East
Florida
| Georgia
| Kentucky
| South Carolina
| Tennessee
| Vanderbilt
West
Alabama
| Arkansas
| Auburn
| LSU |
Ole Miss
| Miss State
SEC Roundups
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Week
3
SEC Game of
the Week
Arkansas 24 ... Alabama 23 2OT
Arkansas got an 11-yard Ben Cleveland
touchdown catch in the second overtime,
and won on the Jeremy Davis extra point.
Alabama scored on a one-yard touchdown
run on its possession in the second
overtime, but Leigh Tiffin missed the
extra point on his fourth wide-right
miss of the game. Alabama had a chance
to win in the first overtime following
an interception of Arkansas QB Mitch
Mustain, but Tiffin missed from 37 yards
out. Tiffin was able to connect on a
46-yard field goal on the last play of
the first half for a 10-7 lead, but
Arkansas took the lead in the third
quarter on a three-yard Darren McFadden
touchdown run and a 39-yard fumble
recovery for a score from Randy Kelly.
Alabama answered with two of John Parker
Wilson's three touchdown passes. Wilson
also connected with D.J. Hall on a
78-yard touchdown in the second quarter.
SEC
Player of
the Week
South
Carolina WR Sidney Rice caught nine
passes for 161 yards and five touchdowns
in the 45-6 win over Florida Atlantic
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PF |
PA |
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L |
PF |
PA |
Str |
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Florida |
2 |
0 |
47 |
27 |
4 |
0 |
123 |
34 |
Won
4 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
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Georgia |
1 |
0 |
18 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
114 |
25 |
Won
4 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
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South Carolina |
1 |
1 |
15 |
18 |
3 |
1 |
87 |
44 |
Won
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
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Kentucky |
1 |
1 |
38 |
40 |
2 |
2 |
107 |
106 |
Lost
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
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Tennessee |
0 |
1 |
20 |
21 |
3 |
1 |
119 |
76 |
Won
1 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
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Vanderbilt |
0 |
2 |
29 |
34 |
1 |
3 |
74 |
70 |
Won
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
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PF |
PA |
W |
L |
PF |
PA |
Str |
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W |
L |
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Auburn |
2 |
0 |
41 |
3 |
4 |
0 |
119 |
24 |
Won
4 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
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Arkansas |
2 |
0 |
45 |
42 |
3 |
1 |
79 |
92 |
Won
3 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
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Alabama |
1 |
1 |
36 |
34 |
3 |
1 |
102 |
58 |
Lost
1 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
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LSU |
0 |
1 |
3 |
7 |
3 |
1 |
142 |
20 |
Won
1 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
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Ole
Miss |
0 |
1 |
14 |
31 |
1 |
3 |
52 |
117 |
Lost
3 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
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Mississippi St. |
0 |
2 |
0 |
49 |
1 |
3 |
45 |
91 |
Won
1 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
Conference Roundup
Alabama
… Certain to be known as the Leigh
Tiffin game, Alabama has to quickly put
the devastating loss to Arkansas in the
past as soon as possible with a trip to
Florida coming up next week. On the
positive side, John Parker Wilson was
fantastic throwing the deep ball (the
long scoring strike to D.J. Hall was a
thing of beauty, and he also showed he
can be effective and efficient in a
pressure packed situation on the road.
The offensive line continues to struggle
to get a push for the running game.
Arkansas … Give Arkansas credit
for coming through against Alabama when
given the opportunities. Mitch Mustain
continues to play like a rookie
quarterback who's far from polished, but
he threw the big pass for a game winning
touchdown when he had to. Even though
Darren McFadden is the marquee man in
the running game, Felix Jones needs the
ball more than just four times. Yes, the
Hogs dodged a bullet, and now they'll
need to play better, especially in the
passing game, to have a chance at Auburn
next week.
Auburn … Auburn took the Buffalo
game off, and there's nothing wrong with
that. There was never any question the
Tigers were going to win, so it was a
great chance to get Kenny Irons some
rest and get the backups some meaningful
work before diving back into the SEC
schedule. The coaching staff will be
certain to get on the team's first half
effort since this should've been over in
the first half, and it's not going to be
happy with the seven penalties. In the
end, it's hard to argue with an easy
win, 7.2 yards per carry, and a ten of
14 day from the quarterbacks.
Florida … Florida's offense
wasn't exactly humming against Kentucky,
but the defense made sure there wouldn't
be any glimmer of an upset hope. For the
first time all year, the pressure and
the sacks came getting to Andre Woodson
five times killing momentum on drive
after drive. The real find continues to
be the running game as DeShawn Wynn was
the steadying force for the offense for
the second straight week. When Chris
Leak is off, like he was against the
Wildcats, the Gators have the luxury of
Wynn, and relief pitcher extraordinaire,
Tim Tebow, to pick up the slack. It's
simple; when Tebow is in, he runs.
Defenses can't seem to figure that out.
Georgia … Georgia needed to be
pushed a little bit, but the Colorado
game exposed the team's lack of a steady
running game and opened up a big
question mark at quarterback. Matthew
Stafford wasn't bad; Joe Cox was better.
Cox was crisper in his decision making
and got rid of the ball much quicker.
The big problem, though, is the running
game. With one of the most talented
group of backs in the nation, there's no
excuse to only net 54 yards and average
two yards per carry. That has to change
in a big way against Ole Miss or there
will be big problems against Tennessee
in two weeks.
