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Here is this week’s edition between myself and Jerry going head-to-head in picking college football games. Five top 25 games, I pick Big Ten/Pac-12 games with Mr. Durney tackling ACC/SEC contests. With that said here are this week’s picks for you the reader.

Top 25 Games –

Thursday: 8 Stanford Cardinal (4-0, 1-0 Pac-12) @ Washington Huskies (2-1), 8 pm/ESPN
Mike – This has trap game written all over it with both Stanford and Washington both having last week off. The Huskies are staging a “blackout” tonight in Seattle but at the end of the day I think the Cardinal out physical UDub like LSU did a few weeks ago. The Pick: Stanford 27 Washington 14
Jerry –  Tempted to take Keith Price and the Huskies on Thursday at Century Link Field but the Cardinal have earned the benefit of the doubt. The Pick: Stanford 27 Washington 16

Note: Both of us are 0-1 after Thursday night

25 Baylor Bears (3-0) @ 9 West Virginia (3-0), 11 am/FX
M – Defense might be optional in West Virginia’s Big XII opener (WVU fans watch the couch burning PSA) in Morgantown. I’ll take Geno and the ‘Neers to keep winning against the defenselessly hapless Bears. The Pick: West Virginia 48 Baylor 24
J – The Mountaineers “Welcome to the party, pal” moment in Big 12 play comes against a very good Bears squad. I think Baylor makes this very interesting, but Geno Smith will tip the scales. The Pick: West Virginia 41 Baylor 34

14 Ohio State Buckeyes (4-0) @ 20 Michigan State Spartans (3-1), 2:30 pm/ABC
M – Braxton Miller and the Bucks have yet to play on the road this season so this will be interesting to how they handle their first test away from the shoe. Expect your typical low scoring defensive Big Ten game here in East Lansing. The Pick: Ohio State 17 Michigan State 10
J – People have forgotten about Michigan State since the loss to Notre Dame, but their defense is still among the best in the country. Braxton Miller has plenty of talent at QB for the Buckeyes, but I need to see him prove it in spots like this one on the road. The Pick: Michigan State 27 Ohio State 17

12 Texas Longhorns (3-0) @ Oklahoma State Cowboys (2-1), 6:50 pm/FOX
M – I still don’t have a grasp on the ‘Horns but David Ash has played well this season in three games (against soft opponents). I’d pick Oklahoma State but they will still be without their QB I believe and Texas will D ‘em up. The Pick: Texas 31 Oklahoma State 24
J – The Longhorns have looked much improved this year but Stillwater can be a treacherous place to visit and this will be the first true test for the Texas defense. The Pick: Oklahoma State 34 Texas 30

19 Louisville Cardinals (4-0) @ Southern Miss Golden Eagles (0-3), 7 pm/CBS Sports Network
M – Teddy Bridewater has been fun to watch so far this season and Southern Miss hasn’t done what has been expected yet. I’ll take the Cardinals to continue their unbeaten start at “The Rock”. The Pick: Louisville 35 Southern Miss 14
J – Charlie Strong is continuing to prove that maybe it’s been the assistants that have made Urban Meyer look so good. On the flip side, I wonder if Larry Eustachy tailgates with the folks in Hattiesburg. The Pick: Louisville 30 Southern Miss 10

Mike’s Games (B1G/Pac-12) –

Minnesota Golden Gophers (4-0) @ Iowa Hawkeyes (2-2), 11 am/ESPN2
Trust me I love to see Iowa struggle and Minnesota do well in addition to this being Floyd of Rosedale (one of the best Rivalry trophies in all the land) weekend. Call me crazy but I say the pig stays in the Twin Cities for another year. The Pick: Minnesota 14 Iowa 10

Arizona State Sun Devils (3-1, 1-0 Pac-12) @ California Golden Bears (1-3, 0-1 Pac-12), 3 pm/Pac-12 Network
I know record wise this looks like a mismatch but I remain convinced that Cal is better than their record with losses to unbeaten Nevada, at Ohio State and at USC. That being said I think Sparky takes down the steady Golden Bears. The Pick: Arizona State 38 California 31

