The SEC and the ACC continue along their diverging paths in week 10 of the season, as the big boys take a mini-break from intraleague competition, and the junior varsity plays a full slate of conference games.
The standard bearers of the ACC, Virginia Tech hosts perennial Thursday night contestant Georgia Tech. Both teams had last week off, the Ramblin’ Wreck needing it much more. Unfortunately this late in the year Paul Johnson’s mechanics can only hope to tune up a team in need of an overhaul. The dirt road to Blacksburg won’t be kind to a Model A’s suspension and neither will the Beamer Ballers waiting. Van’s Vanquished, Georgia Tech.
The Textile Bowl takes place this year in the Upstate of South Carolina when N. C. State goes to Clemson. Dabo’s cast of orange-clad kittens will try to get back on track against crop of canines coming off an upset of FSU. The felines will need to be a lot more ferocious this week than last and not run at the first howl from the Red Packers. Fraidy cats after all, Van’s Vanquished, Clemson.
North Carolina took on one Tribe last week and barely beat both of them. This week’s Native Americans will be bringing a lot more firesticks to the powwow in Tallahassee. The Tar Heels will soon be looking for wagons to circle but won’t find any, and the plane ride back to the Triangle will be filled with some black and Carolina blue passengers. Van’s Vanquished, UNC.
Maryland returns to the scene, sorta, of one of its greatest comebacks when the Terps go to Miami. These two teams look like they’re moving in the opposite direction though, as the Shellbacks set a new land speed record last week, and the Hurricanes were not as a strong as a gentle breeze. Down a starting quarterback, the Coral Gables crowd will soon be down another rung in the standings. Van’s Vanquished, Miami.
In other thrilling ACC action, Boston College will vanquish Wake Forest, and Duke will vanquish Virginia.
Meanwhile, over in the SEC, the conference takes a break from league play to pad their win totals for bowl consideration.
The highlight game of the week has Nick Saban returning to his old stomping grounds, but on the opposite sideline. The game features one conniving coach versus one clueless coach, and it don’t take a rocket scientist to figure out which boss has more gray matter. The Tide has plenty of Gray Pachyderms too, and them, plus coachin’ smarts, oughta be enough to compensate for the lucky Louisianans. Van’s Vanquished, LSU.
The Ryan Mallett show makes its tour stop in Columbia this week, short a band member or two. The Ol’ Ball Coach has the Gamecocks on the edge of its first ever division title and look to move one step closer to Atlanta by bushwacking some Hogs. Arkansas would like nothing better than to spoil those Georgia Dome dreams of USC, and will show some fight. Just not enough fight though, as Steve Superior and his Garnet clad cohorts find a way. Van’s Vanquished, Arkansas.
Florida benefitted last week from a Georgia QB who seemed to have had too many cocktails, even if he is underage, and collected an inordinate amount of turnovers. This week’s opponent’s Vanderbilt, probably won’t be so giving, even if their beverage of choice is more potent. Despite not playing like it most of this year, the Gators have just too much talent to lay an egg in Nashville. Van’s Vanquished, Vanderbilt.
In the non-conference tilts, such that they are,
Auburn will vanquish UT-Chattanooga,
Mississippi will vanquish Louisiana-Lafayette,
Kentucky will vanquish Charleston Southern,
Georgia will vanquish Idaho State, and
Tennessee will vanquish Memphis.
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