College Football Results Against The Spread Week 14: Georgia’s Revenge
By Mike Marteny
College Football Results Against The Spread Week 14: Georgia’s Revenge
This was a short week, and the last week for ESPN College Football Pick Em. Let’s go over how things went in the Fantasy CPR reader’s group this year.
I ended up with 42 points in Championship week. annelbaldwin and pitpenguins66 both ran the table on Championship week with 55 points! Here are the final standings for the season:
- annelbaldwin: 619
- earleyca: 611
- pitpenguins66: 608
- TheMediumLebowski: 604
- Gamebreaker_boz: 604
- pitt2534: 599
- SDShelton: 599
- MaizeNBlue: 595
- mnsooners: 589
- Brandon8736: 578
- Me: 548
- Protege21242: 543
- Pistol: 537
- Tru2psu: 530
- uscbill: 492
Congratulations to annelbaldwin on the win, and for finishing in the top 0.2% of all users! We look forward to having this competition again next year!
Now we will recap my picks against the spread. The winner against the spread will be in BOLD. My result will follow. Let’s get to it!
In case you want to follow along:
Championship week
Stanford vs.USC(-3.5) at Santa Clara, CA: MISS! That stupid half. This was not the way I wanted to start.
Memphis at Central Florida(-7.5): HIT! The half gives back here. This was an excellent game. It’s too bad Memphis had to take such a steep drop in a bowl here. They deserved better.
Akron vs. Toledo(-21.5) at Detroit: MISS! Toledo got bored. Akron didn’t score in the first half, and picked up 21 garbage time points in the fourth quarter.
North Texas at Florida Atlantic (-11.5): HIT! No word on Lane’s next job yet, but I’m guessing it wont be at FAU. If it is, the Owls are going to be very dangerous next year.
Massachusetts at Florida International: MISS! Well, it was an entertaining game at least. 108 combined points, and the Panthers rewriting the record books. They tied a record for most wins in a season with eight, tying the 2011 mark. FIU set program records with points in a game(63), total yards(674), and rushing touchdowns(6). Does this mean Butch Davis is back?
Louisiana-Monroe at Florida State(-26.5): HIT! FSU keeps the bowl streak alive, and more importantly, gets an extra month of practice after the departure of Jimbo Fisher.
TCU vs. Oklahoma(-6.5) at Jerry World: HIT! This was a huge statement win by Oklahoma. Their reward is a trip to the playoff, where they have not fared very well. You know Mayfield wants to change his legacy, and this is why he came back. Can they finally succeed in the playoff?
Georgia Southern at Coastal Carolina(-2.5): HIT! CCU finished their first season in FBS with three wins. That’s a pretty good pull considering UMass didn’t win a game against a FBS opponent until year four.
Idaho at Georgia State(-5.5): MISS! Idaho goes out with a win. It’s still a shame that it was without Linehan, and it’s a shame that Idaho feels like they have to move down. I think the Vandals automatically become a ranked squad at the FCS level though.
Louisiana at Appalachian State(-14.5): HIT! I will admit that being snakebit by Appalachian last week affected my bet on this game. I was going to go higher, and should have.
Georgia vs. Auburn(-1.5) at Atlanta: MISS! This is what I expected from Georgia when they went to Auburn a few weeks ago. It was a huge disadvantage for Auburn to play practically a road game against a coach that has proven to be very adept at making changes on the fly.
South Alabama at New Mexico State(-9.5): MISS! The Aggies didn’t cover this, but they did make a bowl game for the first time in 57 years. That has to count for something.
Troy at Arkansas State(EVEN): MISS! This was everything you wanted in a de facto conference championship game. Or in an actual championship game.
Fresno State at Boise State(-9.5): HIT! I should have put more on this one. I figured Boise would win and it would be close.
Miami(FL) vs. Clemson(-9.5) at Charlotte: MISS! I should have known better. Miami was completely wrecked by Clemson here. This was never a game.
Ohio State(-5.5) vs. Wisconsin at Indianapolis: MISS! Another stupid half. This game was closer than six points. If Ohio State had won this convincingly, or looked good doing it, I think they would be playing Clemson instead.
I was obviously hoping for a better week, but I finished the regular season with a 7-8 week, my second straight sub .500 week. However, if it hit the Army-Navy game, I’m going to count it as part of this week and give myself a .500. I finished the regular season at 30 games over (382-352) and ended up an even 52%. I am hoping for 52.5% at the end of the bowls. The bowls are so tough against the spread, so I think that is a fair goal.
This week’s totals follow the number. The season totals are in parentheses.
1. 0-1 (52-49) = 3
2. 2-4 (140-124) = 32
3. 4-2 (117-100) = 51
4. 0-1 (47-52) = -20
5. 1-0 (26-27) = -5
I did gain two betting points this week to bring my season total to 61. I am still only 17 points to the good over the last three years. I need some good five pointers in the bowls! Actually, I need to do better with my big bets overall!
Next: ESPN College Pick Em Picks Week 14
Make sure to come back for our DFS picks and every bowl picked against the spread. And since I’m not going to do a whole write up for just one game, here is my pick for this weekend:
Army vs Navy(-3.5) at Philadelphia(3): I don’t buy that Navy is the better team. Army beat them last year, and is much improved defensively this season. I like Army straight up!