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Here’s the week 2 picks from the College Gameday podcast. Once again, Bill Connelly said several times he doesn’t actually show an edge on some of these games. They are picking against each other for competition, so do what you want with these.

Rece Davis:

Mississippi State  -10.5 vs Arizona

Fresno State + 1 vs Oregon State

Baylor + 3 vs BYU

Kentucky + 6 vs Florida

Houston + 3 vs Texas Tech

Iowa  -3.5 vs Iowa State

Pittsburgh + 6 vs Tennessee

Alabama  -20 vs Texas

Arkansas  -8 vs South Carolina

Bill Connelly:

Mississippi State  -10.5 vs Arizona

Fresno State + 1 vs Oregon State

BYU  -3 vs Baylor

Stanford vs Southern Cal Under 67.5

Kentucky + 6 vs Florida

Texas Tech  -3 vs Houston

Iowa State + 3.5 vs Iowa

Tennessee  -6 vs Pittsburgh

Alabama  -20 vs Texas

Arkansas  -8 vs South Carolina

Pete Thamel:

Oregon State  -1 vs Fresno State

BYU  -3 vs Baylor

Kentucky + 6 vs Florida

Texas Tech  -3 vs Houston

Iowa State + 3.5 vs Iowa

Virginia + 4.5 vs Illinois

Pittsburgh + 6 vs Tennessee

Alabama  -20 vs Texas

South Carolina + 8 vs Arkansas

The newly revamped College Gameday podcast was back today with more picks for your weekend. I haven’t decided if I’m counting Bill Connelly’s picks in the official record yet because he’s being forced to pick these games and often notes he doesn’t see a big edge on a game. Use these for your entertainment purposes only.

Pete Thamel:
Illinois+1.5 vs Indiana
Oregon+17 vs Georgia (Georgia wins)
Cinci+6.5 vs Arkansas (Cinci outright)
Utah-3 vs Florida
Ohio State-17 vs Notre Dame
Liberty+3.5 vs Southern Miss

Rece Davis:
Illinois+1.5 vs Indiana
Oregon+17 vs Georgia (Georgia wins)
Arkansas-6.5 vs Cinci
Utah-3 vs Florida
Ohio State-17 vs Notre Dame
North Texas+12 vs SMU

Bill Connelly:
Illinois+1.5 vs Indiana
Georgia-17 vs Oregon
Arkansas-6.5 vs Cinci
Utah-3 vs Florida
Notre Dame+17 vs Ohio State
SDSU-6 vs Arizona

This season ESPN has revamped their existing college football podcast and called it the College Gameday podcast. Your hosts on Fridays are going to be Rece Davis, the newly acquired Pete Thamel, and Bill Connelly. They will be picking games against the spread and competing for steak because they like steak and I like steak too. Below are their week 0 picks against the spread.

Note: I am NOT counting these in Bill Connelly’s official pick record unless he makes it clear these are official picks. During the season he usually releases his weekly SP+ projections and puts official picks on ESPN Chalk. These guys on the podcast are competing for fun and picking the same slate of games so I doubt very much these are worth playing, but this is where he stands on these games at least.

Rece Davis:
Utah State-27.5 vs UConn
Charlotte+8 vs FAU
Hawaii+8 vs Vanderbilt
Illinois-11 vs Wyoming
Northwestern+13 vs Nebraska

Pete Thamel:
Utah State-27.5 vs UConn
FAU-8 vs Charlotte
Hawaii+8 vs Vanderbilt
Illinois-11 vs Wyoming
Northwestern+13 vs Nebraska

Bill Connelly:
I think he picked the Utah State/UConn under but didn’t specify a line
Charlotte+8 vs FAU
Hawaii+8 vs Vanderbilt
Illinois-11 vs Wyoming
Nebraska-13 vs Northwestern