No. 10 Auburn visits revitalized LSU today
Here are some things to watch today in the SEC in Week 7:
Game of the week: No. 10 Auburn at LSU: After winning at Florida last week, LSU returns home and continues trying to bounce back from its slow start to the season. Auburn seeks to remain unbeaten in SEC play. LSU has won 19 consecutive October games in Baton Rouge and 10 consecutive October games overall. Auburn won last year’s game 18-13 when LSU quarterback Danny Etling’s apparent winning touchdown pass to D.J. Chark was overturned after video replays showed no time remained on the clock when the ball was snapped.
Matchup of the week: Missouri WRs J’Mon Moore and Johnathon Johnson vs. Georgia CBs Malkom Parrish, Tyrique McGhee and Deandre Baker. Missouri has struggled at a lot of things this season, but one thing the Tigers do fairly well is throw the ball. Their 1,470 yards passing rank second in the SEC. Georgia leads the SEC and ranks sixth nationally in pass efficiency defense. The Bulldogs have allowed only three touchdown passes through six games.
Numbers game: No. 1 Alabama has 71 straight wins against unranked opponents heading into its match up with Arkansas. The Crimson Ti de’s last lossto an unranked foe was against Auburn in 2007. ... Auburn has won three straight SEC
games by at least 20 points. The last time Auburn accomplished that feat was in 1987. ... No. 4 Georgia is seeking its fifirst 7-0 start since 2005, the last time the Bulldogs won the SEC. ... Each of the past five meetings between South Carolina and Tennessee has been decided by three points or less. ... Auburn’s Kerryon Johnson has 12 touchdown runs to lead all FBS players. ... Texas A&M is seeking its first victory in the state of Florida in nearly three-quarters of a century this week. The Aggies’ lone win in the Sunshine State was a 70-14 rout of Miami in 1944. Texas A&M will make its fifirst visit to Gainesville since a 42-6 loss to Florida in 1962.
Upset watch: Florida is favored by 2 ½ points at home over Texas A&M. The Gators
just lost a home game to LSU and the Aggies looked feisty in a 27-19 loss to No. 1 Alabama last weekend. South Carolina is a three- point underdog at reeling Tennessee. The Gamecocks are coming offff a solid win vs. Arkansas and coach Will Muschamp has never lost to Butch Jones.
Impact performer: After missing the entire 2016 season with a herniated disc in his neck, South Carolina senior linebacker Skai Moore is back this year and has 42 tackles, including five for loss. He recorded a sack and also scored on a 34-yard interception return against Arkansas last week, one of three touchdowns produced by South Carolina’s defense. Moore has always had a nose for the ball, as he has 13 career interceptions.