Week 2 College Football Picks
After a quick 2-0-1 start last Thursday, the weekend ended with a shaky 4-4-1 result. Time to get things back on track – winners are in italics.
1. South Carolina(+7) @ UGA. Both teams’ offenses looked bad last week. This will be a classic SEC defensive battle – UGA will win, but it will be a close game.
2. Notre Dame @ Michigan(+3). The Wolverines looked real good last week, and I am not ready to jump on the Notre Dame band wagon like everyone else after they’ve won two in a row dating back to last season against Hawaii and Nevada.
3. UCLA @ Tennessee (-10). As much as it pains me to pick UT – I just don’t see UCLA’s offense being capable of doing much scoring on the Volunteer’s defense.
4. Syracuse @ Penn St (-28.5). Syracuse looked decent last week with Greg Paulus at quarterback – but he is going to get a wakeup call this week. This game is at Happy Valley, and Penn St. will put up a lot of points and play smothering D. The Nittany Lions win this game huge.
5. USC(-7) @ Ohio State. Ohio State looked bad against Navy last week and will continue its trend of losing to BCS non conference opponents. USC is 5 or 6 deep at running back – Even with a freshman starter at quarterback, UCS wins this one big.
6. Vanderbilt (+14.5) @ LSU. I know this game is in Baton Rouge at night, where LSU has won a ridiculous 30 consecutive Saturday night games. But Vandy looked really good last week and are 3-4 deep at running back even without Jared Hawkins. I think the defense steps up and Larry Smith keeps the defense guessing all night. This will be a closer game than most people think, with the Commodores hanging tough late with a chance to win.
