Poolsville Picks - Week #3

After the Louisiana-Monroe debacle last Saturday The Converter has been running on overdrive, as they say (powered solely on Red Bull and tobacco) trying to determine what happened, how it happened, and what it all means. Alas, the machine found no answers, although it discovered an inexplicable pride in seeing the Razorbacks receive the Tears of Unfathomable Sadness(http://www.sbnation.com/2012/9/11/3316898/arkansas-football-2012), an honor few programs are even qualified to receive. It took a 9 p.m. curfew and mandatory hourly fresh air breaks (and surreptitiously replacing the Red Bull with flat Diet Cokes) to coax The Converter to consider new business.

So no guaranties this week at NCAAFConverter finds five winners for us in week 3 of Div. I college football 2012.

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Florida - Tennessee (Vols by 3)
NCAAFConverter : Get the duck tape outta the truck now and stop taking godd&#ned pictures.

Looks to me like these Volunteers have the Gators under control, but I do suggest that this may not be the ideal time to focus on uploading pictures of your alligator encounter to your twitter feed. Vols for the win; they'll have their hands full but emerge victorious.

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Arizona State - Missouri (bonus point for 6 point underdog ASU)
NCAAFConverter : Classic standoff.

So the designers at Playmobil already gamed out Saturday's contest in Columbia? Well, I don't care how cool your trident is; when your opponent is armed for the Colombian narco wars, you don't stand a chance. Tigers for the win; keep your bonus point.

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USC - Stanford (bonus point for the 8 point undercardinal)
NCAAFConverter : Always put a winner on the cover of your magazine.

Yes, I know, for the past week, The Converter has been dwelling to an unhealthy degree on perhaps the greatest NCAAF upset of all time and surely, this has colored the machine's thinking (it's also picking Louisiana-Monroe for the win against Auburn, even though the Mayor of Poolsville did not choose the game this week). But who am I to say that lightning can't strike twice (or three times)? I'll go with The Cardinal for the win, and I'll take the bonus point. 

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Notre Dame - Michigan State (bonus point for the 3 point underdog Irish)
NCAAFConverter : It's a Stomp Sparty Party.

That's not nice, leprechaun! But what IS nice is the award of a bonus point for going out on a limb for a 3 point underdog. I'll take ND for the win, and I'll take the bonus point.

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BYU - Utah (BYU by 4)
NCAAFConverter : That cougar is more of a pussycat.

Nothing like a painted gourd to round out the picks this week. I'll take the Utes for the win while The Converter looks for the bonus point that should have been hung on this game as well.