{"id":3652,"date":"2018-10-05T09:39:48","date_gmt":"2018-10-05T14:39:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gridironstuds.com\/blog\/?p=3652"},"modified":"2018-10-05T09:39:48","modified_gmt":"2018-10-05T14:39:48","slug":"gridironstuds-3-for-3-pickem-week-6-college-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gridironstuds.com\/blog\/gridironstuds-3-for-3-pickem-week-6-college-football\/","title":{"rendered":"GridironStuds 3-for-3 Pick’em Week 6 College Football"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By: Chad Wilson – Editor – GridironStuds Blog<\/strong>
\nTwitter: @GridironStuds<\/strong><\/p>\n

Week 6! That doesn’t even seem right coming out of my mouth but here we are.\u00a0 We are halfway through the college football season and flying like the speed of light. Weekly we are searching for someone or anyone to knock off the four Mount Rushmore of programs currently sitting atop the rankings in college football (Alabama, Clemson, Georgia & Ohio St.) A couple of those teams that may be poised to slide into a spot should their be a slip at the top are featured in this week’s column.\u00a0 Last week,\u00a0 you Vegas types were treated to profits with a 2-1 record as I picked point spread winners with West Virginia and Notre Dame.\u00a0 I was right on all three games in terms of who was going to win but Ohio St. made things too interesting and was my only loss vs. the spread.\u00a0 Overall in this column,\u00a0 I am 7-2 vs. the odds and 8-1 picking straight up. So without further adieu, let’s get into the picking.<\/p>\n

Texas @ Oklahoma\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

I know folks,\u00a0 you want to believe in Tom Herman and the Longhorns so bad that it hurts.\u00a0 Believe in them too much this week and the pain will be all yours.\u00a0 We can all see that Texas is moving in the right direction but believing that they are going to go into the Cotton Bowl and knock off the Sooners would be too soon.\u00a0 They aren’t there yet people.\u00a0 Texas is getting solid offensive line play and that will help them in this contest but I don’t see them being able to pick up the Sooner blitzes enough to make Sam Ehlinger comfortable.\u00a0 I am also not seeing enough of a running game to disturb Oklahoma’s defensive plans.\u00a0 Texas has also played admirably on defense to this point but they have not faced the bevy of skill that Oklahoma is going to set in front of them on Saturday.\u00a0 It will be a bit of shock for the Longhorns and I am not sure they can handle it.<\/p>\n

Oklahoma flexed it’s muscle last week against Baylor 66-33 after a few questions marks popped up after the narrow Army win.\u00a0 Good teams do stuff like that and Oklahoma is good.\u00a0 Do they have deficiencies?\u00a0 Sure like all teams not named Alabama do but they are not glaring enough for Texas to take advantage.\u00a0 What I see here is an extremely talented quarterback in Kyler Murray that is going to be one giant headache for those boys out of Austin.\u00a0 Texas is not equipped to deal with his passing and running capabilities.\u00a0 I see any number of physical mismatches for Texas so unless Oklahoma’s coaching staff feels like laying an egg,\u00a0 I don’t see how Texas makes it to the finish like of this one close enough to touch a Sooner.\u00a0 Take Oklahoma 41-17.<\/p>\n

Auburn @ Mississippi St.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Auburn once again has provided a solid football team for the War Eagle hopeful.\u00a0 The problem for the Tigers is the amount of love that was thrown their way coming into the 2018 season.\u00a0 I have often spoken on how expectations change things.\u00a0 That is the case for Auburn at this point.\u00a0 They were oversold and it cost them in the game vs. LSU.\u00a0 One can only hope that the loss adjusted their mindset but when you watch the struggles last week vs. Southern Miss,\u00a0 you have to wonder. This trip into Starkville comes at a bad time.\u00a0 Auburn is not playing their best ball and they are facing a Mississippi St. team that will be fighting for their season.\u00a0 Auburn has the decided edge in skill positions but they don’t have the edge on the line of scrimmage.\u00a0 I think the trench warfare is going to be tough for the Tigers.<\/p>\n

We know the stakes for Mississippi St.\u00a0 It’s amazing how much one week in college football can change everything.\u00a0 Last week the Bulldogs could have knocked off Florida and restored order after the disappointing loss to Kentucky.\u00a0 Now with back to back SEC losses,\u00a0 the Bulldogs are looking to avoid steering their 2018 season into a ditch.\u00a0 With this hanging around their necks,\u00a0 I see Mississippi St. playing like a wounded animal.\u00a0 This is the 2nd week in a row that they are playing host to a big SEC foe and the Bulldogs will give everything they got.\u00a0 I fully expect them to turn this into a slugfest and that can turn this into a marathon.\u00a0 The oddsmakers got this one right making Auburn only a 3.5 point favorite.\u00a0 We are looking at a pretty good game in my opinion and one that I wouldn’t be surprised if Auburn lost.\u00a0 With that said,\u00a0 I think one of Auburn’s playmakers on the outside comes up with a big play late to give the Tigers a narrow win.\u00a0 \u00a0Take Auburn 24-21.<\/p>\n

Notre Dame @ Virginia Tech\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

I totally understand people not people not getting on the Notre Dame bandwagon.\u00a0 Hell we all hate the incessant love they have received in the past for seemingly no reason.\u00a0 We’ve also been duped before by supposedly strong Irish squads that go out and get completely handled by the big boys.\u00a0 Well that’s not the picture I get here this week.\u00a0 This Notre Dame team might be for real (I’m still in wait and see mode) but for this week,\u00a0 they are good enough.\u00a0 Notre Dame is winning where it counts and that is in the trenches.\u00a0 Adding accurate and competent quarterback play has further bumped up their profile.\u00a0 Gradually, they are adding more dynamic skill and the Irish are able to do things like they did last week.\u00a0 In year’s past,\u00a0 that Notre Dame vs. Stanford matchup would have been a last minute field goal game. Now,\u00a0 Notre Dame has the pieces to vanquish an opponent earlier.\u00a0 Virginia Tech is that kind of opponent.\u00a0 Unless Notre Dame is too drunk off of last week’s success,\u00a0 I don’t see why they don’t beat Tech by double digits.<\/p>\n

Virginia Tech has a solid football team but they don’t know enough about themselves right now.\u00a0 The opening night win against Florida St. felt good but watching the rest of the Noles’ season has knocked some of the flavor off of that meal. Along the way,\u00a0 games vs. William & Mary and Old Dominion have not tested their worth and have only served to weaken them as the loss to Old Dominion most certainly did. Perhaps the Duke win was something to hang their hat on but it’s hard for them to know that at the moment.\u00a0 I think this Hokies team is still trying to find themselves and that’s a bad place to be against a Notre Dame team that is solid in all phases of the game.\u00a0 If Tech was more dynamic at the skill positions I could give them a shot here but they’re not.\u00a0 Eventually,\u00a0 the Irish will impose their will.\u00a0 Take Notre Dame 24-14.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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