‘The Battle At Bristol’ leads SEC Week 2 preview
Right, there isn’t a lot in Week 2 for SEC team, unless you’re a rabid fan and you get overly-excited about Georgia dropping a ton on Nicholls State or Myles Garrett eating Prairie View A&M’s offensive line alive in College Station. We will see SEC schools run up the scores on their diminutive opponents. Sorry for not writing up a bigger preview of Alabama vs Western Kentucky, but Alabama should win by 40.
It’s not going to be pretty for a lot of visiting schools.
But there are a few games that might be interesting….
- Arkansas vs No. 15 TCU
Arkansas survived Louisiana Tech by a single point and TCU survived South Dakota State in 59-41 shoot-out. This game could depend on Arkansas RB Rawleigh Williams – who had nearly 100 yards against Louisana Tech – to get some good numbers, and Austin Allen will simply have to be better than he was. On TCU side, they probably don’t know what in the hell Kenny Hill’s going to be thinking – because no-one does. Any victory for a SEC school vs a Big XII ‘powerhouse’ will be seen as a victory….particularly when the Razorbacks are 8 point underdogs.
TIP: TCU by 3.
2. Tennessee vs Virginia Tech
I’ve actually been to Bristol Motor Speedway, and it’s one of the coolest places to watch a NASCAR race. So it shouldn’t be a lot different when Tech and Tennessee play there. The reason why it’s there is fairly simple: Virginia and Tennessee are bordered in Bristol. There’s even a shitty bar called ‘State Line’, which is going to be rammed tonight and tomorrow. Anyway, as for the game, Tennessee was awful and should have lost against Appalachian State, while Virginia Tech was poor against Liberty but – as is the case with the Bud Foster defense – they took over and won pretty easily. This could be a bad game for the neutrals, but a wonderful spectacle.
TIP: Tennessee by 7.
3. Kentucky vs Florida
We don’t know what to quite say about Florida, because the offense showed us so little against U-Mass in the 24-7 win that it feels as though the Kentucky game is the first game of the year. Kentucky would love a Week 1 re-do too after a terrible home loss to Southern Miss when they had all the momentum and then fell to pieces. If Florida slices Kentucky like it happened in the second half, then the Gators are going to win comfortably.
TIP: Florida by 21
4. South Carolina vs Mississippi State
I wish I’d been on drugs on Thursday – it might have made the South Carolina vs Vanderbilt game all the more palatable. As for Mississippi State, I didn’t get to watch the torturous, awful loss against South Alabama. Safe to say they miss Dak Prescott, huh? Anyway, we don’t like Dan Mullen, MSU’s head coach (simply because of the fact that Mullen doesn’t like being in Starkville). This game will be uglier than sin.
TIP: South Carolina by 3. Probably 3-0. After overtime.
For the other games? Here are our ‘bold’ predictions:
- Georgia vs Nicholls State won’t be close, and Jacob Eason will assume the right hand of The Father (or is his name Vince Dooley?)
- As mentioned, Alabama will beat Western Kentucky by 40. Maybe more.
- Texas A&M will beat Prairie View A&M by 50. And may pitch a shut-out.
- Ole Miss will smash Wofford by 60, and Chad Kelly will go back to being ‘good Chad Kelly’.
- Auburn will shell Arkansas State.
- Vanderbilt will beat Middle Tennessee State, but only by 21 in a game close until the 4th quarter.
Last week, my predictions were terrible. So let’s forget about Week 1, shall we?