{"id":6595,"date":"2023-09-07T13:49:12","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T17:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/?p=6595"},"modified":"2023-09-07T13:49:12","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T17:49:12","slug":"spartan-shadows-staff-week-2-college-football-picks-against-the-spread","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/?p=6595","title":{"rendered":"Spartan Shadows staff Week 2 college football picks against the spread"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Week 2 of the college football season is here and there are some really good names to pick. Here&#8217;s our weekly Shadows staff pick &#8217;em.<\/h2>\n<p>Week 1 is officially in the books. What an<a href=\"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/spartan-shadows-staff-week-1-college-football-picks-ats\/\"> exciting weekend of college football<\/a> to enjoy. We got to witness some surprising performances, blows outs, and some close games alike. Our pick \u2018em ended with some closely contested battles as well.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s first update the standings before looking ahead to a great slate of games in Week 2.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Week 1 results<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Here is how the games we picked turned out:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>CMU at MSU &#8212;<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Line:<\/em> MSU -14.5; <em>Result:<\/em> Michigan State cover<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fresno State at Purdue &#8212;<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Line:<\/em> Purdue -4.5; <em>Result:<\/em> Fresno State cover (and win)<\/li>\n<li><strong>ECU at Michigan &#8212;<\/strong><em>Line:<\/em> Michigan -35.5; <em>Result:<\/em> ECU cover<\/li>\n<li><strong>Utah State at Iowa &#8212;<\/strong><em>\u00a0Line:<\/em> Iowa -25.5; <em>Result:<\/em> Utah State cover<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ohio State at Indiana &#8212;<\/strong><em>\u00a0Line:<\/em> OSU -29.5; <em>Result:<\/em> Indiana cover<\/li>\n<li><strong>Boise State at Washington &#8212;<\/strong><em>\u00a0Line:<\/em> Washington -14.5; <em>Result:<\/em> Washington cover<\/li>\n<li><strong>West Virginia at Penn State &#8212; <\/strong><em>Line: <\/em>PSU -20.5; Result: Penn State cover<\/li>\n<li><strong>North Carolina vs. South Carolina &#8212;<\/strong><em>\u00a0Line:<\/em> UNC -2.5; <em>Result:<\/em> UNC cover<\/li>\n<li><strong>Northwestern at Rutgers &#8212;<\/strong><em>\u00a0Line:<\/em> Rutgers -6.5; <em>Result: <\/em>Rutgers cover<\/li>\n<li><strong>LSU vs. Florida State &#8212;<\/strong><em>\u00a0Line:<\/em> LSU -2.5; <em>Result:<\/em> Florida State cover<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The picker results are as followed. Shout out to Max for a big Week 1:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Max: 8-2<\/li>\n<li>Chopman: 7-3<\/li>\n<li>(Tie) Chris, Anthony, Emmett: 6-4<\/li>\n<li>(Tie) Connor and Daily: 5-5<\/li>\n<li>MSU Recruiting: 4-6<\/li>\n<li>Joey: 2-8<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Personally I\u2019ll take 6-4. Rookie mistakes will make me kick myself though. This is what I get for believing in Michigan trying to run up the score on a bad ECU team. Also, fool me once again on believing in the Spencer Rattler Comeback Tour. Never again.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s see if I can right the ship with this week&#8217;s college football picks.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Disclaimer<\/strong>: All lines are as of 1 p.m. ET on Sept. 5 from the ESPN app and\/or Caesars Sportsbook (no this isn\u2019t a sponsorship. Unless you want it to be, ESPN or Caesars. Cough cough).