Ever see Snoop Dogg strutting across the stage and think, "Snoop's got some decent height and if he wasn't so high all the time, he might have pretty good motor skills."

Well, you were right. 

Meet Cordell Broadus, Snoop's son, who is a four-star, ranked #88 overall, in the class of 2015 by 24/7 Sports.

The Doggfather's son already has ten scholarship offers from USC, LSU, Tennessee, Duke, California, and UCLA among others. 

Our guys at Prediction Machine play every game 50,000 times before they make any calls on the spread, fantasy stats, or survivor league picks. You can hear Paul Bessire, prediction Machine Founder, every 1:15 central time on our 3 Hour Lunch radio show. In the meantime the Titans are 3-1 and the Pittsburgh Steelers are 2-2. If the Titans win they go in to the bye week at 4-1 with a three-game homestand coming. If the Steelers win they've helped to forestall early season weakness.

How's it going to play out? The Titans will beat the Steelers a majority of the time.

Now check out the entire box score for this game.

Keep in mind that my guys at the Prediction Machine do box scores this detailed for every NFL game, many college games, and can help you with fantasy sports and survivor pools as well. 

Click here to see their work for other games. Remember that they're 70% against the spread as well.  

My love affair with Barbara Dooley, mother of Tennessee Volunteer coach Derek Dooley, is well established. I've frequently brought her on our 3 Hour Lunch radio show, I lamented her recent radio ban, and I've argued that more Momma Dooley is a Southern treasure. So you can imagine how ecstatic I was this morning to find out that Barbara was on the radio talking football again. This time coming to her son's defense on Athens' 1340 radio station because she believed Knoxville sportswriters talking about Saturday's Tennessee-Georgia game had said her beloved son was on the hot seat.

What did Barbara Dooley do when she heard this criticism? She did what any mother would do. She drove to the radio station, walked into the studio, and defended her son.  

Listen to the Dooley audio here 

Outkicking your coverage... It's kind of a big deal around this website if you hadn't noticed.  When Clay asked the old Deadly Hippos to help him come up with a name for this website, we all kept coming back to this one. 

"It's a triple entendre," we exclaimed... a true rarity. 

"The website name will be too long," said medical malpractic attorney Chris Tardio, the Debbie Downer of the group.

"I love punters!" DJ typed with glee. 

But deep down we all knew what it was really about.  All men know what it's really about.  It's about chicks.  It's about landing a girl who is so much hotter than you, you begin to question if she's legally blind, not right in the head, or just a habitual drunk. 

It's that time again. Gird your loins, ladies and gentlemen, Vinnie Verno is back making college football picks for the week. And I'm not going to lie, this is the best yet. Where else can you mix Pee-Wee Herman, a hobnail boot, a mask, and a Trent Richardson jersey? Okay, aside from every trailer park in Alabama on a Saturday night. Vinnie Verno is the answer. Dive in for his picks against the spread. And in the meantime. do you really want to make money based on statistics, analysis, and a track record of success?

Go check out my guys at Prediction Machine. They're 70% against the spread this year and they'll also break down fantasy, survivor league odds, and more on the site. Check it out here.  

Two Conference Games to Watch   Florida at LSU (3:30 ET/CBS) –

Florida's murderous month of October continues as they face their second SEC West opponent in as many weeks. Despite some early fireworks, the Gators were bruised and battered on Saturday night as they fell 38-10 at home to Alabama, a squad many believe to be among the two best teams in the nation right now. Based on early returns, we can't argue that the Tide is probably among the nation's elite. So what does Florida do for an encore? They hit the road to play the other "best team in the country" in the Bayou Bengals. Rest assured, there's no rougher two-game stretch in the country this season - at least until Tennessee repeats the feat in two weeks. LSU had an early wake-up call in a rare morning kickoff at Tiger Stadium as they sleepwalked through a 35-7 trouncing of Kentucky that was never in doubt. LSU still continues to sputter at times offensively, but there's no denying that the overall talent level across the board will be weighted heavily toward their sideline in every game before the much-anticipated Nov. 5 clash in Tuscaloosa. Defenses like the one LSU trots out simply don't come around often.

  Pre-snap Reads:

Which team overcomes their sudden issues at quarterback the quickest? As of five days ago, John Brantley and Jarrett Lee had quietly put together two of the more impressive early-season resumes among the signal-callers in the SEC. Lee had directed his team to the top of the national polls while efficiently managing an LSU offense that didn't need to put up many points in the first place. Brantley had seemingly shaken off a lot of the issues that plagued him in a dismal 2010 season, and he was adequate if not impressive in the first half against Alabama. Both quarterbacks rank among the nation's top 50 in passing efficiency and had taken firm control of their respective offenses. Two different sets of circumstances may sideline Lee and Brantley on Saturday night, though.

Missouri fans decided they wanted to join the SEC and they would not accept no for an answer. Over the past three weeks the Tigers have inundated the board of curators, administrators, and other athletic department officials demanding that the Tigers join the SEC. A few minutes ago those fans' voices were heard: Missouri officially announced its board of curators had unanimously given the chancellor of the university authority to explore conference options. Welcome to the SEC, Missouri fans, you've fought for a league bid when your administration wanted to stay in the Big 12 and risk the future. 

When the administration was too afraid to act, the Missouri fans stepped up and refused to risk the status quo. What if the Big 12 nears implosion again in a few years -- which it will -- what if Missouri is left standing when this game of conference realignment musical chairs comes to an end? Nope, Missouri fans weren't willing to risk that. 

Not hardly.   

