Saturday Pickoff

I went 13-6-1 last week, so maybe I'm turning the corner with these picks? I'd still hold off another week before trusting me though. The Utah St game was technically played Friday night, and this is getting posted Saturday morning so you'll just have to trust me that I picked them. As always, home teams in bold.

Utah St +24
#6 Va Tech -17
#13 Iowa -21
Mich St -3
Kentucky +15.5
Miami (OH) +29
#15 Penn St -7
#18 Georgia -3
Indiana +18
Vanderbilt +9.5
#25 Ga Tech -6
#8 Oklahoma -7.5
#24 California +5
SMU +28
UTEP +15
Wash St +33.5

Saturday Pickoff

Sorry for the lack of substance this week, I've been a little preoccupied with some other goings on. Plus I was trying to recover after my picks from last week when I miraculously went 5-13. I think what that means is you should take the opposite of all these picks with confidence. (Home teams are in bold)

#18 Florida St -14
Georgia Tech -2.5
#20 Kansas -20
#23 Michigan -20.5
Fresno St +16.5
Miss. St +13
#15 TCU +2.5
#11 Va Tech +2.5
#13 Ohio St -14
Oregon +5.5
Arkansas +17.5
#2 Texas -36
#1 Florida -21.5
#19 BYU -17
#25 Nebraska -27.5
#8 Boise St -17
#21 Georgia -12
Iowa +9.5
#24 Washington +7.5
#17 Houston -1
Wash St. +45.5

Saturday Pickoff

Here's the Top 25 sure losers for this week:

Fresno St +7.5
East Carolina +7.5
#22 Kansas -22.5
East. Michigan +24
#8 California -14
#9 Penn St -29.5
#11 Ohio St -20.5
#4 Alabama -38
#13 Va Tech -5
Tulsa +17.5
#18 Utah +4.5
#3 USC -18.5
Tennessee +29.5
#17 Cincinnati -1
#16 Oklahoma St -32.5
LA Lafayette +27
#7 BYU -7.5
Arkansas -1
#2 Texas -17.5

Bold Teams are home

Saturday Pickoff

Week 2 Top 25 College Picks

Syracuse (+29) at #7 PSU

#19 UNC (-4.5) at UConn

#1 Florida (-36) vs Troy

#14 Va. Tech (-19) vs Marshall

#22 Nebraska (-22) vs Arkansas St

#16 TCU (-11) at Virginia

Houston (+15.5) at #5 Okie St

#18 Notre Dame (-3) at Michigan

#2 Texas (-33.5) at Wyoming

Tulane (+17.5) vs #9 BYU

#25 Missouri (-20) vs Bowling Green

South Carolina (+7) at #21 Georgia

Fl. International (+33.5) vs #4 Alabama

Vanderbilt (+14.5) at #11 LSU

UTEP (+12.5) vs #24 Kansas

#3 USC (-7) at #8 Ohio St

Miami (Oh) (+37) at #12 Boise St

#17 Utah (-13.5) at San Jose St

Putting up a San Francisco

It appears as though I got off to a slow start in the college season, going 4-9 against the spread for the Top 25 games this week. I failed to include the Utah-Utah St game, and FSU-Miami games in my predictions, so I'll assume a 2-0 pick there. (In fairness I did mention to a friend to take the 5.5 points Miami was getting last night). So, where did I go wrong:

Wins:
Boise St (-3) - Oregon looked terrible, not even getting a 1st down until midway through the third quarter.

Okie St (-5.5) - Georgia showed the offensive aptitude that I expected, and Oklahoma State looked like they could seriously challenge for the national title.

USC (-33) - Like San Jose St had a chance

BYU (+22) - BYU looked like they were going to cover even before Bradford got hurt, but once that AC joint got sprained it was smooth sailing.

Losses:
Ohio St (-21.5) - Maybe now people will start getting a little quieter about what creampuffs the service acadmies are. Probably not though.

Penn St (-27) - Still not sure how I lost this one. PSU is up 31-0 at the half, having given up only 8 yards of offense, and then they don't score again the rest of the game.

Nevada (+14.5) - I needed ND to show me something before I started giving up two touchdowns. They showed me a lot.

FAU (+22.5) - Whatever

Texas (-42) - They only won by 39.

Va Tech (+6.5) - I got thrown off when I saw the game was "at" VT, because in reality it was a neutral site game in Atlanta. Which meant it was practically a home game for Alabama. And it showed.

Maryland (+21) - I usually like Friedgen teams as big underdogs, but that didn't work out so well this week. Jahvid Best showed why many think he's the best back in the country.

LSU (-17.5) - The Huskies showed some fight under new coach Steve Sarkisian. If I was Les Miles I'd be a little worried about my defense.

Memphis (+17) - This was looking like a win until Ole Miss exploded for 28 in the fourth quarter.

Hopefully I learned some things this week and next week's effort will be an improvement. It certainly can't get much worse.

Saturday Pickoff

Every week I'm going to pick all the Top 25 games against the spread. Week 1 is starting in a matter of hours, so no pithy explanations are provided.

#14 Boise St (-3) (vs. #16 Oregon)

#6 Ohio St (-21.5) (vs. Navy)

#9 Penn St (-27) (vs. Akron)

#9 Okie St (-5) (vs. #13 Georgia)

#4 USC (-33) (vs. San Jose St.)

Nevada (+14.5) (@ Notre Dame)

FAU (+22.5) (@ #24 Nebraska)

#20 BYU (+22) (@ #3 Oklahoma)

#2 Texas (-42) (vs. LA Monroe)

#7 Va Tech (+6.5) (vs. #5 Alabama)

Maryland (+21) (@ #12 California)

#11 LSU (-17.5) (@ Washington)

Memphis (+17) (vs. #8 Ole Miss)