College Football Picks: Week 11

-Originally published 11/11/20- Week 2 Picks: 7-1Week 3 Picks: 7-2Week 4 Picks: 12-5Week 5 Picks: 11-5Week 6 Picks: 8-3Week 7 Picks: 7-6Week 8 Picks: 9-7Week 9 Picks: 15-4Week 10 Picks: 11-6Cumulative: 87-39 Friday, November 13thEast Carolina (1-5) @ #7 Cincinnati (6-0) – 7:30pm, ESPN2Pick: Cincinnati Saturday, November 14th – Early Afternoon Slate#9 Miami (6-1) @ Virginia Tech (4-3) – Noon, ESPN2Pick: Miami #10 Indiana (3-0) @ Michigan State (1-2) – Noon, ABCPick: Indiana #12 Georgia (4-2) @ Missouri (2-3) – Noon, ESPNPick: Georgia #15 Coastal Carolina…

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College Football Picks: Week 10

-Originally published 11/6/20- Week 2 Picks: 7-1Week 3 Picks: 7-2Week 4 Picks: 12-5Week 5 Picks: 11-5Week 6 Picks: 8-3Week 7 Picks: 7-6Week 8 Picks: 9-7Week 9 Picks: 15-4Cumulative: 76-33 Welcome to the Week 10 College Football Picks.  The MAC and Pac-12 conferences will finally complete the college football picture. The MAC will play all of their debut games on Wednesday, 11/5 and all games on Tuesday for the two weeks after. On a short 6-week school, the weekday play will help the conference maximize TV…

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College Football Picks: Week 9

-Originally published 10/31/20- Week 2 Picks: 7-1Week 3 Picks: 7-2Week 4 Picks: 12-5Week 5 Picks: 11-5Week 6 Picks: 8-3Week 7 Picks: 7-6Week 8 Picks: 9-7Cumulative: 61-29Friday, October 30th#19 Marshall (5-0) @ Florida International (0-3) – 7:00pm, CBSSNThe Thundering Herd wacked FAU 20-9 last weekend and will continue to roll to 6-0 in Conference USA over FIU. D-lineman Darius Hodge is top-10 nationally in sacks (5). They’re converting on almost 56% of 3rd downs, averaging 4.6 yards-per-carry and almost 200 rushing yards-per-game.Marshall 35 FIU 24Saturday, October 31st –…

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College Football Picks: Week 8

-Originally published 10/24/20- Week 2 Picks: 7-1Week 3 Picks: 7-2Week 4 Picks: 12-5Week 5 Picks: 11-5Week 6 Picks: 8-3Week 7 Picks: 7-6Cumulative: 52-22 Friday, October 23rd Illinois (0-0) @ #14 Wisconsin (0-0) – 8:00pm, BTN Illinois returns lots of pieces from a team that went a surprising 6-7 last season. Former Michigan QB Brandon Peters (1,884 Yds, 18 Tds, 8 Int) is one of them. Most of the offensive line, several sill position players and a handful of defensive contributors do as well. Wisconsin just…

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College Football Picks: Week 7

-Originally published 10/15/20- Week 2 Picks: 7-1Week 3 Picks: 7-2Week 4 Picks: 12-5Week 5 Picks: 11-5Week 6 Picks:8-3Cumulative: 45-16Wednesday, October 14th Coastal Carolina (3-0) @ #23 Louisiana (3-0) – Noon, ESPN2 A battle of unbeaten powers in the Sun Belt. The Coastal Carolina….umm….Chanticleers? Whatever that is, they field a real QB in Grayson McCall (728 Yds, 9 Tds, 1 Int, 66.7%) a real running game with a collection of backs and McCall (139 Rush/Yds, 2 Tds) contributes. The offensive line has only given up…

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College Football Picks: Week 6

-Originally published 10/7/20- The best week of college football yet. Four Top-25 matchups with at least a couple that should be really competitive. The Red River Rivalry game will be a shootout and we have potential for several upsets with the matchups provided. There will be several good games between non-ranked teams too. Louisville/Georgia Tech on Friday night should be good between the young Yellow Jackets and the Cards that have had a rough start to the season. Pittsburgh/Boston College…

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College Football Picks: Week 5

-Originally published 10/3/20- Week 2 Picks: 7-1Week 3 Picks: 7-2Week 4 Picks: 12-5Cumulative: 26-8 Friday, October 2nd Louisiana Tech (2-0) @ #22 BYU (2-0) – 9pm, ESPN2 BYU has beaten Navy and Troy, two solid non-power 5 schools, by a combined score of 103-10. BYU QB Zack Wilson isn’t throwing a large volume with the run game averaging almost 250 yards-per-game, but he’s efficient completing over 78% of his attempts. The defense has 9 sacks. Louisiana Tech hung 66 points on…

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College Football Week 3, What We’ve Learned

-Originally published 9/27/20- The SEC has started play and now the BIG 10, Pac 12, MAC, and Mountain West all have plans in place to join the party. The new top-25 AP and coaches poll dropped with controversy. Some voters chose to add the Big 10 and Pac 12 to the rankings despite the face they won’t play for over a month yet and some didn’t, really discombobulating the polls. Now let’s back it up a moment, we’ve seen a…

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College Football Picks: Week 4

-Originally published 9/25/20- Week 2 Picks: 7-1Week 3 Picks: 7-2 (North Carolina/Charlotte post-phoned)Cumulative: 14-3The SEC joins the party this week and we have match-ups that could be interesting. Florida/Ole Miss, Kentucky/Auburn, and Mississippi State/LSU could all be games on upset watch. We’ll get some competitive games in Louisville/Pittsburg, Army/Cincinnati, West Virginia/Oklahoma State, Florida State/Miami, and Troy/BYU. D’Eriq Kin of Miami is must-watch television, but keep an eye on QB Jarret Doege in the West Virginia game. He could be an…

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College Football Picks: Week 3

-Originally published 9/18/20- Week 2 Picks: 7-1 (First week with Power 5 teams) This week is largely void of major games with a handful of ranked teams playing weaker non-conference opponents. If you have fall house chores to get done or want to hit the cider mill early, this is the week. Just check out Miami @ Louisville Saturday night. The Cards will probably host College Game Day as the most competitive game on the slate. The SEC joins the football…

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