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1)  Close call for Florida.  I've liked Napier since I've been aware of him, and I wanted LSU to give him a shot, so I find myself hoping he does well.  I'm not used to rooting for Florida.  I don't like it.  

2)  I gave all Aggies irl and any on this board a week's grace period, but now I'm gonna need a plate of your finest brisket in order to never speak of App. St. again.  The brisket must be much better than the Aggy football team.  Also, it should be so good that it doesn't need BBQ sauce, but it should have it anyway.  

3)  I thought SCar might give UGA a game for a quarter, maybe two, but the mentality of UGA has changed.  The Dogs have quit playing with their bones and gone straight to burying them.  Not good news for the rest of us already trying to play catch-up with Alabama.  

4)  LSU is going to lose a lot of games, and I guess that's okay since O left a real mess.  I'm trying to watch the games this year with an eye toward positive trends.  They've got such a long way to go before they really challenge for anything, but there have been little improvements from week 1 to week 3.  Last weekend was the first time in school history that LSU started two true freshman at OT.  The plus side is they held up very well against a veteran MSU front, allowing zero pressures and actually grading out #1 and #4 for all SEC OT's for the weekend.  The middle of the line though.......yeesh.  Other than center, the unit should be good, hopefully as early as next year.  4/5 of this lineup will be at LSU for another few years, so hopefully the OTs continue and the guards and center get better.  

Defense has improved a little each week.  Holding State to 289 yards seems pretty good.  The corners simply aren't talented enough to get LSU where the fans are used to, but at least they've made strides within their capabilities so far.  Special teams are a disaster.  Polian needs to find his calling in life, because coaching special teams doesn't seem to be it.  

Another tune-up game, and then comes what I call the Dawg-hater portion of our schedule.  @AU, Tenn, @UF all in a row.  I think we'll be fortunate to pick up a win in that stretch.  

We’ll see your App State and raise you a L to Troy. 

I was surprised the swamp kitties handled MSU and Leach so well. Msu fell apart in the 2nd half. 

Another tune-up game, and then comes what I call the Dawg-hater portion of our schedule.  @AU, Tenn, @UF all in a row.  I think we'll be fortunate to pick up a win in that stretch. 

That's a notable sequence.  Auburn to me looks worse than LSU.  The other two are an enigma.

The Vols are a 10+ point favorite, I think that one bears watching.  They've been a trendy "pick" from Spring.  UGA gets them in Athens which I suppose helps some.
 
I picked the Vols something like 34-24.  I like Arky over A&M 31-27.

Yup, you got it, 23-21.

That was a crazy play.  I've seen a few similar to that where someone stretched the ball out to score and it gets dislodged.

The missed field goal at the end was something else. It hit the top of the upright, the literal top, and bounced back. It’s being called the “oink doink “. 

I really don’t know how we won the game.