5. LSU at Alabama, Navy at Notre Dame, Tulsa at Cincinnati, Middle Tennessee at WKU
LINE Alabama -28.5, Notre Dame -21, Cincinnati -22.5, WKU -17
MONEY LINE PICK LSU +1800, Navy +1000, Tulsa +1000, Middle Tennessee +600
I’m well aware that it’s amateur hour with this, but please indulge a hunch I can’t shake. If and when this fails spectacularly, we will move on and never, ever speak of it again.
What’s that hunch? In each of these four games I had a moment of, “there could be something weird here.”
Here’s how this will work – if just one of these insane not-going-to-happen outright upsets actually clicks on the money line, I’ll count it as one win. If and when all four don’t, it’s an L.
If you put an even amount on each game – and go very, very low; please don’t get crazy with this stupid gimmick idea – and just one of them hits, that pays off the whole thing, and then some. If by some miracle two of them connect, your weekend is made.
Again, this only works if there’s the same amount on each one, and again, LOW. These are total fliers, and I’m not officially picking any of the dogs outright. However …
– LSU at Alabama: LSU has had two weeks off, there’s absolutely no pressure whatsoever, and it has a plenty of NFL guys on its side of the field. Remember, Bama got pushed by Florida and was a tad loose against Tennessee – forgetting the final score. QB Max Johnson has been in big games before, and if the running game catches lightning in a bottle like it did against Florida …
– Notre Dame at Navy: Maybe, just maybe, Navy really is starting to play better. It was 1-5 before pushing Cincinnati in a 27-20 loss, and it got by Tulsa last week on the road. The option isn’t humming like it should, but it’s the option, it’s November, and that offense is always a knuckleball.
– Tulsa at Cincinnati: The Bearcats might have simply been a tad bored in lackluster wins over Navy and Tulane on the road, but this needs to be 55-6 – and it might be. But just in case it’s not, Tulsa hasn’t been all that bad. It beat Memphis, the offense has been okay, and it pushed Oklahoma State in a 28-23 loss and gave Ohio State some problems.
Okay, so those three are silly home run cuts. I actually sort of like this other one. The money line is fine as part of No. 5, but if you’re giving me points …