SEC Wrap Up – Week 3

Last week was fairly predictable. As expected Auburn blasted Mississippi State, Florida took care of Eastern Michigan, albeit by much less than expected. LSU blasted Arkansas State, Alabama easily took out Eli-less Mississippi, and Arkansas lost in a nasty battle to Texas.

Georgia took care of business at South Carolina despite spotting the cocks 16 points. I told anyone that would listen that the Gamecocks always play the Dawgs tough at home, and this year was no exception. Georgia won by 4 – I predicted a 6 point margin of victory – either way UGA won so I am happy.

The final totals put me at 6-0 on the week, and 15-1 on the season. Not sure what that is worth … nothing I guess since I am not going off of point spreads, but I am still impressed with myself. LOL

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SEC Roundup – Week 3

Saturday, September 11, 2004 – A new weekend of SEC football is upon us, and life will be good as long as the Dawgs eat some fried chicken. I have been scared to death all week about visiting a stadium full of fighting gamecocks – South Carolina always plays Georgia close, and this year will be no different. The key to the game will be Georgia’s ability to stop the run – if they can limit Holtz and company on the ground, then Georgia will win going away. I do not expect an easy game – Georgia by six in a low scoring affair.

If the Tigers prove to be paper thin against Croom and company, then there will be a major backlash against the River Boat Gambler on the Plains. No way, no how – Auburn should win by 21 (or more) in a major blowout. Welcome to football SEC-style Sylvester; it will be tough, but he will turn around those other Bulldogs.

Speaking of Tommy, Auburn faithful should just run Tuberville out of town and be down with it. It is hard to believe that he is only 39-24 after five full seasons on the Plains. Auburn gets enough talent year in and year out to be a Top 10 program. If they ever get a QB and figure out that their ground attack is capable of controlling any team in the country, then look out. Not going to happen anytime soon, but they will still whip Mississippi State today.

LSU in a laugher over Arkansas State. LSU should have dropped out of the Top 10 after their performance against Oregon State, but the polls being what they are, the Cajuns are still raging in the Top 5.

Florida by too many to count in the biggest rout of the weekend, as they demoralize Eastern Michigan. Anything less and Gator fans will be calling for Zook’s head.

The Tide will roll, roll, roll for consecutive weeks as Ole Miss continues to face the reality of life without Eli.

The meanest, nastiest game of the week will see Texas exacting a measure of revenge against Nutt’s hogs in Fayetteville. Last year the Razorbacks hogtied the Horns, but Texas will not be embarrassed two years in a row.

Last weekend I was 9-1, which was a heck of a start. Unfortunately my only miss was South Carolina. Hopefully I am not on the wrong end of a chicken fight two weeks in a row!

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SEC Wrap Up – Week 2

Win, some lose some. I called the Dawgs in a 20-point victory (33-13), but the actual score was 48-28. Better offense than I expected, but the defense was shaky against the option. So the 20-point margin of victory was spot on, but the results were slightly unexpected. Danny Ware made a believer out of me (135 yards on 18 rushing attempts, good for 3 TDs), and hopefully will continue to improve, providing a much needed balance to David Greene’s passing attack.

Speaking of shaky predictions, and trouble against the run, I guess I was pretty dumb to call Vandy over South Carolina because the roosters pulled off an easy 31-6 victory. Georgia better figure out how to stop the run this week, or next weekend’s game at South Carolina is going to be not so fun.

I correctly called out Memphis over Ole Miss (20-13) in a big SEC ouch. Hopefully Kentucky will prove me wrong today, but I am also expecting them to fall. I still expect Tennessee to easily handle UNLV despite the Vols QB questions.

As expected, Alabama started off slow against Utah State (17-10 halftime lead), but managed to roll away in the second half to a 48-17 victory. I was way off base about LSU over Oregon State, who I incorrectly labeled the Ducks instead of Beavers. At any rate, LSU won in overtime, but only because the Beavers missed three extra points. How freaking hard can it be to find someone to hit an extra point? Before it is all said and done, an impressive performance by the Beavers will be all but forgotten by the pollsters.

Mississippi State won big over Tulane (28-7), Arkansas easily took care of New Mexico State (63-13), and Auburn blanked Louisiana-Monroe 31-0, which has to be a moral victory for the Indians after last year’s 73-3 debacle.

So far I am off to a 7-1 start. Not too shabby.

[Late edit Sep. 11 – I was going to make this a part I and part II article since TN and KY were scheduled for Sunday. Oh well, ran out of time for a second article, but I did correctly pick both games so that makes me a dandy 9-1 on the year.]

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SEC Roundup – Week 2

Saturday, September 04, 2004 – Ah, I love this time of year. Since I have to get the “honey-do” list out of the way, I will jump right in and get the 2004 season started.

Kick off starts in a little less than five and a half hours when the Dawgs take on Georgia Southern. I expect the Dawgs led by David Greene and true freshman running back Danny Ware to roll to an easy 33 to 13 victory.

In other predictions, the fighting Cocks from South Carolina will get plucked by Vanderbilt in a close tussle. Yes, I am the dumb SOB that is predicting that the Commodores will eek out enough wins to become bowl eligible. There I said it; I feel better now.

Other upsets will play out as Ole Miss falters without Eli Manning, going down to Memphis. In another SEC embarrassment, Louisville will once again whip the Wild Cats of Kentucky.

Alabama will start off slow, but will manage to Roll Tide, Roll, away from the Aggies. Speaking of which, Utah State’s counterparts at Utah sure did spank those Aggies from Texas A&M Thursday night. As a closet Texas fan, that was fun to watch.

In other SEC clashes … really mismatches is the more appropriate description … Tennessee will easily beat UNLV, LSU will barbeque the Ducks from Oregon State [edit – another oops – if only the Beavers could kick a f’ing extra point; unf’ing believable], and the Hogs in Fayetteville will think they are something after mauling New Mexico State. Finally, Auburn will once again beat the living snot out of Louisiana-Monroe; Auburn thrashed the Indians 73-3 last year.

[Oops – forgot about those other Bulldogs at Mississippi State. They should win big over Tulane. If not, it will be a hell of a long year in Starkville.]

College football SEC style. Gotta love it!

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