LSU was just a bad first week call. Put too much faith in the coaching staff. Did not see as much improvement as I expected especially on the defensive side and their QB lacks the arm strength to be elite. Have to give UCLA credit especially on defense. They may be the class of the Pac 10. Still a decent first week. I wrote down 6 games I liked and went 5-1, unfortunately I posted the loser (also unfortunately this happens a lot as I do not like to post too many plays. I try to narrow then down to the ones I like the most).
Very happy to see Maryland get the W. Little Tua looked much better and made very few mistakes. As I said, MD has elite NFL prospect WRs, so if they can get the running game going they will be a difficult out for anyone. They have a real chance to start out 4-0 before Iowa comes to town.
I should have posted Penn State despite my dislike of them. Wisconsin's offensive coordinator should be fired. They look like an average high school team. Never seen a team that is so predictable. You have to be able to throw the ball downfield to win football games and they simply can not do it. Also, their safety, number 9, needs to learn how to play the position. He may have single handily lost them the game. Their OL is not as strong as in the past so they are going to struggle on offense all year.
The Alabama defense is for real and they look to be the best all around team in the country. Like I said, I will be at the casino first thing on Tuesday to lay cash on them to win it all (I do not like using availability on online accounts for futures so I usually place them at the sports book even though I may not get the best number, but I prefer to lay out the cash). I expect the offense only to get better and I did not see any other team with that kind of balance on both sides of the ball.
Oklahoma is the same old Oklahoma. Over rated every year, and like every year, I hope they are in the playoff because they are always a great play against. I think the so called experts like Todd McShay are dead wrong on Spencer Rattler. No way he is the #1 pick in the draft.
UCLA put on a great showing, but the rest of the Pac-10 was putrid. Same for the ACC.
My Navy boys are in some trouble this year also. I was not expecting much, but they did not look good at all.
I have a small lean towards Florida State +7.5 tonight but don't like it enough to post. Just way too many variables for both teams but I do not think ND should be more than a TD favorite.