Current Video: Pick Nation: Week 8 CFB Picks
The experts at Pick Nation make their Week 8 college football picks. Find out who you should go with when Tennessee visits Alabama.
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" everyone out DiMarco here. General manager of the world's largest online sports handicapping community. -- nation dot com every Saturday right here joining you throughout the college football season not only with three picks. But also betting strategies and -- Three picks and matter back for today coming up on Alabama ten to eight. Also Maryland Duke and Mississippi State Florida but first let's take a look at how double digit favorite it last week. It broke even in Vegas which of course is not real good sense basic human nature has. Most of you gambler and a -- and campers in the business. Generally leaning -- laying the lumber with those double digit talks -- 11111. And one against the spread a week ago and of course the -- of those double digit favorites lost out right. Purdue up at Ohio State tax act knocked off Nebraska in Lincoln. And of course the biggest upset as far as I'm concern since I had Auburn. Was kind hockey shocking the Tigers at Jordan hare stadium here today. Double digit. Underdogs double digit underdogs. Actually at in the big books -- 8676. And six against the spread. And dice 24 of those 86 under -- about 25% of them have won those -- out right. Now first game I wanna talk about is going to be your showdown between Alabama and tennis and I'd. Hosting this game where last week they weren't home. The South Carolina twenty expert didn't come close to covering. The seventeen point spread and that went and let me tell you something guys Nick Saban is not happy camper because -- was a -- game for the Crimson Tide. -- turn over in a season high and penalty. Good news or tide fans are gonna roll here because you want to -- in this series covering with these 3513. Tennessee is coming -- by. And of course prior to that by they wallop Georgia. 45 in nineteen at home but keep in mind and he's only other road game season was at Florida. And game which the gators won. But their defense held tennis -- 210 total yards and that contact guys I'm here Italian. Alabama's defense is better than Florida's defense they're only giving up while points a game this season holding opposing running backs to 2.3 yards per carry. Ten interceptions from that Alabama secondary and the front line 21. Sacks already but here Jonathan -- the kind of quarterback. What is what you get what you get generally in. This guy's already been intercepted nine times this season. Alabama's covered ten of the last twelve outings. World tide roll. Oh heavenly the point here guys with Alabama now before -- get your next game on Duke Maryland. Guys how would you like to win at all expenses paid -- weekend high rollers weekend in Las Vegas. At golden nugget hotel casino went downtown Los Vegas. All you've got to do guys is simply go to pick nascent dot com. 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And once again no purchase is necessary to go and are now at picnics and dot com you're not bring back is going to be the game between Duke and Maryland. Queen top all revenge for the Blue Devils because Maryland's on the odd games in the series by an average twenty points a game. Back Maryland's won fourteen of the last fifteen being in -- a series including five in a row. But hacking at act in Maryland Terrapins and that's when -- lost in the -- the Virginia which team won the middle eight at home earlier this season. Maryland just can't hold on to the ball -- meat turnovers this season you know there's a hundred point division one teams. And Maryland is a 170. When it comes to turning the ball over. Meanwhile Duke a six turn over an entire season and Thaddeus Lewis. Great season so part of -- quarterback and actors who -- 819 yards passing and haven't touched down. 459. And and he -- in my goal had to lay the points with the Blue Devils in this one. Final game. Let's talk about one of those double digit dogs and -- like miss -- eight. Getting 23 points at home. Again Marta you know -- coaches and -- of course once Florida's offensive coordinator of the previous four years and previously worked. With Urban Meyer -- you talk my ticket Bowling Green as well. You know miss at least -- in 1985. Has won and covered four and a well against Florida and knocking off the gators all four of those -- all at home and back. And missed it on the 26 road win at middle and eight. It is not a great to be eighteen by the competitiveness of state and they only lost by eleven points at home to Georgia attack. Four points at home Dallas you have a point home loss to Houston I say they can hang. Within 23 point margin against Florida and that's one Florida is coming off that last second went 131 against Arkansas and -- gators have a -- that Georgia Bulldogs knew how big backing of guys I say go with miss at least eight. Go ahead and wide Alabama. And lay the points with -- Dozier three -- And remember. The catch me tomorrow along with."
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