Any time you feel like you have too much extra life to live, go to the tire store and buy a set of new tires for your car. That'll help you get rid of a big chunk of that extra time you're carrying around with you.
Since I was busy using up surplus life buying tires today, I didn't have much opportunity to contemplate Week 4 football games. The only game I might try to watch on TV is the 11:00 AM shootout on ESPN between Texas A&M and Arkansas (at Arlington).
The Aggies have played six halves of football so far. Two of them were good, and the other four smelled like an Alabama outhouse in July. In the first half against UCLA in game one, and the second half against Louisiana in game three, A&M looked like a respectable mid-level SEC team. If they can produce four full quarters against Arkansas like those four, the Aggies (favored by 2 1/2 points) might cover the spread. College Football News thinks their inability to execute consistently will result in a 27-24 win for the razorbacks. I can't argue with that.
Final score update: If there's one SEC West team that A&M seems to own, it's Arkansas. Today's 50-43 win in overtime makes A&M's record against the razorbacks in SEC play 6-0, and this is the first one of the six games that I wrote off as an A&M loss before it started.
The Aggies were able to win without playing flawlessly, which is a surprise in most seasons, but especially this one. They scored touchdowns on an 81-yard pass and a 100-yard kickoff return, and were cheated out of another long TD run by an official's early whistle. On offense, A&M racked up 501 yards (216 passing, 285 rushing). That's the good news. The bad news is that the defense gave up 457 yards and 43 points. On the bright side, the game-winning play in OT was an interception in the end zone. Whether A&M is stout enough to beat Auburn, Mississippi State or LSU remains to be determined. At this stage, I still have doubts. The gamecocks are next.
Final score update: If there's one SEC West team that A&M seems to own, it's Arkansas. Today's 50-43 win in overtime makes A&M's record against the razorbacks in SEC play 6-0, and this is the first one of the six games that I wrote off as an A&M loss before it started.
The Aggies were able to win without playing flawlessly, which is a surprise in most seasons, but especially this one. They scored touchdowns on an 81-yard pass and a 100-yard kickoff return, and were cheated out of another long TD run by an official's early whistle. On offense, A&M racked up 501 yards (216 passing, 285 rushing). That's the good news. The bad news is that the defense gave up 457 yards and 43 points. On the bright side, the game-winning play in OT was an interception in the end zone. Whether A&M is stout enough to beat Auburn, Mississippi State or LSU remains to be determined. At this stage, I still have doubts. The gamecocks are next.
Here are the scores predicted by CFN for the SEC games I probably won't be watching:
- Auburn 37, Missouri 13
- Louisiana State 40, Syracuse 13
- Alabama 27, Vanderbilt 6
- Mississippi State 24, Georgia 20
Final score updates:
- Auburn easily beat Missouri 51-14.
- LSU finally tamed Syracuse 35-26
- The Tide rolled Vanderbilt 59-0, and
- Georgia thumped MSU 31-3.
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