College Football picks against the spread November 13-16, 2018

ByMike Marteny|

PHILADELPHIA, PA - SEPTEMBER 08: Tyree Jackson #3 of the Buffalo Bulls throws a pass in the second quarter against the Temple Owls at Lincoln Financial Field on September 8, 2018 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images)

College Football picks against the spread November 13-16, 2018

Despite the SEC having cupcake week, we still have 61 college football games with FBS vs. FBS opponents. Of course, a couple of those cupcakes are now FBS schools, but that doesn’t change the idea any. Does it really matter if you play Liberty or the Citadel? It does now, since we have to pick LIberty against an SEC school.

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I will concede that it is nice being back in a land where internet runs free and DraftKings is allowed once again, but it sure was nice to be sun poisoned for two weeks.

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 from week to week and year to year. 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.

We have eight games before our 53 game Saturday. Without further delay, here are the early picks for week 12!

Western Michigan(-7.5) at Ball State(1): No Jon Wassink. No Riley Neal. If this were a game between major conference schools, we would barely notice that both starting quarterbacks were out. However, the drop off is steep for Ball State. Give me the Broncos.

Buffalo at Ohio(-1.5)(4): Buffalo’s QB looks like a tight end or Daunte Culpepper, and the receivers all look like guards from the basketball team. Ohio can’t guard these guys. It’s time to win more money on the Bulls. Buffalo straight up!

Miami(OH) at Northern Illinois(-6.5)(3): A high flying offense against the best defense in the MAC. Something has to give. Usually it’s the offense, but it may not be here. This looks a little high. If NIU wins, I doubt it’s by a touchdown. Give me Miami.

Toledo(-13.5) at Kent State(3): Kent has firmly planted themselves in the bottom of the MAC. Rockets roll, and cover, here.

Tulane at Houston(-10.5)(2): Tulane has beaten some good teams and taken others to the wire this year. However, I still don’t think they have faced an offense like this. I don’t like the half though, so I’m going Tulane. They are far more reliable than Houston lately.

Florida Atlantic at North Texas(-2.5)(2): Nope, I don’t buy this. I have a lot more faith in Devin Singletary and UNT’s inability to stop him than I do in the Mean Green offense. Owls straight up.

Memphis(-9.5) at SMU(4): This line makes no sense. The Ponies just beat Houston. The Memphis D still can’t stop anyone. I fail to see how the Tigers win by double digits in Dallas. SMU straight up!

Boise State(-20.5) at New Mexico(2): New Mexico has shown a flash of brilliance here and there, but this Boise offense has been pretty consistent all season. I’ll take the Broncos.

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