It made me think: "Hey, this is one of the biggest sports weekends I can remember this year. Since I'm so smart, maybe I should put some thoughts down on the old blog. Y'know, so I can get credit when every single one of my predictions/thoughts on the upcoming games plays out before all the eyes of our 4 readers."
(It should be noted that the Red Sox failed to score in Game 1, so Sandy Koufax could have started and it probably would have still resulted in an eventual loss to the Angels...of Anaheim.
Some monster games this weekend to watch, BUT while I'll be glued to the TV for the Florida-LSU game, it WON'T have the implications that everyone in the media is acting like it will. For instance, if Florida loses (won't happen), their season is still very much alive. If LSU loses, but then wins out (also won't happen), then their season would not be derailed tomorrow. Something you already know: if Florida somehow doesn't win, the justification will either be:
A) Tebow didn't play, how could a team lose the best player ever and then still win on the road in the toughest environment imaginable?
B) Tebow may have played, but he didn't practice for over a week. How could an offense so dependent upon timing and sharpness be asked to win on the road after not being able to have their QB in practice for that week?
This is all bull crap, you see. Regardless of your feelings about Tebow (I think he's the most effective player the SEC has seen), this is still a game that revolves around a team a lot more than the Orlando Sentinel would have you believe. Florida has the better team, the better coach, and the better QB (whichever one plays). Bottom line is that LSU is just not that good.
Florida 27 LSU 13
The Aubies have been chirping and it gets louder every week they don't lose. It will stop this week. True, Arkansas can't stop anyone. Seriously, Dana and I cold go run the option on them for 300 yards this Saturday. But, they will be at home. Auburn can't stop a real offense either. For anyone that is about to say, "Hey what about UT's offense? They stopped them..." Take a breath...remember that Jonathan Crompton is the UT quarterback and that in the time it takes you to read this, he's thrown 2 interceptions and 3 incompletions.
Arkansas will do just enough on defense and Petrino will have sniffed this out already as a game he can and should win, and will therefore pull out all the stops to do it. Look for somewhere between 5-10 trick plays.
Arkansas 44 AU 41
Georgia can't hold on to the ball. Lucky for them, Tennessee can't either. This could be the ugliest game the SEC has been subjected to since last year's MSU - Auburn game (final score 3-2). Those of you that know me, already know that there's no way that I'm going to pick Tennessee if there's a way for me not to. Refer to the previous paragraph about Jonathan Crompton and you'll see my way to pick UGA. Late pick 6, followed by the embattled quarterback being mobbed by his own angry fans after the game. Luckily, there won't be enough teeth in that crowd to inflict any real damage and he'll still be able to make his next start and continue bring smiles to faces all over Alabama.
UGA 16 UT 7
I said it at the beginning of the season and I'll say it again: Alabama won't lose to Ole Miss. Of course, I began this blog by citing my support of Josh Beckett because he was unhittable, and he's since given up 3 more runs. So, what do I really know? Well, I do watch a lot of Bama football games. This year's team is awesome when they decide to be awesome. Against Kentucky (who surprised them by coming right at them), I felt like both the offense and the defense had stretches where they said "Enough is enough. We're not letting them stop us here or get this first down...We will dictate the outcome of this play." And then they did. It's good and bad. I'd like for them to go ahead and put games away, but it's nice to see them respond when the other team puts them in a tough spot as Kentucky did a couple of times early.
Ole Miss is a victim of media crappiness. They've been paying for media overreaction since the end of last year, saying how they were the best in the SEC west, and now they're paying for the media's overreaction to their loss on the road at South Carolina. "Overrated! I knew it all along!" I call BS on that for two reasons:
1. They're not a bad football team, they just had a bad night. Their coach is at his best when taken lightly and at his worst when taken seriously. Ole Miss is the new version of Arkansas, and Houston Nutt is the reason why. Really, they've always been the same team in our eyes. So, they're not bad...they're just not who the media thought they were.
2. Houston Nutt is one tricky man. Just when you're ready to say it's over for his team, he pulls out some win that he had no business getting. I'm banking that Bama won't be that win, but that he'll get it somewhere else (against Les Miles?).
If Alabama comes out flat like they did against Kentucky, Ole Miss will make them pay. But Ole Miss can't close us out even if they somehow jump out to a lead. Here's why: Alabama closes out games. There was only one team that was a better finisher than us last year. It wasn't Ole Miss, and it isn't them this year either. Ole Miss jumps out to a 6 point lead. McElroy settles down and does his Joe Montana thing. Ingram and Richardson pound away. McClain makes a big play in the 4th. Alabama wins
Bama 31 Ole Miss 20
Youkilis just doubled, the team needs me. I'm on record for football. That could be a bad thing this time tomorrow night.
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