Getting a little more interesting and the picks are a little harder in most cases….

Alabama vs Texas A & M…..Bama squeaks by, say 21 points….

Arizona vs Oregon State…..what in the world is going on at Arizona..Az by slim margin

New Mexico gets to rest up this week

New Mexico  State vs UTEP…..ok, NMSU gets first win as they feel they have found a qb in a freshman…hope so

Oklahoma State vs Texas Tech….Ok St favored by 2 touchdown….I would like to go with Tech, but I don’t think they can beat the Cowboys this year

Wisconsin vs Iowa….Ok, BYU snuck up on the Badgers…Wisconsin is now fully awake and beat the Hawkeyes

Upset special: Washington State vs Southern Cal…..Wash St by 3

2nd upset special: Kentucky vs Mississippi State…Kentucky by a touchdown even as my heart says no way….but I’m thinking its Kentucky this game…

Albuquerque Journal, Thursday September 13, 2018 reports the following. I also checked the internet and they have several articles regarding the closure but with no additional information available.

On Thursday, September 7, 2018 the folks employed at the National Solar Observatory was closed by a government agency and had the employees  evacuate the area. A nearby post office was also told to close and it was also evacuated. None of the people were told what was happening to cause the closure and they were not told how long the closure would last. They said “due to unforeseen circumstances”  due to some security issues and would have no further comments at this time. The FBI is on site, but they are not the agency that closed it, and no one is saying which agency was responsible for the closure.

This place has been operating since 1947, involved in solar research. The operator of the facility is The Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy is addressing a security issue and decided to temporarily vacate the facility.

In another article, which I did not fully explore, there seem to be some solar flares that are raising some eyebrows and I wondered if that could be a part of it….yet, that is what they do: Study solar flares, etc…Soooo, what’s going on? Could the agency that closed the place be the “MEN IN BLACK?” Just saying……

Well, it is time for the games to get tougher as conferences games get started….And leading off:

Alabama vs Mississippi….Bama picked by 22 points. I think it will be closer to 14, but anyway, Bama wins….Big win for Bama……W for me

Arizona vs Southern Utah…Az will surely win this one….I’m pickin’ um. A big win for Arizona….W for me

Texas Tech vs Houston….Houston is tough, Tech is a 1 1/2 point favorite and I also believe Tech will beat them. Big win for Tech….W for me

Wisconsin vs BYU….Wisconsin wins but BYU is playing pretty good ball this year but not good enough to beat the Badgers.  Big win for BYU  …L for me

New Mexico vs New Mexico State….NM is favored by 7 but they will win by 21….gasp…yep, 21  Big win for New Mexico…W for me

extra games:

Ohio State vs TCU…..Ohio State by 14…another W for me

Liberty vs Norfolk State….Liberty by 7….New Mexico plays Liberty Sept 29th…Postponed

Record    4 W and 1 l    Season  15W – 5L

Well, it looks like Serna is gonna win …..again. Do you remember a few months ago when she did not like a umpire’s call that she went over to the chair and told him just where she was gonna stick that ball…And she looked like she meant it. So I reckon these umpires better shape up when calling Serena’s games. She looks like she is fully capable to handle most of the umpires and to place that ball exactly where she said she would put it……I guess I better watch about doing a lot of talking or get prepared to take  one of those balls myself….reckon?

Week 2

Alabama vs Arkansas State….Bama by a bunch …Bama by 50 points W

Arizona vs Houston…..Arizona by 7 * upset….Houston by 27 points L

New Mexico vs Wisconsin….Wisconsin by er, uh, several points Wisc by 31 W

NMSU vs Utah State….Utah St wins the bowl rematch Ut St by 47 W

Texas Tech vs Lamar…Tech by a bunch Texas Tech by 77 W

Oklahoma vs UCLA….Oklahoma by about 14 or so* extra pick Okla by 28 W

BYU vs California….BYU in a close one* extra pick Cal by 3 L

Record 5 – 2 this week …..for season  11 – 4

Alabama over Louisville….. 30 – 7   Alabama by 37

Arizona over BYU…. 24 – 14   BYU by 5    *a loss

Minnesota over NMSU…35 – 14 Minn by 36

New Mexico over Incarnate Word..35 – 10  New Mexico by 32

Texas Tech over Mississippi….21 – 17  Miss by 20   *a loss

Wisconsin over W Kentucky…40 – 14    Wisc by 31

*Upset special….Hawaii over Navy….24 – 14  Hawaii by 18

Boise State over Troy….30 – 17   Boise State by 36

Ok….let’s see how it goes. It seemed like a long wait from 2017 til now, but the season will fly by. I hope you folks will come by each week to check on our record. Right now my record is pretty good…we will see come Monday…

Sept 2, 2018  ok so my record is 6 win – 2 loss and I got my upset special correct.

Ok, I did not do football picks last year and I don’t know why, but I think I will again this year….six teams all year and probably two more random picks that have peaked my interest for various reasons. The six every week will be:

Alabama….State of my birth and the first team I ever followed. Bart Starr was one of my heroes. Probably I’ll have a W after Bama all season as I don’t see any one on the schedule that I think can beat them this year.

Arizona….My daughter and her family live in Tucson and my grand daughter is a graduate of U of A and works in the U of A Cancer Center.

New Mexico….Albuquerque is where I live. I’m a Lobo fan….Win or lose, I’m a fan. They do the best they can with what they have and play a pretty good brand of ball while they are at it.

New Mexico State….I went to school at NMSU-Carlsbad and there are three or four of my family who are graduates or attendees of NMSU main campus.

Texas Tech….A good school close to Carlsbad and in years past I attended many games in Lubbock and a lot of the students from Eastern New Mexico chose to go to school there. A good school…

Wisconsin….Yeah, I know….but I have a son who lives up in the colder climate of Madison and I hope it warms him some to know his old Papa is rooting for the Badgers. He likes football but his real passion is basketball and is a season ticket holder.

Every week several schools perks us up so I will be picking schools here and there to also pick.  For Sept 1st I am choosing Boise State – Troy and Hawaii – Navy…..

I’ll have all the picks on the site in the next couple of days….

Well, we are grandparents again….We have had this dang squirrel running around in our yard for weeks. I have tried everything to get rid of him….Well, come to find out, it’s a her…This morning five or six little squirrels were running all around our yard…and yes, they were cute…but I went to Home Depot and bought a trap anyway. Now, if I can catch them, I need to figure out where to dump them. I wonder if the zoo area would be ok? We have a park down the street, but that’s too close. I don’t know, maybe down along the river. But there, they would probably die of thirst…..I don’t know yet, first I have to trap the little suckers……

Here we all are on our last night at Croll’s Cabins for our 2018 fishing trip. Water was extremely low, fishing was extremely good, fishermen were extremely happy.

From left, Zach, Joe, Jeff, Pete, Josh, Logan, Dylan, Lyndon.

Best fisherman this year was probably a tie between Josh and Lyndon with a slight edge to Lyndon the for big salmon he caught…however, the pike Josh caught was probably the biggest, sooooo, the debate goes on.

Logan Trower, son of Zach Trower and grandson of our daughter Phyllis. I’m not sure all of these are his, however, he  caught lots of fish and he caught the first fish of all of us. We are proud of you Logan….Good job.