Although there are some great matchups today, since conference play is in full swing, I don't think we will see nearly as many upsets as we have seen in the last couple of weeks. Baylor, Marshall, Michigan State, Clemson, Nebraska and Georgia are ranked teams playing on the road, which is often when upsets occur, but I think most of those teams win. Baylor should be tested by the West Virginia offense, but I don't believe the Mountaineer defense is as good as TCU's, so that probably doesn't bode well for WVU. Marshall, Michigan State and Clemson should win big. Nebraska is vulnerable against Northwestern, though I still see the Cornhuskers winning. IMHO, Georgia is most ripe for an upset from this group. Arkansas has been playing well in defeat and Gurley is out again for Georgia.

In games featuring two ranked teams, none would be huge surprises if the underdog won, so I won't even consider them upsets, even if the point spread would. Rutgers may keep things closer than the 21-point spread Las Vegas set, but I think the Buckeyes win, and I believe Ole Miss will beat Tennessee, but may not cover the 16 1/2 point line.

My upset picks today:
Iowa over Maryland (best pick)
Wake Forest over Syracuse (weak pick, but Syracuse hasn't played well enough to be favored by five on the road)
Eastern Michigan over UMass (another weak pick, but UMass should never be favored over an FBS team, even another bad one)

Quote:Iowa over Maryland (best pick)

Not a Real upset -- if anything would define Borderline, that's it.

Quote:Wake Forest over Syracuse (weak pick, but Syracuse hasn't played well enough to be favored by five on the road)

Yes, weak. BUT, Wake Forest would struggle to get 2nd place in the Sun Belt, so, OK.

Quote:Eastern Michigan over UMass (another weak pick, but UMass should never be favored over an FBS team, even another bad one)

Ooooh, Ballsy. That COULD happen. But UMass smells blood. They play everyone SO CLOSE. It could Alabama vs the worst D1AA. EMU wants to prove themselves though.

Arkansas over Georgia 35-17.

(10-18-2014 01:53 AM)toddjnsn Wrote:  

Quote:Iowa over Maryland (best pick)

Not a Real upset -- if anything would define Borderline, that's it.

Quote:Wake Forest over Syracuse (weak pick, but Syracuse hasn't played well enough to be favored by five on the road)

Yes, weak. BUT, Wake Forest would struggle to get 2nd place in the Sun Belt, so, OK.

Quote:Eastern Michigan over UMass (another weak pick, but UMass should never be favored over an FBS team, even another bad one)

Ooooh, Ballsy. That COULD happen. But UMass smells blood. They play everyone SO CLOSE. It could Alabama vs the worst D1AA. EMU wants to prove themselves though.

Maryland and Syracuse are both favored by five. Unbelievably, UMass is favored by 14. They have scored a lot of points, even while losing, but they don't play much defense. We'll see. Dozens of UMass fans will be on hand to watch.

(10-18-2014 06:00 AM)hawghiggs Wrote:  Arkansas over Georgia 35-17.

I think this is the big upset alert this week. The other might be the Aggies but I think the Aggies are about to walk into a buzzsaw due to how much crap the Tide has taken after that Arkansas game.

That leads into the upset pick of Arkansas over Georgia. Arkansas has got to be hungry. Georgia better be ready because Arkansas is going to be looking to punch them right in the face, early and often.

Arkansas over Georgia. Georgia has a strong run defense though so I don't see how Arkansas can win by that much Hawg.

Wvu over Baylor

I'll take A&M over Alabama in Tuscaloosa to mix things up in the SEC.

Called it, congrats wvu. That defense looks night and day from last year.

(10-18-2014 09:49 AM)Chappy Wrote:  I'll take A&M over Alabama in Tuscaloosa to mix things up in the SEC.

Um, I changed my mind...

(10-18-2014 03:07 PM)jaredf29 Wrote:  Called it, congrats wvu. That defense looks night and day from last year.

Nice call, dude.

I'm going to take FIU over Marshall.

Damn it. We need 3 wins to make a bowl game and I can only see 2.

(10-18-2014 04:10 PM)True Bearcat Wrote:  I'm going to take FIU over Marshall.

Oops.

(10-18-2014 08:28 PM)bitcruncher Wrote:  

(10-18-2014 04:10 PM)True Bearcat Wrote:  I'm going to take FIU over Marshall.

Oops.

Oops that didn't happen. FIU is beyond awful. Marshall will be 13-0.

Good call Jared. West Virginia spanked the Bears.

On the other hand, I missed badly on all of my upset predictions, plus Ohio State and Ole Miss both covered the spread in blowouts.

Tennessee played Ole Miss tough for one quarter. Too bad they had to play 3 more.