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LSU vs. Tennessee – The LSU Tigers are widely accepted as one of the elite teams this season while Tennessee is easily one of the most underrated teams this season; this sets up a rather interesting clash on the weekend.

Most College Football aficionados would lean towards betting on the Tigers in this game and for good reason. They are 3-0 for the Conference and 6-0 overall on the season, compared to the Volunteers, who are 0-2 for the Conference and 3-2 overall.

But Tennessee sits 11th in Passing Yards overall (327.2) thanks largely to QB Tyler Bray who has passed for over 1300 yards in 4 games, completed 68.5 % of his passes – 14 for touchdowns. Defending against the Tennessee passing game could prove to be challenging for the Tigers’ running game.

College Football Betting Pick: The Tigers results to date are beyond reproach, making them a good bet. No sense in arguing that point. We at SEC Football Online feel the Tennessee Volunteers, might a, perhaps cover the spread.

Starter among four Rebels suspended for Tide game

Already on one of the hottest seats in the country thanks to a disappointing 2-3 start, Houston Nutt has decided to put himself further behind the eight ball by suspending a quartet of players ahead of the Alabama game this weekend. Nutt announced Thursday evening that running back Brandon Bolden, center AJ Hawkins, wide receiver Philander Moore and guard Alex Washington have been slapped with one-game suspensions. The reason or reasons behind the punitive measures? Unspecified violations of team rules, of course.

Bolden is the most recognizable of the four as he led the team in rushing in 2010, although injuries have limited his production in 2011. Hawkins anchors the center of the Rebels’ offensive line while Washington has started a game this season.

by John Taylor

Gators QB Brissett to get second consecutive start against Auburn

With injuries to Florida starting quarterback John Brantley and freshman Jeff Driskel, Jacoby Brissett will get his second straight start this Saturday as the Gators visit Auburn, the Gainesville Sun reports.

Brissett, also a freshman, got the nod against LSU last week when it was announced Driskel would be a no-go because of an ankle injury. Both took first-team snaps this week with Brantley sidelined, Driskel is expected to dress for the game.

Coach Will Muschamp had been hesitant to name a starter for Week 7′s game earlier this week.

In the game against LSU, Brissett went 8-of-14 for 94 yards, a touchdown and two interceptions. Trey Burton, Chris Rainey and Jeff Demps also took direct snaps in Wildcat packages; a similar plan could be used for this weekend.

by Ben Kercheval

Tide gets Mosley, Lacy back for Rebels

On his weekly radio show yesterday, head coach Nick Saban confirmed that linebacker C.J. Mosley and running back Eddie Lacy will return to the playing field this weekend.

Mosley missed the last two games after suffering an elbow injury in a win over Arkansas. He had started the first four games of the season prior to the injury.

Lacy missed last weekend’s win with a case of turf toe. The sophomore is second on the team in rushing (397) and rushing touchdowns (four).

LSU defensive coordinator John Chavis downplays his return to Tennessee

The LSU defensive coordinator for the past three seasons was a fixture at Tennessee for 20 years, 14 as a highly respected defensive coordinator under Philip Fulmer. "This thing next week will be about LSU and Tennessee," Chavis said after LSU's 41-11 victory against then-No. 17 Florida last Saturday at Tigers Stadium. "That's where its going to happen, it's going to happen on the field. I'm just fortunate enough that I have a position at LSU, and I'm going to be a part of the game, and I'm excited about that."

That doesn't mean Chavis doesn't have some pointed feelings about his dismissal along with the rest of Fulmer's staff.

LSU Coach Les Miles was more than happy to hire Chavis. The Tigers now boasts one of the top defenses in the nation. Despite their short acquaintance, Miles knows Chavis well enough to know the emotions are roiling.

"It's hard for me to talk for John," Miles said. "But anybody that knows John knows he has such a grand heart, and he's so loyal. I can remember playing against his defenses, and you felt his presence across the field. You just knew he was a big part of any team he was representing.

"He took an identity when he wore those colors that he will reminisce about. I think John will want that (LSU) defense to play well."

LSU defensive players said Chavis hasn't let on that this week is any different from the previous six, although safety Brandon Taylor notice a slight change Monday.

"He was amped up a little bit today," Taylor said. "He was smiling. That was my first time seeing him smile in a while. He'll bring it up there on game day."

