The Return of the Six Pack of Picks for the Weekend!

Do you smell that? That is the smell of the football field with the freshly painted yard lines. The teams are ready to go and so am I. College football is back this weekend! Yes, I know, there were a handful of division two games over the past week and there were a handful of games last night, but this weekend is the true start of the season as there are hundreds of games on hand.

If you frequently check my AIM profile during football season you are aware of my Six Pack of Picks in which I pick the winners of the Eagles, Penn State and Shippensburg games when applicable as well as any other significant games on a national scale to round out my six pack. This year will be no different.

Except for this grand opening weekend. I'm picking them all.

What, all of the conference games? Which conference? How many conferences? Big Ten? Big East? PSAC?

No friends, I'm picking every single game in division one and two this weekend and you'll only get them here. I don't know if I'm going to be able to track them all so therefore I will only be counting the "Six Pack of Picks" in my season long tally. Honestly, I just don't feel like tracking down all of the scores and keeping count. If somebody wants to do it for me then by all means, let me know how I did!

Let's start with the Six Pack shall we? Penn State and Shippensbug get their seasons started while the Philadelphia Eagles have one more week until opening in Green Bay. Here it is, the first in the 2007 edition of "Kevin's Six Pack of Picks for the Weekend";

#17 Penn State over Florida International (Closer than PSU fans will want; Offense holds back in preparation for Notre Dame)
#8 Shepherd over Shippensburg (Rams just too talented for young Red Raiders)
Connecticut over Duke (would rather see the basketball game though)
Georgia Tech over Notre Dame (Who will the Irish QB be? As the Rock says, "It doesn't matter!")
#12 California over #15 Tennessee (Cal looks for statement in opener)
#1 USC over Idaho (USC could play their third stringer and win by 40 probably)

And the rest....seriously!

Football Bowl Subdivision
Navy over Temple (Only time Navy plays in Philadelphia because Philly isn't smart enough to do whatever it takes to keep the Army-Navy game in Philly every year apparently)
#5 Michigan over Appalachian State
#9 Virginia Tech over East Carolina
#11 Ohio State over Youngstown State (I would love it if I'm wrong)
Colorado over Colorado State
Northwestern over Northeastern. Next up for Wildcats; Northnorthern
Michigan State over UAB
Miami (Fl) over Marshall
#6 Florida over Western Kentucky (Welcome to FBS Western Kentucky)
Air Force over South Carolina State
Virginia over Wyoming
#3 West Virginia over Western Michigan
#7 Wisconsin over Washington State
#14 UCLA over Stanford
#20 Nebraska over Nevada
Boston College over Wake Forest
Memphis over Mississippi
Illinois over Missouri
Iowa over Northern Illinois
Oregon over Houston
Middle Tennessee State over Florida Atlantic
Bringham Young over Arizona
#22 TCU over Baylor
Kentucky over Eastern Kentucky
Maryland over Villanova (Again, I'd love to be wrong)
North Carolina State over UCF
North Carolina over James Madison
Pittsburgh over Eastern Michigan
#13 Georgia over Oklahoma State (Wouldn't be shocked if the Cowboys win though)
#4 Texas over Arkansas State
#8 Oklahoma over North Texas
#21 Arkansas over Troy
#25 Texas A&M over Montana State
Ohio over Gardner-Webb (Who???)
Vanderbilt over Richmond
Akron over Army
Central Michigan over Kansas
Louisiana Tech over Central Arkansas
Southern Miss over Tennessee-Martin
South Carolina over Louisiana-Lafayette
Toledo over Purdue
South Florida over Elon
Alabama over Western Carolina
#18 Auburn over Kansas State
Indiana over Indiana State
Bowling Green over Minnesota
Rice over Nichols State
Arizona State over San Jose State
Fresno State over Sacramento State
New Mexico over UTEP
#23 Hawaii over Northern Colorado
Texas Tech over SMU (Monday)
Clemson over #19 Florida State (Monday - FSU is overrated)

Football Championship Subdivision - games not already mentioned

St. Francis (Pa) over St. Peter's
Massachusetts over Holy Cross
Rhode Island over Fordham
Iona over Delaware Valley
Colgate over Albany
Robert Morris over Dayton
Virginia Military Institute over Lock Haven
Arkansas-Pine Bluff over Mississippi Valley State
Citadel over Charleston Southern
Murray State over Huntingdon
Southern University over Florida A&M
UC Davis over Western Washington
Montana over Southern Utah
Bethune-Cookman over Jacksonville
Monmouth over Maine
Lafayette over Marist
Bucknell over Duquesne
Norfolk State over Virginia State
Stony Brook over Georgetown
North Carolina A&T over Winston-Salem
Furman over Presbyterian
Texas State over Cal Poly
Grambling State over Alcorn State
Austin Peay over Bethel
Coastal Carolina over Delaware State
Jackson State over Delta State
Liberty over Tusculum
Northwestern State over Henderson State
Stephen F. Austin over Tarlton State (Because Stone Cold said so!)
Alabama A&M over Tennessee State
Wofford over Georgetown (Ky)
Alabama State over Jacksonville State
McNeese State over Portland State
Texas Southern over Prairie View A&M
North Carolina Central over Fayetteville State

Division Two - games not already mentioned

Fairmont State over Apprentice
Southern Arkansas over Arkansas-Monticello
Augustana over Concordia-St.
Benedict over Livingstone
Bloomsburg over C.W. Post
Brevard over Shorter (what kind of name is that?)
California (Pa) over Glenville State
Central Oklahoma over Abilene Christian
Chadron State over Wayne State (Ne)
Tiffin over Clarion
West Georgia over Clark Atlanta
Colorado Mines over Washburn
MSU Moorhead over Concordia
Davidson over UNC-Pembroke
Dixie State over Adams State
West Chester over Edinboro
Catawba over Elizabeth City
Ferris State over Kentucky State
Findlay over Charleston
Hillsdale over Gannon
Northern Michigan over Indianapolis
Mesa State over Humboldt State
Minnesota-Duluth over Bemidji State
Missouri Western over Baker
Morehouse over Fort Valley
Nebraska-Omaha over Nebraska-Kearney
New Mexico Highlands over Bacone
Newberry over Chowan
North Greenville over Virginia-Wise
Northwood over Mercyhurst
Panhandle State over Langston
Pittsburg State over East Central
Saginaw Valley over Ashland


There you have it folks! Every single game being played on or after Saturday. I threw in the Temple-Navy game which is Friday night just because I didn't want to leave Temple out. If you're a fan of a division 3 team or of an NAIA team I apologize for not including your slate of games not mentioned here. But how much coverage can I handle??? Perhaps another time!