Well sports fans, we’re off and running! And my oh my, that ol’ upset bug is sure well fed after all the biting he’s been doing so far this season and the SEC had their share of sores after the dust settled from it.

Now this week has a full fare of football, some blowouts, some head scratchers and some that may get bitten by the upset bug. We hope we got them all sorted out right and you agree or disagree with the picks here. Go to the Touchdown Alabama Forum section and let us know. You can get the

Missouri at Tennessee – Well last week the Show Me State’s squad didn’t show us very much as the Tide rolled all over them, but then Alabama can make anybody look that way at times.

Meanwhile, the Rocky Top team played a closer than expected game against the Chickens with pitiful peckers, so now we have to wonder how they’ll do against a team that may be a little bit better.

And even though home team doesn’t get the carry over during covid season, there’s still that pride and down here in the loser’s lair, we think Tennessee will show a little more pride this week than those troubled Tigers in this one and that’ll make Larry’s loser – Missouri

South Carolina at Florida – Boy, if the these Carolina Cluckers thought they had a tough week last week, any remaining feathers they may have are gonna fly this weekend when the Swamp squad welcomes these Bird ballers to their home in Gainesville.

Now I’d like to say that these rejects from a Col. Sanders steam pot had a chance to pull of an upset. And I’d like to say that I’m going to win the lottery and win an argument with the Mrs., but those things are awful unlikely to happen too!

So for your noontime perusing, this won’t not be amusing, so find another football game to stare at, cuz this one won’t be worth watching. Larry’s loser – South Carolina

Texas A&M at Alabama – The Aggies from the Lone Star State sky over to T-Town and hope to find the Pachyderms resting on their laurels and maybe sleepwalking through this SEC showdown.

Now they want this because the Dirt Farming Cadets sorta sleepwalked themselves last weekend against a crappy crowd of Commodores while the Tide rolled in and all over the Midwest meyowers from Missouri and they are going to need to some Devine help in this one.

But maybe the Aggies just weren’t showing all their cards last week and they’re saving the best for this contest. But I don’t believe that bull and we see clearly that Larry’s losers are going to be Texas A&M

Ole Miss at Kentucky – Now we’ve been scratching our heads over this one more than a dog at a flea circus. So when Kiffin’s Commandos fly up to the Commonwealth, oh wait, it’s the Kroger Field now, but whatever, when they take on the Tabbie’s in their own Cat box it’s really anybody’s guess how this one will fare.

Kentucky greatly underperformed against Auburn and Ole Miss showed glimpses of getting the new Kiffin commands down pat, so this one could go either way.

But we’re gonna go with the boys with the sharp claws and burning bites cuz it may take these Rebels too long to reload between shots and that’ll make Larry’s loser – Ole Miss

LSU at Vanderbilt – Finally a game that we don’t have to fret over when the Bayou Bengals bus up to Song City to commandeer the Commodores.

Mason’s masters of the sea may know a thing or two about hoisting a jib and heaving to, but this battle takes place on dry land and there’s nowhere to run from these big Kitty Cats coming to cause catastrophe.

With two other games to peruse in this timeslot, this ain’t the primetime venue that you want to watch. These Tigers were torn up last week after going from champions to chumps and they’re going to make somebody pay for that humiliation. And the only ones in their sights are Larry’s loser – Vanderbilt

Arkansas at Mississippi State – Mike Leach launched his ball flinging Bulldogs against last season’s sensation and upset them with flying colors. So when the Little Piggies roll into the Bulldog’s barrio I can guarantee you they won’t be singing We We We! all the way home.

This sure ain’t your previous pack of pooches here. Instead of being fitted with long cleats for a grinding ground game, these dangerous Dogs are all about aerial attacks on offense and flying around on defense too.

I’d like to say this one would be an entertaining prime time program, but the next selection is a lot more salivating, so let’s just go ahead and put a merciful death to this pick and name Larry’s loser as Arkansas.

Auburn at Georgia – Last week we picked these Pussycats to be upset by the Kentucky Kitties and they instead put the pie in our face for that forecast. Well, let’s return the favor this week by once again wondering how these Plains Pussycats will prevail against a powerful pack of Pooches.

Now we’ve predicted the Gus Bus will have a lot more than one flat tire this season and this is the first one we’re pretty sure will pop.

Unless Kirby’s Canines get to looking ahead to Florida, we don’t see them stepping in a catbox surprise in this contest. The boys in Lost Wages, Nevada see this as a one score contest, but I wouldn’t take the points in this one. Larry’s loser – Auburn

Well that’s it for this week folks, Larry’s losers was done this week in the home of the Alamo as we roved around the Riverwalk, talked to a great Texas sportswriter, Rick Cantu to get his take on the impact of Mike Leach on the SEC and A&M’s forecast for the future. We don’t just go with our own instincts, but pick the minds of other masters to pick these disasters.

So far this season we’ve missed two from the first week, the aforementioned Auburn miss and the big upset over LSU. We knew the upset was going to have his dinner somewhere, we just missed the mark on where he would dine. Oh well, if we were perfect, you’d quit reading and not questioning our seeding, so this way you can keep wondering where we may have missed the mark. Hey, we know that’s a lame excuse too, but it’s ours and we’re sticking to it.

We hope we got them all sorted out right and you agree or disagree with the picks here. Go to the Touchdown Alabama Forum section and let us know. You can get there from HERE.

So till next week, keep the Covid at bay, mark this as the place to stay and we’ll see you on another day.

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