Ole Miss -8
Ole miss is a team that I will look at in the beginning of the season b/c I think the oddsmakers will not catch up to them in the early weeks
Ole Miss 31
Memphis 14
Tulsa -14
I am not one to lay points on the road, but I see an improving Tulsa team beatin up on one of the 5 worst teams in the country. U Are Bad has no HFA
Tulsa 45
UAB 20
Alabama +5
ok so I am a homer, but I look for bama's run defense to be better than expected with big terrence cody taking on two of the clemson o-lineman every snap. The pass defense will sneakily be one of the top 3 in the SEC. With two good CBs, our safeties will walk toward the LOS ans help stop Spiller and Davis. The offense should have no problems scoring points in bushels this year
Alabama 28
Clemson 27
UL Monroe +26'
would be a small play at best and this is based on the talk of many of my auburn friends with high football IQ
Auburn 30
ULM 10
Vandy/Miami (oh) under 41'
Miami returns 8 starters from a defense that ranked 54th LY defending a vandy team that has 3 returning starters on an offense that ranked 103. The Vandy defense only returns 5 starters, but 4 of them are in the secondary and they will be defending the Miami team that prefers to throw the ball. All in all i will lean toward the under
Vandy 14
Miami OH 20
Northwestern -11'
NW is another sleeper team for me this year b/c of their offense. It returns 7 starters (mostly skill players) from LY 32 ranked offense. The lack of experience on the o-line doesn't bother me so much with this team because of thier new o-coordinator that came from bowling green. He will run the shotgun spread where superior lineman arent needed as much. The syracuse D returns only 4 starters from the 111th ranked D LY. The NW D will give up some points this year, but not so much to this porous Syracuse offense that returns only 6 starters from an offense that mustered a mere 291 y/gm. I look for NW to get a few stops and score almost every posession.
NW 48
SORRYcuse 21
Nothern Illinois +8
A live dog here that returns 18 starters, albeit 18 starters from an 2-10 team. I still look for them to keep this game close against Minny's D that ranked dead last in 2007 and returns only 6 starters with none of them in the 2ndary. Look for No Ill's returning QB, 5 OL, and 2 WR to light up Minnys 2ndary. I look for NIU to pull the outright upset
NIU 38
Minny 35
Florida Atlantic +23'
FAU keeps this one close due to their air attack. FAU ranked 16th passing the ball LY and return 9 starters from that offense. The texas D ranked 109 in passing LY and return only 5 starters and only 1 from the 2ndary. The FAU defense returns 8 starters including both CBs. I dont expect an upset, but in the words of corso, "it will be closer than the experts think"
FAU 28
Texas 44
Not real sure why but I also like the Illini +8'. I think they keep it close all game with the possibility of winning it in the end.
Other possibilities when the totals come out
Utah/Mich under (if more than 37)
Hawaii/Florida over (if less than 77)
FAU/Texas over (if less than 65)
TCU/New Mex under (if more than 37)
I would like to hear everone's thoughts and good luck to all in the upcoming season.
Ole miss is a team that I will look at in the beginning of the season b/c I think the oddsmakers will not catch up to them in the early weeks
Ole Miss 31
Memphis 14
Tulsa -14
I am not one to lay points on the road, but I see an improving Tulsa team beatin up on one of the 5 worst teams in the country. U Are Bad has no HFA
Tulsa 45
UAB 20
Alabama +5
ok so I am a homer, but I look for bama's run defense to be better than expected with big terrence cody taking on two of the clemson o-lineman every snap. The pass defense will sneakily be one of the top 3 in the SEC. With two good CBs, our safeties will walk toward the LOS ans help stop Spiller and Davis. The offense should have no problems scoring points in bushels this year
Alabama 28
Clemson 27
UL Monroe +26'
would be a small play at best and this is based on the talk of many of my auburn friends with high football IQ
Auburn 30
ULM 10
Vandy/Miami (oh) under 41'
Miami returns 8 starters from a defense that ranked 54th LY defending a vandy team that has 3 returning starters on an offense that ranked 103. The Vandy defense only returns 5 starters, but 4 of them are in the secondary and they will be defending the Miami team that prefers to throw the ball. All in all i will lean toward the under
Vandy 14
Miami OH 20
Northwestern -11'
NW is another sleeper team for me this year b/c of their offense. It returns 7 starters (mostly skill players) from LY 32 ranked offense. The lack of experience on the o-line doesn't bother me so much with this team because of thier new o-coordinator that came from bowling green. He will run the shotgun spread where superior lineman arent needed as much. The syracuse D returns only 4 starters from the 111th ranked D LY. The NW D will give up some points this year, but not so much to this porous Syracuse offense that returns only 6 starters from an offense that mustered a mere 291 y/gm. I look for NW to get a few stops and score almost every posession.
NW 48
SORRYcuse 21
Nothern Illinois +8
A live dog here that returns 18 starters, albeit 18 starters from an 2-10 team. I still look for them to keep this game close against Minny's D that ranked dead last in 2007 and returns only 6 starters with none of them in the 2ndary. Look for No Ill's returning QB, 5 OL, and 2 WR to light up Minnys 2ndary. I look for NIU to pull the outright upset
NIU 38
Minny 35
Florida Atlantic +23'
FAU keeps this one close due to their air attack. FAU ranked 16th passing the ball LY and return 9 starters from that offense. The texas D ranked 109 in passing LY and return only 5 starters and only 1 from the 2ndary. The FAU defense returns 8 starters including both CBs. I dont expect an upset, but in the words of corso, "it will be closer than the experts think"
FAU 28
Texas 44
Not real sure why but I also like the Illini +8'. I think they keep it close all game with the possibility of winning it in the end.
Other possibilities when the totals come out
Utah/Mich under (if more than 37)
Hawaii/Florida over (if less than 77)
FAU/Texas over (if less than 65)
TCU/New Mex under (if more than 37)
I would like to hear everone's thoughts and good luck to all in the upcoming season.
