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Jeff’s College Football Picks of the Week

2008 Record: 42-34-6

Upset Specials: 5 for 15

 

***UPSET SPECIAL (5 for 15)

FAU vs. CMU…PICK: Owls+7 (+220) 

Additional Picks

Navy vs. Wake Forest…PICK: Middies+3 

Colorado St. vs. FSU…PICK: Bulldogs-2 

Memphis vs. USF…PICK: Tigers+13 

BYU vs. Arizona…PICK: Wildcats-3 

So. Miss vs. Troy…PICK: Trojans-4 

Boise St. vs. TCU…PICK: Broncos+3 

Hawaii vs. N Dame…PICK: Warriors ’pk’

UNC vs. W Virginia…PICK: Mountaineers ‘pk’

Wisconsin vs. FSU…PICK: Noles-4

Miami, Fl vs. Cal…PICK: Bears-7

La Tech vs. NIU…PICK: Bulldogs+2

NC State vs. Rutgers…PICK: Knights-7

Northwestern vs. Missouri…PICK: Tigers-12

Maryland vs. Nevada…PICK: Wolfpack ‘pk’

W Michigan vs. Rice…PICK: Owls-3

Oregon vs. Oklahoma St…PICK: Ducks+3

A Force vs. Houston…PICK: Cougars-3

Pitt vs. OSU…PICK: Panthers+3

Vanderbilt vs. BC…PICK: Eagles-3

Minnesota vs. Kansas…PICK: Jayhawks-10

LSU vs. Ga Tech…PICK: Jackets-4

S Carolina vs. Iowa…PICK: Hawkeyes-3

Nebraska vs. Clemson…PICK: Huskers+3

PSU vs. USC…PICK: Lions+9

V Tech vs. Cincinnati…PICK: Bearcats-2

Michigan State vs. Georgia…PICK: Bulldogs-7

Ole Miss vs. T Tech…PICK: Raiders-4

Kentucky vs. ECU…PICK: Pirates-3

Utah vs. Alabama…PICK: Tide-10

Buffalo vs. UConn…PICK: Huskies-5

 

 

 

 

 

NOTE: We always round out the spread numbers, because as a rule of thumb, we buy the half-point in either direction. It makes too much sense not to, so we recommend you do the same.

 

 

Headlines, commentary and previews of each week's top games featuring Jeff Shain, Miami Herald college football columnist. Jeff brings two decades of reporting to the table, including the past eight in the middle of Florida's football hotbed. With an eye for the game's trends and a well-honed national perspective, Jeff rarely lacks an opinion.

Jeff Shain has been writing about college football for 22 years, the past eight for the Miami Herald sports pages. He has been a beat writer in four major conferences and spent more than a dozen years analyzing the national scene.

Shain previously spent 10 years as college football editor at United Press International, where he coordinated the coaches' poll and
All-America selections. In recent years he's served as an All-America selector for the Associated Press and Football Writers Association of America.