Pigskin Pickin' Machine

The PPM returns on a Ohio State bye week and the Browns and Seahawks playing each other.

Texas Tech (4-2 1-2) travels to Norman and the waiting third ranked Oklahoma Sooners (6-0 3-0)
The Red Raiders come off two close losses to ranked teams,but the Sooners are a different level than Kansas State and Texas A&M.
Look for the Sooners to hang 50 on the Tech defense...

Fifth ranked Boise State (6-0 1-0) plays its first Mountain West home against Air Force (3-3 0-2).
Believe it or not Air Force is ahead of Boise in yards gained on offense,most of those on the ground.
Air Force might stay in this for a while,but Boise will pull away....

Bowling Green (3-4 1-2) hosts Temple (5-2 2-1).
Temple beat Maryland badly,lost tight to Penn State,but was thumped by Toledo,who BG played tight last week.
The Owls are coming off back to back shutouts and seem to be a class above the Falcons...

The game of the week has the bully of the Big Ten-the Wisconsin Badgers and their number six ranking (6-0 2-0) traveling to East Lansing for Michigan State (5-1 2-0) and the waiting 16th ranked Spartans.
Many are looking for the upset-not me.
MSU showed me little against Ohio State,I like the Badgers,BIG!

The Cleveland Browns (2-3) host the Seattle Seahawks (2-3).
The Seahawks come off the bye and an excellent road win over the Giants.
Tavaris Jackson is out,(whether that is good or bad,you make the call) due to injury,so Charlie Whitehurst will start under center for the Hawks.
The Browns struggled on offense against Oakland and had special teams breakdowns,which is some concern against Leon Washington.
This looks to be a very close game and a tough one to call.
Cleveland has home field,but Seattle comes off the bye and a big win,so this one could go either way.

Game of the week features the talented,but disappointing Atlanta Falcons (3-3) against the surprising (5-1) Detroit Lions.
The Lions score lots and allow lots,so the over seems to be a real safe bet in this one.
Whichever team holds the others top receiver (Roddy White or Calvin Johnson) in check better might be the winner of the game.

Our Picks
Oklahoma over Texas Tech 50-26
Boise State over Air Force 45-17
Temple over Bowling Green 21-10
Wisconsin over Michigan State 38-17
Seahawks over Browns 20-17
Falcons over Lions 38-35