The Vanquished - Week 9

Another week in the SEC brought some clarity to half of the SEC and most of the ACC. This week’s contests will find some teams trying to maintain the separation, small as it is, they have from the rest of the pack, in the SEC, and a couple of teams in the ACC trying to continue their little bit of mo-mentum.

The SEC has no real “game of the week” this week, but the current pride of the conference, Auburn, will try to do what other teams have not, hold unto the number one ranking in the land. To do so the lower Alabama Jungle Cats will go west to Oxford where some Black Bears will be waiting. The Plainsmen were anything but Plain last week but this week Vanilla will probably do. The Grovers will do their best to bring down the War Eagle but their sights will be a bit off. Van’s Vanquished, Ole Miss.

South Carolina clings to its tenuous lead in the East as it storms the beaches of Rocky Top. Waiting with both barrels will be some less than organized Volunteers. The Gamecocks have not exactly struck fear in the hearts of the team’s whose positions they’ve invaded, but the Orange Clad hilltoppers have been pretty ready to retreat lately. Van’s Vanquished, Tennessee.

By this time Urban Meyer may be reconsidering his short lived retirement as this clutch of Gators has been very stress inducing. Their opponent this week in Jacksonville, the Bulldogs of Georgia may have turned the proverbial corner. The Gainesville denizens have had an extra week to prepare for a team they’ve pretty much owned in recent years, but will probably still be working on their game plan on the bus ride to the stadium. Van’s Vanquished, Florida.

In the other SEC tilts, Arkansas will vanquish Vanderbilt and Kentucky will vanquish Mississippi State.

The ACC’s best game was played Thursday and your humble pigskin picker is glad he was too lazy to divine the loser in advance, because he would have been wrong. N. C. State vanquished Florida State, contrary to ol’ Van’s expectations.

The other matchups this week in the conference are uncompelling, to put it mildly. Clemson and Maryland will look to keep pace with the above State teams, and both will. Clemson will vanquish Boston College, and Maryland will vanquish Wake Forest. In the other division, Miami appears to be heading to a winner take all game later with Virginia Tech. This week they will vanquish Virginia.

In the other ACC games, North Carolina will vanquish William,and Mary, and Navy will vanquish Duke.