WAKE UP! featuring ETBLITZ POWER PICKS! | Carthage, Kilgore, Gilmer, PT all in action tonight, more tomorrow night; KC-TJC Saturday
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Our ETBlitz Power Picks, where our panel does our best to pick the outcomes of 21 high school, college and NFL games, normally runs Friday morning. But because of the number of high school games that have moved to tonight instead of Friday (and there’s still quite a few games Friday), we decided to move the picks to this morning, as well.
The panel (and here they are) has picked 169 games.
In those 169 games, here’s how they’ve done.
Last week, Jacob Lucas and Billy Chrisman each went a scorching 19-2, and I’ll tell you why that’s important in just a bit. Jenna Lucas went 18-3. A host of us — Ashtyn, Joe Hale, Dennis, and myself — finished 17-4.
Dereck Borders and Clayton each went 16-5. Jeremy went 14-7, and Alex finished 13-8.
So on the year, here’s where that leaves us.
Jacob, who has never, not once, in all the years he’s picked actually won this thing (he’s 25 and he’s been picking for probably 12 years), is LEADING the field with a 126-42-1 record. Billy is just one game back at 125-43-1.
Joe Hale, last year’s Power Picks champ, is holding steady at 123-45-1, and Dennis, Ashtyn and I are right there. Dennis and I are each 122-46-1, and Ashtyn is 121-47-1 (blame Dallas and Green Bay for that freakin’ tie). Dennis is a champion many times over from when we worked together at the other place.
Dereck checks in next, with a 118-50-1 record, and then Jenna and Alex, who are each 114-54-1.
Clayton, who has done much better this year because he’s not picking huge upsets every single week (!), is 112-56-1, and Jeremy is in the back, 108-60-1, but also has done better in recent weeks.
Here’s our list of this week’s games, followed by the picks grid. If you’re reading on a phone, you may need to turn your phone horizontal in order to see the grid properly.
HIGH SCHOOL GAMES
Overton (4-3 overall, 1-2 in district play) at Alto (4-4, 2-2)
Atlanta (7-1, 4-0) at Tatum (2-5, 1-2)
Beckville (4-3, 3-1) at Hawkins (4-3, 1-3)
Jefferson (4-3, 1-2) at Sabine (0-8, 0-4)
Pleasant Grove (6-1, 2-0) at Gilmer (2-5, 1-1)
White Oak (5-2, 1-2) at Liberty-Eylau (2-5, 1-2)
West Rusk (6-1, 3-0) at Troup (8-0, 4-0)
Winona (1-7, 0-4) at Arp (6-1, 2-1)
Chapel Hill (5-3, 2-2) at Pine Tree (4-3, 2-1)
Carthage (7-0, 2-0) at Bullard (3-4, 1-1)
Palestine (0-7, 0-3) at Kilgore (7-1, 4-0)
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JUNIOR COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Saturday’s game
Tyler Junior College (7-0, 4-0 in conference) at Kilgore College (2-4, 0-4), 1 p.m.
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Saturday’s games
No. 8 Ole Miss (6-1) at No. 13 Oklahoma (6-1), 11 a.m., ABC
Oklahoma State (1-6) at No. 14 Texas Tech (6-1), 3 p.m., ESPNU
No. 22 Texas (5-2) at Mississippi State (4-3), 3:15 p.m., SEC Network
No. 3 Texas A&M (7-0) at No. 20 LSU (5-2), 6:30 p.m., ABC
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NFL GAMES
Thursday’s game
Minnesota (3-3) at L.A. Chargers (4-3), 7:15 p.m., Amazon Prime Video
Sunday’s games
New York Giants (2-5) at Philadelphia (5-2), noon, FOX
Dallas (3-3-1) at Denver (5-2), 3:25 p.m., CBS
Green Bay (4-1-1) at Pittsburgh (4-2), 7:15 p.m., NBC
Monday’s game
Washington (3-4) at Kansas City (4-3), 7:15 p.m., ABC / ESPN
| Mitch | Joe | Dennis | Jenna | Ashtyn | Jacob | Alex | Clayton | Jeremy | Billy | Dereck | |
| Overton at Alto | Overton | Overton | Overton | Overton | Overton | Overton | Overton | Alto | Alto | Overton | Overton |
| Atlanta at Tatum | Tatum | Atlanta | Atlanta | Atlanta | Atlanta | Atlanta | Atlanta | Atlanta | Atlanta | Atlanta | Atlanta |
| Beckville at Hawkins | B’ville | B’ville | B’ville | B’ville | B’ville | B’ville | B’ville | B’ville | B’ville | B’ville | Hawkins |
| Jefferson at Sabine | Jefferson | Jefferson | Jefferson | Sabine | Jefferson | Jefferson | Jefferson | Jefferson | Jefferson | Jefferson | Jefferson |
| Pleasant Grove at Gilmer | Gilmer | PG | PG | PG | PG | PG | PG | PG | PG | PG | PG |
| White Oak at Liberty-Eylau | W. Oak | L-E | L-E | W. Oak | W. Oak | W. Oak | W. Oak | W. Oak | L-E | L-E | W. Oak |
| Winona at Arp | Arp | Arp | Arp | Arp | Arp | Arp | Arp | Arp | Arp | Arp | Arp |
| West Rusk at Troup | Troup | Troup | Troup | Troup | Troup | Troup | WR | WR | Troup | Troup | Troup |
| Chapel Hill at Pine Tree | PT. | PT | CHHS | PT | CHHS | CHHS | PT | PT | PT | CHHS | CHHS |
| Carthage at Bullard | Carthage | Carthage | Carthage | Carthage | Carthage | Carthage | Carthage | Carthage | Carthage | Carthage | Carthage |
| Palestine at Kilgore | KHS | KHS | KHS | KHS | KHS | KHS | KHS | KHS | KHS | KHS | KHS |
| TJC at Kilgore College | TJC | TJC | KC | TJC | TJC | TJC | TJC | TJC | TJC | TJC | TJC |
| Ole Miss at Oklahoma | OU | Ole Miss | OU | OU | Ole Miss | Ole Miss | OU | OU | Ole Miss | Ole Miss | Ole Miss |
| Okla. State at Texas Tech | Tech | Tech | Tech | Tech | Tech | Tech | Tech | Tech | Tech | Tech | Tech |
| Texas at Mississippi State | UT | UT | UT | UT | UT | UT | UT | UT | UT | UT | UT |
| Texas A&M at LSU | LSU | A&M | A&M | LSU | A&M | LSU | A&M | A&M | LSU | A&M | A&M |
| Minnesota at L.A. Chargers | L.A. | L.A. | L.A. | L.A. | L.A. | L.A. | L.A. | Minnesota | L.A. | L.A. | L.A. |
| NewYork Giants at Philadelphia | Philly | Philly | Philly | Philly | Philly | NYG | NYG | Philly | Philly | Philly | Philly |
| Dallas at Denver | Denver | Denver | Denver | Denver | Denver | Dallas | Dallas | Denver | Denver | Dallas | Denver |
| Green Bay at Pittsburgh | GB | GB | GB | Pittsburgh | GB | Pittsburgh | GB | Pittsburgh | GB | Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh |
| Washington at Kansas City | K. City | K. City | K. City | K. City | K. City | K. City | K. City | K. City | Wash. | K. City | K. City |
