I must say I’m very happy there are plenty of good NFL games this weekend, as I don’t think I could take any more Sportscenter breakdowns of the LSU-Alabama game. The defenses were who we thought they were and the offenses proved to be just as mediocre and conservative as I imagined.
LSU needed to win this game in order to give the SEC a shot at another national title, because I don’t know if Alabama has enough offensive weaponry outside of Richardson to hang with a team like Oklahoma State. LSU’s QB and receivers will continue to get better and give their offense a chance to keep them in the game against an Oklahoma State or Stanford, where if you hold them to half their average point total it still means they just dropped 28 points on you.
The only saving grace of over-coverage was the “I’m So Glad You Friggin’ Lost, Saban” grin on Urban Meyer’s face as he helped lead the postgame coverage. There’s something about Meyer’s cockiness that you have to appreciate, but if/when this guy ends up replacing Brian Kelly at Notre Dame after retiring from Florida to be with his family,
can we officially start lumping him in with Bobby Petrino as one of the slimiest snakes in the business? I vote absolutely. Vote or die.
On the local front, you had to be impressed with Kentucky playing spirited football when they had every reason to mail it in. You could even say the play-calling was borderline aggressive. I had a buddy text me and ask where this playbook came from. I told him I can only imagine Joker dusted it off as he does every year, carefully reading the warning label to make sure he’s not misusing it: “Only Install After Being Mathematically Eliminated from the SEC East Race.”
While I’m still not over the first 8 games of the season, this one definitely does a lot to heal what was quickly approaching hate of the program’s current state. I’ve come to terms that Joker’s going to be here, I just politely ask he tries EVERYTHING to win while he’s here.
You can’t prop out Kentucky without going straight to the source of the resurgence, Max Smith. I never thought my UK football career would have a “Max Smith Era” but I’m feeling pretty good about it now.
He’s poised, he’s accurate, and he’s actually missing the hands of the opposing defense and those three things make him the polar opposite of someone else in the program. While I’ve replaced him in my mind, it’s going to take longer in my heart, as the four book series of fan fiction I’ve written about Ryan Mossakowski leading us to a second place finish in the Chic-Fil-A Bowl doesn’t seem as heart-warming anymore. And that’s a real shame. While biased, I truly believe those books would have had the ability to join “Catcher with the Glass Arm” and “The Kid Who Only Hit Homers” as instant sports-literature classics.
Florida, Nebraska, and Arizona State. Thanks a lot to each of you for individually ruining three parlays and teasers during the day yesterday. These will be the last words I ever write about you.
Take it sleazy.
Nice job by Flynn and Hitch opening up their prediction careers with a strong moneyline, underdog pick on LSU out of the gate. We’ll pretend that’s the only game Flynn picked yesterday.
I’m going to take on the daunting task of predicting the NFL within the next hour. Check back soon for the update.
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