Weekend Picks - October 7
I'm heading to Tuscaloosa this weekend for a reunion with my law school buddies. We're going to the Bama-Duke game because one of the gang is a Bammer and another is King Bee, a loyal Duke alum. We went to UGA-Tennessee last year, so I can't complain when others want to see their teams too. I'll have a report from Tuscaloosa Monday hopefully.
Texas v. Oklahoma - The Texas state fairgrounds will be overrun with orange and red as the Sooners and Longhorns meet in their annual neutral site rivalry. According to Georgia logic, this neutral site game should be like a home game for Texas because it is in Dallas and therefore they should dominate the recent series history. Oops, or should I say Stoops! Texas finally got the monkey off their back last year in route to a national title, otherwise OU has owned Texas. This OU team, though, isn't as strong as recent vintages. Texas has too much talent at too many different positions. Peterson will get his yards, but the Horns win, 27-16.
Tennessee at Georgia - Ugh! Georgia's offense looks like all of its players just woke up from a long night out. Add to that the fact that UGA's All-American caliber kicker, Brandon Coutu is out for the season after attempting an unorthodox onside kick in Thursday's practice. That takes away Mark Richt's most used weapon, the field goal. Tennessee has returned in 2006 to show flashes of those Big Orange teams of the late nineties. They sport a physical, yet not spectacular defense. David Cutcliff has rejuvenated the plodding Randy Sanders attack into a real life offense, something missing from Knoxville recently. While my heart rests with the Dawgs, my head will ring with "How 'bout Them Vols!" Saturday night, 24-10.
LSU at Florida - This is the heavyweight match up of the weekend with two top notch SEC teams slugging it out in the Swamp. By a coincidence of timing, Marcus Thomas will return for the Gators after a board of university officials determined that Thomas had failed two drug tests based on the same night of smoking tree. Whatever. The Tigers don't want to hear that because they have trouble running on anybody, much less pot smoking Gators. LSU's offensive line must protect well, or at least long enough for JaMarcus Russell to unleash his laser beams to Bowe, Davis, and Doucet. Will Arnold's absence won't help. If you can't run block well, you have to protect.
On defense, LSU has looked like a destroyer of worlds. I think the LSU defense will contain the spread run options with their big, mean, fast linebackers. Plus, I think the Tiger DBs can cover UF's receivers, although Percy Harvin is a wild card. I predict that Tim Tebow will throw a pass in this game for a big gain. UF will make plays on LSU's defense, but not enough. I like LSU, 24-20.
Texas v. Oklahoma - The Texas state fairgrounds will be overrun with orange and red as the Sooners and Longhorns meet in their annual neutral site rivalry. According to Georgia logic, this neutral site game should be like a home game for Texas because it is in Dallas and therefore they should dominate the recent series history. Oops, or should I say Stoops! Texas finally got the monkey off their back last year in route to a national title, otherwise OU has owned Texas. This OU team, though, isn't as strong as recent vintages. Texas has too much talent at too many different positions. Peterson will get his yards, but the Horns win, 27-16.
Tennessee at Georgia - Ugh! Georgia's offense looks like all of its players just woke up from a long night out. Add to that the fact that UGA's All-American caliber kicker, Brandon Coutu is out for the season after attempting an unorthodox onside kick in Thursday's practice. That takes away Mark Richt's most used weapon, the field goal. Tennessee has returned in 2006 to show flashes of those Big Orange teams of the late nineties. They sport a physical, yet not spectacular defense. David Cutcliff has rejuvenated the plodding Randy Sanders attack into a real life offense, something missing from Knoxville recently. While my heart rests with the Dawgs, my head will ring with "How 'bout Them Vols!" Saturday night, 24-10.
LSU at Florida - This is the heavyweight match up of the weekend with two top notch SEC teams slugging it out in the Swamp. By a coincidence of timing, Marcus Thomas will return for the Gators after a board of university officials determined that Thomas had failed two drug tests based on the same night of smoking tree. Whatever. The Tigers don't want to hear that because they have trouble running on anybody, much less pot smoking Gators. LSU's offensive line must protect well, or at least long enough for JaMarcus Russell to unleash his laser beams to Bowe, Davis, and Doucet. Will Arnold's absence won't help. If you can't run block well, you have to protect.
On defense, LSU has looked like a destroyer of worlds. I think the LSU defense will contain the spread run options with their big, mean, fast linebackers. Plus, I think the Tiger DBs can cover UF's receivers, although Percy Harvin is a wild card. I predict that Tim Tebow will throw a pass in this game for a big gain. UF will make plays on LSU's defense, but not enough. I like LSU, 24-20.
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