Been a busy week but better late than never, right?
Arkansas travels to Ole Miss (-3)...Ole Miss lost QB Patterson for the season but are still favored over the Hogs after the spread opened with the RebelBearLandsharks favored by 4. This game and their finale against Mizzou look to be Bielema’s only shots to get an SEC win this year and it’s looking like he may not get another year. They’ll have to wait a little longer as OM wins this by 4.
Louisville (-2.5) is at Wake Forest...this one opened with U6 as a 6 point favorite, so its dropped 3 1/2 points, something you don’t see very often. Last year Wake led after 3 quarters before getting blown out in the playbook scandal game. This year U6 fans have their QB Jackson believing it was WF coach Dave Clawson that made the anonymous ‘he’ll never play QB in the NFL’ remarks even though Clawson denies it was him that spoke the obvious truth. Regardless of the off the field storylines it looks to me like the Deacons are just better this year. Wake Forest by 6.
Georgia (-13.5) vs. Florida...the moonshine melee kicks off in Jacksonville at 3:30. Florida’s last five games: win on a Hail Mary, 1 point win, big win over Vandy, 1 point loss, 2 point loss. Georgia’s last five games: well, no need to go into detail. They were all blowout victories. Strange things can happen in this rivalry game but these are two teams going in different directions. Georgia by 21.
Vandy at South Carolina (-7)...I don’t call them Vanderbilt because it drives their fans crazy when you call them Vandy and because Vanderbilt is our basketball player’s name. This game looks a lot like a SC win, who’s shaping up as a threat to knock us out of Outback Bowl contention and down to the Belk/MCB/Liberty level. Probably where both belong anyway. Does Vandy have a chance? In 2014-15-16 when the Gamecocks were losing to UK they still beat Vandy each year. SC by 13.
Missouri (-13.5) is at UConn....If Mizzou has any bowl game aspirations they probably need to win this game. The same could probably be said about the Huskies however and they’re at home, coming off two straight wins for Randy Edsall. The Tigers can be explosive on offense but something tells me this one ends up pretty close. Missouri by 4.
Mississippi State (-2) at Texas A&M...This game actually opened with the agriculture and mining boys favored by 1 1/2 so the line on this one has moved by 3.5 just like the U6-WF game. Sounds like some bettors were impressed with the Bulldogs’ blowing UK out in the second half but how much of that was MSU and how much of it was UK? No doubt a little of both but I think this game makes it evident it was mostly UK. A&M by 3.
Tennessee at Kentucky (-3.5)...The spread on this one has dropped from 5 1/2; not as much as I was expecting but UT’s starting RB will be sitting this one out. The Vawls have dropped three games in a row and come into Kroger Field at 3-4 but still have a good shot at making a bowl. If they lose today and decide to terminate Butch Jones immediately afterward those chances might dry up. That price might be okay with most of Rocky Top however. UK has a chance to get back on track for an 8 or 9 win regular season but they’re going to have to figure out how to score some points in what looks like is going to be some ugly weather. It’s going to be an ugly game; the weather might as well be ugly too. I’ll be there but I’m kind of dreading it TBH. We’d better win lol. Kentucky by 7.
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