Week 12 SEC NCAA Football Picks - Backwoods Southern Lawyer’s Redemption Song!
Greetings and salutations to all. BSL here, back with another installation of my razor sharp SEC picks this year. Yours truly has had to make with the color commentary as of late because the picks themselves have been garbage. No, make that garbage with diarrhea on top of it. In any event, with each passing week comes a chance at sweet redemption and so, without further ado, I humbly present the following for your consideration:
Georgia (minus 10) at Auburn. Bulldogs are better than Auburn. Much, much better. Auburn is coming off an unimpressive victory over div. I-AA competition, which made it painfully clear that the AU Tigers are just trying to get the season over with as quickly as possible so they can start thinking about how to right the ship for next year. In all likelihood, their loss to Florida knocked Georgia out of the BCS picture, and was a major blow to the team psyche. Still, the Bulldogs pulled it together enough to win a nail-biter at Kentucky, and I think UGA wins this one by at least 2 TDs.
Ole Miss (minus 22.5) vs. UL-Monroe. Ole Miss has done very little in terms of winning by daylight this year, and they are playing a UL-M squad with a penchant for keeping things reasonably close. I think Ole Miss wins this one by 21 points, and since that’s less than 22.5, I’m taking UL-M in this one.
Florida (minus 22.5) vs. South Carolina. Follow this logic if you can: Ole Miss beats Florida, South Carolina beats Ole Miss, and now that South Carolina is playing Florida, the Gamecocks are 3-TD dogs. Apparently the transitive laws do not apply in the SEC, and quite frankly, in this case they shouldn’t. The Gators have been absolute world beaters since their loss to Ole Miss. They are, in my humble opinion, the best college football team in the universe right now. South Carolina, on the other hand has been taking care of business against lesser teams (but not blowing them out). Still, 22.5 points is an awful lot to give Spurrier and the Gamecock defense, and the Gators can’t blow everyone out for the rest of the year (can they?). I think Florida wins comfortably, but not by more than 20, so I’m going to play with the ‘Cocks.
Miss St. (minus 22) at Alabama. What’s the deal with the 22-point lines in the SEC this weekend? Jerry Seinfeld wants to know. I think Miss. State has stopped believing that they can win. Alabama, fresh off an OT scare at LSU last week, will be able to get their playmakers (namely, Julio Jones and Glen Coffee) into open space, and that means touchdowns. Also, Miss St may not score. I see this as a 31-0 type of job. So, take Bama to win and cover.
Troy (minus 17) at LSU. A battle of 6-3 teams, except one LSU’s losses have been to Alabama, Georgia and Florida, while Troy is a Sun Belt team that lost to UL-Monroe two weeks ago. All the wise guys are picking Troy in this one. Fuggetaboutit. LSU (it appears) has finally figured out how to play defense, and I think the Tigers roll in this one by at least 3 TDs. Take LSU to win and cover.
Vanderbilt (plus 4) at Kentucky. Vanderbilt was at 5 wins a month ago and they still are. Somewhere along the way, they lost their direction and belief that they can win. Meanwhile, Kentucky has looked pretty decent these last few games and is playing for a fairly respectable bowl game. I like the Wildcats to win by a comfortable margin in this one. Take UK.
And those are the picks, folks. Thanks again to Runny, Flash and everyone at the Syndicate for sticking with me, and good luck to everybody this weekend.
BSL
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