Looking ahead to the weekend CFB matchups

One line stands out to me...Penn State +10 at Virginia.  Its a combination of Penn St being bad but not THAT bad and Virginia is way to soft to be laying 10 points of chalk against anyone.  I think Penn St could win outright so I'll take the points.

Kansas St. -7 at home against the Canes in intriguing.  We havent seen KState yet but they were pretty impressive last year.  I think the Canes are a little overvalued.  Duke Johnson is a beast and bailed them out of a pretty lackluster performance. I think this is  a trap with alot of the public siding with the U. 

Early NCAA Plays this week.

Ohio Ice feels strongly about this weeks Thursday and Friday Night Play

Pittsburgh/Cincinnati

If you look at the 4 point line and immediately jump on UC..ask yourself, what do you know about UC?  They have a good coach and a whole new cast of unproven talent.  Will they reload?  Pitt on the other hand got dismantled by a FCS school last week.  Hard to spin it any other way.  They had a number of suspended players back this week and I think they are better than UC.

Pittsburgh +4.  Dont be shocked if Pitt wins outright

Utah/Utah St.

People still havent forgotten Utah St.'s almost shocking upset at Auburn last year.  They even went to a bowl (and lost to Ohio U). But what people might have forgotten is that Utah might be the best team in the Pac 10 not called USC or Oregon.  They are extremely talented and will roll their instate rival

Utah -7

Baylor/SMU

Ball clubs a-la LSU, 'Bama, Ohio State, USC always load up perennially.

And Baylor does?

SMU +7.5

Nice pick Schlitz!

Bama/Michigan

Ask yourselves this question: Can Dennard Robinson throw the pigskin through those slim Crimson Tide windows?

Probably not - which means he has to run...and he is not running against Purdue's defense.

Alabama -13

Grrrrr...

....Boise...

Damned if you do...

Anyway moving on and trying not to feel too down. Lots of BCS vs. Mid-Major matchups at 12 p.m. and to be perfectly honest in a normal week I'd skip them all.

However this is opening week so I'll indulge a little.

Georgia -38.5 over Buffalo: Georgia's defense might be their best in years and I expect Aaron Murray to try to launch his darkhorse Heisman campaign this week. 52-7 is my call.

Pondering Ohio State -25.5 over Miami (Ohio) in Urban's debut but not quite there yet.

Boise = Damned if you do...

I love watching Boise State.

I hate betting on Boise State.

They are too good to feel confident about betting against them in big games even though they are routinely at a talent and depth disadvantage.

That being said Friday's game against Michigan State is just too good to pass up. The Spartans are a -7 favorite, which according to Ohio Ice has recently moved up from 6.5. This is a total trap line in my opinion. Boise has lost of ton -- most of their front seven on defense, Kellen Moore and Doug Martin on offense.

Michigan State should have their way with Boise State to the tune of 34-17. That being said there will be late money on Boise because people have been burned by the Broncos in the past and the argument of giving Chris Petersen nine months to prep for one game usually works out in his favor.

Don't fall for it.

Period.

CMC Mock Draft NFL Futures Challenge

To build off the massive popularity of the CMC mock draft.  This is the first annual NFL futures challenge.

Ohio Ice's picks are sponsored by Bubble Up (because they have pa-Zazz for that Azz)

Top five picks are highlighted in Green and Red

Cardinals	7	Over	Cards can win 8 games in an easier conference if Kolb can be average
Falcons	9	Over	Tough division but this is the team that I think has the Texans breakout of last year.  If they split with NO they can hit 10
Ravens	10	Under	With Pitt and Cincy in conference its not hard to see a 9-7 especially with the way they play down to their competition out of division
Bills	8	Under	Not a 9-7 team considering NE should be them twice
Panthers	7.5	Over	I can see the Panthers at 8-8 if they can impove even slightly on D
Bears	9.5	Under	A 9-7 Bears wouldn’t be shocking with 4 games against GB and DET
Bengals	8	Under	Sophomore slump for Dalton  They had a favorable schedule last year and his numbers waned as defenses figured him out
Browns	5	Under	This team sucks and they have to play 6 games against Bengals, Ravens, Steelers
Cowboys	8.5	Under	Tough call but Philly and NYG seem better bets
Broncos	9	Over	Just cant bet against Manning and an easy division
Lions	9	Under	I think they will go 9-7 but have to pick one or the other.  Easier to see 8-8 than 10-6
Packers	12	Over	No reason to think Pack cant win 13
Texans	10	Over	Tough call 10-6 is about right so I'll go over in with 6 games against Titans, Colts, Jags
Colts	5	Under	Rookie QB and depleted roster
Jags	5.5	Over	They could win 6 even though they suck because all the other crappy teams are in their division
Chiefs	8	Under	All their weapons back but Eli Manning is in the house along with Phil Rivers
Dolphins	7	Under	Dolphins suck…and their division is strong see also Browns,Cleveland
Vikings	6	Under	If Bears, Lions, and Green Bay are strong then Vikings must not win many…see also Browns, Cleveland and Dolphins, Miami
Patriots	12	Over	No reason to think Brady and his newest cast of weapons cant win 13 (they won 14 last year withou Brandon Lloyd)
Saints	10	Under	Tough one as 10 is the right number to me. I say under and bet on a Falcons resurgence with all the distractions in New Orleans
Giants	9	Over	They are the Giants…they'll probably suck during the regular season and win 9 games…but I have to pick something!
Jets	8.5	Over	They can win 9 with a little Tebow magic
Raiders	7	Under	If you cant see the Oakland raiders at 6-10 then you havent seen the Oakland Raiders
Eagles	10.5	Over	This is another breakout team if Vick can stay healthy.  11 wins for the best team on paper is doable
Steelers	10	Over	Never bet against the Steelers in anything except a hot cheerleader competition
Chargers	9	Over	Denver and SD in a dog fight with KC and Oak sniffing jockstraps
49ers	10	Over	Super easy conference with one of the best D in football.
Seahawks	7	Under	These guys kinda suck unless Matt Flynn is the real deal.  They have holes all over the roster
Rams	6	Over	The Rams made some moves in the offseason, their conference is soft, and we have forgotten about last year.
Buccaneers	6	Under	They brought in some weapons but they have a very stiff schedule
Titans	7	Over	Easiest conference in football gifts them 8-8 or 9-7 like last year
Redskins	6.5	Under	They could win 7 but Dallas, NYG, and Philly are all better than them.  They would be the best 6-10 team in the league…but it could happen