It was an ugly, Big Twen, type of game, but I'll take 1-0 on the moneyline any day of the week.....
Without further ado, the rest of the picks.
Air Force at Boise St(-24) - AF 10 Boise St 24 - I think Boise wins, but I don't see them covering.
Virginia Tech(-7 1/2) at East Carolina - Va Tech 20 ECU 17 - Again, uncomfortable with the cover here.
UCLA at Nebraska(-4 1/2) - UCLA 27 NU 13 - UCLA handled a fair Nevada team while Nebraska struggled against Wyoming and pounded a horrible Southern Miss team. Advantage Bruins.
OU(-24) at Tulsa - OU 36 TU 10 - This is not your father's run 'em up and score OU team. They do have a good defense however and should handle TU.
Akron at Michigan(-37) - Zips 3 Big Blue 45 - I think Blue will cover, but not by a lot.
Tenessee at Oregon(-28) - UT 17 Ducks 63 - I have faith in very few teams to stop Oregon's offense. The Vols are not one of those few.
Iowa(-2 1/2) at Iowa St. -IU 13 ISU 14 - One of the worst "in state" rivalry games right now considering both teams are terrible. Could be the last one for Kirk Ferentz.
Kansas at Rice(-7) - KU 20* Rice 42 - I know, I know, KU is supposed to be better and we're talking about Rice here. The thing is, Rice is pretty good, KU is not.
Ole Miss at Texas(-2 1/2) - Ole Miss 34 UT-Austin 35 - There are a lot of times I've seen an average team with a proud past respond well to an ass-whipping. I think the Horns will play hard. It helps that Ole Miss has young talent, but is not very good.
Notre Dame (-20 1/2) at Purdon't - ND 34 Purdon't 0 - Of all the "rivalry" games the Irish are going to lose due to their new ACC alliance, they are probably going to miss this one because Purdue is typically awful.
Oregon St at Utah (-3 1/2) - OrSU 27 Utes 34 - That's right, I'm not a believer in the Beavers
Maryland (-6 1/2) at UConn - Mary 26 UConn 10 - If the UH Cougars are looking forward to playing you this year your team has issues.
Mississippi St at Auburn (-6) - MSU 24 Auburn 30 - Auburn is a much better coached team this year.
And finally.......
Alabama (-8 1/2) at Texas A&M - Bama 42 aTm 27 - I saw lines as high as -14 in early action on this game. I think -8 1/2 is about right. Saban's been obsessing over aTm since last year. Let's lace 'em up.
Good luck.
*KU score corrected @ 3:02PM on Friday from 10 to 20 to fix typo.
