You ever been to a really good steakhouse? You know, the kind with leather seats, dim lighting, faint hint of cigar smoke from decades past? At the finest steakhouses, you’re treated royally at every stage of the meal, from the pouring of the wine to the warm napkin-covered bread to the bisque and the iceberg wedge that you’ll convince yourself counts as a salad. It’s all glorious, but you’re not here for soup and leaves. You’re here for the meat.
Friends, we are now at the meat of the SEC schedule. This here, right now, is like the moment in the steakhouse experience — vegetarians, bear with us, but you know the feeling too — when your server is approaching with your perfectly cooked entrée. You can smell the aroma, you can hear the butter sizzling, you can feel the heat of the plate. It’s almost time to start carving.
The heavyweights of the conference are going at each other full-on now, and pretty much every single week from here on out has major conference-title and playoff implications … starting down on the bayou Saturday evening.
In the latest installment of the Magnolia Bowl, No. 9 Ole Miss (5-1, 1-1 in conference) faces off against LSU (4-1, 1-0) with massive stakes for both schools. If this isn’t an elimination game for Ole Miss — which already has a loss to Kentucky on the ledger — it’ll do ‘til another one comes along. For LSU, this game gives the Tigers a chance to elbow their way into the conference-title conversation. It’s not quite a playoff play-in game, but it’s within sight of one.
The Rebels and Tigers will meet Saturday night in Death Valley with plenty on the line. (Jamie Schwaberow/Getty Images)
Both teams bring big-game quarterbacks into the matchup, and to LSU coach Brian Kelly, that’s essential. “If we’ve seen one thing happen this past week, the…
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Publish date : 2024-10-10 18:56:09
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