Week 6 SEC College Football Picks
October 8, 2009 by Jim Folsom
Filed under The Nosebleeds
Weekly Picks: Week 6
Now we get down to business. The national championship and the SEC championship picture will be a lot clearer after this week. There are several huge games this week that will knock out some of the pretenders. Here are my predictions.
Auburn at Arkansas: Auburn is off to one whale of a start. But so far the schedule has a bit as soft as a case of four ply. It starts to toughen up now. Arkansas with Ryan Mallet will challenge the Auburn defense like they’ve yet to be challenged. I think the Auburn offense will run all over the porous Arkansas defense though and keep mallet off the field just long enough. Tigers 31 Hogs 27
Vanderbilt at Army: Vandy is bad. Army is really bad. Defense will win the day. I’m betting the team in black and gold wins. Dores 17 Black Knights 10
Georgia at Tennessee: I’m REALLY looking forward to this one. Why? Because one of them will have three losses. I wish there was a way they could both lose. Lane Kiffin has me doing something I never thought I would do, ever. I’m rooting for the leg humpers. The Dogs have a bit more offense than UT. Both defenses are equally tough. Dawgs 24 Vols 16
Houston at Miss St: This is an interesting matchup. A week ago Houston was the darling of the media. Many thought they deserved to be where Boise State is now. A loss to lowly UTEP fixed that. Now they are a 2 point underdog to MSU. How bad do you have to be to be an underdog to MSU? Worse than Houston is I would think. They won at Okie State. I think they should do the same at Miss. State. Cougars 41 Dogs 30
Kentucky at South Carolina: The Kats are a 9 point dog. The line was 11 two days ago. I thought the Kats were a little better than that too. They’ve had a rough couple of weeks. Look for them to compete a lot better this week. I like USC, but a bit closer than the spread. USC has a very good defense. Kentucky has a pretty bad QB. SC’s offense is as usual, mediocre. The Ol Ball Coach needs this one badly. Cocks 20 Kats 17
Alabama at Ole Miss: Now we’re cooking with gas! The 3:30 CBS game of the week and it’s gonna be a dandy. We got offense. The Tides prolific running attack along with a better than expected McElroy at QB throwing to maybe the best receiver in the county in Julio Jones makes the Tide almost unstoppable. Ole Miss’ Jevan Snead would be the All-SEC QB if not for a certain #15. They’re running game is pretty stout as well. McCluster can pick em up and put em down with the best of them. Bama I think has a bit more on the defensive side of the ball. But the home crowd should be at a fever pitch. They don’t get many games this big at the Grove. Rebs 34 Tide 30
Georgia Tech at Florida State: The nightmare continues for Bobby Bowden. Tech ran all over them last year on the ground. The Noles had a chance to win late but a costly turnover in the shadow of the goal line killed them. You never know with FSU. Just when you think you’ve figured them out, they bring out the other team. So do we get Jeckyll this week? Or Hyde? I am going to guess the Noles will show up inspired to win one for Bobby. Noles 28 Jackets 27
Florida at LSU: They don’t get bigger than this one in October. The winner of this one has gone on to win the national Title three straight years! Four in a row looks to be a distinct possibility. LSU’s offense is very suspect. QB play has been erratic. They hadn’t been able to run the ball at all until the last two minutes last week. Florida’s defense is a brick wall. Going into the season they set a goal that they would not allow more than 16 points in any game. So far they have not. I don’t see any reason to believe they will this week either. UF’s offense has been on again, off again. John Brantley makes hs first start at UF. Not a much tougher place to make your first start than at Baton Rouge. It’s doubly tough at night. Look for the Gators to run and run often. Can they run well with Tebow on the bench? Probably not. Look for Superman to come in and pinch hit, brining the Gators back to win a tight one, further growing his legend. Gators 20 Tigers 13.
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