SEC Previews

Quick look at this weekend's games in the SEC:

South Carolina (6-3, 3-3) v. Arkansas (1-4, 4-4). Tough one to handicap. Homestanding Arkansas is a 7 point favorite, which seems high. USC has had exactly one bad game, but seems to have fallen out of favor. Arkansas has one quality win (Auburn), but could virtually punch its ticket to the postseason with a win.

Tennessee Tech (5-3) at Georgia (4-4, 3-3) Safe game between the hedges. TT opened its season with Pikeville College.

Furman (4-4) at Auburn (6-3, 3-3) Auburn takes on the Paladins and former Two-A-Days star Max Lerner, now a junior SS.

LSU (7-1, 4-1) at Alabama (8-0, 5-0) Can the Tigers mount any sort of offense against the Tide? If so, this could be a very competitive game. Given the rest of the slate, this is the game of the week in the SEC. LSU can still get into a BCS bowl and has an outside chance at the National Championship game. But is has to start with a win Saturday. Alabama is rock solid, and has had a week off since its wake up call against UT.

Memphis (2-6) at Tennessee (4-4, 2-3) Oh how I wish I could gaze into the crystal ball and see a gigantic, nail splitting toe stub. But I don't. Pity that.

Vandy (2-7, 0-5) at Florida (8-0, 6-0) Vandy was beating Georgia Tech 31-28 with a minute left in the third quarter last week. This is a cause for concern in Wildcat nation. In Gainesville, not so much. The SEC's only dead man walking is about to take a beatdown.

Northern Arizona (5-3) at Ole Miss (5-3, 2-3) Who made the damned schedule this week, anyway?

I will say this, though. The SEC has five games this week against non-BCS conference teams. Though it is unlikely, that is a lot of chances for someone to spit the bit. Lets hope it isn't us.