buster, TULSA OK (9/11/2008 6:58:36 AM)

What about arky at texas, did ike cancel game. 0r is picker
absent minded?

whodathunkit, (9/11/2008 8:23:01 AM)

(In my best Mack Brown voice)

Let me answer that one for the picker - you see, Texas has trouble with the wind. And with the hurricane expected to hit in Texas, we decided that the wind would affect the outcome of the game - so we decided not to include Texas in this week's picks.

TrueOkieBoy, The Woodlands (9/11/2008 8:32:33 AM)

Keith Burns didn't really leave, per se. He was fired for being a lousy head coach.

LaffALot, (9/11/2008 8:48:59 AM)

Snicker is right! Depth and 2md stringers make or break your season in the NFL. Sort of like the concern if Zac Robinson or Sam Bradford gets knocked out!

Keith Burns comment classic! I don’t know though, San Jose has got the ocean, the mountains, & those Calf. Girls. Somehow football and computer geeks go together like Jessica Simpson and Republican VP Nominee Sarah Palin.

TCU/OU game could be a dandy!

Anyone remember when OSU was “known” for its intense Defense?

Anyone remember the last time Bob Stoops smiled?

Anyone remember the last time a NBA game was exciting? (Good luck Wonder Thunder’s)

Anyone remember baseball?

Do Todd Graham & Mike Gundy use the same barber?

BLA, Tulsa (9/11/2008 8:58:42 AM)

OK, I will comment on Notre Dame and Michigan because no one in the country is except for the Picker. He is dead on about them being slow. Anyone who watched Notre Dame play Strawberry Shortcake State last weekend saw that the grass at Notre Dame stadium is longer than US Open rough...generally equalizes the lack of speed on defense for teams. I do think Michigan is faster but playing in a wheat field as they will this weekend...you never know. Michigan looks like it might have promise once they get the right combo of athletes on the field in the new coach's system. Notre Dame just is awful outright. I bet NBC is wishing they spent their $100M on a few more horse races. Picker...what would be your line of Notre Dame vs. Tulsa on a neutral turf field...TU (-10) is my bet...run and throw all over the place.

Bucco63, (9/11/2008 9:18:53 AM)

Where's the Pittsburgh/Cleveland pick?

bryanhedrick, (9/11/2008 9:22:54 AM)

This is the third year in a row that the Picker has used the joke "(some QB) has an arm like a leg." Get some new material, you hack.

p003220, (9/11/2008 9:27:57 AM)

I am pretty sure Steve Robinson is happy at North Carolina as an asst coach with a national championship ring

Tulsa World Web Editor Jason Collington, Jenks (9/11/2008 9:40:02 AM)

The Arkansas at Texas game was postponed late last night, which is why the pick is not there. We are working to see what we can do to adjust the contest.

The Pittsburgh at Cleveland game was omitted by mistake. The Picker has picked Cleveland. There was be a correction added to the Sports section in Friday's paper.

Bluebird48, Sand Springs (9/23/2008 1:37:30 PM)

What about my Purdue Boilermakers??? Just who is this picker?? Notre Dame. What the heck? Come on...why do you guys even have them in there. Michigan will eat them up and spit them out like they serve this BBQ beef down here. Please...

Jason, I know you have many identities. Who knows maybe you are the picker or the TW Chicken King!! :-D LOL

PS Just who made me the Business anaylsis queen??? You guys really need to hire a business writer!! I'm kicking out your readers a lot of stuff for FREE! Not that I don't mind it but in with all this economic mess...lots of the folks want it spell out to them in plain english. Jounalism 101 Rule #1: Write the article on a 6th grade level remember.
I never wrote business articles just warm and fuzzy stuff for the public viewing. Education is Economics but that is as far as it gets.

Stick61, Tulsa (9/23/2008 1:46:29 PM)

Hate to break it to you, Bluebird, but Notre Dame already beat Michigan 35-17 Saturday before last. Last Saturday, Michigan State beat Notre Dame 23-7, but the Irish are still 2-1 for the season. Personally, I'd like to see Purdue whip them but we'll have to wait and find out on the field. After all, Purdue really should have beaten Oregon, but they blew the lead and lost.

Steff M, Claremore (9/25/2008 12:49:24 AM)

"Bluebird this is the present speaking, are you reading us?" Alcohol? Gender? IQ? These are the questions we ponder.