SEC Picks Week Five: Will UGA Roll or Roll Over against LSU?

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Week Four started slow when the projected winner of the Thursday night game went the wrong way for me. However, I bounced back to go 7-1 for the week and improve my overall record to 32-3.

Week Four Recap:

Auburn found themselves in another wet one against Ball State. The whole game appeared sloppy for a while, but Auburn pulled away in the end, winning 54-30. I had the Tigers winning 48-7.

Florida suffered the scare of the century when Tim Tebow went down with a concussion against Kentucky. The question of the week remains: Why was Tebow in the game while Florida was up more than 30 points? The Gators continued to roll, crushing the Wildcats 41-7, while I had them winning 34-13.

Georgia slipped past Arizona State 20-17. What a close game. I was expecting a Georgia win by the tune of 37-28.

LSU displayed true strength and determination against Mississippi State as they made a goal line stand in the last minutes of the game to preserve the victory 30-26. I was predicting a 30-17 Tiger win.

Ole Miss was ranked in the top-five, but that didn’t stop South Carolina from pulling off the biggest upset and win in the history of the school. Thursday night is owned by the Gamecocks as the improved their record on Thursday nights to 6-2 as the beat the Rebels 16-10. In my only loss of the week, I had Ole Miss winning 30-10.

Ohio gave Tennessee all they could handle in a 34-23 Vols victory. I had UT by a much larger margin of 38-6.

Vanderbilt proved too much for Rice as the beat the Owls 36-17. I had the ‘Dores by a score of 24-14.

In the Game of the Week the college football world was further impressed by the play of Greg McElroy and the Alabama Crimson Tide. Arkansas came into the game boasting big offensive numbers, but left the game having been shut down. The final score of 35-7 was much wider than the predicted score of 38-21 in favor of the Tide.

Week Four Summary: I really didn’t have any close picks as I usually tend to have. There were a couple of games that were much closer than I anticipated, and a couple of games that were not as close as expected. At any rate, well move on to…  

Week Five Picks:

Florida is the only team with a bye this week. Urban must be thanking his lucky stars after the Tebow incident. All they need is a week of rest and then put Tim right back in there, right? We’ll all see next week in Baton Rouge.

No. 3 Alabama 4-0 (1-0) at Kentucky 2-1 (0-1)

This will be the Crimson Tide’s first true road game of the season. So, things could be a bit more out-of-sync than what we’ve seen the first four weeks. They’ve scored at least 30 points in every game so far, and I think that trend continues.

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