Pistols Firing Week 2 Picks

We decided to hold a little weekly ATS picks contest here on PFB, rounded up by Carson Cunningham. There will be some sort of reward (or punishment?) at the end of the season based on how everyone does. The game is that you pick the OSU/OU games against the spread and then three others of your choice (we used Scores and Odds).

We inexplicably skipped Week 1, but here are our picks for Week 2 (locks of the week are worth two wins and are in bold.

Kyle Boone

Central Michigan is getting a lot of praise after giving OSU a scare early in the season last year. But even with their experience and a decent QB, Oklahoma State will roll early Saturday. Poor ULM faces the Sooners with something to prove to try and bounce back from the week 1 loss to Houston. Even with Ohio State on the slate next week, there’s no look-ahead slip up for the Sooners.

Arkansas’ offense stinks, and TCU’s air raid offense will be too much to handle for the Hogs. Gary Patterson may call it a day at half time to catch some more competitive football. With the Sooners coming to town next week, I think the Buckeyes youth will get exposed this week with a lack of focus not taking TU serious. Ohio State will win but TU covers.

Caleb Deck

OSU is ready to step up the level of play this week agains CMU. Cooper Rush will have a good game, but Tre Flowers and Jordan Sterns will have a chance to showcase some skill and will limit CMU’s deep-ball effectiveness while Vincent Taylor stops up the run game.

OU covers their absurd -47 line. They are smarting a bit after their loss and are looking to make a statement before Ohio State. I’m not entirely convinced they cover, it just depends on how many consecutive days of wind sprints ol’ Big Game Bob had them running after the Houston game.

Poor ‘Canes. Wrong place wrong time. While a certain crimson team attempts to show their readiness for their Week 3 matchup, I think Ohio State soundly thumps Tulsa and strikes a bit of fear in the hearts of those south of the OKC.

Thomas Fleming

This might start out close, but the Cowboys should be able to find a way to break it wide open in the second half and have all backups in by the fourth quarter. -47 seems a little high for anyone, especially considering that ULM is a DI team (albeit a bad one). Plus, other than Mixon and Perine, OU’s offense doesn’t have many other great skill position players.

Louisville’s Lamar Jackson is one of college football’s most exciting players to watch, and leads an explosive AAC offense. Syracuse, while they have a better offensive system under Dino Babers, won’t be able to keep up with the Cardinals.

I don’t know much about Wisconsin or Akron but Wisconsin just beat a top-10 LSU squad and they have this one at home.

Carson Cunningham

Simply hoping OU loses interest up 40. Cooper Rush Newton is legit. He posted better numbers than Mason Rudolph last season (#GeneralProbz). OSU wins but doesn’t cover.

Big Blue has lost 29 straight to Florida but the games have been close lately. UF hasn’t had an offense since Urban walked away from his crumbling program, and now Luke Del Rio is the starting QB despite being 29 years old. Gimme the Wildcats. UCLA -26 is a classic bounce-back game against a bad opponent.

LOCK: Texas Tech +3

Kyle Porter

I’m a believer in Texas Tech. I think Oklahoma State has a real chance to be special. Maybe even elite. There has been too much “Cooper Rush gonna rock Stilly this weekend” chatter for my liking. I think OSU lights it up.

UTEP is starting its backup. It could start me, and I would still take them +30. There are no highs like Sunday night wins over ND to start the season highs. There might not be 15 points scored combined in the Iowa-Iowa State game.