Now I don't know if you have ever gambled or even know how football gambling works, but this year I started picking games against the spread and I have found that it makes games way more exciting. Now I don't actually put money on these games but I do like to pick using this system. I mean Wisconsin @ Illinois isn't going to be a good game, but when Wisconsin is up 30 points as a 26.5 point favorite in the 4th and Illinois has the ball in the red zone with 2 minutes left you suddenly start paying attention. Things like that make the games that aren't exciting suddenly exciting.
Now for those of you that don't know how this system works here it is. Each game is given a spread, basically how many points one team is supposed to win by. For example look at the first game on the list. Akron is (-2.5) against Buffalo, that means they are a 2.5 point favorite. So when you pick you use the points otherwise games like the Wisconsin vs Illinois games would be too easy. So as you see I took Buffalo in that game (+2.5) points. So what you do is you take the end score and add 2.5 points to Buffalo or take away 2.5 from Akron if you want to play that way. So if Akron wins by 3 points or more then Akron wins that game, If buffalo wins or loses by 2 or less then Buffalo wins. So a game like the wisconsin vs Illinois game isn't so obvious. Wisconsin has probably a 98% chance to win but they need to win by at least 27 to win in this system, and that's how this works.
Now typically if you get 55% of the games right then that means you're pretty good, if you get over 60% consistently then you are really good so lets see how I can do this week.
1. Buffalo @ Akron: Buffalo (+2.5)
2. Arkansas @ Ole Miss: Arkansas (+3.5)
3. Oklahoma State @ West Virginia: West Virginia (+7)
4. Rutgers @ Michigan: Michigan (-23)
5. Miami (FL) @ North Carolina: Miami (-20.5)
6. Wisconsin @ Illinois: Wisconsin (-26.5)
7. Texas @ Baylor: Texas (-9)
8. Louisville @ Wake Forest: Louisville (-3)
9. Virginia @ Pittsburgh: Virginia (+3)
10. California @ Colorado: California (+3.5)
11. Florida International @ Marshall: Marshall (-17)
12. Kansas State @ Kansas: Kansas State (-24)
13. San Jose State @ BYU: San Jose State (+11.5)
14. Air Force @ Colorado State: Colorado State (-10)
15. Louisiana Tech @ Rice: Louisiana Tech (-13)
16. Penn State @ Ohio State: Penn State (+7)
17. Georgia Southern @ Troy: Troy (-26)
18. TCU @ Iowa State: TCU (-6.5)
19. Georgia @ Florida: Georgia (-13.5)
20. Michigan State @ North Western: Michigan State (-2.5)
21. NC State @ Notre Dame: Notre Dame (-7)
22. Appalachian State @ UMass: Appalachian State (-4.5)
23. Indiana @ Maryland: Indiana (-4.5)
24. UCLA @ Washington: UCLA (+17.5)
25. Houston @ South Florida: South Florida (-11)
26. Vanderbilt @ South Carolina: South Carolina (-6.5)
27. Florida Atlantic @ Western Kentucky: Western Kentucky (+6.5)
28. Louisiana Monroe @ Idaho: Idaho (-3)
29. Utah @ Oregon: Oregon (+3)
30. Texas State @ Coastal Carolina: Coastal Carolina (-8)
31. Missouri @ Connecticut: Connecticut (+13)
32. Old Dominion @ North Texas: North Texas (-11)
33. Minnesota @ Iowa: Iowa (-7)
34. UAB @ Southern Miss: UAB (+12.5)
35. Mississippi State @ Texas A&M: Texas A&M (+2.5)
36. Duke @ Virginia Tech: Virginia Tech (-15.5)
37. New Mexico @ Wyoming: Wyoming (+1.5)
38. Tennessee @ Kentucky: Kentucky (-4)
39. Nebraska @ Purdue: Nebraska (+4.5)
40. UTSA @ UTEP: UTSA (-15.5)
41. Arkansas State @ New Mexico State: Arkansas State (-3)
42. Georgia Tech @ Clemson: Georgia Tech (+14)
43. Texas Tech @ Oklahoma: Texas Tech (+20)
44. Washington State @ Arizona: Arizona (+2.5)
45. Boise State @ Utah State: Boise State (-8)
46. UNLV @ Fresno State: Fresno State (-21)
47. USC @ Arizona State: USC (-3.5)
48. San Diego State @ Hawaii: San Diego State (-9.5)