Final Picks of the Weekend

Pitt is giving 20 points, need I say more? Tyler Palko is no longer at Pitt... Wannestedt would make a better Seniors' Porn Circuit star than a football coach("but he's a nice guy")... EMU was 1-11 last year, was a very hard luck team that was inefficient and lost a bunch of close games. The core of the team is in tact, while Pitt is very unsettled @ QB and just does not have the firepower to give 20 points in this spot. Pitt 23 EMU(+20) 17 [1$] Based on betting action, it appears the sharps favor Okie St. @ Georgia. I am sure the case they make is Georgia is light on returners, Stafford was up and down @ QB for Georgia last year and OSU returns "The Big 3". Problems with what you read above are, in order: Georgia lost defensive starters, but return most of the offense. Mark Richt is a defensive genius, finishing in the top 20 in the country in defense the past 6 seasons. He will do fine with his selection of former stud recruits. Second, Stafford was thrown into the fire last year before he even knew the playbook and actually made out ok on talent alone. With a full year for the mental part of the game to catch up to the talent, I expect big things from Stafford. Finally, after extensive research, I found irrefutable evidence that Troy Aikman, Emmitt Smith and Michael Irvin are all out of eligibility and actually prefer to be called "The Triplets". Hats off to the OSU marketing department for getting almost every major publication to call Reid, Savage & Bowman "The Big 3", but I'm not a buyer. Richt is playing chess while Gundy plays checkers in this one. UGA (-6) 31 OSU 20 [1$] My final selection does not come until Monday night in the Bowden Bowl. After 11 seasons under center for FSU, it is put up or shut up time for Drew Weatherford (expect to see some Xavier Lee as well). Clemson comes at you with the US Olympic relay team but asks an inexperienced QB to get them the ball against an almost equally fast defense. Clemson was solid on D last season and returns most of its starters, but gets gutted losing Gaines Adams, the guy you had to game plan for making everyone else's job easier. FSU turned it's coaching staff into a Southerners MENSA meeting(they only understand football and BBQ, but are very good at both) and Jenn Sterger is still smoking hot. Expect Daddy Bowden to put son Tommy over his knee in this one as FSU announces it's return to national title contention with authority(a la Nuke LaLoosh). FSU(-3) 34 Clem 13 [2$]