College Football week 1 Sunday Funday

Normally Sunday’s are spent watching NFL football, and I’d have those picks published for you to follow.  Unfortunately, college starts a week before the NFL, creating a mass void for 1 week.  Coming down from the high of footballs return is a worse hangover than too many tequila shots.  Fortunately, the good folks in media programing realized this void and make a nice show of faith by providing 1 game on Sunday.  It’s like the hair of the dog, much needed, but not quite enough for a full recovery.  In light of this, I’ve decided to do a Sunday Funday pick, kind of like a blue light special, if you want to pick it up you can, if you pass you probably won’t even remember you considered action on the game.

Purdue @ Marshall -7:

This game didn’t make my “the weekend” selections, mainly because it missed my value cut off of 3+.  Every time I looked at this game I thought Marshall is going to smoke them, and disagreed with what the computer was telling me, and since I was split on the game, I couldn’t recommend it.  This morning I’ve taken a more open approach to this game and removed my bias towards Marshall.  I think the computer is right, this shouldn’t be a touchdown game.  These 2 teams are very closely rated and could be pick em on a neutral field.  So I looked into each teams experience, and there is another indicator pointing towards Purdue.  Purdue has 15 returning starters while Marshall only has 11, and has a new starting QB.  In addition to that, Purdue’s head coach is entering his 3^rd season leading the team, and that is usually the money season for a head coach as he has his scheme fully integrated, and multiple rounds of bringing in his players.  Look for Purdue to keep it closer than expected. 

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