Back again. No more BS, I'll just try and get this out whenever I have time. It's another yawner weekend in within The Conference, but there are a few good games to watch this weekend around college football as a whole. Last time I was around I had an average week but poor within the conference, going 1-3 in the SEC, 3-2 in the ACC, and 2-1 for the rest to end the week 6-6. Hopefully I'll be back to my winning ways this week.

SEC

It's that shameful part of the year where the SEC takes the 12th game granted by the NCAA and pounds a lightweight. Florida and Alabama take their turnsthis weekend with Florida International and Chattanooga respectively. Last time, SEC teams failed to cover large spreads against weak teams, this week I'm not so sure.

FIU @ UF -45: At least UF isn't playing an FCS school. As I said the last time I was able to get the punt returner out, I don't mind scheduling a patsy every now, so long as they are from the state where your school is located. We already have FSU at the end of the year, so why add FIU?

In all seriousness, UF's tickets are BY FAR the most expensive on average in the SEC and for all the talk of money they make this game, it will only be because you had to buy the FIU ticket along with season tickets. This game will be listed as a sellout because of that, but I will be shocked if there aren't thousands of empty seats.

I would much rather have played FIU at the beginning of the year with three easy games in a row. It makes sooooo much more sense. You get three warm-up games to work out the kinks, and YOU CAN PLAY EVERYONE. Normally with Tennessee 3rd, eventual redshirts don't play because of the level of competition. With 3 scrubs up front, you could get a full 3 second halves (a game and a half's worth!) to evaluate players before redshirting them. I understand the reality (and I hate it) that there is no incentive to play another hard OOC opponents because of the BCS and other than the occasional Miami tossed in, we will get three lambs and FSU every year. I've got a great idea that's just stupid enough for the lawmakers in Florida to jump on board. It's a little long, so look after Best of the Rest for it. Even though I know Florida will cover this spread, they have done nothing to warrant my money on their half of the ledger, even if I know FIU will score in single digits, and possibly zero.

Miss State @ Arkansas -10: Arkansas is quietly a pair of wins from a New Year's Day bowl, but hasn't beaten any of the really good teams on their schedule. They also tend to blowout teams they are better than. Miss State on the other hand needs to win their final two games to become bowl eligible. Next week is against Mississippi. Miss State has played a brutal schedule this year: one of the few teams in the country to play Florida and Alabama, a top 10 ranked LSU who's losses are to #1 and #2 UF and Bama, and out of conference they got ACC title game participant and top 10 ranked Georgia Tech and a pretty good Houston team. The Bulldogs are battle tested, but also battle worn. Dan Mullen is staying home this post season. Hogs 37-14

LSU @ Miss -4: The battle for Orlando! Barring a shocking upset, Alabama and Florida will both be raking in BCS money, which leaves the most lucrative non BCS bowl left ripe for the taking. With wins against Miss and Arkansas next week, LSU can finish 10-2 in a rebuilding year. With losses they are 8-4 with that &did we improve from last year& feeling. With wins over the Tigers and Miss State, 9-3 is possible for the Rebs, and they would be 3rd in the league with the tie breaker over LSU. Ole Miss played well against Tenn and I kinda feel like LSU has been winning with smoke and mirrors all year. With the offensive struggles LSU has had, and injuries to boot, I can't go Tigers here even though I could totally see them winning outright. Rebels 20-13

Vanderbilt @ Tenn -16.5: Tennessee is 5-5 with games remaining against Vandy and at Kentucky. Going to a bowl would be a success for Lane Kiffin's first season. BUT. The Vols just got hammered by Ole Miss in a game which they had 0 turnovers and 2 penalties. They had the street cred lending failed bb gun robbery and escape in a prius issue this week. They also look at this as &whew, Vandy and Kentucky.& Uh oh. This is Vanderbilt's final game of the year. They are 2-9. No bowl after a grueling 12 weeks straight season. They end it with their biggest rivalry game. THIS IS THEIR SUPERBOWL. Dores may &Vandy moment& themselves out of a win, but they cover.

Kentucky @ Georgia -9: Does anyone have any confidence in the Dawg pass defense to slow down anyone? Luckily Kentucky can't pass very well. I think this is Uga's last chance for a win before their mediocre bowl, with Tech on deck I can't see a win in Atlanta. Meanwhile, Kentucky has an outside shot at 8-4 and a New Year's Day bowl. Well, if they can beat Georgia and Tennessee back to back that is, who they are only 1-11 and 0-24 against the last decade and two respectively. So historically that isn't going to happen, so back to the Liberty bowl or something with you Wildcats, sorry. I'd love to see the Cats shock them both, but don't see it happening. If UK wins, it will be like 16-14 or something along those lines. Dawgs 27-17

South Carolina and Auburn are on bye weeks. Alabama vs Chattanooga has no spread.

