Too soon, Missouri?

You know, I've never thought much of Missouri. In fact, I really thought that they never should've been allowed in the SEC. I would have preferred USF getting an invite from the SEC.

Now I don't mind some fun and games and I never miss an opportunity to make fun of my hated rivals. But I fight for my rivals too. Any team in the SEC can only be hated by fans of other teams in the SEC. Unless that team is Auburn, of course. That's our code. Yeah, it's snobby, but we SEC fans have very high standards.

But I don't consider Missouri part of the SEC yet. At least, I don't consider Missouri to be a respectable team in the SEC. I respect Kentucky more because at least they have a basketball team. I even respect Ole Miss and Tennessee more because I know they will be better than the future. Or at least Tennessee will be better in the future. Ole Miss is just... well, at least Ole Miss has been around for a while and they've won something. And Vandy is trying to pull itself up, too.

Anyway, so it's nice to know that Missouri "is knocking on the door" to getting forty points dropped on them by the likes of Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, South Carolina, Vanderbilt, and possibly even Kentucky and Florida.

Welcome to the SEC, Missouri! I look forward to watching my team kick your ass next year.

And I should say that some folks shouldn't rap. Especially if they are white.

Favorite Album Openers

The list of great album openers is really long and even more subjective. Many bands have had many great album openers, but I've tried my best to make sure that only one track per band makes an appearance here. Quite an incredible task when you think about it. Now there are a few obvious ones I avoided such as Zeppelin's Whole Lotta Love and Motorhead's Ace of Spades. It seems I like those songs less the more I hear them. Of course, there are many other openers that will be left off because there are just too many to list. But I'll do my best to make sure I list all my favorites...

• Welcome to the Jungle (Appetite for Destruction) / Guns N' Roses
• Battery (Master of Puppets) / Metallica - Blackened would have been a good choice, too. I happen to think that the album Master of Puppets is a bit overrated and that ...And Justice for All is actually Metallica's best release. But Master of Puppets has the better opener, I believe. 
• War Pigs/Luke's Wall (Paranoid) / Black Sabbath
• Mouth for War (Vulgar Display of Power) / Pantera - Toss-up between this and Cowboys from Hell.
• Overkill (from Overkill) / Motorhead
• Holy Wars...The Punishment Due (Rust in Peace) / Megadeth - Rust in Peace is not my favorite Megadeth album. (Countdown to Extinction is... Yeah, I'm sooo helplessly mainstream.) I do think RIP has four or five good songs and the rest is kind of forgettable, but the first song in an absolute beast. 
• For Those About to Rock (We Salute You) (For Those About to Rock We Salute You) / AC/DC
• Among the Living (Among the Living) / Anthrax
• Angel of Death (Reign in Blood) / Slayer
• Why Don'tcha (Why Don'tcha) / West, Bruce, & Laing
• Burn (Burn) / Deep Purple - Highway Star would have made for another great choice, but I honestly think Burn is the better song. 
• Achilles Last Stand (Presence) / Led Zeppelin
• Aces High (Powerslave) / Iron Maiden 
• We Rock (The Last in Line) / Dio
• Painkiller (Painkiller) / Judas Priest
• Refuse/Resist (Chaos A.D.) / Sepultura - Easily the most angry song on this list. 
• Black Metal (Black Metal) / Venom
• I Don't Know (Blizzard of Ozz) / Ozzy Osbourne
• Evil (Melissa) / Mercyful Fate
• Don't Look Around (Nantucket Sleighride) / Mountain
• Man on the Silver Mountain (Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow) / Rainbow
• Ghost of Perdition (Ghost Reveries) / Opeth - Acoustic sections, death metal growls, alternate guitar tunings, complicated arrangements, and a singer who can actually sing when he is not growling. What more could you want from a progressive death metal band?
• Twilight of the Thunder God (Twilight of the Thunder God) / Amon Amarth - It was either this or War of the Gods.
• Peaches en Regalia (Hot Rats) / Frank Zappa - Narrowing it down to one Frank Zappa tune was tough. Just look at how many albums (posthumous or not) he has in his catalog. 
• School's Out (School's Out) / Alice Cooper
• Runnin' with the Devil (Van Halen) / Van Halen
• Unsuccessfully Coping with the Natural Beauty of Infidelity (Slow, Deep and Hard) / Type O Negative - Twelve and a half minutes of anger and borderline misogyny with a wicked, but catchy chorus. 
• 2112 (2112) / RUSH - Twenty minutes of joyness. 
• Through the Fire and Flames (Inhuman Rampage) / Dragonforce - I hate Dragonforce. Well, maybe "hate" is to strong of a term. Let's just say that I think all of their songs sound the same and their "Dio meets Bon Jovi meets Nintendo" power metal shtick gets really old quick. But they do have one really good song and that is this one. 

