Week 3 Outlook

Well, Week 2 was a bit less forgiving, for our preseason poll.  Oklahoma State, UNC, and Vanderbilt are all determined to make me look like an idiot.  USF one-upped them by throwing away last night’s contest against the Scarlet Knights.  5 turnovers?!  Really?!  That’s some Bulls’ crap!  Do you see what I did there?

A couple of games did go our way, however.  We finished 4-3 on our upset picks.  Louisiana Monroe and Utah State made us look very good, but Kent State and Illinois did not help us out much.  Additionally, both Georgia and Missouri looked strong in their game.  Missouri looked very impressive, until Jarvis Jones single-handedly took over the game.  I still think the Tigers³ will surprise some of their new SEC foes, this year.  Our exclusion of the Wisconsin Badgers from our preseason top 25 looks fair, at this point.  I think they are at risk of dropping to 1 and 2, as a very dangerous Utah State comes into to Madison.   Similarly, our exclusion of Nebraska from the preseason top 25 also looks like a good play. 

The two biggest games, this week, are obvious.  I covered one, the ND vs. MSU matchup, yesterday in our “A Rare Opportunity” piece.  The other is the marquee SEC game of the week.  No, not Bama at Arkansas, as that will be not be much of a game (if the rumors of Wilson being held out, are true).  The Florida Gators travel to Knoxville, in an attempt to knockout the Vols for the eighth straight time.  Surprisingly, the Gators enter this weekend as the underdog.  I think the Vols success, to date, might just be fools’ gold.  I do not think much of NC State and Georgia State is merely an FCS team with a whopping 4 years of existence.  The Gators got a tough win in College Station, a week ago, and I think we’ll see more of the same, this week.  On to the picks…

Week 3 Picks:

To Win:

Florida at Tennessee

Utah State at Wisconsin

North Carolina at Louisville

To Cover:

Arkansas State +24 at Nebraska

Colorado State +10.5 at San Jose State

Miami (OH) +20.5 at Boise State

Week 3 Lock: 

Ohio State -17 vs Cal

Cal is a terrible team, and Ohio State has looked better than expected, which is a big statement.  This one is money in the bank.