These LSU Alumni are on the Prowl

The LSU Alumni from Austin,TX, have their game-party on. These cats play it cool. They have their hot viewing spots on and even party homes for the on coming games. As we all know the Tigers are 6 and eaux and heading to Knoxville to play Tennessee Saturday at 2:30. Check them out at www.lsuaustin.com

More problems at RB for Arkansas

Starting RB Knile Davis is already gone for the year with a broken ankle; Dennis Johnson had been fighting injuries over the past year and Broderick Green has only recently returned from an ACL tear. Now, the Razorbacks backfield could be losing another contributor for the year.

The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports that RB Kody Walker has been dealing an ankle problem over the past few weeks, and might try to obtain a medical redshirt for the rest of the year. A medical redshirt can be applied when a player misses 20 percent or less of the season.

No timetable for return has been set if Williams can’t redshirt.

“That’s something that Jon Fagg, our director of compliance would have to look into,” offensive coordinator Garrick McGee told the Gazette when asked about Williams redshirting. “If we can’t get his year back, we probably should have recruited another (big) guy by the time he’s a senior, anyway.”

Williams is fifth on the team 20 carries for 68 yards and 5 touchdowns. To give a sense of how much Arkansas has been running the ball by committee, receiver Joe Adams is the team’s second-leading rusher with 136 yards, 92 of which came on a touchdown run against Auburn in Week 6.

Georgia Bulldogs vs. Vanderbilt Commodores outlook

Georgia will travel back to Tennessee on Saturday. This time it will be to Nashville to take on SEC East-foe Vanderbilt. The Bulldogs, who dropped their first two games to start the season, look to continue their impressive winning streak which currently sits at four. The Dawgs are 4-2 overall and are tied atop the Eastern Division at 3-1 in conference play.

Vanderbilt comes into Saturday’s game hoping to remain unbeaten at home this year. The Commodores took a 34-0 pounding this past weekend to #2 Alabama, but Georgia head coach Mark Richt is well aware of the challenge Vanderbilt presents.

“They are an outstanding team and a team we have a lot of respect for,” Richt told the media Tuesday.

“They have improved a lot, have won some games and will have a lot of momentum going into the game this weekend. We have to be ready to play.”

Georgia will be without a key offensive player on Saturday, wide receiver Malcolm Mitchell. The freshman wideout had three catches for 126 yards before suffering a hamstring injury in the game against Tennessee. Mitchell, who leads the team with 25 receptions and 438 yards receiving, will have an extra week to get healthy next week as the Bulldogs do not play. He is hopeful to return October 29, when Georgia squares off against rival Florida in Jacksonville.

Another Georgia freshman, running back Isaiah Crowell, seemed to come up gimpy after a run against the Vols, but appears to be fine. The Dawgs will need him to continue his solid freshman campaign against Vanderbilt’s small yet powerful defensive line if they expect to win. Crowell, through his first six collegiate games, has 573 yards rushing and four touchdowns on 118 attempts.

Dee Finley transferring from Gators

Florida football coach Will Muschamp announced Wednesday that linebacker Dee Finley intends to transfer from the program.

“Dee has decided that he would like to pursue other opportunities,” Muschamp said. “We wish him the best of luck and we appreciate his time at Florida.”

“Although I've enjoyed my time here at Florida, I think it's best for me to move on and get a fresh start somewhere else,” Finley said. “I plan on finishing the semester here and concentrating on my academics.”

Finley, a 6-2, 203-pound redshirt sophomore collected four tackles on the season and totaled 12 tackles in his career. He missed the final seven games of the 2010 season after fracturing his collarbone against LSU, but returned this fall and saw action in five games.

He served a one-game suspension on Sept. 17 after he was arrested for a third-degree felony charge of resisting arrest with violence.

The charge was later reduced to a misdemeanor for resisting arrest without violence. Finley also faced a misdemeanor charge for driving with a suspended license.

Torn meniscus sidelines Kentucky RB for the year

The Wildcats, in addition to being 2-4 (0-3 in the SEC), already had to replace season-opener starting running back Raymond Sanders, who suffered a knee injury in the second game this season. Now, Sanders’ replacement, Josh Clemons, has a season-ending injury that could severely test UK’s running back depth.

