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Well, after the earlier games last Sat. I was 7-3 with 3 to go and Georgia up 24-7 over Tennessee so I figured the worst I could do was 8-5....wrong! How about 7-6. 
Updated record:
38-30-3 sides
5-5 totals
Man, I've picked a lot of road teams this week.....not a good sign
Syracuse +25.5 @ West Virginia - It's actually been a pretty darn easy schedule for the Mountaineers with probably their toughest game so far being the road game vs East Carolina. Syracuse's schedule looks a little tougher at second look now that Wake Forest is where they're at. The orange guys have the 10 pt loss at Wake, a 7 pt loss at Iowa in 2 OT's and a 10 pt loss to Pittsburgh to go with their 3 wins. They are also only giving up an average of 19 pts per game in regulation (OT excluded). Of course in those 3 losses, against very good defenses, they've only scored about 10 pts per game too, but I think that's about all they'd need here for the cover. West Virginia only beat East Carolina by 17 and only beat Maryland by 21, giving up 24 pts themselves in that game, so +25.5 with a good defense sounds pretty good.
Purdue -7.5 @ Northwestern - I'll take anybody vs Northwestern at this point. They've been beat by double digits in all 4 of their losses so far and I doubt they'll win this one. They might be 1-5 ATS this year.
Wake Forest +4.5 @ N.C. State - The Wolfpack stock going up a bit with the back to back wins over B.C. and Florida State....as underdogs. Now they're asked to be 4.5 pt favorites against a really good defensive team that almost upset Clemson last week to go 6-0. Could be letdown time for both but this could be a very low scoring game so +4.5 could be nice, especially with a team that could possibly win outright.
Texas A&M +2.5 vs Missouri - I went against Missouri last week as I wasn't really sold on them and I'm still not to tell you the truth. That probably wasn't a real great spot to take the Red Raiders coming off of that big rivalry win vs A&M where they scored the TD with less than a minute left to pull out the 'W'. Texas Tech played an absolutely pathetic game, helping Missou out with 5 TO's, 2 of which were INT's returned for TD's. I'm going against the Tigers again in their 2nd road game in a row vs a decent 5-1 A&M team getting pts.
Kansas St +11.5 vs Nebraska - This is a lot of pts in this big rivalry game. The Wildcats haven't given up more than 27 pts in any of their 6 games so far and held Louisville to 24. And Nebraska did give up 32 big ones and 574 total yds to Kansas a couple weeks ago.
Florida +2.5 @ Auburn - Florida has shown they can win these games with big wins over Tennessee and double digits wins over Alabama and LSU so far. This is only their 2nd road game of the year though but they've got a great defense which is only giving up an avg of less than 10 pts per game, as well as an explosive offense which is averaging 29 pts per game. Auburn had a good defense...until last week anyway....but their offense is spotty only managing 182 total yds vs LSU and only 213 vs Arkansas with only a total of 17 pts in those 2 games......go Gators!
California -7.5 @ Washington St. - Wow.....in their last 5 games Cal has scored 42, 42, 49, 41 and 45! Even more amazing, their margins of victory have been 25, 26, 28, 28 and 21! And 3 out of 4 of those opponents have been equal to or better than The Cougars. Nuff said.
Ohio St -15 @ Michigan St - Yikes, tough stretch of games for Michigan St with the unbelievable loss to Notre Dame, then the last second loss to Illinois and then their biggest game of the year at Michigan. They've got to be spent emotionally, and now they get the #1 team in the nation whose smallest margin of victory in 6 games has been 17. I'll take the Buckeyes, please.
Florida St -22.5 @ Duke - Finally.....a team Florida St can beat up on. Duke has been shutout in 3 out of their 5 games this year...and one of those was a 37-0 loss to Virginia for crying out loud!
UCLA +10.5 @ Oregon - UCLA has a very good defense and they can score some points too. All 4 of their wins have been by at least 10. In their only loss, by 10 @ Washington, they had a 19-14 lead going into the 4th but gave up 15 pts in the last 8 minutes of the game. Oregon has a propensity to turn the ball over with 11 TO's in their 5 games so far. UCLA has had their share of TO's also but at least they're on the plus side as they've had 14 takeaways themselves. UCLA should certainly be able to hang in this one getting a whopping 10.5 pts.
