Derek's Dirty Dozen College Football Picks for November 8

After a 9-3 performance last Saturday, Derek's back with some more picks on today's college football slate.

As always, Derek reminds you these are for entertainment purposes only. And, the mere mention of gambling on this blog has changed the ads being served on the page. In the past, most of the ads were for Baby Products or Parenting Tips. After Derek and Spencer unveiled their amatuer football picking skills, all the ads have been for gambling sites, gambling tips, 1-800 numbers for the "no-brainer lock of the year," and more. Imagine if I'd mention porn or adult entertainment in this space - what would those ads be?

Without further adieu, here are Derek's picks for the week:

1, Wisconsin over Indiana. If Wisconsin doesn't win this game, the Badger nation might take Camp Randall's new suites apart brick-by-brick. However, a win over Indiana is kind of like beating Madison West High School for Bucky. You are supposed to win and when you do, you took care of business. There is nothing to be gained from a Badger win over Indiana. A loss while accelerate the program's decline.

2, Minnesota over Michigan. The Gophs keep the "Little Brown Jug" as Michigan's QB situation is a little unsettled.

3, Louisville over Pitt. Derek needed a 12th game and Pitt will probably lose because they should win this one. Go figure Coach Wannstedt.

4, Texas Tech over Oklahoma State. Derek says that he's a man and he's 10-weeks old. But, still, come on, Mike Gundy's not going to beat Tech tonight even if he is a man and he's 41. Get your guns up again in Lubbock.

5, Texas over Baylor. Baylor has a good coach (former UH coach Art Briles) who's going to bring a gimmicky offense to the Big 12. Baylor will win games in the future that they shouldn't. Just not today.

6, Georgia Tech beats North Carolina. Derek would make this pick near the bottom of the list if this were a confidence pool. He just gets lots of information during the week about Tech and feels they're going to win today in Chapel Hill.

7, Colorado beats Iowa State. Famous Quote from Buffs Coach Dan Hawkins: "This is the Big 12. It's not intramurals." Well, with Iowa State, it might be intramurals. Sorry Aunt Jill.

8, Georgia over Kentucky. Well coached teams bounce back after bad losses (too bad Bielema didn't understand that after the Penn State debacle was followed up with an egg in Iowa City). Georgia wins today in the Blue Grass Commonwealth and keeps their SEC East title hopes alive as Florida struggles against Vandy.

9, Boise State over Utah State. Derek is only 10-weeks old (and he's a man), but he's learned to take the chalk. Especially when the chalk plays on blue turf. Derek's eyes lit up when I told him I played a little sandlot football on the blue turf once.

10, Houston over Tulane. Derek says Go Coogs and he makes the hand symbol for the Coogs very well. It's an involuntary motion for him as a 10-week old, yet still fun to see him make the Cougar paw. For those not familiar with the old SWC, most of the teams had hand symbols like the Hook 'em Horns for Texas, Tech's "Guns Up," and the Aggies of aTm "Gig 'em" with the thumbs up.

11, Rice beats Army. Picking Rice is like picking Northwestern. But, this week's slate of games is pretty boring. Speaking of old SWC hand symbols, Rice may have the silliest since they make an Owl symbol with their hands. Know what the hand symbol for SMU is? An open hand looking for money (just ask the old Pony Express of Craig James and Eric Dickerson).

12, LSU over Alabama. Just because Derek knows to go with his gut.

Have a great Saturday!

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