Pigskin Picking Machine

The PPM is back with college action, but two of our teams have already played.

First, we start with a new picture replacing the lottery machine.
My favorite broadcast team is the main ABC/ESPN team of folksy Brent Musburger, former Buckeye Kirk Herbstreit and our favorite sideline reporter, Heather Cox.
Heather will likely have most of the pictures from week to week, but depending on the location, the others could have some PPM time...

As I wrote earlier, both Bowling Green and Texas Tech have played with both winning as the Falcons defeated Tulsa at home while the Red Raiders dropped SMU in Dallas.
Since those games are over, I'll have a few extra picks this week to get us started.

First, it's the Buckeyes as Ohio State hosts Buffalo.
The Bulls were just 4-8 last season in the MAC and should not give too much resistance to the second-ranked team in the country.
No need to go too much into detail...

We will have three games of the week since we missed the other two games and no NFL games yet.
Number five Georgia travels to number eight Clemson in an opening week game that could knock out the loser of the battle from national title contention.
A loss would hurt Clemson more than Georgia due to schedule, Tajh Boyd of Clemson will attempt to rip up an inexperienced Georgia secondary, while Aaron Murray will lead the Bulldogs in what could be a high scoring affair.
This should be a good one and I'll definitely be watching!

LSU travels to Texas for the Cowboy Classic against TCU.
The Tigers need to replace plenty of defenders, but can the Frogs make them pay this soon?
That's the big question along with can LSU jack up a passing game that was less than average last season?

A MAACO bowl rematch as Boise State travels to Seattle for a rematch of their bowl win against Washington.
The Broncos are always a threat to run the table and crash the BCS, so this game is their tough non-conference test of the year.
Washington is still trying to rebuild a once proud program and a win here would go a long way to that build.

Picks
Ohio State over Buffalo 52-14
Clemson over Georgia 33-30
LSU over TCU 20-15
Boise State over Washington 35-26

Photo Credit: @HeatherCoxESPN Twitter