Matt Jones of Kentucky Sports Radio tweeted yesterday that Clemons has a torn meniscus in his knee , an injury he suffered in a 54-3 loss to South Carolina, and will miss the remainder of the season. Clemson, a freshman, has 279 yards and a pair of touchdowns this season; he has played in all six games for Kentucky.

Sanders was able to return from his knee injury last Saturday against South Carolina. However, he rushed four times for a mere 8 yards.

Stephen Garcia ‘era’ officially over at South Carolina

Yesterday, two sources confirmed to Josh Kendall of the State that Garcia has been dismissed from the South Carolina football team. An official announcement from the university came shortly thereafter.

“Being a student-athlete at the University of South Carolina is a privilege, not a right,” said athletic director Eric Hyman, “and we remind all of our student-athletes that there are consequences for their actions. For Stephen to return to and remain with the football squad this fall, we agreed on several established guidelines. Unfortunately, he has not been able to abide by those guidelines and has therefore forfeited his position on the roster. We wish him the best of luck as he moves forward in life.”

“We are all saddened that this has occurred,” said head coach Steve Spurrier. “We all feel like we’ve given Stephen numerous opportunities to be a student-athlete here at South Carolina. Obviously, he has chosen not to follow the guidelines of his reinstatement contract. We wish him the best.”

According to Haney, Garcia’s dismissal came after the school learned the senior had failed an alcohol test, which he was required to take regularly. When asked in August if he had an alcohol issue, Garcia stated “Negative, no.” Garcia’s problems weren’t strictly off-the-field, either; inconsistent performances during the first half of this season prompted Spurrier to bench Garcia in favor of sophomore Connor Shaw for last week’s game against Kentucky.

Vandy's QB against the Bulldogs...who will it be

For the first time this season, the starting quarterback position is up in the air heading into Saturday's game against Georgia (6 p.m. CT, FS South). Incumbent Larry Smith exited Saturday's game at Alabama due to injury and was replaced by junior Jordan Rodgers.
With just one day of practice to see Smith after his injury, Head Coach James Franklin did not commit to either quarterback during his weekly press conference Monday afternoon.
"We are going to determine that this week and have a competition and kind of see," Franklin said.
Rodgers completed 11-of-18 passes for 104 yards and had two interceptions against Alabama. Meanwhile, Smith was 4-of-6 for 45 yards in less than one quarter of play.
Asked to assess Rodgers' performance against Alabama, Franklin said it was a tail of two halves.
"I thought Jordan played extremely well in the first half," Franklin remarked. "I don't think he played as well as he would have liked to have played or we would have liked in the second half."
Franklin named Smith as the starting quarterback during preseason practice, and he has remained the starter each week despite Rodgers seeing time each game either by design or due to an injury.
In five games, Smith has completed 58.1% of his passes for 457 yards and three touchdowns. Rodgers has completed 62.5% of his passes for 189 yards, but has attempted 61 fewer passes than Smith.
No matter who earns the start, senior guard Kyle Fischer is confident both players can be successful.
"We know the coaches have faith in Larry or Jordan and we have faith in whoever the coaches put in there," Fischer said. "We trust anybody that plays is going to put us in the situation to win the game. Whoever they put back there, we are going to protect them and help them and they are going to lead us to victory."

Vols Tyler Bray has broken thumb, out six weeks

The Vols actually got one more down out of Bray in a 20-12 loss on Saturday night to Georgia. But the next one provided the first test for an injured thumb, and more official examinations on Sunday confirmed what a fluttering pass hinted at, a broken bone on Bray’s throwing hand that will knock him out for six weeks, putting Simms back in charge again.

“The bottom line is that Matt Simms is going to come in and execute the same passing game, the same situations that we were going to be able to do with Tyler Bray,” quarterbacks coach Darin Hinshaw said during an appearance on The Derek Dooley Show. “Same thing with freshman Justin Worley, and that’s the way it’s going to be.

“Go out and execute, and that’s why we always give the second-string guy reps during practice and the third-string guy. We’re constantly working that offense so when he’s ready to go in, he’s ready to perform.”

Simms took advantage of his first chance to do it in a pressure situation in nearly a year, relieving Bray late in the game, completing a pair of clutch fourth-downs and punching in a touchdown with a sneak to draw the Vols (3-2, 0-2 SEC) within a score.

