A Preview's Preview

Tomorrow night, it begins again.  College football season will arrive when Ball State takes on Somebody What's it Matter Anyway University or something.  Sadly, the game has already been taken off the board in a lot of places and your local bookie is probably unlikely to give you anything less than a 45 point spread.  But what the hell ever, right?  Football is back, baby.  And with the game comes my fourth annual series of picking them NFL games from week to week.

That's right, you knew I'd be picking them games again. 

A lot of people don't like my NFL football picks and I don't care.  I love doing them.  And most of the people who like my writing have to put up with the fact that, every Friday or Saturday during the NFL season, I will be tapping the keys about football and gambling, the two of which are the life blood of interesting yet often unproductive weekends.   

I enjoy the activity so much that I even try to share it. 

Those who have read me for a while know that Picking Them Games often has guests.  From random friends crashing at my place to Mr. Tony the Odds Man to a chick who loves the reefer, we've met some odd ducks around these parts.  And that's why, tonight, I am heading up to The Smoky Pool Hall to bone up for the upcoming NFL season and eventually write you a season preview.  Nobody else previews the season, right? 

Oh. 

Well, nobody else has used that joke before then, right?

Damn.  I need some new material. 

Anyway, the two people who agreed to help with my NFL preview are Scotty the Handicapper and Nikki the Bartender, who is by far and away the most appealing knowledgeable sports fan in the history of every hot chick I've talked to.  Scotty the Handicapper is an old friend who swears he has never once urinated in a hamper but everyone knows he's lying.  You'll love him, I'm sure. 

And if not, well then you're no different than his mother.  And I sure hope you can live with that. 

As I write this, it's an hour before I need to meet them and I'm pretty satisfied with that introduction. 

I think I'll eat something. 

Oh, and for those who don't know, I am one ridiculous South Florida Bulls homer.  And I am once again predicting an undefeated season and a Big East Championship.  Go Bulls!

Man alive, I do love me some football. 

Now seriously, I'm hungry.