ESPN College Pick Em Picks Week 3 2018: Betting ten on OU again

ESPN College Pick Em Picks Week 3 2018: Betting ten on OU again

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Brian Prete once again led the group with 47 points this week. At least I tied him for the lead. Brian only missed the Florida pick, but it was worth eight points. My good week moved me up to fifth. Brian still leads the group with 92 points. mnsooners and Irish Dawgs & Ducks are tied for second three points back.

Again, there were no clean sweeps, but 21 of 22 of us both picked Oklahoma and Mississippi State. Only two picked Kentucky’s upset, so congrats to Irish Dawgs & Ducks and mdaallen for getting that one.

These picks will be for the confidence version of the game, where you assign a point value from 1-10 based on how confident you are in each pick. I will publish mine here each week. If I make a change, I will just amend the original article.

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(1) West Virginia at North Carolina State CANCELED!

Make sure this is your one point game! ESPN may put another game up on Pick Em, but as is stands right now, this needs to be your one point game so you still have a chance at 54 total points. If ESPN adds another game, I will update this article later in the week.

UPDATE: ESPN has decided in their infinite wisdom to take the ten point confidence pick off the table this week. Nine is the highest that you can get now.

(2) Boise State over Oklahoma State:

The experience on this Boise team could make the difference here. Taylor Cornelius has looked really good for the Cowboys, but he hasn’t faced a defense like this. This is essentially for a New Years Six Bowl invite for Boise. They win this, I think they’re in no matter what…..and yes, I realize that it’s only September.

(3) Pitt over Georgia Tech:

Now that Tech A) lost KirVonte Benson for the season and B) lost by double digits to South Florida, I don’t really care how bad Pitt looked in the deluge against Penn State. I expect this to be an ugly game, and I really hate picking games like this. However, there are a lot of coin tosses here.

(4) Fresno State over UCLA:

UCLA has not looked good at all on either side of the ball. Minnesota’s defense is better than the UCLA unit, so I’m not all that worried about the Fresno offense not getting going here. This is a winnable game for UCLA if they get out of their own way, but therein lies the problem. The Bruins will get better, but it may not show here.

(5) Auburn over LSU:

This is a road game, and LSU is down a few linebackers. I expect a really close game here, but Stidham and his experience make the difference here. Maybe if this were later in the season and Barrow had more experience, LSU would have a better chance. I just don’t seem them going into Jordan-Hare and stealing one.

(6) Ohio State over TCU:

This is going to be one of the most interesting games of this month, and we have had a few doozies already. Ohio State’s offense looks unstoppable. TCU usually thrives on defense. The difference here is the Ohio State defense against the TCU offense. TCU’s offense isn’t really rolling yet. If they start slow for a third straight game, they will get buried.

(7) USC over Texas:

USC still has issues in the passing game, but they wont have to pass to win. Tulsa almost racked up 200 yards rushing on Texas. That still isn’t the problem with Texas though. This offense is mostly a disaster, and now they may be without Keontay Ingram, who has been their best runner this year. The USC defense didn’t look good in the opener, but they rebounded with an outstanding showing against Stanford. If they can stop Stanford, they can damn sure stop Texas.

(8) Washington over Utah:

The Utes are a good team, but they aren’t quite on Washington’s level yet. This is what the Huskies have been waiting for since starting all these freshmen in 2015. The loss to Auburn hurts, but it doesn’t completely ruin the season…….yet. This is going to be a low scoring game, and probably closer than the early spread suggests. I would usually put this lower because of that, but this looks like a really tough week.

(9) Notre Dame over Vanderbilt:

This Notre Dame defense has been a dominant unit. Vandy has been pretty good on offense, but they have not faced a really good defense yet. They will here. This game may be closer than the spread as well, but I still see the Irish winning by double digits.

(10) Oklahoma over Iowa State:

Last year Kyle Kempt made his debut in Norman against a top five Oklahoma team and beat them. Unfortunately for Kempt, he likely wont be able to try for the win against another top five Oklahoma team in front of the home crowd. The Cyclones are keeping quiet about Kempt’s ankle, but if he is at anything less than 100 percent, it wont be enough. Iowa State wont get blown out, but I don’t think the game stays all that close either.

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