As we kick off yet another quest for a Perfect Football Weekend™, we are alerted to this story about passing-game coach Todd Haley of the Dallas C’boys and his family’s experience at a Mickey D’s.  Seems his wife and her nanny purchased a salad from one, brought it home, and upon beginning to eat it found a dead rat T.O. inside.  (Apologies to rats.)  The Haleys have filed suit.
This oughta be good.  Pass the popcorn.
On to the PFW.  My Arlington Heights Yellow Jackets are guaranteed not to lose tonight.  Might have something to do with the fact they don’t play.
Saturday, the TCU Horned Frogs have their Homecoming game against the Wyoming Cowboys.  Usually you schedule homecoming games against the Little Sisters of the Poor, but UC-Davis wouldn’t reschedule.
The Frogs are favored by 6½ for this game, but I don’t buy that for a second.  Give me TCU & 14.  Seven if Marcus Jackson starts.
Also Saturday, the 19th-ranked Oklahoma Sooners travel to Columbia to take on Chase Daniel and the Mizzou Tigers.  OU’s favored by 2½, and I wonder what OU team Vegas has been watching.  This is gonna be a pitch-and-catchfest for Mizzou.  Give me OU and 21.
Turner Gill should find the moron who made this 2006 scheduled for the UBuffalo Bulls – and wring his neck.  The Bulls travel to Boston College Saturday to play sacrificial lamb to the War Eagles.  The line is 35½ – and I’m guessing the final score will be more brutal than that.  Gimme UB and 47.
Sunday night, the Tony Romo era officially begins for the C’boys as they travel to Carolina to get their heads handed to them by the Panthers.  I’ve got my fingers crossed that Dallas can keep it close, but Carolina is not  the team against whom you want to initiate the learning curve.  Carolina’s favored by 5 at home; I think it’ll be at least 13.
We’re back Monday for the recap.  In the meantime, perhaps LC John Wardle and the Humble Devildog could debate on who’d win between Bucky and the Redskins…
UPDATE:  Oops.  Forgot to mention LSU.
Understandable – they didn’t play, either.