I know I know, you want to add me as a beneficiary on your life insurance policy because of how much I have already helped you this season. 77% through 3 weeks of college football? You’re fucking welcome. Oh, that’s not enough you say? You still want more? Listen to the podcast you jabroni’s. You’ll get all that you need.
(3) Georgia @ Missouri: Georgia -14.5
14.5? Seriously!? Listen, I get that this is a touted SEC matchup. I get both teams are undefeated. I get that Missouri’s offense can put up POINTS. But I mean come on. After that spanking the Bulldogs laid on the Gamecocks on the road in Week 2, how can this possibly be a spread to fade one of the only teams in the past two seasons that can go toe to toe with Alabama? Sure, the home crowd at Faurot Field will keep their team in it for the 1st quarter. But that will be all they get to enjoy. The Georgia defense will make their stops, and the offense will come out cruising at the half.
Final Score: Georgia 38, Missouri 21
(2) Clemson @ Georgia Tech: Clemson -15.5
Another game where I just cannot comprehend Vegas’ dumb dumb decision to set the spread. Georgia Tech lost to USF in Week 2 and to Pitt last week. Were both of those on the road? Yes. Will that matter against the #2 ranked team in the nation? No. Do I really need to say much more here? Clemson did have a tough time against the Aggies in Week 2, but I don’t think this Georgia Tech team is even close to A&M, and neither is the home crowd. Easy pickings.
Final Score: Clemson 41, Georgia Tech 21
(17) TCU @ Texas: TCU -3
The first of Matt’s incorrect podcast predictions. No, I’m not going Longhorns here. They are one of the most inconsistent teams of recent memory. They have a terrible game, then a great game, then a terrible game, and so on and so forth. Matthew McConoughey will NOT be on the sideline (according to sources) and to be honest, he’s their good luck charm. The Horned Frogs are coming off a somewhat decent game against a stacked Buckeye’s squad, and they will be looking to rip the interstate rivals off cloud 9 after their win last week against USC.
Editor’s Note: I’m writing this at 12:32am on Saturday morning and, from what I saw in the USC/Washington State first half, USC is a bobo squad that anyone in the game could square dance with. Fade, fade, fade the Longhorns!
Final Score: TCU 32, Texas 23
Texas Tech @ (15) Oklahoma State: Texas Tech +14
Houston is actually my main focal point for this pick. I like Houston, and particularly their defense. It just so happens that Texas Tech tossed up 63 points on them last weekend. I think the main goal in this matchup will be which defense can make more stops. As much as that favors Mike Gundy’s mullet, I can’t side with this spread in a potential shootout. It will be a one possession game until the final whistle blows.
Final Score: Oklahoma State 45, Texas Tech 35
(8) Notre Dame @ Wake Forest: Under 60
Ah yes, the first thick sack of the season. Little did Matty Ice know, his breakdown of this game actually made me swap in this pick for the digest (which he did not pick up on and failed to predict how I was looking at this game… silly Matt). I have been on the edge of my seat since September 1st just WAITING to fade Notre Dame, this HAS to be that game. I can’t go outright strictly because Notre Dame is the better team on paper. But I have to think, both offenses are going to struggle. This will be a game won on the opposite side of the ball, and thus I am sounding the alarm. THICK SACK ALERT!
Final Score: Wake Forest 24, Notre Dame 21