Updated Westgate 2015 College Football Games of the Year

Get you bets in now on all the big games. 

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2015
CLEMSON -3
LOUISVILLE

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2015
FLORIDA ST -13.5
BOSTON COLLEGE

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2015
OLE MISS
ALABAMA -8.5

SOUTH CAROLINA
GEORGIA -12.5

GEORGIA TECH
NOTRE DAME -9

NEBRASKA
MIAMI FL -3

AUBURN
LSU -2.5

COLORADO -4.5
COLORADO ST @ DENVER, CO

CALIFORNIA
TEXAS -3.5

STANFORD
USC -7

BYU
UCLA -18.5

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2015
CINCINNATI
MEMPHIS -4

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2015
BOISE ST -7.5
VIRGINIA

STANFORD -13.5
OREGON ST

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2015
UCLA -3.5
ARIZONA

USC -3
ARIZONA ST

OKLAHOMA ST -2.5
TEXAS

BYU
MICHIGAN -10.5

TEXAS A&M
ARKANSAS -3 @ ARLINGTON, TX

TENNESSEE PK
FLORIDA

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2015
MIAMI FL -1.5
CINCINNATI

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2015
MEMPHIS -9.5
SOUTH FLORIDA

U CONN
BYU -16.5

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2015
OLE MISS -4.5
FLORIDA

ALABAMA -3
GEORGIA

ARKANSAS
TENNESSEE PK

NOTRE DAME
CLEMSON -1.5

ARIZONA
STANFORD -9

ARIZONA ST
UCLA -7.5

KANSAS ST
OKLAHOMA ST -7.5

TEXAS
TCU -21.5

UNLV
NEVADA -10.5

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2015
SMU
HOUSTON -16.5

WASHINGTON
USC -21

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2015
NC STATE
VIRGINIA TECH -4.5

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2015
ARKANSAS
ALABAMA -9.5

LSU -6.5
SOUTH CAROLINA

GEORGIA -2.5
TENNESSEE

TCU -12.5
KANSAS ST

OKLAHOMA -8.5
TEXAS @ DALLAS, TX

MIAMI FL
FLORIDA ST -11.5

WISCONSIN -2.5
NEBRASKA

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2015
AUBURN -11.5
KENTUCKY

UCLA
STANFORD -1

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2015
CINCINNATI
BYU -3

BOISE ST -5.5
UTAH ST

UNLV
FRESNO ST -11.5

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2015
MICHIGAN ST -4.5
MICHIGAN

OREGON -16.5
WASHINGTON

OKLAHOMA -6
KANSAS ST

LOUISVILLE
FLORIDA ST -9.5

FLORIDA
LSU -10

USC
NOTRE DAME -2

PENN ST
OHIO ST -23.5

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2015
TEMPLE
EAST CAROLINA PK

CALIFORNIA
UCLA -12.5

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2015
MEMPHIS -10.5
TULSA

UTAH ST
SAN DIEGO ST -1

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2015
UTAH
USC -10.5

KANSAS ST
TEXAS -5

TENNESSEE
ALABAMA -12

AUBURN
ARKANSAS PK

CLEMSON -4.5
MIAMI FL

FLORIDA ST
GEORGIA TECH PK

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2015
NORTH CAROLINA
PITTSBURGH -1.5

WEST VIRGINIA
TCU -18.5

OREGON -2.5
ARIZONA ST

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2015
LOUISVILLE -8.5
WAKE FOREST

LOUISIANA TECH -4.5
RICE

WYOMING
UTAH ST -18.5

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2014
CLEMSON -8.5
NC STATE

OLE MISS
AUBURN -4.5

USC -8.5
CALIFORNIA

FLORIDA
GEORGIA -7.5 @ JACKSONVILLE, FL

MICHIGAN -1
MINNESOTA

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2015
MISSISSIPPI ST
MISSOURI -2.5

BAYLOR -11.5
KANSAS ST

NEVADA
FRESNO ST -4

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2015
TEMPLE -8.5
SMU

BYU -1
SAN JOSE ST

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2015
MICHIGAN ST -6.5
NEBRASKA

