College Football Pick

USF is legit and Rutgers doesn't haven enough talent, outside of Ray Rice, to have a real chance at winning. In general I don't like taking road favorites against in-conference foes, but its the friggin #2 team in the country against an unranked team...and the spread is only 3!! Rice will run early, but Grothe will lead the Bulls to a lead and force Rutgers to try and catch up throwing the ball - something they don't do well.

South Florida (-3) @ Rutgers

I really think everyone should be rooting for USF in this game, and all season long. For a school that didn't have a football team 10 years ago to now have a realistic shot at a national championship is just too good a story to root against. Even if they win out and get stubbed for the big game that's just all the more reason more a playoff!

PS I just saw an episode of the new FSN show Sport Science which is pretty much a Mythbusters for sports fan. I enjoyed the show, which focused this episode on measuring the hardest hits in sports.

The definitive highlight came when Rampage Jackson was summoned to body slam a crash test dummy. The scientists were trying to explain to Jackson how the sensors in the dummy worked while Rampage just stood there with a look similar to how Manny Ramirez would look at you if you tried to describe that playoff games are important and if you loose you go home. The vacant look was the highest of high comedy but I would never dare tell him that to his face. I don't want 400 G's of force on the back of skull.

[3-0 NFL past week]
[6-4-2 NCAA past week]
[27-12-2 NCAA overall]
[15-6 NFL overall]
{42-18-2 total vs spread}