NCAA College Football 2007 Week 12 Picks late games

NCAA College Football 2007 Week 12 Picks - late games

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Fearless Rick's College Football Week 12 Picks - Late Games

Rick Gagliano | November 17, 2007

All times Eastern - Click here for early games.

3:30 pm Wisconsin (-14, N/A) at Minnesota - All three of the Badgers' losses have been on the road, but that trend is likely to change here as the Gophers are suffering through a 1-10 season and are ready to put it to rest. While Minnesota may be an emotional lift, the Badgers offer simply too much offensive firepower to hang with them for long.

Prediction: Badgers 56 Gophers 10

3:30 pm LSU (-19 1/2, N/A) at Mississippi - For all their swagger, the LSU Tigers have yet to defeat an SEC opponent by more than 12 points, though the Rebels appear to be a team without much in the way of offense, having scored only 10 points over their last two games. The Tiger may win this by 40.

Prediction: Tigers 49 Rebels 13

3:30 pm Miami at Virginia Tech (-16 1/2, N/A) - As the 2007 season has progressed the Hokies have found their footing on offense, having put up 40 or more points in four of their last six wins. The defense is solid as usual, allowing only 15 ppg, good for third in the nation. The same cannot be said of the 5-5 Hurricanes, who were walloped 48-0 by Virginia last week. The offense has struggled all season and it's now spilling over to the defense. Chalk up another win for the Hokies.

Prediction: Hokies 31 Hurricanes 10

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7:45 pm West Virginia (-6, N/A) at Cincinnati - Turns out that this game is huge and an automatic BCS Bowl berth may go to the winner. Cincy has already beaten UConn, currently the Big East leader, and the Mountaineers will take on the squad from Storrs next week. West Virginia is 8-1, the Bearcats, 8-2 and both teams will put it all on the line in the week's best game. Cincy's only losses were by 4 to Louisville and 7 at Pitt, and while the Mountaineers get most of the press, the Bearcats have the defense to stuff the run and cause West Virginia's season to blow up. Even if they don't win, it's going to be close.

Prediction: Bearcats 27 Mountaineers 24

7:45 pm Boston College at Clemson (-7 1/2, N/A) - Boston College has fallen apart with two straight losses after starting the season 8-0. Clemson will put the hammer down, thump BC badly and retain the lead in the ACC Atlantic division. The Eagles don't have enough bodies on defense to stop them.

Prediction: Tigers 44 Eagles 27

8:00 pm Oklahoma (-8, N/A) at Texas Tech - This looks like trouble for the Sooners. Since losing at Colorado, they've run off 5 straight wins over lesser opposition. The Red Raiders are 7-4, with all of their losses coming in the conference, though only Missouri beat them badly. They are coming off a 59-43 loss at Texas, but this is their season finale and they are pretty good (4-1) at home. Look for plenty of scoring and maybe overtime.

Prediction: Red Raiders 45 Sooners 42

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