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Minnesota -13: I like Minnesota in this spot. They are a team coming off of a huge win over Tulsa on the road and now they head to their place as 13 point favorites against a team that is 0-1 SU and 1-0 ATS on the road. Colorado State went to Boulder and almost pulled out the upset losing SU in a game that they could have easily won. Colorado State does not have the talent at RB that Minnesota does in Maroney. Maroney rushed for 203 yards last week and the offense of the Golden Gophers combined for 536 yards while their opposition this week put together 396 total yards. I see a mismatch here with the talent of the Minnesota offense and forcing Colorado to try to play catch up all game long.

Iowa -9 at Iowa State: Iowa is coming off of a week in which they blew Ball State out of the game 56-0. This team is a very talented club that knows how to score and how to pitch the donut on defense. Iowa State escaped the week with a victory over Illinois State. The line in Iowa State last week did not exist however an 11 point victory hardly gives me faith that this team can hang with the likes of the in state rival Iowa. Iowa State was able to generate 406 yards of offense however obviously had trouble scoring as many points as their rival Iowa did on 441 yards of offense. I believe the home crowd makes this game tough in the early going however I believe Iowa will run away with this game and keep their number 11 in the land status if not better their case at moving higher into the top 10 by the end of this weekend.

Tulsa +30.5 at Oklahoma: I am not going to pass up a line that has this Sooner team favored by more than 4 touchdowns. They couldn't cover against TCU last week and this in state battle should be different song same dance with Tulsa keeping this within 30.5 with ease. I think that Oklahoma has a lot to prove however if Tulsa watches the game film of TCU Oklahoma they will be able to duplicate the results of last weeks major upset... They will not win it outright but it will not be an embarrassing outing against the group of players that OU has to put on the field. Stoops is a great coach but he needs to open a new playbook. His new QB's are not the same blown out knee no running QB's that he got in the 1999 recruiting class...

Georgia Tech -12.5 vs. N. Carolina: I know that North Carolina had some great play last year in the ACC... but this year they are facing some teams that have blow out power. G Tech is very under rated and under valued at present. Ball and Co. should have another big game and this should lead to a decisive victory for the Jackets to eventually end up by the end of the week in the top 20 teams in the country quite possibly after coming out of spring drills unranked. These guys should get Florida State or Miami's spot in the polls in my opinion because they are a better football team.

Rice at UCLA -25: First off I would like to say that I believe that UCLA football is on the rise again and should come more into the spotlight in coming weeks after they knock off OU. This week they play the Rice Farmers from Houston and should handily beat this team. UCLA should have no problems running the ball as they have two supurb backs that are fighting for time behind a great QB in Henson who came back in full force after a knee injury. The greatest part in my opinion about UCLA is that they have a very deep and talented line. Should be a 35+ Victory... I don't see Rice scoring unless some sort of temporary meltdown by UCLA happens. When UCLA takes the lead that makes it somewhat easier on this offense as I mentioned one of their best weapons is the solid running game.

South Carolina at Georgia -16: Did the Georgia team have a bunch of holes to fill this year... YES Did they do a good job of filling them... NO they did an excellent job. They have a great quarterback and all other skilled positions as they displayed in the Boise State game. I still believe Boise State is a good to above average football team. However this Bulldog team made their offense and every other aspect of their game obsolete. I think the Spurrier honeymoon is over!!! This playbook does not have the shock aww factor that it used to. The NFL handled it and I believe that Georgia has some players that will be playing on Sundays in the future and they should be able to handle this GameCock team much the way they did the Broncos.

Viginia Tech -20 at Duke: They are playing at Duke but that should not matter. Marcus Vick showed us last week that he can run the football with grace and style and make big time plays. He showed the coaches a glimpse last week of what the playbook should look like and that he should be moving with the football. He is a great athlete and they have a stingy defense with lots of speed. This should be over by half time and we can watch another game.

Florida International at Texas Tech -34.5 OVER 61.5: Texas Tech has a QB coming in to play that will have 4000 yards throwing... why because that is all they do... They should hit this total all by themselves. They also finally found some guys to play defense. In watching their spring training a bit of what I could catch they look to be solid this year. Yes Leach will keep throwing down the field up by 9 touchdowns. So if we are on the number at 58 and Tech gets the ball back... Don't worry he will still be chunking it deep. The other part about this Tech team is they have a very speedy RB that can break big plays while the secondary is running for their lives to stay with these receivers.


Let me know what you think boys and girls... this is how I see them so far but as I said I may change my mind mid week barring injuries but these are my leans and I will make them official when I make them plays.