Cody’s ‘Five Things I’m Looking At’ Week 12

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By Cody McClure

Well… we’re really winding down here in this college football regular season.

Teams are winning. Teams are losing. Soon we will know the final 12 to make the cut for the playoff.

Will the Vols be one of them? We can only hope. Or we can just beat Georgia and leave no doubt.

More on that.

How has your week been? Are you enjoying yourself? Have you been productive? Are you spending quality time with your family? Are you neglecting them for yet another week of drinking alcohol and smoking marijuana?

Are you happy? Are you sad? Me? Thanks for asking. I am fine. Hope you’re fine too.

Here’s what I’m looking at in Week 12:

Man abandoning his boy for drugs. Courtesy: amazon.com

5. and 4. Texas at Arkansas, Clemson at Pitt, Utah at Colorado, LSU at Florida

There are very few games this week with actual stakes, surprisingly, when it comes to the playoff picture. I’m talking realistically here.

Sure, the top teams are playing games, but realistically Ohio State is not losing to Northwestern, Penn State is not losing to Purdue, Notre Dame is not losing to Virginia… etc.

You see what I’m saying? So I just picked a handful of some of the other somewhat interesting games here. Order them how you’d like.

Could Texas theoretically lose in Fayetteville like we did? Probably not, but I’ll throw it in there. It’s a rivalry and the Arkansas people hate Texas, so hopefully those boys will at least be motivated to play.

Clemson and Pitt should be at least a good game to watch. I’m not too worried about the ACC getting multiple bids at this point, but one of these ranked two-loss teams will suffer certain elimination from contention in this one.

Colorado is back to being fun as they sit at 7-2 with a chance to run the table and win the Big 12. That alone makes this game worth keeping an eye on.

And then there’s LSU-Florida. It doesn’t really matter now, as LSU is eliminated from playoff contention. But I’d like to see the Gators play well with DJ Lagway at quarterback. If Florida looks competitive, it will give me hope that the Gators can knock off Ole Miss in a couple weeks — thus, of course, helping Tennessee’s playoff chances.

3. Missouri at South Carolina

This one does actually kinda matter. I don’t really buy Mizzou as a two-loss SEC contender, but by definition they will be in the mix if they win out.

The Tigers are a 13.5-point underdog at Carolina. Mizzou quarterback Brady Cook is banged up. The line seems to indicate he will not play. We’ll see if that changes.

Missouri also has plenty of holes in the defense.

Speaking of holes, I have one in my stomach right now after injecting it with a needle full of Ozempic. That’s right, folks, I’m going to be beautiful by the time summer rolls around again. About time.

Look at the tits on this guy below. That will be me soon. The one on the right, I mean.

Ozempic man. Courtesy: Pinterest

The biggest point here is this is likely a third loss for Mizzou, ultimately helping the Vols. Mizzou could remain frisky if they find a way to win. I would expect a well-coached Gamecocks squad to win comfortably at home.

Are they well-coached? They are coached by Shane Beamer so that’s up for debate. But say what you will about the guy, he’s had Carolina pretty competitive this year outside of a 27-3 home loss to Ole Miss.

Carolina could even get into the playoff mix if a lot of things went their way. But that is very unlikely.

I’m looking forward to another one of our foes taking an L down the stretch.

2. Kansas at BYU

Here you have it. The game with the second-highest playoff stakes this week. BYU against 3-6 Kansas. Just as we all thought.

It’s not that anybody actually gives a shit about this game. Unless you’re Mormon. Or a member of the Westboro Baptist Church. Remember them?

I’m a little surprised BYU is only a 2.5-point favorite in this game. Of course, I want BYU to lose, but I don’t see why they would at home against this Kansas team.

BYU has a decent team and perhaps the most beautiful stadium backdrop in college football, which I think is worth noting.

Look at it.

The Provo Palace. Courtesy of tomahawknation.com

If we lose to Georgia, we’re going to need all the help we can get to solidify our position in the playoff. BYU losing certainly wouldn’t hurt.

Or we can simply beat Georgia. Have you thought about that? How if we simply don’t lose again we’ll be a playoff lock? Worth considering.

Rock. Chalk. Apparently Kansas has had injury trouble and is somewhat healthy now.

1. Tennessee at Georgia

At least No. 1 on this list is obvious. It’s the only game with major stakes, as far as I’m concerned.

As things stand now, it’s the biggest game of the year in the SEC.

Tennessee has not been competitive against Georgia in the Heupel era. The last time we were competitive at all against the Dawgs was when we beat them on the miraculous Hail Mary in 2016.

The thing is, most of those UGA teams we’ve lost to in the past seven seasons were either elite or teetering on elite.

This year’s Dawgs, it’s safe to say, are not elite. In fact, I’m not even sure they’re very good.

Don’t get me wrong, they’re still pretty good, and it’s going to take at least a B+ game from Tennessee to win. I’m worried about it being on the road at night.

I believe Carson Beck will hand us the ball over at least twice. The guy is a turnover machine.

The question is, can we turn those mistakes into points?

Our defense will have us in this game. It’s going to be tight. I believe it will have an old school feel to it.

But defensively, yeah, I feel good. Georgia’s running back depth is a glaring concern for the Dawgs. They’ll be relying mostly on a true freshman. I also expect our defensive line to eat against this O-line.

Heupel will solidify himself as a top five coach if he wins this game on the road at night.

Let me just say this. I think we’re a better team top to bottom. I’d be less surprised by us handling business in this game than I would be UGA doing so.

They’ve got more issues, and we’ve got more high-end potential. Just gotta put it all together and execute.

I think we will. 20-17. GBO.