Thursday Night Football--The Battle for SEC East Dominance

Pilot Picks is looking to stay hot with tonight's big SEC East matchup.

Tonight the Ol' Ball Coach looks to take a step forward in his pursuit of a SEC East title at South Carolina ("Let's prove Lee Corso wrong" faces a big test tonight). I think they take that step. Am I the only one who is not that impressed with Kentucky this year? Yes, they beat a vastly overrated Louisville team that has NO defense and won at Arkansas, another highly overrated team (and, even then, Arkansas had that game in control until a couple bone-headed mistakes cost them). South Carolina has won at Georgia and also beat Miss St. by 17 at home last week. Their only loss is by 12 at LSU...and that game could have been much different if not for the fake FG TD by LSU. S. Carolina has the number 1 rated pass defense and Kentucky can't stop the run...Let's see, Kentucky likes to pass and S. Car. has a power running game that opens up the pass. Kentucky just isn't ready for this primetime matchup on national TV at a hostile environment. I see S. Carolina winning this one with defense and methodical TD drives. This game might be close at half, but S. Carolina will wear out Kentucky's weak defense and pull away in the 4th quarter.

South Carolina -3 (**)
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