College Football Pick'em Week 12

We have reached the midway point of the college football season. Around the country the weather is turning cold (50 degrees last week in the Bayou) and that means the sting from the big hits hurts just a little bit more. It also means that teams are scrambling to make their last ditch efforts to reach the post season.

Some teams are trying to stay alive in the national title hunt as well as their conference races, while others are just trying to reach that elusive six win mark so they can become bowl eligible.

Here at Walker-Sports, I am trying to get as close to a .500 record as possible in our College Football Pick’em pool.So without any further ado, let’s get to picking some college football games.

Oddly enough there is only one top 25 match up on tap this weekend, and of course it would take place in SEC country. The red hot Florida Gators will play host to the South Carolina Gamecocks. While this game may not have been marked on many peoples schedules at the beginning of the season, it is worth taking a look at just because of the personal ties to the game if nothing else.

There is no doubt in this writers mind that the Florida Gators are the best team in the country right now. I understand that Texas Tech just blew out Oklahoma State, and Alabama is still ranked No. 1 in the country, but none of that matters.

Ever since their lost to Ole Miss, Florida has been on an absolute tear a crushed everything in their paths. That includes blow victories over Georgia and LSU, neither one of those games were in the swamp either.

Since their lost to Ole Miss, Florida has run off five consecutive wins and averaged 46.5 points a game. Urban Myer has his guys peaking at the perfect time. The Gator offense is looking as effect as ever right now.

Tim Tebow got off to a slow start at the beginning of the season, but in the last three weeks, he has returned to the same form that won him a Heisman Trophy last year. His ability to make plays through the air and with his legs makes him an obvious threat.

But the emergence of a reliable running game, (even if that is a wide out on a sweep) make Tebow an even bigger threat for defenses to be concerned with. In addition to an offense that appears to be firing on all cylinders, the Florida Gators have a phenomenal defense.

The Gator’s defense tops the SEC allowing just 11.9 points a game. They have amazing speed in their secondary which allows them to mix up their coverage’s and confuse opposing quarterbacks. You can bet that will be a huge asset on Saturday, especially with the way Steve Spurrier switches his quarterbacks in and out of the game, they will have a hard time adjusting to the quicker Florida Gators and that could lead to costly turnovers.

Steve Spurrier may be in the middle of his best coaching run in recent memory. Yes, I just wrote that with a straight face, and I mean it.

The South Carolina Gamecocks started the season one and three but since then they have improved and one four out of their last five SEC games. What may be even more surprising is how the Gamecocks have put their program back on track. South Carolina sports the best overall defense in the SEC only giving up 256.5 yards a game.

The defense will face an entirely different test on Saturday when they travel down to Florida to take on Tebow and company, but you can rest assured, they will be up for the challenge. On the offensive side of the ball Spurrier has reclaimed control of his offense after hinting at giving up some control in the preseason.

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