The Diamond-Covered Titanium Steel Airtight Locks of the SEC

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Every year, when the college season is in its embryo stage, we all do it.

Predictions.

We love to do it.  Why?

Because we have just as good of a shot as anyone else, that’s why.  Guys who wear suits and sit in front of cameras or journalistic veterans who get paid for their opinions in print are probably getting these predictions right at the same clip as some of us.

This is what makes sports great.  In what other pastime do we spend as much time talking about something while waiting for it to happen?

There aren’t scrapbooking fantasy leagues or landscape photography pick’em contests, are there?

Might I remind everyone that the entire ESPN GameDay Crew picked Ohio State to beat LSU in last season’s BCS Final?

Did any of these guys lose their jobs because of failure to perform?  Of course they didn’t.

If there’s no harm in it for them, there’s certainly no harm in it for us.

So allow me to present my SEC locks for this season.  There are 12 games, one for each team in the SEC, and there’s a twist: I can’t pick the same losing team twice.  Meaning I can’t pick LSU losing to Florida and South Carolina as a lock—I can only pick LSU as a loser once.

On top of this, I actually tried to pick competitive games or even some mild upsets.  We all know UGA is going to destroy Central Michigan, so no need to have picks like that on here.

Finally, I am able to include non-conference opponents as the losing team, but they have to be decent non-conference opponents.

So here we go.  I know I’m on a limb with some of these, while some you might say are gimmes, but I’m trying to stay within my self-imposed format and not make easy picks.

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