By Ron Jumper

So it is finally time to start picking college football games and I’m pretty excited. It is also means college fantast football is underway and it just happens to work out that I’m taking on last year’s FCFI champion, CollegeFootballGeek.com, in the first week of the premier college fantasy football expert league. CFG defeated me in the championship game last year so maybe I can luck out and take him down this time around. I’ve got my fingers crossed…

Anyways, back to the picks. I’ve got two plays for tonight that I like and, here shortly, you will understand exactly why. I’ve got 6 plays for this weekend and I’ll post those tomorrow. For now, here is tonight’s picks. Enjoy!

Bankroll: $945
Preseason Record: 11-10-1 ATS
College Football Record: 0-0 ATS

Minnesota (-1.5) over Middle Tennessee*Risk $55 to win $50
The dynamics of this game changed dramatically when the news broke that Dwight Dasher was not going to be playing. Dasher is the far and away most important player on the Blue Raider roster, as he led the team in rushing and passing. Now, they go from a dynamic playmaker like Dasher to Logan Kilgore who has never taken a snap at the Division I level. I like senior QB Adam Weber to lead the Gophers to a victory, despite breaking in a new defense.

Utah (-3) over Pitt*Risk $55 to win $50
The Utes are undervalued here, as I had this game closer to 6 points. Pitt is not as good as everyone thinks, they just have two names everyone recognizes in Dion Lewis and Jonathon Baldwin. You have to keep in mind they are breaking in a new players at quarterback, offensive line, and defensive back. The lack of experience at QB and along the OL are not recipes for success on the road and the lack of experience in the secondary could be a problem against Utah’s spread attack. I like the Utes to win comfortably tonight.