Saturday Afternoon 3-Pack

1. LSU hosts Alabama and its baby of a coach, Nick Saban. If this game was played four hours later (at 7:30), consider the facts:

A. All of the LSU fans would be completely intoxicated. (As it is now, only half of them will be over the legal limit.)

B. LSU would win by double digits.

Unfortunately for LSU, the game will be played at 3:30. The difference between an afternoon and a night game in the SEC is the difference between Katie Holmes (ugly and anorexic) and Reese Witherspoon (hot and wholesome). The game features 'Bama's good D and solid offense versus Lester's not-up-to-par-D and mediocre offense. Everything points to Alabama getting out of the Bayou with the W. Except for the fact Alabama's one good win this season came against a woefully overrated and completely flawed Georgia team. LSU has that going for it, plus the fact that watching Saban have a meltdown while losing to his former team will be must-watch reality TV. We'll say LSU 17 Alabama 14.

2. Texas Tech hosts Oklahoma State and its 40-year-old-I'm-a-man coach Mike Gundy. Everyone seems to think Tech will have a letdown following last week's victory over top ranked Texas. Tech will win because Mike Leach is their coach and Mike Gundy is not. Texas Tech 35 OS-Who 24.

3. Cal travels to USC tonight. Coach Pete has been (correctly) lipping-off all week about the crappy BCS. If Alabama loses this afternoon, Coach Pete will be smelling blood and putting the pedal to the medal (all the while keeping an eye on the scoreboard of the Texas Tech game). With a chance that two of the five teams ahead of his 7th ranked Trojans may lose today, Coach Pete will let his boys hang half-a-hundred on Cal. USC 56 Cal 13.

Enjoy the games.