Are You Ready For Some Thursday Night Non-Power 5 Football!?

Crappy week last week.  Let's have a short memory!  Love the board this week.  I feel a 5-0 coming on.

Here are your 2016 NCAA Week 9/NFL Week 8 Picks!  Oct 25 - Oct 31 WINNERS! (cue Trombone Shorty music)

App. State @ Georgia So. +4.5 LOSS

San Diego State @ Utah St. +6 LOSS

Army +7 @ Wake Forest WIN

Tennessee @ South Carolina +13.5 WIN

NYJ @ CLE +3 PUSH

Here's what last week looked like:

• Oregon +3 @ California PUSH 49 - 52 (2OT) (Margin +3)  Losing entire game until first OT, the Ducks were in the driver's seat after scoring a TD and then forcing a FG in 2OT.  Then the rookie QB threw an INT on the 2nd play.  Push is a win!


• East Carolina +2.5 @ Cincinnati LOSS 19 - 31 (Margin +12)  Screw the Pirates.


• Wyoming @ Nevada +6 LOSS 42 - 34 (Margin +8)  Probably just missed winning this game multiple times, but I don't know as I didn't watch.


• BUF @ MIA +3 WIN 25 - 28 (Margin -3)  Despite being one of the hottest teams in the NFL, Buffalo was only favored by 3 against a pretty dismal Miami team.  That is a stinker just like last week vs the Steelers.  Jay Ajayai puts the team on his back for the second straight week and gets me my second straight Miami winner.


• TB @ SF +1 LOSS 34 - 17 (Margin +17)  Whatever.  49ers were up 14-0 about 10 seconds into the game and then only managed 3 points for the rest.  Throw some more INTs, America Hater.

Here is a breakdown of the season as of right meow.

NCAA Week 8/NFL Week 7 Record: 1-3-1

Overall 2016 Football Season Record: 22-16-2 (57.8 %)

NCAAF 2016 Record (8 weeks) 15-12-2

NFL 2016 Record (7 weeks):  7-4-0

Overall 2016 football picks that were underdog outright wins:  15 of 40 (37.5 %)

Point Differential by week:

NCAA Week 1:  +13.5 with spread.  +50 straight up.
NCAA Week 2:  -51.5 with spread.  +24 straight up.
NCAA Week 3:  +95 with spread.  +116 straight up.
NCAA Week 4:  -59 with spread.  -30 straight up.
NCAA Week 5:  +13.5 with spread.  +31 straight up.
NCAA Week 6:  -74 with spread.  -35 straight up.
NCAA Week 7:  -26 with spread.  +20 straight up.
NCAA Week 8:  +21.5 with spread.  +37 straight up.

Total point margin including spread:  -67  (-8.4/week)
Total point margin straight up:  +213 (+26.6/week vs +34.9/week spread)