Last
Week’s Record
Biggest
10 Games (Straight Up: 8-2; Vs. Spread: 7-3)
Overall
(Straight
Up: 47-9; Vs. Spread: 29-26-1; Moneyline Upsets: 3-1)
Season
Record
Biggest
10 Games (Straight Up: 52-28; Vs. Spread: 36-44)
Overall
(Straight
Up: 307-90; Vs. Spread: 211-185; Moneyline Upsets: 15-15)
Week
8 Review: Overall this was best week of the year. It wasn’t
my best week in what I consider to be the primary category—overall record ATS—but
I had at least a good week in all 5 areas.
Finally I had a good
week picking the biggest 10 games—both straight up and ATS—and I got back to
.500 picking upsets. Obviously I’ll need more than 1 good week ATS in the
biggest 10 games to get back to .500 on the year.
Overall ATS I suppose
it would be silly to complain about being 3 games over .500 for the week. It
certainly could have been better. On the other hand, I really struggled later
in the day on Saturday so I’m just glad I finished with a decent record.
Week
9 Preview: This week’s schedule isn’t quite as
stacked as week 8 was, but it’s still pretty solid. There are 58 games this
week, which I believe is the largest slate of the season so far. Once again
there are no FBS vs. FCS games this week.
It’s always a good sign
when I have trouble narrowing the list of “biggest games” down to just 10 and
that was again the case this week. As usual I ended up going with a mixture of
nationally important games and rivalries.
My goal this week is to
once again avoid disaster. I’d also like to have another good week ATS in the
biggest 10 games. I’m definitely going with fewer favorites than I did last
week. I may have gone overboard on moneyline upsets, as I’ve predicted more
this week than I have all year. What’s really making me nervous about this week
is that I’m going with a number of teams that I NEVER pick. Hopefully that
doesn’t come back to haunt.
Saturday
Game
1:
North Carolina State (+7.5) @ North Carolina
Pick:
NC State beats the spread
Game
2:
USC (-6.5) @ Arizona
Pick:
Arizona beats the spread
Game
3:
Texas Tech (+7) @ Kansas State
Pick:
Texas Tech beats the spread
Game
4:
Florida (-6.5) vs. Georgia (Jacksonville)
Pick:
Florida covers
Game
5:
Ohio (-6.5) @ Miami (Ohio)
Pick:
Ohio covers
Game
6:
Ohio State (Pick) @ Penn State
Pick:
Ohio State covers
Game
7:
Notre Dame (+10) @ Oklahoma
Pick:
Notre Dame beats the spread
Game
8:
Michigan (+2.5) @ Nebraska
Pick:
Nebraska covers
Game
9:
Mississippi State (+23.5) @ Alabama
Pick:
Alabama covers
Game
10:
Oregon State (-4) @ Washington
Pick:
Oregon State covers
Other
Games
Tuesday
Arkansas State (+3.5) @
Louisiana-Lafayette (Ark State beats the spread)
Thursday
Clemson (-11.5) @ Wake
Forest (Clemson covers)
Friday
Cincinnati (+3.5) @
Louisville (Cincinnati beats the spread)
Nevada (-3) @ Air Force
(AF pulls off the upset)
Saturday
Iowa (+6) @ Northwestern
(NW covers)
Kentucky (+13.5) @
Missouri (Kentucky beats the spread)
Temple (+6.5) @
Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh covers)
Ball State (-5.5) @
Army (BSU covers)
Indiana (+1) @ Illinois
(Indiana pulls off the upset)
Texas (-21) @ Kansas
(Texas covers)
Tennessee (+14) @ South
Carolina (South Carolina covers)
Northern Illinois (-7)
@ Western Michigan (NIU covers)
Mississippi (+5) @
Arkansas (Arkansas covers)
Southern Mississippi
(+2.5) @ Rice (Rice covers)
Maryland (+1) @ Boston
College (Maryland pulls off the upset)
Utah State (-21.5) @
Texas-San Antonio (Utah State covers)
Colorado (+46) @ Oregon
(Oregon covers)
Memphis (+20.5) @ SMU
(SMU covers)
BYU (+2.5) @ Georgia Tech
(BYU pulls off the upset)
UCLA (+6.5) @ Arizona
State (Arizona State covers)
Purdue (-3) @ Minnesota
(Purdue covers)
Duke (+28) @ Florida
State (Duke beats the spread)
Navy (+3.5) @ East
Carolina (ECU covers)
Fresno State (-13.5) @
New Mexico (NM beats the spread)
TCU (+7.5) @ Oklahoma
State (Oklahoma State covers)
North Texas (+3) @ Middle
Tennessee State (NT beats the spread)
Kent State (+13.5) @
Rutgers (Rutgers covers)
Eastern Michigan
(+14.5) @ Bowling Green (BG covers)
Michigan State (+6) @
Wisconsin (Wisconsin covers)
Toledo (-8) @ Buffalo
(Toledo covers)
Akron (+6.5) @ Central
Michigan (Akron beats the spread)
Boise State (-16.5) @
Wyoming (Boise State covers)
UAB (-3) @ Tulane
(Tulane pulls off the upset)
Texas State (+20) @ San
Jose State (SJS covers)
UTEP (+13) @ Houston
(Houston covers)
Troy (-7) @ Florida
Atlantic (Troy covers)
Western Kentucky (-7) @
Florida International (WK covers)
Washington State (+24)
@ Stanford (Stanford covers)
Hawaii (+6.5) @ Colorado
State (CSU covers)
Syracuse (+3) @ South
Florida (SF covers)
Baylor (+2.5) @ Iowa
State (ISU covers)
Texas A&M (-14) @ Auburn
(A&M covers)
Massachusetts (+32.5) @
Vanderbilt (Vandy covers)
South Alabama (+24) @ Louisiana-Monroe
(ULM covers)
Central Florida (-2.5)
@ Marshall (Marshall pulls off the upset)
Louisiana Tech (-30.5)
@ New Mexico State (LT covers)
UNLV (+18.5) @ San
Diego State (SD State covers)
California (+1) @ Utah
(California pulls off the upset)
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