Saturday October 9 Picks Part 1

Saturday 10/9 Picks Part 1

5*

Florida -6.5

Top Picks

Northern IL- 3.5

Mich/Mich St over 65

Leans

S. Carolina +7

Florida- It seems like a lot of college fans have a pretty short memory. I hear a lot of people on the fence on this game. The way I see it, is that Florida is one of the most talented teams in the country, has one of the best coaches in the country and has one of the best home field advantages in the country.

However from reading comments it seems like Florida is in some kind of tail spin. It was simply a bad match up for Florida last week. Yes, I will pat myself on the back for identifying it. However, this LSU team on the road is in no way in the class of Alabama at home.

LSU continues to sneak by teams and their luck will run out this week. Urban Meyer I am sure has been on fire this week getting his team ready. LSU will not know what hit them.

Northern IL- This is a game that I potentially identified back in August. NIU is back home after a 3 tough game stretch on the road. Additionally they came away with 2 wins during that stretch including taking down a big ten foe in Minnesota. Now they return home against Temple which interestingly enough is now playing their 3^rd in a row on the road.

The Huskies do not have a huge homefield advantage but they will be fired up and ready to go. I think the Huskies get it done by 6-10 points in this one.

Michigan/Mich St over- There is quite a bit on the line for both of these teams. I think the winner will challenge for the Big Ten title and the loser will fall off. Not too much to analyze here. Michigan has a great offense and not much on defense. Mich. St always seems to find ways to score and their defense has a great player in Greg Jones but overall not a great unit so look for both teams to get into the 30’s with the winner breaking 40.

S. Carolina- OK, this is barely a lean but I am going with Steve Spurrier to go deep into his bag of tricks and find a way to catch Bama off guard. Spurrier as we all know used to be the top dog in college football and maybe just maybe he gets to wear the crown again for one Saturday.