Yes, the Tigers answered one of the remaining two questions yesterday when it thoroughly thumped Arkansas. Now, question two is "Will they beat Georgia?"....yeah, they will.
Now, let's look at today's rivalry games (see if you can spot the theme. And allow me to borrow liberally from the style of Pete Fiutak)
1) Georgia @ Georgia Tech:
Al Czervik: Oh, this is the worst-looking hat I ever saw. What, when you buy a hat like this I bet you get a free bowl of soup, huh? Oh, it looks good on you though.
Let's talk about Georgia for a second here. The Dawgs are the darlings of the national scene right now, having ripped off nine straight wins after season opening losses to Boise State and South Carolina. ANyone really look at the nine wins? Coastal Carolina, the Mississippis (State and Ole), Tennesseee, Vandy, Florida, New Mexico State, Auburn, and Kentucky - not exactly a murderers row.
Let's talk about Georgia Tech here...well they aren't very good either. Mentally, the Jackets may have bought the farm (Al Groh is on staff after all), but struggling with Duke, as Georgia Tech did last week, is no true shame (heck, Virginia Tech did it). As usual, if Georgia Tech can get it's ground game going - sort of like South Carolina did when it had Lattimore (176 yards in that game), it is hard for anyone to stop.It all depends on the 1st quarter - if the Jackets get it going, the Dawgs will limp into their SEC title appearance beatdown. If they don't, the Dawgs will trot into their title appearance beatdown.
2) Ohio State @ Michigan
Al Czervik: Oh, this your wife, huh? A lovely lady. Hey baby, you must've been something before electricity.
The Wolverines have two losses this year - both on the road. The Buckeyes have five losses - three of those on the road. Neither team is very good but somehow this game is meaningful because Michigan, by virtue of being Michigan, is still considered a candidate for an at large BCS bid (especially, since it is locked out of the Big 10 title game).
This one is all Michigan - a perfect set-up for Ohio State to get on its knees and beg Urban Meyer to come lead the way. ANd then, Michigan will lose this game a lot once again.
3) Virginia Tech @ Virginia
Judge Smails: I've sentenced boys younger than you to the gas chamber. Didn't want to do it. I felt I owed it to them.
Yes, Virginia, you are riding high on a four game winning streak (over Miami, Maryland, Duke, and Florida State). yes, the FSU win was a good one - first victory for you in Tally ever! Mike London is righting the ship and, scarily for this Virginia Tech fan, making in-roads back into the recruiting hotbed of Southeast VA that has fed the Hokies program for 20 years. Still, there's a problem for you...
the stench of the Al Groh years...it's like cat urine - it simply doesn't go away without a lot of time and effort. You've lost every year since 2003. You've been outscored...a lot. Virginia Tech still, remarkably, has an outside shot a the big time...it has a lot to play for. Normally, this would mean the Hokies falter but no, not this time, not against you. Sorry - but fear not - the taste of this defeat will propel you and, perhaps, next year, you can bring in a whole new set of Berber carpets, rip out those Groh-infested things, and get a new lease on life.
4) Oregon State @ Oregon
Carl Spackler: A looper, you know, a caddy, a looper, a jock. So, I tell them I'm a pro jock, and who do you think they give me? The Dalai Lama, himself. Twelfth son of the Lama. The flowing robes, the grace, bald... striking. So, I'm on the first tee with him. I give him the driver. He hauls off and whacks one - big hitter, the Lama - long, into a ten-thousand foot crevasse, right at the base of this glacier. Do you know what the Lama says? Gunga galunga... gunga, gunga-lagunga. So we finish the eighteenth and he's gonna stiff me. And I say, "Hey, Lama, hey, how about a little something, you know, for the effort, you know." And he says, "Oh, uh, there won't be any money, but when you die, on your deathbed, you will receive total consciousness." So I got that goin' for me, which is nice.
I really don't know much about either of these programs except to say that they really, REALLY don't like each other and through the long history of their rivalry (dating back to the early 1900s) they are practically at 50/50. This is a toss up from that perspective. But the bookies tell us the Ducks are giving 27.5 - awful big line so late in the season and right after a deflating loss at home to USC. Hmmmm...
5) Alabama @ Auburn
Ty Webb: A flute without holes, is not a flute. A donut without a hole, is a Danish.
The meeting between the two past national champs (and a potential contender for another grumble grumble...) It'd be nice if Auburn could rise up and put an end to the possibility of a rematch in the title game.
It'd be nice, but it won't happen.
6) Clemson @ South Carolina
Spalding Smails: I want a hamburger. No, cheeseburger. I want a hot dog. I want a milkshake. I want potato chips
Judge Smails: You'll get nothing, and like it!
It's be nice if Clemson could step up and give the ACC at least a shred of credibility.
It'd be nice, but it won't happen.
7) Notre Dame @ Stanford
Tony D'Annunzio: What do you got in here, rocks?
Al Czervik: Are you kiddin'? When I was your age, I would lug fifty pounds of ice up five, six flights of stairs!
Tony D'Annunzio: So what?
Al Czervik: So what?
Al Czervik: So let's dance!
Al Czervik: Are you kiddin'? When I was your age, I would lug fifty pounds of ice up five, six flights of stairs!
Tony D'Annunzio: So what?
Al Czervik: So what?
Al Czervik: So let's dance!
Maybe it's the post Thanksgiving food coma talking but I like the Irish's chances here.
8) UCLA @ USC
Al Czervik: Last time I saw a mouth like that, it had a hook in it.
I wish I could care about this game, but I don't. That said, I did a little research. With only one exception this season, UCLA has followed every win with a loss. Last week, the Bruins beat Colorado. This is going to be ugly - BIG Trojan victory here.
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