By Chris Marler
It’s been a long week in the state of Louisiana, and to put it simply – I need a drink. Here’s what you’ll need to be drinking this week at some of the biggest games in the SEC.
LSU vs the Bye Week
I have no words for what has happened in the last week. Brian Kelly was fired, and LSU finds itself in a situation with an interim coach, interim president, and interim athletic director.
The Winning
N/A.
The Boozing
Minderaser. Take two ounces of coffee liqueur, two ounces of vodka, and top it off with club soda. Now here comes the most important part. Once the drink is made, drink it as fast as possible. Then pour another and repeat. Keep doing that over and over again until either a new coach is hired or Jeff Landry stops talking, and let’s just all forget about this long, exhausting, and insane week in Baton Rouge.
Louisianans I would trust to make a football hire before Jeff Landry:
1. Justin Wilson
2. Anyone from Cash Money Records
3. The ghost of Jerry Lee Lewis
4. Theo Von
5. Britney Spears— Bunkie Perkins (@BunkiePerkins) October 29, 2025
Georgia at Florida
Few coaches hate anything, anyone, or any team as much as Kriby Smart hates Florida. He hated them as a player, and he hates them even more as a coach. Smart is 7-2 against the Gators and has won seven of the last eight. He’s won those seven games by 21 ppg, and Florida has failed to score more than 20 points in any of those seven games.
On this day in 1998, a #UGA defensive back by the name of Kirby Smart was preparing to play Florida while battling an injury.
No. 16 sounded like a head coach even at age 22. pic.twitter.com/3EVxFKWSGw
— Miles Garrett (@MilesGarrettTV) October 27, 2025
The Winning
Georgia 30, Florida 17
The Boozing
Jim Beam. Former national championship quarterback Buck Belue used to say, “When you get off the bus in Jacksonville, the smell of bourbon and whiskey hits you directly in the face.” The World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail party is a bucket list event for any college football or SEC fan. It’s a three to four day bender with some football sandwiched in between and an absolute blast. Grab some Jim, Jack, or anything else that’s 80 proof with a handle and head to the beach for a weekend in the Fall.
Mississippi State at Arkansas
There is no reason I should ever pick Mississippi State to win this weekend after they’ve burned me on some picks with them in the last few weeks. But, if there’s one thing my dating history (before my fiancée of course) would tell me is that if there’s two things about me it’s I’m going to always ignore a red flag and I will never learn a lesson.
Run it back with Mississippi State. Arkansas simply does not have a defense. Mississippi State at least has a semblance of one. I love the run game and Fluff Bothwell coming back to bolster it. Plus, Taylen Green simply turns the ball over too much.
The Winning
Mississippi State 34, Arkansas 33
The Boozing
Jetfuel. Mix 1.5 ounces of vodka, 1.5 ounces of amaretto, 1.5 ounces of lime juice, and four ounces of pineapple. Then top it off with a floater of 1.5 ounces 151 proof rum. This feels like another perfect drink when you’re drinking to forget. That seems to be a consistent theme this week. It’s also perfect for this game specifically because 151 proof liquor feels like the only way to watch Mississippi State football over the last three crushing losses. And it’s perfect for Arkansas because they may be firing up the jet to go interview some coaches if they decide to go after someone instead of hiring Petrino from within.
Updated odds for Arkansas’ next Head Coach, via BetOnline pic.twitter.com/xyC456l3uO
— Big Pig Aidsap (@aidsapev) October 28, 2025
Oklahoma at Tennessee
Tennessee and Oklahoma play in what is essentially the first playoff elimination game of the season for the SEC. Both teams have two losses and are out of mulligans. Both teams desperately need to start off November with some momentum to close out the final stretch of the season.
Tennessee’s defense has taken a major step back this season, but Oklahoma has been a shell of itself since the Texas game. Give me the Vols.
The Winning
Tennessee 28, Oklahoma 23
The Boozing
Smoky Oklahoma Old Fashioned. It’s a typical old fashioned with a hint of smoked hickory and topped off with an orange twist. If that doesn’t capture all the things about Oklahoma and the great state of Tennessee, then I don’t know what does. It’s a perfect drink for Saturday night when Tennessee runs out of the T in their dark mode jerseys trying to beat a ranked Oklahoma team that just so happens to be their head coaches alma mater. Also, Tennessee’s beloved mascot Smokey was diagnosed with cancer earlier this week, and this is an ode to her.
Ain’t No Love In Oklahoma is blaring in the Tennessee locker room as Josh Heupel speaks with the media pic.twitter.com/erheveiwUA
— Josh Pate (@JoshPateCFB) September 22, 2024
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