MINNESOTA
OHIO ST -25.5

TCU -7.5
OKLAHOMA ST

LSU
ALABAMA -8.5

ARKANSAS
OLE MISS -4.5

AUBURN -2.5
TEXAS A&M

FLORIDA ST
CLEMSON -3

NOTRE DAME -9.5
PITTSBURGH

ARIZONA
USC -13.5

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2015
VIRGINIA TECH
GEORGIA TECH -6

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2015
USC -14
COLORADO

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2015
OREGON
STANFORD -1

GEORGIA
AUBURN -4.5

ARKANSAS
LSU -3.5

ALABAMA -9.5
MISSISSIPPI ST

OKLAHOMA
BAYLOR -10.5

BYU
MISSOURI -10 @ KANSAS CITY, MO

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2015
EAST CAROLINA
CENTRAL FLORIDA -6

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2015
CINCINNATI -7.5
SOUTH FLORIDA

AIR FORCE
BOISE ST -16.5

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2015
TCU -4
OKLAHOMA

BAYLOR -9.5
OKLAHOMA ST

MICHIGAN ST
OHIO ST -12.5
MICHIGAN
PENN ST -1.5

LSU
OLE MISS -4

GEORGIA TECH -1
MIAMI FL

ARIZONA
ARIZONA ST -6.5

USC
OREGON -2.5

UCLA -3
UTAH

CALIFORNIA
STANFORD -10.5

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2015
TEXAS TECH
TEXAS -9.5

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2015
IOWA
NEBRASKA -8.5

WASHINGTON ST
WASHINGTON -6

MISSOURI
ARKANSAS -10

OREGON ST
OREGON -21.5

BAYLOR
TCU -4.5

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2015
KANSAS ST -19.5
KANSAS

OKLAHOMA -1.5
OKLAHOMA ST

NORTHWESTERN -8.5
ILLINOIS @ CHICAGO, IL

OHIO ST -13.5
MICHIGAN

PENN ST
MICHIGAN ST -13.5

WISCONSIN -5.5
MINNESOTA

ALABAMA -2.5
AUBURN

FLORIDA ST -1.5
FLORIDA

GEORGIA -3.5
GEORGIA TECH

LOUISVILLE -3.5
KENTUCKY

OLE MISS -4.5
MISSISSIPPI ST

CLEMSON -4
SOUTH CAROLINA

VANDERBILT
TENNESSEE -24

UCLA
USC -4.5

NOTRE DAME
STANFORD -2.5

NORTH CAROLINA
NC STATE -1

VIRGINIA TECH -5.5
VIRGINIA

BYU
UTAH ST -1

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2015
TEXAS
BAYLOR -20.5

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2015
ARMY
NAVY -14 @ PHILADELPHIA, PA

Roberts Week 3 College Football Selections

Here are my college football plays for week 3. I'm going against the grain on a few which is discomforting, but nevertheless, I like them. Good luck this week, and may all your plays get there!

Saturday, September 2010
Purdue -16.5 vs Ball State (The Bridge walk has brought community pride for a non-conference game like never before. This is a big game for Purdue and Indiana bragging rights.)

Illinois -7 vs Northern Illinois (Illiini take care of business against big offensive line of NIU before Big-10 schedule starts. They won't take game lightly.)

Ohio State -29 vs Ohio (The OHIO STATE university will once again show why they all say "THE" when trying to differentiate the two Ohio schools)

Oklahoma State -6.5 vs Tulsa (Too much offensive firepower for Tulsa to hang with. Low spread is a gift, Cowboys should roll by 17 points,)

Florida State -10 vs BYU (The Cougars are still trying to figure out who they are while the Seminoles know their status. Comfort in the offensive structure lead State to an easy win.)

Oklahoma -16.5 vs Air Force (Could we all be mistaken by the upset win of Air Force over BYU last week? Love the Sooners in Norman to blow the Falcons away.)

UCLA +4.5 vs Houston (As bad as UCLA has been this year, they'll be playing their weakest opponent and should be able to muscle Houston on each side of the ball. The Pistol offense of UCLA finally shows some rewards and they win in a shootout. I like the total to go over 64 points as well.)

