A perfect week last week, going 5-0 (6-0 if you count the halftime pick on the Badgers) and the season record moves to a slightly respectable 17-12-1. As the seocnd half of the season heats up, going to try to stay hot on the picks.
at Virginia Tech -21 Boston College - Coach Frank Beamer's teams always get better as the season goes on. Virginia Tech is rolling and Boston College isn't. The Hokies are going to put a stranglehold on the Eagles offense and BC will be lucky to get to 14. Virginia Tech destroys Boston College.
Northern Illinois -14 at Buffalo - As I mentioned last week, the Huskies have put 40+ points on everyone except Wisconsin. They did it again last week and they'll do it again this week. Buffalo is not a good program and Northern Illinois is the cream of the MAC. Huskies in a blowout.
Illinois -3.5 at Purdue - Illinois got off to a surprising 6-0 start this year and then lost to an Ohio State team that completed only one pass (they only tried four). Purdue has struggled this year (losing to Rice, barely beating Middle Tennessee). Illinois will score points on the Boilermakers and even if it takes another late rally to do it because of the Zooker's coaching style, the Illini get it done.
at Tulane -12 Memphis - Never mess with a streak. Memphis is still terrible. Tulane's coach Bob Toledo resigned earlier this week. It's Homecoming for the Green Wave and you always try to schedule a patsy for Homecoming so the students and alumni go home happy (and not just from drinking). May be a bit of a struggle in the first half, but Memphis will fold like they always do and Tulane will cover.
at Stanford -20.5 Washington - Stanford is destroying their opponents, with the last 9 wins coming by 25 points or more. Washington has only played one real team, Nebraska, and were down by 27 in the fourth quarter before scoring some garbage time touchdowns to make the score a little closer. The Huskies are getting better but this is a huge step up in class and the Cardinal are going to show them they still have a long way to go to challenge for the Pac-12 title.
at Alabama -29.5 Tennessee - In their ongoing battle with LSU of "whatever you can do, I can do better", the Crimson Tide will get to take on the Vols (who lost to LSU last week by 31) and put up a comparison score before this year's "Game of the Century" on November 5th. Alabama's defense and special teams will score more than the Volunteer offense and the Crimson Tide get at least 40 and possibly keep Tennesse under 7.
Good luck this week.
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