College Football Picks- 9/17 Part 1

Road Test Weekend! ESPN is great at coming up with these labels. Another great day of college matchups.

Here are the sides I like today for the early games:

Top Picks

Iowa -3 vs. Pittsburgh
Penn St/Temple over 46
Boston College -7 vs Duke

Be back in a bit with the afternoon and evening games.

Writeups:

Iowa- The Hawkeyes like a lot teams got ahead of themselves in week 2 and had a lackluster effort against a lesser opponent and lost to Iowa St. I am looking for the Hawkeyes to bounce back in a big way against a respectable Pitt team. The Panthers are coming off 2 cupcake wins and have not seemed to hit their rhythm yet. Going into Iowa facing a fired up home team and crowd will be too much for the panthers to handle. The 3 points should be only a minor obstacle for the Hawkeyes in a resounding win.

Penn St/Temple- This is a nice spot for Temple to host a national power at home and make a good account for themselves. The Nittany Lions are a good team who were simply outclassed against Alabama last week. There is no better way to get past a beating like that than to score a bunch of points against a lesser team. However Temple will be fired up as well and will put forward a good effort and this game will go over 46 as both teams play well.

Boston College- Tough start for BC. However they are still a much more talented team than Duke. Coming off an 0-2 start, the Blue Devils are just what the doctor ordered for BC. Look for a pretty easy victory for BC and for their fans to settle down a little bit.