We’re coming right down to it at the business end of the college football season. There appears to be seven teams still in contention for four playoff spots: Florida State, Oregon, Alabama, Mississippi State, TCU, Baylor, and Ohio State.
I, on the other hand, almost certainly won’t win college football pundit of the year – and though my editor hasn’t fired me with two weeks left in the season and told me to go ahead and pick the final games anyway like they did to Will Muschamp at Florida, I am getting pretty tired of going 6-7 like I did again last week.
My season record is now at 102-48. If only that number was against the spread. Here are the week thirteen picks.
Ohio State 48, Indiana 17 – I’m going to pick some blowouts this week just to try to boost my numbers a little bit.
Georgia 55, Charleston Southern 10 – I’m going to have a good record this week, I’m getting pretty sure of it.
Minnesota 27, Nebraska 21 – This is the old, fool me once and I don’t pick you again for the rest of the season. What the hell last week, Nebraska? 408 rushing yards!?
Florida State 34, Boston College 13 – Thoughts and prayers to everyone affected by the shooting at Florida State on Wednesday night. There are things much bigger than sports.
Ole Miss 21, Arkansas 21 – I have no idea who is going to win this game, but I am going to tell you that had Laquon Treadwell not torn his ACL and scored the touchdown to beat Auburn, Ole Miss is #4 in the country and in the playoff right now. In the SEC, college football is the cruelest of games.
Arizona 24, Utah 20 – See what I did there? I told you a long, compelling narrative to make you forget that I didn’t actually pick the game. If you don’t pick a winner, you can’t lose!
Wisconsin 45, Iowa 14 – Here’s your yearly reminder that Kirk Ferentz is the ninth best-paid coach in the country!
Notre Dame 34, Louisville 31 – We’re into that part of the season where pretty much everyone’s resume looks bad and has holes. That’s especially true of these two teams.
Alabama 48, Western Carolina 0 – Pad the stats! Run up the score!
California 30, Stanford 27 – Cal, on a ten-day week, beats Stanford in The Game.
Oregon 57, Colorado 21 – The Marcus Mariota speeding ticket story may just be the dumbest story in the history of dumb stories about college quarterbacks.
Baylor 54, Oklahoma State 21 – The Pokes are strugg-u-ling. This is the fifth week in a row they’ve needed just one win for bowl eligibility, and they’re still not going to get it.
Missouri 24, Tennessee 21 – If Mizzou wins the SEC East in one of the SEC’s gothic years, it’s a triumph for humanity.
USC 28, UCLA 24 – Sorry folks, the 2014 Bruins never have been and never will be very good.
Washington 41, Oregon State 31 – After last week, do either of these teams actually care?
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