Roberts College Football Bowl Selections: Bad Santa Re-Gifted and Has Left, Time to Win!

What a great start to the Bowl season. It was as if Bad Santa came down my chimney, kicked me in the nads, flipped me off, grabbed my wallet, drank all my bourbon, and then left in my car. Needless to say, the beginning to my wagering season has been tough.

I have started out 0-3 betting on games that I really liked only to watch them get blasted. Other than losing the money itself, at least the games were such blowouts that there was no pain involved. It almost like the tale of shark-bite victims that say the sheeering of the sharp teeth into the flesh leave a numbness of not knowing that your leg is gone.

If I had to do it all over again, I would still take Oregon State, Cal, and Nevada, that is if I didn’t see the score. The ratings I keep told me all three of those games were a higher margin than the spread indicated which has to be wagered upon.

I could waver and drastically adjust, but everything circles around. Once you over-adjust and have a knee-jerk reaction, that’s when you miss out when the true numbers come to fruition. The only adjusting done was to downgrade the Pac-10 participants slightly because of how badly they looked while at the same time, upgrading the Mountain West rating.

It’s obvious the Mountain West is taking no prisoners right now and are relishing in their pride after going 3-0 in their games thus far. In all three of their wins, each Mountain team was an underdog including Wyoming who was getting 12.5-points to Fresno State.

Along those same lines we can downgrade the WAC somewhat because of their awful 0-2 record against the spread and straight up. Both of their entries had the largest spreads of the Bowl season with Fresno State (-12.5) and Nevada (-11.5).

The two conferences collide against one another in the Fiesta Bowl January 4 with TCU a 7-point favorite over Boise State. No adjustment has been made by the sports books on TCU since two of their representaives got bashed. What it says is that the level of play in the WAC with all their gaudy offensive numbers don’t match-up well with play of other conferences. TCU was a strong play before the WAC was unmasked, but even stronger now due to the value of a conference rating shift.

Here’s a few games over the weekend that I will play in hopes of getting back some of the cash Santa took from me. Just because the favorites have gone 1-5 to start the bowl season, it will not deter me. I'm just sorry my rating didn't have a better feel for what was going to happen so I could hae cashed with the money lines on thos games.

Saturday
Little Caesars Pizza Bowl @ Detroit
Ohio -3 vs Marshall: The Thundering Herd has lost 3 of their last 4 coming in to this game with the one win  against SMU. Ohio nearly won the MAC Title game, losing 20-10 to Central Michigan, but had won four straight going in. Marshall is 2-6 ATS in their last 8 vs. MAC teams.

Meineke Car Bowl @ Charlotte
North Carolina +2.5 vs. Pitt: This is like a home game for Butch Davis and his Tar Heels. Regardless of where they have played, Davis has had his team ready for the Bowl season. UNC is 5-2 straight up in their last seven bowl games and 5-1-1 ATS. Pitt lost a tough season finale to Cincinnati and have a dynamic running attack, however they are coached by Dave Wannstedt. In Pitt’s last 11 Bowl games they are 3-8.

Emerald Bowl @ San Francisco
USC -7 vs. Boston College: The Trojans could be without Joe McKnight and they have three other players suspended, however, the talent pool is grossly weighted with USC. Now it’s a matter of them executing and Pete Carroll with time to work on it usually always gets it done. Look for USC to come out strong being once again the pillar of strength representing the Pac-10’s pride.

Sunday
Music City Bowl @ Nashville
Kentucky +7 vs. Clemson: Clemson is coming off back to back losses which is a bad trend for any ACC team when facing an SEC team in the Bowls. In the last seven situations it has occurred the ACC has failed miserably going 0-7 straight up and 1-6 ATS. Look for the ACC to be exposed once again as one of the worst BCS conferences.