Wisconsin Badgers (3-1) @ 22 Nebraska Cornhuskers (3-1), 7 pm/ABC
Both teams will take part in the Adidas “Unrivaled” series Saturday night in Lincoln which is also homecoming for the Huskers (strange last week NU beat Idaho St 73-7 which was more homecoming like and after a road game). This game also has REDvenge written all over it for what the Badgers did to the Blackshirts in Madison last season and Wisky has started the verbal war of words. The Pick: Nebraska 27 Wisconsin 21

18 Oregon State Beavers (2-0, 1-0 Pac-12) @ Arizona Wildcats (3-1, 0-1 Pac-12), 7 pm/Pac-12 Network
Oregon State has been ruining Heisman trophy chances the first team weeks of the season but in this one they’ll get to dent Arizona’s good feelings some more. The Wildcats will bust out their Copper helmets but the Beavers won’t be impressed. The Pick: Oregon State 24 Arizona 10

2 Oregon Ducks (3-0, 1-0 Pac-12) v. Washington State Cougars (2-2, 0-1 Pac-12) @ Century Link Field in Seattle, 9:30 pm/ESPN2
This game will be the third at Century Link Field in Seattle this week and likely the biggest blowout of the three. Washington State LOST TO COLORADO! So how do they keep up with the number two Oregon Ducks? The Pick: Oregon 56 Washington State 10

Jerry’s Games (ACC/SEC) –

Missouri (2-2) @ UCF (2-1), 11 am/Fox Sports Net
I’m taking the Knights here and it’s not an indictment on Mizzou. Living in UCF territory I can tell you that facing any BCS conference team carries extra significance for the program as they look to make that transition to the next level. The team and fans have an extra bit of energy. In almost all cases, these games have been on the road or a bowl game. This is probably the second biggest in the history of Bright House Networks Stadium, Colt McCoy and Texas opening the joint in 2007 still your leader, and Blake Bortles has been a revelation at QB. The George O’Leary Era sees another peek. The Pick: UCF 30 Missouri 24

North Carolina State (3-1) @ Miami (FL) (3-1, 1-0 ACC), 11 am/ESPNU
Both teams slept on thanks to early losses but this will be chance for Miami to runaway with the lead in the ACC Coastal with a 3-0 conference record if they can get the win at home. For the Wolfpack, its the first true test for their defense, who failed them several times last year. Also worth watching is to see if Miami fans can continue their bandwagon nature by packing Lauren Tannehill Stadium (or whatever it’s called this week) following their OT win at Georgia Tech last week, since their previous home game had maybe 57 fans. (SHOTS FIRED) The Pick: Miami 31 NC State 14

Arkansas (1-3, 0-1 SEC) @ Texas A&M (2-1, 0-1 SEC), 11 am/SEC Network
You know what the John L. Smith Era in Fayetteville has made me do? SMIIIIIIIIIIILE!!!!!!!! The Pick: Texas A&M 30 Arkansas 26

Tennessee (3-1, 0-1 SEC), @ 5 Georgia (4-0, 2-0 SEC), 2:30 pm/CBS
Two teams who are notorious for coming up small in big spots. Are you sure this can’t end in a tie? Jokes aside, the QB duel between Tyler Bray and Aaron Murray will be fun to watch. When in doubt, go home. The Pick: Georgia 36 Tennessee 24

4 Florida State Seminoles (4-0) @ South Florida Bulls (2-2), 5 pm/ESPN
FSU’s offense was able to trade punches with one of the nation’s best and the defense rose to the occasion in the 2nd half of last week’s win over Clemson. Conversely, USF just lost to Ball State. On top of all that, don’t doubt that the FSU senior class would love to get revenge for a 17-7 loss in Tallahassee in 2009 which expedited the process of Bobby Bowden’s forced retirement later in the year. The Pick: Florida State 45 South Florida 17

Season Total – Jerry (32-9) and Mike (27-14)
Last Week W/L – Jerry (8-2) and Mike (7-3)
Week 5 – Jerry (0-1) and Mike (0-1) – Bith had Stanford at Washington

Last Week’s Results

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We’ll give you the full rundown on Friday but wanted to pick tonight’s Thursday night football game between 8 Stanford and Washington. So here are what myself and Jerry see happening tonight in Seattle, again we’ll have the rest (and I’ll probably include this game just to make it look complete) of week five.

