With the NFL kicking off Thursday night, this is the first weekend where the handicappers have both college and pro regular season football to consider when making their selections.
It has been a custom at the PiRate Ratings that we make the maximum number of picks on this week of the season. We will be going with 11 selections this week, using a combination of straight wagers, money line parlays, and 10-point teasers.
As usual, please be advised that every selection made on this website is absolutely free to you, and you should consider the value of the information to struggle to meet the monetary cost you pay to receive it. In other words, unless you are a sharp in the Caribbean that knows how to use our picks and make a fortune, please do not wager your hard-earned money on games using this site as your sole reference. The PiRates do this strictly for mathematical fun.
Here are this week’s PiRate Picks.
| Favorite | Underdog | Spread | Pick |
| Michigan St. | Arizona St. | 5 1/2 | Mich. St. |
| BYU | California | 3 1/2 | California |
| Indiana | Virginia | 7 | Virginia |
| Georgia Tech | South Florida | 3 | Ga. Tech |
| Stanford | USC | 4 | Stanford |
| Money Line Parlay | @+238 |
| Winner | Loser |
| North Carolina | East Carolina |
| Maryland | Bowling Green |
| Florida | Kentucky |
| Stanford | USC |
| Michigan St. | Arizona St. |
| Money Line Parlay | @ +182 |
| Winner | Loser |
| Purdue | Eastern Michigan |
| Georgia | South Carolina |
| Appalachian St. | Charlotte |
| UAB | Coastal Carolina |
| Penn St. | Pittsburgh |
| Money Line Parlay | @+237 |
| Winner | Loser |
| Pittsburgh | Cleveland |
| Baltimore | Buffalo |
| New Orleans | Tampa Bay |
| New England | Houston |
| Money Line Game | @+140 |
| Winner | Loser |
| Cincinnati | Indianapolis |
| 10-point teaser | 3-team parlay -110 | ||
| Favorite | Underdog | Spread | Pick |
| Coastal Carolina | UAB | 1 | UAB |
| Indiana | Virginia | 17 | Virginia |
| Purdue | Eastern Mich. | 5 1/2 | Purdue |
| 10-point teaser | 3-team parlay -110 | ||
| Favorite | Underdog | Spread | Pick |
| Georgia | South Carolina | Pk | Georgia |
| USC | Stanford | 6 | Stanford |
| Clemson | Texas A&M | 2 | Clemson |
The PiRates are adding some buckaroos to the ship this season for their expertise in picking football games. In addition to our own picks, each of the buckaroos and buckarettes will supply his or her own picks to us each week. If they prove their worth, we’ll run their picks up the flagpole every week, but if they lose too much, they’ll walk the plank.
To start off, each has been granted an unlimited bank account to wager an odd number of games of 3, 5, 7, or 9 selections each week isolated to just college football. All pretend wagers will be $100 a game, so it will be easy to calculate. If they win, they earn another $100 to their imaginary account. If they lose, then $110 will be deducted.
Our guest players have all chosen their user names for this event, so here is a brief introduction on each player–in alphabetical order.
1. Buckeye Michelle lives in Florida, after growing up in the Cleveland area. Don’t let her gender fool you; she knows football. She can recognize coverage zones by the defense, but most of all, she sees what most of us don’t see–value. If you ever need a personal shopper, Michie is the one for you. She’ll find you a lot of bargains.
2. Cal Gal Tiffy lives on the West Coast, and yes, she is another member of the fairer sex. A tomboy who played tackle football with the boys growing up, she matured into a model and now is a makeup artist that never misses a Stanford home game.
3. Dean 615 is a former college football star and played in the NFL for a decade. Dean knows how to evaluate talent and can watch a game and see all 22 players and know who missed his assignment. Dean has a room full of trophies in his home.
4. Friday Dog 13 is a rabid football fan and friend of the Captains for 40+ years. Friday Dog has seen more than 100 football games in person, many at Vanderbilt’s Dudley Field and many at Peden Stadium in Athens, Ohio. Friday Dog is an expert in hometown football.
5. Stewed Meat is a professional sharp. Stewed has cashed some rather expensive tickets in Las Vegas and has been banned in some places or been forced to play no more than a certain amount on college games. Stewed is the Captain’s source for receiving the “Outlaw” line as well as how quickly the lines flattened and which games saw sharps playing both sides for the middle. Stewed has placed a grand on one parlay and won $10K when the parlay came in. Stewed has also watched a botched extra point kill a $25K wager. Stewed plays money line parlays almost exclusively and has admitted that playing individual games against the spread is not Stewed’s expertise.
Note–The odds chosen were the best available at Oddshark.com at the time of the submission to the Captain.
Here are the picks this week for each player.
1. Buckeye Michelle
Rice +17 1/2 vs. Hawaii
Louisiana-Monroe + 6 1/2 vs. Southern Miss.
Colorado St. +13 1/2 vs. Arkansas
Kentucky +14 1/2 vs. Florida
Tulsa +23 vs. Texas
2. Cal Gal Tiffy
Stanford -4 vs. USC
California +3 1/2 vs. BYU
Iowa -3 1/3 vs. Iowa St.
Notre Dame -34 vs. Ball St.
Army -8 1/2 vs. Liberty
Central Michigan -4 vs. Kansas
Georgia -10 vs. South Carolina
3. Dean 73
Notre Dame -34 vs. Ball St.
Appalachian St. -13 1/2 vs. Charlotte
UAB -9 vs. Coastal Carolina
4. Friday Dog 13
Vanderbilt -8 1/2 vs. Nevada
Ohio St. -34 1/2 vs. Rutgers
Mississippi St. -9 1/2 vs. Kansas St.
5. Stewed Meat
Western Michigan +28 vs. Michigan
Stanford -4 vs. USC
Rutgers +35 1/2 vs. Ohio St.
Iowa -3 1/2 vs. Iowa St.
Wyoming +18 vs. Missouri
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