tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320221605077796058.post8383026095645539741..comments2023-09-06T11:00:18.404-04:00Comments on SEC Expats: Who ya got? (Week 7)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320221605077796058.post-50270567604674344042009-10-16T20:42:25.960-04:002009-10-16T20:42:25.960-04:00The commenter who questioned why an SEC coach was ...The commenter who questioned why an SEC coach was being bashed on an SEC blog got me to thinking. We have talked a lot on this blog about how our own team or fellow SEC teams have been doing, but we haven’t spent much time on the other conferences. I think we should go there.<br /><br />Much in the same way I call the state just to the west of Alabama “Misipi,” as the great comedian Jerry Clower used to pronounce it, I usually call that Midwestern conference with all the slow teams the “Big 11.” As long as there are 11 teams in the conference, that’s what I will call it. And will poke fun of them for not knowing how to count. <br /><br />And what is it with the Big 12? They are so impressed with themselves, they call themselves the Big XII. Of course, there’s nothing big about XI or XII of the conference’s teams, especially the North division. Even a Spurrier-coached team could win that division. And the South division has lost some luster. There’s really only II relevant teams, Texas & Oklahoma – III if you count Oklahoma St, which you shouldn’t after their second game.<br /><br />As for the ACC – what else is there to say? All the entries in the thesaurus for “bad” have already been used. Maybe South Carolina can get back in!<br /><br />On to this week’s picks:<br /><br />S. Carolina at ‘Bama – SC’s speed against ‘Bama’s bulk. In the end, ‘Bama has too many horses and will pull away late. Tom Sorenson writes on Sunday that Spurrier won at Duke, and that Spurrier likes him, and therefore the ‘Cocks will rise again. Whatever. The Evil Empire 31, Fightin’ Chickens 14<br /><br />Georgia at Vanderbilt – I seem to remember Vandy winning a bowl game during my lifetime. Seems like centuries ago, though. UGA bounces back from UT debacle. Tomlinson taken off suicide watch. Big Ol’ Hairy Dawgs 27, Vandy 10<br /><br />Misipi St at Middle Tennessee – the Who Cares Game of the Week. Misipi St 24, Mid Tenn 7<br /><br />Ar-Kansas at Florida – A matchup of 2 of the easiest head coaches to hate. That’s a better debate than what will happen on the field. Florida 37, Ar-Kansas 21<br /><br />UAB at Misipi – Snead will rack up so many stats against this porous defense that he will go into the Ar-Kansas game thinking he’s a quarterback. Misipi 49, UAB 14<br /><br />Kentucky at Auburn – Even a defense as thin as Auburn’s should be able to effectively game-plan against a team that has only 1 legitimate football player. WAR EAGLE 35, Randall Cobb 24Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com