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

The Biggest Week, Yet

Week 2 of the college football season is upon us with a plethora of big games. This week may not determine the overall feel, but should set the tone for the next few weeks. I'm surprised Game Day chose the Bama-Penn State game to set up shop, especially with the Gators showing up in 3 weeks, but bey, they are the #1 team, for now.

As far as the Tide game goes, they should easily cover the 12 point spread over the true Freshman QB for JoPa. True, Mark Ingram is out again, but how much are they loosing without him? Robinson is more than serviceable as an SEC tailback starter. Bama won't loses nay votes this week!

BJ Daniels and the South Florida Bulls are treking north about 2 hours to Gainesville. The Gator center was quoted in August that Chris Rainey was going to be the whole offense this year. I guess he wanted to make sure he was right in attempting to snap the ball to him directly, or at least where he could pick it up off the turf every time. Talk about making your predictions come true. For the record, Rainey had 3 carries for 1 yard and 6 catches for 34 yards and a TD. If that's the whole offense, it could be a really long year for the #4 team in the nation. Hey Pouncey, get the ball to Brantley and let the boy do work!

South Carolina and Georgia open up their SEC tilts against one another yet again. This has been the opening matchup every year since the Game Cocks joined the SEC in 1992. Let's see how many grey hairs Garcia can give the 'ol Ball Coach this week. Despite AJ Green being sidelined by a used jersey, the Bulldogs will be just fine on the road this weekend. The tailgating restrictions won't affect the UGA faithful this weekend, meaning success all the way around.

The UGA contingent will be out in full force this weekend.

The Seminoles are traveling to Norman, OK to take on the Sooners. The line has moved a point towards the Noles, which is a little curious. Stoops versus Stoops is the headline, but the players on the field will ultimately determine the outcome. The DeMarco Murrary/Ryan Broyles show will be in full effect this weekend for a national audience, sending Free Shoes University back to Fla with an L, and not even a cover on the 7.5 points.

The Horseshoe will see a Hurricane this weekend in Jacory Harris. The Buckeyes think they have the ultimate QB in Pryor, but they haven't met Jacory yet. Both may be sitting side by side in new York in December for a trophy presentation, but only one can win this game. There is very little respect for the Canes with a 9 point line. They will easily cover this, and might even scare the Buckeyes a little late in the fourth. This game will be decided in the last 30 seconds, but OSU won't cover the line.

THE premiere game of the weekend, and what will be the most talked about game for the next month because of the meaning to each Institution is the Michigan - Notre Dame game. Both programs have had a rough few seasons, and appear ready to jump back into relevance. Two will enter, one will leave. This game will have a little bit of everything, a controvesial call by the refs, highlight reel catches, big hits by the D, turnovers, mistakes, dropped passes, bad clock management, basically everything that has been Wolverine and Irish football the past few seasons. The difference this year will be the level of the great plays/players will far outshine recent history, leading to an instant classic. Neither team will lead by double digits during the game. Both will miss "key" field goals. Both teams will post 400 yards of offense. But at the end, the Blue and Maize will leave the Victors of the Day.

The questions of the Oregon - Tennessee game: What will the Ducks wear this week? Can the Vols hold the Ducks under 72, in 3 quarters?!