Larry's Losers in the SEC: Week 10

Last week, we slid even lower with two losses. Tennessee came back strong over the Old Ball Coach and Mississippi State proved there's a bite in them Bulldogs I didn't count on.

That brings the season record down to 52-13 and the second time this season we missed two games in the same week.

This week I'm vacationing in the bye week and I had to leave Bacardi and the Little Smart Pill Machine at home, so we'll just go basic instincts and the old coin toss which may finally land me in prognosticating perfection.

LSU at Alabama

Les Miles brings the Bayou Boys up north to take on Nick Saban's prancing pachyderms. He's bringing an old enemy with him this year in the form of Ed Chavis, who figures to have the Tigers trained as well as any circus elephant.

With Chavis' defense, the Tigers figure to dam up the Tide offense that beat them in an oh-so-close game last year.

It's a plan that might work, but Nick Saban has a couple of new bull elephants leading this offensive herd.

He figures McElroy and Ingram can find enough holes to pour a sufficient number of points on the scoreboard while their brother bulls on defense make quite a dam themselves.

It's gonna be a tussle in T-town but in the end, the Elephants prove they're the king of this particular jungle.

Larry's loser: LSU

South Carolina at Arkansas

Last week, the Carolina Cluckers got as mistreated as a Steve Spurrier visor in blowout loss to Tennessee last week and they aim to find friendlier foes in the pig pens of Arkansas. 

And with the Hogs being as up and down as a roller coaster, it's hard to tell which team will show up each week, so picking this loser could be a toughie.

Usually, I'm prone to believe defense wins it in the end, but South Carolina seems to have lost theirs, so I'm gonna have to with the best hog skin slinger.

Larry's loser: South Carolina

Furman at Auburn

Gene Chizik and his War Eagle were grounded for a few weeks after a fast start in the win column until they added to the woes of my prognosticatin' by finally learning to fly last week against Ole Miss.

Nothing helps keep that situation rollin' faster than a cupcake game in front of a big home audience. Everybody has one or two of these on the schedule and you don't need a smart pill to know that this is one loser you won't go wrong pickin'.

Larry's loser: Furman

Vanderbilt at Florida

Bobby Johnson needs to hire a better navigator for the Commodores' ship, because they sail a battered barnacle barge right into a Gator swamp.

This is not to say the boys from Singing City don't have a chance, but the weather report doesn't call for hell to freeze over this week.

The only question in this game will be how much mercy Urban Meyer chooses to show to his little brother in the SEC.

Larry's loser: Vanderbilt

Tennessee Tech at Georgia

Last week, the Bulldogs got whupped with a rolled-up newspaper and then most of the pack wound up as doggie hors d'oeuvres for a bunch of hungry Gators. This week, they aim to have some feathered footballers help them back to their winning ways.

They won't have trouble doing that against these poor old skinny boys from Tennessee and they may just pluck enough feathers for a brand new doggie bed.

Larry's loser: Tennessee Tech

Eastern Kentucky at Kentucky

The Kentucky kitties may have been as surprised as I was last week when they were mauled by Mullen's mutts from Mississippi State. Now they're pullin' out all the stops to get back into the postseason party picture.

Nothing could help them better to do that than to whup on their poor cousins from down the road. This is a game they couldn't lose on their worst day.

Larry's loser: Eastern Kentucky

Northern Arizona at Ole Miss

Houston Nutt got cracked yet again as his Ole Misery boys continue Nutt's legacy of having teams fall on their face when picked for greatness.

But playing a directional Arizona Academy is one way of gettin' back to your winning ways and gettin' the press and fans off your back, so this week's game is just what the Rebels need and just what they'll get.

Larry's loser: Northern Arizona

Memphis at Tennessee

And since we're talking about beatin' up on your poor cousins, Memphis pulls into Neyland Stadium with a slew of them hopin' for a handout from their rich cousins.

What they don't realize is that Lane Kiffin ain't from Tennessee, don't know Southern manners, and needs as many impressive wins as he can to get into a decent bowl.

So the only hand the Memphis men will get will be the one up 'side their head.

Larry's loser: Memphis

Well that's it for this week. I hate doing this thing on my travel laptop and miss my dog 'cause my wife ain't near as nice to fetch my slippers. Let's see if vacation rum and dead reckoning can replace the smart pills and finally get my to prognosticatin' perfection.

Till next week.......