Friday, October 23, 2009

College Football Predictions

Picking Spreads: 10-15

Picking Winners- 15-10

#12 Georgia Tech (6-1) at Virginia (3-3): GT will cover the five point spread. Virginia can’t contain the Yellow Jackets running attack. Virginia lost their first three games but won their last three. The winning streak ends and Virginia’s inconsistent play continues.

South Florida (5-1) at #20Pittsburgh (6-1): Pitt will cover the seven point spread at home. Pittsburgh is tough this year and would be undefeated if it weren’t for a midseason loss at North Carolina State. USF is coming off a whooping at home against Cincinnati and last year after they lost their first game they fell apart. Also this is a conference game and USF is only a .500 team in conference over the last three years.

#1 Florida (6-0) at Mississippi State (3-4): Florida’s going to win, but they won’t cover the 23 point spread. MSU’s losses all came to teams either ranked or that were ranked at some point this year (LSU, Auburn, Houston, and Georgia Tech) and none of the games were blow outs. Add that to Florida’s injuries on defense and the lack of explosiveness from their offense and this one could get interesting.

Games To Watch

Boston College (5-2) at Notre Dame (4-2): Remember when this game used to mean something? Now all it means is if the Fighting Irish lose Charlie Weis will get mashed by the media.

#13Penn State (6-1) at Michigan (5-2): The Wolverines fan base won’t be happy with another loss even with the win against Notre Dame under their belt.

UCLA (3-3) at Arizona (4-2): Arizona is what UCLA was supposed to be this year before they lost their last three. This is the last chance for the Bruins to redeem their season.

#6Iowa (7-0) at Michigan State (4-3): Iowa needs to watch the movie 300 and throw everything at the Spartans like the Persians did in order to defeat the squad that loves being the underdog. Every game is a must win for Iowa if they hope to make the national championship game.

#8TCU (6-0) at #16BYU (6-1): TCU needs to win and win big if they hope to jump any of the school’s in front of them and somehow convince the voters and the BCS polls that they belong in the national title game. This is one of only two games TCU plays against ranked schools this season.

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