College football picks

After an 11-7 effort last week, I’m 70-26 on the season. Not terrible, but there’s plenty of room for growth and improvement.

ACC
Georgia Tech over Duke (I’m tempted, but not that tempted)
N.C. State over Boston College (No good reason here. Just a hunch)
Va. Tech over Western Kentucky
Miami over Florida State
Maryland over Virginia
North Carolina over UConn

SEC
Florida over Arkansas
South Carolina over Ole Miss
Alabama over Kentucky
Auburn over Vanderbilt
Tennessee over Northern Illinois

Others
USC over Oregon
Ohio State over Wisconsin

College Football, Week 3

Well, I was 16-3 last week, upping my tally to 34-10 on the season.

Much better than my 18-7 dog from week one…

Anyway, on with the show:

ACC
North Carolina over Rutgers
California over Maryland (How bad are the Terps?)
Duke over Navy (Should be a good one)
Clemson over N.C. State (I hope so, anyway)
Virginia Tech over Georgia Tech (Hokies right the ship on offense)
FSU over Chattanooga (Really soft schedule for the ‘Noles)
UConn over Virginia (The Cavs don’t look good)

SEC
Tennessee over UAB
Georgia over South Carolina
Kentucky over MTSU (Could be close, though)
Rice over Vanderbilt (The Owls are very good offensively)
Ole Miss over Samford
Auburn over Mississippi State
Alabama over W. Kentucky
LSU over North Texas

Other games of note
USC over Ohio State (could be ugly in L.A.)
South Florida over Kansas
Wisconsin over Fresno State

College Football – Week one

Since I can, and I like reading these kinds of things, here’s a quick look at how I think the major conference games will go this week:

ACC
Charleston Southern at Miami – Splat. Miami
Jacksonville State at Georgia Tech – Even Ryan Perrilloux can’t help in this one. Tech
Wake Forest at Baylor – Deacs’ defense is way too strong.
N.C. State at South Carolina – Neither team is great offensively, but defense and special teams are advantages for the Gamecocks.
Virginia Tech at East Carolina – Could be a good game, but I’m taking the Hokies.
USC at Virginia – Is Al Groh nuts? USC
Delaware at Maryland – No Joe Flacco? No chance for the Blue Hens.
McNeese State at UNC – What, was West Virginia State booked up? UNC.
James Madison at Duke – New-look Devils open season with a win.
Boston College at Kent State – I’ll take the Eagles, but these kind of games always give BC fits.
Alabama at Clemson – I think Alabama’s a little over-hyped. I guess we’ll know soon enough. Give me the Tigers.

SEC
Vanderbilt at Miami-Ohio – The Redhawks have been getting a lot of love, but I’m not picking against the SEC in a SEC/MAC game.
Georgia Southern at Georgia – Good lord…Georgia.
Hawaii at Florida – I’m not sure this would have been close last year. I know it won’t be now. Florida by a lot.
Appalachian State at LSU – It ain’t happening again folks. Geaux Tigers.
Mississippi State at La. Tech – The Bulldogs continue to rise.
Memphis at Mississippi – This could be a good game, but I’ll take the Rebels in a close one.
La. Monroe at Auburn – Take your guarantee money and leave. Tigers in a laugher.
Western Ill. at Arkansas – Really? This is supposed to get a team ready for SEC play? Arkansas…
Kentucky at Louisville – Always a lot of fun. I kind of like Louisville in this spot.
Tennessee at UCLA – A lot of people think this will be a close game. I don’t. Vols win it easily.

Other games of note
Utah at Michigan – A real nail-biter. I just can’t see Utah winning this game against the revamped Wolverines.
Michigan State at Cal – I think the Spartans could be a really good team. I’ll take them in an upset here.
Illinois vs. Missouri – Should be a thriller, but Mizzou just has too many weapons.
Washington at Oregon – I love Pac-10 games. This one should be a back-and-forth affair with the Ducks coming out ahead.

There it is. Happy viewing…