SEC Game of the Week
Ole Miss (6-4)—LSU (7-3) in Baton Rouge. Last week, LSU had to scratch and claw in the second half against Troy State. In the end, the Tigers won 40-31 and this game showed the perseverance of a LSU that will not give up. At the same time, Ole Miss was putting a beat down on Louisiana-Monroe. When they turned the lights off it was 59-0.
We listened to both coaches in the press conference this week. Les Miles seems to be fighting for every break since the Florida game in October. Ole Miss is looking better every week. Both these teams played a close game against Alabama. LSU will have a slight advantage of playing on their home field with the 92,103 screaming fans.
If LSU had two healthy quarterbacks, they would be the favorite. However, red shirt freshman Jarrett Lee is not quite ready to take the reins just yet. LSU has dominated this series but we believe Ole Miss has the momentum.
Upset Watch. We are going against the odds makers and picking Ole Miss. Rebels win 31-27.
Tennessee In-State Rivalry
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Tennessee (3-7)—Vandy (6-4) in Nashville. Tennessee had a week off after taking a humiliating home loss to Wyoming. Vandy traveled to Lexington and knocked off Kentucky and secured a bowl bid for the end of the season.
With some time-off, Coach Fulmer decided to go back to Jonathon Crompton and moved former starter Nick Stevens to No.3 on the depth chart. It would be fairly impossible to prepare the Vols for their last two SEC games with a head coach on the way out, assistants looking for jobs, and Seniors looking at the NFL.
Vandy needs to beat the Vols while they have the chance. The Dores have only beaten the Vols one time in twenty five years and it was 2005. One more SEC win could help with a better bowl as well. We wanted to see Fulmer go out on a good note but it looks like there is still a lot of chaos in Knoxville.
We like Vandy in this one; 24-16.
SEC West Game
Arkansas—Miss State in Starkville. Miss State is hot and cold and you never know what team will show up. They beat Vandy and then got trounced by Tennessee. Arkansas is good but they are still trying to find their identity. Arkansas has had two weeks to prepare for this game while State was getting rolled by Bama last week. Picking this game is a flip of the coin.
We like the Hawgs; 27-21.
SEC East—Cream Puff
Florida (9-1)—The Citadel in the Swamp. Florida is absolutely running over teams. The Gators have rolled over everybody in the SEC East and we expect them to possibly hit the low 70s in this game. The Citadel football team is like lambs going to the slaughter. We just hope nobody gets hurt.
We like the Gators again 72-3.
Enjoy the SEC sports this Weekend.
Jay Holgate is a sports analyst and can be heard on sports radio around the South. He can be reached at editor@secsportsreport.com
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about 1 month ago
"Upset Watch. We are going against the odds makers and picking Ole Miss. Rebels win 31-27."
I think it will be closer than people expect. Houston Nutt has a good team that is only getting better like you said. I whoever wins this it can't be called an upset, the teams are just too evenly matched in my opinion.
about 1 month ago
I hope you're wrong, but suspect the truth is closer than I want to admit.
No one expected LSU to win out this year, because of way Ryan Perriloux let the team down and was finally ejected from the team. But we had hoped that the two freshmen quarterbacks were far enough along in their development that they would be able to keep from losing, while letting the rest of the team carry them into a lot of wins. Isn't happening.
Houston Nutt is a real college football wizard. If anyone can take whatever talent is he has and develop a winning team, it Nutt.
Going to be a nail-biter for LSU fans till it's over Saturday afternoon.
about 1 month ago
lsu will dominate i will like to see the same lsu that played bama .... in the bayou ..... wow u idiots actually like ole miss this shocks me 24 10 lsu at the bayou
from about 1 month ago
Idiots 1, J-0.
about 1 month ago
Sorry guys we were on the numbers on this one. We even had the total points right that Ole Miss would score 31..
about 1 month ago
Don't brag too loud. At a mere 50% in 4 games, you'd have to pay someone to take your picks instead of vice versa. Check out my picks on fannation.com. thehump's entry. I went 13 of 15 this week.
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