Well, we celebrated last week’s perfect pack of predictions so much, that this week’s may be woeful due to the increased alcohol content in our system from the celebrations. But we’ll plow through the hangovers and hope to show you that lightning can strike the same place twice!
So with the midpoint of the regular season breathing down our necks, let’s continue to enjoy all these games while we still can because we’re fixing to be on the downhill side of the season and before you know you it, we’ll all be wondering where it went.
So let’s get listing those losers, have a laugh or two, and see if we can replicate our recipe for responsible reporting and get the guesses all perfect again.
Florida at Kentucky – Both teams are coming off big wins and think they have the wind at their back, so when Florida flies up to the Feline family’s fatherland in the Blue Grass state, somebody’s sure to be upset when the final whistle blows.
Now the Gators have a big win over a solid SEC team while the Kentuck Cats have some wins over a bunch of lightweights, so it’s hard to tell from combined competitions just who the real high rollers are.
Lost Wages says the Cats will be the kings and I usually go with the home team in close games, but my heart is saying that the Gators have proven something and the Cats have just competed with creme puffs. So I’m bucking the know-it-alls and going with the upset. Larry’s loser – Kentucky
Texas A&M at Arkansas – The Hogs play host to the Fisher’s Farm Boys and the Aggies are hoping that the general rule that Farmers rule the Hogs is true and that these Swine won’t stampede the stockades stifle the dreams of the Dirt Farmers this season.
Jimbo knows a thing or two about getting in the mud and taking the fight to a foe and he about to let these Pigs give him reason for a pity party and he should be baking the bacon before the final whistle blows.
So let’s just get this one in the books and go one with the others, because I believe I got this one right and we’ll list Arkansas as Larry’s loser.
Georgia at Auburn – Kirby’s Canines come a calling at Auburn where it can be a bad place for visitors at night, but this is a day game and if Auburn thought last week’s game was an ego bruiser, they ain’t seen nothin’ yet.
There’ll be better days down the road for the Tigers and Hugh Freeze will have his Tabbies tabulating triumphs in the tomorrows, but today ain’t that day and they’re gonna get a new one ripped and the cat fur’s gonna fly.
But it’s all just a part of football and today they’ll be just another loser so we’ll just write this one up, put ’em on the list, and make Larry’s loser Auburn
Missouri at Vanderbilt – The Midwestern Meeyowers mosey over to the Sailor’s Singing City to see if they keep the ball rolling, racking up the wins, and getting to play in post-season with the big boys.
Vanderbilt would be a better team in a lesser league, but somebody has to be in the cellar and Vanderbilt will play the game of lowered expectations again this weekend and go down with ship one more time.
So while it surprises no one, we’ll list this semi-permanent participant in the poop place in the SEC and make Larry’s lose Vanderbilt.
LSU at Ole Miss – The Tigers travel to take on the Rebels over in Oxford, and they’re struttin’ their stuff as they think they’ve got their groove back after two wins over pretty good SEC competition.
Meanwhile, the Rebs are lickin’ their wounds from a late-game Elephant stomping at the hands of Alabama. Now I’d like to tell you that Lane’s learned his lesson about letting a big boy off the hook, but I just don’t think he’s got the muscle for this tussle either.
So even though I can’t wait to see this game play out, ‘cuz I can see ways that either could win, I gotta go with my gut and put Ole Miss on Larry’s loser’s list one more time.
South Carolina at Tennessee – We think Beamer Ball will bounce well for the Carolina Cluckers one day, but this is a night game and Tennessee has a defense and the Roosters just want one.
So when the Feathered Fooballers flap over to Tennessee there won’t be much to crow about after these Vols gorge themselves on a big Chicken dinner.
After the plucking that these boys in Orange do to this Col. Sanders Squad, it’ll be painfully obvious that we listed the right loser and we see it as South Carolina.
Alabama at Mississippi State – The Tusked ones from Tuscaloosa travel down to Starkvegas for a little tussle on a Saturday night, and since an Elephant never forgets, Big Al will remind the Tide that a night game in any SEC stadium adds an electricity that really helps the home team.
But after the question marks that marred the early season, Saban ain’t about to let these Leg Humpers give the folks any more reason to doubt the Tide. Still there are questions some fans still have, such as why do they start so slow?
The big question is how much the home field adds for the Dogs ‘cuz if these Crimson boys allow these Flea Bags to keep it too close, it could be a mistake, but we see the Tide drowning these Dogs and make Mississippi State Larry’s loser.
Photo Rogelio V. Solis, AP
Well that’s it for this week folks. After re-reading these picks there’s just an feeling in the air that I missed one this week, but we’re hoping for the best. So far this season, the one thing that sticks out like a streaker on a football feild is that overall, the gap between the haves and the have nots isn’t as wide as usual and the SEC just doesn’t look like the Big Bad Wolf this season, but in reality, few teams anywhere have that unbeatable look.
So that just makes my job a little harder. The upset bug has been busy biting ballers on the butt all season and it could still happen hard the rest of the season. So stack up your snacks, put fresh batteries in the remotes to roam the football universe, and we’ll see how it goes, and see you back next week.
Larry has been writing for over 25 years and his sports articles have been published in most all the leading sites. He was Bleacher Report’s number-one college football writer and was the senior writer for Touchdown Alabama.
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