Monday, July 12, 2010

SEC Football Blogger

Posted: 12 Jul 2010 12:37 PM PDT

The Trap Games of the SEC Season

One of my favorite aspects of college football is the trap game. You have 20-something kids on a roll getting overconfident, and boom. There’s an upset. It’s what got me following the SEC, if we’re being completely honest. But since we’re not yet sponsored by EA sports?

That’s another story for another day. Today? We’re discussing trap games. The chance for a bad to decent team to beat a great team.

We’ll start with the NCAA Football 11 Preseason National Champions. There’s been a lot said about the fact that a lot of teams have bye weeks before they’re rolling up on Alabama. But only one team has the power and the timing to go up against the Crimson Tide before they seem to have jelled. That’s when they travel to Fayetteville on September 25th to take on the Razorbacks.

One week before Florida rolls into town.

Does Florida have a trap game? Yes and no. It’s like I said in April. Kentucky is intriguing. In my bolder days, I would say that Kentucky could take them down, but today I am not feeling so bold. They can keep it close in Ben Hill Griffin on the 25th.

Kentucky’s real shot at a trap win is when Georgia comes to Lexington on October 23rd. It’s one week before the bete noir of the Georgia faithful a.k.a. The World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party. And it may actually not be considered an upset even if Kentucky doesn’t shock the Gators.

Arkansas has their own trap game worry the week before they play Auburn as well. October 9th. In front of the worlds largest television screen. They play the one offense they can stand toe to toe with them in Texas A&M. Why is this interesting? Because neither team has a great defense, but A&M has a pass-rusher in Von Miller. And he generated 17.5 sacks literally all by himself. He gets rolling and the Hogs fall.

The lucky ones are Auburn and LSU. Auburn’s schedule is built for a run at insurging the two-team power trip. And if you consider Tennessee’s issues? LSU’s losses can be boiled down to ill-preparation.

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