5 games to watch on 10/20

I am going to start by saying, I am making the trip to Knoxville, for the traditional 3rd Saturday in October matchup between Alabama and Tennessee. I will have a report on my trip Wednesday or Thursday.
Now lets get to the games.

1) #7 SOUTH CAROLINA @ #2 FLORIDA: This is simple: Lattimore is dinged up and will not start. If Lattimore gets at least 20 touches South Carolina has a chance to win the Swamp. If Lattimore gets less than 20 touches South Carolina, has NO CHANCE to win. I don't think it gets much more simply than that.

2) NORTH CAROLINA @ DUKE: This is probably on noone's radar but mine. But these hated rival's in basketball come in football both boasting  5-2 records and 2-1 records in the ACC. Duke needs this game if they want to represent the Coastal division in ACC Championship game. Also, with a win Duke will become bowl eligible. So this is huge for Duke!!!!

3) #6 LSU @ # 18 TEXAS A&M: LSU comes off a huge victory last Saturday night vs the Gamecocks. They have been lights out at home but questionable on the road, with struggles at Auburn and a loss at Florida. I think they beat A&M, control Johnny Football, and set up a monster showdown Saturday night November 3rd against Alabama.

4) #4 KANSAS STATE @ # 13 WEST VIRGINIA: Before the hiccup last week by WV, I was thinking this would have been a top 7 matchup. However, it is still a top 13 matchup and looks to be a good one. Noone has really talked Hesiman trophy frontrunner to this point, but whoever wins this game weather its Klein or Smith will be in the mention.

5) MIDDLE TENNESSEE ST. @ #12 MISSISSIPPI ST.: I know what you guys are thinking, another garbage game and this guy must be drunk. But I have 2 interesting points here for this game. MTSU, ran GT out of the stadium in Atlanta, I was there and MTSU is pretty good. 2nd this is the last game before MSU faces Bama and could set up a potential top 10 showdown. So this game is huge for both teams. I think MSU wins with ease, but this game had the 2 interesting storylines, so I had to bring it up.