Road Warriors

My Week 12 college football predictions.

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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. 3 Texas vs Arkansas

The pick: Texas wins, 34-23.

America has been side-eyeing the Longhorns ever since the Georgia game. Was that just a fluky Steve Sarkisian disaster, or has this team faked its way through the whole season?

Quinn Ewers was brilliant last Saturday, and temporarily hushed the Texas fans that were calling for Arch Manning. He’ll deliver another solid performance this afternoon, and get past a rested Arkansas squad.

Game 2: No. 22 LSU vs Florida

The pick: Florida wins, 31-28.

Let’s see Billy Napier smile one last time before we boot him out the door. DJ Lagway is somehow back after getting carted off two weeks ago; he’s about to remind those folks in Gainesville why they were jumping around the living room when he committed.

Meanwhile, LSU supporters will really turn up the heat on Brian Kelly when he drops another one today. Mr. Fake Accent is 26-10 in his tenure thus far, and that’s simply not good enough.

Game 3: No. 23 Missouri vs No. 21 South Carolina

The pick: South Carolina wins, 27-24.

Do… do the Gamecocks have a shot at the playoff? It feels a little bit gross even asking that, considering these guys have lost a third of their games and got rocked at home by Ole Miss. If Shane Beamer’s crew runs the table, I think there’s at least a tiny chance. Handle your business against the Tigers, and I’ll take the possibility more seriously.

Game 4: Arizona State vs No. 16 Kansas State

The pick: Kansas State wins, 36-17.

This is quietly a massive contest. Both of these squads are 4-2 in Big 12 play, and each still possesses a realistic path to the conference championship game.

I have the Wildcats making a statement here. That stingy run defense bottles up Cam Skattebo, and Kansas State recovers from its humiliating loss to Houston with a sound victory.

Game 5: No. 7 Tennessee vs No. 12 Georgia

The pick: Georgia wins, 24-21.

There was so much uproar regarding how far the Kirby Smart’s group slid in the rankings. Why? If you’re among the folks that were upset, I want you to give me the top-11 squad that belongs behind the Dawgs. Seriously, tell me. I’d love to know. Is it Alabama, who has an identical record and beat them by 7? Is it Ole Miss, who pummeled them a week ago? I’d listen to an argument about Miami, but that’s it.

Josh Heupel has slayed some giants in his tenure with the Vols, and he has another golden opportunity in front of him. I think Georgia’s home atmosphere is extremely underappreciated, so I’ll reluctantly trust the Dawgs. I don’t feel fantastic about it, though.

Game 6: No. 1 Oregon vs Wisconsin

The pick: Oregon wins, 23-20.

Records become rather obsolete when those Camp Randall lights flick on. This is a danger spot for the Ducks.

It would require a gutsier individual than me to take Wisconsin outright in this one, but that 13.5-point spread feels like a lot. The nation’s best team gets a late stop, and escapes unblemished.

  • Week 11 Results: 2-4

  • Overall Season Picks Record: 48-18

  • Current CFB Prize Pot: $270

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