Picksburg Friday

Friends, 

an exciting week of college football is already underway!  First came a Baylor-Oklahoma matchup.  Oklahoma kept Baylor coach Art Briles

Seen here attempting to bribe reporters with shiny things

and his Prayer Raid offense bottled up for twenty five minutes.  They allowed only a field goal in almost the entire first half.  Unfortunately, football games are 60 minutes long, and Coach Briles opened up a Baptist-approved can of whoopass on Oklahoma, winning 41-12.

During the above asswhooping, Oregon kicked off against Stanford.  Underdog Stanford kept Oregon out of the end zone on its first drive, and proceeded to put on a clinic of power football and crushing defense the likes of which I had not seen in quite some time.  It was violent, hamfisted, brutal, and I loved every minute of it.  Almost as much as this guy:

Meanwhile, in other non-ND football, this week marks another visit by 'The Hat' or 'The Mad Hatter', Mr. Les Miles:

to Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

An incredible competitor, he will be throwing everything, from Chinese Bandits to pump-up videos, at Nick Saban and the University of Alabama, the #1 team in the nation, as the Tide tries to win and keep rolling toward a third straight national title.  Personally, I think Les is going to pull this one out of his large white hat.

Of course, Notre Dame still has to face Pittsburgh, and The Girls of Western PA, and its fans who construct ketchup robots.

Now, while former coach Dave Wannstedt

Has moved on to places not named Pittsburgh, things haven't gotten much better in Pittsburgh football.  Two years ago, they surrendered ten sacks in a single game against WVU.  The quarterback you see in that gif, who is about as maneuverable as a block of granite has moved on, but Pitt remains a poor football team, losing to Navy two weeks ago.  Let's beat em, and beat em hard.