![]() It’s been a struggle on both sides of the ball this season for CMU, and a tough runner like La’Damian Webb (four touchdowns already, eight yards a carry) will certainly not be easy for the Chippewas defense. But the Chippewas have now lost both their FBS games by 24 points with a loss to Michigan State in the opener, and needed a game-winning field goal to beat FCS New Hampshire after blowing a 14-point fourth quarter lead and surrendering 42 points. The game was closer than that final score would indicate, that should be noted. Now, they could return home and wait for Central Michigan, coming off a 41-17 loss to Notre Dame. The Jags, after losing their opener to Tulane, rebounded with a win over Southeast Louisiana and then absolutely rolled through Oklahoma State last week on the road, winning 33-7 as a touchdown underdog. The South Alabama Jaguars (2-1, 1-2 ATS) welcome the Chippewas (1-2, 1-2 ATS) to town, and I like South Alabama to ride a serious momentum wave to a comfortable win here. I don’t think South Florida will be able to keep up, and I think the Owls will pull out another cover this week. It’s not been the expected career for the former five-star recruit, but Daniels has thrown eight touchdowns, seven of them in the wins over Houston and Texas Southern. ![]() Daniels, you may recall, started his career at USC and has made stops at Georgia and West Virginia before ending up at Rice. The Owls have another familiar name at quarterback in JT Daniels. What intrigues me about this team is the infusion of genuine Power 5 talent into the mix - wide receiver Luke McCaffrey, son of Ed and brother of Christian, transferred in from Nebraska and already has four touchdowns this year. Rice has won at Houston, they beat up on Texas Southern and their only loss was at Texas, an understandable one (Rice did cover that spread). It feels almost disrespectful to bet against a team as a home underdog a week after taking one of college football’s powerhouses to the brink, but I’m going to do it. The Owls (2-1, 3-0 against the spread) head to South Florida, where USF is coming off a bizarrely close game with mighty Alabama. There are six ranked games on the schedule this week, Saturday should be a great day of football, so naturally I’m looking at Rice. I think this is the week for that, but if you’re reading this column the past couple weeks and thinking, “Man, this guy stinks - I should pick against him,” I won’t be mad. I can’t win ’em all, but I’d sure like to try winning maybe once or twice. We head out onto the battlefield and go to war, each and every Saturday and Sunday (and Thursday, and sometimes Friday and Monday, and later in the year Tuesday and Wednesday could be added). To boot, through the first two weeks of the NFL season my picks in this column (or in our videos), I am 0-5.īetting on sports is a battle. West Virginia won in the Backyard Brawl to keep me from going totally winless, but it was another losing week overall. They’re on probation from my picks for a little while until I believe they’ve demonstrated value. I went 1-2 again last week: Kansas State lost outright as 6.5-point favorites and the Bengals just flat out stink. I am dangerously approaching fade territory, folks. ![]() Tired of ads? Subscribers enjoy a distraction-free reading experience.
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