Well so far not a bad start to the first week of college football. I am posting this before the games finished on Friday night but I do know that I am 1-1 with my regular plays and Colorado should cover as for my best bet of over in the Arkansas State/Toledo game I am not sure. I must commend the NCAA for putting out some awesome matchups for week 1. ND/Texas, USC/Bama, Clemson/Auburn, Mississippi/FSU and many others. I will have a pick on a few of the marquee plays. For some reason I feel better about staying with home teams the first week. So without further adieu here are the rest of my picks for Week 1 in college football.
BEST BETS
My FIRST BEST BET is on ALABAMA at Cowboys Stadium spotting USC 11 points on Saturday night. I know this is a lot of points and that Alabama is starting a new qb replacing Coker but USC is also replacing Kessler. A plus for Bama is that Lane Kiffin their offensive coordinator got fired by USC on the team plane coming back from a road trip to ASU in 2013 so I think he might have a score to settle. And also playing into Bama's hands is that USC lost their entire starting defensive line from last year and these newbies will be going against one of the best offensive lines in the country. Nuf info for me to back the Tide. My BFF B-Jay always says ROLL TIDE ROLL and I think they will. I am making Alabama minus the points a BEST BET.
My NEXT BEST BET is on TULSA at home giving 5 points on Saturday night to San Jose State. This is one of those games that I look at how good Tulsa was offensively last year but horrible on defense so I looked at the O/U but it was 69 1/2 so I passed on that. SJSU is a dismal 1-9 ATS the last 2 years as an away dog and they also lost their star running back Tyler Ervin. I chalk this best bet up to a good offensive team in their home opener versus a poor away team laying less than a touchdown. I am making Tulsa minus the points a BEST BET.
My LAST BEST BET is on PENN STATE at home giving 21 points on Saturday afternoon to Kent State. Well I must admit hearing that Penn State is going to a fast tempo offense made my heart skip a beat. So I said to myself Kent State is just awful having lost 13 straight to the Big10 and 2-8 ATS the last 10, I like these odds. Penn State has finally got the whole Sandusky thing in back of them and can recruit and that should help their team. So I going to lay the points here and get ready to watch Penn State dare I say play a fast tempo offense. I am making Penn State minus the points my last BEST BET.
REGULAR PLAYS
As for regular plays I like Washington at home giving Rutgers 26 points. I like ULLAF at home getting 19 points from Boise State (yup I am taking the points over my Broncos). I like Iowa at home giving 27 1/2 points to Miami,Ohio and I also like the OVER 51 in this game. And finally I like Texas at home getting 3 1/2 points from Notre Dame.
Well that's it for the opening week in college football, I will be back next week with my college picks and the start of the NFL. Hooray !!
And as always - Remember to bet with your head and not over it.
