College Football Picks Week 3: A Saturday afternoon of great college football is about to unfold but before it does, I want to get a few quality College Football Picks Week 3 on the board from the list of College Football Odds at BetOnline.com. Our college football picks day gets started early (12:00 PM ET) with a Big East/ACC matchup between the West Virginia Mountaineers and Maryland Terrapins at Byrd Stadium in College Park Md. Both WVU and Maryland have new coaches; Randy Edsall at Maryland and Dana Holgorsen at West Virginia and both are off to great starts in 2011. The West Virginia vs. Maryland line has the Terps listed slight 1 1/2-chalk favorite for this game.
Oddsmakers currently have the Terrapins listed as 1-point favorites versus the Mountaineers, while the game's total is sitting at 57½.Last time out for West Virginia, they were a 55-12 winner as they battled Norfolk St at home. West Virginia failed to cover in the match as a 46-point favorite, while 67 combined points moved the game OVER for totals bettors. Maryland was a 32-24 winner in their at home against Miami. They covered the 4–point spread as favorites, while the total score (56) made winners of OVER bettors. My pick for this one is Maryland -1.
Joe Paterno will again be coaching from the coaches box today when the Penn State Nittany Lions visit Lincoln Financial Field at Noon today for a game with the Temple Owls. BetOnline.com currently has the Nittany Lions listed as 7-chalk favorites while the games total is at 46. If the Nittany Lions are over their 27-11 loss at the hands of Alabama in Week-2; they should win this one by a touchdown: Penn State -7 is my pick.
Bobby Dodd Stadium should be rocking this Saturday with the Kansas Jayhawks in Atlanta to play the home team Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. KU won a high scoring affair over Northern Illinois 45-42 in Week-2, covering as a 4 1/2 point home underdog. Georgia Tech won its match with Middle Tennessee 49-21 covering ATS as 13 point favorites. Oddsmakers currently have the Yellow Jackets listed as 14½-point favorites versus the Jayhawks, while the game's total is sitting at 62½: I have to go with the Yellow Jackets in this one. My Pick – GT -14 1/2.
The third week of September always signifies Tennessee and Florida will be playing a football game. This year the affair is down in the Swamp at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, Gainesville, Fla. Oddsmakers have installed the Gators as 9 1/2-chalk home favorites in this one with a 51 total. I like the Vols in this one getting +9 1/2. My Pick – Vols +9 1/2.
Miami U, the Hurricanes get a few players back today including quarterback Jacory Harris. The Hurricanes have had a few extra days to get ready for today’s game with The Ohio State University Buckeyes who come calling as +2 1/2 point underdogs. Emotions will be running high for this game. Canes will get a home win and cover -2 1/2.
The Oklahoma State Cowboys will bus up to T-Town today for a game with the Tulsa Golden Hurricane at Skelly Stadium. The high flying Cowboys are 13 1/2-chalk favorites in this one while the total sits at 68 1/2. I think OSU will be too much for TU to handle. Go with the Cowboys -13 1/2.
While we're talking about Oklahoma schools let's wrap our picks up with the No. 1 ranked Oklahoma Sooners visiting Tallahassee, Fla. for a game with No. 5 Florida State. The Seminoles have had this one circled for a long time and need to win one for the ACC and themselves. Oklahoma is favored by -3. The trendy pick is to take FSU but I go my own way on this one. I roll with the Sooners -3. My Pick – Sooners -3.
College Football Odds Week 3 : All odds discussed in this article are based on the BetOnline.com Saturday morning line.
