PRESS PICKS: Football season to stay the course, or else
STAFF REPORT
Are we going to do this? Or, aren’t we?
You remember that question being used in a hundred different ways. If you are (were) married, you heard it a thousand times.
It’s a moment of definity, exactness, time to fish or cut bait.
Make your move and don’t look back.
With the college football season hanging in the balance, it’s time, once again, to ask the question…
Are we? Will we?
There will never be another chance like the present. Stop any contention and make a plan.
Get the college football season completed.
It’s what the world leaders had to do during WWII. You either fight or surrender. In 1943, there were thoughts in Europe that the Germans had won. Britain was on the brink. America was spread thin across the globe. Russia was under siege. It took the conviction and courage of men like Roosevelt, Churchill and yes, even Stalin to find the right response to Germany’s plague.
Not to turn this into a history lesson but we did win, right? But it took a certain boldness to do it. Maybe a little luck and poor decisions by the enemy.
No, finishing the college football season isn’t quite that big. But it has plenty of implications.
Greg Sankey knows this and seems to be in charge of the free football world right now. All eyes are on the SEC since the league was the one to step out and say –before all the others – we are going to play.
There are attacks and plenty of naysayers calling on college football to stand down. The latest round of coronavirus is taking a whack at the schedule.
But time is on the side of completion. As Sankey stated in a teleconference on Wednesday, there are markers set for completion – Dec. 19 for the SEC Championship; Jan. 1 for the CFP Playoffs; Jan. 11 for the championship. Those are still reachable.
So get to it. Find a way to make it work. Redo the schedule if you must. Cancel a few games if necessary.
Just get it done.
Doug Amos is the leader once again and with a bigger advantage after last week, thanks to the nosedive by Graham Dunn. Tim Gayle maintains third.
2020 Standings (Last Week)
1. Doug Amos 123-45 (10-4) .732
2. Graham Dunn 116-52 (6-8) .691
3. Tim Gayle 114-54 (8-6) .676
4. Rick Hendrick 112-56 (10-4) .667
5. Michael Butler 110-58 (6-8) .655
Barry McKnight 110-58 (8-6) .655
6. Mike Peacock 108-60 (7-7) .643
8. Darrell Puckett 105-63 (9-5) .625
Doug Amos (ESPN The Ticket & Troy Trojans Network)
123-45 (10-4) .732
Saraland at Lee – Saraland
Pike Road at UMS-Wright – Pike Road
Jacksonville at Alabama Christian – ACA
Montgomery Academy at Pike County - Montgomery Aca
Trinity at Slocomb - Trinity
Coastal Carolina at Troy - Troy
Arkansas at Florida – Florida
South Carolina at Ole Miss - Ole Miss
Miami, Fla. at Va Tech – Miami
Notre Dame at Boston College – Notre Dame
Purdue at Northwestern – Northwestern
Indiana at Michigan St – Michigan St
Wisconsin at Michigan - Michigan
TCU at West Virginia – West Virginia
Oregon at Washington St - Oregon
Graham Dunn (River Region Sports)
116-52 (6-8) .691
Saraland at Lee – Saraland
Pike Road at UMS-Wright – Pike Road
Jacksonville at Alabama Christian – ACA
Montgomery Academy at Pike County - Montgomery Aca
Trinity at Slocomb - Trinity
Coastal Carolina at Troy – Coastal Carolina
Arkansas at Florida – Florida
South Carolina at Ole Miss – Ole Miss
Miami, Fla. at Va Tech – Va Tech
Notre Dame at Boston College – Notre Dame
Purdue at Northwestern – Northwestern
Indiana at Michigan St – Indiana
Wisconsin at Michigan - Wisconsin
TCU at West Virginia – West Virginia
Oregon at Washington St - Oregon
Tim Gayle (River Region Sports & Montgomery Independent)
