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I'ts actually been a pretty good year for me in the picking games department. However, last week sucked on multiple accounts. Not the least of which was the egg that was laid in Columbia by the Gamecocks. We are all gettin back on the horse this week though! For those of you that are fans of Coastal Carolina coach David Bennett (and who among us is not?) you will be disappointed this week; I couldn't find a way to incorporate "We need more dawgs!" I'll get back to work with Mrs. Munnerlyn and try and figure it out for next week! And away we go...
Mississippi St @ UAB: Whoever made the Bulldogs schedule needs to be punched in the throat. We’ve discussed numerous times their inability to play someone not nicknamed the Bulldogs or Tigers for the first five weeks of the season. Now they are taking their second road trip of the season to an obscure Conference USA program (they played at Memphis in week 1). I can only imagine they’re doing the old 2-for-1 home game swap with a lesser school but still. There are 45 schools in the Sun Belt and C-USA and WAC that would love to play at an SEC school and get the payday. All kidding aside, my biggest concern for this game is whether or not Mr. and Mrs. Gamblin’ Boss will get to check this one out. They are proud residents of former American Idol great Ruben Studdard’s hometown, and are key parts of the “Spark that ignites the Blaze.” That being said, they are also a house divided, and will see the Gamecocks and Herp Derp Nation kickoff 21 minutes after this game. Which game will they pick?? Only time will tell!! OUR PICK: Mississippi State
Herp Derp Nation @ South Carolina: Well I told you last week that if the Gamecocks lost the game against Auburn, I would be no fun to be around. This was a correct statement. Miserable game to watch. HOWEVA,, if people thought that was bad, let us mess around and lose to a team lead by this guy:
and see what happens. Connor Shaw will get the start (hoo…ray…??) and hopefully will play better than he did against the vaunted Pirate defense of East Carolina. Gamecock fans must rally and support this guy, because it has become abundantly clear that old #5 (Garcia…not Gilmore) is probably not the guy to lead us to new heights. OUR PICK: South Carolina
Florida @ LSU: This is always a good game. But I guess that’s what happens when you get two of the premier teams in the premier conference together. This year may be slightly different though. John Brantley is out for the Gators and instead will be replaced by true freshman Jeff Driskell. While, I have documented my lack of faith in John Brantley to effectively lead an offense, I’m also not sure that a true freshman making his first career start…on the road…versus the John Chavis-lead Tiger defense, is the ideal recipe for success. That could help out us Gamecock fans though (assuming we don’t stub our toe the rest of the season). OUR PICK: LSU
Auburn @ Arkansas: This is a game between two teams that frustrate the s-word out of South Carolina fans. It always feels like no matter how good we are supposed to be or how bad either of these teams is supposed to be, they find a way to win. Anyway, Arkansas should play inspired because this is an elimination game for them. A loss drops them to 0-2 in the conference and they still have to play LSU. Conversely, Auburn’s climb back to relevance could suffer a serious blow too with a loss here. Despite what everyone saw last week, I don’t think Auburn’s defense is very good. Yeah, that’s not a good thing against Arkansas sooooo yeah it could be a tough week for the Tigers. OUR PICK: Arkansas
Uncle Ned @ Alabama: Ehhhh (insert rubbing forehead). Listen, Uncle Ned, I’m sorry you have to play this game. Ummm, I’m gonna have to ask you to not even show up in Tuscaloosa. It was a great story when you started out 3-0, it really was. Everyone roots for you to get to 6 wins every year (Editor’s Note: For as “great” as that douche Jay Cutler supposedly is/was, he never won more than 5 games while in Nashville. And he had three other NFL players/future Chicago Bears with him) and then we get sad when you don’t get there. This is not the type of game that will help you get there though. That’s ok, they have a running clock in college football right? What’s that? They don’t? Hmm. Yeah don’t go. OUR PICK: Alabama
Georgia @ Tennessee: Look out Derek Dooley’s pants!!
(Mrs. Munnerlyn DESPERATELY wants me to get a pair of these)
Here comes the Mark Richt resurrection tour!! This is a good rivalry, to which not enough people pay attention. The Bulldogs seem to be rounding into form. I’m still not a huge fan of Mike Bobo as offensive coordinator, but I think they will be good enough in this game. I don’t really dislike him because of anything he’s done per se, but just mainly due to his terrible last name. Honestly, try and say it out loud without giggling. I’ll wait…(insert elevator music)…SEE!!! Told you!!! I mean, I laughed just thinking about somewhat else saying it. This is the only thing that made me giggle more...
OUR PICK: Georgia
Sun Belt Conference Game of the Week, Presented by The South Florida High School Spots Show; Troy @ Louisiana Hyphen: This is it, the moment we’ve all been waiting for…the clash of the Sun Belt titans!! Control of the Sun Belt (and, perhaps the entire world) is at stake in this game. The hearts and minds of obscure football fans everywhere is also at stake. Maybe they’ll hand out a trophy…if we are lucky. The Fightin’ Jake Delhomme’s are having a potentially historic season. One that could get them back to a bowl for the first time in, well, probably like 45 years or somethin. Troy will probably recover, cause it’s Troy and they always seem to be the best team In the conference. BUT STILL!! This could be for control of the universe!! OUR PICK: Louisiana Hyphen
Service Academy Game of the Week, Presented by Capt. Richard Harr (USAF); Southern Mississippi @ Navy: I was tempted to go with Air Force at Notre Dame, because that’s the best game involving a service academy this week. And if I were a legitimate prognosticator (which either means “guy who predicts games” or it has something to do with nostrils…either one) I would have picked that one. But since it’s me, and I try not to take myself too seriously, I went with Southern Mississippi at Navy. The Golden Eagles will sail into (see what I did there?) Navy-Marine Corps Stadium and will try to upend the future Big East member Midshipmen (oh yeah, by the way…great choice Big East. I love Navy but seriously? Navy is gonna provide legitimacy to your conference? Come on…) and continue their winning ways. They already scored one big road win over Carruthers and the boys at Virginia, and they could very well make it another one behind their high powered offense. This could actually be a good game. OUR PICK: Navy
-Major Munnerlyn
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