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Week 8 should prove to be much more profitable than
my Week 7 venture. With a couple easy games, I think
4-1 is all but guaranteed this week. Check out my free
picks, and enjoy the writeups!
LUCKY
LESTER'S NCAA Football Pick'em
Free
Picks: Week 8
Oregon
Ducks (-11) @ Washington Huskies:
(Line: Thursday, 5:00am EST: Belmont)
The
Huskies are a great first half team, but the Ducks are
a great every down team. The Dogs should be close at
half time, but with a defense that breaks down the stretch,
I expect a Ducks team that can put up points in a hurry,
to win without much trouble. Dennis Dixon is magic.
Iowa
Hawkeyes @ Purdue Boilermakers (-7):
(Line: Thursday, 5:00am EST: Belmont)
I
like Purdue to be too offensive for the Hawkeyes. I
know that's what I expected last week when I had Purdue
taking down Ohio State, but this week it will come true.
Now that the Boilermakers have that OSU game out of
the way, all they can think about is now, and this is
a must win for the Boilermakers. Iowa is a tough team,
but in the end, I like the Boilermaker passing attack
to win by a couple touchdowns.
Michigan
Wolverines @ Illinois Fighting Illini (+3):
(Line: Thursday, 5:00am EST: Belmont)
I
don't think much of the Wolverines, especially without
Mike Hart (a very distinct possibility in this one)
and I don't know how the Wolverines are favored on the
road against a very good Illini team. It's all pretty
confusing to me. Michigan has won 5 straight, but hasn't
looked amazing in many games this year. I like Illinois
to expose the Wolverine's defense and win out right
in this one. I don't know why one 6-10 loss to Iowa
would drop the Illini so far after wins over Penn State
and Wisconsin, so I'm taking them here.
Arkansas
Razorbacks (-4.5) @ Mississippi Rebels:
(Line: Thursday, 5:00am EST: SBGGlobal)
Both
teams are winless in conference, but I like the Razorbacks
to get off the snide in this one. I know they're favored
on the road, which is rarely a good thing, but the Razorbacks
have too much talent in their rushing attack for the
boys from Mississippi to handle. McFadden is a beast,
probably the scariest weapon in all of college football.
I like his chances to fight back and have a big game
after a sub-par performance last week.
Kansas
State Wildcats (+3) @ Oklahoma State Cowboys:
(Line: Thursday, 5:00am EST: Belmont)
After
basically crushing the Nebraska athletics program with
a 45-14 road win last week in Lincoln, I might even
have a lull this week. I can't imagine how the Cowboys
are going to react. Think about it. They just came off
a game where the Cornhuskers reacted by firing their
AD, questioning their coaching staff, looking for ways
to rebuild, all the while preparing for next weeks game.
And they were the cause of this. At home this week,
they'll play a much tougher foe in K-State, a team that
has plenty of speed and know-how, and will strike quick
if OK-State doesn't have their A game. I can't imagine
they will, so I'm taking the Wildcats.
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