NCAA College Football 2007 Week 6 Picks early games

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Fearless Rick's College Football Week 6 Picks - Early Games

Rick Gagliano | October 4-6

All times Eastern - Click here for late games.

Thursday, October 4

7:30 pm Kentucky at South Carolina (-3 1/2, 57 1/2) - College football doesn't get much better than this SEC battle royale. Steve Spurrier's Gamecocks are as good as they come on defense, and the offense has matured under his leadership over the past 3 seasons. Kentucky has Heisman-possible QB Andre Woodson, arguably the best pure passer in the nation, on which to pin their hopes. The Wildcats are 5-0 with wins over Louisville and Arkansas already, while South Carolina's only blemish is a 28-16 loss two weeks ago at LSU.

The Gamecocks have turned the corner. After losing all four of their SEC home games last season, they popped Mississippi State, 38-21, in their conference home opener and having already beaten Georgia, 15-12 on the road, look poised to take the next step. It's not going to be easy, and expect a fair share of scoring, but Spurrier's squad should come out ahead.

Prediction: Gamecocks 31 Wildcats 24

Friday, October 5

8:00 pm Utah at Louisville (-14 1/2, N/A) - The Cardinals are a team in very big trouble. Possessed with one of the best offenses in the nation, their defense is a sorry excuse on an otherwise good football team, allowing 28 points and 417 yards of offense per game. 2-3 Utah is seemingly only good at home, where they are 2-1, one of those wins being a 44-6 beat-down of then #11 UCLA. But this game is on the road for the Utes, where they have only scored 7 points and are 0-2 against the likes of Oregon State and UNLV. Their ineptitude may make even Louisville's defense look good.

Prediction: Cardinals 47 Utes 24

Saturday, October 6

12:00 pm Wisconsin at Illinois (-2 1/2, 61 1/2) - Difficult as it is to believe, the Fighting Illini are actually slight favorites in this Big 10 showdown. Wisconsin, thus far, has answered the challenges, though beating Iowa by 4 and Michigan State by 3 - both at home - hasn't impressed anyone. The Illini have a fairly solid sun defense and should be able to keep the Badger offense out of the end zone for much of this game. The offense, spearheaded by QB Juice Williams, receiver Arrelious Benn and maybe even redshirt freshman Eddie McGee (who spelled Williams last week in the 4th quarter and has a 53-yard run) should find plenty of space in the suspect Badger D.

Prediction: Fighting Illini 38 Badgers 20

12:00 pm Bowling Green at Boston College (-20, 57) - Which would you prefer, a Falcon or an Eagle? The 3-1 Bowling Green Falcons have scored an average of 35 points per game, and their only loss was at Michigan State, 28-17. They've proven they can play with the big boys and will give BC possibly its sternest test thus far. The big disparity is on defense, where 5-0 BC is allowing just 17.2 points per game, though they have faced teams with questionable offensive skills, like Wake Forest, NC State, Georgia Tech and Army. The Falcons already beat Minnesota in their season opener, so an upset here would not be that much of a surprise.

Prediction: Falcons 31 Eagles 30

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3:30 pm Oklahoma (-11, 57) at Texas - Put Oklahoma's upset loss at Colorado on the shelf. The team was obviously not focused and probably looking ahead to this game, usually the biggest one of the season. Texas, however, has real problems on offense and defense. Their 41-21 loss to Kansas State was no fluke. The Longhorns flirted with disaster in their opener against Arkansas State, winning 21-13 and nearly lost at UCF, pulling out a close victory, 35-32. Colt McCoy is completely overrated at QB and Oklahoma is going to take out all of their anger against him. Look out, Longhorns, that Sooner covered wagon is about to roll right over you.

Prediction: Sooners 50 Longhorns 17

3:30 pm Georgia at Tennessee (-2 1/2, 56 1/2) - The oddsmakers got cute installing Tennessee as home favorites here, but we've been watching the Vols on defense, and they're horrible, allowing a whopping 37.5 points per game. Of course, they've had to play at Florida and Cal (both losses), but still, there's no excuse for giving up an average of 439 yards per game. The lowest number against the Vols this season was 19 by a dubious Southern Miss offense. Georgia's only loss was to South Carolina, 16-12 and the Bulldogs are coming off consecutive SEC wins over Alabama and Mississippi. Face it, the Vols aren't very good, but Georgia is. A rout.

Prediction: Bulldogs 48 Volunteers 27

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