ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL?! (Week 1 CFB picks)

Football Fiends!

The LONG — 40 weeks! We should have built an Ark to get us through the long, dry, desert known as the weeks without college football–wait is over!

COLLEGE FOOTBALL SEASON STARTS TODAY. (Go ahead, I’ll give you time to digest that info.)

It’s going to be an all college football weekend this Labor Day and I can’t wait.

Without further ado, here are my Week 1 picks:

Thursday Games:

• Wake Forest over Baylor 41-13

• South Carolina over NC State 34-0

• Oregon State over Stanford (I had a feeling about this game and almost went with Stanford, first “trust my instinct” lesson of the 2008 season) 38-26

Saturday Games:

• Utah over Michigan ( I just can’t shake the feeling that RichRod’s Wolverines are still in a bit of chaos)

• USC over Virginia (Prediction for final score: 31-14)

• Florida over Hawaii (The spread here is Hawaii +34–not quite the Colt Brennan/June Jones days anymore, is it?)

• Clemson over Alabama

• Mizzou over Illinois

• ASU over Northern AZ

• UNLV over Utah State (Utah State is getting 12.5 points. UNLV won 2 games last year. Yeah.)

• Oregon over Washington

• Boise State over Idaho State

• Nebraska over Western Michigan

• Ole Miss over Memphis

• California over Michigan State (Kevin Riley’s getting the start for Cal, not Nate Longshore, this should be interesting.)

Monday Games:

• Tennessee over UCLA

• Rutgers over Fresno State

I’ll be checking in throughout the weekend to update the wins and losses and comment. ENJOY the first weekend of the College Football Season! Only 11 more! (So sad, isn’t it? Shortest season in sports.)

-Your Gridiron Goddess