Death Valley Rocking Gator Bait? Predictions for Week Six

Ladies and Gentlemen, Death Valley's going to be rocking on Saturday night. You'll be able to smell the liquor in the air and the noise will be heard down in Texas when Florida comes to town. The VFA has the lowdown on this matchup—and more.

Thursday night

Nebraska at Missouri

This could be one of the games of the week and yet everybody—quite rightly—is thinking about the SEC and a small game in Baton Rouge.

Both sides are ranked, and have one loss between them (Nebraska's 16-15 heartbreaker at Virginia Tech). Quarterbacks Zac Lee (Huskers) and Blaine Gabbert (Missouri) are a lot of fun to watch, but Nebraska's defense under Bo Pelini could be a difference maker.

Prediction: Prepare. To Be. Exhausted. Missouri by three.

When Saturday Comes

Eastern Illinois at Penn State

At Illinois, Penn State racked up over 300 yards running in a great 35-17 win over the Illini. Penn State is suddenly re-galvanised, and will look to push on against Eastern Illinois.

Here's the fun bit: EI is quarterbacked by former Iowa starter Jack Christensen. Happy Valley's going to be noisy.

Prediction: Royster runs EI ragged. Penn State by 21

Boston College at Virginia Tech

BC did everything they could to lose their game with Florida State on Saturday, and the same won't happen at Virginia Tech. That's because we don't think they'll be leading much.

Prediction: Tech rolling, and win by 13

Auburn at Arkansas

Auburn is unbeaten and Gene Chizik's gone from pariah to messiah in Alabama. Arkansas is still struggling. Even though Ryan Mallett can get the Razorbacks' offense going, we think Auburn will have too much for them.

Prediction: Auburn keeps the unbeaten streak alive, winning by seven

Georgia at Tennessee

Regardless of the fact that both teams are unranked, this is still a monster SEC matchup for two teams that don't like each other. A.J. Greene's the best wide receiver in college football, and Eric Berry's one of the best safeties. Can't wait for the matchup.

Also interesting will be to see who's worse on the day: Joe Cox or Jonathan Crompton?

Prediction: Crompton keeps the interceptions down to 45, but UT loses by 10.

Oregon at UCLA

The hippies are on fire in Eugene, and their offense is exceptionally hard to stop. UCLA doesn't score a lot of points, and we can only see one outcome, which is.....

Prediction: Oregon wins by 21.

Alabama at Ole Miss

We've said before on this column—about 121 times—that Alabama's an underrated No. 3 team. Ole Miss showed why they shouldn't have been ranked in the Top Five when they lost at South Carolina a week or so ago.

Don't get us wrong, Jevan Snead and Co. are going to score a few points on Saturday, but will they be able to stop 'Bama's running backs?

Prediction: Rammer Jammer. Alabama by 17

The Big One

Death Valley. The No.1 team in the nation goes to the No.4 team. A nation holds its breath. Tim Tebow takes a hit, and we're talking concussions.

LSU was awful against Georgia, although we'd like to point out that Charles Scott will do some damage against Florida's front. Jordan Jefferson's also got a cannon. But Florida is high-octane on both sides of the ball. It's going to be noisy. It's going to be fun.

Prediction: Florida beats the spread, and wins by 10

Quick note: The scenery on campus at the University of Georgia is absolutely stunning. Well worth checking out.

Oh, and here's what happened the last time LSU and Florida got together in Death Valley. We'd like to add that the film's a little biased.