Bob's Picks - Take the Ags, the Horns, the Ducks and the Dabo Dandies

Showdown at the Horseshoe tops the slate in Week No. 1

Wow.

So here we are again at the start of the college football season.

Actually, it started for UC Davis last weekend in Montgomery, Alabama.

Wait, that game got scrubbed with seven minutes and 46 seconds left in the fourth quarter and we were told it was null and void. Never happened.

The statistics were tossed in the trash, too. No yards gained, no tackles made, no interceptions thrown, no field goals missed.

Some folks are happy and some folks aren't.

There are seemingly hundreds of games set for this long weekend, with a few on Thursday, a few more on Friday, a truckload on Saturday, two on Sunday and yes, even one final game on Monday.

That's a five-day extravaganza sure to seriously deplete this country's supply of popcorn and Doritos.

This is the week, of course, when the Big Dogs schedule cupcakes from the Bakery League, trying to fatten their win-loss records and build a bit of confidence for the road ahead. It's also a way for fearless football forecasters (see photo above) to fatten their win-loss percentages as well.

This week's picks, barring lightning strikes, are as follows:

NOTRE DAME over MIAMI, FLA.: The Irish have questions at quarterback, but are loaded everywhere else. A replay of the heralded Catholics vs. Convicts game from long ago.

OREGON over MONTANA STATE: Will the powerful Bobcats get more than a fat check for visiting Eugene?

SOUTH DAKOTA STATE over SACRAMENTO STATE ... With a new coach and 72 new faces, can the transfer portal elevate the Hornets after last year's 3-9 disaster? Insiders on the wrong side of the Causeway say the Hornets are either going to win it all or simply crash and burn.