Monday
Independence Bowl @ Shreveport
Georgia -7 vs. Texas A & M +7: Jerrod Johnson has really come on at QB for the Aggies giving them the ability to quick score against anyone. The problem has been their defense. Witness the Aggies last game against Texas where they hung around all game before losing 49-39. The total should fly over in this one even though it’s as high as 67. Georgia has beaten everyone they were supposed to this season except Kentucky, losing their other three teams to top-10 ranked teams. A & M’s defense should allow Bulldog QB Joe Cox to write his own score.

Tuesday
Eagle Bank Bowl @ Washing D.C.
UCLA -5.5 vs. Temple: UCLA is the weakest of the bowl teams to make it from the Pac-10, needing Navy to beat Army to get in. The best thing UCLA has going for them is Coach Rick Neuheisel who is 6-1 ATS in bowls. He gets his team ready and psyched to face anyone when having time to prepare for an opponent. We’ve seen it the last two seasons where he has won big games to start the year despite not having a very good offensive attack. Having QB Kevin Prince as the starter for UCLA will be huge. MAC teams are 1-7 straight up and 0-8 ATS coming off a loss going to Bowls.

Champs Sports Bowl @ Orlando
Miami -3 vs. Wisconsin: This will be the first chance we get to pick against a Big-10 team in the bowls, a trend that has worked out well in recent years. Miami is 8-3 ATS in their last 11 bowl games while the Big-10 went 1-6 as a conference in last years bowls. Big-10 teams are 1-5 straight up and ATS against ACC teams in bowls this decade.

Bowl Record: 0-3

Roberts College Football Selections: UCLA Looking to Kick USC When Down

The game I find the most intriguing is the UCLA-USC game. It won’t match the action of the Boise State game, or have as much on the line for that matter, but the city of Los Angeles is up for grabs.

UCLA Coach Rick Neuheisel preached about getting to the level of USC very soon. Little did he expect it to get that way by USC getting closer to their level. UCLA has won three straight coming into this game while USC has lost two of their last three in embarrassing fashion. This game is about saving some dignity for Troy while UCLA will use it to show prosperity.

USC has been a solid 14-point favorite all week. Even though the game is at the Coliseum, you can still expect to have a large contingency of powder blue in the stands who are excited as ever for this game based on the appearance of a down USC team.

Look for an offense led by UCLA Freshman QB Kevin Prince to outduel the more famous QB in USC's Matt Barkely and keep the game close. This is the best time to shine for UCLA and win the Los Angeles recruiting war. Neuheisel will have his team ready for this game while USC is adjusting to playing in a weed-whacker type bowl.

UCLA +14 gets the money this week and if you're brave, take a shot on the possibility of a major upset on the money-line.

Other Saturday Games:
Arizona -3.5 @ Arizona State
Houston -29 vs Rice
Notre Dame +10 @ Stanford
North Carolina -6.5 @ NC State

Roberts College Football Picks: 4 Dogs to Get The Weekend Started Right

LSU +3 @ Georgia: This line is low because of the devalued opinion of LSU based on last weeks struggle at Mississippi State where LSU won 30-26. The Tigers have a big game at home against Florida that everyone has circled and there is a thought that they’ll be looking ahead and not coming in focused. They also have the pressure of being a top-5 team now which has turned bad for five other teams this season. All past trends, including Les Miles poor record as a road underdog (0-3) in SEC play, make it a tough position for LSU. This is why LSU will win this week, if that makes any sense.

Cal +5 vs. USC: USC is in a tough position here. After winning ugly late against the Buckeyes, the young Trojans have struggled to recapture the same type of Championship mentality in their last two games against Washington and Washington State. Cal just got embarrassed by Oregon, but should be better in this match despite going 1-7 against Pete Carroll. This isn’t the same USC squad of years past. Their Freshman QB play has been awful this year other than one late drive in Columbus. Jahvid Best will continue his Heisman run with a great day against a good defense.

UCLA +5 @ Stanford: The Bruins are the only undefeated team in the PAC-10 and have won five straight over Stanford. Rick Neuheisel has something brewing in Westwood and the defense will carry them to victory this week. A great money line play with an under rated UCLA squad.

Syracuse +6 vs. South Florida: This is a perfect let down spot for the Bulls after their huge win at Florida State last week. Cuse QB Greg Paulus has put up 35 points in back to back games and the Carrierdome should provide a hungry atmosphere for a win. A good money line play this week, but getting six in what should be a close game is even better.

