College Football Week 15

Too bad I did not pick more games last week. I went 4-0 bringing my overall record to 34-33-2.

Only one game this week which features Navy vs. Army. This is a game I have always enjoyed watching and I feel this game gets the respect it deserves by getting the whole spotlight after championship week and before bowl season begins.

Army enters the game 2-9 while Navy is 7-4. At the time of this writing Navy is -6.5 which shocks me. I think Navy runs away (pun intended) with this game. The final score is probably 31-14 with  Navy coming out on top.

The lines for all the bowl games are available, after taking a quick peek some are interesting. I notice Iowa St. opened +3 even after beating this same team by 15 the opening week of the season.

I will be doing a bowl pick 'em with some of my friends going through EVERY game with higher emphasis on the Big 10 and Big 12.

Thanks for reading so far throughout the season, i have enjoyed putting my picks out there and  taking some ribbing from some folks. Everyone always thinks they do a great job picking, I am here to say it is not as easy as it sounds/looks. Most people only remember their good weeks. I have had too many bad weeks to forget this season. I will post an early look at Iowa State's 2013 season and maybe a look at Iowa's 2013 as well. (Do I smell guest writer?!?!?!)

College football week 14

Sorry I did not post earlier in the week, I have been in hiding and mourning from my dismal performance last week. I was 0-4-1 dropping my record to 30-33-2.

Time to pick it up! Bowl season should be easy though since Big 10 teams will be involved.

Pitt is -7 at South Florida, South Florida is not good. Take Pitt to win and finish the season much better than they started.

Oklahoma -6 visits TCU. In a strange stat TCU is 0-3 at home in Big 12 play and 4-1 on the road. I think the losing continues at home and OU puts a statement out to the BCS folks, pick us! OU wins something like 41-27.

Georgia is +8 coming into this game. The SEC is tough to judge with 14 teams in the league, they are dodging each other left and right. On top of that they throw a cupcake 1-AA school the week before their 'rival' games to make sure they do not suffer an extra late season loss. SEC is weak sauce for scheduling only 8 conference games. Alabama could win this game and if there was an extra week of prep I'd say they would cover, however I think Georgia keeps it snug with Alabama winning 24-20 or something.

K-State -11 hosts Texas in the Big 12 finale. Texas is coming off a loss to TCU and I think they are going to suffer another loss this week. Ash/McCoy probably get picked off 2-3 times and the K-State running game puts up over 250 yards on Texas. This one is ugly in the 4th, K-State wins 38-14.

Recap: Pitt -7, OU -6, Georgia +8 and K-State -11.

College Football week 13 part 2

Well I am 0-2 so far this, what a bunch of crap! Iowa State disappointed me this season. I thought the D was good enough for 8-9 wins, the offense really let this team down. Once Jake Knott got hurt, the defense fell apart. Hopefully the DB's will heal up before the bowl game and ISU can lay the wood to someone crappy. More than likely it will be a team from the Big 10 so that is synonymous with crappy.

By the way, only the Big 10 could make their conference even more mediocre with realignment, amazing.

Game #4 Stanford visits UCLA, the Bruins have a dynamic offense and are able to score points but Stanford boasts a pretty good defense. Stanford cannot score though. I am going with the under, the total is listed at 52 right now.

Game #5 UCONN has turned into garbage as the year has gone on. Louisville needs this win and I think they get it. I am taking L'ville to cover -10.5 in this game. L'Ville is at home and needs this win to have a shot at winning the Big East when Rutgers comes to town next week. Take L'Ville going away.

Recap Tulsa -5, Ohio +10, LSU -12.5, Stanford vs. UCLA under and Louisville -10.5.

College Football Week 13

I was 2-3 last week dropping my record to 30-29-1 on the season. There are still a precious few weeks to improve on my record and to try to get to at least 55% on the season.

 

Thanksgiving weekend usually sets us up with some big games. The state of Iowa will be showcased starting at 11:00 when Nebraska visits Kinnick stadium and the Iowa Hawkeyes. Mercifully Iowa will be done after this game. Things do not look up for Iowa next year either. Nebraska will lock up their spot in the Big 10 championship after winning this game.

 

Iowa State hosts West Virginia.Wow, what has happened to the Mountaineers? They started out 5-0 and reached #5 in the country. Since then they are 0-5 and the least amount of points they have given up in a conference game is 39!

 

Game #1 Tulsa -5 is on the road at SMU, SMU has had their struggles this year and Tulsa has been humming along for the most part and I think that continues. Tulsa wins by double digits on the road.

 

Game #2 Ohio +10 visits Kent St. This lines seems pretty high. Kent is ranked and playing at home but Ohio has played some good games this season including a win at Penn St. early in the season. I think Ohio has a chance to win this outright. The Bobcat offense is good enough to slug this out and grind some clock. Ohio keeps it snug and like I said may win outright. 

 

Game #3 LSU -12.5 visits Arkansas with Arkansas playing out the string. They really have nothing to play for. LSU is not great offensively which allows Arkansas to hang around in the first half. The LSU defense comes on strong in the second half with many stops and probably a special teams TD. LSU wins this one easily 34-13.

 

Recap Tulsa -5, Ohio +10 and LSU -12.5

College Football Week 12 part 2

Here we go with the final two picks for week 12 in college football.



Game #4 Oklahoma (-11.5) visits a team in West Virginia that is in absolute free fall. From being #5 in the country to now being stuck at 5 wins and hoping they can make a bowl game. OU probably has the best secondary in the Big 12 and I expect them to make some big plays including forcing some turnovers. There will probably be a lot of points but I do not think West Virginia can hang and they realize how much tougher the Big 12 is compared to the Big East. Take OU, they probably win 48-31.



Game #5 Mizzou -5 hosts Syracuse in a November non-conference game. Syracuse stinks, Mizzou is not much better but they are at home and maybe James Franklin is getting it together. Give me the Tigers to cover the spread.



Quick recap: Arkansas St -3, Iowa State -5 and Stanford vs. Oregon over 65, Oklahoma -11.5 and Mizzou -5. Chalky chalky chalky.