Week One Preview College Football Preview

I am going to keep this short because I spent a ton of time on the season preview.  Starting next week these will be longer.

Southern Miss

The Golden Eagles are taking on Texas State on Saturday.  Kick for this game is 6:00.  Vegas opened this line at -9 1/2.  Line currently sits at between 7 1/2 and 8 1/2 depending on which book you look at.  This will be Texas State's second year as an FBS school.  There will be some bad plays by USM, but in the end the Golden Eagles have more talent than Texas State.

Southern Miss 31 Texas State 27

Mississippi State

The Bulldogs take on Oklahoma State in Houston on Saturday afternoon.  The kick for this game is 2:30.  I am hesitantly optimistic for this game because I think this is a bad matchup for the Bulldogs.  Vegas has this game sitting at a 12 1/2 to 13 1/2 point spread.  The bulldogs defense has their work cut out for them stopping the high paced, high powered offense that Oklahoma State will be bringing to Houston. 

If the offense does not score in the 30's you can automatically mark down a loss.  The defense have a lot of good plays and series, but the Cowboys offense will score.  Keys to this game: 1. Score touchdowns not field goals. 2. Create negative plays for the Cowboys on offense. 3.  Get off the field on third down. 

I don't see the Bulldogs winning because in the end Ok State will just be too much

Oklahoma State 34-Ms State 27 (Field goal attempts instead of touchdowns will cause the Bulldogs to lose)

Ole Miss

Last but not least Ole Miss travels to Nashville to play Vandy TONIGHT.  Kick for this game is after 8 PM.  Football is back, and I am as excited as anyone about it.  Vegas originally opened this line with Vandy as a 1 1/2 point favor.  The line currently has Ole Miss at either a 3 or 3 1/2 point favorite.  

If you know anything about the Vandy/Ole Miss series you know the games are almost always a nail bitter.  One thing I anticipate to see tonight out of the Rebels is a shaky start, especially on offense because Bo Wallace has not practiced as much as most players.  They say he is ready to go, but I anticipate seeing signs of a little rusty early. 

Vandy is a really solid football team with a really good coaching staff.  The Commodores will be ready tonight.  They played this same game last year against South Carolina and BARELY lost.  This is going to be a nail bitter, but I feel like the Rebels pull it off late, maybe even with a game winning drive at the end.  The under has been bet hard, and I have to agree with it.  I think points are going to be hard to come by early in this game. Down 21 -17 in the 4th... Wallace throws a late touchdown pass to Moncrief.  I know that ending sounds good to Rebel fans.

Ole Miss 24  Vandy 21  

I hope all teams have a great season!

My bet of the week is LA Lafayette +11 against Arkansas.  I like what the Ragin Cajuns have going with Mark Hudspeth leading them.