Hatchline’s Week 8 College Pick-em Picks

No. 1 Florida @ Mississippi State (7:30 PM ET on ESPN/360)
Tennessee @ No. 2 Alabama (3:30 PM ET on CBS)
No. 3 Texas @ Missouri (8:00 PM ET on ABC/ESPN 360)
No. 4 Boise State @ Hawaii (11:05 PM ET on ESPN 360)
Louisville @ No. 5 Cincinnati (3:30 PM ET on ESPNU)
No. 6 Iowa @ Michigan State (7:00 PM ET on Big 10 Network)
Oregon State @ No. 7 USC (8:00 PM ET on ABC/ESPN 360)
No. 8 TCU @ No. 16 BYU
Auburn @ No. 9 LSU (7:30 PM ET on ESPN2/360)
Clemson @ No. 10 Miami (FL) (3:30 PM ET on ABC/ESPN 360)
No. 11 Oregon @ Washington (3:30 PM ET on ABC/ESPN 360)
No. 12 Georgia Tech @ Virginia
No. 13 Penn State @ Michigan (3:30 PM ET on ABC)
No. 15 Oklahoma State @ Baylor
Southern Methodist @ No. 17 Houston
Air Force @ No. 18 Utah
Minnesota @ No. 19 Ohio State (12:00 PM ET on ESPN/360)
South Florida @ No. 20 Pittsburgh (12:00 PM ET on ESPN 360)
UCLA @ No. 22 Arizona
Connecticut @ No. 23 West Virginia (7:00 PM ET on ESPNU)
Vanderbilt @ No. 24 South Carolina (7:00 PM ET on ESPNU)
Oklahoma @ No. 25 Kansas (3:30 PM ET on ABC/ESPN 360)

After last week’s poor showing, this is a make up week with a lot of not-so-exciting games and a relatively safe week with only 1 upset, which is only really an upset on paper, Sooners over Jayhawks. With officiating being ridiculed on all fronts (Football, Basketball, and definitely Baseball!), this is sure to be a more tightly watched weekend. Look for the once favored teams (FLORIDA… ahem) to not (GET THE GAME HANDED TO THEM… ahem) have the same sort of advantages (REFEREES UNDER INVESTIGATION… ahem… sorry, I’ve got this cough that translates into my typing. I don’t know what the deal is. This is weird) that they had last week. Fortunately for the big boys, they’re all playing lesser teams. Gators at Miss State, Volunteers at Bama, Longhorns at Missou and Hawkeyes at Spartans; those should all be winners. Once again, the PAC-10 shows that they’re the only ones with consistently difficult schedules. Oregon State at USC might be a blowout, but we all know what the Beavers did to the men of Troy last year, and just like the SEC, 80% of the teams are legit. Only there’s less teams in the PAC-10 and they all play each other. The PAC-10 isn’t the best conference, but it’s certainly much tougher than people give them credit for.