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Help me, help me. Oh no. I feel all queasy.
All Scotland now have to look forward to is England's visit to Murrayfield. The game is a Grand Slam decider and Scotland need to win to avoid the whitewash.
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You see, Scotland lost to Wales in another game that, if you take a close look at the video, they should have won.
Yachida boyos. Scotland did most of the pressing, but then let the Welsh in for two tries that should have been avoided, and instead of a bright Cardiff afternoon lifting the gloom for us we have the storm clouds gathering.
Proud Welsh
As far as the game against the Welsh is concerned there was precious little New Zealand stuffing in the Welsh lamb, and it looked to me like a mighty proud Welsh team.
 The Welsh looked a proud outfit
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John Leslie and Gregor Townsend got behind the Welsh back division as individuals, but neither was able to do an Alan Tait and finish it all off. Martin Leslie and Scott Murray had good matches, Chris Paterson and Glenn Metcalfe likewise. But it was another loss and that, frankly, is what matters.
Now, you see, when I was a kid I toured with Clive Woodward, the English coach. He was a talented individual, extremely sure of himself, and going places. The place he has gone is to the top of English rugby, and the place he is about to go is to Murrayfield.
Deep rivalry
And as Scots we know. We know deep down, way deep down, that as much as the English might believe that there is an anti-English thing in our country, most Scottish rugby folk believe that there is an anti-Scottish rugby thing down South.
Nobody in English rugby has ever forgiven the 1990 Grand Slam team in that showdown at Murrayfield.
 Glenn Metcalfe: Had a good game behind the pack
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We are the playground pranksters. And the English rugby team doesn't like that. Or at least they haven't liked that for 10 years.
Of course it will be denied to the end, but it's true. England won't need winding up for this one. Oh help me, I feel wobbly.
Scotland don't have millions of other players to put up against the men in white, we don't have millions of other coaches, there is a siege mentality now that they are losing, and we can only imagine what it will be like to be part of the set up as they try to dissect how the English will play.
Maybe the English will play it tighter. Maybe Clive Woodward trusts his men to be good enough to blow Scotland off the pitch with the kind of rugby they have been playing all season. Maybe we should all just not turn up, as it will be far too appalling an atmosphere to be part of.
Yes, Scotland should have won two of the games they have lost and losing all their games has set up a horrible clash against the Auld Enemy.
But, as I say, never predict rugby games. It could be Cardiff crash to Murrayfield miracle.
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