#1 Florida Tripped Up on Halloween

The Georgia Bulldogs will roll into Jacksonville and trip up the #1 Florida Gators on Halloween night. On the Gator side of the game, the speedy Jeff Demps will be back to spark the offense, as well as the much missed defensive leader, Brandon Spikes. The Dawgs will be coming into the contest with two weeks of rest and preparation for annual cocktail party. I look for the Dawgs to be hungrier and hand the Gators their first loss of the season.

Lane Kiffin of Tennessee, was reprimanded by the SEC following his public comments on Sunday regarding officiating in last Saturday's loss to Alabama. Kiffin complained Sunday that officials failed to penalize Alabama's Terrence Cody for unsportsmanlike conduct when the defensive lineman removed and threw his helmet after blocking a field goal on the last play of Alabama's 12-10 victory Saturday.


Kiffin should have phoned the commissioners office and then followed up by letter rather than going public. Protocol Kiffin, protocol. The moment Alabama recovered the ball, possession changed and the penalty would have been a dead ball foul. Regardless of that, there was only four seconds on the clock, and from toe to ball, more than four seconds expired before the helmet was removed.

If kiffin was going to complain about officiating, he should have filed his complaint and made his point on the 'no-calls' on the Alabama defense. The Alabama linebackers and secondary did everything but mug the Tennessee receivers and there was never a call by the striped shirts. I can hear the "Bama fans crying foul now, and pointing to the 'no-call' in the end zone whereby they think,(from the boos in the stadium), that their receiver was fouled. If there was a foul that needed to be called on that play, it should have been offensive pass interference as well as a personal foul for throwing an elbow to the chin of the Tennessee defender. Just my thoughts on the subject.

My Picks This Week

Georgia vs. Florida: Georgia minus 3 1/2

South Carolina vs.Tennessee: South Carolina minus 6

Ole Miss vs. Auburn: Ole Miss minus 4

Kentucky vs. Miss State: Kentucky minus 4

LSU vs. Tulane: LSU minus 18

Georgia Tech vs. Vanderbilt: Georgia Tech minus 10

Texas vs. Okie State: Texas minus 1

So-Cal vs. Oregan: Ducks minus 1

Penn State vs. Northwestern: Penn State minus 2

Boise State vs. San Jose: Boise State -8

Cincinnati Vs. Syracuse: Cincinnati minus 10

Miami Hurricanes vs. Wake Forest: Miami minus 13

Utah vs. Wyoming: Utes minus 6

Notre Dame vs. Washington State: ND minus 3

North Carolina vs. Va. Tech: Va Tech minus 9

West Virginia vs. South Florida Bulls: Bulls minus 2

NC State vs. Fla State: Fla State minus 4

Iowa vs. Indiana: Iowa minus 8

Ohio State vs. New Mexico State: Ohio State minus 14 (lower 10 schedule)

TCU vs. UNLV: TCU minus 15