Spooky College Picks

27-21 after 8 weeks. Meh. Let's find some spooky picks this weekend, and get that percentage up!

Miami(14.5) @ UVA
Miami will cover this by halftime, and cruise to a 27 point win. Jacory will hand out a candy int in the third, just to be a nice guy...
Canes 48 Cavs 21

Tennessee @ South Carolina(-17.5)
Phil Fulmer must be turning in his booth at the buffet. 17.5 dogs to the 'Ol Ball Coach?! My how Rocky Top has fallen. The Game Chickens will struggle to cover this, but will do it. late.
(Smokey joining the Game Cocks, too embarrassed to be a Volunteer anymore)
Souf Cakolacki 35 Rocky Bottom 14

Michigan State @ Iowa(-6.5)
The Vegas line for fake kicks is 3.5 this week. Take the over, but sadly, none of them will work for Sparty. After doing his best Les Miles impersonation last week, Ferrentz wakes up the hawkeyes to steamroll Sparty out of the top 10.
Iower 27 Sparty 13

Missouri @ Nebraska(-7.5)
Can you say hangover road trip?! Yes, Mizzou was impressive last week, but now you have Big Red in Lincoln. Welcome to a tie for the Big 12 North.
Black shirts 59 Mizzou 28

Florida - Georgia(-2.5)

Ah, the Cocktail party. I predicted things could get ugly the day before Halloween in Jacksonville, and they are just that. Combined 5-6 in conference play? Ugh. Jorgia is averaging over 40 ppg since UGA VI took the sidelines. It doesn't stop this weekend, despite the Gators' new jerseys. (Fla D scores 14...)

Bulldogs 46 Gators 31

Texas Tech @ Texas A&M(-7.0)
Upset alert...Tubberville leads the Raiders on Halloween weekend, with the ghost of Leach looking over his shoulder, over the Aggies and all of their 12th men.
Red Raiders 27 Agricultural and Mechanical 24

Baylor @ Texas(-7.5)

The Bears are the best team in Tejas, right now. The only one ranked. The only one in the Big 12 with a winning conference record. The best offense, the best QB. Take advantage of it this year, my friend. Stay thirsty, run with it, and beat The Longhorns.
Bears 33 Tejas 23

Michigan(-3) @ Penn State
The Nittany Lions pull some funny stuff on Halloween Eve to beat the Wolverines.
PSU 29 Meeshigan 26

Oregon(-7) @ USC
This is the only chance for USC to be relevant this season. No post season, no polls, reduced scholarships, and let's be honest, beating UCLA this year isn't all that. Beat the Ducks and you've officially screwed with the BCS and NCAA football when you shouldn't be. (Even the ducks won't be able to find themselves in all black Saturday night.)
Trojans 47 Quacks 41

Week Ocho, Mid October Edition

Now that Oregon has once again scored a point a minute, its on to the Saturday lineup (almost exclusively at 3:30.)
Sitting at 26-17 ATS is respectable, so far. Let's see if we can improve up on that.

Quick hits, once again...
LSU @ Auburn (-6)
Low scoring game, the mad hatter still has the horseshoe to cover, but War Eagle wins.
LSU 24 Auburn 19

Wisconsin @ Iowa (-5.5)
Adam Robinson! nuff said.
Iowa 32 Wisconsin 21

Nebraska (-5.5) @ Oklahoma State
Weedon, Hunter, Balckmon. Too much for the black shirts.
Ok St 38 Nebraska 20

Oklahoma (-3) @ Missouri
Sooner Nation needs to keep up with Quack Attack.
Ok 48 Mizzou 17

Georgia Tech @ Clemson (-5.5)
Yellow Jackets, you hired Al Groh...nice. Welcome to losing every week, with dignity.
Clemson 27 GT 9

Week 7.. quick hits

Rocktober is here, and the fish are calling...

Quick hits for week 7.

BC +22

Pitt +1

Missouri +3.5

Texas +9.5

USC -2.5

Iowa -3.5

Auburn -3.5

ECU +7.5

Oklahoma Stat +3.5

TCU -29

Ohio State -4

Florida -7.5

Bama -21

Oregon State s/u

Bama - USC (the other one...)

The Game Chickens will be confused by the Tide this weekend, while getting hammered.