The senior ultimately didn’t have enough time to get UT any closer, but that won’t be an issue with the reins of the offense back in his hands as the program prepares for the two top-ranked teams in the country in LSU and Alabama over the next couple weeks.

After banging his hand into a Georgia helmet and suffering the fracture in his thumb, Bray will be limited to watching from the sideline during the heart of the SEC schedule for the Vols, giving them another significant injury to deal with after previously losing wide receiver Justin Hunter for the season to torn knee ligaments.

Leading receiver out for UGA this weekend

As expected, it was confirmed Sunday that wide receiver Malcolm Mitchell will not play this weekend against Vandy due to injury. Mitchell tweaked his hamstring in the win over Tennessee Saturday.

Head coach Mark Richt said he’s hopeful Mitchell will return for the Oct. 29 game against Florida. UGA will have their bye weekend ahead of that huge SEC East matchup, which should give Mitchell’s hamstring enough time to fully heal.

Mitchell’s 25 receptions and 438 yards leads the Bulldogs, while his three receiving touchdowns are tied for second.

The Bulldogs Dream Team has now become a Reality

The “freshman sensation” hype train began to pick up more steam the following week as Crowell rushed for 118 yards on 16 carries. Mitchell would also have another solid contribution with five receptions for 52 yards.

While Crowell and Mitchell were excelling, other freshmen began to contribute in the following weeks.

Heading into the Tennessee game, there was still uncertainty that these young freshmen could contribute on a bigger stage. How would they do in front of 100,000 fans on the road? We knew Neyland would be rocking, but we did not know how these young players would respond.

The 2011 UGA recruiting class passed the test with flying colors.

It was not just Mitchell’s three receptions for 123 yards and Crowell’s two rushing touchdowns. Ray Drew was putting pressure on the quarterback. Amarlo Herrera continued to dominate at linebacker and Big John Jenkins is getting better each week.

Make no mistake about it, there are other dream teamers that are getting ready to burst onto the scene. Others, like Christian LeMay, will have to wait a little bit longer but might go down as one of the Bulldogs all-time greats.

Not only has this class potentially saved Mark Richt’s job, but they will make the Bulldogs relevant again.

Chizik to evaluate quarterback situation after loss to Arkansas

“Today, Barrett Trotter is our starting quarterback,” Chizik said. “Obviously, we’ll spend all day today, we’ll spend all day tomorrow evaluating all of our positions on our team just like we do every Sunday and every Monday. And we’ll go from there. But today, Barrett Trotter is our starting quarterback.”

Trotter was 6-of-19 for 81 yards in a pick during Saturday’s loss. In both losses for the Tigers this year (the other being against Clemson), Trotter has completed less than 50 percent of his passes and thrown two total interceptions to one touchdown. But, there doesn’t look to be a solid replacement behind Trotter that can come in right away and produce. Freshman Kiehl Frazier has seen the field in Wildcat formations, but his knowledge of Guz Malzahn’s playbook appears limited at best; backup Clint Moseley has rarely been used this season.

“We’re going to continue to closely evaluate whatever gives us the best chance to win every week. That’s not just the quarterback spot, that’s every spot,” Chizik said.

Auburn is very talented, to be sure, but they’re also incredibly young on both sides of the ball. You’d have to think barring a complete meltdown that Chizik would stick with Trotter for the rest of the season.

Wilson leads Arkansas past Auburn, 38-14

Tyler Wilson continued his ascent into the ranks of college football’s best on Saturday night. The Arkansas quarterback completed 19 straight passes at one point, throwing for 262 yards and accounting for three touchdowns as the No. 10 Razorbacks pulled away in the second half for a 38-14 win over No. 15 Auburn.

Wilson, who spent the last two seasons backing up Ryan Mallett, now with the New England Patriots, threw for a school-record 510 yards last week in a come-from-behind win over Texas A&M. Against the Tigers, the junior finished the first half with 18 straight completions in leading Arkansas (5-1, 1-1 Southeastern Conference) back from a pair of early deficits.

It was against Auburn last year that Wilson had his first breakout performance, throwing for 332 yards and four touchdowns in three quarters in place of an injured Mallett. That game ended with a fourth-quarter comeback win by the Tigers.

