How will Dan Mullen’s return to Starville go? Week 5 SEC predictions

There’s nothing more fun than a head coach returning to his former team. Especially when it’s the SEC, where there is probably going to be a little more than polite booing directed at Dan Mullen as he takes his Florida Gators to ClangaVille to face Mississippi State. But other games are also intriguing on the SEC schedule. There’s LSU vs Ole Miss, which seems destined to be close even though Vegas thinking differently, and weirdly, Kentucky vs South Carolina because the Wildcats – right now – are the SEC’s Cinderella story. Then there’s the sorry tale of Tennessee, who have to travel to Georgia. Eesh. Missouri has the week off. So here we go with our SEC predictions: Florida (-7.5)

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A return of Johnny Football? Texas and Texas A&M could raise millions for Harvey victims

Texas and Texas A&M fans are both really, really pissed off. They pissed off with their teams. They are pissed off with their coaches. They are pissed off with their administrations. They remain pissed off with each other about their separation thanks to the Longhorn Network and ‘Texas Greed’. And also, they are pissed off because the Texas vs Texas A&M rivalry – which was played for 96 years straight – is no more thanks to the behavior of both schools. What has united the State of Texas has been Hurricane Harvey. Hurricane Harvey was so devastating to Houston as well as the surrounding areas, that people are going to take years to recover from them. United in the grief have

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Texas A&M and Arkansas match-up highlights Week 5 SEC plate: Preview

We’ll be honest. This SEC schedule on paper looked pretty strong when the season started, but right now, it’s actually pretty week. Look, we get that the match-up Texas A&M and a suddenly-reborn Arkansas in JerryWorld is pretty cool. South Carolina’s got College Gameday coming to its doors for the visit of Maty Mauk and Missouri, and if Tennessee trip to Georgia’s as good as it was last season, the game’s going to be a treat. But otherwise? Kentucky’s actually got a GOOD CHANCE to get its first SEC victory, when it hosts Vanderbilt. Could be your sleeper SEC game of the week. Anyway, here are our previews for Saturday. For the record, I’m tipping Oklahoma State to beat Texas Tech

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