2026 Pick 'em: Week 1

Back for a fourth season — or 28 in dog years — Bella has returned for another year of high school football pick 'em,

She's definitely well rested and been well fed to be prepared for this. Although a couple unexpected visits to the veterinarian put her in a bad mood and hold out contractually from doing picks this fall.

As always, the Bulldog-Cocker Spaniel mix will make her usual 5 picks of games from the area and then head back to sleep it off and wait until next week!

Below you can see her official picks, plus the video of her making said picks. There's no audio for this week's video due to a technical difficulty.

Her picks for week one are:

Eastern Pike over South Point

Rock Hill over Minford

Gallia Academy over Boyd County

Russell over Coal Grove

Raceland over Ashland