The Seminoles and Yellow Jackets were tied.
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Miami has two tough losses to their name to Cincinnati and conference foe Florida State. We’ll give the edge to Ole Miss. While it’s not as if Fuente and Lynch weren’t already known-and hot-commodities, beating a ranked SEC visitor validates just how special the pair has been with the Tigers over the past two-plus years.
Here’s a look at what we learned from watching SEC games in Week 8. It could win the SEC West.
Game: Houston 59, Central Florida 10. I’m thinking this game turns out to be a little more pedestrian. I need this to happen.
With that in mind, we pick each Week 8 SEC football game against the spread. The loss likely ends any College Football Playoff dreams the Rebels were harboring, but an SEC championship could still be there for the taking if they can find a way to win out. Their defense also had no answer for the offense Memphis was producing. “They deserved better today for sure”. The Aggies are 27/31 scoring in the red zone with 18 touchdowns and opponents are 19/24 with 10 touchdowns.
Surprisingly, it was a non-existent offense that caused the Aggies’ pain this time around.
So fewer eyes have been on Prescott, but his numbers are again solid. Win none and you have the most unsatisfying 9-ish win season in our program’s history and you go into the offseason wondering if you really can get it done in 2016 like you’ve been hoping. Many will tell you its surging Alabama, while LSU is its sole unbeaten.
“Obviously, we’re happy to get the win coming off last week”, Fuente said. The Rebels didn’t seem to miss him. Those quarterbacks will be going up against a Rebels secondary that has 10 interceptions on the season but was carved up for 384 passing yards in a 37-24 loss at Memphis last week.
They did so without safety Tony Conner (right knee) and defensive tackle Robert Nkemdiche (concussion) but returned left tackle Laremy Tunsil, who was serving a seven-game suspension for accepting a wide range of impermissible benefits. The Rebels would have paid close attention to Derrick Henry and the way he carved up the A&M defense on the ground last weekend, so look for them to borrow from that strategy and feed Jaylen Walton and Eugene Brazley the football as they attempt to pound the rock and get back on track at home. Now they face arguably the most physically talented team they have encountered so far on the road and in desperate straits after a rivalry game loss to Notre Dame. The Crimson Tide have stayed the course with Nick Saban. Current score is 0-7.
Allen finished 12-34 passing for 88 yards and an interception.
The Rebels then relied on their defense to coast to a surprisingly one-sided victory.
That’s the kind of paradox Alabama (7-1, 4-1) has been most of the season.
New Mexico State University didn’t stand a chance against the Rebels the next week, and its outcome set up the showdown this past Saturday between UM and the Memphis Tigers. Damion Ratley has 9 catches for 138 yards and a touchdown.
If you have read this article in previous weeks, you know where this is going. The Aggie offense is a mishmash of schemes, personnel, and philosophies. But Saturday, he had 2.5 times the yardage of his offense. Wow.
Alabama is a very good team, but Tennessee is closing the talent gap in this series. Texas A&M is 4-2 ATS and the total is 3-3 this season. Look, (Cal’s) Jared Goff, what he’s playing behind offensive line-wise is no good. Where the heck did this come from?
“I don’t know if this is the right time or right opportunity”.
Iowa State (2-4, 1-2 Big 12) at No. 2 Baylor (6-0, 3-0 Big 12) (11 a.m. Saturday, ESPN): It’s another week where Baylor is a huge favorite. I mean … for real?
One reason for this is their schedule has been relatively weak to this point, but Vanderbilt is pretty dang good at stopping other people from scoring.
Texas A&M’s once-promising season has taken a nosedive the past two weeks. When Mississippi State has its senior day, Dak Prescott needs to have his jersey forever enshrined somewhere.
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Western Kentucky has one of the best QBs in the nation in Brandon Doughty and a (6-1) record.
