Against the Spread Week 3: Above .500 and Waiting for the Music to Stop

by Ben Findley on Sep 15, 2011 2:00 PM PDT in Predicting The Season

Last Week: 4-1-1
Overall: 8-3-1 (.727)

LSU Tigers -3.5 @ Mississippi State Bulldogs
Dan Mullen has clearly turned MSU into a dangerous team but they still can't hang "athlete-wise" with the SEC's elite whether they bring "more cowbell" or not. 24-20 LSU.

Texas Longhorns -3.5 @ UCLA Bruins
No Gilbert? No problem. Also gotta think about the "revenge-factor" and that Mack Brown and his Longhorns are no strangers to the Rose Bowl. 28-17 Texas.

Texas Tech Red Raiders -21 @ New Mexico Lobos
Last season Tech beat UNM by 35 points, 52-17, and I don't see why this game will be much different. 45-10 Texas Tech.

Kentucky Wildcats -6 vs. Louisville Cardinals
I watched the Louisville-FIU game last week and I was horrified by how badly coached the Cardinals were. Charlie Strong should be ashamed of himself. I know nothing about UK so this pick is based soley on homefield advantage and by how awful Louisville looked last week. 24-13 UK.

Utah +4 @ BYU
The "Holy War" is almost always a nail-biter and I trust Jordan Wynn. 21-20 BYU.

Oklahoma State Cowboys -13.5 @ Tulsa Golden Hurricanes
Weeden to Blackmon. Weeden to Blackmon. Wash. Rinse. Repeat. This spread will be covered by halftime. 41-23 OSU.

Poll

Which pick do you most disagree with?

LSU -3.5

0 votes

UT -3.5

7 votes

Texas Tech -21

9 votes

UK -6

2 votes

Utah +4

6 votes

Okie State -13.5

4 votes

Picks, what picks? All I see is the UT Pom Squad...

15 votes

43 votes | Poll has closed

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I prefer the spread on the Pom Pom squad

by Utah-UCLA alum on Sep 15, 2011 3:26 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs

I think Tech wins by 20, Tubs is just not a spread beating coach.

TCU won the 2011 Rose Bowl
Auburn won all the Tostitos.
Who do you think got the better deal?
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by HawkeyedFrog on Sep 15, 2011 7:07 PM PDT reply actions

Luckily for him Locksley has never seen a spread he could cover

I will never get over the UNM-TCU game last year when they left WR’s completely uncovered pre-snap. If your defense can’t even lineup correctly you are probably a sh!tty coach, here’s your sign.

"Football is a violent game played by violent people, so put a smile on your face, murder in your heart and lets go kick these f***kers in the mouth" -Dick Bumpas, TCU Defensive Coordinator

by Ben Findley on Sep 15, 2011 7:16 PM PDT up reply actions

LSU 19 MSU 6

"Football is a violent game played by violent people, so put a smile on your face, murder in your heart and lets go kick these f***kers in the mouth" -Dick Bumpas, TCU Defensive Coordinator

by Ben Findley on Sep 15, 2011 9:29 PM PDT reply actions

Tech by only 21?

Never underestimate the Lobos ability to lose bigtime. Locksley should have been let go last year, but the buyout was more than UNM could handle. Most likely a search committee will be created come December!

Rosebud!

by jimmythegeek on Sep 16, 2011 6:00 AM PDT reply actions