Week 5 Predictions

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Hello again!  I'm a little late getting these out, but I promise I didn't change my pick for last night.  My brothers can vouch for this as we have been predicting college football games for more than 40 years, and we all picked Texas in last night's game (they won, 17-7 by the way).  Anyway, before I begin, here are my results so far:

Last week, I was a very pedestrian 40-19 for a 67.8% success rate, very poor for my standards.  I actually was doing pretty well until the late games; I missed 5 of the last 6 games completed!

Overall, my percentage took a hit, but I am still at a respectable 226-60, or 79%.

Here are my picks for this week:

Texas over Iowa St
Miami, Fla over Duke
Nebraska over Illinois
Utah St over BYU
Wash St over USC

Wisconsin over Northwestern
 USF over ECU
Florida over Vandy
Houston over Temple
Arkansas over New Mexico St
Minnesota over Maryland
Pitt over Rice
Ga Tech over UNC
NC State over Syracuse
Boston College over C Mich
Georgia over Tennessee
Penn St over Indiana
Louisville over Murray St
FSU over Wake Forest (surely they won't start 0-3...)
Ohio over UMass
Kansas St over Baylor
Army over UTEP
Navy over Tulsa
Buffalo over Kent St
Wyoming over Texas St
SMU over UConn
Stanford over Ariz St
Kentucky over E Mich
Iowa over Mich St
Notre Dame over Miami, Oh
Auburn over Miss St
Akron over Bowling Green
LSU over Troy
FIU over Charlotte
Mid Tenn over FAU
La Tech over S Alabama
Marshall over Cincinnati
S Miss over N Texas
W Mich over Ball St
La-Monroe over Coastal Carolina
Air Force over New Mexico
Memphis over UCF
Ohio St over Rutgers
Texas A&M over S Carolina
Clemson over Va Tech
Washington over Oregon St
Okla St over Texas Tech
Alabama over Ole Miss
Fresno St over Nevada
San Diego St over N Illinois
UNLV over San Jose St
Colorado over UCLA
Oregon over Cal
Colo St over Hawaii

There you have it!  Hopefully I'll do much better than 67%!  Until next time, may your day and your loved ones be blessed!

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