Welcome to Leroy's Lounge and the week 7 college football edition of Don Trotter "the pissed off and slightly intoxicated football genius" stone cold picks of the week.

Last week Mr. Trotter posted a respectable 6-4 mark in college and pro games combined, while hitting both of his stone cold pipe hitting locks.  A successful handicapper will hit a very high % of the locks so when betting you should always appropriately weight your bets so that you have more riding on the locks.


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Don Trotter:  "Tom....sent you the college picks.  Put down the bottle of booze and go post these smoking hot picks so readers can get rich!  Do it now jack off!!!!"


Let’s just start it off with a bang and pick one of the high profile games of the weekend; BG vs. Ball St.  Ball State is defeated this year and even managed to pull a Michigan and lose to a DI-AA school in New Hampshire.  Ball State has also lost to North Texas, who only has one win (should I do that math for you?)  Ball St + Defeated vs. North Texas + One Win = North Texas 20 vs. Ball State 10.  Bowling Green State University doesn’t have a very good record themselves but a closer look may suggest otherwise.  BG has played and beaten Troy (Good Team) and went on the road last week to defeat Kent State.  They played with a very good Ohio U team (44-37) and lost to Mizzu and Boise State (both solid teams).  Two reasons I like this game; I have done several Keg Stands at BG and when you say BG MINUS THREE out loud it sounds cool and rhymes. (Ed. Note: Don also has several drunken disorderly conducts and urinating in public charges from BGSU)  Pick: Lay the points BG – 3.

 

Keeping within the concept of HUGE games, let’s talk a little Hoosier football.  IU just got absolutely crushed by Virginia, a team who lost to William & Mary; yes that is the name of a college not two high school kids who got caught having sex in a ’76 Cut (rip shit up!).  I have watched IU play two full football games against UM and OSU.  They are not good, not good at all.  I know bohogan tried to tell us that Bloomington, at night, was a tough place to play and to be a little wary of the OSU/IU game.  We then found out that Bo was either drunk or just trying to encourage his wife so we forgave him. (Ed. Note: In all reality bohogan rarely leaves the tailgate so its doubtful he's ever been inside the stadium in Bloomington) I realize Illinois football stinks, but Ron Zook did have very high expectations for this team and they do have some very good athletes.  Please tell me that Illinois can beat Indiana by more than three?  I think so, and not only do I think so but, LOCK IT UP BITCH.  Fighting Zookers are my LOCK of the weekend to beat Indiana by more than three points. Pick:  Lay the points, Illinois -3.

 

Again, I am not shying away from the big games and going to pick the winner of the MSU Bulldogs and MTS Blue Raiders (who and who?).  Mississippi State has played some good football against some tough teams; Georgia Tech, Houston and LSU (who they should have actually beat).  I like their coach a lot (the old offensive coordinator from Florida) and he has the Bulldogs in every game they have played.  Conversely the Blue Raiders have been beaten by Clemson (badly) and Troy.  Their wins are against Memphis and North Texas (There’s that team again).  I think an SEC team in Mississippi State goes on the road and easily beats a team with lesser talent by more than 4.5.  Plus, their nickname is the same as the “Green & White Fight, Fight, Fight” Celina Senior High School Bulldogs.(Ed note: Don is known to still wear his CSHS freshman football jersey)  Pick: Lay the points, MSU -4.5.

 

Okay, lets get serious about some games that will be in the national spotlight.  The big game of the weekend.  Texas vs. OU.  I don’t know how you can have a revenge game and the team wanting the revenge is the team that won last year’s contest.  Texas is not happy about beating OU last year, and then having to watch Okla.,their rival, play for the NC.  In close games like this one I ALWAYS go with the better coaching and better QB.  Colt McCoy will not only win this game, but the Heisman trophy AND I think Texas wins the National Title.  "Chokelahoma" will lose yet another huge game so “Big Game Bob” Stoops can keep his name.  I like Will Muschamp’s defensive mind, I like Texas’s white boy WR and I like Colt McCoy, who is completing 76% of his passes. (Ed note: Wes Welker-esque is a term for Shippley.  On a side note, my cousin who hates Texas told me Roy Williams wears fake green contact lenses.)  Bradford may be back, but he is HORRIBLE when teams pressure him.  Muschamp will cook up a great defensive game plan to rattle him just as Florida, Miami and BYU did.  Pick: Take Texas -3.

 

Lastly, let’s go to the ACC showdown game between Va. Tech vs. Ga. Tech.  GT is coming off a shoot out with FSU and managed to pull out a close victory.  The difference in this game is, they won’t score like that vs. VT.  Va. Tech has always had a very disciplined defense that runs to the ball and creates turnovers.  The worst thing for Ga. Tech’s offense is 3rd and Long, which I think they will be in a lot of.  GT will score some, however  Va. Tech finally has an offense this year and will score more, which in a shoot out game; advantage VT. Pick: Va. Tech - 3.