Head of the Class: Vanderbilt Commodores
For the first time since 1982, the Vanderbilt Commodores will be visiting the postseason.
With a 31-24 victory at Kentucky, the 'Dores are now 6-4 on the season and 4-3 in the SEC. With a win over Tennessee Saturday, Vanderbilt will have five conference wins for the first time since 1935. Vandy gets Tennessee in Nashville and will be looking at a much better bowl with seven victories on the season.
Pass: Alabama's Javier Arenas
Every week it seems there is an Alabama player in the pass column.
Well, for starters, this is a blog by an Alabama student who gets to watch their games in entirety each week, but Alabama is also undefeated.
This week's honor falls on the SEC Special Teams Player of the Week Javier Arenas who set a school record with 153 punt return yards against Mississippi State. Arenas also set the career school mark for punts returned for touchdowns with his fifth career return against the Bulldogs.
Fail: The Deep South's Oldest Rivarly
Not only did this game kick at 11:30 on regional television, being overlooked for Alabama-Mississippi State, but it wasn't suppose to be that great of a game. It wasn't that great of a game, but for other reasons.
Auburn has struggled all season, sure, but Georgia looked absolutely pathetic after their first field goal attempt was blocked by the Tigers. The game then turned into an absolute battle of ineptitude that the Bulldogs eventually won 17-13. Tuberville could have won the game had he kicked a field goal on previous drives in the fourth quarter, but opted for fourth down offensive attempts which failed.
Pass: Tennessee Basketball
If anyone was wondering who would win the SEC this season, look no further than Knoxville.
The Vols are simply too strong in a conference full of horribly underachieving teams and Florida. The Gators will provide the biggest competition to the Vols, but everything else should be easy sailing this season.
Bruce Pearl not only has some great returning players from last season, they also have Diaper Dandy Scotty Hopson, who will be posterizing an All-SEC player near you in the coming months.
Fail: SEC Basketball
I have been on this topic as late as yesterday, but last night didn't make any matters better.
Between Georgia's dominant one-point win over Eastern Michigan and Kentucky's 28-turnover beauty against North Carolina on national television. These games have UK at 0-2 and Georgia is 1-1 with a points differential on the season of -20.
SEC fans can at least hold on to the last few breaths of football season, and the jump straight into baseball.
Pass: ACC Football
They may not be the best or have any powerhouse team this season, but the ACC has been the most fun conference to watch this year.
Why you may ask?
Parity. Each week, a new team in the ACC joins the Top 25 just to go on the road and lose, fall out of the Top 25, win at home, and start the process over.
Each team has at least two losses right now. The only two teams who have yet to dropped a third game are Miami, who travels to Georgia Tech and North Carolina State to finish the season, and Maryland, who hosts Florida State and visits Boston College.
I'm going to make a quick prediction that each team in the ACC will finish with three losses, but anyone else who wants to take time out of their lives to sort out the tie breakers for these situations, knock yourself out.
Fail: Rich Rodriguez
It is bad enough to be the first man in Michigan history, the winningest program in college football history, to take the team to they historic low of eight losses in one season.
Things don't get better when you take time out of your schedule of coaching said program to respond to media members who are roasting you like chestnuts over an open fire.
Too bad that Rich Rod has already done that this week (Ohio State week for those of you who didn't know since ESPN is shoving that game down our throats for once) by telling media members to "Get a life" after multiple outlets have questioned his first season in Ann Arbor.
Rich, some quick advice, you are no longer the native son, so you might need to grow a spine...and fast.
Epic Fail: The Apple Cup
There are no two teams in FBS college football right now who are worse than Washington and Washington State.
The Huskies are currently 0-10 on the season. Ty Willingham has been fired already and are losing by the average score of 40-14.
The Cougars have benefitted from being able to look across the state and see Washington at 0-10 because WAZU is 1-10 themselves.
The only win for the Cougars came against FCS Portland State, who is currently 3-7 themselves. They have been shut out three out of their past four games and are limping to the finish line against Washington.
In other words, something has to give.
I would look for Washington State to come out on top for two reasons: They have the game at home and, sadly, they at least know how to win.
So, now with that out of the way, it is now time for the customary Auburn "love" that will be gracing this blog over the next week and a half.
For tonight, we are gonna hit the way back machine and go all the way back to...January of 2007. Basically, it was when Tubbs started shaking in his boots and was out to continue the downward spiral that is Auburn Football as we know it today.
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