NCAAF Week 8 Picks

12(!!) consensus picks this week.

I spent a really long time looking for a sad picture of a man and this was the best I could come up with. Photo by Gabriel on Unsplash

So it’s not been a very good last two weeks for your boys. So how did we do last week? It was another stinker. 18-29. On a positive note, and because I’m the one who writes these up, Al (me) has actually been above .500 over the last 4 weeks at 24-22. Not good, but that’s actually the best of the group in that span. That’s good(ish?) for me, but bad for everyone else, so what can you do to limit your losses?

Here’s some good advice when the plays aren’t breaking your way:

1. Limit your unit size. The wins will come eventually. No need to start doubling down in anticipation of course correction.

2. Lay off. You may want to lay off some of our plays until we’re back in the black. Or maybe take a weekend off and go outside, shoot I don’t know.

3. Limit your bankroll. You may bet 2-3 midweek games at first, and then if you’re ahead, pick another 2-3 games from the noon slate, then the same for the 3:30 slate, and so on.

Hopefully you know these things already. And hopefully you’ve implemented one or more of these cost-saving measures prior to our slide.

Last week’s consensus plays went 2-5, moving to 21-21 on the season. We’re not doing great! This week, there are 12 consensus plays. Let’s get into it.

Consensus Picks

A reminder that there is football every day of the week for the next two months, so apologies in advance if some of these games have already been played by the time you read this.

The first consensus play kicks off tonight with WKU +2.5 at SHSU.

Then Friday night, we’re on FSU +3, +4 at Duke, and Oklahoma St +7.5, +9.5 at BYU. It might makes sense to play these three and see where you stand before jumping into the noon slate Saturday.

We’re also on:

Oklahoma -3 vs South Carolina AND the SC/OU o40

Michigan -1, -3 at Illinois

Oregon St +6, +7 vs UNLV

Texas St/Old Dominion u62

UAB +14.5 at USF

Wake Forest +1, +1.5 at UConn

Navy -17 vs Charlotte

LSU -2.5 at Arkansas

For the full list of plays, we’ve got them listed out below.

Al

Season record: 43-44-1 (-4.87u)

FIU -5.5, FSU +4, Rutgers -6.5, Cal -10, Hawaii +19.5, Wyoming +11.5, Louisiana -3.5, NIU -2.5, FAU +3.5, Miami OH -3.5, WMU +1.5, Ga Southern +10, Colorado St -7.5

Andy

Season record: 51-55-0 (-8.59u)

Troy +11.5 (L), Troy/S Alabama u57 (W), NMSU +11.5, WKU +2.5, UTEP +6, FSU +3, Purdue +28.5, Oregon/Purdue o58.5, Oklahoma St +7.5, LSU -2.5, Miss St +15, Texas A&M/Miss St u55.5, Auburn/Missouri u51.5, SC/OU o40, Michigan -1, Michigan/Illinois o42.5, Nebraska/Indiana u51, UCLA +6.5, Louisville +4, Oregon St +6, Coastal Carolina +3.5, ODU +10.5, Texas St/ODU u62, Wake Forest +1.5, ECU/Army u52, Ohio/Miami OH u43.5, Charlotte/Navy u57, Utah St +2.5, Ball St +27

Chris

Season record: 3-2-0 (+0.73u)

None.

Danny

Season record: 43-40-0 (-0.87u)

WKU +2.5, UTEP +7, Ga St +9.5, Oklahoma St +9.5, LSU -2.5, Oklahoma -3, Michigan -3, UCF +14, Oregon St +7, Coastal Carolina +4, Toledo +2.5, UAB +14.5, Wake Forest +1, Navy -17, Air Force +7

Matt

Season record: 31-26-0 (+2.21u)

FSU +4, Oklahoma -3, SC/OU o40, Texas -3.5, Michigan St TT u17, Virginia +21.5, Louisiana/Coastal Carolina o56.5, Texas St/ODU u62, UAB +14.5, Rice +22, Navy -17, New Mexico/Utah St u78

What’s your favorite bet this week?