Picking Penn State to lose to Ohio State does not deserve a victory lap. Losing big games is what the Nittany Lions do. Like James Franklin, I deserved to get booed off the field last week after posting an embarrassing 4-5 record picking up straight-up winners.
My 59-31 overall record for the season feels especially hollow when I’ve missed on four consecutive upset alerts to fall to 3-6 when sounding the alarm. Advertisement We’ll get to my hits and misses below, but first, here are this week’s picks. There are only two Top 25 matchups, but plenty of other intriguing games as conference races narrow.
Most passing yards The one prediction I nailed last week was calling for Ole Miss’ Jaxson Dart to lead all FBS passers in yards. This week, the numbers are screaming to go with Colorado ’s Shedeur Sanders , one of eight quarterbacks averaging more than 300 passing yards a game. Travis Hunter went on Shedeur Sanders Podcast 🔥 Shedeur : “If I’m playing like you I’m talking crazy” Travis : “I just hate when people say I’m not top 5 at Receiver top 5 at DB” 🎥 : @ShedeurSanders @TravisHunterJr pic.
twitter.com/08WM84u5Pq — We Coming 🦬 (@SkoBuffsGoBuffs) November 5, 2024 The Buffaloes are 3.5-point favorites at Texas Tech , which ranks 133rd in passing defense but is coming off its biggest win of the season at Iowa State.
Joey McGuire’s team is also 7-2 in November games under his watch. Sanders will throw for 450-plus yards, including 150 to Heisman.