week to lose the game.

4* Colorado -4 Over Kansas St - This is a tough road game, and a very solid Colorado defense, for a freshman QB to go perform. Not to mention the altitude. Colorado wins this game by 3 TD's, it won't even be close.

5* Iowa St Even Over Kansas - One of those games here where I can't figure out the line. Iowa St has had it's troubles this year, but they do not lack talent on the offensive side of the ball. I think they should be able to score points and get just enough stops to win this one easily.

Good luck and have a great weekend!!!