Saturday I had the good fortune to spend much of the day with legendary Alabama coach Gene Stallings. I took my family down to Orange Beach, Alabama -- which is rapidly becoming our favorite beach destination -- and we spent the weekend at Turquoise Place. Gene Stallings arrived on Saturday and that evening he commentated on the Alabama-Florida game beachside. If you've ever wondered what sitting next to a coaching legend as he analyzes a game is like, let me tell you, it's pretty outstanding.  I'm going to toss in different Stallings observations as we count down the Starting 11 for the week, but in the meantime Stallings talked about Texas A&M's move to the SEC, who he'd add as a 14th team if it was his choice, and what being one of Bear Bryant's junction boys was like.

Asked what his reaction to Texas A&M officially joining the SEC was, Stallings said, "I'm all for it. I served on the board of the A&M regents for the entire system...and when it first came up about A&M perhaps going to the Pac 10, I was opposed to that." Stallings, a former coach at A&M and Alabama, said those who questioned whether A&M would be competitive in the SEC didn't know what they were talking about. "It might take a year or so," he said, "but A&M will be very competitive in the SEC. I think it's a good move for A&M and for the SEC."

Stallings said that the Longhorn Network was the final impetus that made an A&M move to the SEC necessary. "When the University of Texas got their own network, I didn't feel like the playing field was going to be level. It was clear Texas was only caring about Texas."

Asked whether he would attend A&M's first SEC game, Stallings said he was uncertain whether he'd be there, but added: "If Alabama and A&M play, I'm going to try and see that game." Asked who he would be rooting for in that game, Stallings replied, "That's a tough question, probably A&M. I went to school there, I coached there, I've served on the Board of Regents there. I love Alabama too, but probably A&M."

Slowly but surely fall is arriving to North Alabama. 

The cool is seeping down into the Tennessee Valley, gently pushing away the heat that holds the state captive for so long.   

I am on the Brewer campus in the late afternoon, just after practice has ended.  Some of the players linger on the field, where they are attempting to have one of the linemen kick an extra point.  The lineman swears up and down that he can do it, that he has vast, untapped potential.  He squares up and squibs a line drive that rockets under the crossbar and buzzes a nearby assistant coach.  The coach ducks, the other players roar with laughter, and the lineman begs for another chance.   

My path eventually takes me into the field house.  I am walking through the hall when one of the Brewer players very politely corners me.  The teenager stares at me nervously.   

“I was…uh…” he says quietly. 

Appearing live from my hometown of Nashville, Hank Williams, Jr. hopped on Fox & Friends to analyze the 2012 presidential field. Seriously, that happened. If you're like me and thinking, "Why is Hank Williams, Jr. talking about presidential politics on television," you are evidently a fool. This is what political coverage is like these days. Rocking the classic Alabama camo hat, Williams was asked what he thought of President Barack Obama and Speaker of the House John Boehner playing golf. Williams bristled, "Come on, come on. That'd be like Hitler playing golf with Netanyahu."

Being generous Williams, Jr. was attempting to find two people who were complete opposites for purposes of his analogy. Benjamin Netanyahu is the Israeli prime minister. In the event he had been born in 1945, he and Hitler would probably not have made a good golf pairing. Given that, you know, Hitler was probably not very generous with his gimme putts -- oh, and also in the midst of attempting to exterminate Netanyahu's ethnic group.

Use anyone other than Hitler and Williams, Jr.'s probably safe. Instead, bam, the H-bomb. Obama is Hitler.

Speaking for most of America, one of the co-hosts said, "I don't understand that analogy, actually." Hank was undeterred. "They're the enemy," Williams, Jr. said. "Obama and Biden, the Three Stooges."

Proving that he can't be typecast as a Southern redneck, Williams, Jr .then endorsed Republican presidential contender Herman Cain. (Will Cain have to repudiate the endorsement now? I'm waiting on this press conference).

"You don't want to ask me a question," Williams, Jr. said when given an opportunity to back track, "because I'm going to give you too straight of an answer."

That...or too crazy of one.

What's the sports connection?

ESPN was not happy with Williams' Jr's, golfing analogy: “While Hank Williams, Jr. is not an ESPN employee, we recognize that he is closely linked to our company through the open to Monday Night Football. We are extremely disappointed with his comments, and as a result we have decided to pull the open from tonight’s telecast.” Before the week was out, ESPN announced that this Williams, Jr.'s iconic opening was history.  

If you hate the BCS you find yourself rooting for chaos each year. By chaos I don't mean three undefeated teams. That's an awful way to end a season, but it doesn't provoke the necessary outrage. By chaos I mean four or more undefeated teams. Well, buckle your seatbelts because we're staring down the barrel of college football's own big bang -- six or seven teams may well finish the season undefeated this year. Let's run through our list of undefeated teams broken down by conference: LSU/Alabama, Oklahoma/Oklahoma State/Texas/Kansas State/Texas Tech, Stanford, Wisconsin/Michigan/Illinois, Clemson/Georgia Tech, Houston, and Boise State. How the hell do you decide which of these teams deserve a shot at the national title if seven schools finish undefeated?

Put simply, you can't.

The big bang created the universe, but college football's own seismic implosion may well end the BCS as we know it. That's because it takes an epic cataclysm to right an entrenched wrong. The BCS honchos are staring at the college football schedule and gulping. We may well be on the precipice of college football's ultimate storm. 

Some of you, the doubters, are already shaking your heads saying there is no way that six or seven teams finish the year undefeated. I think you're wrong. In fact, I'm going to make this bold prediction now on October 3rd: Six teams will finish the 2011 season undefeated. And now I'm going to tell you why.