1. Auburn – Best in the South – LSU game is huge…
2. LSU – Win this week, and win the West
3. Florida – Gators looked smooth Saturday – can not afford a loss to Vols this weekend…
4. Georgia – Dawgs’ shut out of Cocks was impressive – now Georgia waits for Tennessee to come to Athens…
5. Tennessee – A virtual must-win for Vols this weekend …
6. Florida State – Troy State is a solid program, but they should not be pushing the Noles to the brink. How bad in the FSU offense anyway?
7. Miami – This week’s game looks like a loss…
8. Virginia Tech – Have not played a real team yet…
9. Alabama – Tide did not look good last week…
10. Clemson – Another September loss – not a surprise. Tigers need to get it together. Their game with FSU is their ACC season…
11. Georgia Tech – Jackets play a couple of nobodies before their season starts back. Could one nobody (Troy State) give them trouble?
12. Arkansas – New quarterback explains the result from last week. This week the Hogs need to put Vandy away early…
13. Maryland – Turtles stand no chance if West Virginia shows up at all…
14 South Carolina – This is the spot where southern football drops off significantly this season. You would figure Blake Mitchell would be working on how to score more points. Instead he was working on getting bond…
15. Ole Miss – Shutout against Missouri – terrible…
16. North Carolina – Should kill Furman…
17. Virginia – Very sketchy showing against Wyoming…
18. Vanderbilt – Played Bama hard, but did not win – that’s just not good enough…
19. Kentucky – Hey, at least they won…
20. Wake Forest – At least they beat Duke - barely…
21. Mississippi State – Still have not scored…
22. Duke – still pretty bad…
23. NC State – Worse than Duke and Mississippi State, and that’s really bad…
This week’s games:
NOTE: these are last Sunday’s lines; some may have moved
Maryland (+15) at West Virginia
Winner straight up – West Virginia
Winner with points – West Virginia
Comment – Maryland becomes Turtle Soup Thursday night…
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Wake Forest (-5) at UConn
Winner straight up – Wake Forest
Winner with points – Wake Forest
Comment – Amazingly Wake is favored on the road – take them…
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Duke (+35) at Virginia Tech
Winner straight up – Virginia Tech
Winner with points – Duke
Comment – Even Duke can score ten points, and that will be too much for the turkeys to cover…
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Arkansas (-6) at Vanderbilt
Winner straight up – Arkansas
Winner with points – Arkansas
Comment – Hogs are a touchdown better…
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UAB (+17.5) at Georgia
Winner straight up – Georgia
Winner with points – UAB
Comment – Dawgs are still working out the kinks on offense…
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Troy State (+18) at Georgia Tech
Winner straight up – Georgia Tech
Winner with points – Troy State
Comment – Hey, I know is supposed to be TROY (like that matters)…
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Western Michigan (+8.5) at Virginia
Winner straight up – Virginia
Winner with points – Western Michigan
Comment – Virginia could not cover against a team from near Canada last week. I am supposed to take them against another team from close to Canada?
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Miami (+4.5) at Louisville
Winner straight up – Louisville
Winner with points – Miami
Comment – Canes lose a difficult one…
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LSU (+3) at Auburn
Winner straight up – Auburn
Winner with points – Auburn
Comment –
Winner wins the West – the Tigers are a little bit better (Ha!)…
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Ole Miss (+3.5) at Kentucky
Winner straight up – Ole Miss
Winner with points – Ole Miss
Comment – What a coaching matchup. I can’t wait to seem them scheme in this non-televised thriller…
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Tulane (+11) at Mississippi State
Winner straight up – Mississippi State
Winner with points – Tulane
Comment – Mississippi State should never be favored…
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Wofford (NL) at South Carolina
Winner straight up – South Carolina
Winner with points – No Line
Comment – Carolina fans chanted “Smelley… Smelley… Smelley…” – they are right, their team’s offense just plain stinks…
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Louisiana-Monroe (+24.5) at Alabama
Winner straight up – Alabama
Winner with points – Louisiana-Monroe
Comment – That’s a half a point too much…
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NC State (-2.5) at Southern Miss
Winner straight up – Southern Miss
Winner with points – Southern Miss
Comment – Wow, State is not good…
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Furman at North Carolina
Winner straight up – North Carolina
Winner with points – No Line
Comment – This one looks like a blockbuster…
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Clemson (+4) at Florida State
Winner straight up – Florida State
Winner with points – Clemson
Comment – Clemson will lose, its September, but they will go down in a close one (don’t be shocked if the Tigers win. They are not scared of FSU)…
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Florida (-3.5) at Tennessee
Winner straight up – Florida
Winner with points – Florida
Comment – Gators seem better…
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LOCK OF THE WEEK
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Maryland (+15) at West Virginia
Winner with points – West Virginia
Comment – If the same WVU team shows up that did in the Sugar Bowl then Maryland could lose by five touchdowns…
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Year – Lock of the week: 2 of 2 or 100% - Listen, it’s not the Lock of the Week for nothin’. Ok?
Year – Straight up: 34 out of 38 or 89% - Thanks Clemson and NC State!
Year – Points: 23 of 29 or 79% - Enter chest thumping here…