This past Sunday, Rusty “Who the f*ck kicked my barstool” Tanton, proprietor of the politically ambiguous Radical Georgia Moderate announced the kickoff of his 2005 NCAA football picks contest. It’s really quite simple. Each week you give a thumbs up or a thumbs down to the Vegas odds of all the games involving teams on the ESPN/USA Today Top 25 poll. Correct picks are worth a point. Incorrect picks are worth 0 points. The most points at the end of the season wins a $50 Amazon card. The official rules can be found here.

A split-second visit to RadGaMod lets you know that Rusty cheers for one of those schools that drains tuition money away from Georgia, but sends all its graduates yelping back to Atlanta to find jobs. (Auburn? What?) You can’t really blame them, though, for not getting accepted at Georgia. (Full disclosure: I wouldn’t get accepted at Georgia today either). In this spirit, Rusty has extended a special wager for Georgia grads who maintain blogs.

The games for week #1 are already posted so if you want to participate, get your picks in. All are welcome.