Blow Out (1981) - A Review

John Travolta has been in some horrible movies. For every marginally decent film he's ever been in there are at least six other films that are atrocious. During the late seventies and pretty much all of the eighties, Travolta put out flop after flop that the average movie-watcher should avoid like the plague. If not for Blow Out then the only movies from that time that might be worth noting are Urban Cowboy and Staying Alive. So yeah, it was a pretty fucking awful period of time for poor Vinnie Barbarino.

But at least there is Blow Out.

And even Blow Out was considered a flop when it was released.

I've heard Blow Out be described as a cousin to The Conversation (1974) and Blowup (1966). Now I can't comment on any similarities or differences between those films because I've only seen Blow Out. I believe, based on what I've read, both The Conversation and Blow Out were inspired by Blowup to some extent. This bit of info might not have anything to do with reviewing Blow Out, but I mention it just in case you notice any similarities.

***Some possible spoilers might be ahead***

Blow Out starts out with a scene right out of Halloween. And no, I'm not kidding. John Travolta plays Jack Terry, a sound man, who has spent the past few years working on crummy B-horror movies. One night Jack Terry decides to go out and record some new sounds because his work buddy tells him that he is sick of using the same old sounds over and over again. So Jack Terry is outside, recording wind and a frog croaking, when he sees a car crossing a bridge. But then he hears a loud explosion and the car veers off the bridge and into the drink beneath.

Jack Terry drops his gear and dives into the water to try and save the driver and the passenger. He breaks a window open and rescues a woman named Sally (Nancy Allen), but he is unable to save the driver. At a hospital, Jack Terry learns that the unfortunate driver is the governor and a presidential hopeful. Terry also learns that the woman he saved is a prostitute and he is told to forget he ever saw her. After all, think about how the governor's family would be effected by such news...

Not good PR at all, is it? Just ask Tiger Woods or Bill Clinton.

Well, Jack Terry doesn't want to just drop it because he knows something is wrong. He knew he heard an explosion before the blow out occurred. And he believes that explosion is the sound of gunshot. So with the help of Sally, Jack Terry plans on letting the truth be known.

But there is one thing Jack Terry doesn't know...

A vicious killer named Burke (played brilliantly by John Lithgow) is fast on the trail, eagerly and joyfully, doing his best to tie up any loose ends.

Brian DePalma's movies are kind of hit-or-miss for me, but this one is definitely a hit. What really makes this movie great is John Lithgow's performance. Sure, I've seen him play a villain before in movies like Cliffhanger (1993), but this is the first time where I actually thought, John Lithgow CAN act!!!! Now you may already know that, but it came as a surprise to me. Until I saw this movie last night, I thought that Lithgow's acting ability was limited to the world of Harry and the Hendersons, 3rd Rock from the Sun, and Shrek. So discovering a John Lithgow that could be menacing without being cheesy was really a plus for me.

I can't recommend this movie enough and I give it an 8.5 out of 10 on the Jacobian Film Joyness Meter.

S.E.C. 2012: A Look Ahead

I've presented to you the schedules (as they are now) and a few predictions. 

