How the #CollegeEdge Approaches its Weekly Picks

Last year, the College Edge made a significant decision: no longer would yours truly try to work every stinking game on the schedule. In years past, I'd see how many games were on the schedule. If there were 35 games, I might eliminate five of those games to handicap. I would then attempt to handicap every one of those remaining games. God forbid I missed a game! By the Saturday night of each week, I'd be mentally and physically exhausted. I decided my approach to each new week of handicapped games had to change. This is how it happened.
In 2011, I decided I would give my total attention to each of the weeknight games that kick off  each week of college football games. If there was a Wednesday night game scheduled, I worked it. If there were two Thursday night games scheduled, I worked them. If a Friday night ESPN game capped off the weeknight activity, I gave it my handicapping attention.
I would then try to finish all of the early games scheduled for the upcoming Saturday before going to sleep on Friday night. As most of you know, the Noon time slot on Saturdays is peppered with 5 to 7 scheduled games. My goal each week is to complete those games.
Then, my goal for the rest of college football Saturday is to attempt to work one game per hour. If games are scheduled at 1:00p.m.(an unusual start time), I try to work one of them; if games are scheduled at 2:00p.m., I try to work one of them; if a game is scheduled in the 3:00p.m. time slot, I try to work it. And so on it goes throughout a Saturday schedule. The key word in these previous sentences is "try." If  I have the time to work those games, I do so. If I don't, the handicapping world does not come to an end like it did in previous years.
Lat year, I can recall Saturdays where 5 games may have scheduled for a particular time slot. I have ratings and stats ready for each of those games. What game do I choose to handicap? I'd simply put the games in a proverbial hat and randomly pick the game I'd work on. It was fun. It was relaxing. I didn't favor one game over another to work on. And, it worked.
I had the best year I ever had for my clients, going 46-17 during the regular season. I will approach each week's schedule this year in the same way.