Week 3

This is an exciting week for college football games. I am going to miss most of them because I will be attending the Boston College game, and I am looking forward to some evisceration. I am currently on a six game losing streak; the last games I have attended were: Georgia Tech, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Alabama, Virginia Tech, South Carolina. Maybe the Tigers losing is my fault.

Here are the games.

9/17
GT @ Miami (-5.5)
One prediction I can confidently stand by: this game will not be as weird as last Thursday's. I will be happy to take Tech in this one; I think they win outright. I don't think they will quite run for the infinity yards they did last year, though.

9/19
UConn @ Baylor (-10.0)
UConn lost a close one to UNC and Baylor beat Wake. This is just a weird intersectional game and I think Baylor will probably win, because that ends up making the ACC look the silliest. But 10 points is ridiculous, Huskies cover.

Texas Tech @ Texas (-17.5)
Mike Leach might be my favorite coach not wearing orange and purple. The more I think about this game, though, the more trouble I am having with it. Neither of these teams have really played anybody yet, so it's hard to tell. I want to take Tech, I really do. I know that 17.5 points is too many for a Mike Leach team not playing Bob Stoops. I guess not having the tree full of crabs will probably be too much, but I still think this is an upset potential. You know what? Go big or go home, right? Red Raiders win a stunner in Austin! (Over/under is 67, I will take the over.)

Mississippi State @ Vanderbilt (-9.0)
This will be the second game that Dan Mullen starts to question why he ever left Florida. Vandy rolls.

Tennessee @ Florida (-29.5)
How many times will Urban Meyer punch Lane Kiffin in the face, either literally or figuratively? I'm guess at least a thousand. Florida wins and covers.

Nebraska @ Virginia Tech (-4.5)
Good game last year, Nebraska should be even better. Expect a close game again. VT wins, but Nebraska covers, because I like saying Ndamukong Suh.

Utah @ Oregon (-4.5)
I'm a little surprised to see Oregon the Vegas favorite, but I don't really disagree that much. I think Oregon is a better team than how they looked against BYU and the Runnin' Utes lost a ton from their incredible team last year. I like Oregon to win by a TD.

WVU @ Auburn (-7.0)
I am still not prepared to say that Auburn has risen from the giant pile of stink that was last year. Mountaineers go into the Plains and win, even though they sacrifice the elevation advantage.

UGa @ Arky (-1.0)
This game is weird. Arkansas has played zero teams so far, so we know nothing about them. Georgia has played two teams so far, and we don't know anything about them, either. If Georgia's secondary plays like they did last week, Mallett will crush them, as if he was using a mallet. I am starting to think that the Bulldogs might not actually be that good, and Arkansas holds serve and puts the SEC West on notice.

Criminoles @ Mormons (-7.0)
This is a really fun game because before the season, it looked like FSU was probably BCS bound and this would be a footnote along the way. Then the Cougars knocked off last year's runner up and the Noles forgot how to play defense and nearly choked at home against the Gamecocks (not even the... well yes, the good Gamecocks.) Now, BYU is a clear favorite and FSU is just starting a rough four game stretch that involves hosting USF, going to Boston then coming back for the Yellow Jackets in the Doak, all after this trip to Provo. Yikes. I think this this will end up being a lot closer that we'd think, but the travel and excitement building in the Beehive State will win out in the end. FSU covers, but I wouldn't be super surprised if they pulled it out.

BC @ Clemson (-6.5)
Boston College has put up really impressive numbers so far, which is good for whoever their QB is, because he needs to distract the conference with those cupcakes like in Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure for NES. However, when they come into Death Valley, they better have the dynamite, because when the music stops, the Tigers are coming. Nobody remembers that game? Really? Tigers win big.