2014 Lock Of The Week, Week 1

After slumping to a 6-10-1 season last year, we begin fresh with two picks for your consideration:

Auburn -18 v. Arkansas 

Arkansas is so far behind their SEC West brethren and simply lacks the defense to keep this close.

Florida State -17.5 v. Oklahoma State

Similarly, Oklahoma State lost everyone from their defense last year, and now has to face the Florida State offense.  Whoops.

2014 Preview

Greetings friends!  I am one happy dude because the college football season is almost upon us.  Please enjoy these projections:






Conference Championships:

Florida State over Pitt (I'm way too bullish on Pitt, far too low on Penn State)
Michigan State over Wisconsin
Marshall over Rice
Bowling Green over Ball State
Utah State over Fresno State
Oregon over UCLA
South Carolina over LSU

No bowl projections.  Far too much ambiguity with this new system to make it a worthwhile endeavor.

PLAYOFFS?!?

Florida State over Oklahoma
Michigan State over South Carolina

Can't see 2-loss LSU in over MSU and OU squads with quality wins.  Same with Oregon.

Florida State over Michigan State.  I'll believe Michigan State reaching these heady heights when I see it.