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Guessing Game: Week 14

Written by Ell | 28 November 2008

AT&T DSL sucks. I've been down since Wednesday, so this is delayed - you'll have to take my word for it when I tell you that we made these picks beforehand. On to the results from last week.
Player This Week Overall Record
nxojkt 3-3 57-21
Ell 3-3 50-28
Glen 3-3 49-29
Crump 4-2 47-31
Here are this week's picks:
Game Ell nxojkt Glen55 Crump
West Virginia @ Pitt Pitt WVU WVU WVU
Oklahoma @ Ok St Oklahoma Oklahoma Oklahoma Oklahoma
Florida @ Florida St Florida Florida Florida FSU
Georgia @ Georgia Tech Georgia Georgia Georgia Ga Tech
Oregon @ Oregon St Oregon St Oregon Oregon Oregon
Now, on to the important stuff. Tide and Tigers. nxojkt: Make no mistake about it, Auburn will show up in Tuscaloosa ready to play. As much as I'd love to see Alabama win this game by 48 points, to win by more than the combined margin of victory in the previous six games, I don't think it will happen that way. Instead, what I think we'll see is something similar to the Tennessee and Mississippi State games. We'll see the game be close for a little while before Alabama's pure physicality becomes the deciding factor in the game. For the seniors it will finally be a chance to celebrate a win over the Tigers. And a chance to celebrate a perfect November. Look for a huge game from Rolando McClain and Rashad Johnson, and for Bama to pull away in the last 25 minutes of the game. Bama heads to the SEC Championship game 12-0 and ranked #1 in the country. Glen:
I foresee Alabama showing up Saturday.  That's all that matters.  Auburn will probably show up, too, but all that will accomplish is to keep things within the 3-4 touchdown range.
Congratulations to Auburn for beating Alabama six times in a row.  It is the greatest accomplishment in the history of their football program, and it will probably never be equalled, and Auburn knows it, which is why their fan base - and coach - celebrate the wins so frenetically.  Even now, after six straight, Auburn knows for a certainty that, after all, they are still Auburn, and they will always be #2 in the state.
It's going to be a while before Auburn beats Alabama again.  It sure won't happen this Saturday.
Ell:
Alabama wins. We're better than they are in every facet of the game. We're better coached. We've got more to play for. We're more angry and have greater motivation (stopping the streak is greater motivation than getting eligible for the Papajohns.com Bowl).
We win. Going away.
Also, Crump loses three points for referring to the "Bama Nation".
Crump:
Conventional wisdom says that the Tide should roll this weekend. For some reason I don't think it will be the rout that Bama Nation (myself included) is expecting. Look for Tubby to pull out all the stops to keep this game close for a while before a turnover or special teams play will open up the flood gates leading to an easy Bama win.
ROLL TIDE!!!!! Submit your own picks for these games in the comments section.
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