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11.29.24
Huck's Fearless Forecast
I hope everybody had plenty of turkey and dressing and cranberry sauce right out of the can, the way God and Ocean Spray intended and none of this homemade stuff with whole cranberries and Jello. My wife’s mother has Yankee blood and they try to pass that stuff off on me every year. I didn’t find out until after the wedding—forty-two years ago. I said for “better or worse” and I meant it. But now the festivities are over and, because of television and the almighty daughter, we are playing the most important game of this and every year on a Friday night, with high school playoff games going on all over the state. But it is the weekend, nonetheless, so What the Huck! Let’s pick a few games.
Mississippi State at Regular Mississippi. With a noon kick on Friday, this game may be over before you read this. That’s OK. It will also be over before it starts. I’m not sure anyone will pretend they are a dog peeing on somebody in the endzone, but it is the Egg Bowl, so something strange will happen. In the end Lane, who’s mouth always overrides his brain, will have his ninth won of the year—one short of what he needed to get into the CFP. At least he won’t have to worry about that pesky SEC Championship game next Saturday.
Rebels 44 Maroons 18
USC at Clem. Just for Chris. Erk Russell used to love to tell the story about how Clemson used to be just plain Clem College, but as they grew into a university the regents decided they needed to enhance their name. So they formed a committee who recommended extending the name to Clemson by adding “an s for chivalry, an o for honor and an n for knowledge. Death Valley will make the difference in this one.
Clem 26 Cocks 21
Orange at Black and Gold. A big game in Nashvegas at the end of November. Do you think the Vandy fans will know what to do? Will they actually get to the stadium before halftime? Will they appreciate the job Clark Lea and Diego Pavia have done this year? Will Tennessee piss away a guaranteed spot in the CFP? Tickets to this one were going for around $300 bucks on Stubhub and similar sites, so somebody will be at the game. Vandy will Vandy and Vols will win.
Tennessee 28 Vandy 18
We Beat A$M at Roll Tide. Nick Satan said last Saturday that Jordan-Hare is haunted and then the Tigers/Plainsmen/War Eagle team proved it. But the Iron Bowl is in Tuscaloosa this week, so Tide wins—and wiggle into the playoff with losses to Vandy and Oklahoma—because the committee sucks.
Bama 34 Barn 14
Razorbacks at Mizzou. Seldom has a game meant so little to so many. Somebody has to win but does anybody outside the two teams and their fan bases care? No.
Tigers 31 Hogs 30Gatord at FSWho. FSU didn’t belong in the playoff last year and they quit. Georgia broke them in the Orange Bowl. The crybabies got what they deserved this year and Billy Napier should be Coach of the Year.
Florida 35 Criminoles 10
Horns Down at 12th Man. Texas has been overrated all year. They’ve had one test and failed miserably. The Cadre and the Yell Leaders and Revile and all the Aggie traditions are going to cast a magic spell and we will be playing A$M in Atlanta next week.
Texas A$M 27 Texas 24
North Avenue Trade School Between the Hedges. To hell with Tech. Dawgs on Top.
Georgia 38 Nerds 17Look for me Friday, one more time. I’ll be the good-looking guy in the red shirt—the one that says, To hell with Tech.
Darrell Huckaby
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