Top 25 –

8 Stanford Cardinal (4-0, 1-0 Pac-12) @ Washington Huskies (2-1), 8 pm/ESPN
Mike – This has trap game written all over it with both Stanford and Washington both having last week off. The Huskies are staging a “blackout” tonight in Seattle but at the end of the day I think the Cardinal out physical UDub like LSU did a few weeks ago. The Pick: Stanford 27 Washington 14
Jerry –  Tempted to take Keith Price and the Huskies on Thursday at Century Link Field but the Cardinal have earned the benefit of the doubt. The Pick: Stanford 27 Washington 16

Season Total – Jerry (32-8) and Mike (27-13)
Last Week W/L – Jerry (8-2) and Mike (7-3)

Last Week’s Results

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Here is this week’s edition between myself and Jerry going head-to-head in picking college football games. Five top 25 games, I pick Big Ten/Pac-12 games with Mr. Durney tackling ACC/SEC contests. With that said here are this week’s picks for you the reader.

Top 25 Games –

Thursday: BYU Cougars (2-1) @ 24 Boise State Broncos (1-1), 8 pm/ESPN
Mike – We don’t usually do Thursday night games but who could resist this one? Boise State is known for winning at home but Kellen Moore isn’t walking through that door so I’ll go with BYU. The Pick: BYU 20 Boise State 13
Jerry –  Very rare for anyone to go to Boise and come back with a win, not sure if BYU has that caliber of team, plus I imagine they have to be reeling from the way that upset loss to Utah ended. The Pick: Boise State 27 BYU 17

Missouri Tigers (2-1, 0-1 SEC) @ 7 South Carolina Gamecocks (3-0, 1-0 SEC), 2:30 pm/CBS
M – Last week the Tigers survived at home against Arizona State while South Carolina hasn’t been test since week one at Vandy. This is another game that I feel Mizzou gets out “physicaled” against a good SEC defense. The Pick: South Carolina 31 Missouri 13
J – How well can Conor Shaw perform with his shoulder injury will be the question that hangs over the Gamecocks for the remainder of the season but I think that’s a question that can’t be anwered until he faces the likes of Aaron Murray, Tyler Bray, Taj Boyd and Jeff Driskel. While Missouri should present a tough test, South Carolina should pick up the W at home. The Pick: South Carolina 24 Missouri 13

20 Louisville Cardinals (3-0) @ Florida International Golden Panthers (1-2), 6 pm/ESPN3 (We can discuss this game if you want)
M – While your thinking why is this game on our schedule? Well because FIU beat the Cards last year in Louisville, I don’t think it happens again but that’s why they play the games. The Pick: Louisville 42 Florida International 20
J – Duke beat FIU by 20. You can guess where this is going. The Pick: Louisville 38 FIU 7

15 Kansas State Wildcats (3-0) @ 6 Oklahoma Sooners (2-0), 6:50 pm/FOX
M – This is a game that has my interest and I think has upset written all over it. Oklahoma struggled week one, destroyed Florida A&M while K-State has the weapon(s) to win in Norman. The Pick: Kansas State 31 Oklahoma 28
J – This series is full of surprises (Last October 29th, 2003 Big 12 Championship Game) and I think it continues here. Optimus Klein establishes himself as Top 10-pick material in Norman. Most importantly, always count on OU to trip somewhere they shouldn’t. The Pick: Kansas State 44 Oklahoma 38

18 Michigan Wolverines (2-1) @ 11 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (3-0), 6:30 pm/NBC
M – Notre Dame has been living a charmed life to this point but last week was impressive to me. Michigan is a different animal and I don’t believe the Irish can stop “Shoelaces” all game. The Pick: Michigan 38 Notre Dame 31
J – I know that Michigan has had the better of Notre Dame recently and that the Irish have never come up with an answer for Denard Robinson, but they’ve made a believer out of me for the time being with the way they dominated Michigan State last Saturday in East Lansing. The Pick: Notre Dame 30 Michigan State 23

