College Picks Week 8

32-24-4 overall. I have been horrendously mediocre the past handful of weeks, but have been able to avoid any under .500 weeks so far. Oh my god Chip Kelly's offense is terrifying. On to the picks............

The Golden Gophers to cover in Minny (getting 9.5, o/u 50) against the Nittany Lions

Penn State is terrible. The Gophers have an experienced QB, are dealing with a coaching changed, and are at home. They should come out jacked the F up. Bottom line when a terrible team is giving points, take them.

Wyoming to cover in Provo (getting 10.5, o/u 45) against BYU

Same principal as the above game. BYU is awful, taking the points and a tough Cowboy squad.

Washington to cover in Tuscon (getting 6.5, o/u 53) against Arizona

No Nick Foles against a Washington team that has turned their season around. Locker should be able to do some things and the Husky D will fluster the back up Cat QB.

Alabama in Knoxville to cover (giving 16.5, o/u 47.5) against the Vols

I would not want to be Derek Dooley on Saturday

The Vandals to cover in Moscow (giving 24, o/u 53.5) against New Mexico State

The Vandals are tough in the Dome, New Mexico’s colleges are brutal at football right now.

Kentucky to cover in Lexington (getting 4.5, o/u 58) against The Dawgs

The Dawgs might have turned a corner, but they have been awful on the road. Cobb should be able to score on the dawg D.

The Irish to cover in the Meadowlands (giving 6.5, o/u 49) against the Midshipmen

The result of the past couple years and the injuries to the Irish skill players made me think twice. But this is not the Midshipmen team of a couple of years ago.

Clemson to cover in Death Valley (giving 5, o/u 52) against the Jackets

Georgia Tech lost in Lawrence, KS early in the season. They just don’t have the horses to deal with the Tigers. On a side note……I have no idea why Clemson lets the ACC schedule home games before 7. Night games in the Valley are the closest thing we have to gladiator battles in the Roman Coliseum.* They need to get Swofford out of the commissioner’s chair as fast as possible.

* Night games in Baton Rouge are also fights to the death.

Wisconsin to cover in Kinnick (getting 6.5, o/u 47.5) against the Hawkeyes

I’m really not sure if top tier Big Ten teams can beat each other on the road. The Badgers were awful in East Lansing and Kinnick is a really tough place to play……….but I just have to go with my gut.

Allbarn to cover in Jordan-Hare (giving 5.5, o/u 52) against the Bayou Bengals

After last week I made the (self surviving) decision to stop betting against Cam Newton and Two Loss Les. Unfortunately, they play each other. Taking the Vince Young 2.0.