Short week and I have a lot of work to get done so I am getting this one out earlier this week. My opinion typically changes during the week, but this is how I feel today.

Week Two College Football

It was clear early in the Bama/Penn State game that Penn State was simply over matched. Every time Bama’s defense made a tackle they pounded the Penn State ball carrier. LSU and Bama may have the best two defenses we have ever seen. Between those 2 defenses there are 20+ NFL players. 6-8 of those players will be MAJOR contributors in the NFL.



Another strong SEC team that is somehow flying under the radar is the Florida Gators. They have not played a team yet that could challenge them, but that will change this week. Derek Dooley has Tennessee on the rise. Vegas opened this line up at 10, but it has gone down some to Florida -8.5. I feel this is high for a rivalry game, but Florida has a good football team. As of today I am putting them as the front runner for the SEC East.

I made a mistake last week saying La Tech was a conference game for USM. Their first conference game was against Marshall on the road this past weekend. I really don’t even know what to think about this game. I looked at the score of this game early and USM appeared to be rolling. USM scored on a long TD pass with 5:45 left in the second quarter to go up 17-3. After this they had 10 straight possessions that either ended in a punt, fumble, or interception. This was a really bad loss for USM. They were the better team and if they had cut their turnovers (6) in half they would have won the game. USM plays Southeastern LA this weekend. They will win that game and move to 2-1, but the Marshall game will haunt them for the rest of the year. After the SELA game USM plays Virginia and Rice, two teams that are better than I thought they would be going into the season.

Ole Miss travels to Vanderbilt this weekend for a game that is huge for both of them. Vandy has started 2-0, but they have not played very good competition. Ole Miss has played the best competition of the two teams when they lost to BYU. BYU took Texas to the wire, but I am still not sold on them. This past weekend Ole Miss did not look good in a game they should have absolutely dominated. Vegas pretty much has this game as a pick game with Ole Miss favored by 1 point. Ole Miss has more talent, but I think Vandy has better coaching. Flip a coin to decide who you think will win this game. Around 3 o’clock on Saturday one team will be moving on with momentum and excitement. The other team will have some serious doubt. My coin flip landed on tails… tails was Ole Miss.


In order for Mississippi State to become the team/program they are trying to be they have got to figure out some way to get that little extra. It is so small, yet it is so big. Yes there were some borderline calls in this game that went against MSU, but the Bulldogs still had a chance.




Either way MS State lost a game they should have won and enter the toughest week of the season. They play, in my opinion, the best team in the country on a short week. I have been on this LSU team a couple of weeks now. They are super talented on defense. You will quickly understand on Thursday night what I mean about this defense/team. Line on this game is -3 to -4 depending on where you look. Dan Mullen needs his team to play the best game they have played with him as the coach. I am not writing Ms State off in this game. If Ms State plays a solid game this will be close football game in the 4th quarter. Maybe this time the Bulldogs will figure out how to get that little extra. No prediction on this game from me.