Pigskin Pickin' Machine

The PPM returns with another weekend of football and the picks for said games.

Ohio State (3-0) finishes their non-conference schedule with a visit from the 0-2 UAB Blazers.
This looks like a tuneup for the conference season as plenty of backups should get playing time.
UAB is one of the worst teams in the nation against the run and look for Braxton Miller and Jordan Hall to enjoy big games...

Bowling Green (1-2) travels to Blacksburg Virginia and an angry bunch of Virginia Tech Hokies (2-1).
The Hokies coming off an upset loss to previously winless Pittsburgh in a loss that caused them to fall from the top 25,should be sharp in this one.
Bowling Green goes back on the road after their loss to rival Toledo and should have another tough game.
Might be closer than some think...

The game of the week is in the ACC?
Yep,as tenth ranked Clemson (3-0 1-0 ACC) faces off with fourth ranked Florida State (3-0 1-0 ACC) in Tallahassee.
Taji Boyd to Sammy Watkins might be the most explosive passive combination in the country for Clemson and the Seminoles might have the best defense in the country.
This might be a rare ACC game that I bother to watch.

In the NFL,the Browns host 1-1 Buffalo in a game as I detailed yesterday might be a must win for the 0-2 Brownies.
The key in this one is Buffalo passer Ryan Fitzpatrick,who is maddeningly inconsistent.
Can Fitzpatrick take advantage of a Browns secondary without Joe Haden?
Or does he come up with a bad day with multiple interceptions?
The answer to that decides the winner.

0-2 New Orleans hosts the 0-2 Kansas City Chiefs in a must win game for the Saints.
The Saints have stumbled from the gate and will have to win this game in order to avoid a disastrous start to the season.
The Chiefs have not looked strong in either of their losses,but Carolina beat New Orleans and have looked bad in both of their losses,so I would not want to put too much into that.
The home game combined with the Chief defense makes me think that this is the bounce back week...

The game of the week has the 2-0 Falcons visiting the 2-0 Chargers.
The Chargers have won without Ryan Matthews and he is expected to return.
Michael Turner may be on the bench for Atlanta,but the Matt Ryan led passing game is the focal point of the Falcon offense anyway,so that might not be a factor.
Should be a high scoring game.

Last week:5-2
Season:14-4

Ohio State over UAB 52-6
Virginia Tech over Bowling Green 24-16
Florida State over Clemson 21-14
Browns over Bills 17-14
Saints over Chiefs 34-16
Falcons over Chargers 28-24