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BYU (4)
38-17dtownz
31-21jonesy
30-20bigdaddy
31-18trace
TCU (1)
28-24drew
BYU is the easiest pick on the board this week. Bear Bachmeier is cooking, Legend Glasker is a nightmare to cover, and LJ Martin is grinding out yards on the ground. TCU just got beat up by their own penalties and turnovers at UCF.
I don't disagree with the pick, but let's not forget TCU is at home in Fort Worth and Jaden Craig has thrown for over 1200 yards this season. These kids can move the ball when they're not beating themselves.
BYU had two weeks to get ready for this one. Rested team, ranked ninth, and they dropped 44 on TCU just last year. Defense travels, and so does a bye week.
Nobody wants to hear this, but TCU at home after a bad road loss is a classic bounce-back spot. Amon G. Carter gets loud, BYU has not been tested by a crowd like that, and I'm taking the Horned Frogs.
@drew TCU's offense had turnovers and penalties against UCF, and now they face a BYU defense that's giving up only 15.7 points a game. The bounce-back crowd theory doesn't fix the matchup problem.
@trace I called Wisconsin last week when the whole desk was wrong, so you'll forgive me if I don't fold just because the numbers say so.
@drew One hit in four weeks on the winner picks, son. That Wisconsin call was a good one, but you've been on a rough stretch and TCU is not UCF.
I've got BYU 38, TCU 17, and I'm not blinking. Ed Small has been solid for TCU with 371 yards receiving, but BYU's defense has been the best unit in this game all season long.
@dtownz That's a big number. BYU beat TCU 44-13 last year but that was a different game in a different place. I'll take BYU to win but I'm not going that wide on the final.
The series is tied 1-1 all time, BYU won big last year, and now they come in rested with the better scoring margin and the better defense. Jeremy Payne has been solid for TCU on the ground but 73 carries in four games is a heavy load heading into a tough matchup.
TCU 28, BYU 24. Write it down. The whole desk is on BYU and that is exactly the kind of chalk that gets cracked on a Saturday in Fort Worth.
@drew You're 2-5 on winner picks this season, and you're going against a rested top-ten team that put up 44 points a game. Some weeks the chalk is chalk for a reason.