2012 Alabama Crimson Tide Football Schedule
Date		Opponent	Time/TV	Tickets
Saturday 09/01/12		Michigan Wolverines  Cowboys Stadium, Arlington, TX	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 09/08/12		Western Kentucky Hilltoppers  Bryant-Denny Stadium, Tuscaloosa, AL	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 09/15/12		at Arkansas Razorbacks  Fayetteville or Little Rock, AR	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 09/22/12		Florida Atlantic Owls  Bryant-Denny Stadium, Tuscaloosa, AL	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 09/29/12		Ole Miss Rebels  Bryant-Denny Stadium, Tuscaloosa, AL	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 10/06/12	---	Open Date	---	---
Saturday 10/13/12		at Missouri Tigers  Faurot Field, Columbia, MO	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 10/20/12		at Tennessee Volunteers  Neyland Stadium, Knoxville, TN	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 10/27/12		Mississippi State Bulldogs  Bryant-Denny Stadium, Tuscaloosa, AL	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 11/03/12		at LSU Tigers  Tiger Stadium, Baton Rouge, LA	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 11/10/12		Texas A&M Aggies  Bryant-Denny Stadium, Tuscaloosa, AL	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 11/17/12		Western Carolina Catamounts  Bryant-Denny Stadium, Tuscaloosa, AL	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 11/24/12		Auburn Tigers  Bryant-Denny Stadium, Tuscaloosa, AL	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 12/01/12		SEC Championship Game Georgia Dome, Atlanta, GA	---	Buy Tickets

2012 LSU Tigers Football Schedule
Date		Opponent	Time/TV	Tickets
Saturday 09/01/12		North Texas Mean Green  Tiger Stadium, Baton Rouge, LA	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 09/08/12		Washington Huskies  Tiger Stadium, Baton Rouge, LA	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 09/15/12		Idaho Vandals  Tiger Stadium, Baton Rouge, LA	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 09/22/12		at Auburn Tigers  Jordan-Hare Stadium, Auburn, AL	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 09/29/12		Towson Tigers  Tiger Stadium, Baton Rouge, LA	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 10/06/12		at Florida Gators  Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, Gainesville, FL	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 10/13/12		South Carolina Gamecocks  Tiger Stadium, Baton Rouge, LA	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 10/20/12		at Texas A&M Aggies  Kyle Field, College Station, TX	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 10/27/12	---	Open Date	---	---
Saturday 11/03/12		Alabama Crimson Tide  Tiger Stadium, Baton Rouge, LA	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 11/10/12		Mississippi State Bulldogs  Tiger Stadium, Baton Rouge, LA	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 11/17/12		Ole Miss Rebels  Tiger Stadium, Baton Rouge, LA	---	Buy Tickets
Friday 11/23/12		at Arkansas Razorbacks  Fayetteville or Little Rock, AR	1:30 p.m. CT CBS	Buy Tickets
Saturday 12/01/12		SEC Championship Game Georgia Dome, Atlanta, GA	---	Buy Tickets

2012 Ole Miss Rebels Football Schedule
Date		Opponent	Time/TV	Tickets
Saturday 09/01/12		Central Arkansas Bears  Vaught-Hemingway Stadium, Oxford, MS	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 09/08/12		UTEP Miners Vaught-Hemingway Stadium, Oxford, MS	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 09/15/12		Texas Longhorns  Vaught-Hemingway Stadium, Oxford, MS	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 09/22/12		at Tulane Green Wave Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, LA	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 09/29/12		at Alabama Crimson Tide  Bryant-Denny Stadium, Tuscaloosa, AL	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 10/06/12		Texas A&M Aggies  Vaught-Hemingway Stadium, Oxford, MS	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 10/13/12		Auburn Tigers  Vaught-Hemingway Stadium, Oxford, MS	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 10/20/12	---	Open Date	---	---
Saturday 10/27/12		at Arkansas Razorbacks  Fayetteville or Little Rock, AR	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 11/03/12		at Georgia Bulldogs  Sanford Stadium, Athens, GA	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 11/10/12		Vanderbilt Commodores  Vaught-Hemingway Stadium, Oxford, MS	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 11/17/12		at LSU Tigers  Tiger Stadium, Baton Rouge, LA	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 11/24/12		Mississippi State Bulldogs  Vaught-Hemingway Stadium, Oxford, MS	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 12/01/12		SEC Championship Game Georgia Dome, Atlanta, GA	---	Buy Tickets

Already the debates are starting about who has the toughest schedule: LSU or Alabama? Well, I'd say Ole Miss because they are a horrible team that doesn't stand a prayer against even a middle of the road SEC team or a BYU team having a shitty day. Ole Miss even got their asses kicked by Kentucky in 2011.

