We’re off Boise St. after loss to BYU in NCAA football by Doc’s Sports

Doc’s Sports bounced back from a couple of off weeks to get back into the black with our top picks for Gaming Today with a 2-1 record in this past weekend’s college football plays.

Last week’s picks got off to a rough start with Boise State losing to BYU 37-20 as a 7.5-point road underdog on Friday night, but we went 2 for 2 on Saturday’s selections. Ball State pounded Akron 42-24 as a 10-point road favorite and just as we expected, Texas easily covered the three points on the road in a 30-7 romp over TCU.

Here are this week’s selections:

Take TCU -13.5 (vs. West Virginia): While we went against the Horned Frogs last week as underdogs at home, we love their chances to cover at home this week as favorites against a team that they matchup very well. TCU is coming off a brutal stretch of games against offensive powers, but its defense should be able to keep a very vanilla West Virginia attack in check for all four quarters.

The Mountaineers fell to 3-5 straight-up on the year and 2-6 against the spread with a 35-12 loss to Kansas State this past Saturday as 13.5-point underdogs on the road. They are 0-4 SU on the road this season while failing to cover in their last three road games. West Virginia is only averaging 22.9 points a game, while allowing an average of 30.4 ppg on defense.

Take Georgia Tech -9.5 (vs. Pittsburgh): The Yellow Jackets bounced back from a three-game skid earlier in the season with a 56-0 pasting of Syracuse on Oct. 19 as eight-point home favorites followed by this past Saturday’s 35-25 victory over Virginia on the road in a game that ended as a push. They are now 5-3 SU (4-3-1 ATS) overall and 4-2 in ACC play. Georgia Tech comes into this ACC clash with the fourth best rushing attack in the nation that is averaging 315.6 yards a game.

Pittsburgh’s first season in the ACC started off with tight victories over Duke and Virginia followed by a 10-point loss to Virginia Tech as a 7-point road underdog. Some of the Panthers’ glaring weaknesses on both sides of the ball were exposed in this past Saturday’s 24-21 loss to Navy as 4-point road favorites. One of those is the inability to stop the run which is bound to come back to haunt them this week as well.

Take Colorado State +7 (vs. Boise State): Ever since Colorado State lost to No. 1 Alabama 31-6 as a 40-point road underdog, its offense has gotten in gear with an average of 43.3 points a game in its last four outings. The Rams are 3-1 both SU and ATS during that stretch and a profitable 6-2 ATS on the year. Their best performance of the year was a 52-22 romp over Wyoming on Oct. 19 as 6.5-point underdogs on the road.

We gave Boise State a bit too much credit after winning five of its first seven games SU and it came back to bite us in last week’s loss to BYU. That is why we are going against the Broncos as road underdogs. Boise had no answer for a Cougars’ offense that racked up 568 yards of total offense that led to 37 points on the board. We expect that to be the case again this Saturday night against an equally potent Colorado State attack.

Record

Last Week

2-1

NCAA

14-12-1