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Each Saturday morning of the college football regular season, I will be predicting the outcome of the six best games of the weekend. Every time I pick the wrong team to win, it costs me $15. At the end of the year, I will use the total pot of money to buy gifts for random Glass Slipper subscribers. That’s right; you literally benefit from my failures. Let’s go.

Game 1: No. 1 Texas vs No. 18 Oklahoma

The pick: Texas wins, 34-24.

You just have to admire the way that Michael Hawkins Jr. is playing. The kid got handed an unexpected opportunity to take over as Oklahoma’s starting quarterback, and he’s literally flinging his body into harm’s way to keep the job. Hawkins is one of those guys that just makes stuff happen; I don’t think he’ll look intimidated whatsoever by the Red River stage.

Unfortunately, I can’t trust his defense. Oklahoma gave up almost 500 yards to an offense led by Payton Thorne a week ago, which is a rather ominous sign. Even if Quinn Ewers needs a quarter to shake off the rust, I have Texas grabbing that Golden Hat comfortably.

Game 2: No. 4 Penn State vs USC

The pick: USC wins, 27-23.

Surely Lincoln Riley can’t lose for the third time in 22 days. Right? He better call the game of his life, or those Trojans fans will be filling our timelines with their suggested replacements for him.

Meanwhile, these Nittany Lions are still better on paper than they are in reality. I’ll take a desperate USC to pull off the upset in LA. You’re welcome for the good energy, Lincoln.

Game 3: Florida vs No. 8 Tennessee

The pick: Tennessee wins, 45-17.

Speaking of coaches that are trying to duck heat from their fans, enter Billy Napier. He might be out no matter what, but let’s see if his players are engaged enough to try and rescue him with a stunner this afternoon.

I was totally buying the Vols as a title threat, and they went out and smashed a dozen eggs on my forehead last Saturday. The Knoxville crowd will push them to a lopsided bounce-back victory.

Game 4: No. 9 Ole Miss vs No. 13 LSU

The pick: LSU wins, 30-27.

You want to stay in playoff contention? You win this game. Ole Miss still has Georgia on the schedule, and LSU has Alabama. You can’t lose twice before stepping into the arena with teams like that.

Jaxson Dart has 34 career starts under his belt, and owns zero road victories against top-20 squads. He’ll trade punches with Garrett Nussmeier in this one, before committing a late turnover that seals it for the Tigers. We’ll find out just how snippy Lane Kiffin can get in his press conference afterwards.

Game 5: No. 2 Ohio State vs No. 3 Oregon

The pick: Ohio State wins, 31-26.

Here we are. I had Oregon emerging victorious from this matchup before the campaign began, and the Buckeyes gave me no reason to flip my pick for a while there. It finally happened in the second half against Iowa. For the first time all season, OSU displayed the urgency we’ve been expecting from a program that hasn’t accomplished anything meaningful since Justin Fields was still on campus.

These are the two best wide receiver rooms in America, but the battle will be decided in the trenches. I need to see a front seven silence TreVeyon Henderson and Quinshon Judkins before I believe it’s possible. I’ll take the Buckeyes in a nail-biter.

Game 6: No. 18 Kansas State vs Colorado

The pick: Kansas State wins, 28-20.

College football discourse will be quite interesting if Colorado gets another one tonight. The Buffs would potentially launch themselves into the back of the AP poll, and be sitting at 5-1 with only one ranked opponent remaining this year. I want it happen just to see how the Deion haters manage to find a negative angle.

I think this Kansas State rushing attack is going to be too much, unfortunately. It’s time for the casual fans to learn about DJ Giddens, and this is the perfect opportunity. The former zero-star recruit will rumble for 150 yards and power his Wildcats to a nice road win.

• Week 6 Results: 5-1

• Overall Season Picks Record: 29-7

• Current CFB Prize Pot: $105

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