After a perfect 4-0 week (+4.03 units), I’m back for Week 2 picks and am really excited about this slate. Last week, I nailed Indiana -21.5 vs. FIU, Old Dominion +21 at South Carolina, James Madison -9.5 at Charlotte and UNLV’s ML at Houston and this week, I love Nebraska, Oklahoma and the Texas Tech vs. Washington State OVER. I’ll explain why below.
Nebraska -7.5 vs. Colorado (-105)
Colorado stinks. Even though they got by FCS North Dakota State by the score of 31-26, they allowed a completed Hail Mary attempt that nearly cost them the game and if it wasn’t for the heroic play of Shedeur Sanders and Travis Hunter, the Buffaloes would have certainly lost that game. Now taking on Nebraska on the road, I suspect we’re going to see more of what we’ve seen since Coach Prime took over the program: elite offensive play from their stars and not much else positive. The Cornhuskers are no joke and HC Matt Rhule was able to bring in prized recruit Dylan Raiola to lead his program into the future. The true freshman has tendencies of Patrick Mahomes and went 19-27 for 238 yards with two touchdown passes in Nebraska’s 40-7 Week 1 win over UTEP. The home crowd is going to be rocking and I expect an easy win.
#15 Oklahoma -29.5 vs. Houston (-110)
Houston is absolutely awful. In last week’s 27-7 loss to UTEP, starting QB Donovan Smith was awful and went 15-30 with no touchdowns and two interceptions before he got benched and the Cougars only had 50 rushing yards as a team while surrendering 195. This team is going to be a punching bag in the Big 12 all season long. Oklahoma is coming off a 51-3 win over Temple last week and hilariously went just 1-for-12 on third down attempts in that one. If they converted more, they would have probably put up 70-plus points. Jackson Arnold threw four touchdowns in his first start as the Sooners QB and he’s going to light up the scoreboard once again in this one. I expect a huge blowout win by the home team.
Texas Tech at Washington State Over 66.5 (-110)
These teams may combine to score over 100 points. I’m not kidding. Last week, Texas Tech got by with a 52-51 victory over FCS Abilene Christian and Washington State beat FCS Portland State 70-30. That’s right, these schools just scored 52 and 70 points and allowed 51 and 30 points to FCS schools. Now, the two Air Raid offenses will face off against inept defenses. Yes, please. Washington State’s John Mateer posted an insane passing stat line last week: 11-17 for 352 yards and five touchdowns. That’s right; he completed 11 passes for 352 yards. Talk about big play ability! I suspect both offenses are going to operate very quickly, there will be a ton of pass attempts and this game will soar over the total. I’d honestly be comfortable backing this up to 79.5, which seems insane to write.
That's it for this week - good luck crushing the college slate!
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