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the games, results, players of the week
and the conference roundup.
East
Florida
| Georgia
| Kentucky
| South Carolina
| Tennessee
| Vanderbilt
West
Alabama
| Arkansas
| Auburn
| LSU |
Ole Miss
| Miss State
SEC Game of
the Week
LSU 28 ...
Florida 24
In one of the year's most thrilling
games, LSU chose to go for it on fourth
down deep in Florida territory, rather
than kick the field goal that would've
tied it, got it, and finished off the
drive with a two-yard Jacob Hester
touchdown run with just over a minute to
play. Tim Tebow's last gasp Hail Mary
was batted down in the end zone. Florida
jumped out to a 10-0 lead on a 31-yard
field goal and a two-yard touchdown
catch from Kestahn Moore, and took a
17-7 lead into halftime on a one-yard
Tebow run. LSU dominated the second
half, controlling things on the ground,
with Keiland Williams scoring from four
yards out and Demetrius Byrd catching a
four-yard scoring pass, but a 37-yard
Cornelius Ingram scoring play helped
Florida stay ahead until the final
moments.
SEC
Player of
the Week
LSU S Craig Steltz made 16 tackles, and
Florida DE/LB Jermaine Cunningham made
17 tackles and broke up two passes in
LSU's 28-24 win.
Conference Roundup
Alabama
… Talk about sweating it out. Alabama
will get hollered at all week long for
almost blowing a late lead and needing a
last second interception to get past
Houston. Glen Coffee did a terrific job
of carrying the offense, but the defense
gave up too many big plays and couldn't
get a stop late until the final
interception. Now it's back to the SEC
play, needing to be far more consistent
in all phases of the offense to build up
to the LSU showdown in early November.
Arkansas … Arkansas struggled a
little too much with Chattanooga, but
the running game did what it had to do,
cranking out 257 yards and three scores.
This should've been a game to work on
the passing game, but Casey Dick only
completed 13 of 22 passes for 116 yards
and a touchdown with an interception. At
least UTC's passing was worse,
completing four of 22 passes. This was a
game for Felix Jones. Darren McFadden
was fine, but Jones took over and
effectively ended the game. Now the
intensity has to crank up against for
Auburn.
Auburn … So much for a letdown
after beating Florida. Even in the
overall struggles in the losses, the
defense was never that bad, and now it's
dominating against the run. Vandy had no
chance to move the ball, and struggled
to get things moving on third downs.
Offensively, the addition of Brad Lester
was a nice boost to the depth and
running back rotation, but the biggest
help in the turnaround has been the play
of Brandon Cox, who has settled down,
isn't forcing his passes, and isn't
making mistakes. He'll have to be even
sharper at Arkansas and LSU over the
next two weeks.
Florida … What happened to the
Florida run defense? In the second half,
the Gators couldn't get LSU off the
field, but were still in the game until
the end. It took LSU converting all five
first down chances, and it took several
gut-check calls to pull it off. Florida
played well in the first half, found
ways to get points on the board, played
tough defense early, and did a great job
in a hostile setting, but this was a
game about the defensive line. It did
its best, but couldn't get the one big
stop despite having several chances.
Georgia … Call the Tennessee loss
a learning experience for a big step
forward. Eventually. The Vols got on an
early roll, Georgia couldn't answer, and
all of a sudden it was 28-0. Matthew
Stafford couldn't bomb his way back into
it, and the running game failed, coming
off an amazing performance against Ole
Miss. Now the Dawgs have to gear it back
up again, avoid losing to Vanderbilt for
a second year in a row, and then take
the time off for Florida. This is still
a dangerous team that might still get
its shot to win the East, but it can't
afford a mistake the rest of the way.
Kentucky … The UK offense went on
some excellent drives against South
Carolina, but the four turnovers, and
the two fumble recoveries for
touchdowns, were too much to overcome.
The Gamecocks allowed Woodson to hit
almost everything short, but they didn't
let him push the ball deep often enough.
Basically, Woodson took what was given
to him, and even though the offense
fought back late, it wasn't enough. The
defense failed to get USC offense off
the field late, and now UK faces the
daunting task of facing LSU and Florida
in an attempt to avoid falling out of
the SEC race.
LSU … LSU was already in a driver's
seat to get to the national title game,
and now it has cemented its spot as the
number one team in the nation with a
tough, gutty win over Florida. The
passing game wasn't really working, and
the defense didn't dominate, but the
offensive line came through when it had
to, and Jacob Hester did a fantastic job
of getting the hard yards. Holding on to
the ball for 12:09 in the fourth
quarter, and close to 22 minutes of the
second half, helped keep the defense off
the field. That's what great power teams
do, and that's what teams who aren't
afraid of going for it on fourth down in
key situations can come up with.
Ole Miss … 232 yards of total
offense?! Against LSU or Florida, fine,
but Louisiana Tech? The offensive line
didn't do anything to get BenJarvus
Green--Ellis room to move, while Seth
Adams and hit three interceptions almost
proved costly, except for the play of
the defense to save the day. The Rebels
simply aren't good enough to have a
letdown, but it won, and now it can
focus on Alabama.
Miss State … The offense was
hardly a machine against UAB, gaining
just 284 yards and getting nothing from
the passing game. Wesley Carroll isn't
going to bomb away, with the gameplan
being Anthony Dixon, Anthony Dixon,
Anthony Dixon, and then hoping from key
plays from the defense. UAB wasn't going
to do much on the Bulldogs, so the O
didn't take any chances. Against
Tennessee next week, the offense will
have to do far, far more.
