SEC Predictions: Larry's Losers in the SEC, Week 7

Well folks, this week’s picks mark an all-time low and Bacardi is making me wear the bag to show my shame with last week’s prognostication.

Three losses in one week is unacceptable here in the land of high-caliber calculations, yet that’s the score this week.

This week's 4-3 total brings the season total down to 42-8, or a 76 percent ratio.

Folks, that’s a C on anybody’s report card, and Bacardi and I spent all day Sunday working on a new recipe for our little smart cookies and came up with carrot cookies so we could see our way clear for better picks.

So take your phone off the hook, don’t answer the door, and get comfortable for this week’s picks. Here we go.

Ole Miss at Alabama

Houston Nutt rambles over with the Rebels to try to catch the Tuscaloosa boys tuskless following an unsuccessful raid on the Columbia chicken coop.

The Rebels are hopin’ to use the Gamecocks’ road map on how to tame the Tide, but I don’t think they’re thinking about how upset an elephant gets once it partakes of a pecking.

In the end, the Rebels will find they don’t have big enough guns to go elephant hunting on the fields of Tuscaloosa.

Larry’s Loser: Ole Miss

Arkansas at Auburn

Gene Chizik’s got his Auburn all-stars doing a little hog calling to see if he can not only bring home the bacon, but stake a claim to the SEC West’s top spot as well.

This game will certainly be one that could tell if he’s bringing over a tiger or a kitty.

Bobby Petrino let a close one slip away to the Tide a few weeks ago, and he’s aching to prove that his piggies can still be not only a contender but an SEC champion too.

This fight could go the distance, but if you listen closely while the dust settles, you’ll hear a pig squealing “uncle.”

Larry’s Loser: Arkansas

Mississippi State at Florida

Dan Mullen and the Mississippi Mutts have been flexing their muscle on some smaller game and come to Gainesville hoping to catch a group of Gators left grumbling over a loss this last week.

This year’s league of lizards ain’t exactly the awesome alligators of days gone by, but there’s lots of firepower left in those jaws, and they aim to snap ‘em on the snouts of the Bulldogs and send ‘em home screaming.

Bacardi’s telling me that you can’t climb back up into respectability without taking some chances, and his hunch is—you guessed it—going to the dogs.

Since I picked last week’s losers, I’m going with the dog’s hunch on this one.

Larry’s Loser: Florida

Vanderbilt at Georgia

Last week, Vanderbilt sailed in and sank their opponent so quickly that they looked like they had come in a battleship.

The problem was, their opponent was in a paper canoe.

Even though Tennessee is in rebuilding mode from the coaching staff to the players, a win over them helped Georgia scratch from the bottom of the SEC, and they’re looking to put some mileage between themselves and that shameful place again.

With the Dogs taking on the new look of an SEC winner, maybe they’ll stay out of the cellar and back in the Dog house.

Larry’s Loser: Vanderbilt

South Carolina at Kentucky

The Old Ball Coach herds his Carolina cluckers up to Lexington for another peckin’ party with this week’s guest of honor being Joker Phillips and his big blue kitties.

After taking Alabama out of the BCS pecking order, they figure they have the firepower to take the wild out of these cats.

But the felines showed last week in taking Auburn to the last few minutes that they ain’t a team to be taken too lightly and aim to get their bites and scratches in and make a contest of it.

But the Pullet power is just a little too much, and South Carolina should come out of this with just a few scratches.

Larry’s Loser: Kentucky

McNeese State at LSU

Les Miles may not know how to tell time or count downs, but he can count victories, and right now he’s looking at win No. 7 by bringing these Cowboys into Death Valley.

This pitiful excuse for cowpokes got rounded up and branded themselves by a bunch of Missouri Tigers 50-6, and LSU would beat those Tigers like a yard dog. Sorry Bacardi.

So you can keep making fun of Les Miles all night long, and he’ll just keep piling up the victories until they meet some bigger game down the road.

Larry’s Loser: McNeese State

Well, with all the bye weeks and SEC on SEC action, that’s all the picks this week, folks.

With just six games and picking an upset, just one loss could ruin our day, and it’s a darn good thing this week’s picks went quickly, because it’s getting hot in this bag and it’s hard to see the keyboard.

So pug pal of mine, take this bag to the trash and fetch my house shoes. We both need some fresh air and a stroll in the backyard before bedtime.

'Til next week, we remain your prognosticatin’ pals. Thanks for stopping by.