There was no such comeback this time around.

“Obviously, it feels good to win your first SEC game, and yeah, a little bit of revenge,” Wilson said. “I don’t hold it against them. I felt it was more me than them down there last year, but absolutely happy.”

Wilson threw for two touchdowns and ran for another as the Razorbacks earned their first SEC win of the season, two weeks after being on the receiving end of a 38-14 dismantling at the hands of No. 2 Alabama. His completion streak is the third longest in conference history, behind the mark of 24 by Tennessee’s Tee Martin in 1998 and 20 by Mississippi’s Kent Austin in 1982.

“It’s something we really needed,” Arkansas coach Bobby Petrino said. “We got in a good rhythm, and he did a nice job of getting his feet set and understanding what they were trying to do coverage-wise in the first half.

“I thought our receivers really made a lot of good plays for him and we protected better.”

While Wilson has provided a seamless transition in the post-Mallett era for Arkansas, the same can’t be said for the defending national champions.

Auburn (4-2, 2-1) nearly equaled the Razorbacks in total yardage on Saturday (438-395), but starting quarterback Barrett Trotter struggled mightily in the passing game—finishing 6 of 19 passing for 81 yards. The Tigers finished with a total of only 104 passing yards and three interceptions.

Freshman Kiehl Frazier did provide the Tigers a lift at quarterback, but most of his impact came as part of a run game featured 112 yards from Michael Dyer—only 31 after the first quarter—and finished with 291 total yards.

“I think it was pretty obvious what happened tonight,” Auburn coach Gene Chizik said. “We did all the classic things that you cannot do to win games on the road. Offensively, we turned the ball over three times. Against a good football team on the road, that certainly is not going to get you wins.”

by K. Voight

Richt gets 100th win, Georgia tops Tennessee 20-12

(AP)—Isaiah Crowell ran for two touchdowns as Georgia beat Tennessee 20-12 on Saturday night to give coach Mark Richt his 100th career victory. The win keeps the Bulldogs (4-2, 3-1) in a two-way tie with South Carolina for first in the Southeastern Conference East Division. The teams played to a draw in the first half. Each had a pair of field goals, and Tennessee had just 30 more yards of offense and held the ball just 18 seconds longer than the Bulldogs The Vols (3-2, 0-2) started the second half with the ball but came out cold and never seemed to recover, while Georgia took advantage. James Stone snapped the ball over Tyler Bray’s head for a 15-yard loss, and Matt Darr’s 31-yard punt gave Georgia a short field with the ball at the Vols 38. Tennessee appeared to have the Bulldogs stopped at the 9-yard line when Aaron Murray missed Orson Charles on a pass near the end zone, but the Vols’ Daryl Vereen was called for pass interference, giving Georgia a fresh set of downs at the 2-yard line. Crowell ran the ball three straight times and punched the ball in the end zone on a 1-yard run that gave the Bulldogs a 13-6 lead with 8:19 left in the third quarter. The Vols appeared to have an answer on the next drive with a 66-yard touchdown on a pass from Bray to Marlin Lane on third down, a play that saw Lane roll over the back of Michael Gilliard. A review of the play showed Lane’s knee touched the ground 3 yards shy of the first-down line. Georgia started the subsequent drive on its own 7-yard line, but it didn’t matter. Murray launched a pass to Malcolm Mitchell, and Mitchell was 71 yards downfield by the time Marsalis Teague caught up to him. Two plays later, Crowell ran 17 yards for a touchdown to give the Bulldogs a 20-6 lead with 4:51 to go in the third quarter. Meanwhile, the Vols continued to be one-dimensional. Bray was 18 of 33 for 251 yards and no interceptions but neglected to get a passing touchdown for the first time since taking over the offense on Oct. 30, 2010, in a loss at South Carolina. The running game has been an emphasis during practice since Tennessee lost 9 yards on the ground in a 33-23 loss at Florida on Sept. 17. The Vols looked even more miserable against the SEC’s second-best defense after losing starting tailback Tauren Poole to a hamstring and finished with minus-20 yards rushing.

Bray left the game late in the fourth quarter after his right hand hit a defender’s helmet on a passing play. Trainers wrapped his hand as Matt Simms took over and scored on a 1-yard run with 2:45 left in the game. But it was too little, too late.