Edited 11/06 4:09 pm.

The University of Louisville Cardinals beat Clemson.

I picked the Tigers to win, as they had every time the schools met previously.

I was wrong.

It happens. I counted up. Six other times in my life. 😉

But blissfully so, this. Never has incorrectitude felt so good.

Say Hallelujah!!! I’m way more than happy to take the hit.

Penn State and Arkansas were a couple of underdog winners on my list. Underdogs they proved to deserve to be.

I was wrong about them also.

That trio of miscues was matched a an equal number I got right. SMU demolished Pitt. Rampaging Indiana overcame its first deficit of the year throttled Sparty, Rocky Top kept Kentucky at bay at the orange checkerboard.

3-3 brings me to 46-16 for the year. Still damn good.

This week’s winners:

Georgia @ Ole Miss. Is this an elimination game for M I S S I S S I P P I? Let’s hope so. My disdain for Lane Kiffin has been often expressed. Plus I’ve been to Oxford Town, and the campus, lots of magnolias notwithstanding, is not especially lovely. The grove is nice, and setting up for a game there is a bucket list item not yet checked off. The Bulldogs are good. That lone L to the Tide was early on, not bad. Falling to UK at home, bad. Sayonara Johnny Rebs.

South Carolina @ Vanderbilt.  Commodore coach Clark Lea hasn’t proven himself the equal of Curt Cignetti. Except in the confidence department. Who among us didn’t stifle a laugh when he said upon taking the reins that the national title was his goal. Well, thanks to Diego Pavia, and maybe more important consultant Jerry Kill, a football savant, Vandy is rising. Already bowl eligible. The Gamecocks are flyin’ high after battering A&M. They crash land on West End Ave. Can you say Goalpost in the Cumberland, Part Deux? Or, is this winning thing becoming expected?

West Virginia @ Cincinnati. Folks in my neck of the woods haven’t fond memories of the fella coaching in the Queen City. Confusing Ls, dalliance with other jobs. So, when he couldn’t get an extension at U of L, he slipped up the Ohio in the dark of night. He is not a bad coach, or so I would believe. The Mountaineers are not especially bad, nor especially good. 4-4 on the year. Make it 4-5 when the players are handed their carryaway 5 way chili to eat on the flight home.

Army @ North Texas. Mean Joe Greene will not be roaming the turf in Denton for this one. Actually he might, but it won’t be in uniform. Even so, the guy’s 78 years old. West Point is the only outfit in the land that hasn’t trailed for a second all year. The Green have dropped two in a row. Make it three. Black Knights.

Michigan @ Indiana. Lots of strangeness afoot these days. A major contributor to such is that the ever hapless Indiana Hoosiers actually have those along the Wabash thinking about this other sport, the one with the funny shaped ball, instead of regaling for the thousandth time tales of Bobby Plump and Milan Miracle. IU has not only won ’em all, they’ve won ’em all by a lot. The Wolverines are a step up in competition. Won’t matter. Crimson & Cream.

— c d kaplan