The Fumbler is unhappy. He has no political affiliation, but thought he had a legitimate shot to be the running mate for either Barack Obama or John McCain.

Neither called. Perhaps it has to do with The Fumbler having some skeletons in his closet, like the time he got cited for running onto Offutt Field after police told him to stay off it.

The Fumbler will settle for being the running mate for his cousin, The Dribbler, who is running for Etna mayor. The Dribbler wants The Fumbler to be his Chief of Staff.

But The Fumbler might not want to show his face anywhere this week after going 42-22 the first week of the season. But that's about par for the first week of the season.

Here are his picks on this weekend's games (home team in caps):

CITY LEAGUE -- Oliver over Westinghouse.

CITY LEAGUE -- Carrick over Allderdice.

WPIAL CLASS AA -- (Allegheny Conference) BURRELL over Deer Lakes; APOLLO-RIDGE over Summit Academy; Valley over KITTANNING; FORD CITY over West Shamokin. (Century) SOUTH FAYETTE over Quaker Valley; Seton-LaSalle over CORNELL; KEYSTONE OAKS over South Park; Steel Valley over NORTHGATE. (Interstate) EAST ALLEGHENY over Charleroi; Jeannette over BROWNSVILLE; GREENSBURG CENTRAL CATHOLIC over McGuffey; WAYNESBURG over South Allegheny; MOUNT PLEASANT over Washington. (Midwestern) Aliquippa over ELLWOOD CITY; BEAVER FALLS over Freedom; New Brighton over MOHAWK; BEAVER over Riverside.

NON-CONFERENCE -- AVONWORTH over Neshannock; BELLE VERNON over Southmoreland; BLACKHAWK over Knoch; BRENTWOOD over South Side Beaver; BURGETTSTOWN over Beth-Center; CENTER over Moon; CHARTIERS-HOUSTON over Carmichaels; CHARTIERS VALLEY over Yough; Clairton over MONESSEN.

FRANKLIN REGIONAL over Ambridge; Fort Cherry over WEST GREENE; Jefferson-Morgan over AVELLA; Kiski Area over PETERS TOWNSHIP; LATROBE over Fox Chapel; GATEWAY over Baldwin; HOPEWELL over Mars; INDIANA over New Castle; LAUREL HIGHLANDS over Elizabeth Forward; Mapletown over Frazier; McKEESPORT over Plum; MONACA over Carlynton; MONTOUR over Highlands; NORTH CATHOLIC over Laurel; NORTH HILLS over Penn-Trafford.

NORTH ALLEGHENY over Mt. Lebanon; NORWIN over Butler; PENN HILLS over Bethel Park; RINGGOLD over Albert Gallatin; ROCHESTER over Riverview; Serra over CALIFORNIA; SHALER over Hempfield; Thomas Jefferson over UNIONTOWN; TRINITY over Greensburg Salem; Upper St. Clair over PINE-RICHLAND; WEST ALLEGHENY over Hampton; West Mifflin over DERRY; WILKINSBURG over Union; WOODLAND HILLS over Connellsville.

City League -- Brashear over Langley.

WPIAL CLASS AA -- (Allegheny Conference) SHADY SIDE ACADEMY over Freeport.

NON-CONFERENCE -- Bentworth over GEIBEL; Springdale over WESTERN BEAVER.

Tomorrow night

WPIAL CLASS AA -- (Century) BISHOP CANEVIN over Sto-Rox.

NON-CONFERENCE -- CENTRAL CATHOLIC over Canon-McMillan; SHENANGO over Leechburg.