Imagine you were a talented young football player at one of the biggest programs in the country with all the BMOC perks (i.e. chicks) and a potential NFL career laid out before you.

What would you do?

Why, of course, you would hold up a convenience store with two of your teammates and get yourselves kicked off the team!

Brilliant!

That’s exactly what three talented Tennessee freshmen did this week, not only screwing up their own lives, but giving their team and coach Lane Kiffin quite the distraction as they head into their biggest game of the season.

The winner here will be in line for a sexy New Year’s Day Bowl somewhere warm while the loser will likely wind up playing a Conference USA team in the Liberty Bowl.

This one comes down to QB play. Mississippi’s Jevan Snead is more talented than his Tennessee rival Jonathan Crompton, but Snead is famously erratic and All-World Tennessee safety Eric Berry will be ready to pounce if and when Snead slips up.

Crompton, for his part, has looked much better of late after a fairly atrocious start to the season.

The Rebels have been a disappointment thus far, and the Vols have been coming strong, but we’ll go with crafty Houston Nutt to get a big win at home over his rookie counterpart Kiffin. PICK: MISSISSIPPI –5.5