The greedy shall not prosper.
I should have left well enough alone last week, but I had to make an extra selection.
Wrong.
Texas Tech at West Virginia. The over was 80.5. That total is nothing for a typical Big 12 game. The Red Raiders and Mountaineers didn't even come close.
The result? 5-6 for week to put me at one game over .500 for the season.
Oh, well. Time to move on. Here are this week's selections. As always, picks are against the spread.
-- Virginia Tech at Georgia Tech -3. The Techs hook up Thursday night on the Flats. Virginia Tech is looking for one more victory to get retiring head coach Frank Beamer to a bowl game. Georgia Tech needs to win its last three games to get to a bowl for the 19th consecutive year. Georgia Tech has disappointed me all season long, but I am going to try the Jackets one more time. Pick Georgia Tech.
-- Florida -7.5 at South Carolina. Florida clinched the SEC East last week in ugly fashion with a nasty-looking 9-7 victory over hapless Vanderbilt. South Carolina returns home after back-to-back narrow losses on the road at Texas A&M and Tennessee. The Gamecocks are showing life. (Take note Clemson fans. Nov. 28 will not be a walk-over) I think the Gamecocks going to win this game outright. Pick South Carolina.
-- Oklahoma State -14 at Iowa State. In 2011, the Cowboys got upset in Ames. That loss cost the Cowboys a possible shot at the national championship. Now, the same scenario is in place. But I don't think the Cowboys are going to fall off their horse this time. Pick Oklahoma State.
-- Clemson -28 at Syracuse. No. 1 Clemson is coming off an emotional victory. Syracuse has lost six in a row. The Carrier Dome will be half full. The Orange hung with LSU earlier in the season. I don't think they will hang with the Tigers, but I also think the 28 points is too much. The Tigers win but not by four TDs. Pick Syracuse.
-- Pittsburgh at Duke -3.5. Duke rebounds (basketball season starts Friday) in a big way by beating the Panthers. Pick Duke.
-- N.C. State at Florida State -9. Florida State got outplayed in the second half at Clemson. Will the Seminoles recover and be ready for N.C. State? I think so. Pick Florida State.
-- Alabama -7.5 at Mississippi State. Everyone has been singing the praises of Alabama this week. I mean everyone. Listening to the talk, one would think the one-loss Crimson Tide is invicible. We all know you can't run on the Tide. But dual threat quarterbacks drive Bama crazy. Mississippi State's Dak Prescott can pass and he can run. Prescott is the winningest quarterback in Mississippi State history. The timing of this game is really good for the Bulldogs. It may just be wishful thinking, but I am picking Mississippi State to win the game outright. Pick Mississippi State.
-- Miami (Fla.) at North Carolina -12.5. Since Al Golden left town, the Hurricanes are undefeated. Can win three in a row and throw the ACC Coastal Division race into chaos? I don't think so. Pick North Carolina.
-- Memphis at Houston -7. The Cougars remain unbeaten and Houston head coach Tom Herman remains on South Carolina's coaching search radar with a shootout victory over Memphis. Pick Houston.
-- Oklahoma at Baylor -2.5. A real test for the Bears. This is a Big 12 elimination game. The Bears lost starting quarterback Seth Russell to a neck injury in late October. True freshman Jarrett Stidham directed Baylor to a victory at Kansas State. Is the player or is it the system? We are going to find out. This may be the biggest whiff of the season, but I am going to crawl out on the industrial strength limb and take the Sooners. Pick Oklahoma.
Last Week: 5-6
For The Season: 53-52
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