One of the most agonizing parts of being the Locksmith is going back and re-reading the analysis of a game that we predicted incorrectly. It is on par with receiving your annual property tax bill in the mail or running out of propane halfway through cooking a beercan chicken. It's just not fun - especially when you write something along the lines of "on paper, this game has Nebraska blowout written all over it" but then suggest that the correct gambling play is to take Kansas State +11. So then when you watch SportsCenter and see that Nebraska QB Taylor Martinez ran for 241 yards and Nebraska did indeed blow out KSU, both on paper and on the field, you feel a bit like a Lloyd Christmas speaking with an Australian accent to a hot Austrian.
That was a long way of saying that we are doing away with our highly valuable "analysis" for the week and simply offering up winners with the occasional minor pearl of wisdom. If this doesn't work then we might just begin having this site redirect to Gambler's Anonymous. LOCK IT UP!
Five Star Special:
Boise State -39 vs. Toledo - We're officially riding the Theorem (the Boise State Theorem, that is) every single week for the rest of the season. LOCK IT UP!
Four Star Specials:
Northwestern -9 vs. Purdue - Big rebound game from Northwestern against a middling Boilermaker squad. LOCK IT UP!
Michigan State +4.5 @ Michigan - Too many points to lay with a UM team whose defense can't stop anyone. Also major rivalry game that Spartans have dominated of late. LOCK IT UP!
Stanford -9.5 vs. USC - Talented, deep and fundamentally sounds vs. talented, lacking in depth and incapable of grasping concept of fundamentals. I'll take the former. Stanford takes out anger over Oregon dismantling on the most hated team in the Pac-10. LOCK IT UP!
Three Star Specials:
Tennessee +11 @ Georgia - How is Georgia still being favored by this many points? What have they proven this year beyond the fact that they are wildly overrated. A loss vs. Colorado? Really? LOCK IT UP!
Florida State +6 @ Miami - Another major rivalry game that typically plays close. In those instances, we take the points. Jacory Harris will turn the ball over enough to keep the Seminoles right in it. LOCK IT UP!
Oregon -36.5 @ Washington State - WSU is one of the two worst football teams in America (keep trying to avoid eye contact New Mexico). Oregon is beating good teams by 36. That settles that. LOCK IT UP!
Auburn -6.5 @ Kentucky - For better or worse the Tigers are a team the Locks' has fallen in love with. Kentucky is blowoutable (new word created by the Locks). LOCK IT UP!
Two Star Specials:
NC State -10 vs. Boston College - BC is woeful. NC State is solid. Only question is how NC State rebounds after tough loss to Va Tech. LOCK IT UP!
Oregon State +8 @ Arizona - This is the time of year that Oregon State typically goes on a run and starts to climb the rankings. Plus, those Rodgers brothers are just too much fun not to root for. LOCK IT UP!
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