I say that Ole Miss is going to have at least an eight-loss season. Probably nine or ten, if you pressed me. Actually, my prediction of eight losses is probably generous and it really would take much pressing for me to say nine or ten. Ole Miss needs to go to the Big Ten where they could actually have a winning record and get a chance to go to a bowl game...

Now back to LSU and Alabama. Let's take a look at the throwaway games for LSU. LSU plays North Texas, Washington, Idaho, Towson University (who the fuck are they?), and Ole Miss. That's five sure-wins. That's means they only have seven games that are even remotely difficult.

Now let's look at Alabama's throwaway games: Western Kentucky, Florida Atlantic, Western Carolina, and Ole Miss. Alabama clearly has the tougher schedule. Considering that Alabama opens with Michigan, a respected power even they have a questionable team, I think there can't be better way to start. In all likelihood, Michigan will be ranked to start the season so a win over them will already give Alabama a win over a ranked opponent.

Now let's look at the real games for Alabama and LSU. Alabama starts S.E.C. play earlier than LSU. Now LSU's S.E.C. games are more bunched up, but they play Texas A&M and then they have a bye week before they play Alabama. Alabama has its bye week much earlier in the season so that is another reason why Alabama has the more difficult season. Plus they play LSU in Louisiana.

Now LSU will need to rely on the back half of its season for any clout in the rankings. Since LSU plays Ole Miss the same week Alabama plays Western Carolina, LSU might get a slight advantage. Ole Miss was a two win team this year while Western Carolina only had one win.

But the more difficult schedule clearly belongs to Alabama. Alabama plays Michigan and then nine S.E.C. teams. LSU plays eight S.E.C. teams and a bunch of nobodies.

As far rankings go: Alabama will most likely play three ranked teams (Michigan, LSU, and Arkansas) and LSU will also play three (Arkansas, South Carolina, and Alabama). Now if Florida is ranked then LSU could have one advantage there.

LSU also has four away games while Alabama has five away games. So I better not hear LSU fans bitch and moan about what a tough schedule they have been dealt.

With the NFL draft shaving off of Alabama's fantastic defense and claiming Trent Richardson, Alabama's offense is going to have to step up. And I think that, if A.J. McCarron's brilliant performance in the National Championship game is any indication, the Tide should be able to handle their opponents with no problems.

So I expect Alabama to have undefeated season. Like I always do. LSU will have either one or two losses.

Now let's look at the newcomers:

2012 Missouri Tigers Football Schedule
Date		Opponent	Time/TV	Tickets
Saturday 09/01/12	---	TBA	---	---
Saturday 09/08/12		Georgia Bulldogs  Faurot Field, Columbia, MO	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 09/15/12		Arizona State Sun Devils  Faurot Field, Columbia, MO	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 09/22/12		at South Carolina Gamecocks  Williams-Brice Stadium, Columbia, SC	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 09/29/12	---	TBA	---	---
Saturday 10/06/12		Vanderbilt Commodores  Faurot Field, Columbia, MO	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 10/13/12		Alabama Crimson Tide  Faurot Field, Columbia, MO	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 10/20/12	---	TBA	---	---
Saturday 10/27/12		Kentucky Wildcats  Faurot Field, Columbia, MO	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 11/03/12		at Florida Gators  Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, Gainesville, FL	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 11/10/12		at Tennessee Volunteers  Neyland Stadium, Knoxville, TN	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 11/17/12	---	TBA	---	---
Saturday 11/24/12		at Texas A&M Aggies  Kyle Field, College Station, TX	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 12/01/12		SEC Championship Game Georgia Dome, Atlanta, GA	---	Buy Tickets
2012 Games with dates TBA
* Non-conference games: at Miami (OH), Southern Illinois

