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Cecil Hurt, Clint Lamb and Hunter Johnson are back with picks for Week 5 of the SEC football season.
Cecil Hurt, Clint Lamb and Hunter Johnson are back with picks for Week 5 of the SEC football season. Some of the top games include Alabama-Tennessee, Michigan-Minnesota, Auburn-Ole Miss and LSU-South Carolina. Can the crew bounce back after a rocky start?
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LSU Tigers vs South Carolina Gamecocks prediction and game preview.
LSU vs South Carolina prediction and game preview.
Date: Saturday, October 24
Game Time: 7:00 ET
Venue: Tiger Stadium, Baton Rouge, LA
Network: ESPN
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The defense might not be a brick wall, but it’s taking the ball away.
It didn’t come up with a turnover in the loss to Tennessee to start the season, but it generated seven takeaways over the last three weeks including three against Auburn in last week’s 30-22 win.
The defense is getting off the field – it leads the SEC in third down conversions – and the team leads the lead in time of possession. It mucks it up, slows things down, and controls the tempo enough to stay in games.
This is the week, though, to open it up against a hot mess of an LSU defense that did the impossible by making Mississippi State look good and a few weeks ago gave up 586 yards to Missouri. But …
The passing game hasn’t stopped.
Myles Brennan has thrown for over 1,100 yards, but he’s out with a leg injury. Max Johnson and TJ Finley are talented freshmen who have an amazing receding corps to play with – Finley will get the first look – and the rest of the parts are talented enough to be a whole lot better than they’ve been.
The defense might be struggling, but it leads the SEC in tackles for loss and is great at getting to the quarterback, and the nine takeaways have helped the cause, but …
LSU has never been able to overcome the hangover from last year.
The scary part? Considering how bad Mississippi State has been, LSU hasn’t faced a dangerous offense yet.
Brennan being hurt doesn’t help, and not playing Florida last week isn’t necessarily a plus considering the young team needs more time and more work, but it’s just not happening on defense so far.
South Carolina isn’t going to open it up, but the offense will click well enough to keep the chains moving, the LSU O off field, and the program will have its first three-game winning streak since the middle of 2017.
South Carolina 35, LSU 30
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The fifth week of SEC conference play features Auburn at Ole Miss, Alabama at Tennessee, South Carolina at LSU, and more.
The fifth week of SEC conference play features Auburn at Ole Miss, Alabama at Tennessee, South Carolina at LSU, and Kentucky at Missouri. Following a Florida Gators COVID outbreak, the league rescheduled the Georgia Bulldogs at Kentucky Wildcats game and the Florida Gators verus Missouri Tigers game.
Vanderbilt, Arkansas, Mississippi State, Georgia, Florida, and Texas A&M now all have the week off. Both UGA and Florida won’t have bye weeks before their Nov. 7 game.
Will Alabama have a let down following their primetime win over Georgia? Tennessee has looked rough in blowout losses in their past two weeks, so don’t count on it. The Crimson Tide are already the final undefeated team in the SEC.
The Georgia Bulldogs were set to have a night game against Kentucky. Now, UGA travels to Lexington for a noon game on Halloween (Oct. 31).
As always in the SEC, there are a lot of good match-ups. Please note the game changes mentioned above for Georgia, Florida, Kentucky, and Missouri.
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The headliner for the week has to be Alabama at Tennessee. Can the Vols put up a fight against the Crimson Tide?
Interestingly, all of the other week five action features teams with a minimum of two losses. Auburn and LSU will be particularly desperate this week. This may be a good week to watch college football outside of the SEC.
The Big Ten returns and Ohio State should look impressive against Nebraska. Other top college football match-ups include:
Cincinnati at SMU, Michigan at Minnesota, Iowa State at Oklahoma State, and NC State at UNC. What’s your favorite game for the week?
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