Weekly Picks of the Week - Week 3

Picks in Bold

Rankings based on Coaches Poll
All lines provided by Sportsbook.ag

Central Florida Knights (+10) @ #22 Missouri Tigers

12:00
SEC Network

West Virginia Mountaineers (+3.5) @ Maryland Terrapins

12:00
Big 10 Network

#6 Georgia Bulldogs (-6) @ #23 South Carolina Jerkwads

3:30
CBS

Tennessee Volunteers (+20.5) @ #3 Oklahoma Sooners

8:00
ABC

#12 UCLA Bruins (-8) @ Texas Longhorns

8:00
FOX

-Yup, all road teams.

-If ESPN didn't own the rights to the SEC, would Johnny Manziel be as popular as he is?  Would he have been drafted in 1st round?  What I mean is, ESPN seems to love to shove this guy down our throats at every chance they can and if they weren't such a big influence in the world of sports, would he be as big a deal as he is?  Look at it this way, who was the last SEC player that they reported everything about, from his practice reports to if he sneezed in the locker room?  One word - Tebow.  And what happened to him?  ESPN created such a media frenzy around him that he can't even get a third-string QB job in the league because no team wants to deal with the unnecessary nonsense that follows him around.  All I'm saying is, once the overrated Manziel eventually flames out in Cleveland (and it will happen), will he have the same fate as Tebow?  Actually, I would say no, but that's because Manziel is an ugly little guy who wouldn't make a good transition to TV analyst.

-And here is another reason to hate the deal ESPN made with the SEC.

• Sam Houston State v. LSU 7:30 SEC Network
• San Jose State v. Auburn 7:00 ESPN2
• East Carolina v. South Carolina 7:00 ESPNU

That was ESPN's primetime lineup on Saturday night.  Of those three games, only one was mildly entertaining and that was because the Gamecocks are still wildly overrated.  I probably should have picked that game instead of the BYU v. Texas game last week.

-And speaking of the deal between ESPN and the SEC, I'm sort of shocked that GameDay is going to Fargo for the North Dakota State game instead of Columbia, SC for a Top 25 match-up (the only one of the weekend) between two SEC teams.  Then again, South Carolina kind of sucks.  BURN!!!

-As for my picks last week, I went 4-1 and that one loss was on a game I picked only because I needed to choose five games.  Stupid Texas.  And yet, I'm picking their game again this week, what is wrong with me?  It doesn't really matter because I still did awesome and will do so again this week or your money back.

-Last Week's Funniest College GameDay Sign:

(I didn't actually see GameDay last week because I was went to the Clemson game, so this was the best I could find after scrounging the internet.)

-Alright, enjoy the third week of college football.

Last Week's Results: 4-1
Season Results: 7-3