WAKE UP! | It’s the ETBlitz picks for week SEVEN (can you believe we’ve played seven weeks?)!

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You can believe it or not, folks, but we are already beginning week SEVEN of the high school football season.

I know, right?

It seems every year we wait, count it down, for football season to get here, and then once we’re in it, it just flies by. And that’s happened again.

So many big games around the area, including Pittsburg at Gilmer (ask anyone on the street at Gilmer if you don’t believe that), Overton-Lovelady, Waskom-Beckville, Kilgore hosting Chapel Hill and much more, as well as Texas-Oklahoma and the Dallas Cowboys in a trap game at Carolina.

Let’s not waste any time; let’s get to it.

Here’s our panel:

And here’s where we stand so far.

Last week, everybody had a pretty good week. And both Dennis Jacobs and Jeremy Newlin went undefeated in high school picks!

I will say this in my own defense: if the NFL favorites had won like they SHOULD have, I would have finished much better. Now that we’ve gotten the sour grapes out of the way, here are last week’s results.

Jacob had the best record of the week, going 17-4, really good. Joe, Dennis, Billy and Alex each went 16-5, also very good.

Ashtyn, Jenna, Jeremy, Dereck and myself each finished 15-6. And the grapes are getting sour by the minute.

Clayton went 14-7.

Now, the overall standings…

We’ve picked 127 games through six weeks.

Jacob, by virtue of his big week last week, now is in the outright lead, having broken the tie with himself, Billy and me. Jacob is the leader with a 93-33-1 record. Billy is right behind him (92-34-1).

Joe, myself are each a game back (91-35-1).

Ashtyn, Dereck, and Dennis all have the same record, 90-36-1.

Alex is 87-39-1; Jenna is 86-40-1; Clayton is 85-41-1; and Jeremy is 80-46-1.

Here’s hoping everybody does really well this week — because a lot of our picks are the same across the board this time. We’ll see.

Here are this week’s games, along with times.

HIGH SCHOOL GAMES

(ETBlitz-area teams in BOLD)

Thursday’s game

Jefferson 45, White Oak 7

White Oak (4-2 overall, 0-2 in district); Jefferson (4-3, 1-2)

Tonight’s games

Waskom (5-1, 3-0) at Beckville (3-3, 2-1) 7 p.m.

Pittsburg (4-1, 0-0) at Gilmer, 7 p.m. (1-4, 0-0)

Gladewater (5-1, 2-0) at Liberty-Eylau (2-3, 1-0), 7 p.m.

Lovelady (5-0) at Overton (4-2), 7 p.m.

Atlanta (5-1, 2-0) at Sabine (0-6 ,0-2), 7 p.m.

Winona (1-5, 0-2) at Troup (6-0, 2-0) 7:30 p.m.

New Diana (4-1, 1-0) at West Rusk (5-1, 2-0), 7:30 p.m.

Carthage (5-0, 0-0) at Center (1-4, 0-0), 7:30 p.m.

Henderson (4-2, 1-1) at Mabank (2-3, 0-1), 7:30 p.m.

Chapel Hill (4-2, 1-1) at Kilgore (5-1, 2-0), 7:30 p.m.

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COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Saturday’s games

Texas (3-2) vs. No. 6 Oklahoma (5-0), 2:30 p.m., ABC

Florida (2-3) at No. 5 Texas A&M (5-0), 6 p.m., ESPN

No. 7 Indiana (5-0) at No. 3 Oregon (5-0), 2:30 p.m., CBS

South Carolina (1-2) at No. 11 LSU (4-1), 6:45 p.m., SEC Network

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NFL GAMES

Thursday’s game

New York Giants 34, Philadelphia 17

New York: 2-4 this season; Philadelphia: 4-2

Sunday’s games

Dallas (2-2) at Carolina (2-3), noon, FOX

Seattle (3-2) at Jacksonville (4-1), noon, FOX

San Francisco (4-1) at Tampa Bay (4-1), 3:25 p.m., CBS

Detroit (4-1) at Kansas City (2-3), 7:20 p.m., NBC

Monday’s game

Buffalo (4-1) at Atlanta (2-2), 6:15 p.m., ABC / ESPN

	Mitch	Joe	Dennis	Jenna	Ashtyn	Jacob	Alex	Clayton	Jeremy	Billy	Dereck
White Oak at Jefferson	Jefferson	Jefferson	Jefferson	White Oak	Jefferson	Jefferson	White Oak	White Oak	Jefferson	Jefferson	White Oak
Waskom at Beckville	B’ville	Waskom	Waskom	Waskom	Waskom	Waskom	Waskom	Waskom	Waskom	Waskom	Waskom
Pittsburg at Gilmer	Gilmer	Gilmer	Gilmer	Pittsburg	Pittsburg	Pittsburg	Pittsburg	Pittsburg	Pittsburg	Gilmer	Pittsburg
Gladewater at Liberty-Eylau	G’water	G’water	G’water	G’water	G’water	G’water	G’water	G’water	G’water	G’water	G’water
Lovelady at Overton	Overton	Lovelady	Lovelady	Overton	Lovelady	Overton	Overton	Lovelady	Overton	Lovelady	Overton
Atlanta at Sabine	Atlanta	Atlanta	Atlanta	Atlanta	Atlanta	Sabine	Atlanta	Atlanta	Atlanta	Atlanta	Atlanta
Winona at Troup	Troup. By as many as they want.	Troup	Troup	Troup	Troup	Troup	Troup	Troup	Troup	Troup	Troup
New Diana at West Rusk	WR	WR	WR	WR	WR	WR	WR	WR	ND	WR	WR
Carthage at Center	Carthage	Carthage	Carthage	Carthage	Carthage	Carthage	Carthage	Carthage	Carthage	Carthage	Carthage
Henderson at Mabank	Hendo	Hendo	Hendo	Hendo	Hendo	Hendo	Hendo	Hendo	Hendo	Hendo	Hendo
Chapel Hill at Kilgore	KHS	KHS	KHS	KHS	KHS	KHS	KHS	KHS	KHS	KHS	KHS
Texas vs. Oklahoma	OU	UT	UT	UT	UT	OU	UT	OU	OU	UT	UT
Florida at Texas A&M	A&M	A&M	A&M	A&M	A&M	A&M	A&M	A&M	A&M	A&M	A&M
Indiana at Oregon	Oregon	Oregon	Oregon	Oregon	Oregon	Oregon	Oregon	Indiana	Indiana	Oregon	Oregon
South Carolina at LSU	LSU	LSU	LSU	LSU	LSU	LSU	LSU	LSU	LSU	LSU	LSU
Philadelphia at New York Giants	Philly	Philly	Philly	Philly	NYG	Philly	Philly	Philly	Philly	Philly	Philly
Dallas at Carolina	Dallas	Dallas	Dallas	Dallas	Dallas	Dallas	Dallas	Dallas	Carolina	Dallas	Carolina
Seattle at Jacksonville	J’ville	J’ville	J’ville	J’ville	J’ville	J’ville	J’ville	J’ville	Seattle	J’ville	J’ville
San Francisco at Tampa Bay	Tampa	Tampa	Tampa	S.F.	Tampa	S.F.	Tampa	SF	Tampa	Tampa	Tampa
Detroit at Kansas City	K. City	Detroit	K. City	Detroit	Detroit	K. City	K. City	Detroit	K. City	Detroit	Detroit
Buffalo at Atlanta	Buffalo	Buffalo	Buffalo	Buffalo	Buffalo	Buffalo	Buffalo	Buffalo	Buffalo	Buffalo	Buffalo