Weekend Picks

This weekend we are going to make the picks pretty short. First off, about last weekend, the Illini shit the bed, I'm pretty sure that we can all agree on that one. LSU is not that good, Florida is. Colorado was one stupid safety away from at least pushing for me. Penn State is the real deal, and will likely go the the National Championship. Wisconsin looks awful, and I mean awful, on offense and on defense. Michigan State did what everyone expected and ran all over Northwestern, and Northwestern did what everyone thought and came back down to Earth.

So last week we went 2-3

Overall we are 10-10

Here are the picks for this week:

Illinois (-17) vs. Indiana - I haven't jumped off the Illinois bandwagon yet, and unlike most fans I don't want Coach Locks fired as O.C. Illinois racked up over 500 yards of total offense again and moved the ball at will. Turnovers and a few breakdowns blocking lost that game. Out of seven offensive drives in the first half, we could have come away with points on 5 of them. Hopefully the Illini are a little embarrassed and come out and destroy Indiana early. Also if they do get up, don't expect Juice to come out early since Fast Eddie McGee got into a little trouble this week.

Michigan State (+4) vs. Ohio State - Ohio State's offense is a work in progress, and the only real good win they have is against Wisconsin, two weeks later it looks like they underachieved in that game. They just scored 16 points at home against Purdue. I think this will be a game with ball control and field position as a major factor. I think Michigan State will actually pull this game out.

Wisconsin (+4) @ Iowa - Wisconsin is bad, but they aren't this bad. They have a good enough defense to keep Stephon Green in check long enough to score some points against Iowa. A QB change for them might jump start a one-dimensional offense, who lately sucks at there one-dimension also. Let's not read too much into Iowa blowing out Indiana, it was Indiana.

LSU (-3.5) @ South Carolina - I agree that Ol' Ball Coach will have his Game Cocks fired up for this game, but here is a question for you. Who would you rather have as your coach in this game, Les Miles of Steve Spurrier? Ten years ago, you answer Steve Spurrier, but right now, I think you have to go Les Miles in a close game right? He is not afraid to fake a punt or field goal, go for it on 4th and 3, or run some crazy gimmick play that somehow always works. LSU is fighting to keep title hopes alive here.

Pitt (-3) @ Navy - I have given up on Auburn this year, made a stupid pick taking Colorado because my cousin goes to school there, I even tried betting against Notre Dame, because A) it worked so well for me last year, and B) Notre Dame fans are the most delusional fans out there, and will push lines to ridiculous levels, but for the most part they are covering games they shouldn't and losing easy covers. So in all this, you know who actually panned out for me? WANNIE! That's right, Dave Wannstedt and his John Holmes mustache have done me well so far. So I am gonna ride this horse till it bucks me off, or until he's "got a knee".

Although I will say this about Notre Dame, there was no safer feeling in the world as when you were covering a spread against Notre Dame and Jimmy Clausen had the ball late in the game and was driving to beat you. That interception was the safest bet in football. Now it is a 50-50 chance, which is still pretty good.