Week 8 was whatever. I picked an “upset” correctly, but I keep having this one miss every week. Every week. You won’t have to think too hard to figure out where it comes from.
Last Week: 6-4 (60.0%)
This Week: 7-1 (87.5%)
Overall: 75-30 (71.4%)
It’s an all-SEC week this week. No out of conference. But again, the non-SEC slate is pretty week. I’ve said it all year, but it’s true. Now that there are 16 teams, almost every “good” game is in the SEC.
10/26
Oklahoma at Ole Miss – There’s no way South Carolina is as as good as their beatdown of Oklahoma looked last week, but maybe Auburn broke the Sooners. Yeah, that’s it. Ole Miss wins.
OIe Miss 42, Oklahoma 17
OIe Miss 26, Oklahoma 14 – SUCCESS!
Arkansas at Mississippi State – The Razorbacks thought they had turned a corner, but then got smoked by LSU. The Maroons have had close-ish scores against Georgia and Texas A&M, but they still have just one win. It’ll be close.
Arkansas 34, Mississippi State 31
Arkansas 58, Mississippi State 25 – SUCCESS!
Missouri at Alabama – Missouri’s quarterback is apparently not playing. Alabama is not good, but neither is Missouri’s backup. The Tide will win just because.
Alabama 31, Missouri 10
Alabama 34, Missouri 0 – SUCCESS!
Texas at Vanderbilt – The Longhorns thought they were something. Georgia said nah. Vanderbilt appears to kinda be something, but then they only beat Ball State by ten last week. They won’t have another upset win this year.
Texas 42, Vanderbilt 28
Texas 27, Vanderbilt 24 – SUCCESS!
LSU at Texas A&M – Both of these teams have good records and appear to be decent, but I still don’t take them as seriously as they seem. Look at what they’ve beaten. It’ll be treated like a Super Bowl and Texas A&M never wins those.
LSU 27, Texas A&M 17
Texas A&M 38, LSU 23 – FAILURE
Auburn at Kentucky – Check back later for my prediction in the game preview, but SPOILER ALERT: it will be what Auburn should’ve done to Missouri.
Auburn 35, Kentucky 13
Auburn 24, Kentucky 10 – SUCCESS!
Other Games of Note
Illinois at Oregon – I’m not accepting that Illinois is actually good. Just because they beat Michigan and have a decent record in a conference that has a big name doesn’t mean they’d be anything in the SEC. Oregon is one of the better teams in the nation. They’ll end this dream run for Bert.
Oregon 38, Illinois 13
Oregon 38, Illinois 9 – SUCCESS!
Florida State at Miami – This is not a game of note, but as I said, there are very few good non-SEC games each week. We’re just looking at names here. Miami has the ability to kill the Noles, but I feel like you can never take the Hurricanes too seriously. It’ll be closer than it should be.
Miami 27, Florida State 21
Miami 36, Florida State 14 – SUCCESS!
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