The team was over .500 in Week 2 with a combined 41-37 record. This one was mostly my fault as I came up the worst at 4-9. Only Tom at 6-7 was below even. Cole, Christian, and the Commentariat (new band?) were one game better at 7-6. Andrew had a nice 8-5 mark while Import was a stellar 9-4.
Three games really tripped the staff up. Kentucky kept it within 10.5 of Ole Miss to put us all on the wrong side. Just glad the early spread we used was 10.5, so the change from a 10-point to a 7-point Ole Miss win
on a Kentucky FG with 8 seconds left in the game was not the decider. Mississippi State beat Arizona State outright as 6.5-point underdogs when only Christian saw CLANGA covering. Alabama opened up a 73-0 whipping on ULM when only the Commentariat and Andrew expected Alabama to win by 37.5.
This week’s schedule has 4 SEC-SEC, 1 SEC-B1G, 1 SEC-ACC/Independent, 5 SEC-G5, and 1 ACC-AAC matchup. Of those 12 games, only 1 game was unanimous, but 5 games have only 1 person breaking rank. There are 5 games with 4 to 2 majority and only 1 tied. It should be another interesting week to see how well this staff can figure out the wackiness that is college football.
The Rules
- Normally, the picks are for all SEC games with one dealer’s choice where I get to choose another game to make us pick.
- The picks will be made AGAINST THE SPREAD. Too many games are easy to pick heads up. Also, this will serve as a PSA for why you should not get into sports gambling, which is especially important with sports gambling being legal in Tennessee now.
- The lines will be taken from FanDuel, who SB Nation has partnered with this season, some time Monday, so they may not match what is listed at the time this article is published. I may also use a backup for FBS-FCS matchups if the line is available elsewhere when I get the spreads.
The Standings
| WRITER | SEASON | WEEK 2 | |||
| W | L | W | L | ||
| VU 04 | 19 | 12 | 8 | 5 | |
| Import | 18 | 13 | 9 | 4 | |
| Commentariat | 17 | 14 | 7 | 6 | |
| Cole | 14 | 17 | 7 | 6 | |
| CDA | 13 | 18 | 7 | 6 | |
| Patrick | 13 | 18 | 4 | 9 | |
| Tom | 12 | 19 | 6 | 7 | |
The Picks
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| Vanderbilt (+5.5) @ South Carolina |
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| South Alabama (+25.5) @ Auburn |
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| Oklahoma (-24.5) @ Temple |
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| Wisconsin (+20.5) @ Alabama |
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| Geogia (-3.5) @ Tennessee |
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| Louisiana (+26.5) @ Missouri |
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| UTEP (+41.5) @ Texas |
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| Arkansas (+8.5) @ Ole Miss |
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| Florida (+8.5) @ LSU |
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| Texas A&M (+6.5) @ Notre Dame |
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| Eastern Michigan (+25.5) @ Kentucky |
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| USF (+16.5) @ Miami |
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