Week 4 Big 12 Picks

The Whiskey Cup is all tied up!

Trent did not pick WVU-Pitt last week, but says he would’ve gone with WVU, so we’re counting that one a loss. Thus far, we’re in a dead heat: we’ve got the same record and thus the same win percentage, my old (never-reached) goal of .750. I don’t see things getting better for me this week, being that aside from ISU-Arkansas State (+21) and Kansas State vs. BYU (+7), the lines on the other six games in the Big 12 are all either three points or less. Good luck with that, bettors!

Trent last week: 9-4 (.692)

Nate last week: 8-5 (.615)

Trent overall: 33-11 (.750)

Nate overall: 33-11 (.750)

Houston 24, Cincinnati 27. Tossup number one! Guess I’ll go with the home team.

Kansas 20, West Virginia 23. Disappointment versus disappointment. One of these teams will be 1-3 at the end of the day. Both teams were considered by some to be dark horses for the conference title. Now: more like jackasses.

Arkansas State 17, No. 20 Iowa State 24. This is exactly the kind of early season game ISU drops.

Arizona State 45, Texas Tech 42. Why, why, why is this game not scheduled for some silly time like nine p.m. central? It’s too bad really, as the potential for loopiness seems large for this one. Weird fact: though these two were in the same league—the Border Conference—from 1932-1957, they did not meet each other on the gridiron a single time in those years, not facing each other until 1999. Conversely, Tech has played Arizona 33 times.

No. 12 Utah 27, No. 14 Oklahoma State 31. There has been a lot of speculation this week about the status of Cam Rising. Seeing as the way the line has shifted from Utah’s favor to OSU’s and now back, I really don’t think anybody fucking knows. I’m leaning toward no. This is the kind of game Gundy tends to kick ass in: ranked on ranked, at home. Then again, we’ve lost a lot of conference openers over the years. Nothing would surprise me here.

TCU 38, SMU 34. I expect TCU to be in another shootout after last week’s stunning loss to UCF.

Baylor 27, Colorado 24. Baylor doesn’t look good enough to me to walk into Boulder and win. CU doesn’t look good enough to beat a conference mate at home. Who fucking knows about this game.

No. 13 Kansas State 28, BYU 31. Maybe an odd choice for an upset in this week of coin flips, especially on the heals of K-State’s demolition of Arizona, but as they say, you gotta follow your gut.