2012 Texas A&M Aggies Football Schedule
Date		Opponent	Time/TV	Tickets
Saturday 09/01/12		McNeese State Cowboys  Kyle Field, College Station, TX	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 09/08/12		Florida Gators  Kyle Field, College Station, TX	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 09/15/12		at SMU Mustangs  Gerald J. Ford Stadium, Dallas, TX	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 09/22/12	---	TBA	---	---
Saturday 09/29/12		vs. Arkansas Razorbacks  Arlington or College Station, TX	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 10/06/12		at Ole Miss Rebels  Vaught-Hemingway Stadium, Oxford, MS	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 10/13/12	---	TBA	---	---
Saturday 10/20/12		LSU Tigers  Kyle Field, College Station, TX	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 10/27/12		at Auburn Tigers  Jordan-Hare Stadium, Auburn, AL	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 11/03/12		at Mississippi State Bulldogs  Davis Wade Stadium, Starkville, MS	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 11/10/12		at Alabama Crimson Tide  Bryant-Denny Stadium, Tuscaloosa, AL	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 11/17/12	---	TBA	---	---
Saturday 11/24/12		Missouri Tigers  Kyle Field, College Station, TX	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 12/01/12		SEC Championship Game Georgia Dome, Atlanta, GA	---	Buy Tickets

Alright, as you can see the schedules are incomplete for both teams. But I'm pretty sure that you can see that Missouri, joining the weaker S.E.C. East, is going to have it a bit easier than Texas A&M, a team that has been thrown into the fire of the S.E.C. West. Don't expect a plus-.500 season from Texas A&M. Missouri stands a better chance at breaking .500, but until their complete schedule is released I can't give you a more definitive prediction.

I just know that Missouri and Missouri fans are probably thanking their lucky stars that they are not in Texas A&M's position. 

And another thing... it appears that the S.E.C. has another "Tiger" team. Well, I say we have too many fucking Tigers in the S.E.C. and so far I hate two of them. I haven't built up a hatred for Mizzou yet, but give that a decade and I probably will. Maybe two decades... 

Now let's move on... 

2012 Florida Gators Football Schedule
Date		Opponent	Time/TV	Tickets
Saturday 09/01/12		Bowling Green Falcons  Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, Gainesville, FL	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 09/08/12		at Texas A&M Aggies  Kyle Field, College Station, TX	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 09/15/12		at Tennessee Volunteers  Neyland Stadium, Knoxville, TN	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 09/22/12		Kentucky Wildcats  Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, Gainesville, FL	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 09/29/12	---	Open Date	---	---
Saturday 10/06/12		LSU Tigers  Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, Gainesville, FL	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 10/13/12		at Vanderbilt Commodores  Vanderbilt Stadium, Nashville, TN	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 10/20/12		South Carolina Gamecocks  Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, Gainesville, FL	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 10/27/12		Georgia Bulldogs  EverBank Field, Jacksonville, FL	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 11/03/12		Missouri Tigers  Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, Gainesville, FL	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 11/10/12		Louisiana's Ragin' Cajuns  Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, Gainesville, FL	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 11/17/12		Jacksonville State Gamecocks  Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, Gainesville, FL	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 11/24/12		at Florida State Seminoles  Doak Campbell Stadium, Tallahassee, FL	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 12/01/12		SEC Championship Game Georgia Dome, Atlanta, GA	---	Buy Tickets

Florida doesn't stand a prayer against LSU so count that as a loss. The games against Georgia and South Carolina are in the air. It's difficult to tell who the favorite might be because Georgia made steps in 2011, but they couldn't beat Michigan State in a bowl game. So is Georgia really improving? Beats me.

The game against the 'Noles is also up in the air because I'm not sure how good Florida will be next year. Especially at the end of the year. 

But they can certainly win the majority of the games on their schedule.

