Well, if you didn't think the Florida Gators were for real last week, you certainly should after Saturday night. The Gators dominated Ole Miss from start to finish, and jumped to No. 11 in the polls. Alabama went to Athens and throttled the Bulldogs in the rain 38-10. Mizzou looks to have moved on from Maty Mauk, and beat the Gamecocks 24-10. Auburn played around with San Jose State for 3 quarters before finally putting them away. LSU defeated Eastern Michigan 44-22. Vandy barely edged MTSU 17-13, while Kentucky needed overtime to beat Eastern Kentucky at home. Texas A&M out marooned Mississippi State 30-17, and lastly, Arkansas crushed Tennessee's dreams at a chance to go to Atlanta 24-20.
This week's slate of games sees Georgia heading to Knoxville, the Hogs heading to Tuscaloosa, Florida at Mizzou, and South Carolina playing a "Home" game against LSU in Baton Rouge, due to the massive flooding in the Palmetto State. The Mississippi schools basically have bye weeks facing New Mexico State and Troy. So let's see who should emerge victorious in Week 6.
New Mexico State
at Ole Miss -45
New Mexico State is awful. They might be one of the worst teams in college football, but Ole Miss has half of their offensive line in a tub of ice right now, so nice job schedulers. The Rebels will win comfortably, but I expect Hugh to rest his starters by the half. I'll actually be in Oxford this week for an 11AM Kickoff. Even better, my friends and I are driving up from Gluckstadt (yes that is an actual town in Mississippi) for the game, and we have to be in The Grove by 8AM. What time does Chick-Fil-A open? Is it frowned upon to make a mimosa on Saturday before the sun rises? Do I care about either of those things? Nope. Rebels 42 Aggies 10.
LSU -19.5
at South Carolina (in Baton Rouge)
Bravo Bayou Bengals. That was a classy move y'all made this week. South Carolina is starting a QB this week who was originally a walk on. LSU has Leonard Fournette. Give me the Tigers to cover, but Miles refuses to run the score up against Spurrier and the Gamecocks. LSU 35 South Carolina 7.
Georgia -2.5
at Tennessee
I think it's pretty clear Butch Jones is not a good coach. He's a great recruiter, but as one of my Tennessee friends will tell you, they didn't hire him to recruit. They hired him to beat Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and to get them to Atlanta, and he hasn't done that. On the other side Georgia did Georgia things and showed they're good but not great against Alabama. Until Butch Jones shows me he can win a big game, I'm going with the Bulldogs, 27-24.
Troy
at Mississippi State -30.5
Dan Mullen's going to run this thing up. Take the Bulldogs and the points. Do you think the people sitting behind this guy are pissed? The guy on the left's expression is priceless, but not as priceless as his long white socks that are rolled in a manner that clearly express his complete lack of giving a damn about anything. State 48 Troy 13.
Arkansas
at Alabama - 16.5
May the Good Lord help anyone who has to play Bama for the next couple of weeks. They went into Athens and just manhandled Georgia. Now you're going to get a team that does nothing but try and run downhill into the teeth of that Crimson Tide defense. Morgan Freeman has some words for you Arkansas. Tide 38 Hogs 7.
Florida -3.5
at Mizzou
Will Grier looks like the real deal in Gainesville. The Gators are 5-0 and are looking to make it 6 against the Tigers in Columbia. Hey, until the Gators lose, I'm going with them against an inferior opponent. Florida wins this one in a close game 24-20.
I'm hoping this won't be my last SEC game of the regular season, but with the season almost half over, who knows. This time of the year is phenomenal though, with the weather changing, and almost all of the major sports being either in full swing or getting ready to start up. Enjoy it while it lasts. Cheers!
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