WAKE UP! | ETBlitz Power Picks week six, featuring KHS-Hendo

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So last week, a couple of members of our panel who don’t normally, um, do very well won the week: my wife, Jenna, our executive editor, and my assistant editor, Clayton Fletcher. Picking winners isn’t normally their thing, but they each finished with a 16-4-1 record last week.

Billy Chrisman, who won our bowl pick contest last season, went 15-5-1.

Four of us — my son, Jacob; Jeremy Newlin; Dereck Borders and myself — each finished 14-6-1. Joe Hale and my youngest daughter, Ashtyn, each went 13-7-1. And photographers Alex Nabor and Dennis Jacobs each went 12-8-1.

On the season to date, last week we had a five-way tie. We now have a three-way tie, but it’s still fairly close across the board.

Jacob, Billy and myself are each 76-29-1 so far this year and are co-leaders. Ashtyn, Joe and Dereck are each 75-30-1 and tied for second.

Dennis is 74-31-1 and alone in third. Alex, Jenna and Clayton are all tied at 71-34-1. And Jeremy is in back, at 65-40-1.

This week’s picks

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL

Friday’s games

Beckville (2-3) at Big Sandy (0-5), 7 p.m.

Sabine (0-5) at Gladewater (4-1), 7 p.m.

Liberty-Eylau (1-3) at Tatum (2-3), 7 p.m.

Carthage (4-0) vs. San Benito (in Bay City), 7 p.m.

Buffalo (1-3) at Arp (4-1), 7:30 p.m.

Troup (5-0) at Elkhart (1-4), 7:30 p.m.

West Rusk (4-1) at Winona (1-4), 7:30 p.m.

Mabank (2-2) at Pine Tree (2-3), 7:30 p.m.

Kilgore (4-1) at Henderson (4-1), 7:30 p.m.

Saturday’s game

Overton (2-2) at Tenaha (1-4), 7 p.m.

(Note: Gilmer and White Oak both have open dates

JUNIOR COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Saturday’s game

Community Christian College (La.) (0-4) at Kilgore College (1-3), 3 p.m.

(KC Athletics Hall of Fame Game)

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Saturday’s games

Kansas State (2-3) at Baylor (3-2), 11 a.m., ESPN+ (streaming online)

No. 9 Texas (3-1) at Florida (1-3), 2:30 p.m., ESPN

No. 11 Texas Tech (4-0) at Houston (4-0), 6 p.m., ESPN

Mississippi State (4-1) at No. 6 Texas A&M (4-0), 6:30 p.m., SEC Network

Colorado (2-3) at TCU (3-1), 6:30 p.m., FOX

NFL GAMES

Sunday’s games

Dallas (1-2-1) at New York Jets (0-4), noon, FOX

Houston (1-3) at Baltimore (1-3), noon, CBS

Washington (2-2) at L.A. Chargers (3-1), 3:25 p.m., FOX

New England (2-2) at Buffalo (4-0), 7 p.m., NBC

Monday’s game

Kansas City (2-2) at Jacksonville (3-1), 7 p.m., ABC / ESPN

Ok, here’s our panel, followed by their picks for this weekend’s games.

Y’all come back tonight and tomorrow for scores, coverage of the games, and who knows? You never know what’s gonna happen here on ETBlitz.com, for sure.

	Mitch	Joe	Dennis	Jenna	Ashtyn	Jacob	Alex	Clayton	Jeremy	Billy	Dereck
Beckville at Big Sandy	Beck.	Beck.	Beck.	Beck.	Beck.	Beck.	Beck.	Beck.	Beck.	Bcck.	Beck.
Sabine at Gladewater	G’water	G’water	G’water	G’water	G’water	G’water	G’water	G’water	G’water	G’water	G’water
Liberty-Eylau at Tatum	Tatum	Tatum	L-E	Tatum	Tatum	Tatum	Tatum	Tatum	L-E	Tatum	Tatum
Carthage vs San Benito	Seriously? Carthage	Carthage	Carthage	Carthage	Carthage	Carthage	Carthage	Carthage	Carthage	Carthage	Carthage
Buffalo at Arp	Arp. Big.	Arp	Arp	Arp	Arp	Arp	Arp	Arp	Arp	Arp	Arp
Troup at Elkhart	Troup	Troup	Troup	Troup	Troup	Troup	Troup	Troup	Troup	Troup	Troup
West Rusk at Winona	WR	WR	WR	WR	WR	WR	WR	WR	WR	WR	WR
Mabank at Pine Tree	PT. Big.	PT	PT	PT	PT	PT	PT	PT	PT	PT	PT
Kilgore at Henderson	Kilgore	KHS	KHS	KHS	KHS	KHS	KHS	KHS	KHS	KHS	KHS
Overton at Tenaha	Overton	Overton	Overton	Overton	Overton	Overton	Overton	Overton	Overton	Overton	Overton
Comm. Christian at K. College	KC	KC	KC	KC	KC	KC	KC	KC	KC	KC	KC
Kansas State at Baylor	Baylor	Baylor	Baylor	Baylor	Baylor	Baylor	Baylor	Baylor	Baylor	Baylor	K-State
Texas at Florida	UT	UT	UT	UT	UT	Florida	UT	UT	UT	UT	UT
Miss. St. at Texas A&M	A&M	A&M	A&M	A&M	A&M	A&M	A&M	MSU	MSU	A&M	A&M
Texas Tech at Houston	Houston	Tech	Tech	Tech	Tech	Tech	Tech	Tech	Houston	Tech	Tech
Colorado at TCU	TCU	TCU	TCU	TCU	TCU	TCU	TCU	TCU	TCU	TCU	TCU
Dallas at New York Jets	Dallas	Dallas	Dallas	Dallas	Dallas	Dallas	Dallas	Dallas	NYJ	Dallas	Dallas
Houston at Baltimore	Houston	Baltimore	Baltimore	Baltimore	Baltimore	Baltimore	Baltimore	Baltimore	Baltimore	Houston	Houston
Washington at L.A. Chargers	L.A.	L.A.	L.A.	L.A.	L.A.	L.A.	L.A.	L.A.	L.A.	L.A.	L.A.
New England at Buffalo	Buffalo	Buffalo	Buffalo	Buffalo	Buffalo	Buffalo	Buffalo	Buffalo	Buffalo	Buffalo	Buffalo
Kansas City at J’ville	K.City	J’ville	K. City	J’ville	K. City	J’ville	J’ville	K. City	J’ville	K. City	K.City