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College Football Picks Against The Spread October 16-17

By Mike Marteny

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In case you are new to this, I will give you a little introduction to the madness. For the last six years, I have been picking every FBS vs. FBS game against the spread.

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Believe me, it is not as easy as it sounds. My personal best was set last season at 55.01%. I was aiming for 57% this year, but as you can see, it is not going as planned.

I take the average of the odds from each Vegas casino and pick against that. I round all spreads to the nearest half point. There will be no pushing here. Save that for your next mosh pit.

I have been doing things a little differently this year. Instead of picking all of the games on Thursday, I have split them up to get more accurate spreads. Though as some of you have pointed out, this doesn’t do a whole lot of good for those that bet a late game with an early game on the same ticket. Due to that, I will have the Thursday-Friday games up Thursday afternoon, the noon kicks on Saturday up Friday evening, and the rest of the Saturday games up an hour before the noon eastern kickoffs on Saturday.

This is for entertainment purposes only. I cannot be responsible for you losing your dog, horse, car, or any other mode of transportation. I am a simple man. I cannot have that on my conscience.

If I do make a wager on any of these, I will not make it known here. I do provide a “lock” for each section of games. I have hit those at about 66% on the year, so even that is not an exact science.

Virginia Tech(-1.5) at Pittsburgh: This line is all over the place. Pitt is even favored in a couple of places. Despite Virginia Tech’s issues on offense, I expect them to dominate this game. That defense is still very good, and Pitt has been a mess on offense despite star RB James Conner’s best efforts. Give me Tech for my lock of the early games!

(20)Utah(-2.5) at Oregon State: This one opened with the Beavers favored, but has quickly switched. The Utah defense is good enough to keep Mannion under control for the most part. I’m still not sure about the Utah offense under Tyler Wilson. It has looked better with Kendal Thompson at the helm. I simply can’t pick against Utah’s outstanding defensive front. Give me the Utes.

Fresno State at Boise State(-16.5): I thought this was high until I watched the mess that was the Bulldogs against UNLV. If Ajayi doesn’t disappear from this game, it will be a laugher. Give me Boise.

Temple at Houston(-7.5): Temple’s defense has been mostly solid this year, but Houston has new life with Greg Ward at quarterback. I’m taking Houston.

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