We received a lot of comments last week from regular readers to this site that know how to contact us through another site. We tend to keep our comments sections closed, because it becomes a task to monitor it for stuff that does not need to appear here.
The comments had nothing to do with our own picks last week. We introduced five guest pickers, three of them members of the fairer sex, and overall, they had quite a successful week.
By far the overwhelming amount of responses were aimed at Buckeye Michelle. The Ohio Transplant to the Sunny South merely went 5-0 picking 5 underdogs, and we received all kinds of comments pertaining to her, including a couple of marriage proposals.
Friday Dog 13 went 3-0 picking three prohibitive favorites that won by even larger scores than the line they were asked to cover.
Cal Gal Tiffany went 5-2 in her seven picks, again, a very successful week that equates to a 56% Return on Investment.
Stewed Meat narrowly missed having a winning week, as Stewed went 2-3. Bringing up the rear at 1-2 was Dean 615.
What about our own picks? We suffered a lot of near misses and finished the week losing $90 imaginary after wagering $1,100 and going 5-6. For the years, after two weeks, we are down $220 on a total of $1,700 wagered in our pretend bank account, so we are off to a bad year so far.
Just remember, all the picks you receive here this week and every week are free, and you should consider them worth exactly what you pay for them.
First, here are the PiRate’s official selections for the week.
Straight Spreads and Totals Selections–7
| Favorite | Underdog | Spread/Total | Pick |
| Army | Hawaii | 6 | Army |
| Baylor | Duke | 6.5 | Duke |
| Minnesota | Miami (Ohio) | 13 | Minnesota |
| Denver | Oakland | 46 | Under |
| Washington | Indianapolis | 47 | Under |
| Cincinnati | Baltimore | 1 | Baltimore |
| Dallas | N.Y. Giants | 3 | Dallas |
10-point Teaser Parlays–2
If you are unfamiliar with 10-point teasers, you can move the line by 10 points in your favor and play at less favorable odds than if you wager a straight wager against the spread or total. By combining more than one game into a parlay, you can adjust the odds. A 10-point teaser using three games makes the odds the same as wagering a straight wager. You put up $11 of your money against $10 of the books, or what is referred to as -110 (You wager $110 versus the book wagering $100).
| 10-point teaser | 3-team parlay -110 | ||
| Favorite | Underdog | Spread | Pick |
| Florida | Colorado St. | 31 | Colorado St. |
| Texas | USC | 13.5 | USC |
| Boston College | Wake Forest | 15 | Wake Forest |
| 10-point teaser | 3-team parlay -110 | ||
| Favorite | Underdog | Spread | Pick |
| Indiana | Ball St. | 4 | Indiana |
| Penn St. | Kent St. | 24.5 | Penn St. |
| Wisconsin | BYU | 11 | Wisconsin |
The Land Sharps
Now for our special sharps–our 5 guest pickers. They have been tasked with selecting 3, 5, 7, or 9 college games each week. None of the 5 know what the other 4 are picking, so in some cases, more than one guest is picking the same game, and even though it did not happen this week, we are sure that at some point, they could be on opposite sides of the same game.
We search for the best available line at oddshark.com.
Buckeye Michelle (5-0 for the season)
Syracuse + 3 1/2 vs. Florida St.
LSU +10 vs. Auburn
Duke +6 1/2 vs. Baylor
San Diego St. +5 1/2 vs. Arizona St.
Toledo +10 1/2 vs. Miami (Fla.)
Friday Dog 13 (3-0 for the season)
Missouri -6 vs. Purdue
Tennessee -30 1/2 vs. UTEP
Virginia -3 1/2 vs. Ohio
Cal Gal Tiffany (5-2 for the season)
Florida Int’l. -4 vs. U Mass.
Army -6 vs. Hawaii
Oklahoma St. -2 1/2 vs. Boise St.
Washington – 6 1/2 vs. Utah
Georgia Tech +4 vs. Pittsburgh
Stewed Meat (2-3 for the season)
Colorado St. +20 1/2 vs. Florida
Buffalo -3 vs. Eastern Michigan
Oregon St. +3 1/2 vs. Nevada
Washington -6 1/2 vs. Utah
Oklahoma St. -2 1/2 vs. Boise St.
Dean 615 (1-2 for the season)
Notre Dame -14 vs. Vanderbilt
North Texas +7 vs. Arkansas
TCU +14 vs. Ohio St.
The Pi-Rate Ratings 