South Carolina … Against
Kentucky, the offensive line got Chris
Smelley hit time and again, and the
running game only managed 86 net yards,
but those were the only big issues. The
defense did a great job of swarming over
the Wildcat receivers, not allowing QB
Andre Woodson to find anything deep. He
was able to dink and dunk, but USC was
able to keep the yards after catch to a
minimum. Smelley, even under pressure,
was excellent, keeping the chains moving
on four excellent scoring drives, but
the real story was a defense that kept
the high-powered Cats under wraps. With
North Carolina and Vandy ahead, being
7-1 is a must.
Tennessee … Where has this
Tennessee team been all season long? It
ripped apart Georgia with the speed,
efficiency, and execution everyone was
waiting to see against California and
Florida. Instead of the game being put
on Erik Ainge's shoulders, there was
balance and creativity to the
playcalling, keeping the Dawgs on their
heels throughout the first half. Now,
despite a 3-2 start, the Vols are with
South Carolina as the lead dogs in the
East race. The Gamecocks come to
Knoxville on October 27th.
Vanderbilt … Vandy has to win all
the games they're supposed to if it
wants to stay in the bowl hunt, and
Auburn wasn't one of those games.
However, there has to be more against
the better teams at this point. The
offense didn't do anything in the
passing game, and the defense didn't
have a prayer against a Tiger ground
game that ripped off yards in chunks.
Auburn was able to get a big-yard play
when it wanted to, and Vanderbilt
didn't. Completing 12 of 31 passes won't
work against anyone in the SEC.
|
East |
Conference |
Overall |
Home |
Away |
| |
W |
L |
PF |
PA |
W |
L |
PF |
PA |
STR |
W |
L |
W |
L |
|
South Carolina |
3 |
1 |
108 |
84 |
5 |
1 |
174 |
101 |
W2 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Florida |
2 |
2 |
130 |
92 |
4 |
2 |
238 |
126 |
L2 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Georgia |
2 |
2 |
97 |
91 |
4 |
2 |
177 |
121 |
L1 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Kentucky |
1 |
1 |
65 |
67 |
5 |
1 |
256 |
148 |
L1 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Tennessee |
1 |
1 |
55 |
73 |
3 |
2 |
173 |
164 |
W2 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
|
Vanderbilt |
1 |
2 |
48 |
76 |
3 |
2 |
119 |
100 |
L1 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
West |
Conference |
Overall |
Home |
Away |
| |
W |
L |
PF |
PA |
W |
L |
PF |
PA |
STR |
W |
L |
W |
L |
|
LSU |
3 |
0 |
101 |
40 |
6 |
0 |
227 |
56 |
W6 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
Alabama |
2 |
1 |
88 |
74 |
4 |
2 |
184 |
125 |
W1 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Auburn |
2 |
1 |
69 |
43 |
4 |
2 |
170 |
102 |
W3 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
|
Mississippi State |
1 |
2 |
40 |
97 |
4 |
2 |
139 |
142 |
W1 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
|
Arkansas |
0 |
2 |
67 |
83 |
3 |
2 |
213 |
131 |
W2 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
Ole Miss |
0 |
3 |
58 |
106 |
2 |
4 |
130 |
165 |
W1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
|
Thursday, October 4 |
| 7:30 PM |
at South
Carolina 38 ... Kentucky
23
CFN Prediction: USC 34-30
USC -3.5 |
|
Saturday, October 6 |
| 12:30 PM |
at Auburn
35 ... Vanderbilt 7
CFN Prediction: Auburn 23-14
Aub. -7.5 |
|
2:00 PM
|
at Ole
Miss 23 ... Louisiana Tech
0
CFN Prediction: Ole Miss 27-13
OM -13 |
|
2:30 PM |
at Mississippi State
30 ... UAB 13
CFN Prediction:
MSU
31-16 MSU -19 |
|
3:00 PM |
at Alabama
30 ... Houston 24
CFN Prediction:
Bama
36-23 Bama -11 |
| 3:30 PM |
Tennessee 35 ... Georgia
14
CFN Prediction: UGA 30-21
UT -2 |
| 7:00 PM |
at Arkansas
34 ... Chattanooga 15
CFN Prediction:
Ark.
56-0 |
| 8:00 PM |
at LSU
28 ... Florida 24
CFN Prediction:
LSU
17-10 LSU -9 |
Past SEC
Games of the
Week
Sept. 1 -
Auburn 23
... Kansas State 13
Sept. 8 - South Florida 26 ... at Auburn
23 OT
Sept. 15 -
Alabama
41 ... Arkansas 38
Sept. 22 - Georgia 26 ... at Alabama 23
OT
Sept. 29 -
Auburn 17
... at Florida 14
Oct. 6 - LSU 28 ... Florida 24
Past SEC Players of the Week
Sept. 1 - Vanderbilt WR Earl Bennett
Sept. 8 - LSU RB Keiland Williams
Sept. 15 - Kentucky QB Andre Woodson
Sept. 22 - Florida QB Tim Tebow
Sept. 29 - Georgia RB Thomas Flowers
Oct. 6 - LSU S Craig Steltz and Florida
LB Jermaine Cunningham