Nearing the last third of the season many of the big games have been played.  Teams like Tennessee and Florida more of less face the more favorable part of their schedules.  Of course it didn’t use to be that way FSU used to be a huge game for the Gators and it wasn’t that long ago in the Swamp a big DE blocked a final play field goal attempt by South Carolina to continue Florida’s national championship run.

Vandy at Florida 7:15 ESPN2…
There isn’t a chance of an upset in this game. I sincerely believe in respecting all and don’t diss Vandy. But this is going to be one ugly game. Vandy is 2-7, they have gone over scoring 17 points three times - last week in the 56-31 loss to Georgia Tech, they somehow scored 28 in the first half and 3 in the second. They opened the season with a 45-0 romp over the Western Carolina Catamounts, that team is 1-8 this season. Vandy also went out and jumped on Rice 36-17. These three scoring explosions came in the first game of the season, the fourth and the ninth.

Vanderbilt 0-5 against SEC Competition
(when game played, Vandy’s opposition, score,
opponent total offense, Vandy’s total offense and turnovers)

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With Florida’s defensive ends, their defensive backs and good crew of linebackers not to mention a slew of on the mend defensive tackles, Vandy simply doesn’t stand a chance in this one. Meyer isn’t running the score up but I don’t see how the Commodores score much more than 10 on the Gators if that much.
Florida wins something like 45-9…

The Game
#9 LSU @ #3 Alabama 3:30 CBS

LSU’s Jordan Jefferson will be a key to this football game. Jefferson has gotten well in the two games he’s played since Florida when his passing rating hit a season low of 100.38, in it he was 11 of 17 for 96 yards no TDs and one INT.  The last two weeks against Auburn and Tulane his QB rating climbed each week from 154.60 to 172.30, looking slender at 6-5, 220 Jefferson rushes the ball about 10 times a game.

Alabama has the week off, LSU got their week off after Florida and have been on a steep learning curve since that football game.  They’ve had two easy wins going up 31-3 over Auburn with a minute left in the third quarter, that game ended 31-10. Tulane was even easier that one ended 42-0.

So this one is a toss up the question is does the week off help Alabama, get them reseted and healthy and the time to try to shore up their passing game.  Or does a rested and improving LSU football team ride a high into Bryant Denny?

Believe LSU has a lot more weapons than Alabama on offense.  If LSU gets a handle on Alabama’s running game this football game is over.  You look at points allowed and these two teams are just about dead even yet Bama gets all the press.  LSU loses this game if Jefferson hurts his football team more than he helps it.

This is an iffy pick but this man is leaning to LSU over Alabama 20-13

#16 Ohio State @ #11 Penn State 3:30 ABC

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Terrelle Pryor has become a joke.  JoePa puts another nail in ole Bobby’s coaching coffin.  It’s better to be a legend in Happy Valley than in Florida’s folly, by golly, it should have remained a gurls school.  Lions over the hard things that grow on trees by 10.

South Carolina @ Arkansas 12:21 ESPN360

This game could be interesting, it could be one of the best match-ups of the weekend. The Cocks are 6-3 the Hogs 4-4. Have to think South Carolina pulls this one out with their fine defense.

FSU @ Clemson 7:45 ESPN

Be more fun to try and guess the combined score of this game. I’d think it could be 104. Where did FSU’s defense go? When did it leave? Well Mickey Andrews is leaving he’s had enough. It had to be a difficult staff with some of his’n and some of your’n. Only one consistent thing lately about FSU is they do score points. This man can not pick this game these are two of the most inconsistent football teams in college football.

After those games the pickens are rather slim.

UCF @ #2 Texas - not a snowballs chance in hell
Syracuse @ #13 Pittsburgh - heavy on Pitt
Virginia @ #17 Miami - depends on which Cane team shows up…
Illinois at Minnesota - when do they pull the plug on Ron?
Connecticut @ #5 Cincinnati 8:00 ABC - talk about snowballs chances
Oregon State @ #20 California - this one could be a great game.
Washington State @ #18 Arizona - Another Pac10 game that could be very interesting. Bob Stoops Wildcats are higher ranked that his brother Mike’s Oklahoma Sooners at #24, doubt that’s ever happened before?  Bob has worked long and hard to get Arizona were they currently are.  Everyone out there is looking up to USC who’s doing their best to imitate FSU and climb back down into the Pack, or is that Pac?  First you lose the great assistant coaches and then the recruiting beings to slip due to many reasons.
Nave @ #22 Notre Dame 3:30 NBC - who cares….