Picks

This weekend's picks

●NCAA●
Oklahoma at Texas A&M – Trap game for the Sooners before the bye week. Can’t overlook the Aggies on the way, because the BCS Championship game is still in sight. Crimson and Cream 50-14
Oklahoma St. at Texas Tech – Cowboys are now on the national scene. Second BIG game of the year south of the Red River. However, the Red Raiders have lots of momentum following the big win over Texas. Tech 59-41
Baylor at Texas – Good Baylor quarterback. Not good enough. Horns are still ticked from last weekend. Texas 56-21
Kansas St. at Missouri – Tigers are still on track to win the North and could still pull off fifth place in the South. Mizzou 45-20
Kansas at Nebraska – The fans will try to stay warm in Lincoln, but the scoreboard won’t help. Jayhawks 35-21
Iowa St. at Colorado – If the bottom two teams from the North play and no one notices, does it still make a sound? Buffs 31-21
Wyoming at Tennessee – Fulmer’s farewell tour begins now. Vols go 3-0 in the season’s final games, starting with a beatdown of the Cowboys. Tennessee 38-14
Alabama at LSU – Saban’s back in Baton Rouge. I’m not expecting any banquets. ‘Bama stays perfect. Tide 31-17
Penn St. at Iowa – Trap game for the Nittany Lions, who aren’t favored by much in Iowa City. State squeaks by. PSU 27-21
Florida at Vanderbilt – Bowl eligibility will have to wait for the Commodores. If you thought the beating of the Bulldogs was bad… Gators 63-28
North Carolina St. at Duke – Normally I wouldn’t pick a Duke game. And this is Duke football! Las Vegas generally ignores Duke football. But David Cutcliffe is there. (You know, the guy that Tennessee should have given a wheelbarrow full of money to before he left to take this position this year.) Anyway, Duke is actually favored in a football game. And so, in the interest of Fair and Balanced, I will favor them also. Just this once… Blue Dummies 24-21

●NCAA Div. II●
East Central Okla. at Southeastern Okla. – It’s the 92nd game in what is known as the “Best Small College Rivalry in the State”. Storm has won four in a row and currently own the all-time series lead 43-42-6. Make it five in a row. Good Guys 35-20
Central Okla. at Northeastern St. – With a win, Bronchos win the Lone Star North outright. No five-way tie for the division title this year. UCO 48-14
Southwestern Okla. at Texas A&M-Commerce – Lions’ season has looked like this: L, W, L, W, L, W, L, W, L. Unfortunately for the Bulldogs, Commerce continues the trend through season’s end. A&M-C 28-14
Midwestern St. at Abilene Christian – If backup Stewart starts again or all-time ACU great Malone, it doesn’t matter. Abilene runs the regular season table. ACU 30-20
Tarleton St. at West Texas A&M – Attention on Ryan Leaf (and his dismissal) this week doesn’t deter the Aggies. West Texas wins this Top 20 matchup and heads for the playoffs. WTAMU 38-35
Texas A&M-Kingsville at Angelo St. – Garza to Taylor over and over. Rams are ready for basketball season. Javs 38-14
Eastern New Mexico at Okla. Panhandle St. – Greyhounds have to go out of conference to end the season on a high note. A relatively high note. ENMU 28-14