I can’t believe I’m about to write this sentence. Boston College looks to stay in the conference race by winning this game and hoping Maryland can eliminate Wake Forest to give them a spot in Jacksonville against Georgia Tech. Is this what John Swofford had in mind? I can’t believe I’m about to write this sentence, either. Meanwhile, Miami is an afterthought trying to avoid a losing season. I keep picking the Hurricanes week after week, expecting their supreme talent to take over and for them to somehow find a way to win, but you know, they just aren’t even trying anymore.
Boston College - 20, Miami - 13
Texas A&M (+13) at #11 Texas
The Longhorns have had an extra week to mull over their upset loss at Kansas State, which probably doesn’t bode well for Texas A&M, who are trying to come back from their own close setbacks, consecutive one-point home losses to Oklahoma and Nebraska. As we all know, Texas is somewhat weak against the pass and, when given the chance, Aggie quarterback Stephen McGee has thrown in pretty well. However, A&M’s bread and butter is the ground game, something Texas should be able to stop with little problem on Friday.
Texas - 27, Texas A&M - 10
Kentucky (+19) at #19 Tennessee
Thankfully for the Vols, quarterback Erik Ainge is back, even if it’s only been for perennial SEC East bottom feeders and “rivals” Vanderbilt and Kentucky. The passing game was severely hampered under backup Jonathan Crompton, even if he had to face a couple of pretty good defenses with LSU and Arkansas. And the Kentucky defense got torched to the tune of 40 points last week by Louisiana-Monroe, so why would you expect things to be a whole lot different when they play a Tennessee offense that should be hitting on all cylinders?
Tennessee - 38, Kentucky - 20
Mississippi State (+3) at Mississippi
The Egg Bowl is about as relevant this year as it has been over the last several. It pits a couple of teams with identically dismal records (3-8, 1-6 SEC), but who have been pretty competitive most of the season, against each other in an attempt to avoid the distinction of being the worst team in the SEC Western Division, if not the entire league. I think the Bulldogs have improved a little more as the season has gone on (looking at the numbers, Ole Miss had no business being in that LSU game), so I’ll take them to pick up their second conference road win.
Mississippi State - 24, Ole Miss - 20
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