College Football Pick'em (winners in bold)

After a great week of college football last week, the schedule this week appears to be much of a letdown. Other than a couple of somewhat intriguing SEC matchups, and the lone matchup of ranked teams which starts at 10:30pm EST, we are left with a big pile of poo-poo platter. But alas, the picks must go on:

#12 Arkansas @ Georgia (-2.5)

Georgia got manhandled last week @ South Carolina by a running back who played lightyears beyond his actual age. I will not be surprised to see Marcus Lattimore standing inside the Heisman Club within the next year or two. However, I did see some signs of promise in Aaron Murray. Mark Richt has promised to open the playbook to the young signal caller this week and I expect continued improvement. I believe Georgia will weather the storm this week and slow down Ryan Mallet just enough to squeak one out in Athens. Georgia 31 - Arkansas 24

Maryland @ #21 West Virginia (-10)

The nation is down on the Mountaineers after their mystifying overtime win against Marshall. However, any honest assessment of that game would indicate that Marshall played WAY over their heads, while the Mountaineers played awful. WVU returns home this week refocused and I fully expect them to drop the hammer on a very bad ACC team. WVU 31 - Maryland 10

#1 Alabama (-24) @ Duke

It made me giggle when I noticed that Bama was playing at Duke. How Duke fanagled a home game in this series I will never understand. I am sure that the Duke faithful will create a significant home field advantage for the Blue Devils. Or not.
Alabama 39 - Duke 10

#10 Florida (-14) @ Tennessee

I could see this game going one of two ways. Either Tennessee wins in a nail-biter or Florida rolls. Something tells me that Urban Meyer will have his troops ready for this game in Knoxville and that Derek Dooley is in for a rude introduction to the Meyer school of football.
Florida 33 - Tennessee 10

#6 Texas (-3) @ Texas Tech

I don't trust Tommy Tuberville.
Texas 27 - Texas Tech 17

#9 Iowa (-2) @ #24 Arizona

This is the only game of the week pitting two Top 25 teams against each other. It also starts at 10:30 which means that I will likely not remember the entire second half for one reason or another. It's always tough on a team playing a night game after a long road trip. I'll go with the home team in this one.
Arizona 25 - Iowa 19

Picks to date:

Straight up 5-1
Against the spread 4-2