Kind of a quiet week in college football, but those are the ones that sneak up on you and ruin your season. So the good teams need to stay focused against lesser opposition.
VIRGINIA (+5) over Georgia Tech - Tech is 0-8 since 1990 at Charlottesville, and UVA will play hard. They still control their own destiny in the ACC. UVA also won at Atlanta vs the option last year, so you can't expect the GT offense to confuse them too much.
UConn (+7.5) over WEST VIRGINIA - When one of your teammates is stabbed to death, and the team decides to play, you can expect their very best effort. The Huskies weren't bad to start with.
MICHIGAN (+4) over Penn State - When was the last time PSU won in Ann Arbor? I think it's been a while, and this Michigan is fully capable of upholding that tradition.
KANSAS (+8) over Oklahoma - I expect a flat performance from the Sooners. They have 3 losses at this point in the season for the first time in ages, and Bradford's done for the year. What do they have left to play for?
Arkansas (+6.5) over OLE MISS - First, Ole Miss hasn't looked good all year, and Arkansas is pumped up after beating Florida for 59 minutes. In addition, there's the Houston Nutt issue, and then the fight song has to be distracting this week. Apparently "the South will rise again" is part of Ole Miss' fight song. I don't have a problem with most things Southern, but that seems to me to be a little much, especially in Mississippi of all places.
MICHIGAN STATE (-1.5) over Iowa - The dream finally ends for the Hawkeyes, though they still may win the Big 11.
BYU (+2.5) over Tcu - Let's all remember that BYU was good enough to beat Oklahoma when Bradford was healthy entering the game. TCU's strength is defense, and BYU has already dealt with OU's, which is pretty good too. BYU wins in the 4th as the altitude saps the Frogs.
That's right, it's a 'dogs weekend. Not the Dawgs, they have a bye.
Last week: 5-2
Season: 27-22
October 23, 2009
College Football Picks - Week 8
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PS I would have taken Duke as favorites over MD but the line is off the board right now.
Last week: 3-4
Season: 17-28
This week sucks.
LSU -7.5 Auburn. Auburn lost to Kentucky and got blown out by Arkansas. LSU has to redeem themselves to move up in BCS after losing to Florida 13-3.
Arkansas +6.5 Ole Miss. I've liked them over the season. They can hang with the not so good Ole Miss.
Stanford -6.5 Arizona State. The numbers might look like Arizona State has a power defense but Idaho State and LA-Monroe aren't power offenses.
UVA +5 GT. Out of respect for the past two weeks, I've called for us to lose and we haven't. Why stop a good thing? Both teams decide their destiny today.
Cuse -10.5 Akron. Akron hasn't has only finished two games +10.5, Morgan St and Buffalo.
Texas -12 Mizzou. Horns have a tough defense that'll make Mizzou's troubles scoring look awful. McCoy just needs to do something productive against a weaker D.
I would also take Duke.
What is 1996? http://football.stassen.com/cgi-bin/records/opp-opp.pl?start=1869&end=2008&team1=PennState&team2=Michigan
Also Russell, it's really great that you made these picks but I think you should make picks for CUSA and MAC games instead.
Oklahoma was ahead of BYU when Bradford went down, so how did Bywho beat Oklahoma when Bradford was healthy.
What a terrible week to be picking underdogs...
Does Duke could for us? No spread so it would just be pick winner. Some sort of technical term exists in spread betting, right?
I guess my Doc/Lourdes joke might have paid off. So much for being funny.
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