Back by popular demand – or maybe just demand – are the college football moneylines. Here we’ll make two big moneyline favorite picks and two underdog picks and hope to avoid the big land mines on the big favorites and hope to cash with the tasty underdogs.
Miami Hurricanes @ Florida Gators -2000
The Miami Hurricanes have done a good job of replenishing the talent base after a brutal year but they are still a team starting about 21 freshmen. They are clearly rebuilding.
The Florida Gators have National Championship aspirations and beating Miami – even though it’s not the same Miami that’s stomped the Gators six straight times – is what the doctor ordered. Miami will have freshman quarterback Robert Marve making his first career start in The Swamp. Good luck.
NCAA Football Free Picks: Florida -2000
Rice Owls +140 @ Memphis Tigers
The Rice Owls may not be as good as their huge win over SMU indicated from last week and Memphis might not be as bad as their loss at Ole Miss. Even so, I’ll take my chances with the Owls in this game.
The Owls have a very underrated offense with Chase Clement running the show and they could be ready to make a name for themselves in Conference USA. Memphis is rebuilding on offense and looked like a mess on defense. Unless they figure that out, Rice could run – and pass – wild on them.
NCAA Football Free Picks: Rice +140
Texas Longhorns -6000 @ UTEP Miners
Normally, laying big juice on the road isn’t ideal but this is a big mismatch. UTEP was smoked at home 42-17 by the Buffalo Bulls, who have never been to a bowl game. What’s going to happen when the Longhorns come to town with their big, athletic squad? These two teams are just on different levels right now.
NCAA Football Free Picks:: Texas -6000
Oregon State Beavers +650 @ Penn State Nittany Lions
Penn State is a very vanilla Big 10 team but they do the little things right. Oregon State has more potential overall but that didn’t mean much after they lost to Stanford a week ago.
The Beavers are better than that loss and they have a tall order heading to Happy Valley this week. But head coach Mike Riley should have his team produce a focused effort in an attempt to avoid an 0-2 start.
NCAA Football Free Picks: Oregon State +650
