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Week 7 of college football has arrived, everybody! We’ve got 50 things on our mind that we have to bounce off you entering this week’s action. Enjoy!
- How scary was Derrius Guice’s 161-yard rushing effort last week? Now Fournette has a sidekick?
- There was only one other matchup between AP top 10 teams this season (No. 7 Oregon at No. 5 Michigan State), now there are two this week, and both involve SEC teams. How awesome is that?
- No. 9 Alabama at No. 10 Texas A&M is at 3:30 p.m. ET while No. 8 Florida at No. 6 LSU is at 7 p.m. ET, but if both games were on at the same time, which one would you watch?
- Which freshman receiver is going to leave his mark: Calvin Ridley or Christian Kirk?
- Is anyone else a little surprised that so many people are picking Memphis to beat No. 13 Ole Miss? Who have the Tigers played? I don’t think it’s an exaggeration to say that the Rebels are about as good as the five teams Memphis has beaten combined.
- Auburn improved to 4-2 after picking up its first conference win against Kentucky on Thursday night, but will the Tigers go bowling this season? Here’s the rest of Auburn’s schedule: at Arkansas, vs. No. 13 Ole Miss, at No. 9 Texas A&M, vs. Georgia, vs. Idaho and vs. No. 10 Alabama. They’ll need two wins, and that’s not an easy road.
- I guess the real question is: can they play spoiler?
- Does Jeff Driskel get some redemption by leading Louisiana Tech to an upset victory against Mississippi State?
- Will Derrick Henry record a touchdown in an 11th straight game and extend the school record?
- How will Fournette fare against a Florida defense that ranks 2nd in the SEC against the run (99.2 rushing yards allowed per game)?
- How will Georgia fare in its first game without Nick Chubb?
- Will Texas A&M get revenge for its 2nd-largest defeat in school history dealt in the form of a 59-0 loss to Alabama last season?
- Will Alabama lose multiple conference games in a season for the first time since 2010?
- Will Vanderbilt (0-2) or South Carolina (0-4) follow in Auburn’s footsteps and pick up its first conference win?
- Did anyone know that the Red River Rivalry was last week?
- Can you say Red River Rivalry 10 times fast?
- How does Drew Lock respond in a road game after getting tossed around like a rag doll last week against Florida?
- With everyone, and understandably so, paying attention to Florida and LSU’s offenses, is that a clue that the better defense is going to win this game?
- Or did I just jinx it by saying that? Now, the better offense will actually decide it. We’ll go with that.
- Is No. 7 Michigan State running into a buzzsaw this week in Ann Arbor?
- How underrated is the Florida-LSU rivalry? They’ve given us some good ones.
- We’re about halfway through the season. Does anyone have a chance to beat out Fournette for the Heisman with a strong finish to the season?
- Holy crap, we’re halfway through the season?
- Which non-conference opponent has the best chance of beating an SEC team this week: Memphis vs. No. 13 Ole Miss or Louisiana Tech at Mississippi State?
- What did you think of LSU’s alternate uniforms? Which SEC team could use an alternate the most?
- Does Jacob Coker continue to improve at QB for Alabama?
- Was anything better this past week than the security official who decleated a Vols fan who tried to storm the field?
- Oregon has already lost three games even though they’ve only played six. The Ducks hadn’t had a 3-loss season since 2009, Chip Kelly’s first season in Eugene.
- Baylor is averaging 64.2 points per game. Did you know the record for a single season was Army’s 56.0 points per game in 1944.
- Would you have guessed that Texas A&M would be the only team receiving a 1st-place vote in the AP Poll entering Week 7?
- Can Treon Harris step in for Will Grier and lead Florida to victory against LSU in Death Valley?
- Utah has suffered two straight heartbreaking defeats against Arizona State, losing 20-19 in 2013 and 19-16 in overtime last season. Do the Sun Devils make the Utes suffer again?
- If they do, who the heck is making the College Football Playoff out of the Pac-12?
- Is Texas A&M’s receiving tandem of Christian Kirk and Josh Reynolds the best in the country?
- How important was it for Tennessee to get a big win like that against Georgia entering the bye?
- How awesome did LSU play the role of host against South Carolina last week in Baton Rouge?
- Do you think it’ll be anywhere near as nice this week while hosting Florida?
- Which school’s defensive backs will perform best when the schools who claim the title “DB U” are on the same field this week?
- Will Georgia lose a third straight game within a single season for just the second time under coach Mark Richt? The only losing streak as long under Richt was a four-game skid in 2010.
- The No. 12 Wolverines are a 7.5-point favorite at home against the No. 7 Spartans this week. Do they cover?
- Is Florida RB Kelvin Taylor going to get any help with the running load?
- How will South Carolina perform in its first game since coach Steve Spurrier’s resignation?
- Will there ever be a better quote machine coach than Spurrier in college football?
- If you ever want to get a friend into SEC football, is there a better week to do it with two AP top 10 teams and the special atmospheres we’ll see in Kyle Field and Death Valley for those matches?
- Does Missouri, the two-time SEC East champs, still have a shot to make it three straight?
- Did Will Grier deserve a one-year suspension from the NCAA?
- How will Brandon Harris perform if the game is put on his shoulders?
- Who wins the award for best flop: this one by Arkansas coach Bret Bielema or this one by Chapman University (Division III) punter William James?
- Which of the three undefeated SEC teams (LSU, Texas A&M and Florida) will still be unblemished after this week?
- When you’re filling out forms, do you fill in “SEC football” on accident … or on purpose?
Born and raised in Gainesville, Talal joined SDS in 2015 after spending 2 years in Bristol as an ESPN researcher. Previously, Talal worked at The Gainesville Sun.
