Normal Picks. Quotidian? I might go that far.

Screaming this at my computer. 

Texas -1.5

Florida +7.5

Arkansas -4.5

Old Mist -12.5

Auburn -10.5

Oklahoma +3.5

THE SCARIEST OF PICKS

Vanderbilt at Texas (-1.5): the death or serious illness of a loved one

Georgia (-7.5) vs. Florida: public speaking

Mississippi State (+4.5) at Arkansas: nuclear or biological warfare

South Carolina (+12.5) at Old Mist: rejection by someone important to you

Kentucky (+10.5) at Auburn: ghouls and goblins

Oklahoma at Tennessee (-3.5): heights

Week Ten Presented by the Spooky Season

Trick or treating with the kids: 5-2 (47-31)

Thinks he's seeing some cryptids: 4-3 (39-39)

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Vanderbilt at Texas (-1.5)

Georgia (-7.5) vs. Florida

Mississippi State at Arkansas (-4.5)

South Carolina at Old Mist (-12.5)

Kentucky at Auburn (-10.5)

Oklahoma at Tennessee (-3.5)

GET THEE TO A (week) NINERY

I was going to do these as Shakespeare plays, but after thinking about it for three seconds, no I'm not going to do that.

Old Mist +4.5 @ Oklahoma 

Auburn +1.5 @ Arkansas  haha could have been Hamlet (because of former Auburn quarterback Barrett Trotter (word for pig feet)).

Alabama -12.5 @ South Carolina

Mizzou @ Vanderbilt -2.5

Texas -6.5 @ Mississippi St.

TAMU @ LSU +2.5

Tennessee -9.5 @ Kentucky

I will not live in a pod. I will not eat the bugs. I will not miss the picks.

Old Mist +4.5 @ Oklahoma: Sooners are naturally Freemen on the Land

Auburn @ Arkansas -1.5: Auburn will lose this game.

Alabama -12.5 @ South Carolina: The red uniforms signify the red ink by which we renounce the bond that the United States Corporation has made through our birth certificates

Mizzou @ Vanderbilt -2.5: the gold fringe on the uniforms is because Admiralty Law is in effect

Texas @ Mississippi St. +6.5: if you sign your fishing license, you've signed over your rights

TAMU -2.5 @ LSU: my Moorish Nobility license plate is en route

Tennessee -9.5 @ Kentucky: the United States Postal Service is the real government

Week Nine, Feelin' Fine!

Pizza Man: 3-5 (35-36)

Sopping Wet Toilet Sandwich Boy: 4-4 (42-29)

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Old Mist @ Oklahoma -4.5

Auburn @ Arkansas -1.5

Alabama -12.5 @ South Carolina

Mizzou @ Vanderbilt -2.5

Texas -6.5 @ Mississippi St.

TAMU -2.5 @ LSU

Tennessee -9.5 @ Kentucky

They Shut Down the Government so the Boys on Capitol Hill Could Watch Some SEC Football

Give the boys what they want!

LSU +2.5  

Oklahoma -5.5

Old Mist +7.5  

Arkansas +7.5

Florida -8.5

Texas -12.5

Alabama -9.5

Mizzou -1.5

SEC Picks as Cormac McCarthy novels

LSU (+2.5) at Vanderbilt: The Orchard Keeper - the first one, I probably won't remember what happened; it's not always clear why people did what they did; this one might be mostly about mental illness; set in Tennessee

Oklahoma (-5.5) at South Carolina: No Country for Old Men - a haunted man dreams of his father's generation, while terrible things happen around him

Old Mist (+7.5) at Georgia: Blood Meridian - includes the doings of an unspeakably evil character

TAMU (-7.5) at Arkansas: All the Pretty Horses - a beautiful and tragic story set in the Southwest; might just be the best one

Missississississippi State (+8.5) at Florida: Cities of the Plain - the depressing but inevitable conclusion of the story of characters we know

Texas (-12.5) at Kentucky: Child of God - too awful for me to watch

Tennessee (+9.5) at Alabama: The Road - somebody from Tennessee will die; the world might be ending

Missouri (-1.5) at Auburn: The Crossing - somehow the saddest; ends with people crying; despite the more grounded, human-scale nature of the misery, that very smallness--a lack of an overwhelming bleakness or extraordinary foe--makes it a worse thing to live through

3E Wishes Charlie Kirk A Happy Birthday

Admittedly I haven't really kept up with what he's been up to in the last few months, but I hope he's enjoying this exciting slate of football action. I know he is a big football fan. 

