The College Edge week got off to a disappointing start, as we went 0-3 on Thursday and Friday nights. We kicked it off taking the Pitt Panthers over Cincinnati and the over in the same game. Our three-pick slide continued Friday with a relatively tough loss when we took Utah over Utah St.( Utes scored in OT, but, the TD was disallowed on an interference, AFTER, I celebrated, loudly).
If you're interested in knowing what a pressure-packed situation is in handicapping, it's going into a college football Saturday, 0-3.
While tempted to maybe hold back on some picks, we gave out every pick we worked on, and man, did we respond.
It started with the Noon picks, and my proudest of those was my KSU win over Miami. Bill Snyder, arguably the greatest college coach of all time, did it again for me. We had nervous moments in the Auburn-MissSt under the totals pick, but, that won, and, depending on what line you received, +3 or +3.5, our UConn selection was either a win, or, a push. Edgysam got a push.
Our next set of picks came at 4:00p.m., and we again had two winners. We went with Wake Forest(expd. QB and a coach who is great as a home-dog) and USF. Both games were trending negatively at times, but, both came through, big-time!
Our next play was in a SEC/Big 12 intersectional contest(at least, that's what it should have been had one of the two teams involved appreciated the traditions and strength of the conference they just left). We took the same team we gave out as our national title champ in the first week, the Georgia Bulldogs.
Despite suspensions, it was EdgySam's feeling that the Bulldog offense was still very strong, and their interior front seven on defense was still an outstanding unit. The Dawgs pulled away in the second half to win 41-20.
We lost our final recommendation of the day, when we picked and lost on Illinois. Much to my regret, the site I use for injury reports had QB Scheelhause as questionable. He did not play. Whether I would've picked that game differently had I known, prior to releasing Illinois, that their QB was hurt is something I cannot answer. What I can say is, despite going 5-0 going into that game, and possibly going undefeated on the day, I went to sleep disgusted.
What made the day even better were the teams and plays I mentioned on my phone line that I didn't feel were quite there for recommendations, but, were worth smaller investments. THEY ALL WON!
Those smaller recommendations were:
Maryland(could not figure out how my school was a 10-point favorite)
South Carolina
UCF
FresnoSt
It was nice day for the CollegeEdge and EdgySam, and it was one disappointing loss away from being an undefeated one!
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