114-54 (8-6) .676
Saraland at Lee – Saraland
Pike Road at UMS-Wright – Pike Road
Jacksonville at Alabama Christian – Jacksonville
Montgomery Academy at Pike County - Montgomery Aca
Trinity at Slocomb - Trinity
Coastal Carolina at Troy – Coastal Carolina
Arkansas at Florida – Florida
South Carolina at Ole Miss – Ole Miss
Miami, Fla. at Va Tech – Va Tech
Notre Dame at Boston College – Notre Dame
Purdue at Northwestern – Northwestern
Indiana at Michigan St – Indiana
Wisconsin at Michigan - Michigan
TCU at West Virginia – West Virginia
Oregon at Washington St - Oregon
Rick Hendrick (WXFS 95.1 The Fox/PA of Montgomery Biscuits)
112-56 (10-4) .667
Saraland at Lee – Saraland
Pike Road at UMS-Wright – Pike Road
Jacksonville at Alabama Christian – ACA
Montgomery Academy at Pike County - Montgomery Aca
Trinity at Slocomb - Slocomb
Coastal Carolina at Troy – Coastal Carolina
Arkansas at Florida – Florida
South Carolina at Ole Miss – Ole Miss
Miami, Fla. at Va Tech – Miami
Notre Dame at Boston College – Notre Dame
Purdue at Northwestern – Purdue
Indiana at Michigan St – Indiana
Wisconsin at Michigan - Michigan
TCU at West Virginia – West Virginia
Oregon at Washington St - Oregon
Barry McKnight (SportsRadio 740 /Voice of Troy Trojans)
110-58 (8-6) .655
Saraland at Lee – Saraland
Pike Road at UMS-Wright – UMS Wright
Jacksonville at Alabama Christian – ACA
Montgomery Academy at Pike County - Pike County
Trinity at Slocomb - Trinity
Coastal Carolina at Troy – Troy
Arkansas at Florida – Florida
South Carolina at Ole Miss – Ole Miss
Miami, Fla. at Va Tech – Miami
Notre Dame at Boston College – Notre Dame
Purdue at Northwestern – Northwestern
Indiana at Michigan St – Indiana
Wisconsin at Michigan - Michigan
TCU at West Virginia – West Virginia
Oregon at Washington St - Oregon
Michael Butler (WTLS 106.5 FM/1300 AM & Tallassee Times)
110-58 (6-8) .655
Saraland at Lee – Lee
Pike Road at UMS-Wright – Pike Road
Jacksonville at Alabama Christian – Jacksonville
Montgomery Academy at Pike County - Montgomery Aca
Trinity at Slocomb - Trinity
Coastal Carolina at Troy – Coastal Carolina
Arkansas at Florida – Florida
South Carolina at Ole Miss – Ole Miss
Miami, Fla. at Va Tech – Miami
Notre Dame at Boston College – Notre Dame
Purdue at Northwestern – Northwestern
Indiana at Michigan St – Indiana
Wisconsin at Michigan - Wisconsin
TCU at West Virginia – West Virginia
Oregon at Washington St - Oregon
Mike Peacock (River Region Sports)
108-60 (7-7) .643
Saraland at Lee – Saraland
Pike Road at UMS-Wright – Pike Road
Jacksonville at Alabama Christian – ACA
Montgomery Academy at Pike County - Montgomery Aca
Trinity at Slocomb - Trinity
Coastal Carolina at Troy – Coastal Carolina
Arkansas at Florida – Florida
South Carolina at Ole Miss – Ole Miss
Miami, Fla. at Va Tech – Miami
Notre Dame at Boston College – Notre Dame
Purdue at Northwestern – Purdue
Indiana at Michigan St – Indiana
Wisconsin at Michigan - Wisconsin
TCU at West Virginia – West Virginia
Oregon at Washington St - Oregon
Darrell Puckett (formerly of WAKA CH 8/Alabama News Network)
105-63 (9-5) .625
Saraland at Lee – Saraland
Pike Road at UMS-Wright – UMS Wright
Jacksonville at Alabama Christian – ACA
Montgomery Academy at Pike County - Montgomery Aca
Trinity at Slocomb - Trinity
Coastal Carolina at Troy – Coastal Carolina
Arkansas at Florida – Florida
South Carolina at Ole Miss – South Carolina
Miami, Fla. at Va Tech – Miami
Notre Dame at Boston College – Notre Dame
Purdue at Northwestern – Northwestern
Indiana at Michigan St – Indiana
Wisconsin at Michigan - Wisconsin
TCU at West Virginia – West Virginia
Oregon at Washington St - Oregon