SEC Picks, Week Seven: Alabama's Defense, Arkansas' Offense, UGA on the Fence

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We are at the halfway point of the college football season, and it has been a fun ride so far. I finished last week with a record of 5-3.

I admit that I have progressively gotten worse as the season has advanced, but I feel confident that I can rebound with this week’s slate of games.

For the season I am 40-10 picking the SEC. Let’s see how things looked over the past weekend.

Week Six Recap

• The Arkansas game turned out somewhat like I expected. Auburn was unable to get enough pressure on the pass rush to hinder the Hogs’ passing attack. I predicted a much closer game with a score of 38-34 in favor of the Razorbacks, but they won by a larger margin of 44-23.

• Alabama once again proved that defense can, and usually does win the game. Ole Miss learned that this is not the season they had anticipated.

The Crimson Tide literally took this one away from the Rebels, along with five turnovers, and won by the final of 22-3. I predicted the Tide to win 34-21.

• Either Tennessee had an awakening against UGA, or the Bulldogs have packed it in for the season. I thought that Mark Richt would have the Dawgs ready to bite Smokey, but UT ran all over the boys from Athens.

The final was 45-19. I predicted UGA to win 27-14.

• Houston is not playing like the same team that knocked off Oklahoma State earlier this season, but they played good enough to beat Mississippi State.

The final score was 31-24, a valiant effort by the Bulldogs. I had the Cougars winning 28-20.

• South Carolina managed to defend the two point conversion attempt by Kentucky late in the fourth quarter, and that made all the difference as the Gamecocks held on to win 28-26. I had Spurrier’s bunch winning 31-17.

• Vanderbilt managed to take the game to overtime against Army, but in the end the Knights were just too much. Although I had Vandy winning 14-13, they lost by a field goal in overtime, 16-13.

• LSU was nearly shut out by the defending national champion Florida Gators this past Saturday in the Game of the Week, which was very uncharacteristic of the Tigers in their home stadium, particularly on a Saturday night under the lights.

Tim Tebow made his return, managed the game in an un-Gator-like performance, only scoring one touchdown and a total of a mere 13 points.

Had someone told me prior to the game Florida will only score 13 points I would have surely thought LSU would win this one in Death Valley.

The final was 13-3 in favor of the Gators, when I had LSU winning 21-20.

Week Six Summary

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