Iowa State +19.5 @ Oklahoma - An awful lot of pts for Oklahoma to cover after coming off of their biggest rivalry game of the year, a disappointing 18 pt loss to the Longhorns where Oklahoma could only manage 10 pts. Iowa State has only lost once in their 3 losses by this big of a margin, by 23 at Texas, the only game this year that they have given up more than 28 pts in regulation.
San Jose St -13.5 vs Utah St. - San Jose St 3-1 on the year with their only loss by 6 at what has materialized as a very good Washington team. Utah St 1-5 with an unprobable 1 pt victory over Fresno St last week. Before that it was ugly with defeats by the scores of 38-7, 20-0, 48-0, 38-0 and 41-21....you get the picture. The Spartans fresh off of a bye week and prior to that a 21 pt ass whooping of San Diego St., a much better team than Utah St.
Baylor +29.5 @ Texas - Baylor playing very good defense this year and at 3-3 they could very easily have been 5-1, with an OT loss to Army and a last second 2 pt loss at Wash St. The Bears have not given up more than 20 pts in regulation in any of their 6 games this year and coming off of a nice road win at Colorado. Texas may be in for a slight letdown maybe after last weeks Red River Shootout?
Arizona St +19 @ USC - USC still living off of their past laurels it seems as they have not scored over 28 pts in their last 4 games yet continue to be 17-20 pt favorites. Arizona St coming off of a bye after 2 huge losses to Cal and Oregon who seem to possess much better scoring ability than USC. USC is also still pretty banged up at key positions.
Michigan -6.5 @ Penn St - Penn St.'s 4 wins TY over powerhouses such as Akron, Youngstown St, Northwestern, and a 1 pt OT win last week vs Minnesota. Their 2 losses by 24 and 22 to N.D. and Ohio St. Michigan 6-0 with wins by 20, 24, 28, 14, 14 and 18. Michigan and Ohio St will be undefeated when they meet in the last game of the regular season, Nov 18.
Updated record:
38-30-3 sides
5-5 totals
Man, I've picked a lot of road teams this week.....not a good sign
Syracuse +25.5 @ West Virginia - It's actually been a pretty darn easy schedule for the Mountaineers with probably their toughest game so far being the road game vs East Carolina. Syracuse's schedule looks a little tougher at second look now that Wake Forest is where they're at. The orange guys have the 10 pt loss at Wake, a 7 pt loss at Iowa in 2 OT's and a 10 pt loss to Pittsburgh to go with their 3 wins. They are also only giving up an average of 19 pts per game in regulation (OT excluded). Of course in those 3 losses, against very good defenses, they've only scored about 10 pts per game too, but I think that's about all they'd need here for the cover. West Virginia only beat East Carolina by 17 and only beat Maryland by 21, giving up 24 pts themselves in that game, so +25.5 with a good defense sounds pretty good.
Purdue -7.5 @ Northwestern - I'll take anybody vs Northwestern at this point. They've been beat by double digits in all 4 of their losses so far and I doubt they'll win this one. They might be 1-5 ATS this year.
Wake Forest +4.5 @ N.C. State - The Wolfpack stock going up a bit with the back to back wins over B.C. and Florida State....as underdogs. Now they're asked to be 4.5 pt favorites against a really good defensive team that almost upset Clemson last week to go 6-0. Could be letdown time for both but this could be a very low scoring game so +4.5 could be nice, especially with a team that could possibly win outright.
Texas A&M +2.5 vs Missouri - I went against Missouri last week as I wasn't really sold on them and I'm still not to tell you the truth. That probably wasn't a real great spot to take the Red Raiders coming off of that big rivalry win vs A&M where they scored the TD with less than a minute left to pull out the 'W'. Texas Tech played an absolutely pathetic game, helping Missou out with 5 TO's, 2 of which were INT's returned for TD's. I'm going against the Tigers again in their 2nd road game in a row vs a decent 5-1 A&M team getting pts.
