Thursday, September 4, 2008

Week 2 Picks

Texas Tech -10.5 at Nevada

This game scares me, especially after the way we played last weekend. We have always struggled on the road and also struggled stopping the run. Nevada had a really good offensive game last week although it was against Grambling, but their Pistol offense puts up a lot of yards (ranked #4 in NCAA after week 1)

Offensive and Defensive lines need to play a lot better. Tech wins a close one 38-33, so I will take Nevada to cover.

Texas A&M -3 at New Mexico

New Mexico is always a pesky opponent for a Big 12 team. A&M is not a mentally tough team and what little mental strength they had probably left on the plane with Arkansas State last weekend. Mike Sherman was not a good hire for A&M and I have been saying this since I heard about it last November. Too bad for the Aggies this game is on national TV as well.

This game will really make Aggies regret they hired him. New Mexico 21-19

Texas -26.5 at UTEP

The only reason this spread is not 40 is UTEP will really want to try their hardest to make the boys from Austin remember that El Paso has a school in their system. Texas appeared to be pretty sharp last week while UTEP lost to Buffalo. Yes, Buffalo, probably the worst team in FBS since they moved up to that level.

Texas covers 55-10 against the Miners.

Season ATS: 1-2

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