The Hlog

I am your tout, your prophet, your guru

As a social experiment, I will begin picking seven games a week against the Las Vegas Hilton's Thursday afternoon lines. Why? To illustrated how difficult handicapping games is. Or, if I hit on 60 percent of them, to open a 900 number and be rich, rich, rich. 1. Oklahoma -11 vs. Miami: Sooners will make a Holy Grail of this game, not realizing Miami's dynasty no longer exists. 2, Michigan -8 vs. Oregon: Wolverine players publicly stood up for Lloyd Carr, which tells me they'll stand up Saturday against the Ducks. 3. Notre Dame +17 at Penn State: This line opened at 11, so no one believes in the Irish. With good reason, one would say, after their 33-3 loss to Georgia Tech. But it's still a lot of points. 4. Washington +3 vs. Boise State: Boise is 0-12 on the road against BCS conference teams. Washington appears to have some things going for it this year. 5. Bowling Green +18 at Michigan State: A lot of points, especially for a team that already owns one Big Ten skin, having won at Minnesota last week. 6. UCLA -7.5 vs. BYU: This one looks too good to be true. UCLA is a good team. BYU? Not so sure. 7. Iowa -22.5 vs. Syracuse: This is a lot of points, but after seeing the Orange looked as hapless as any team that stepped foot on a football field last week.   |    Login or Join to Post Comments