NCAAF Pick 'Em: Week 2

Opening week was a wake-up call for many of college football's top teams. Florida struggled against Miami (Ohio) in their first game sans Tim Tebow. Oklahoma barely came out on top against Utah State playing without Sam Bradford. More disastrous was Ole Miss' loss to FCS opponent Jacksonville State. The guru got off to a slow start as well, but he is expecting improved results in the second week. Good luck to all pick 'em contestants.

Note that the number in parentheses denotes the spread.

Wake Forest (-6) vs Duke     Wake Forest
Georgia Tech (-14) at Kansas     Georgia Tech
South Carolina (-3) vs Georgia     South Carolina
Army (-3) vs Hawaii     Army
Florida (-15) vs South Florida     Florida
Oklahoma (-7) vs Florida State     Florida State
Iowa (-13.5) vs Iowa State     Iowa
Ohio State (-8.5) vs Miami (Florida)     Miami (Florida)
California (-10) vs Colorado     California
Notre Dame (-4) vs Michigan     Michigan
Air Force (-1) vs BYU     Air Force
Washington (-13.5) vs Syracuse     Syracuse
Oregon (-12) at Tennessee     Oregon
LSU (-9.5) at Vanderbilt     LSU
Alabama (-12) vs Penn State     Penn State
Texas A&M vs Louisiana Tech     Texas A&M
Central Florida (-3) vs NC State     NC State
Ole Miss (-20.5) at Tulane     Ole Miss
Southern California (-19.5) vs Virginia     Southern California
Stanford (-6) at UCLA     Stanford

Wake Forest is without Riley Skinner and the Blue Devils are missing Thaddeus Lewis. The Demon Deacons win at home in the new QBs first ACC game...Turner Gill will turn his new team around after a 6-3 loss to North Dakota State in his debut, but recall the Jayhawks surrendering 4.0 YPC in 2009. Not helpful against Georgia Tech's triple-option attack...The Bulldogs may be ranked higher than the other USC, but expect the Gamecocks to come out on top. It seems as though Steve Spurrier has finally implemented the high-scoring offense he was famous for at Florida...The Black Knights do one thing offensively, and that is run the football. The Warriors surrendered 246 yards on the ground last week (7.0 YPC) and 2,624 yards in 2009 (4.9 YPC). Expect Army to pound the ball with success almost every snap. Plus, Hawaii can't be happy about playing in West Point...Florida certainly struggled offensively in Week 1, fumbling eight times en route to 25 total yards of offense after three quarters. But the athletes the Gators have are just too much for USF to handle...After allowing 341 passing yards to Utah State, expect Oklahoma to have trouble containing FSU QB Christian Ponder, who went 12-14 on Saturday. Don't sleep on the Seminoles this week in Norman...With one of the nations' premiere defenses, Iowa should have no trouble handling their in-state rival Cyclones, whom they have held without a touchdown since 2006, a streak currently at 14 quarters. QB Ricky Stanzi (18-23 last week) will keep things moving offensively to cover the spread...The premiere game of the weekend will be the battle between Ohio State and Miami (Florida). Playing in Columbus, Terrelle Pryor will likely lead his Buckeyes to victory, but the 8.5 point spread may be too much to overcome...The Irish defense answered questions about their supposes lack of speed against Purdue, but Michigan QB Denard Robinson will give them headaches. Wolverines upset Notre Dame in South Bend...BYU looked impressive in their win against Washington, but Air Force is an entirely different opponent. Expect the Cougars to struggle containing the Falcons' option offense...Washington will likely win the game, but won't outscore Syracuse by two touchdowns...Oregon brings their ultra-explosive offense to Knoxville this weekend, where Volunteer fans are missing NFL first round draft picks Eric Berry and Dan Williams. The Ducks win comfortably on the road...Vanderbilt played well against Northwestern in their opening game, but LSU is too good for a 9.5 point spread...Alabama will be without Heisman Trophy winner Mark Ingram, but backup Trent Richardson has the goods to pick up the slack. The Tide, who lost three cornerbacks to the NFL, will be victorious, but not by 12 points...