The leaves are dropping around the Southeast, and thankfully so are the thermometers. This is the time of the year when college football gets really interesting, especially in 2010. Florida is a powerhouse no longer, Alabama has suffered a defeat, the SEC West looks wide open at the top and the SEC East looks wide open at the bottom. In the crazed dazed word of SEC football, this is the stuff we live for. Here are a few of my predictions.
LSU vs Auburn
Auburn quarterback Cam Newtown is a favorite for the Heisman, and LSU coach Les Miles is a favorite for the Funny Farm. On one hand, you have a team in Auburn that is being carried largely on the shoulders of Newton's spectacular play, and with last week's stunning victory over Arkansas (the highest scoring game in SEC history), this pack of Tigers proved they are the real deal. On the other hand, you have the boys from Baton Rouge, who despite lacking a true starting quarterback or any sort of consistent offensive strategy, are still undefeated. Les Miles has a baffling style of syntax but something he is doing is working. Granted, the LSU Tigers also possess arguably the SEC's best defense.
Either way, this will be a fun game to watch. It will be rowdy, loud, and no doubt provoke some guffaws from Vern Lundquist. I am picking Auburn in this game, but underestimating Les Miles is like underestimating a voodoo priest.
Alabama vs Tennessee
If the Vols pull this one out of the bag, it will be the biggest upset in college football all year. As much as I would love to see it go down, I just don't smell it. These teams are too mismatched, and it would take Tennessee's best day against Alabama's worst day. I think it will be a close game though. Remember that last year, Tennessee was a blocked field goal away from victory, and that was in Tuscaloosa.
Ole Miss vs Arkansas
Arkansas is not the powerhouse they appeared to be a few weeks ago. Ole Miss is not the bag of feathers they appeared to be in weeks one and two. This could be a very interesting match, but I have to pick Arkansas in this one.
Mississippi State vs UAB
UAB generally plays SEC teams with a good size chip on its shoulder. That said, Mississippi State is looking like the real deal, especially after last week's upset of Florida. I am taking State by at least two touchdowns.
Vanderbilt vs South Carolina
Steve Spurrier and the Gamecocks will be sorely missing Marcus Lattimore this week, even against the Commodores. This is a homecoming game for Vanderbilt, and coming off an absolutely embarrassing rout at the hands of Georgia, I think they will be playing scrappy today. I have a feeling that Robbie Caldwell has been a little less Jerry Clower in the locker room this week and little more like Arthur Jensen. I am taking the Gamecocks, but I think the ever exasperating Commodores keep it close.
Georgia vs Kentucky
I know that it's basketball season all year long up in Lexington, but this year, the Wildcats actually have a shot at winning the SEC East. Granted, South Carolina would need to lose a couple of games down the stretch, but in last week's surprising victory over South Carolina, the Wildcats looked like a team that needs to be taken seriously, and Joker Phillips is getting it done as the skipper. I am picking Kentucky in this matchup, because I smell another unlikely victory for Kentucky. I think Georgia has buoyed itself with a little bit of false confidence in the last couple of weeks beating up on two different Tennessee squads.
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