:o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o

Elevating the discourse: 3-4 (38-25)

Of course he takes the elevator: 4-3 (32-31)

:o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o

LSU at Vanderbilt (-2.5)

Oklahoma (-5.5) at South Carolina

Old Mist at Georgia (-7.5)

TAMU (-7.5) at Arkansas

Missississississippi State at Florida (-8.5)

Texas (-12.5) at Kentucky

Tennessee at Alabama (-9.5)

Missouri (-1.5) at Auburn

Seven Weeks... Seven Games... Seven Sins!

A thing I think about occasionally: The show Seventh Heaven featured a family (the Camdens) consisting of seven members (parents and five kids). Eventually, they decided to expand the family. To maintain the synergy (seven-gy), they had twins so it was seven kids. It's good to have an order to things.

I was going to thematically assign one sin to each game, but instead I'm just assigning every sin to Hugh Freeze.

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Alabama -2.5  A good sin to put here would have been Lust. Because of sex.

Old Mist -32.5  Well this could have been Lust too.

Texas -2.5  Gluttony because of the State Fair where they fry everything. Also Lust. But that doesn't matter because Hugh Freeze got all seven.

Tennessee -12.5  Maybe Arkansas will do a UCLA type thing but on the other hand, no they're not going to do that. Not sure what the sin would have been here. Maybe Lust.

Florida +7.5   Lust!

Georgia -3.5   You guessed it. Lust.

South Carolina +8.5   LSU doesn't seem that good? They can't score, beating Clemson in week 1 doesn't seem that impressive because Clemson needed to play UNC to figure out how to score points, and LSU needed Florida to throw an interception on every drive. Also, "You can't spell Lust without LSU!" Also also, "You can't spell South Carolina without Lust!" This game is hooorney.

[to the tune of Glenn Frey's "The Heat Is On"] It's Spooky Time

Alabama -2.5 @ Mizzou: This is an odd line, to me, an idiot. Is Missouri really good? 

Wazzou @ Old Mist -32.5: I mean sure

Oklahoma +2.5 @ Texas: seems possible

Arkansas @ Tennessee -12.5: It will be extremely funny if Arkansas comes out and scores like 45 points. Bobby Petrino had a great gameplan that he kept hidden, waiting for this moment! The reality I think is that Petrino is past his best-by date. 

Florida @ TAMU -7.5: I think "Texas has some problems" makes more sense than "Florida has turned it around" but am prepared to be wrong.

Georgia -3.5 @ Auburn: This is the last game for Freeze, in a vibes sense. Either he has still got something and, knowing that he may be playing for his job, can put a game plan with some tricks and schemes together and win this, or he's washed. 

South Carolina @ LSU -8.5: South Carolina turned out to be way worse than I thought.  

Week Seven: Spookey!

Ghouls, goblins, etc.: 3-2 (28-28)

Normal stuff. Not spookey.: 4-1 (35-21)

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Alabama -2.5 @ Mizzou

Wazzou @ Old Mist -32.5

Oklahoma @ Texas -2.5

Arkansas @ Tennessee -12.5

Florida @ TAMU -7.5

Georgia -3.5 @ Auburn

South Carolina @ LSU -8.5

Week Six Flying By The Season Is (Yoda)

*Yoda doing a Jar Jar Binks impersonation* Makah some picks meesah will

Georgia -20.5  They're mad! grr.

Alabama -10.5   They're happy! grr.

Florida +6.5  I saw some longhorns yesterday. Big ol boys. That is unrelated to my pick as I am aware that the game will be played by football players and not cows.

Kent St. +45.5   Oklahoma almost lost to Auburn.

Mississippi St. +14.5  TAMU almost lost to Auburn.

flying week really wow season's six by

Kentucky at Georgia -20.5: Georgia needs to look good after their loss. Kentucky is bad. 

Vanderbilt at Alabama -10.5: Revenge tour 

Texas -6.5 at Florida: This doesn't feel normal, these teams playing, and I don't like it. 

Kent State +45.5 at Oklahoma: yuck

Mississippi State +14.5 at TAMU: This is where I would cut all my The Nice Bookie covidbux. Mississippi State might straight up beat TAMU, which barely beat an Auburn team with practically negative offensive yards.