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Thought some of you might be interested.

Baylor -4 @ SMU
Oregon -10 @ Houston
Minnesota -14 @ Tulsa
Georgia -6.5 vs. Boise State
Oklahoma 26.5 vs. TCU
Texas A & M Pick @ Clemson
Miami -3 @ Florida State

Thoughts??

stein000012 wrote:Thought some of you might be interested.

Baylor -4 @ SMU
Oregon -10 @ Houston
Minnesota -14 @ Tulsa
Georgia -6.5 vs. Boise State
Oklahoma 26.5 vs. TCU
Texas A & M Pick @ Clemson
Miami -3 @ Florida State

Thoughts??

As you wrote it, I'll take the 26.5 points & OU!!!!!!!!!!!

I'll take Minnesota & the 14...Big Ten guys can catch Ashlan, the should-have been a Pony KR

Vegas is being nice to us.

Give me the Ponies - to win outright!

Go SMU!

LakeHighlandsPony wrote:Vegas is being nice to us.

Eh. You figure they are giving SMU three points for being at home; neutral site being a touchdown game. Let's be honest, Baylor is the worst team in a better conference. They haven't won on the road since the Clinton administration. Guy Morris has back to back 3-8 seasons, but really one of those wins every year is over a I-AA team.

The only reasons to pick Baylor over SMU are (1) they are in a better conference (even if they are the worst team in it); (2) they beat A&M (even though they did nothing with that win after that); and (3) they beat SMU two years ago (even though it was at home and only by a field goal and was an otherwise pathetic performance).

Line is about right. It might go up a little, but not much.

"Never tell me the odds!" - Han Solo, "Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back"

How many games have we won in the month of September since Ford stadium opened - at home or on the road? How many games has Bennett been our coach that we have won in September? When was the last time SMU won a game on the road?

When was the last time you said something positive about your school and/or athletic department? Every team in the country is tied for first place right now. No need to start etching the gravestones just yet, is there?

Corso wrote:When was the last time you said something positive about your school and/or athletic department?

When was the last time something positive happened with our football program? One winning season in 15 years, a zero win season just 2 years ago, 6 wins in the last 3 years .....................

PonySnob wrote:

Corso wrote:When was the last time you said something positive about your school and/or athletic department?

When was the last time something positive happened with our football program? One winning season in 15 years, a zero win season just 2 years ago, 6 wins in the last 3 years .....................

And thus, another season of SMU football has begun!

stein000012 wrote:Baylor -4 @ SMU
Oregon -10 @ Houston
Minnesota -14 @ Tulsa
Georgia -6.5 vs. Boise State
Oklahoma 26.5 vs. TCU
Texas A & M Pick @ Clemson
Miami -3 @ Florida State

I'll take SMU cuz Baylor hasn't won on the road in forever. I like Houston b/c I think Briles is a hell of a coach. Of course, so is Oregon's coach and they have better athletes. Think it will be a close one though. Minnesota will kill Tulsa. take Boise St plus the points. OU always starts off a little slow. They will win by 17 so take TCU plus the point. A&M opened as a 1.5 point favorite. Guess all the Clemson fans have been placing bets. I'll take A&M. Miami beat FSU cuz FSU just lost their best player to injury.

I like your picks Bocephus.

Only game I differ is Georgia. They are at home and favored less than a touchdown against Boise State.

Maybe we can find SF FAN and have him make us money early in the season....

Good luck...

MrMustang1965 wrote:And thus, another season of SMU football has begun!

Amen to that!

This isn't going to be a typical road game for BU. They probably won't have the majority of fans like Tech did last year, but they should have about 1/3rd of the fans at Ford, which is much different than going into Lincoln and having 200 BU fans in the stands versus 80,000 in red.