Forget about football — this is footPaul. Because with how Managing Sports Editor Paul Nasr has performed the past few weeks, we might as well name the sport after him.
Nasr correctly picked a league-high seven games last week, followed by Daily Sports Editor Charlie Pappalardo with six. Managing Sports Editor Connor Earegood and Daily Sports Editor John Tondora each got four games right, which is just OK.
Perhaps someone can dethrone Nasr with a big showing this week. We doubt it, and anyway no one else’s name fits the sport so well. FootCharlie, footConnor, footJohn? Just like Barry Sanders, there’s just no ring.
Let’s get into the picks:
Last week:
Cumulative record:
Nov. 4, noon, No. 3 Ohio State (-19) at Rutgers
Nov. 4, noon, No. 23 Kansas State at No. 7 Texas (-4)
Nov. 4, 2:30 p.m., Army at No. 25 Air Force (-18.5)
Nov. 4, 3:30 p.m., No. 12 Missouri at No. 1 Georgia (-15)
Nov. 4, 3:30 p.m., No. 9 Oklahoma (-6) at No. 22 Oklahoma State
Nov. 4, 3:30 p.m., No. 11 Penn State (-8.5) at Maryland
Nov. 4, 4 p.m., Auburn (-12.5) at Vanderbilt
Nov. 4, 7:30 p.m., Purdue at No. 2 Michigan (-32.5)
Nov. 4, 7:30 p.m., No. 5 Washington (-3) at No. 20 USC
Nov. 4, 7:45 p.m., No. 14 LSU at No. 8 Alabama (-3)