Saturday morning, week 3. In an attempt to be judicious in bet selections there are three games today that I have formal opinions on.

Ball state is the still the play of the day. That game is highlighted even further by the "look ahead" method. Next week North Texas travels to Georgia and you can believe they know that. Bad weeks of practice translates to games and while I wasn't at their practice, coupling together the 'look ahead' with a hopeful Ball State BCS run. Its BS in this one.

Within the 'look ahead' method the other games that sharply stands out this week is Tusla vs Oklahaoma. Last week we took Tulsa to not cover due to the fact that they would be playing oklahoma this week. Likewise the next game on the docket for Oklahoma is Notre Dame, the graddaddy of all college football scheduling dates. If you go through ND's schedule any year you'll see that most teams schedule an off week ahead of, or behind that ND game.

So for this matchup, interstate rivalry, big brother comeuppance and ND lurking directs me to Tulsa. The first half is 14 points, the game 28.5. I'd like the first half much better if it was 14.5.

Last game of the week within the MAC report Bowling Green at Indiana. This is the big non-conference game for BG, 2.5 point dogs at IU. Whether its a play or not this is a data point to watch.

Last quick hitter, 28.5 points being given to Tennessee at Oregon? What am I missing here? SEC school who has been underaceiving for some years against that Oregon offense. OK I can understand UT being the dog but four plus touchdowns? That line just seems wrong. I'll probably take Tennessee as well.

The schedule for the game is 9:00 AM PST: Bowling green and Tulsa play.

Then fortunately Ball state at 1:00 pm. If the first day picks come in, I'll probably fold them up into and onto the ball state play.

Last last quick hitter - USC does not deserve to be two TD favorites over anyone right now. Speaking of I'll also take washington state to not cover today due to their upset last week. Its an alternate play that is not available on all sites.