$700.00 Take #133 Mississippi (-4) over Auburn (12:20 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 31)
This is my College Football Game of the Month and I like this spot for a cash. Auburn has been exposed since they started playing real competition. And right now I don’t see a big difference between Auburn and Arkansas. Ole Miss hammered Arkansas last week and I think that they will do the same here. Remember that Ole Miss was a dark horse contender in the SEC this year and a contender for a BCS bowl. They have a load of talent and I think that they can lay the wood on Auburn. This one is going to be a shootout and if that’s the case I like the team with the better quarterback and the better defense. That is the Rebels. Ole Miss is on a 20-7 ATS run going back two years and they are 8-1 ATS as a favorite. Auburn is just 3-10 ATS in its last 13 conference games.
$400.00 Take #139 Nebraska (-13) over Baylor (12:30 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 31)
I think that Nebraska will bounce back on the road this week after getting embarrassed by Iowa State in Lincoln last week. Be Pelini has said that he wants to get some of the toughness back and I’m sure that he worked his boys extra hard in practice this week. Baylor has fallen apart since Robert Griffin’s injury and a once-promising season looks to be lost. Nebraska rolls.
$300.00Take #132 Texas A&M (-6) over Iowa State (3:30 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 31)
Texas A&M has to be feeling good about itself after a big win last week at Texas Tech. That was a blowout. And Iowa State also is coming off a big win at Nebraska. But I think that in a game where both teams could have a letdown that’s got to favor the home team. The home crowd won’t let them have a letdown here. A&M is better this year than the team that went on the road and won by two touchdowns last October. Now that they are at home I think that they take care of business. The Aggies are 6-1 SU in the last seven meetings.
$400.00Take ‘Under’ 47.5 Duke at Virginia (3:30 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 31)
Duke has really come on strong in the ACC and has been somewhat of a surprise team. But I think that stops here. Virginia is a very physical team and I think that they will be able to shut down the Duke offense. Since Virginia doesn’t score much I think that this game will be somewhere around 24-13, with the home team winning. The ‘under’ is 22-10 in Duke’s last 32 road games and it is 33-15-3 in Virginia’s last 51 conference games.
$200.00 Take #205 Louisiana-Monroe (+14.5) over Troy (7 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 31)
This is a lot of points for Troy to be laying in a game between the top two teams in the Sun Belt. Three of the last five meetings have been decided by one score and Monroe is 4-1 ATS I the last five meetings.
$200.00 Take #204 Florida Atlantic (-2.5) over Middle Tennessee State (4 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 31)
I think that this line is telling me everything I need to know. Florida Atlantic came into this season considered the stronger team and they were supposed to challenge Troy for the conference title. But they lost their first four games and people kind of wrote them off. I think that’s a mistake. FAU lost to good teams from major conferences. But they have won their last two games, both on the road, and they have revenge from a one-point loss at MTSU last year. I think that veteran quarterback Rusty Smith will get the job done here. MTSU has the better record but is the underdog here. I think that tells me who is going to win.