Mike’s Games (B1G/Pac-12) –

UTEP Miners (1-2) @ Wisconsin Badgers (2-1), 11 am/ESPN2
UTEP gave Oklahoma all they wanted week one but that was two weeks ago this week the Miners have the chance to defeat Wisconsin. I’m still not sold on the Badgers but in their last non-conference game they will get the win. The Pick: Wisconsin 28 UTEP 14

Oregon State Beavers (1-0) @ 19 UCLA Bruins (3-0), 2:30 pm/ABC or ESPN2
Oregon State hasn’t played since knocked off Wisconsin and they’ll get a tougher test at the Rose Bowl. UCLA will make it back-to-back conference opening wins after beating the Beavers. The Pick: UCLA 41 Oregon State 24

California Golden Bears (1-2) @ 13 Southern California Trojans (2-1), 5 pm/Pac-12 Network
Cal showed people more than they expected last weekend narrowly going down in defeat at Ohio State. Southern Cal will come out as a wounded dog and I think they win this late. The Pick: Southern California 27 California 24

Louisiana Tech Bulldogs (2-0) @ Illinois Fighting Illini (2-1), 7 pm/Big Ten Network
Louisiana Tech will not be intimidated going to Illinois and I almost expect the results to show as much. La Tech will push the Illini but I’ll go with the home team to prevail. The Pick: Illinois 35 Louisiana Tech 28

22 Arizona Wildcats (3-0) @ 3 Oregon Ducks (3-0), 9:30 pm/ESPN
If you like points a plenty then this is you game, but I expect things to turn one sided real fast as Arizona hasn’t seen what Oregon will bring to the table. Rich Rod has done great things early on in Tucson but the Ducks will run rough shot over the ‘Cats. The Pick: Oregon 56 Arizona 31

Jerry’s Games (ACC/SEC) –

Maryland (2-1) @ 8 West Virginia (2-0), 11 am/FX
Rivalry game for Randy Edsall and the Terps who face early Heisman frontrunner Geno Smith. If only Maryland had a QB that could be equal to the task. What’s that you say? They did? Oh. The Pick: West Virginia 41 Maryland 10

Virginia (2-1) @ 17 TCU (2-0), 11 am/ESPN
The Horned Frogs have made quite the first impression in their debut Big 12 season with this game being their first non-conference game of note. The Cavaliers are a shanked field goal away from being 1-2 and I’ll always side with a Gary Patterson coached defense. The Pick: TCU 33 Virginia 13

Miami (FL) (2-1) @ Georgia Tech (2-1), 2 pm/ESPN Gameplan
Georgia Tech is a play or two away from being 3-0 and they’re at home against a Miami team that has given up over 200 yards per game on the ground so far. Roscoe Dash is gonna be heard all day as Hurricanes get turnt on at Bobby Dodd (embed): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCElflebp34&feature=relmfu . The Pick: Georgia Tech 30 Miami 17

2 LSU (3-0) @ Auburn (1-2), 6 pm/ESPN
Can’t Vegas just take this game off the board? The Pick: LSU 47 Auburn 14

10 Clemson Tigers (3-0) @ 4 Florida State Seminoles (3-0), 7 pm/ABC
As a Seminole fan of almost 20 years, this is one of the few games I’ll be happy not to see as I am in NYC this weekend. Sure, the FSU defense has found another gear really ever since Taj Boyd and Sammy Watkins created their own highlight reel against them last September 24 but even despite the loss of Dwayne Allen, this remains a very dangerous Tiger offense. The question isn’t whether the defense is up to the tak but can the Seminole offense keep up with Clemson. FSU’s running attack looked as steady as usual last week in a 52-0 win over Wake Forest, including Chris Thompson going for 197 yards in the first half, but the pass protection (a concern coming into the season) for E.J. Manuel was minimal at best. Should Clemson put up a few points early, the Seminoles will need to chuck it. This is a prove it game for FSU, not just to the nation but a lot of their own fans as well. The Pick: Clemson 34 Florida State 24

Season Total – Jerry (24-6) and Mike (20-10)
Last Week W/L – Jerry (6-4) and Mike (6-4)

Last Week’s Results

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