REAUXLL TIDE!! ....Today's Picks

ALABAMA. LSU. Baton Rouge.

Tailgating. Partying. Hostile, aggressive home fan base.

Rare daytime matchup of historical rivals.

Tide and Tigers battle it out to stay alive in the SEC West.

Fortunately, it's a day game, so the alcoholic Cajuns and bayou rednecks will not have as much time to get as hatefully and blissfully drunk as a night contest would afford. They will still be pretty lit and very belligerent, though. Visitor's Tip: NEVER take your family- especially women and any children- to an LSU game! Unless, that is, if you enjoy being cursed, spit at, called "Tigah bait!", and have bottles thrown at you. Been there. Done that. REALLY.

Even BEFORE Coach Saban came back from the NFL to coach ALABAMA, the Tiger fans were hard to deal with and were pretty awful. Now that they have to face a Tide team led by the man who abandoned them, I'm sure they will be in rare form. Playing the 'jilted lover' card, every game with BAMA now is an excuse to be even MORE hateful and uncivilized. Truthfully.

NOW that I have established atmosphere, let's get on with the picks:

The TIDE and the Bayou Bengals face each other with identical records, tied for 2nd in the West. Both have a shot at achieving some lofty goals, but BAMA is in better position to move up a notch if they can keep winning. Three tough remaining games starting now:

In what is literally an elimination game, both teams will be firing on all cylinders, wide open and blasting away. Both sides are pretty talented, with LSU still inexplicably lucky despite some of the decisions of their coach. ALABAMA usually plays pretty well in Tiger Stadium, and today will be no different. Look for The TIDE to pull away in the 4th.

ALABAMA 31, LSU 14.

auburn 67, Tenn-Chattanooga 14 the tigers, none of whom I am sure are getting a cut of Cam's $200k, should plow the Moccasins with ease.
Florida 21, Vanderbilt 20 Life is strange for the Gators
Georgia 35, Idaho St. 17
Kentucky 42, Charleston Southern 10
Ole Miss 31, La-Lafayette 14
Tennessee 24, Memphis 13
Arkansas 42, South Carolina 40 This one COULD be a shootout, with a conversion in OT the difference. Probably one of the more interesting of the day.

NATIONALLY....

Another top elimination game, as #4 TCU travels to face # 6 Utah. This will be a very good one that could go either way. At home, I'm thinking Utes 38, TCU 35

Oregon 45, Washington 21
Hawaii 31, Boise St. 30 UPSET PICK!! Boise travels to face a Warrior team at home.
Wisconsin 28, Purdue 20
Nebraska 42, Iowa St. 28

Sorry.
That's all I have time for.