In case you missed my recap of last week, I had a miserable opening week. That gives me a lot of ground to make up, but so it goes!
If you are not familiar with this, I pick every FBS vs. FBS game against the spread. No exceptions!
I take the mean of the odds at the top six Vegas casinos, and pick against that. They are all to the nearest half point, so there will be no pushes. Ties are for the NFL!
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Here are my picks for Thursday and Friday.
As usual, this is for entertainment purposes only. I am not responsible for you losing your house, your first born, or any other worldly possession. I am a simple man. I cannot have that on my conscience. If I decide to place a wager on any of these, I won’t let it be known here.
This post will focus on the noon eastern kickoffs today. I will have the mid-day games up before halftime of these games, and the later games up by 5pm.
(4)Oklahoma(-24.5) at Tulsa: The Sooners covered a high line last week, though Tulsa looks to be much better than La. Tech. I’m not betting against this defense. Give me the Sooners!
Arkansas State at Tennessee(-16.5): Considering what the Vols did to Utah State last week, this looks low. I’ll take Tennessee.
Buffalo at Army(-3.5): This line opened with the Bulls favored, and probably should have stayed that way. I will take Buffalo.
Florida Atlantic at (2)Alabama(-40.5): …….and this is why I hate the early weeks. Alabama’s offense looked unspectacular last week, but the Mountaineers did have something to do with that. The Tide were notorious for not covering these massive lines last season. I can’t possibly take them here.
(24)Missouri(-3.5) at Toledo: This line is falling fast. The consensus is that Toledo is going to give Mizzou hell at home, but what is the basis for that? I’m not sure either. Give me Missouri.
SMU at North Texas(-2.5): Wow, who looked worse last week? SMU got blanked by Baylor, and UNT was never in the game with Texas. I tend to think that Baylor’s defense is better than they are getting credit for. I like the June Jones offense to pull out a close one. Give me SMU.
(20)Kansas State(-12.5) at Iowa State: The Cyclones lost by more than this to NDSU last week. I have to think K-State can win this by two TDs as well. Give me K-State.
Western Kentucky at Illinois(-4.5): The Illini are getting way too much credit for being a major conference team. Their D isn’t any better than the Bowling Green team that the Hilltoppers lit up last week. Give me WKU.
Akron at Penn State(-14.5): I’m not sure why this line is falling. Sure, Penn State looked sloppy in the opener, but that had a lot to do with the UCF defense. Akron doesn’t have a defense. Give me Penn State.
Central Michigan at Purdue(-3.5): Purdue struggled with a Western Michigan team that is quite a bit worse than CMU. Give me the Chippewas!
Navy(-3.5) at Temple: Temple looked impressive in the win at Vanderbilt. Navy managed to hang with Ohio State before the Buckeyes pulled away late. That said, I am going to take Navy for the same reason I did last week: it’s hard to stop the option when you never see it.
South Alabama(-2.5) at Kent State: This line opened with Kent favored by 3. Maybe people just now realized that the Jaguars are pretty good. They rarely got covered last year. Should they be favored here? Probably. Give me South Alabama.
UAB at Mississippi State(-27.5): Prescott is a stud! Give me the Bulldogs!
New Mexico State(-1.5) at Georgia State: Ummmm……NMSU almost lost to Abilene Christian last year. I have to go with Georgia State.