Okay, Denizens, so I’m a little late with this week’s Perfect Football Weekend™, mkay?  Bite Sue me.  It’s not like I really had a lot of games to work with, y’know?  (Although I prob’ly would have picked #22 USC to go over the Pelini-less Nebraska Cornhuskers, so we’ll go ahead and count that.)
We open up this week to find…that the consensus in Cleveland seems to be that the Browns are still looking for their franchise quarterback:
With coach Mike Pettine admitting this week that the Browns will have doubts about Johnny Manziel even if he hits “it out of the park” in the final two games and “a ton of doubts” if he doesn’t play well , the Browns will explore all of their options at quarterback, including trading up into the top five to draft Heisman Trophy winner Marcus Mariota.
Browns general manager Ray Farmer has repeatedly said that he’ll always explore every option at all positions — and Mariota is one glaring and tempting possibility for the Browns this offseason. The Browns have scouted him this season and will continue to do so.
This from the gang that drafted Johnny Football.
And then we wonder why some franchises never seem to get it.
Okay, let’s go.  Cincinnati gets the wild card tonight, as they’re in Pittsburgh to play the Steelers for the AFC Central title…anyone who honestly thinks they’re gonna beat the Steelers in Pittsburgh…?
(crickets)
Yeah, thought so.
Wednesday, it’s Gary Patterson and his top-ranked sixth-ranked TCU Horned Frogs in the Georgia Dome to play the Peach Bowl versus Ole Miss.  The Rebels should be respected – for one, they haven’t bowed (much) to political correctness, and still call themselves the Rebels.  Secondly, they’re the only team this year to have beaten Alabama.  That in itself raises an eyebrow or two.
Vegas right now has the Frogs as a 3½-point favorite.  Means I won’t have any fingernails left by game’s end.  Pisses me off, ’cause I have to work that day.
For the wildcards, we’ll take West Virginia in the Liberty Bowl over the Jekyll-and-Hyde Texas A&M Aggies (both teams will play backup quarterbacks; I’m betting WV’s are better than A&M’s)
, Dabo Sweeney’s 17th-ranked Clemson Tigers over the Oklahoma Sooners in the Russell Athletic Bowl (Bob Stoops’ season comes to a merciful end), 13th-ranked Georgia to feast on Louisville Cardinal in the Belk Bowl, and a tip o’ the hat to the Vicar, as #7 Mississippi State runs over Georgia Tech in the Orange Bowl.
We’ll come back New Year’s Day with a recap, assuming the hangover isn’t too bad, and start another PFW right after that. GO FROGS!!!!
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