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Friday, November 27, 2009

LINES AND FINALITY

LINES AND FINALITY

Here we go, the end of the regular season. It all comes down to this. The jockeying of all the bowl slots between three through nine. Rivalry week. ARN BOWL! Can you tell that I AM FIRED UP?

Because I am.

Georgia @ +7.5 Georgia Tech

The Bulldogs have broken badly. You know this. I know this. The American people know this.

But while I feel this is going to be a game for 40 minutes? Those extra 20? Will belong the uncrowned Heisman Trophy Candidate Josh Nesbitt. One half of a stealth good game gets momentum. Tech by two scores.

Clemson -3 @ USC

This Dabo Swinney has taken the players of Tommy Bowden and made it his own. They’re a scrappy team and C.J. Spiller is a weapons grade all-purpose threat. Kyle Parker is a Freshman. A mature freshman. But South Carolina’s hope comes in attempting to turn him into Joe Cox. But it won’t happen. Clemson and Georgia Tech redeem the top of a conference that’s had some hilarious missteps.

Florida State +24 @ Florida

And speaking of hilarious missteps? We’re not going to see the Zombie Bowden shock the world here. But they have the an offense that can get to twenty points. Florida may score 45. But for the team whose biggest accomplishments rank as beating LSU, weepy salty tears of Urban Meyer, and the look of Brandon Spikes haunting my nightmares.

No photo. But Florida coasts to a 34-20 win.

Ole Miss -7 @ Mississippi State

Giggidy. It’s Egg Bowl time. And while the Bulldogs have fought like champions, and probably deserved entry into a Bossier City hotel because a break went their way earlier this year. That being said? Ole Miss has the ship righted. A late McCluster bomb makes it 28-17. Ole Miss.

Tennessee -3 @ Kentucky

I know the momentum is all Kentucky’s. But here’s the problem I see. Janzen Jackson is a stabilizing force in the backfield. Even if his life choices weren’t exactly the smartest? He will make sure that Kentucky won’t have near the time as Ole Miss had. Add that to game manager Crompton? And you get a comfortable win for the Vols.

Arkansas +6 @ LSU

This game has always been sort of strange. At least recently. But when Arkansas offense is humming? They can be tough to stop. And Les Miles is out to prove that he is a good coach daggum it. And as such? Take the Underdog.

Alabama @ +13 Auburn

I just have a feeling. This year has been too conventional. We have not seen a cataclysmic event. Something, that will shake the core of the BCS. Something, that unlike a website or a twitter account, will get people to say hey, this BCS is not so bad. Auburn has no right to beat Alabama on paper.

But they will. And if I’m wrong? Let us never speak of this again.