Best Pick Record = 9-3
Strong Pick Record = 10-6
Regular Pick Record = 6-6
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Notre Dame @ Navy
Best Pick = Notre Dame -13
Navy comes into this game 5-2, and ranked 2nd in
rushing yards. All those yards were racked up
against bad teams. They're coming off a 34-00
loss to Rutgers, the only good team they've
played so far. I'm sure this rattled their
confidence a bit after a 5-1 start. Navy is also
without their starting QB, Brian Hampton, who is
also their leading rusher. Navy has absolutely no
passing game, ranking dead last in passing. Their
defense also ranks 77th overall, which will be
exploited against Notre Dame's 10th ranked
offense. Notre Dame has also had some success
defending the run this season, which is all Navy
has got. Notre Dame should dominate this game
with no problem and are way overdue to cover a
spread. Coach Charlie Weiss has also been whining
about Notre Dame slipping in the BCS poll, so
he'll want to put up as many points as possible
to help his chances of moving up a ranking or two
in hopes of a BCS bid.
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Florida State @ Maryland
Best Pick = Florida State -3.5
The Seminoles are 4-3 this year, and for them
that seems like a horrible season even if they
win every game here on out. Two of their losses
were to ranked opponents, and both being by 7
points or less. They had a chance to beat Boston
College with a hailmary last week, which is a
great team. Marlyand is 5-2, but all 5 wins were
against bad to average at best teams. In their 2
losses they were outscored 72-47. Maryland don't
have much of a passing game, and have a slightly
above average running game. Florida State ranks
13th in rush defense, and 23rd in overall
defense. Don't let these teams records fool you,
Florida State by atleast 10.
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USC @ Oregon State
Strong Pick = USC -10
Most think the Trojans are overated after barely
winning their last 3 games, and still remain the
3rd ranked team in the country. Looks like every-
one is on Oregon State, who opened up as a 14 po-
int dog, which is now all the way down to +10.
People must be thinking that USC is due to lose
a game instead of holding on, I think their due
to beat up on team, or atleast cover. The Beave-
r's starting tailback, and offensive leader,
Yvenson Bernard is also listed as questionable
after spraining his ankle in the 4th quarter last
week. He has been spotted around campus this
week using crutches. It sounds like even if he
does play, it will be in limited action. USC is
also coming off a much needed bye week, which
allowed a much needed rest for star wide reciev
rs, Dwayne Jarret, and Steve Smith, who were both
banged up.
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Texas @ Texas Tech
Strong Pick = Texas -10
The difference in this game will be the running
game. Texas is ranked 22nd in rushing, and Texas
Tech 107th. Tech is also ranked 76th in rushing
defense. This will more than likely end up being
a shootout, but the balance on offense for Texas
should allow them to go up by two scores and gri-
nde it out on the ground. The Longhorns are also
the best team with one loss and although chances
are slim, they are not out of national title con-
tention just yet. In the Red Raiders 3 losses,
they were outscored 80-30, and only one of their
wins were to a quality opponent, beating Texas
A&M 31-27.
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Tennessee @ South Carolina
Strong Pick = Tennessee -3
I have alot of respect for what Spurrier is doing
in South Carolina, but I just don't see them
turning the corner just yet against powerhouses
like Tennessee. The only negative for the Vols is
that they will be without their starting running
back, LaMarcus Coker, who has a knee injury. They
have enough depth at that position to overcome
this though, expecially against the Gamecocks
79th ranked rushing defense. Should be a fairly
good game, being a night game on ESPN everything,
but Tennessee just has to much talent to lose
games like this.
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Texas @ Texas Tech
Regular Pick = OVER 55.5
This game has all the makings for a shootout.
Texas have a strong ground game, ranked 22nd,
going against Techs 76th rush defense. Tech bring
the 3rd ranked passing game, against a longhorns
84th pass defense. I see Texas scoring atleast 35,
with Tech highly capable of putting up the rest.
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Northern Illinois @ Iowa
Regular Pick = Norther Illinois +16.5
I was gonna lay off this game until I saw Iowa
QB, Drew Tate was'nt playing. Both backups have
limited snaps throughout their college careers.
Northern Illinois running back, Garret Wolfe
has had 2 quiet games in a row after shredding
every team prior to those 2 games. A player with
this much talent usely don't have 3 bad games in
a season let alone 3 in a row. He should lead
them in this game, keeping the score close into
the 4th quarter.
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Vanderbilt @ Duke
Regular Pick = Vanderbilt -8.5
The Commodores are 3-5, are defenitely having a
disapoining season, but 4 of their losses were to
pretty good teams, and 2 of them by 3 points or
less. Duke is just hands down awful, right there
with the Temple's of division I-A. Both offenses
are horrible, but Vandi has a descent defense,
and should create some turnovers, dictating a fa-
irly easy victory for themselves.
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Wake Forest @ North Carolina
UNDER 42 points
Both of these teams have a way below average
offense. Wake is ranked 98th in YPG, and UNC
is ranked 104th. Wake is 72nd in points scored,
and UNC is ranked 104th. Wake has only 6 TD
passes, and UNC 5 for the entire season. It'll
end up being a ground game, which will chew up
alot of time and result in alot of field goal
attempts. Should be a 23-13 type of game at the
most.
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