ACC

The coin magically went tails for every game but one again this week. Chance LOVES underdogs in the ACC.

Maryland @ FSU -19: If you bet on this game you're retarded. Coin picks Maryland.

UNC @ Boston College -3.5: BC is 6-0 at home this season. They are 7-3 for the season, but when you dig deeper; their best win is over Central Michigan. They were blown out by VT and Clemson and lost to an average Notre Dame team, all obviously on the road. UNC has a good defense and has beaten ranked opponents two of the last three weeks. They beat VT and didn't play Clemson. I think UNC qualifies as a good opponent, something BC hasn't done great against this year. UNC 24-21. Coin picks UNC

Duke @ Miami -19.5: Duke smoke and mirrored their way to 5 wins over Army, NC Central, and the other three horrible ACC teams (NCST, Mary, UVA). They've lost two weeks in a row to the better teams in the conference and I don't see that changing this week. Georgia Tech dropped the hammer on them last week, so if the Canes jump out early it could be blow out central. Miami 41-17. Coin picks Duke.

Virginia @ Clemson -20.5: Clemson clenched a berth in the ACC title game so this is classically a game they would lose. Of course classically they wouldn't have been in the ACC title game either. After a 2-3 start that had losses to Georgia Tech and TCU (no shame in either of those) and an inexplicable loss to Maryland, Clemson has won 5 straight and scored 38, 40, 49, 40, and 43 along the way. Virginia is on a 4 game skid and giving up 32ppg during the streak. I'll conveniently forget that four of those five straight wins for Clemson were against Wake, Coastal Carolina, FSU, and NC State, (not exactly murders row)since UVA just stinks. Clemson 42-14 (average ppg during streaks). Coin picks Virginia

NC State @ VT -21: NC State stinks and can't stop anyone but they've been able to score some points. VT has a great D but struggles to score sometimes. Wolfpack and the points. VT 27-14. Coin picks VT.

Georgia Tech is on a bye, another reason they will beat the leg humpers in Atlanta next week. Wake is also on a bye resting up for their &can we keep Duke from bowling& game next week. What a tough season for the Demon Deacons, who at 4-7 have: two overtime losses, each three points at Georgia Tech and at Boston College, a one point loss to Miami in a game they lead the entire game but lost in the final minute, and three point losses to Navy and Baylor (who still had Robert Griffin III at the time). So 5 losses by 13 points and a TD, three FGs, and a safety's worth of points from 9-2.

BEST OF THE REST

Boise State -23 @ Utah State: Boise is rolling. I don't see it stopping now, as they are on run up the score for the BCS mode.

Ohio State -12.5 at Michigan: Michigan stinks. The wolverine defense is giving up 35.3 ppg during their 6 game Big Ten losing streak, while Michigan is only scoring 23, hence the 12 point spread. OSU has locked up the Rose Bowl and would like nothing better than to pound Michigan, and keep them bowl INeligible. OSU is holding opponents to 12ppg while scoring 30. Bad signs for Michigan.

Wisconsin -7 at Northwestern: Wisconsin could be the third best team in the Big Ten, and should prove it. With a win here and win in Hawaii next week, the Badgers will be 10-2.

Penn State -3 @ Michigan State: Sparty has lost to all the teams that are better than them who they've played. This qualifies as such. PSU to cover.

Rutgers -8 @ Syracuse: Cuse stinks. Rutgers is on a nice little run and pounded USF last week. That run continues this week vs the Orange

Kansas @ Texas -27.5: Kansas is going through an investigation over Mark Magino's behavior over the last few years. This has to be a distraction to go along with Kansas's losing streak. Texas POUNDS the Jayhawks.

THE FLORIDA ROUND ROBIN

For this to happen, Central Florida needs to get their act together and petition the Big East to add them. It would immediately give the BE another large market and would immediately give UCF BCS conference recruiting cred. This plan will actually screw UF over, but we will get better games out of it. If and when this happens, then the bumbling Florida legislature can do the rest. Florida and FSU are required by law to play every year, all it would take is a little nudging and the following could be law too. There are 5 BCS teams now if UCF does the above. That's 4 games for each team, 2 home and 2 road. Now the Gators non conference schedule every year is FSU, Miami, USF, and UCF. Four BCS schools, which means that no one can complain about the Gators schedule, even if they don't ever leave Florida. With all the games inside the state, and all the teams BCS teams, the Florida teams would be able to clamp down on the state's talent, thereby robbing other teams of their ''speed guys'' that everyone comes to Florida for. Anyways, lemme know what you guys think.