It was a crazy early day slate that shook things up. The Big Ten had a no good, very awful, bad day which won't help anyone out. Overall a lot of chalk won, without much clarity overall.
Thursday, September 4th, 2014:
UTSA took Arizona down to the wire with two drives down three with the second ending on a bizarre shovel pass interception that was a major gaffe by the QB. I tend to think that this portends more things for how good UTSA is than any negative for Arizona who scored 26 and looked good enough on defense. PP: (1-0 ATS, 1-0 SU) Me: (1-0 ATS, 1-0 SU)
Saturday, September 6th, 2014:
First, full disclosure I worked Saturday morning and don't get to watch the early games. I do keep track of what happens and do my best to catch up on what happened. Alabama, Oklahoma, Ole Miss, Auburn, Arizona State all took care of business with little to no problems and we don't need to spend too much time on them. Kansas State struggled with Iowa State in Ames, and much to my chagrin I didn't pay heed to my numbers when making my prediction. Kansas State is a good team but they aren't shaping up like a team that will come close to Auburn. Missouri struggled early with Toledo, especially through the air, but did what it had to do and pulled away by 20 late in the game to take the relatively easy road win. Washington continued to show flaws in it's closer than the score would let on win over EWU. This isn't to say Washington won't be good, but the defense has major flaws and the offense needs to work out kinks quickly before the Pac-12 eats it alive. USC-Stanford was an entertaining, but sloppy game by both teams but especially Stanford who were coached much to timidly and made far too many mental mistakes to win this game against an equally talented team who looked like they hadn't played that way in over a year. USC is very good but they were gifted this game and need to make offensive adjustments quickly. Michigan State-Oregon was a hell of a game for about three quarters and then the wheels fell off as Connor Cook was asked to press more to get points and a young defense was asked to keep up with the tempo and talent of Oregon. I thought Michigan State equitted itself well enough but they aren't a playoff caliber team this season. South Carolina struggled to put East Carolina away but they won and for now that is all that matter, but if the defense doesn't mature, well, the OBC may not have many nice visors left. Michigan and Texas suffered similar fates as both were blown out, although Texas had a few more circumstances going against them. Both showed they don't have what it takes this season but the Texas defense at least played well until the disadvantages given them by their offense finally broke the proverbial damn. Ohio State was the most disconcerting team of the night, they struggled against a good but not great Virginia Tech offense and don't have the wide receivers to help their freshman quarterback. This team has the talent to still be a very good playoffesque team but they seem lost without Braxton Miller (Injury) and Carlos Hyde (NFL). North Carolina and UCLA both continued their struggles from week one against San Diego State and Memphis. Both pulled out victories but not without creating more doubts than answers.
PP: (9-6 ATS, 14-1 SU) Me: (6-9 ATS, 14-1 SU)
Weekly Record: PP: (10-6 ATS, 15-1 SU) Me: (7-9 ATS, 15-1 SU)
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