Weekly Picks of the Week - Week 8

Picks in Bold

Rankings based on BCS Standings
All lines provided by Sportsbook.ag

#3 Oregon Ducks (-8.5) @ Arizona State Sun Devils

Thursday 9:00
ESPN

#6 LSU Tigers @ #18 Texas A&M Aggies (+3.5)

12:00
ESPN

Virginia Tech Hokies @ #19 Clemson Tigers (-8.5)

12:00
ABC or ESPN2

#7 South Carolina Gamecocks @ #2 Florida Gators (-3)

3:30
CBS

#17 Texas Tech Red Raiders (-2) @ #23 TCU Horned Frogs

3:30
ABC or ESPN2

#4 Kansas State Wildcats @ #13 West Virginia Mountaineers (-2.5)

7:00
FOX

#14 Florida State Seminoles @ Miami Hurricanes (+20.5)

8:00
ABC

-Is it just me or does everyone else feel like Green Bay Packers linebacker Clay Matthews is not the best spokesman a marketing department could choose to put in their advertisements?  I'm sure you have seen his commercials lately, one of his Zaxby's ads literally comes on every commercial break during any random football game and there is just something about that guy that scares me and doesn't exactly inspire me to buy the product he is promoting.  The good news for Zaxby's is that their food is so good that Jerry Sandusky could be their spokesman and I would still go there and buy their Wings and Things.  But seriously, I think someone should tell the ad wizards that Clay Matthews should not have been on their list of athletes to put in their commercials.  Personally, I would rather see Peyton Manning over Clay any day even if that would mean that either Peyton or the Queen of Commercials would then be in every single commercial on the planet.

-After two weeks of ESPN putting on solid match-ups in their primetime line-up, they regressed this week and decided to put on a couple of clunkers.  Sure, having the best team in country playing in primetime is a good choice, but when the team they are playing has not beaten a ranked team in a couple years, that is a waste of TV time.  On top of that, ESPN actually had the balls to put a Duke game on in primetime.  Duke!  Just look at ESPN's crappy line-up and you can't tell me that FOX and ABC aren't going to crush them in the ratings with their match-ups this week:

Alabama @ Tennessee 7:00 ESPN
Middle Tennessee State @ Mississippi State 7:00 ESPN2
North Carolina @ Duke 7:00 ESPNU

-Lastly, I finished an even 3-3 last week and that was only because La Tech scored a garbage touchdown to cover against Texas A&M......I mean, of course they scored that touchdown, why else would I have picked them to cover.  As for this week, I picked seven games instead of the usual six because for once, there are actually seven worthy games being played.  As always, I will probably go 7-0 or your money back.

The Funniest College GameDay Sign From Last Weekend Said:

(If you are wondering when that was, the last TD given up by Notre Dame until this past weekend's game was on September 8th against Purdue.  There was also a sign that said "SEC, This Is What A Library Looks Like" that I thought was really funny.)

Last Week's Results: 3-3
Season Results: 22-21