We have reached the penultimate week of the college football regular season. Where does the time go? With the conclusion of the 2022 campaign on the horizon, Week 12 provides SEC fans with a nice little warm-up for what should be a great slate of pivotal rivalry games next week.
No. 1 Georgia will travel to Lexington to take on a reeling Kentucky team that would love nothing more than to play spoiler in the Bulldogs’ quest to finish the regular season undefeated for the second straight season. The Wildcats are led by quarterback Will Levis, who is regarded by some as one of the top quarterbacks available in next year’s NFL Draft.
Elsewhere, No. 5 Tennessee has no margin for error if it is going to remain in College Football Playoff contention. The Volunteers will travel to South Carolina in search of style points against coach Shane Beamer’s Gamecocks.
Let’s take a spin around some of the bigger storylines in the SEC before making picks against the spread for Saturday’s action.
Appetizer: A rebound for the Rebels
No. 14 Ole Miss saw its SEC West title chances disappear last weekend, but all is not lost. A return trip to a New Year’s Six bowl is within its sights, and that quest continues this weekend against Arkansas. The key to a Rebel rebound is the running game. Ole Miss is a run-first team, and in its two losses — No. 6 LSU and No. 8 Alabama — it averaged less than 4 yards per rush. Lane Kiffin said Monday that when Zach Evans got injured late in the first half against Alabama, the game plan featuring he and star freshman. Quinshon Judkins took a hit.
“That has been an issue statistically scoring-wise when [Evans] goes out and not kind of having that 1-2 punch,” he said. “So, it is what it is.”
Evans’ status for the Arkansas game is currently unknown. If he can’t go against an Arkansas, it’ll be interesting to see how Kiffin adjusts his game plan considering Arkansas’ run defense is giving up just 4.05 yards per rush.
Main course: Balance for Will Levis
Kentucky quarterback Will Levis gets creates the sizzle for the Wildcats offense, but running back Chris Rodriguez Jr. cooks the steak. The senior missed the first four games of the season due to suspension but has come back with a vengeance. Rodriguez has topped the 100-yard mark in four of his six games, and Georgia coach Kirby Smart knows exactly how dangerous he can be.
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