Alabama Is Off This Week, So Saturday’s Big Game is Florida vs. Georgia

Sources say Alabama’s Terrence Cody, 6-foot-5 and a biscuit short of 400 pounds, will dress up as Mt. Rushmore this Halloween…

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by Dan Rutledge

Which SEC football teams will get treats and which will be tricked this Halloween?

That’s the spooky question for Week 9 of the 2009 football season with four league contests, plus two out-of-conference games, on the lineup. There could be some surprise answers to the query. Favorites should be on the lookout. Somehow, upsets seem appropriate to the weekend theme.

The biggie of the week has to be the Biggest Outdoor Cocktail Party in the World, as the annual neutral-site battle between Florida (7-0, 5-0) and Georgia (Line: Florida by 16) was called before it became politically-incorrect to talk out loud about the partying that went on before, during and after the game. Nowadays, I hear they even try to confiscate your flask. In the old days, you didn’t need a flask in a hidden pocket. Anyway, the partying will go before the game with some tail-gaters arriving Friday night.

The rowdiness in the stands will be matched by the action on the field this year. Although it is riding the nation’s longest winning streak at 17 games and is ranked No. 1 in the land, Florida’s offense has been noticeably stuttering in the past few weeks. And Georgia (4-3, 3-2) has been under-performing. The Bulldogs have been pointing toward this game all season. When players arrived for fall practice, they could not fail to notice the pictures of Florida head coach Urban Meyer calling timeout that hang all over the Georgia practice facility. Players got to see it, whether they wanted to or not, as they were changing uniforms, lifting weights, etc.

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