Last
Week’s Record
Biggest
10 Games (Straight Up: 8-2; Vs. Spread: 4-6)
Overall
(Straight
Up: 33-8; Vs. Spread: 22-19; Moneyline Upsets: 2-3)
Season
Record
Biggest
10 Games (Straight Up: 8-2; Vs. Spread: 4-6)
Overall
(Straight
Up: 33-8; Vs. Spread: 22-19; Moneyline Upsets: 2-3)
Week
1 Review: Well I’m certainly not going to complain about my
week 1 results, especially considering they were rushed. I had a very similar
week 1 record last year and things turned out well. I will say that my feeling
that I might have picked too many underdogs turned out to be correct,
particularly in the biggest 10 games.
Week
2 Review: This wouldn’t appear to be a week stuffed full with
big time matchups. That doesn’t mean it won’t be a great week of games but
there are few matchups that really stand out going in. Week 2 isn’t usually a
huge week but there are almost always a few games generating buzz. Often times
in the past the spotlight games have been out of conference meetings between
big name programs. In reality, they often turned out to be somewhat lopsided
games, but at least the networks (or really, the network) could sell the game
as a big one. There just aren’t many sexy games this week. In fact, there’s not
a single matchup of ranked teams this week. There are of course some
interesting matchups and this could turn out to be a tricky week in terms of
making picks.
Friday
Game
1:
Utah (-7) @ Utah State
Pick:
Utah covers
Saturday
Game
2:
Auburn (+3) @ Mississippi State
Pick:
Auburn pulls off the upset
Game
3:
Florida (+1) @ Texas A&M
Pick:
Florida pulls off the upset
Game
4:
Purdue (+14) @ Notre Dame
Pick:
Notre Dame covers
Game
5:
Iowa State (+4.5) @ Iowa
Pick:
Iowa State beats the spread
Game
6:
South Florida (+2.5) @ Nevada
Pick:
Nevada covers
Game
7:
Wisconsin (-6.5) @ Oregon State
Pick:
Wisconsin covers
Game
8:
Nebraska (-5) @ UCLA
Pick:
Nebraska covers
Game
9:
Georgia (-2) @ Missouri
Pick:
Georgia covers
Game
10:
Oklahoma State (-10) @ Arizona
Pick:
Oklahoma State covers
Other
Games
Thursday
Pittsburgh (+4.5) @
Cincinnati (Cinci covers)
Saturday
North Carolina State (-3.5)
@ Connecticut (UConn beats the spread)
Central Florida (+18) @
Ohio State (UCF beats the spread)
Tulane (+25.5) @ Tulsa
(Tulane beats the spread)
Maryland (+10.5) @
Temple (Maryland beats the spread)
Penn State (+9.5) @
Virginia (UVA covers)
Miami (+6.5) @ Kansas
State (KSU covers)
East Carolina (+21) @
South Carolina (ECU beats the spread)
Ball State (+27.5) @
Clemson (Clemson covers)
North Carolina (-10.5)
@ Wake Forest (UNC covers)
Western Kentucky (+38)
@ Alabama (Bama covers)
Indiana (-14.5) @
Massachusetts (Indiana covers)
Air Force (+21) @
Michigan (Michigan covers)
USC (-26) @ Syracuse
(USC covers)
Michigan State (-19.5)
@ Central Michigan (MSU covers)
Rice (+10) @ Kansas
(Kansas covers)
Toledo (+3) @ Wyoming
(Toledo beats the spread)
Akron (+23.5) @ Florida
International (FIU covers)
Fresno State (+35) @
Oregon (Fresno State beats the spread)
Florida Atlantic (+7) @
Middle Tennessee State (FAU beats the spread)
Arkansas (-30.5) @
Louisiana-Monroe (Arkansas covers)
Idaho (+16.5) @ Bowling
Green (BG covers)
New Mexico State
(+21.5) @ Ohio (Ohio covers)
Memphis (+23) @
Arkansas State (Memphis beats the spread)
Louisiana-Lafayette
(+3) @ Troy (Troy covers)
UTEP (+8.5) @
Mississippi (UTEP beats the spread)
Texas Tech (-18) @
Texas State (Texas State beats the spread)
Washington (+24) @ LSU
(LSU covers)
Kent State (+7) @
Kentucky (Kentucky covers)
Army (+6.5) @ San Diego
State (SD State covers)
Louisiana Tech (-3.5) @
Houston (LT covers)
New Mexico (+38) @
Texas (Texas covers)
Vanderbilt (-3.5) @
Northwestern (NW beats the spread)
Illinois (+4) @ Arizona
State (Illinois beats the spread)
Duke (+15) @ Stanford (Stanford
covers)
