ETBLITZ POWER PICKS! | Picks from the ETBlitz.com staff, and guests, for week one
High school and college football started in some places last week, but it really gets under way tonight in the East Texas region, and in the spirit of that, we bring the annual ETBlitz.com Power Picks, a concept that – at least with editor / publisher Mitch Lucas – dates back to the mid-1990s.
There are two games tonight involving ETBlitz-area teams: Winnsboro at Tatum, and Daingerfield at Gladewater. They’re on the picks grid, as are all of our area teams, plus a handful of important college games, including games of local interest.
Of note: Kilgore College has an open date, and in fact, won’t be back on the field until a home game against New Mexico Military Institute on Saturday, Sept. 14.
Our staff has attempted here to guess the outcomes of all of those games, and we purposely picked an odd number of games so that NOBODY can wind up tied (8-8, 7-7, etc.). There will be someone, likely more than one, to finish with the weekend’s best record.
We’ll do this every week, and we look forward to the journey that is the 2024 season!
ETBLITZ.COM POWER PICKS!
WEEK ONE – Thursday, August 29-Monday, Sept. 2, 2024
HIGH SCHOOL GAMES
THURSDAY’S GAMES
Winnsboro at Tatum (7 p.m., Tatum ISD Eagle Stadium, Tatum)
Daingerfield at Gladewater (7 p.m., Jack V. Murphy Stadium, Gladewater)
FRIDAY’S GAMES
Trinity School of Texas at Leverett’s Chapel (six-man; 7 p.m., LCISD Stadium)
Alba-Golden at Overton (7 p.m., Coach Chester Roy Stadium)
Sabine at Spring Hill (7 p.m., Spring Hill Panther Stadium)
Eustace at White Oak (7 p.m., White Oak ISD Roughneck Stadium)
Harleton at Arp (7:30 p.m., Arp ISD Bill Herrington Stadium)
Pine Tree at Gilmer (7:30 p.m., Jeff Traylor Stadium)
Athens at Henderson (7:30 p.m., Henderson ISD Lion Stadium)
Shelbyville at Troup (7:30 p.m., Troup Tiger Stadium)
West Rusk at Malakoff (7:30 p.m., Malakoff ISD Stadium)
Kilgore at Carthage (7:30 p.m., Carthage ISD Stadium)
COLLEGE GAMES
THURSDAY’S GAME
North Carolina at Minnesota (7 p.m., Huntington Bank Stadium, Minneapolis, MN; FOX)
FRIDAY’S GAME
TCU at Stanford (9:30 p.m., Stanford Stadium, ESPN)
SATURDAY’S GAMES
Clemson vs. Georgia (11 a.m., Mercedez Benz Stadium, Atlanta, GA; ABC)
Colorado State at Texas (2:30 p.m., Darryl K. Royal Stadium, Austin, TX; ESPN)
Notre Dame at Texas A&M (6:30 p.m., Kyle Field, College Station, TX; ABC)
SUNDAY’S GAME
Southern Cal vs. LSU (6:30 p.m., Allegiant Stadium, Las Vegas, Nevada; ABC)
MONDAY’S GAME
Boston College at Florida State (6:30 p.m., Doak Campbell Stadium, Tallahassee, Florida; ESPN)
THE PANEL’S PICKS:
MITCH LUCAS | DENNIS JACOBS | JOE HALE | DERECK BORDERS | JENNA LUCAS | JACOB LUCAS | ASHTYN LUCAS | ALEX NABOR | CLAYTON FLETCHER |
Tatum | Tatum | Winnsboro | Tatum | Tatum | Winnsboro | Tatum | Tatum | Tatum |
D’field | D’field | D’field | D’field | D’field | D’field | D’field | G’water | D’field |
LC | LC | LC | LC | LC | LC | LC | Trinity SOT | LC |
Overton | Overton | Overton | Overton | Overton | Overton | Overton | Overton | Overton |
Sabine | Spring Hill | Spring Hill | Sabine | Sabine | Sabine | Sabine | Sabine | Sabine |
White Oak | White Oak | White Oak | Eustace | Eustace | White Oak | White Oak | Eustace | Eustace |
Arp | Arp | Arp | Harleton | Arp | Arp | Arp | Arp | Arp |
Gilmer | Gilmer | Gilmer | Pine Tree | Gilmer | Gilmer | Gilmer | Pine Tree | Gilmer |
Henderson | Henderson | Athens | Athens | Athens | Athens | Henderson | Athens | Henderson |
Troup | Troup | Troup | Troup | Troup | Troup | Troup | Troup | Troup |
Malakoff | West Rusk | Malakoff | West Rusk | Malakoff | Malakoff | West Rusk | West Rusk | West Rusk |
Kilgore | Kilgore | Carthage | Carthage | Kilgore | Kilgore | Kilgore | Kilgore | Kilgore |
Minnesota | Minnesota | North Carolina | North Carolina | Minnesota | Minnesota | North Carolina | North Carolina | North Carolina |
TCU | Stanford | TCU | TCU | TCU | TCU | TCU | TCU | TCU |
Georgia | Georgia | Georgia | Georgia | Georgia | Georgia | Georgia | Georgia | Georgia |
Texas | Texas | Texas | Texas | Texas | Texas | Texas | Texas | Texas |
A&M | A&M | A&M | A&M | A&M | A&M | A&M | A&M | A&M |
LSU | LSU | LSU | LSU | LSU | LSU | LSU | LSU | LSU |
Florida State | Florida State | Florida State | Florida State | Florida State | Florida State | Florida State | Florida State | Boston College |
Great read .. Go Kilgore !!
My Picks High School Picks
Tatum
Daingerfield
Leverett’s Chapel
Overton
Spring Hill
Henderson
Troup
Malakoff
Kilgore