Kentucky … Kentucky didn't play
all that poorly in the loss to Florida,
but it needed more weapons, particularly
RB Rafael Little, and the offensive line
struggled in pass protection. The
defense came up with a nice game from
the secondary and showed that this isn't
the same old Kentucky that'll get pushed
around by the big boys. Of course, the
run D got pushes around, but the team
stayed in it until late. There can't be
a letdown next week against Central
Michigan in a must win to keep bowl
hopes alive.
LSU … LSU got over the Auburn
heartbreak in a big hurry with a
dominating performance against Tulane.
The Tigers have been fantastic at home
so far and should easily get to 4-1 next
week against Mississippi State before
the showdown at Florida. JaMarcus
Russell has taken his game to another
level, and if he keeps playing like
this, LSU will beat the Gators. The
running game was fine thanks to some big
runs from Charles Scott, but the overall
consistency still isn't there. That
means it's Russell or bust on offense
against the big boys.
Ole Miss … Things have gone from
bad to worse for the Ole Miss offense.
If it can't run on a mediocre Wake
Forest defense, how's it going to do
anything against Georgia next week?
Brent Schaeffer, who was yanked, is
regressing in his passing and isn't
getting the offense moving nearly enough
to help out the defense. The offensive
line isn't providing any help with no
holes opening up for BenJarvus Green
Ellis and the ground game. There won't
be any wins coming with a 0.8 yard per
carry average.
Miss State … Finally, the long,
ugly start of the season is over and the
Bulldogs have their first win. Omarr
Conner wasn't always great against UAB,
but he was great when he had to be
coming up with a key fourth down run for
the first touchdown and getting into the
end zone in overtime to get the win.
After the strange loss to Tulane when
the team came out flat, MSU needed
something positive to happen considering
the almost certain losses to LSU and
West Virginia are coming up. The defense
needs to play like it did against the
Blazers, and there needs to be more pop
to the passing game to not get
obliterated over the next few weeks.
South Carolina … Finally, Sidney
Rice blew up and looked like the
All-America talent he is. Yeah, it came
against an awful Florida Atlantic team
that's done nothing all season long, but
this still might be the wake-up call the
offense needed going into the Auburn
battle. Everything clicked for an
offense that sputtered and coughed way
too often over the first four games,
while the defense came up with a great
performance a week after almost blowing
the Wofford game. If nothing else, this
game will force Auburn to spend half of
this week worrying about stopping Rice,
which means things might open up for the
rest of the USC passing attack.
Tennessee … Tennessee rebounded
from the tough Florida loss with a
wonderful performance in a possible
letdown game against Marshall. Erik
Ainge found his accuracy, and there were
more than enough big running plays to go
around with LaMarcus Coker showing off
some big-time flash with Arian Foster
out with an ankle injury. The defense
showed some tremendous pop led by
Jonathan Hefney and Jerod Mayo, who were
both all over the field. This game
showed that this really isn't last
year's Tennessee team, and now the
momentum has to continue against Memphis
before the showdown with Georgia.
Vanderbilt … Vanderbilt needed an
easy win after struggling through two
tough, close losses over the last two
weeks. Chris Nickson made a few key
throws against Tennessee State, but
there's still not quite enough coming
from the passing game to take the heat
off Cassen Jackson-Garrison and the
ground attack. The passing game needs to
start to take flight next week against a
woeful Temple team before dealing with
Ole Miss. This is a great chance for
Vandy to go on a run and get to .500
before facing Georgia.
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Saturday, September 23 |
|
12:30 PM |
Georgia 14 ... Colorado
13
CFN Prediction: UGA 26-6 UGA 26.5 |
|
2:30 PM |
Auburn 38 ... Buffalo
7
CFN Prediction: Auburn 45-6 Aub -42 |
|
3:30 PM |
Arkansas 24 ... Alabama
23 2OT
CFN Prediction: Bama
13-10 Ark -2 |
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4:00 PM |
Tennessee 33 ... Marshall
7
CFN Prediction: Tenn
35-13 Tenn. -22.5 |
|
6:00 PM |
Wake Forest 27 ... at Ole Miss
3
CFN Prediction: WF
27-23 Miss -3 |
|
7:00 PM |
UAB 16
... Mississippi
State 10 OT
CFN Prediction: UAB 21-19 UAB -10 |
|
7:00 PM |
Vanderbilt
38 ... Tennessee
State 9
CFN Prediction: Vandy 35-17 |
|
7:00 PM |
South Carolina 45 ... Florida
Atlantic 6
CFN Prediction: USC
40-7 USC -30 |
|
7:45 PM |
Florida 26 ... Kentucky
7
CFN Prediction: UF 41-20 UF -23.5 |
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8:00 PM |
LSU 49 ... Tulane 7
CFN Prediction: LSU
49-10 LSU -36.5 |
Past SEC
Games of the
Week
Sept. 3 - Alabama 25 ...
Hawaii 17
Sept. 9 - Tennessee 31 ... Air Force 30
Sept. 16 - Auburn 7 ... LSU 3
Sept. 23 - Arkansas 24 ... Alabama 23
2OT
Past SEC Players of the Week
Sept. 3 -
Tennessee WR Robert Meachem
Sept. 9 - Tennessee QB Erik Ainge
Sept. 16 - Kentucky QB Andre Woodson
Sept. 23 - South Carolina WR Sidney Rice