Week 6 Thread

[Dawg83]

Off week for State and USM played on a Tuesday for some reason, so the Rebels are the only in-state team to watch this weekend.

 

Ole Miss at Vandy - side rant, as someone who grew up in the era where Ole Miss vs Vandy was annually one of the weirdest games of every college football season, it is a dang shame we never got Pavia era Vandy vs Kiffin era Ole Miss. Those games would have been ridiculous. Anyway, OM a 10 point road favorite in this one. As tempting as it is to convince yourself this one could get weird, my understanding is that Vandy has had some QB injury issues and I expect Ole Miss will be more locked in for a game like this after Florida embarrassed them. I don’t think Vandy will be able to keep up with OM’s offense. I have the Rebels winning 45-24.

 

Georgia at Bama - sounds like this game could get moved and at best it’s going to be played in some weather. I think Bama has finally arrived under DeBoer, I have them winning this one by a TD. 
 

LSU at UK - I do not trust Sam Leavitt. I do not trust him in a box, I do not trust him with a fox. I do not trust him here or there, I do not trust him anywhere. I do not trust him when the weather is mucky, I do not trust him at Kentucky….. The Cats score the big home upset and put LSU’s playoff standing in jeopardy early.

 

Texas A&M at Mizzou - stinky line here, Mizzou only a three point home favorite. That concerns me because I think Mizzou is winning this game easily. I am not high on A&M in the least.

 

Texas vs OU - I feel like this one could get weird. Something about UT’s offense looks off and OU can play defense. I have the Horns winning an ugly game something like 17-12.

 

South Carolina at Florida - you’re crazy if you pick SC right now.

 

Tennessee at Arkansas - you’re even crazier if you pick Arkansas right now.

Edited Wednesday at 09:45 PM by Dawg83

[MSTSatchmo]

OM big 

Bama 
LSU 

Missouri 

TX 

Florida 

Tennessee 

 

Any game I miss is due to the weather conditions.  Even TX/OK

 

[DrownInEtown]

Ole Miss -9.5 @ Vandy: Won’t be surprised if this is close. The Louisville win and Florida loss haven’t aged well. I can’t pinpoint how good Ole Miss is yet. But, I believe OM’s concerning run defense is better suited for Vandy’s style. Offensively Ole Miss needs to find ways to reduce Kewan’s usage. He’s not Derrick Henry. He’s 5’11 205. Get the backup more involved, he’s not Kewan but he’s solid. Ole Miss wins a sloppy one 21-17

Georgia @ Bama(-2.5): Both teams are legit. Georgia isn’t going to bully Bama in the trenches like they did last year. Deboer & co have done a phenomenal job in evaluating the new guys they’ve brought in. Even if you stuff Bama’s run game, they have a Heisman QB with elite weapons, and a few more coming off the bench. I take Bama winning just off the offensive firepower alone 35-28

 

LSU -9.5 @ Kentucky: I think Kentucky is a good ball club. Sam Leavitt is already untrustworthy, and now he’s going on the road into a pumped up crowd. If there’s an upset this week, this would be it. I’m still going to take LSU to win, but Kentucky covers the spread. LSU 28-24

 

SC @ Florida -10.5: This game could get weird. You rarely ever see good teams with first year head coaches be consistent, as shown last week. Beamer is fighting for his life at this point. Florida OC Buster Faulkner will likely be playing against his first head coaching job next year. Florida 35-28

 

A&M @ Mizzou -4??????? Vegas is onto something. I wouldn’t touch this game with a 10 ft pole. I have Mizzou 28-14, but there may be some black magic here

 

Tennessee -13.5 @ Arkansas: Blowout here. Tennessee rushes for 250+ and wins 42-14

 

Texas (-7.5) @ Oklahoma: This could be weird too. Muschamp has the best defense in the nation, and the Mateer led Sooners are pitiful offensively. Texas wins in a low scoring slugfest 14-7

 

Also, if you love football, get a peak of the Northwestern Wildcats. Chip Kelly ran the Wing-T against Penn State and rushed for 413. They also played Indiana tough. America’s team!

Edited 9 hours ago by DrownInEtown

[DrownInEtown]

Florida is about to go from #8 to likely 4 straight losses. They travel to Texas next week and have Georgia following a bye week

[Dawg83]

Wow. Did not have SC blowing out Florida in Gainesville on my bingo card.

 

Also, if there was any doubt that Vandy was back to being the Vandy we all remember….. holy moly this first half against OM.

 

Good showing by the Rebels, clearly. That Mizzou game next week is huge.

[DrownInEtown]

37 minutes ago, Dawg83 said:

Wow. Did not have SC blowing out Florida in Gainesville on my bingo card.

Was not expecting the wheels to fall off that quickly for Florida

[Dawg83]

And Oklahoma with the big upset in Dallas! Wow!

[Bulldogs4]

Just goes to show that anything can happen on a Saturday in the SEC. Not totally surprised by SC. They have played some good football, just have not been able to finish. Today they finished with an exclamation point. 
Oklahoma winning is definitely not a surprise. That game has a way of being wacky especially when one team sucks and the other team is good. 
Arkansas gave TN a run but the way they ended the game was horrible. You have two minutes and three time outs and you throw three straight passes and PUNT. Why not run the ball? Tennessee was inviting them to run the ball.

But at the very least you gotta go for it on fourth down. 
 

Missouri and Mississippi held serve and we will see what happens with LSU-KY and Bama-Jawja.