My God! If you didn’t like last weekend’s warfare, you don’t really like football! The upset bug had quite a feast last Saturday and who knows what the future holds. I’d feel really bad if any other sports writer had picked Bama to lose. Nobody but those Song City Sailors saw that one coming. And Missouri losing big was another huge shocker. Boy, the SEC ain’t for the faint-hearted!
And this week certainly has some games that could go in the upset column too. So since I obviously am on a colder streak than a bobsled run, your guess may be just as bad as mine. But when these games come around I’ll be Spain and Portugal’s wine country, so I won’t take another two-loss week too badly if I do as badly as last week.
So let’s see what doing my best this week looks like and see if you can pick the upsets I may have missed.
South Carolina at Alabama – The Colonel Sanders Squad skies down to T-Town to try and take on the Tuscked ones and that’s not an easy contest for a bunch of feathered footballers.
The Tide is rolling and Coach Kalen is not about to let these cluckers peck these pachyderms into submission in front of the family faithful. And he’s also wishing his players aren’t overlooking these egg layers with Tennessee coming up next week.
So unless the moon and stars align and the voodoo dolls that the Gamecock boosters are betting on really work, you can write up South Carolina as Larry’s loser.
Mississippi State at Georgia – OK folks, gather around for the Bulldog battle between the hedges. This isn’t a fair fight though because one team has full-grown beasts and the other has puppies.
Now Coach Kirby has his Canines in the playoff hunt and isn’t about to let this pack of Pooches piss on his parade. So he’s going to make a statement in this game and send these pups running for cover from kickoff to final whistle.
So even on a bad day, those Jaws from Jawja whips those Mutts from Mississippi every day of the week. Larry’s loser – Mississippi State
Vanderbilt at Kentucky – The Commodores from Singing City sail over to Kentucky and this is going to be a good little battle if the Swabbies can summon up their grit from the big Bama win. Both teams however have knocked off big undefeated teams and both could win this one.
Vandy has been an underdog to the Cats by Vegas since betting began, but something tells me these Kentucky Kitties can’t hold up to the muscle I saw these Sailor Boys putting on Bama last week, and those Swabbies sure made a believer out of me.
So unless lightning strikes in Lexington, I think we can put the Cats to bed and put them on Larry’s losers list, but it’ll sure be worth watching!
Ole Miss at LSU – This is the game that Lane Kiffin has been waiting on, so when the Rebs bus down to the Bayou in Baton Rouge, it’s not just a football win that will be fought for, it’ll be attention and hearts and minds of recruits in that fertile area between the two schools.
Kiffin knows with a few more top-shelf five stars he could be a force for seasons to come and make Old Sip a place that top recruits could be attracted to.
So count on the body count getting high in this one as Kiffin just doesn’t want a win, he wants to make a statement. Unfortunately for the home folks, that’ll make Larry’s loser LSU.
Missouri at U Mass – A battle of the Big M’s occurs when U Mass entertains the Missouri Meeyowers up in Yankee territory. Coach Drinkwitz won’t be taking his camera and shooting the local sites. He’s a man on a mission to make these Minutemen die a quick death so he can get on to bigger and better games.
Missouri has done well in the SEC and they seem to have found a coach that put them back into contention like they were not so long ago. Even with last week’s upset, these Cats are still in the hunt.
Being about smack in the middle of St. Louis and Kansas City in fertile farm soil, it’s nothing like the busy Massachusetts cities. But since they’re not there as tourists, it’s all business, and they will calmy and quickly make work of these Minutemen and sure put U Mass on Larry’s losers list.
Texas at Oklahoma in Dallas – The Red River Rivalry comes to the SEC and fans had better understand this is an Auburn / Alabama-type rivalry that is going to capture the nation’s eyes this weekend. Last year Okie won a shootout and this year Texas vows revenge.
Can the Covered Wagon Clan survive a Longhorn stampede this year? We are saying no. Texas has the horsepower, or steer power, to run over and through these circled wagons. This is a statement game for Texas and they’ll spare no Sooner in this one.
So let’s Steer the poor Sooners over to the loser’s list and see how big a fight they can put up.
Florida at Tennessee – I can remember when this used to be a heated rivalry, but lately, the Gators just haven’t been able to make much of a rivalry out of it. So when the lethargic Lizards crawl into Neyland Stadium, expect them to be immediately kneecapped again and it’s Gator hides galore to all the fans.
Yes, the Vols got it going this season and they think they’re ready for the big time and after this game, they’ll certainly get an agreement from the Swamp Salamanders.
So without further tears in your beers if you’re a Gator fan, let’s just go ahead and lead you over to this side of this list and make Larry’s loser – Florida
Well, that’s it for this week. Life is short, take the vacation, drink wine, cruise on ships, and hang with friends in foreign lands. I’m doing all that this month, but don’t worry, the loser’s lair still has house sitters recording the games and sending them to me, and with the internet, I’m still gathering all the stats, so you can mix work and play. Enjoy life!
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, but is now retired and just writing for my friends to enjoy my ramblings.
