Saturday, November 1, 2008

Putting on the hurt...

Went one for five again. Went 5 for 6 on the games that I didn't dare to play. Maybe next week, I should write this posting and change my tactics... play the games I don't dare to play... sigh...

(My calls in Blue, correct calls in Green and incorrect calls in Red.)

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

Temple 12 Navy 28 (Navy -7)
Temple 27 Navy 33

Utah 33 New Mexico 20 (Utah -7.5)
Utah 13 New Mexico 10

Missouri 48 Baylor 23 (Missouri -21.5)
Missouri 31 Baylor 28

San Jose St 36 Idaho 17 (SJSU -16.5)
SJSU 30 Idaho 24

Texas Christian 35 UNLV 17 (TCU -14)
TCU 44 UNLV 14



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

Iowa St @ Oklahoma St (-30.5)
The other Oklahoma team that is also doing very well this season. The loss to Texas last week was a heartbreaker. Iowa St is not doing very well and the only question is how much will they lose by. I'm not sure OkSt is going to cover the spread.
Iowa St 17 Oklahoma St 59

Tulsa @ Arkansas (Tulsa -7)
I really like the unbeaten Tulsa and David Johnson, their QB. I think they are going to pull this game off but this is a Conference USA team against a SEC team. Unfortunately, my bias will always be there.
Tulsa 23 Arkansas 30

Tennessee @ South Carolina (SC -6)
Tennessee is looking terrible, they are close to the bottom of the NCAA Div 1 offense ranking. They can hardly move the ball. I think that is all that needs to be said. But, South Carolina has not been consistent and I am picking them but not with a whole lot of confidence.
Tennessee 6 S Carolina 27

Nebraska @ Oklahoma (Oklahoma -21.5)
I think OU can do it. The Cornhuskers are not the Cornhuskers of the past BUT, this is a huge rivalry game and in rivalry games, anything can happen. I predict the Sooners are going to win, just not with confidence they can cover the spread.
Nebraska 28 Oklahoma 62

Washington St @ Stanford (Stanford -30)
As I have written many times this season, and the debate is actually on, this is a extremely horrible Wazzu team. The debate on whether this might actually be the worse Pac 10 team ever is not going to make them any better. The only reason they are not winless like their other in-state brother is they played a Div 1-AA Portland St. Stanford on the other hand is starting to show some signs of life under Jim Harbaugh. They are 2 games away from being bowl eligible for the first time in forever and better pick up this game as the rest of the way (Oregon, USC and Cal) is going to be a much tougher road. Just unsure of the spread.
WSU 0 Stanford 58

Washington @ USC (USC -46)
0-7 and no coach. I try to stay away from such high spreads because I don't think college teams try to embarrass each other very much any more. But then again, the Huskies might show up like Wazzu and not even attempt to stop the Trojans. Remember, the Trojans only threw 2 passes all of the second half and still ended the game with 69 points.
Washington 0 USC 56

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