It was a great start to 2020 for the SEC last week with some solid games and a major upset as well! This week has a couple of Top 20 match ups and all the makings of another great week of SEC football! The question was asked why ZT and the Padre focus so heavily on the SEC. Simple, 8 teams in a Top 25 that includes 5 teams that won’t play their first game until the week of Halloween or later. Love to toss in a game from elsewhere, like last week when ZT noted The U would destroy The Tallahassee Football Team. If you don’t like it? We suggest watching Extreme Canoe Dating on hulu where Gary Danielson and Brian Griese go out on the Lake of the Ozarks and attempt to hook up with some local women……
So much for those 2 idiots….let’s get back to football!
Typically teams make the most progress between their 1st and 2nd games. Several squads are sure hoping that is true this year!
South Carolina Gamecocks @ #3 Florida Gators
Gamecocks HC Baby Hulk Muschamp did turn green after bad luck on special teams cemented a loss to the Vols. Gators, on the other hand, took out a pesky Ole Miss squad with new HC Kiffin but the UF defense was more porous than Sponge Bob Squarepants giving up 35 points and over 600 yards! These teams usually duke it out with 5 of last 7 meetings being decided by a TD or less. SC QB Collin Hill had a solid game for a 1st start but UF led by QB Trask and TE Kyle “Don’t Smell My” Pitts will do enough, even in a quiet swamp, to take the Gators to 2-0. Gators 38 Gamecocks 20
Missouri Tigers @ #21 Tennessee Volunteers
Mizzou HC Eli “Drink 1 witz me” was found Tuesday passed out in a dumpster behind an Applebee’s in Columbia. Why? Because he covered the spread against Bama and the Tiger Alumni just kept buying him shots of Fireball! Vols picked up a win on the road after a UT punt late in the game hit a SC player and locked down a nice win for a team that has started slow in recent years. So, what about this week? Mizzou will get better but it will take some time and while UT didn’t dominate their game, they got it done when needed and did it on the road. Vols take this one at home. Vols 35 Mizzou 24
#13 Texas A & M Aggies @ # 2 BAMA
Bama hasn’t liked the Aggies since Johnny Manziel tried to ruin a National Championship run some years back. This game will be better than the boys in Vegas think! Bama didn’t “finish” last week and that usually is a bad sign for their next opponent. A & M had a tough time with Vandy last week squeeking out a 17-12 win. Don’t let that fool anyone as Aggie QB Kellen Mond is solid and RB’s Isaiah Spiller and Ainias Smith are very capable of hurting defenses. It will be tough sledding against a Bama Defense that held Mizzou at bay until some “garbage time” points late. Bama Offense looked solid with QB Jones enjoying WRs Waddle and Smith while RBs Harris and Robinson slashed the defense often. ZT believes Tide still has too much talent and wins this one but a little tighter than expected Bama 41 Aggies 27
Ole Miss “name that mascot” @ Kentucky Wildcats
KY and HC Stoops come back home after a loss to Auburn but a respectable showing ( yea, I said “respectable” but its ok for 2nd tier SEC teams to accept that accolade ) on the road. QB Wilson was ok for an opener and loved the Sophomore RB Kavosiey Smoke ( ZT is pretty sure he knows what was going on the night he was conceived! ) with about 9 yds. per carry and a TD. Hope he sees more action this week! Ole Miss tried to out-gun the Gators with 613 yards of Total Offense but lost 51-35. KY defense did a nice job on Auburn although some offensive turnovers had the Wildcats D on their heels more than once. So, Ole Miss Offense vs. Kentucky Defense? ZT says NO!….key is the KY Offense who OUTGAINED Auburn last week to include more 1st downs and more plays ( just so you know it wasn’t a fluke ). ZT says Kiffin goes 0-2 with lots of points but just a little more from the Wildcats. After the game, KY locker room celebrates with some “Courvoisier and Cohibas” while presenting the game ball to RB Smoke! Wildcats 42 Landsharks 38
#7 Auburn Tigers @ #4 Georgia Bulldogs
