It’s getting late, and it’s time to stay bold. Luckily, that’s what we do. Unfortunately, with four SEC/FCS matchups, it’d be time to get insane if we went against the favorites in any of those games.

Luckily, we’ve still figured out ways to give you a bold prediction for each SEC game.

We’re even throwing a little hidden classic country flavor in the predictions for the less interesting games. So it’s one for the money, two for the show, three to get ready, and four for bold predictions for every SEC game in Week 12:

LSU’s defense will equal Florida’s offensive output: Everybody talks about the Florida defense, and rightly so. But let’s not forget that one defense all year long has held Alabama even close to in check — and that was LSU’s.

Watch for Tre’Davious White in this game. If LSU can ride its ground game to an early lead, Florida will get frustrated a make a gamble or two. Says here that White will make them pay. I’ll take LSU by three scores — and the Tigers pick up a score on defense, which is as many as Florida’s offense will muster.

Austin Allen gets Arkansas a very mild upset win: Both Arkansas and Mississippi State have seen better days. But when the two are matched up, somebody has to win. Mississippi State’s pass defense has had some big struggles, allowing 277.3 passing yards per game for the year. Its offense will try to counter by pushing its advantage in the run game, but Nick Fitzgerald won’t be able to sustain as many drives as Austin Allen. It might not be pretty, but it’s a win to stop Arkansas’s recent struggles.

Ole Miss and Patterson will struggle, but will win a close game: Vanderbilt pretty much lit their season on fire by losing to Mizzou last week. That said, they can mess with a talented young QB — ask Jacob Eason and Georgia.

Despite an excellent analysis as to why he can repeat his debut, I don’t think Shea Patterson is going to be brilliant this week. I do think he’ll end the game with a 2-0 mark as a starter. If Vandy had any offense to speak of, they could win this game. As it is, it’s something in the 21-17, 20-16 kind of result, and it goes for the Rebs.

Tennessee will crush Mizzou, and Joshua Dobbs will do some “old man Jalen Hurts” type things: Tennessee is an underachiever. But as the Vols showed last week against Kentucky, they’re an underachiever who is still a good bit better than the teams at the bottom of the SEC. And Mizzou, last week’s surprising win aside, is at the bottom of the SEC.

The same Missouri team that was gashed mercilessly by Kentucky at home two weeks ago isn’t going to Knoxville and winning. Meanwhile, Joshua Dobbs will continue his streak of playing great against bad teams, and if UT does win the East, will doubtlessly play bad against Alabama in the SEC title game. This isn’t even bold, it’s just a stone cold fact.

Jacob Eason has a big day for UGA: UL-Lafayette isn’t going to challenge Georgia. But they do have a pretty decent run defense, and a pretty poor pass defense. Opponents have picked up 257.1 passing yards per game against UL-L, and Jacob Eason and Georgia will up that total bit Saturday, as the Bulldogs roll. The Ragin’ Cajuns have raindrops on their windshield, a storm is moving in, and the thunder rolls.

A&M gets back to the ground game: With Trevor Knight out, and A&M taking on a mediocre Texas-San Antonio squad, don’t be surprised if A&M has a big game on the ground. Trayveon Williams, Keith Ford, etc. are all due for a big game. Kevin Sumlin is taking a page out of the Waylon and Willie playbook, and while he’s not going to Luckenbach, but instead will stay in College Station, he’s getting back to the basics … of college football. Which means run, run, and run some more.

Kentucky will set a school rushing record and wrap up a bowl bid: Austin Peay is awful. Kentucky looks like Alabama by comparison. And the Wildcats did rush for 443 yards last week in Knoxville. That was 3 yards shy of the single-game program record. There’ll be a new record come Sunday morning. As for Austin Peay and coach Will Healy, he’ll be wishing, Lord, that he was stoned.

Gus Malzahn will not burn a QB redshirt: Auburn no doubt will miss Sean White, but against Alabama A&M, John Franklin III and Kerryon Johnson can easily keep things in hand and win the game. Given the choice between doing the glamorous thing and going all Jake Bentley/Shea Patterson or just standing by his (injured) man, Gus Malzahn will do the right thing. After all, Sean White’s just a man.

South Carolina will top last week’s rushing total — in its first drive: Granted, Western Carolina is no Florida. But last week, the Gamecocks had just 43 rushing yards. Says right here that they’ll top that right out of the gate on the way to a thumping of WCU to secure bowl eligibility.

The Catamounts? Well, aside from the fact that we had to research what a catamount is, there’s not much else to say. Carolina’s march to a bowl berth hasn’t been pretty, but the Gamecocks have done it one piece at a time, and it didn’t cost them a dime, well, aside from burning Bentley’s redshirt. They’ll cruise into the postseason in the psychobilly cockaboose Cadillac.

Chattanooga Will Not Rush Through Bama Like “(Expletive) Through a Tin Horn”: Sorry, just needed an excuse to show this clip again.

Mildly NSFW. Always fun. Here’s a bold prediction for Bama. Saban will say something bizarre in the postgame that will crack us all up.

Otherwise, for the Mocs, they’re channeling their inner Kristoffersons and thinking, “Help me make it through the night.”