College Football Handicapping Week 2 Roundup

Week 2 of the college football season was quite anfreebies and picked another 25 games for our
interesting one and it brought its own set of challengessubscribers. Our final tally was 20-11 ATS which
to the sports handicapping world. For our group ofbrought our 2 week record to 46-23 ATS.
professional handicappers, the second week of theHere is the wrap-up of the picks we made that were
college football season is challenging in that you stillwinners:
don't have a good idea about who is good and who isWinning Picks:
just a pretender since you only have one game to go1. Kansas State(-18) OVER San Jose State
on. With week 1, the challenge was to find the lines2. West Virginia(-24) OVER Marshall
that were overinflated based on expectations for3. Oklahoma(-10.5) OVER Miami Florida
certain teams or the respect given to traditional4. Duke(+17) OVER Virginia
powerhouse teams bow LSU was based on nothing5. UL Monroe(26.5) OVER Clemson
but name recognition. Week 2 on the other hands is6. Boston College(-17) OVER NC State
where you must look at exagrerated lines that "jump7. Florida International(+23.5) OVER Maryland
to conclusions" based on one game. For example, we8. Purdue(pick) OVER Eastern Illinois
already pointed out how LSU was installed as a 12.59. Utah State(+24.5) OVER Wyoming
favorite over another preseason championship10. South Carolina(+4) OVER Georgia
favorite, Virginia Tech. We noted how if this game11. Wake Forest(+8) OVER Nebraska
was played as the opener for both, the line would be12. UAB(+34.5) OVER Florida State
something like LSU giving 3. However because Tech13. North Carolina(+5) OVER East Carolina
struggled mightily in their opener at home, the14. LSU(-12.5) OVER Virginia Tech
linesmakers reacted by dropping them almost 2 TD's in15. Cinncinnati(+3.5) OVER Oregon State
the Week 2 line. This scenario was played out up and16. Iowa(-21.5) OVER Syracuse
down the betting lines and our job was to find the17. South Florida(+7) OVER Auburn
prime was to take advantage of. That was our task18. Oregon(+8) OVER Michigan
heading into Week 2 and we did very well once we19. UNLV(+25.5) OVER Wisconsin
tallied up all our selections. Unlike Week 1 where we20. Tennessee(-10.
gave out up to 15 free picks, we only released 6