Kansas St +11.5 vs Nebraska - This is a lot of pts in this big rivalry game. The Wildcats haven't given up more than 27 pts in any of their 6 games so far and held Louisville to 24. And Nebraska did give up 32 big ones and 574 total yds to Kansas a couple weeks ago.
Florida +2.5 @ Auburn - Florida has shown they can win these games with big wins over Tennessee and double digits wins over Alabama and LSU so far. This is only their 2nd road game of the year though but they've got a great defense which is only giving up an avg of less than 10 pts per game, as well as an explosive offense which is averaging 29 pts per game. Auburn had a good defense...until last week anyway....but their offense is spotty only managing 182 total yds vs LSU and only 213 vs Arkansas with only a total of 17 pts in those 2 games......go Gators!
California -7.5 @ Washington St. - Wow.....in their last 5 games Cal has scored 42, 42, 49, 41 and 45! Even more amazing, their margins of victory have been 25, 26, 28, 28 and 21! And 3 out of 4 of those opponents have been equal to or better than The Cougars. Nuff said.
Ohio St -15 @ Michigan St - Yikes, tough stretch of games for Michigan St with the unbelievable loss to Notre Dame, then the last second loss to Illinois and then their biggest game of the year at Michigan. They've got to be spent emotionally, and now they get the #1 team in the nation whose smallest margin of victory in 6 games has been 17. I'll take the Buckeyes, please.
Florida St -22.5 @ Duke - Finally.....a team Florida St can beat up on. Duke has been shutout in 3 out of their 5 games this year...and one of those was a 37-0 loss to Virginia for crying out loud!
UCLA +10.5 @ Oregon - UCLA has a very good defense and they can score some points too. All 4 of their wins have been by at least 10. In their only loss, by 10 @ Washington, they had a 19-14 lead going into the 4th but gave up 15 pts in the last 8 minutes of the game. Oregon has a propensity to turn the ball over with 11 TO's in their 5 games so far. UCLA has had their share of TO's also but at least they're on the plus side as they've had 14 takeaways themselves. UCLA should certainly be able to hang in this one getting a whopping 10.5 pts.
Iowa State +19.5 @ Oklahoma - An awful lot of pts for Oklahoma to cover after coming off of their biggest rivalry game of the year, a disappointing 18 pt loss to the Longhorns where Oklahoma could only manage 10 pts. Iowa State has only lost once in their 3 losses by this big of a margin, by 23 at Texas, the only game this year that they have given up more than 28 pts in regulation.
San Jose St -13.5 vs Utah St. - San Jose St 3-1 on the year with their only loss by 6 at what has materialized as a very good Washington team. Utah St 1-5 with an unprobable 1 pt victory over Fresno St last week. Before that it was ugly with defeats by the scores of 38-7, 20-0, 48-0, 38-0 and 41-21....you get the picture. The Spartans fresh off of a bye week and prior to that a 21 pt ass whooping of San Diego St., a much better team than Utah St.
Baylor +29.5 @ Texas - Baylor playing very good defense this year and at 3-3 they could very easily have been 5-1, with an OT loss to Army and a last second 2 pt loss at Wash St. The Bears have not given up more than 20 pts in regulation in any of their 6 games this year and coming off of a nice road win at Colorado. Texas may be in for a slight letdown maybe after last weeks Red River Shootout?
Arizona St +19 @ USC - USC still living off of their past laurels it seems as they have not scored over 28 pts in their last 4 games yet continue to be 17-20 pt favorites. Arizona St coming off of a bye after 2 huge losses to Cal and Oregon who seem to possess much better scoring ability than USC. USC is also still pretty banged up at key positions.
Michigan -6.5 @ Penn St - Penn St.'s 4 wins TY over powerhouses such as Akron, Youngstown St, Northwestern, and a 1 pt OT win last week vs Minnesota. Their 2 losses by 24 and 22 to N.D. and Ohio St. Michigan 6-0 with wins by 20, 24, 28, 14, 14 and 18. Michigan and Ohio St will be undefeated when they meet in the last game of the regular season, Nov 18.
I got 9 dogs that don't even need to win!
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