2012 Arkansas Razorbacks Football Schedule
Date		Opponent	Time/TV	Tickets
Saturday 09/01/12		Jacksonville State Gamecocks  Fayetteville or Little Rock, AR	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 09/08/12		ULM Warhawks  Fayetteville or Little Rock, AR	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 09/15/12		Alabama Crimson Tide  Fayetteville or Little Rock, AR	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 09/22/12	---	TBA	---	---
Saturday 09/29/12		vs. Texas A&M Aggies  Arlington or College Station, TX	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 10/06/12		at Auburn Tigers  Jordan-Hare Stadium, Auburn, AL	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 10/13/12		Kentucky Wildcats  Fayetteville or Little Rock, AR	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 10/20/12	---	TBA	---	---
Saturday 10/27/12		Ole Miss Rebels  Fayetteville or Little Rock, AR	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 11/03/12		Tulsa Golden Hurricane Fayetteville or Little Rock, AR	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 11/10/12		at South Carolina Gamecocks  Williams-Brice Stadium, Columbia, SC	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 11/17/12		at Mississippi State Bulldogs  Davis Wade Stadium, Starkville, MS	---	Buy Tickets
Friday 11/23/12		LSU Tigers  Fayetteville or Little Rock, AR	1:30 p.m. CT CBS	Buy Tickets
Saturday 12/01/12		SEC Championship Game Georgia Dome, Atlanta, GA	---	Buy Tickets

The Razorbacks get two freebies before they have to duel with the defending champs. Biased as I am, I'd count that one as loss for the 'Backs and the one against LSU could very well be a loss, too. Arkansas usually LSU pretty tough so I don't know. They'll win the majority of the games on their schedule and be in the hunt, too. Just like they were in 2011. But unless LSU and Alabama hit the ground with a thud... don't expect the 'Backs to make the S.E.C. Championship game. 

2012 Mississippi State Bulldogs Football Schedule
Date		Opponent	Time/TV	Tickets
Saturday 09/01/12		Jackson State Tigers  Davis Wade Stadium, Starkville, MS	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 09/08/12		Auburn Tigers  Davis Wade Stadium, Starkville, MS	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 09/15/12		at Troy Trojans  Movie Gallery Stadium, Troy, AL	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 09/22/12		South Alabama Jaguars  Davis Wade Stadium, Starkville, MS	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 09/29/12	---	Open Date	---	---
Saturday 10/06/12		at Kentucky Wildcats  Commonwealth Stadium, Lexington, KY	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 10/13/12		Tennessee Volunteers  Davis Wade Stadium, Starkville, MS	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 10/20/12		Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders  Davis Wade Stadium, Starkville, MS	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 10/27/12		at Alabama Crimson Tide  Bryant-Denny Stadium, Tuscaloosa, AL	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 11/03/12		Texas A&M Aggies  Davis Wade Stadium, Starkville, MS	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 11/10/12		at LSU Tigers  Tiger Stadium, Baton Rouge, LA	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 11/17/12		Arkansas Razorbacks  Davis Wade Stadium, Starkville, MS	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 11/24/12		at Ole Miss Rebels  Vaught-Hemingway Stadium, Oxford, MS	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 12/01/12		SEC Championship Game Georgia Dome, Atlanta, GA	---	Buy Tickets

Looks like South Alabama, my almost-alma mater, gets to play an S.E.C. team. Count that as a win for MSU. If they are lucky MSU could win seven more games. I don't expect more from them. 

2012 Kentucky Wildcats Football Schedule
Date		Opponent	Time/TV	Tickets
Saturday 09/01/12		at Louisville Cardinals  Papa John's Cardinal Stadium, Louisville, KY	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 09/08/12		Kent State Golden Flashes  Commonwealth Stadium, Lexington, KY	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 09/15/12		Western Kentucky Hilltoppers  Commonwealth Stadium, Lexington, KY	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 09/22/12		at Florida Gators  Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, Gainesville, FL	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 09/29/12		South Carolina Gamecocks  Commonwealth Stadium, Lexington, KY	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 10/06/12		Mississippi State Bulldogs  Commonwealth Stadium, Lexington, KY	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 10/13/12		at Arkansas Razorbacks  D.W.R. Razorback Stadium, Fayetteville, AR	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 10/20/12		Georgia Bulldogs  Commonwealth Stadium, Lexington, KY	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 10/27/12		at Missouri Tigers  Faurot Field, Columbia, MO	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 11/03/12		Vanderbilt Commodores  Commonwealth Stadium, Lexington, KY	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 11/10/12	---	Open Date	---	---
Saturday 11/17/12		Samford Bulldogs  Commonwealth Stadium, Lexington, KY	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 11/24/12		at Tennessee Volunteers  Neyland Stadium, Knoxville, TN	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 12/01/12		SEC Championship Game Georgia Dome, Atlanta, GA	---	Buy Tickets

Kentucky could win four to five games. So it's pretty much a typical year for Kentucky. 

