Friday, October 24, 2008

CFB Predictions (Week 9)

This is done for the hell of it. If you decide you want to use what I am posting, you are doing so at your own risk.
(ATS w/ $ 9-13 (69%). ATS no $ 10-19 (53%). SU 28-33 (85%).

Games I would (and probably have) put money on (my picks in GREEN):

New Mexico St 48 Idaho 24 (NMSt -13)

Duke 13 Vanderbilt 30 (Vandy -10.5)

Baylor 20 Nebraska 38 (Nebraska -13)

Notre Dame 35 Washington 13 (ND -11) Totally against my principles... but...

Central Florida 17 Tulsa 52 (Tulsa -24)

Utah St 17 Fresno St 45 (Fresno St -14.5)



Games I would love to put money on, but have no guts:

Colorado @ Missouri (Missouri -24.5)
The high powered offense of Missouri has lost 2 games in a row. They are not going to lose this one. However, Colorado is not that bad of a team and I am not sure if they are going to cover the spread.

Troy @ North Texas (Troy -24)
I don't know much about these teams except that North Texas is BAD. The only reason they don't get mentioned like the Washington schools are that they don't come from a BCS conference. But they are just terrible. However, because I don't know too much about Troy, I wouldn't really bet on them either. Troy to win, but by how much? Your guess is as good as mine.

Minnesota @ Purdue (pick em)
My call is on Minnesota (sorry to my wife and all her friends). Purdue is not playing very good football these days. Last weeks loss to Northwestern was just... bad. Minnesota is not that much better, but I think they have a slight edge. Only thing going for Purdue in this game is that they are playing in West Lafayette. Minnesota by 3.

Kentucky @ Florida (Florida -26)
Florida is going to win this game. Just not by 26 points. So, I am picking Kentucky (but not to win, just Florida not covering the spread) Kentucky is a decent team. I am not sure the Gators are going to be able to run up that many points against them. Plus, it's a bias call... Go Rich Brooks!!

USC @ Arizona (USC -15)
I don't know why I am scared to make this bet. USC is going to do what they do best... trample over their opponents. There is no team in the PAC 10 that is going to stop them. They may run into some problems at Cal but other than that, they should be running the table. Arizona is erratic, maybe that's why I am not willing to pick USC by that point spread. USC is going to win, just by how much.

Michigan St @ Michigan (MSU -4.5)
Michigan is so bad this year, this should be a no brainer. But... I just don't know. The Spartans are not showing any consistency. This might just be the game that RR turns the Wolverine program around. 


Huge games this week:

7 Oklahoma St @ 1 Texas
Would love to see the Longhorns lose this one and once again open up the BCS. However, Texas has been looking extremely good (never thought those words would ever come out of my mouth). They have been efficiently destroying their opponents. And, I doubt they are going to trip up this week.

9 Georgia @ 11 LSU
Crazy game. No idea who will win. Will be an excellent game to watch even though it is probably going to be low scoring.

3 Penn St @ 10 Ohio St
Penn St should give JoePa a win here and (my wish) a national championship this year. And then JoePa can go rest cos he should be doing that and not stressing out on the sidelines (or in the booth). This will be Penn St's statement game if they win. A win with a Texas loss will most likely vault them over Bama.


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