DRT7891 officially unofficial weekend rooting guide:

[drt7891]

So gents, we have a bye week (duh), so no "gO DAwgZ FRoM!!.." This week. Heres who I'm pulling for this weekend:

1. LUS over UK- gonna be a TIGAH fan from here on. Plus, it'll hopefully set up for a better game for them next week against OM and rattle UK enough so we have a better shot to win on the road. UK would be quite dangerous coming off a win in Death Valley.

2. Tenn over OM - 17 OM

3. A&M over Bama - a bama loss puts another game between us and the rest of the pack. A 2+ loss Bama team only helps our cause.

4. Arky over UGA - western dominance. A UGA loss could play into our margins in December when it comes time for the committee to pick. Should we beat Arkansas, I want them
To KNOW arky was a legitimate win.

5. Florida over mizzou - cuz I picked them to win. No other reason.

 

[bulldognation]

Here's mine:


1. LSU over UK. Agree here. Looking for LSU to tenderize UK before we head to Lexington.
2. UT over OM - no brainer. At one point, I was pulling for all of Mississippi and an epic Egg Bowl. But their actions lately have brought me back to reality.
3. A&M over Bama - agree
4. UGA over Ark - I don't see how facing a strong Ark team in the regular season trumps beating a highly ranked UGA team in the SECCG at the doorstep of the playoff picks.
5. Mizzou just doesn't feel like SEC.

 

[WayboDawg]

I can't understand the thinking behind the State fans who want Ole Miss to keep winning. Any time an SEC East team beats an SEC West team it helps our cause. We want to win the West and get to Atlanta, and we might have to do it with a conference loss on our schedule at some point. We need every bit of cushion we can get at this point to ensure we don't have a three way tie between us Ole Miss and Bama at the end of the year.

 

[uptowndawg]

On the LSU vs. UK

I understand that the record of your East opponents could come into play for a tie breaker scenario to decide on a Western division champ. So UK having a good SEC record would help us out there. But I'm not hoping for a tie, I'd rather see LSU wake up and start playing some decent football and hopefully give a loss to some of these SECw teams that we would otherwise tie with if we drop a game. LSU needs the confidence from a conference win at home before they face their real rival next week.

Also, I don't like Mizzou. I don't know why. Wish they weren't in the SEC. Go gata.

 

[Digging dog]

Need LSU to build some confidence this weekend.

 

[drt7891]

That is true... But we play UK and Vandy, OM plays UT and Vandy, bama plays Florida and Tennessee, and auburn plays South Carolina and Georgia. On paper, I don't think ours or OM eastern opponents have a prayer at competing with the others (especially auburn). Vandy is looking to be a lead weight for us and OM.

Plus, the tiebreaker MIGHT come into play, but at this point, our concern is winning the next game and not getting caught up in the "what if's"... And I'd much rather play a UK team coming off a loss at LSU than one that's confident coming off a win.

 

[xxxWalkTheDawg]

On the UK vs LSU game, if UK wins... There is a shot of Gameday at UK - MSU. Even though it would be in Lexington, it's that much more exposure.

 

[NewHampshireMafia]

So gents, we have a bye week (duh), so no "gO DAwgZ FRoM!!.." This week. Heres who I'm pulling for this weekend:

1. LUS over UK- gonna be a TIGAH fan from here on. Plus, it'll hopefully set up for a better game for them next week against OM and rattle UK enough so we have a better shot to win on the road. UK would be quite dangerous coming off a win in Death Valley.

2. Tenn over OM - 17 OM

3. A&M over Bama - a bama loss puts another game between us and the rest of the pack. A 2+ loss Bama team only helps our cause.

4. Arky over UGA - western dominance. A UGA loss could play into our margins in December when it comes time for the committee to pick. Should we beat Arkansas, I want them
To KNOW arky was a legitimate win.

5. Florida over mizzou - cuz I picked them to win. No other reason.

UK over LSU because of the Eastern Division tie breaker.

Tenn over Ole Miss because they're competing for the West. An Ole Miss win would also have some benefit because of Tennessee being Alabama's Eastern opponent.

A&M over Bama b/c Bama is competing for the West.

Arkansas over UGA b/c UGA is Auburn's Eastern opponent and Arkansas won't win the west.

Mizzou over Florida because Florida is Bama's Eastern opponent.

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I think winning the West is the most important thing and I'll pull for teams that give us the best chance of winning the West. All of you saying that we don't have a shot against Bama in the tiebreaker are wrong. Yeah, Vandy sucks, but we'd have a chance if Kentucky made a run and Tennessee kept losing. If Kentucky beats LSU and Missouri beats Florida, we're ahead of them in the tiebreaker (3-5 vs 2-6). Auburn would be really tough to beat in a tiebreaker.