College Football picks against the spread August 30, 2018

College Football picks against the spread August 30, 2018! I am back for another season against the spread!

We got things kicked off last Saturday with two FBS vs. FBS games. We double the fun with four on Thursday! I began the season right where I started. Even. I went 1-1 on Saturday thanks to a Hawaii offense that looks like it could be a lot of fun to watch.

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Week 1 officially kicks off here, and there is at least one game from now through the Labor Day weekend. This is going to be a lot of fun, and I will be here to guide you through all the picks. I usually don’t wager much in week 1 because there is a lot of uncertainty with some teams, but we have a couple of decent spots for those of you looking for some action.

For those of you that are new to this, I pick every college football game every week. Not a top five. Not a top ten. All of them. Big deal, right? Lots of people make picks. Well, I do them all against the spread! I take the odds of each game and average them out at all the Vegas casinos and round to the nearest half. There will be no ties here. Ties are for the other football.

I also assign a point value based on the confidence I have in each pick. 1 means that I have little to no confidence. 5 is one I would place a decent wager on. I keep track of my record and my points back from year to year. I went 400-75 last season and ended up with 31 points in my point bank. I am aiming for 55% this year. It’s harder than it looks!

This is for entertainment purposes only! I cannot be responsible for the loss of money, possessions, spouses, or limbs because of my picks. I can’t have that on my conscious.

Without further delay, here are the picks for this week. I’ve waited more than eight months for this!

(21)Central Florida(-23.5) at Connecticut(3):

Well, UCF beat UConn by more than this last year, and I tend to think that UCF is at least as good as last year. I don’t think the fans will notice much of a difference between Josh Heupel and Scott Frost running the show down there. This is still going to be a potent offense. Give me UCF.

Northwestern at Purdue(-1.5)(1):

This one is pretty much a toss up for me. Looks like it is for Vegas too. Both teams return a lot, and both teams still have a two quarterback situation going on. I do think that Thorson takes the job at Northwestern at some point, but that may not happen here. Purdue was one of those teams last year that looked like they were peaking at the end. Did that carry over? This one is literally a coin flip, but I’ll go with the Boilers at home.

New Mexico State at Minnesota(-21.5)(1):

This line jumped three points after the Aggies’ horrid showing at home against Wyoming. I’m not sure it should have. It was the offense for New Mexico State that put the defense on the spot. The Aggies do get the fortune of playing two redshirt freshmen to open the season. They did pretty well against one. Will they against the other? I don’t know, but Minnesota can torch them on the ground just like Wyoming did. I don’t like the half, but I’m still taking Minnesota.

Wake Forest(-6.5) at Tulane(4): This line has actually dropped a point. Why? Am I missing something here? Wake beat a pretty good Texas A&M team in the Belk Bowl last year, and returns the two leading receivers and leading rusher from that team. Tulane isn’t going to be able to keep up or to stop them. Give me Wake.

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Come back mid-week for my Thursday picks, when the season kind of begins. I will have some more picks for you on Thursday for Friday, and all of the picks for Saturday will be up Friday. We will also have DFS picks for College Football. Yes, DraftKings has college football games again!!