Larry's Losers in the SEC Week 13, End of the Regular Season All Too Soon

Larry Burton (Syndicated Writer)—Well sports fans, it's both the saddest and most exciting week of the year so far, the end of the regular season and rivalry weekend.

Last week Vandy just let us down and kept us from going out with a three-peat of perfect picks. For the season, we're 75-13 for about 85% and this week could get us right back toward last season's 87.5 mark.

I'm writing this one solo as I'm on the island of Curacao. Bacardi the Wonder Dog is back home holding down the swimming pool and Tiki Bar in Panama City Beach with our beautiful young house sitter.

I'll be back in the States in time for the Auburn game however, and our vacation time is almost over, Time for one more scuba trip and and a day of appreciating young ladies in small swimsuits. I had to rest up for the busy bowl season ahead to get those pesky picks perfect for you, my pals.

So here we go with no more dillying or dallying.

Georgia at Georgia Tech

Mark's Mutts looked like the Junk-Yard Dogs of old last week when they simply shredded the Kitty Cats from Auburn and they now think that they're on a roll.

But while the Dogs love a good bone, they sure can't figure out what to do with a wishbone and the Yellow Jackets intend on stinging the pups all day long with that trick.

But the Dogs have shown this season that you can teach an old dog a new trick and this year they finally learned to shut that wishbone down.

Larry's Loser—Georgia Tech

Tennessee at Kentucky

This could very well be the "who cares" bowl as these two teams are about as sorry as a lottery winner's work ethic.

Even if the Kentucky Kitties win, they'll be home for Christmas and maybe looking for a new coach too, but if the Vols stumble into another win, they'll make the "Depends Adult Diaper Bowl" or some such trip.

So with the prospects for post-season playing on the line, the Vols will pull off another one and start making hotel reservations.

Larry's Loser—Kentucky

Vanderbilt at Wake Forrest

The Commodores could have cruised into bowl season last week against the pitiful Vols, but saw that chance slip away.

The Demon Deacons have prayed all season for six and a chance to go bowling and they've got that now and may just not have the gumption to fight it out for another win.

And that's just what will happen and I couldn't be happier for first-year coach James Franklin.

Larry's Loser—Wake Forrest

Florida State at Florida

First-year head coach Will Muschamp has taken his licks this season and his Swamp Lizards have taken a beating for much of the year. They only have the Preparation H Bowl in Soretail, Louisiana to look forward to for a season of big beatings.

Jimbo Fisher thought he had things on track in Tallahassee but the wheels fell of last week in a lousy loss to pitiful Virginia.

Both teams want to end the regular season with a statement over the cross state cousins, but only one will like what that statement says.

Larry's Loser—Florida

Ole Miss at Mississippi State

Here's the SEC West's version of the "who cares" game of the week. Houston Nutt plays his last game as the head coach of an SEC team and Dan Mullin is still muddling over how his Dogs were kicked to the curb after such a good season last year.

A win here could still let the Dogs make it to the Royal Crown Cola Bowl where they may beat up another Big Ten team while the Rebels regroup and wait to see who picks up the reigns as head coach.

And that's just what will happen as the Dogs get a bone by having Ole Miss this week.

Larry's Loser—Ole Miss

Clemson at South Carolina

Dabo drags his Clemson Kitties down the road to Steve Spurrier's Carolina Clucker Coop and hopes to restore the fans' faith in what he's trying to get done in that neck of the woods.

Though it's not a conference game and both teams are thickly locked in the bowl season, there's still a lot of braggin' rights and recruit's heads to turn with this game and it's sure to be a good 'un.

The boys from Vegas say the Chickens peck the Pussies into submission, but I say the boys from Clemson play like Tigers and pluck the pullets in this one.

Larry's Loser—South Carolina

Alabama at Auburn

Nick Saban swaggers his pack of pachyderms to the big top on the plains to trounce the Tigers of Gene Chizik and give little brother a payback noogie for last season's loss.

Now Auburn is a defending national champion like Custer was the defender of the Little Big Horn and this one's gonna be painful for the home team to watch.

By the fourth quarter, there'll be more empty seats in that stadium than a Barack Obama appreciation day celebration.

Larry's Loser—Auburn

Arkansas at LSU

Bobby Petrino's Piggies usually find a way to cause the regular season to end on a down note for the LSU Tigers and they plan on flinging the football all over Deaf Valley, cool the crowd and confuse the Cajuns.

Les Miles knows he's close to eatin' the grass in the Super Dome for back-to-back games, the SEC Championship and the BCS Championship as well and he don't aim to have that meal taken away from him.

This could be a closer game than the 12 points the Vegas boys are seeing, but the victor seems about right to me.

Larry's Loser—Arkansas

Ok fans, I'm running late to the Rum Limbo Contest out at the pool and I'm needing to limber up so until the SEC Championship Game pick, keep your team in your prayers if they're still playing after this week. Remember, resist the urge to throw a brick through the window of your coach if you aren't.

Until then, enjoy the games.