UNION – This marks the final week of the Union Daily Times Pigskin Pick ‘Ems and in honor of this final week, we would like to give a big round of thanks to the members of our inaugural prognosticators panel: Kevin Shropshire, Steven Addis, Doc Lipsey, Sam Phipps and our sports editor, Tiffany Grady-Hudgins.
Of course, we also want to thank the guest pickers we have hosted each week. Without each one of you, we could not have made this a success. We are looking forward to coming back next year.
Since Tiffany has been busy doing some jam-up coverage of the Union County High School Yellow Jackets’ road to the state championship, I thought I would give her a reprieve and take care of Pigskin Pick ‘Ems. You can thank me later, Tiff. After all, I’m the one who started throwing story ideas at you on Saturday night.
By the way, speaking of our coverage, I would like to take this opportunity to pat ourselves on the back a little. Sorry, guys. We will get to your records with the picking in a bit. First, a little bit of business.
The Union Daily Times was, from what I understand, the only local print media – read inside Union County – to send a staff member to the press conference in Columbia on Monday.
It was at 10 in the morning which meant that Tiffany had to get up and drive there, spend a few hours there getting quotes and passes and all that cool stuff before heading back here to work on the Tuesday paper. Oh, and update our Facebook page while she was there, too.
When you work for a daily newspaper, multitasking is your middle name and it pretty much defines who you are. But hey, we knew our community would want there to be coverage between our pages on it, so we did what we knew we had to do.
The phrase “Whew!” is a given exclamation during football season, especially when you have to go cover a football game that might run late then get the story written for the Saturday paper. No, we don’t have the luxury of time when it comes to coverage.
But back to this week’s picks.
The year has been an up and down ride for most of you: you’ve soared to the top only to be knocked to the gutter by a week of bad picks. Just ask Sam: “I’m superstitious. That’s why I pick the way I do. I’ve also gone from the big house to the outhouse in standings.”
Well put, Sam. Well put. We think that about sums it up for most of you pickers: what was in the big house is now in the outhouse and what was in the outhouse has moved on up the hill. Into greener pastures. On to bigger and better digs.
And until next season, may all of our football throws be spirals.
Here are this week’s games:
Union County vs Hartsville
Gaffney vs. Dutch Fork
Abbeville vs. Bishop England
Greenwood vs. Northwestern
UCLA vs. Stanford
Oklahoma vs TCU
Oklahoma State vs. Baylor
FSU vs. Georgia Tech
Alabama vs. Georgia
Nebraska vs. Wisconsin
Texas vs. KSU
Army vs. Navy
Carolina @ Kansas City
Minnesota @ Green Bay
Here are this week’s picks:
Tiffany Grady-Hudgins
Last week: 11-4
Overall: 134-57
Union County
Gaffney
Abbeville
Northwestern
Stanford
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State
FSU
Georgia
Wisconsin
KSU
Navy
Carolina
Green Bay
Kevin Shropshire
Last week: 11-4
Overall: 134-57
Hartsville
Gaffney
Abbeville
Greenwood
Stanford
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State
FSU
Alabama
Nebraska
KSU
Navy
Carolina
Green Bay
Steven Addis
Last week: 10-5
Overall: 132-59
Hartsville
Gaffney
Abbeville
Northwestern
Stanford
TCU
Baylor
FSU
Alabama
Nebraska
KSU
Navy
Kansas City
Green Bay
Doc Lipsey
Last week: 13-2
Overall: 132-59
Union County
Gaffney
Bishop England
Greenwood
Stanford
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State
FSU
Alabama
Nebraska
KSU
Navy
Carolina
Green Bay
Sam Phipps
Last week: 12-3
Overall: 131-60
Hartsville
Gaffney
Abbeville
Greenwood
UCLA
Oklahoma
Baylor
Georgia Tech
Alabama
Nebraska
Texas
Army
Kansas City
Green Bay
Mike Anthony
Union County
Gaffney
Abbeville
Greenwood
Stanford
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State
FSU
Alabama
Nebraska
KSU
Navy
Carolina
Green Bay
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