2012 Auburn Tigers Football Schedule
Date		Opponent	Time/TV	Tickets
Saturday 09/01/12		Clemson Tigers  Georgia Dome, Atlanta, GA	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 09/08/12		at Mississippi State Bulldogs  Davis Wade Stadium, Starkville, MS	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 09/15/12	---	TBA	---	---
Saturday 09/22/12		LSU Tigers  Jordan-Hare Stadium, Auburn, AL	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 09/29/12	---	TBA	---	---
Saturday 10/06/12		Arkansas Razorbacks  Jordan-Hare Stadium, Auburn, AL	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 10/13/12		at Ole Miss Rebels  Vaught-Hemingway Stadium, Oxford, MS	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 10/20/12		at Vanderbilt Commodores  Vanderbilt Stadium, Nashville, TN	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 10/27/12		Texas A&M Aggies  Jordan-Hare Stadium, Auburn, AL	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 11/03/12	---	TBA	---	---
Saturday 11/10/12		Georgia Bulldogs  Jordan-Hare Stadium, Auburn, AL	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 11/17/12		Alabama A&M Bulldogs  Jordan-Hare Stadium, Auburn, AL	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 11/24/12		at Alabama Crimson Tide  Bryant-Denny Stadium, Tuscaloosa, AL	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 12/01/12		SEC Championship Game Georgia Dome, Atlanta, GA	---	Buy Tickets
2012 Games with dates TBA
* Non-conference games: New Mexico State, ULM

Right off the bat Auburn faces the team that gave them their first loss in 2011. Not an easy opener. It's difficult to say how they might fare against Clemson. I see three obvious losses for Auburn, though: Arkansas, LSU, and Alabama. A loss against Georgia wouldn't surprise me, either. 

2012 South Carolina Gamecocks Football Schedule
Date		Opponent	Time/TV	Tickets
Thursday 08/30/12		at Vanderbilt Commodores  Vanderbilt Stadium, Nashville, TN	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 09/08/12		East Carolina Pirates Williams-Brice Stadium, Columbia, SC	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 09/15/12		UAB Blazers Williams-Brice Stadium, Columbia, SC	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 09/22/12		Missouri Tigers  Williams-Brice Stadium, Columbia, SC	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 09/29/12		at Kentucky Wildcats  Commonwealth Stadium, Lexington, KY	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 10/06/12		Georgia Bulldogs  Williams-Brice Stadium, Columbia, SC	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 10/13/12		at LSU Tigers  Tiger Stadium, Baton Rouge, LA	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 10/20/12		at Florida Gators  Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, Gainesville, FL	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 10/27/12		Tennessee Volunteers  Williams-Brice Stadium, Columbia, SC	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 11/03/12	---	Open Date	---	---
Saturday 11/10/12		Arkansas Razorbacks  Williams-Brice Stadium, Columbia, SC	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 11/17/12		Wofford Terriers Williams-Brice Stadium, Columbia, SC	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 11/24/12		at Clemson Tigers  Memorial Stadium, Clemson, SC	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 12/01/12		SEC Championship Game Georgia Dome, Atlanta, GA	---	Buy Tickets

Two obvious losses for the 'Cocks: LSU and Arkansas. Not sure about the ones against Florida or Georgia. 

