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I had this long Munson thing written out and then my computer decided to hate me again and I lost it. To sum it up, not having Munson on air Saturday will be a little weird for all of us.

So, does anyone else think LSU is going to absolutely murder SC this weekend? I’m not saying that because I think SC is a bad team, I’ve just been amazed at what LSU is doing so far. They are loaded…and deep too. Whoever is coaching there next season will be tickled with the talent he’s got. I say that because Carr’s basically out at Michigan unless he pulls a miracle off and Miles has made it clear that the only place he’d leave to take over was Michigan. Poor LSU…it’s possible that they could win two national titles in 4 years only to have both coaches leave.

Not sure what to make of the whole SC spying thing, but if Richt’s closing practice this week, there’s obviously something there or enough suspicion to make Richt feel the need to make that call. I wouldn’t put it past Spurrier.

Egads but Auburn looks bad. What exactly did Tra Battle do to Brandon Cox last year that turned him into a complete scaredy-cat (Eagle/Plainsman)? He looks like that kid in your neighborhood game that always wanted to play two-hand touch instead of tackle. With that being said, you can count on a ton of Auburn folks secretly wearing red & black this weekend given our opponent.

I have no idea if UF is that good or UT is that bad. It’s probably a mixture of the two. That one shocked me. As much as it pains me to say it, Urban Meyer appears to be a pretty good coach. I think I just threw up in my mouth a little bit.

OK, trick question, which SEC coach would you least like to be right now? Tubberville is obviously an option as he’s 1-2 and by all rights should be 0-3 with a team that was preseason top 15. I’m sure at this point he’s got someone keeping tabs on all of Lowder’s flight logs. Fulmer is another quality option, although both of his losses (albeit by a combined 53 points) were to teams currently in the top 10. I honestly think I’d have to go with Houston Nutt though, and not because he lost that game last week (although he did make some complete bonehead coaching decisions down the stretch last week). I’d choose Nutt because he’s stuck in the most bizarre soap opera of an Athletic Association-fanbase interaction that I’ve ever heard of, going back to last season. Those Arkansas fans are absolutely crazy. Frankly, given their level of insanity, I’m surprised they weren’t founding members of the SEC. I mean, look around. We have the most obsessive, self-absorbed fans of any conference in the country, pretty much of any sport. That’s what makes us the best.

You know, Les Miles caught a lot of heat for saying what he said about USC’s wide open romp to the title game. Did he look at Oklahoma at all? They’ve got a great shot at playing for all the marbles and they won’t have played anyone worth a crap. I mean, yes, they tried some by scheduling Miami, but Miami and FSU apparently have reverted back to their pre-19800 selves. Basically, the only hurdles on OU’s schedule are a #7 Texas team that almost lost to UCF and Texas A&M. I suppose they’ll end up playing Nebraska in the title game, but they just got shellacked by USC. Do you remember when the Big XII was good? I’m starting to forget.

I got a few different offers in terms of the direction to take the Random Thoughts now that Road House has run its course but frankly none of them were overly appealing. The only thing I could come up with was Nick Saban as Lumberg from Office Space. “Yeah, I’m gonna need you to blitz this weekend.” I did get several ideas offered up for the UF game though. That’s a fan base that’s just easy to target.

Have a safe weekend,
Jody