Ramblings from the Ultimate Sports Sentimentalist

I went 6-4 last week, which isn’t horrible.  Unfortuantely, this week I’m not quite as confident about my picks.  Everyone has a fatal flaw when it comes to picking games, and mine tends to be that I underestimate home field advantage and end up picking  too many road teams.  That’s what I felt like happened this week, but we’ll see how it turns out.  Here are my picks in order of most confident to least confident.  Please feel free to comment.

Pick # 1: Southern Cal (-6.5) vs. Ohio State- Predicitng another blowout in this series.

Pick # 2: Virginia Tech (-19.5) vs. Marshall- A fired up Hokie team should win big at home.

Pick # 3: Utah (-14.0) vs. San Jose State- A friend told me that this is the lock of the week.  I’ll take his word on it, but the Utes will have to play better than they did in the first week.

Pick # 4: Iowa (-6.5) vs. Iowa State- I know that the Hawkeyes almost lost to Northern Iowa, but I really think that NIU is a tougher opponent than the Cyclones.

Pick # 5: Western Michigan (+1.5) vs. Indiana- See comments in upset entry below.

Pick # 6: BYU (-17.5) vs. Tulane- Tulsa beat Tulane on the road last week by 24, so I don’t see why the Cougars won’t do the same or better here.

PIck # 7: Oregon State (-7.0) vs. UNLV- I think the Beavers are looking to win big here and make a statemetn that they’re once again a Pac-10 title contender.

Pick # 8: Tulsa (-17.0) vs. New Mexico- I picked Tulsa last week and it hit, and I picked against New Mexico last week and it hit.  Time to try it again.

Pick # 9: Kansas State (-7.5) vs. UL-Lafayette- I know it’s on the road, but I’ll pick a mediocre Big 12 team  to beat a mediocre Sun Belt team by more than a TD  anyday.

Pick # 10: Syracuse (+28.0) vs. Penn State- Really surprised this line is as high as it is.  I think the rejuvenated Orange will keep it close for a while at least.

Last week’s record: 6-4, Overall Record: 6-4