Tigers vs. Dawgs!!!! Always a classic battle in the South’s oldest rivalry! Dawgs struggled over the 1st half against ARK ( actually behind at halftime ) until scoring 32 in the 2nd half and taking care of business. GA QB Stetson Bennett ( ZT understands he is a descendant of Rhett Butler and trains in the off-season at Tara ) had a gutty performance but very possible to see USC transfer JT Daniels ( now cleared ) this week. Kirby holding all of this close to the vest but ZT notes GA does NOT need a QB issue this year! Gus Bus looking for some solid wheels after QB Bo Nix was the leading rusher last week with 34 yards and the Tigers ground total was only 91. Got to get that fixed and fast! Dawg Defense held Arkansas ( ok, yes it was Arkansas ) to 280 yards and only 77 on the ground. This game will be the battle of Auburn Offense vs. Georgia D. ZT calling the shocker of the day!! AU Kicker Anders Carlson with a late game-winning FG! Upset Special Auburn 24 Georgia 23
#20 LSU Tigahs @ Vandy
It’s hard to repeat…….Period. It’s hard to be Vandy in the SEC……Period. Wounded Tigers eat people ( Ask Carole Baskin ) and a Commodore is a person. LSU 34 Vandy 17
Arkansas Razorbacks @ #16 Mississippi State Bulldogs
ZT LOVES BACON!!! Just not from a wild hog but that’s good news because the Arkansas passel is definitely domesticated!!! They were leading Georgia at halftime; then both teams woke up. So, what is Arkansas’ reward? A road game with the new SEC darling Mike Leach and the MSU Bulldogs Air Raid Offense. Bulldogs love K J Costello so much they have started a “go-fund-me” account to erect a statue of him at the Mississippi-Louisiana state line after his 600+ yards and a W against LSU. Can Arkansas get QB Franks and RB Boyd going? Not if the O-Line doesn’t gel fast!! Franks heard more footsteps last week than Kim Jong-Un does at one of his military parades. The Hog defense must play for 60 minutes and be ready for anything! ZT sees MSU RB Kylin “take that” Hill getting heavy in the mix this week. In the end, Bulldogs move to 2-0 and the folks in Fayetteville break out the “wait till next year ” posters that they have been displaying for the past 7 years!! Bulldogs 45 Arkansas 21
Virginia Cavaliers @ #1 Clemson Tigers
AN AWESOME REMATCH OF THE 2019 ACC TITLE GAME!!!!……..Who the heck am I kidding? That game ended with a Clemson victory by the score of 62-17. It’s ok Virginia as this is 2020 and you don’t have QB Bryce Perkins to help you get those 17 points! ZT still likes what VA HC Bronco Mendenhall can do with a team. Unfortunately for the Cavaliers, ZT LOVES what Dabo can do with a team and 2020 will be no different. Clemson 38 Virginia 17
PADRE HAS COME DOWN FROM THE APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS WITH A 1st GENERATION iPAD FULL OF DIVINE WISDOM…….Here we go
Florida Gators 34 South Carolina Gamecocks 30
Much closer than people think! Muschamp is ALWAYS better after a loss as he is desperate— But My Gators pull it out. On Will M’s way to the stadium, it starts to rain as he gets on the team bus. And there Muschamp sees former UF AD Jeremy Foley staring at him through his wet/foggy bus window. They both stare for a few seconds. Just then, Foley puts his hands together to make the “heart” symbol. Muschamp then puts his palm on the window a sheds a tear as the bus slowly pulls away and they leave each other’s sights…….wondering what might have been……………….
Alabama Crimson Tide 41 Texas A & M Aggies 13
The Bammers dominate and humble A & M – bringing the Aggies back to reality. Jimbo Fischer still goes home with $999.999 million dollars for another loss..
Georgia Bulldogs 23 Auburn Tigers 16
Like Samson, Kirby believes he gets his power from his hair. The stronger the bowl cut, the better he coaches. So three hours before the game, he finds the perfect bowl for the perfect cut at a Pier 1 Imports closeout sale. Georgia’s offense gets going a little this week. The game is honestly not as close as the score. Kirby’s hair is honestly not his power…….it’s the football players from greater Atlanta….Duh.
UPSET OF THE WEEK
Vandy 26 LSU Tigers 24
Coach O gets his power from hot sauce. So, 3 hours before the game he drinks a gallon of Tabasco to get his team ready……… LSU misses a FG near the end of the game to lose. How could he lose after drinking a gallon of his power juice? It turns out hot sauce isn’t his strength…….It was actually a guy from Ohio named “Joe.” He was pretty darn good at football. Coach O should “burrow” some more guys from that state……..
ZT is going to see if he can eat 50 eggs in a weekend while the Padre is helping a lady find her pet sheep after she said ” I called you because you are my shephard”…………
Pigskin Prognostications by the Piedmont Padre and Zimmern's Twin 