Not a ton of marquis match ups this weekend but still some good ones. Normally, games like Texas/Oklahoma or LSU/Florida would be worth paying attention to, but the only intriguing story lines here are whether Coach Yaw Yaw will continue to open up the LSU offense and would a Texas loss have Charlie Strong fired before he gets back to the locker room. I watched a lot of Texas Oklahoma State and good Lord, Texas tackles like our 2012 team.
Also, if you're a bettin' man, and I'm not, there's a couple of lines that looked odd enough to make me want to become one. Clemson is at Boston College. The line on ESPN's site has the Fighting Dabos as 17 point favorites. BC is 3-2, but playing at home and giving up 17 points a game and only 212 total yards per game on defense. Clemson is obviously playing better but is that too many points?
Another one that jumped out is Indiana at THE Ohio State University. Indiana is 3-1 and coming off a win over Meatchicken State, albeit they got a second life on an Auburn/LSU field goal redo. Normally, you write this one off to a 52-17 blowout, but the Hoosiers look much better and the line is 29. That seems like a shit ton of points to me. Betters?
As for AU vs. Cowbell U, there's no prediction other than a convincing Auburn win. This is a game that IF we've started to turn the corner, there's no excuse not to come out of there with a W. If we don't, then all we really have to look forward to is the tailgating. Planesmenz by 13.
Vols at A&M. The line is 7 in favor of the Faggies. Looks like most people still believe UT is lucky to be where they are. I think that too. Bonfire U by 10.
Bama @ Arky. Bama is a 14 point favorite. That's another one of those lines that make me want to let go of my semi-hard earned money. Still, Bama by 10.
Also, for maybe only the second time in my life, I'm pulling for Mark Richt to slap that bitch, Jimbo, in da' mouf. I'll take the Canes because they're at home. The U by 3.
Who ya' got?
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