Well, the four BSSR experts who traveled down to Gainesville for the Tennessee-Florida game got our hearts ripped out of our chest after watching our Volunteers lose in the Swamp for the 10th straight time. The Gators have now won 17 of the last 19 meetings between the two schools, and I really don't know if Tennessee will ever win in Gainesville again if they couldn't do it this year.
Anyway, the remainder of SEC games last week were fairly standard. Although I have to give credit to Missouri for a big win against #15 Kansas State behind a 61-yard walk-off field goal from Harrison Mevis. I would have never believed you if you had told me before the season began that after four weeks of football, the SEC's best non-conference win would come from the Missouri Tigers.
Additionally, LSU looked excellent in their stomping of Mississippi State. Despite their Week 1 loss to Florida State, it appears that LSU still has as good of a chance as anyone to repeat as SEC West champions with how pedestrian Alabama has looked to start the season.
Speaking of Alabama, they'll have their first SEC test this week when they host #15 Ole Miss at 3:30 on CBS. It's the only ranked SEC matchup this week and should be the best game of the week in a loaded slate around the country. After a very solid performance in Week 3, Alex has taken his first ever lead in the BSSR SEC Betting Challenge. He was offended that we did not congratulate him in our group chat this week, so to make up for that, I would like to humbly continue to avoid giving him any praise in this article.
Alex and Micah are neck and neck early, and the rest of us will attempt to close the gap in the nine games we're picking in Week 4. Here they are:
Auburn at Texas A&M (TAMU -7.5, O/U 52.5)
Kentucky at Vanderbilt (UK -14.0, O/U 50.5)
#15 Ole Miss at #13 Alabama (ALA -7.0, O/U 57.0)
UTSA at #23 Tennessee (TENN -20.5, O/U 57.5)
Arkansas at #12 LSU (LSU -17.5, O/U 56.5)
Charlotte at #25 Florida (FLA -28.0, O/U 49.5)
UAB at #1 Georgia (UGA -42.0, O/U 54.0)
Memphis at Missouri (MIZ -7.0, O/U 52.5)
Mississippi State at South Carolina (SC -6.0, O/U 50.0)
Written by Nick Swatson
Photo: "111123 LSU Tigers vs Florida State Gators 023 (53545041412)" by Tammy Anthony Baker from Louisianais licensed under CC BY 2.0.
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