Week 6 Oktoberfest Edition

Here we are, right in the middle of the season. Last weeks performance of 5-4 was mediocre at best for the biggest week of the young football season. (Unfortunately, I went 1-5 in the post 7:30 games ATS on Yahoo! last week.) This week provides a little breather for some, and a little more light on some of the conference races.

To kick things off:

Pig Sooie(-6)vsThe Agricultural and Mechanical College of Tejas

(in the house that Jerry built)

Ryan Mallet and the Razorbacks step out of conference to face another highly touted QB in Jerrod Johnson. Both have next level potential, both have over 1200 yards passing so far, both have double digit touchdowns, both have a single tough loss this year. What Arkansas posses that A&M doesn’t is a defense. Johnson will find his spots, and the running game will help to cover the touchdown, but Arkansas will pull it out. I see a 4^th quarter cover, just coming up short in the end.

Arkansas 28 – A&M 24

Alabama (-7) @ South Carolina

The ‘Ol Ball Coach, at 3-1, getting dissed at home?! You better bet there has been more than a few sit downs with QB Mullet the past 2 weeks. “Don’t embarrass me on National TV like you did two weeks ago Stephen!!!” Well, sorry coach, he might not have a lot of control over the issue. This is the beginning of the games where Bama faces opponents that have had the week off prior. That’s good news for the opponents, but let’s face it, Bama is hot. The last thing a hot team wants to do is stop, and that’s something Bama definitely is not doing. There’s not even a 4^th quarter cool down lap this year. The Defense on this squad may actually be better collectively than last year’s team. Ryan Mallet managed 20 against them, and he’s a first rounder. The side show Burton couldn’t keep his 5 rushes-5 touchdown magic going, with no Gator td’s put on the board. Garcia has NO CHANCE. Spurrier’s only hope is some trickeration, some lucky breaks and bounces, and for Alabama to forget to get on the bus. This machine keeps rolling along, putting up over 40 on the road.

Bama 41 – USC 13

Sparty @ Meeshigan (-4.5)

Yes, Kirk cousins will rack up yards on top of yards on top of some more yards. The Wolverine secondary should be renamed thirdary because it stinks. However, 400 yards does not necessarily mean a victory or cover. Shoelace is playing, and that’s all that matters. Look for yet another double doubler, 200 passing AND rushing. The winged men, at home, are the Victors of the Day, playing Alexander the Great in defeating Sparta.

Michigan 37 – Michigan State 24

LSU @ the Gators (-7) in the Swamp

Is this the same Florida squad that didn’t even score 7 at Bama last week, that needed a 5 TD sideshow against Kaintuck, that had issues with Miami…the one in OHIO, had issues with Ol Rocky Top? Really? I know Les Miles sometimes forgets that he’s actually in control and has to do something, but a touchdown dog for an undefeated team. I know they are uglier than the Gators, but a touchdown? Not sure both teams combine for 7 points. Between the Center-QB relationship that is rockier than MLB umpiring and Jordan Jefferson providing 6 catches for opposing defenses, the punters may not have a lot of work to do. I see LSU driving, late in the 4^th quarter, taking 3 straight delay of game penalties backing up Josh Jasper…to make a 57 yarder in the final minute to win. This is an October baseball game, right?!

LSU 3 – Florida 2

Trojans @ The Tree (-9.5)

Jim Harbaugh and the big tree are raging mad that they got pissed on by a duck last week as it was flying over them, repeatedly. Being a fine California Institution of higher learning, they can either come out swinging or have a sit-in. I don’t see Jim as the pacifist type guy. Luck will be on point, taking advantage of the terrible Thirdary of boys of Troy. Bradford will continue his ground dominance, putting up over 150 yards on 15 carries, but the tree will get mad, get revenge, and just plain embarrass Lane Kiffin. Oh how the mighty have fallen. (Sidebar, enjoy this 9 win season while you can Stanford, the train ride stops after Luck and Harbaugh are no longer there next year…)

Stanford 41 – USC 17

Free $hoes University @ Da U (-6.5)

Jimbo comes to town 4-1, and 2-0 in the ACC. Jacory is home again, ready to complete passes, no matter what team they play for. This lends itself to be another amazing game in the series…not to the level of Wide Right, or Wide Left, but maybe kick starting what the ACC was hoping for when they expanded with an actual Florida presence that matters. These two are 1-2 in sacks, and that could keep the score down, or let things ride over the top with man coverage in the secondary. Jacory gets some smelling salts, sees the light, and has a career game to carry the hurricanes to victory.

Miami 27 – FSU 16