I'm adding point-spreads to this year's prediction tally for entertainment purposes only.(odds from 5dimes.com)
Week 1
North Carolina at South Carolina (-14) - Cocky 35 UNC 20 SC is one of the best teams in the country, UNC is not
Utah State at Utah (-2.5) - Utah St 27 Utah 17 Utah St is going to be pretty good this year
Ole Miss (-3) at Vanderbilt - Ole Miss 28 Vandy 10 Ole Miss is loaded with talent.
Rutgers at Fresno State(-9.5) - Rutgers 7 Fresno St 31 Fresno is the real deal, even with a Carr at QB
USC (-21.5) at Hawaii - USC 28 Hawaii 21 Let the Layne Kiffin deathwatch commence
Texas Tech (-5.5) at SMU - TTech 42 SMU 14 Underestimating Kingsbury is a mistake
Southern at Houston (-40) - Southern 17 UH 42 These Cougars are not good. Levine is overmatched.
North Dakota State at Kansas State (-13) - NDSU 14 KSU 42 Bison fans are acting like App St. Won't happen.
Rice at Texas A&M (-26.5) - Rice 10 aTm 56 No Manziel in the 1st half won't matter
Central Michigan at Michigan (-31.5) - CMU 17 Big Blue 34 I don't like this line for Michigan, I just don't.
Mississippi St. at Oklahoma St. (-12.5)[Game played on Reliant Statium's (Houston) horrible turf] - MSU 7 OSU 38 It's not that I think the Pokes are good (they won't win the Big Twen) but Miss St is pretty bad.
BYU (-1) at Virginia - BYU 17 Virginia 14 This is one of those games where I want to pick an upset, but just can't.
Louisiana-Lafayette at Arkansas (-10.5) - ULaLa 20 Hogs 17 Upset special, I still think the Hogs are bad
Alabama (-19.5) at Virginia Tech - Bama 42 VaTech 3 VaTech isn't that good either. Bama coasts.
Louisiana-Monroe at Oklahoma (-22) - ULaMo 17 OU 35 I don't think the Sooners will be threatened, but I do think 22 pts is a stretch.
New Mexico St. at Texas (-42) - NMSU 10 UT-Austin 24 No way the Horns win by 42
And finally.......
LSU (-4.5) at TCU [Game played in Jerry's World (Dallas)] - LSU 3 TCU 2 This won't be the real score, but it will be low and it will be close. Take the under. Neither offense is any good
Final thought: - I don't know who thought it was wise to put Pitt on a Monday night prime-time game, but Florida State is going to mop the floor with them.
Let's get this season started!
