Mississippi State Over Memphis -31
Missouri over Miami (Ohio) -22
Pitt over Buffalo -32
Little more than 3 but i was on a roll
Georgia(pk) over Boise 27-17
Miami FL(-4) over Maryland 35-20
SCar(-17.5) over East Carolina 45-16
Florida (-35) over Florida Atlantic 63-7
Purdue-(14.5) over Middle Tenn 42-10
Houston (-3.5) over UCLA 31-21
Colorado (+3) over Hawaii 41-27
WV(-22.5) over Marshall 41-10
Colo st (-7) over New Mexico 37-17
Weber st (+14.5) over Wyoming (lose but cover 17-24)
Idaho (-7) over Bowling Green 28-16
SJ st (+37) over Stanford (lose but cover 13-38)
Richmond (+7.5) over DUKE 24-21
Virginia (-11.5) over William +Mary 31-13
Miss St -35
NW +3.5
Michigan -20ish
Memphis is god-awful, and MSU is bound for a great season.
NW has too much talent back to not scare the Big10 this year, Persa is the real deal, 100% healthy as well....BC will have a good D, but that's about it.
Michigan won't turn heads this year with Hoke, but believe they won't show mercy against their OOC schedule....esp WMU....Hoke will want some style points early, expecting a 45-10 type score.
just wondering if you have followed William & Mary the last few years ???
Arkansas St +18
The O-line is new but I expect the offense to produce. The front 7 on D is legit but the secondary blows. I was not so impressed with Sheelhaase as a passer, he is a better runner. With the explosive offense of Arkansas St. I think the Zookster will control the tempo with the run making it hard to cover this one or leaving the backdoor open.
Florida -34???
The Muschamp/Wiess era begins by sending Schnellenberger into retirement. To much talent on this team not to be productive. Got to build some confidence in the opener and get everyone involved.
Syracuse -4
Doug Marrone has made me a believer. SU lost some experience on D and seems to be undersized, WF D is even smaller. Although this is a pretty even matchup it looks like two programs headed in different directions. Giving SU the nod for the dome
SMU +19
A&M is good but I like the 'Stangs to keep it within 3 scores. June Jones will have this team ready. The offense is there and the D should be improved.
these look good:
Purdue -14.5 (MTSt)
Ball State +17.5 (IU)
USC -21 (Minny)
QB play should be better for CSU, and New Mex is prbly in the bottom 5 this year.....anything under 7 would be too tempting.
thank's for the takes...
i play only 2 to 3 games per week...
week 1 is tough for us and the cappers, there are so many unknowns...
since i started this thread, let me justify my picks...
mississippi st...playing away from starkville concerns me a bit as well as the loss of diaz and the stud lb's, but i think is a bit under the radar (to the masses) mismatch...miss st has a returning qb with some upside, they have their top 4 RB's returning which accounted for 2600 yards last season in the tough SEC. they have a solid front 4 and a good aggressive secondary...i heard that last year Miss st was up 49-7 early in the 4th and called off the dogs, (pardon the pun). Memphis has no QB with a snap on the roster. there is a kid on covers who is a student at MSU. though he sounds like a tout and a true fan, he seems to convey a team with a lot of confidence, who wants to make a statement on O in the first week. A lot of pundits are busting Miss St's balls about being competitive, but not being able to take the next step. I think Mullin wants to make a statement in week 1 by thrashing an overmatched team in week in on the road...
Pitt - Graham is bringing his point a minute I strategy to Pitt. he brought Todd Dodge (former UT QB and North Texas coach) to work with QB Tino Suseri, Pitt has a good OL, descent backs, and a solid D inherrited from wannstash...Buffalo had the 120 ranked O last year. Though their D was somewhat competitive, they only return 3 starters on D. I think Graham will want to make a statement. Buffalo is not really a rival to Pitt, but geographacially it is relatively close to Pittsburgh. Therefore, recruiting and regional domainance (see OU v. Tulsa) may play into factor in this game.
recent games
2009 Pitt -10 over Buffalo - final Pitt 54 Buffalo 27
Missouri - has virtually coming back not named Gabbert. Miami of Ohio has a new coach Don Treadwell who came from Mich St. M of O was a great story last year. They were 2-10 in 2008, 1-11 in 2009 (Haywoods first year) and 10-4 last year. That is an amazing turnaround. They do have 8 returning starters on O and 9 on D. Mizzou won last year's game 51-13. Franklin does not have to worry about Blaine Gabbert's little brother for comp, since he transferred to Louisville during the spring...Missouri is solid in almost every position. In addition, Pinkel has recently earned his stripes. I have heard that the goal at Mizzou is to finally take Mizzou to National prominance. Pundits are saying that this is Pinkel's best team during his tenure at Mizzou. Pinkel has been at Mizzou for 11 years. This team beat OU last year. Mizzou has 9 returning starters on O and 6 on D. Mizzou's D line and LB's are stout. I just don't see how Miami of Ohio is going to keep up with Mizzou. They most certainly will not run on Mizzou and will be foreced to pass. Though M of O has 2 good QB's, I see Mizzou being able to contain the deep threat though applying pressure. Mizzou lost 3 starters in teh secondary, but still have some solid experience back there.
I also like Oklahoma over Tulsa -20.
I want to believe my beloved Longhorns with a reinvigorated Mack Brown, with ambitious Diaz and Harshin stepping up and showing the way, that they will open a can of whoop ass on Rice. But, after last year, a very painful last year in both record and ATS (3-9), my advice to all of you on Texas is wait and see. If they come out and dominate Rice early, if Gabbert or someone steps up as the indisputable #1 QB, then look out. Texas D is going to be much much better this year. In my opinion, Muschamp did some good things at Texas. But, last year's lack of passion, innovation, and most importantly game time adjustments concerned me a lot. I think Diaz brings a lot of swagger, and that will be reflected in our D. My call on Texas v Rice, wait and see what the spread is. If it is 28 and under, then I think it could be a good deal. But, if you are like me and you can't pull the trigger, wait and see how the team comes out against Rice. If they look sharp, we will be a top 10 team by the end of the season and will defeat overrated Texas A&M and Ok St by season's end. If we look like crap, then a 6-6 to 7-5 record is teh likely full year outcome...
Good Luck to All!
Please provide your feedback on these takes...Thanks
corley - my bad bro...i thought you were...what do you think about my assessment of the Bulldogs and the game with Memphis?
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Rice +50
kent st +50
Fla atl. +50
ok fine...
Clemson -17
ILLINI -17
Stanford -28
Like UVA to go Bowling this season ...
two different teams since they last met...
Mizzu- looking to run ball more and add a FB. how well does the new QB get the offense? at least he can run. Fall practice scrimmage will say a lot.
MOH - mature team with the same OC/DC(i think), still a new HC which means new team personality.
other concerns for MOH is not being able to stay within 20 pts of any bcs team no matter the offense of the bcs team.
since losing HC T.Hoeppner(2004) no B2B winnibg seasons this team could go 5-7 easy.
remember that kentucky game wk1 '09? questions about the QB and DEF. the spread was -15 i was on kentucky and guys in here were to scared or didnt know, guys giving me a hard for liking tucky wk1.
- one thing i dont like about this game is that Mizzu is on a short week with arz st on deck, so they cant show too much. sundevils mite put it on'em...