College Football Picks Against The Spread Evening October 21, 2017
By Mike Marteny
College Football Picks Against The Spread Evening October 21, 2017
I had a bit of a disappointing week in week 7 of the college football season. I am still 26 games above .500 on the season and 76 betting points to the good. Things are looking good, but there is a lot of college football left with conference play in full swing.
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For those of you that are new here, I put myself out there every week. For the last six years, I have picked every single college football game. Sounds easy, right? I thought so too. So I have picked them all against the spread. That significantly increases the degree of difficulty.
I take the average of the odds from the six major Vegas casinos and round that to the nearest half point. There will be no ties here. Ties are for the other football.
Some sites will sell you top ten picks for a fee. Some will even give you a couple of free picks to lure you in. This is every game picked, all for free.
This contains the picks for FBS vs. FBS games only. It is too hard to get an accurate spread on games that involve 1-AA teams.
I will assign a point value “bet” on each game, between one and five points. That way you can see just how confident I am in each pick. Look for those at the end of each line. I am up 27 points after the first two weeks so far.
I cannot be responsible for you losing any of your worldly possessions, significant others, or limbs to a loan shark. This is for entertainment purposes only! I am a simple person. I cannot have that on my conscience.
There are 56 games this weekend, and none of them feature FCS teams. Six took place before today. The last 15 are in prime time. Where can we make some money on the big matchups of the day?
(16)South Florida(-11.5) at Tulane(3): I was expecting a lot higher than this. After last week, I am comfortable with USF for this. Tulane’s offense was terrible last week.
Southern Mississippi at Louisiana Tech(-2.5)(3): I don’t know that I buy this one. Southern Miss only has two losses. They are to North Texas and Kentucky. Both of them are better than La. Tech this year. USM straight up. Watch Ito Smith run wild in this one!
Rice at UTSA(-19.5)(1): Wow, that’s a lot. Give me UTSA, I guess. Their offense is much better than Rice right now.
BYU(-6.5) at East Carolina(1): There is no way I would bet this game. Both teams are awful. Give me ECU at home just because I have to pick.
(24)LSU(-7.5) at Mississippi(2): LSU really showed me a lot coming back on Auburn like that, but did they waste all of their mojo in that game? LSU has played very well since being shocked by Troy at home. However, that offense still is not great. Give me Ole Miss. If LSU wins, it wont be by two scores.
(19)Michigan at (2)Penn State(-9.5)(5): Why is this line down? Michigan has been awful on offense with Wilton Speight out. They weren’t very good with him in there. They are going to be dominated by a borderline elite Penn State defense. This gets ugly. Penn State by at least double this. And I’m still taking the under on 44.
(11)USC at (13)Notre Dame(-3.5)(2): I expect this game to stay close, so I am a little nervous about that half. However, I’m not sure USC can stop Josh Adams. Give me Notre Dame.
(21)Auburn(-15.5) at Arkansas(1): This line is dangerous. It is up a ways since Alabama dominated the Hogs last week, but that was in Tuscaloosa. This looks a little high to me. Give me Arkansas.
Wake Forest at Georgia Tech(-4.5)(2): This could go one of two ways for Georgia Tech. They could be destroyed by the way they lost after outplaying Miami last week and lay an egg here. Or they could build on that performance in south Florida and dump Wake. This line has dropped dramatically with the news that John Wolford is back. I’ll take Wake here.
Kansas at (4)TCU(-38.5(2): That is a ton of points! However, Iowa State just covered it, so I have to think TCU can. Their offense is better and the defense is at least that good. Give me the Toadies.
(23)West Virginia(-9.5) at Baylor(4): I still haven’t seen anything from Baylor besides them throwing on the terrible Oklahoma secondary. West Virginia has a defense. This could get ugly.
Arizona(-3.5) at California(4): Cal played one of their biggest games in a generation last week, but everything that could go wrong did for Wazzu. I don’t see an answer for Khalil Tate on Cal’s roster. Arizona wins by double digits.
Wyoming at Boise State(-14.5)(3): This looks high. Boise has only beaten one spread in the last calendar year. It was last week. Give me Wyoming.
Fresno State at San Diego State(-7.5)(5): I will go down with this ship if I have to, dammit! San Diego State is far too good to have a spread this low against Fresno. SDSU by double digits!
Colorado at (15)Washington State(-10.5)(4): This looks really low. I know how bad Washington State was last week, and I don’t know if they could play that poorly again if they tried. Colorado really has not looked good, especially on the road. Give me Wazzu to bounce back here.
Next: ESPN College Pick em Picks Week 8
This week I only have six one pointers, but I also went light on the five pointers with a season low two. I have 22 two pointers and 17 three pointers, taking up the bulk of my best. I do have nine four pointers once again, and I hope they come up big like they did last week!
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