10/16/07

Predictions -- Week 8

A 1-1 split last week with a meager two selections.

Crawling slowly back to respectability...

Season vs spread: 15-16 (.484)

Lots of interesting spreads this week. So I'm going long with ten selections -- all dogs -- and all from Betus.com posted by ESPN today:

Auburn @ LSU -10.5
Nothing in the SEC is ten points safe this year.
Auburn, getting 10.5

Michigan @ Illinois +3
Michigan on the road -- at night -- against a running QB? Seen this movie before. This thing goes to overtime.
Illinois, getting 3

Southern Cal @ Notre Dame +18.5
It goes against my DNA to take Notre Dame against any spread. But the question comes down to which team deflates expectations more? Based on previous weeks, there isn't an 18.5 pt difference in that answer. So, against my better judgment...
Notre Dame, getting 18.5

Kansas @ Colorado +4
Kansas has played nobody, Colorado has beaten a somebody. The game's at Colorado. This is the ever wild Big 12 Norris Division.
Colorado, getting 4

Michigan State @ Ohio State -17
I don't normally comment on the Spartans vs the spread, but this one is just to gaudy. It's as if Art Schliester is spending too much time on the phone to his bookie again.
Michigan State, getting 17

Florida @ Kentucky +6.5
Nobody is this safe on the road in an SEC game this season.
Kentucky, getting 6.5

Texas A&M @ Nebraska -2
Nebraska is a team in turmoil.
Texas A&M, getting 2

Stanford @ Arizona -10.5
The team that went on the road and beat Southern Cal is going to lose by 11 or more to Arizona? Riiiiggght!
Stanford, getting 10.5

Oregon @ Washington +11
Washington is going to get an upset somewhere in their brutal schedule. Here's as good a place as any.
Washington, getting 11

Mississippi State @ West Virginia -23.5
Mississippi State -- a 4-3 team -- has won at Auburn. West Virginia really hasn't beaten anyone. West Virginia's probably the better team -- probably -- but not 24 points better.
Mississippi State, getting 23.5

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