Last Week: 1-3
Season Record: 7-11

College Football Picks - Week 2: USC vs Ohio State

by M Roberts

South Carolina @ Georgia UNDER 39.5: This battle has gone under the total in their last 8 meetings where ever they have played. Steve Spurrier doesn’t want to throw, eliminate mistakes, and take his chances late in a close game. The last two season even with Matt Stafford and Knowshon Moreno leading a high powered offense, Georgia could only muster 26 points combined. Hard to figure out why the line has moved up, but it has from 38.

Michigan +3 vs. Notre Dame: The last few games have not really been close. The home team has won eight of the last 10 in this series. ND’s last win at Michigan came in 2005 with Brady Quinn. It looks like ND has another good one with Jimmy Clausen, but the home team should prevail in the Big House. Whether it’s good, or bad, the Vegas bettors agree too as the line has dropped from the opener of ND -4.

Ohio State +7 vs. USC: The Buckeyes got a nice wake up call last week with a scare against Navy. The Columbus faithful have had this game circled since getting buried 35-3 in Los Angeles last year. The Buckeye faithful feel that since USC lost most of it’s defense from last year as well as their starting QB, that they’ll be just fine at home with their own seasoned QB running a swanky new offense.

Apparently, Las Vegas doesn’t agree with Columbus. The game originally opened up as USC a -3 point favorite on an early line two months ago raising a few eye-brows that such a young team would be favored in Columbus. The combination of the occurrences from last week in each of their games made the opening line on Monday -7 where it has stayed all week.

USC reloads every year and they showed it last week with Freshman QB Matt Barkley leading the charge with 56 points against San Jose State. The greatest stat of the week involves USC and Pete Carroll in their last nine games against the Big 10 that has seen the Trojans win and cover all nine. In all nine instances, USC won by double digits.

On a positive note for Ohio State, their 12th man, the Fans - all 106,000 of them get to rattle a freshman QB. No matter what Barkley says to shrug off the daunting task of calling plays in front of what is arguably the most hostile crowd in College Football, he’ll still be affected. He may have all the tools and make up to make him great down the road, but not in his first road game a s a collegian, and not there.

This is only the third time the Buckeyes have been a home dog under Jim Tressel’s watch and overall, Tressel is 55-8 at home. With the spread being relevant, only two times has a Tressel team been beaten by double-digits (11 and 12).

There lots of reasons why USC should be favored, but I’ll base my choice of Ohio State winning the game on my faith in the crowd to do their job and create easy opportunities for Buckeye scores by letting the Freshman have it. This game is under the lights which means most of the older alumni and supporters stay home because night games bring out the freakiest of freaks in Columbus.

UCLA +10 @ Tennessee: The Vols opened up a -7 point favorite on Monday and has been bet up to -10 in Las Vegas. There is an opinion by many that new Head Coach Lane Kiffin is looking to instill a winning confidence in his team by running up scores at a rate beyond sportsmanship. They pummeled Western Kentucky last week scoring 63 points with QB Jonathan Crompton tossing five TD passes.

UCLA played a tougher opponent last week in their 19 point win against San Diego State. The two question marks coming into the season for the Bruins were answered quickly. The offensive line opened up holes and protected the QB. Freshman QB Kevin Prince showed he has the ability to lead the team comfortably by connecting accurately on tough out patterns and also nice touch on balls down field. He didn’t look like a Freshman.

However, Prince does come into a situation similar to Barkley of USC at the ‘Shoe this week. Neyland Stadium will be rocking this week with their desire to get back on top of the SEC and ride their maverick coach to a title. They believe it starts this Saturday. The big difference between the this game and the USC/OSU game is the start time which is 4 pm (ET), and Ohio State is a top notch program.

The Vols likely will get there soon, but UCLA will play them much tougher than anticipated by Las Vegas bettors and could pull off another upset like they did at the Rose Bowl last yea to kick off their seasons.

Last Week: 3-5
Season: 3-5