2012 Vanderbilt Commodores Football Schedule
Date		Opponent	Time/TV	Tickets
Thursday 08/30/12		South Carolina Gamecocks  Vanderbilt Stadium, Nashville, TN	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 09/08/12		at Northwestern Wildcats  Ryan Field, Evanston, IL	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 09/15/12		Presbyterian Blue Hose  Vanderbilt Stadium, Nashville, TN	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 09/22/12		at Georgia Bulldogs  Sanford Stadium, Athens, GA	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 09/29/12	---	Open Date	---	---
Saturday 10/06/12		at Missouri Tigers  Faurot Field, Columbia, MO	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 10/13/12		Florida Gators  Vanderbilt Stadium, Nashville, TN	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 10/20/12		Auburn Tigers  Vanderbilt Stadium, Nashville, TN	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 10/27/12		UMass Minutemen  Vanderbilt Stadium, Nashville, TN	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 11/03/12		at Kentucky Wildcats  Commonwealth Stadium, Lexington, KY	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 11/10/12		at Ole Miss Rebels  Vaught-Hemingway Stadium, Oxford, MS	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 11/17/12		Tennessee Volunteers  Vanderbilt Stadium, Nashville, TN	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 11/24/12		at Wake Forest Demon Deacons  BB&T Field, Winston-Salem, NC	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 12/01/12		SEC Championship Game Georgia Dome, Atlanta, GA	---	Buy Tickets

Maybe five or six wins for poor Vandy. Typical year for them, too. 

2012 Tennessee Volunteers Football Schedule
Date		Opponent	Time/TV	Tickets
Saturday 09/01/12		NC State Wolfpack Georgia Dome, Atlanta, GA	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 09/08/12		Georgia State Panthers  Neyland Stadium, Knoxville, TN	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 09/15/12		Florida Gators  Neyland Stadium, Knoxville, TN	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 09/22/12		Akron Zips  Neyland Stadium, Knoxville, TN	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 09/29/12		at Georgia Bulldogs  Sanford Stadium, Athens, GA	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 10/06/12	---	Open Date	---	---
Saturday 10/13/12		at Mississippi State Bulldogs  Davis Wade Stadium, Starkville, MS	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 10/20/12		Alabama Crimson Tide  Neyland Stadium, Knoxville, TN	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 10/27/12		at South Carolina Gamecocks  Williams-Brice Stadium, Columbia, SC	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 11/03/12		Troy Trojans  Neyland Stadium, Knoxville, TN	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 11/10/12		Missouri Tigers  Neyland Stadium, Knoxville, TN	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 11/17/12		at Vanderbilt Commodores  Vanderbilt Stadium, Nashville, TN	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 11/24/12		Kentucky Wildcats  Neyland Stadium, Knoxville, TN	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 12/01/12		SEC Championship Game Georgia Dome, Atlanta, GA	---	Buy Tickets

And poor Kentucky... oh, wait... this is Tennessee. Well, they might as well be Kentucky. They could win four or five games. Remember the days when Tennessee was worth hating? It's pretty blurry for me when I try. Please get better this year Tennessee because it will mean so much more to me when my team kicks your orange and white ass on the Third Saturday in October. 

2012 Georgia Bulldogs Football Schedule
Date		Opponent	Time/TV	Tickets
Saturday 09/01/12		Buffalo Bulls  Sanford Stadium, Athens, GA	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 09/08/12		at Missouri Tigers  Faurot Field, Columbia, MO	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 09/15/12		Florida Atlantic Owls  Sanford Stadium, Athens, GA	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 09/22/12		Vanderbilt Commodores  Sanford Stadium, Athens, GA	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 09/29/12		Tennessee Volunteers  Sanford Stadium, Athens, GA	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 10/06/12		at South Carolina Gamecocks  Williams-Brice Stadium, Columbia, SC	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 10/13/12	---	Open Date	---	---
Saturday 10/20/12		at Kentucky Wildcats  Commonwealth Stadium, Lexington, KY	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 10/27/12		Florida Gators  EverBank Field, Jacksonville, FL	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 11/03/12		Ole Miss Rebels  Sanford Stadium, Athens, GA	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 11/10/12		at Auburn Tigers  Jordan-Hare Stadium, Auburn, AL	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 11/17/12		Georgia Southern Eagles  Sanford Stadium, Athens, GA	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 11/24/12		Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets  Sanford Stadium, Athens, GA	---	Buy Tickets
Saturday 12/01/12		SEC Championship Game Georgia Dome, Atlanta, GA	---	Buy Tickets

Georgia gets off on easy street. They don't have to play a single game against any of the S.E.C. West powerhouses. If they take care of business they'll be back in the S.E.C Championship game.