<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Week 2 picks<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>Illinois at Kansas &#8212; Friday at 7:30 p.m. ET on ESPN 2 (Line: Kansas -3)<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Max: Kansas<br \/>\nChop: Illinois<br \/>\nChris: Illinois<br \/>\nAnthony: Kansas<br \/>\nEmmett: Kansas<br \/>\nConnor: Kansas<br \/>\nDaily: Kansas<br \/>\nMSU Recruits: Kansas<br \/>\nJoey: Kansas<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>Nebraska at No. 22 Colorado &#8212; Saturday at 12 p.m. ET on FOX (Line: Colorado -3.5)<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Max: Colorado<br \/>\nChop: Nebraska<br \/>\nChris: Colorado<br \/>\nAnthony: Colorado<br \/>\nEmmett: Colorado<br \/>\nConnor: Colorado<br \/>\nDaily: Nebraska<br \/>\nMSU Recruits: Colorado<br \/>\nJoey: Colorado<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>Purdue at Virginia Tech &#8212; Saturday at 12 p.m. ET on ESPN 2 (Line: Virginia Tech -3)<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Max: Virginia Tech<br \/>\nChop: Purdue<br \/>\nChris: Virginia Tech<br \/>\nAnthony: Virginia Tech<br \/>\nEmmett: Virginia Tech<br \/>\nConnor: Virginia Tech<br \/>\nDaily: Virginia Tech<br \/>\nMSU Recruits: Virginia Tech<br \/>\nJoey: Virginia Tech<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong><em>Richmond at Michigan State &#8212; Saturday at 3:30 p.m. ET on BTN<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Since major sports books do not give odds on FCS teams vs FBS teams, there is no spread to pick from. So for this week, MSU is going to cover again in our minds. Go Green.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>UNLV at No. 2 Michigan &#8212; Saturday at 3:30 p.m. ET on CBS (Line: Michigan -36)<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Max: UNLV<br \/>\nChop: Michigan<br \/>\nChris: UNLV (Michigan will undoubtedly screw me over again but 36 is a lot of points)<br \/>\nAnthony: Michigan<br \/>\nEmmett: UNLV<br \/>\nConnor: UNLV<br \/>\nDaily: Michigan<br \/>\nMSU Recruits: Michigan<br \/>\nJoey: UNLV<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>No. <\/em><\/strong><strong><em>20 Ole Miss at No. 24 Tulane &#8212; Saturday at 3:30 p.m. ET on ESPN 2 (Line: Miss -7.5)<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Max: Tulane<br \/>\nChop: Ole Miss<br \/>\nChris: Tulane<br \/>\nAnthony: Ole Miss<br \/>\nEmmett: Ole Miss<br \/>\nConnor: Tulane<br \/>\nDaily: Tulane<br \/>\nMSU Recruits: Ole Miss<br \/>\nJoey: Ole Miss<strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>Iowa at Iowa State &#8212; Saturday at 3:30 p.m. ET on FOX (Line: Iowa -4)<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Max: Iowa<br \/>\nChop: Iowa<br \/>\nChris: Iowa State<br \/>\nAnthony: Iowa State<br \/>\nEmmett: Iowa<br \/>\nConnor: Iowa State<br \/>\nDaily: Iowa<br \/>\nMSU Recruits: Iowa State<br \/>\nJoey: Iowa State<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>UTEP at Northwestern &#8212; Saturday at 3:30 p.m. ET on BTN (Line: UTEP -1.5)<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Max: UTEP<br \/>\nChop: UTEP<br \/>\nChris: Northwestern (They\u2019re bad mkay. But are they this bad?)<br \/>\nAnthony: Northwestern<br \/>\nEmmett: Northwestern<br \/>\nConnor: Northwestern<br \/>\nDaily: Northwestern<br \/>\nMSU Recruits: Northwestern<br \/>\nJoey: Northwestern<strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>No. 23 Texas A&amp;M at Miami (FL) &#8212; Saturday at 3:30 p.m. ET on ABC (Line: TAMU -4.5)<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Max: Miami<br \/>\nChop: Miami<br \/>\nChris: Texas A&amp;M<br \/>\nAnthony: Texas A&amp;M<br \/>\nEmmett: Texas A&amp;M<br \/>\nConnor: Miami<br \/>\nDaily: Miami<br \/>\nMSU Recruits: Texas A&amp;M<br \/>\nJoey: Miami<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>No. 11 Texas at No. 3 Alabama &#8212; Saturday at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN (Line: Alabama -7)<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Max: Bama<br \/>\nChop: Bama<br \/>\nChris: Bama<br \/>\nAnthony: Bama<br \/>\nEmmett: Bama<br \/>\nConnor: Bama<br \/>\nDaily: Bama<br \/>\nMSU Recruits: Bama<br \/>\nJoey: Texas<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>BONUS NFL PICK<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>: Lions at Chiefs &#8212; Thursday Night at 8:20 p.m. ET on NBC (Line: Chiefs -6.5)<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Max: Lions<br \/>\nChop: Lions<br \/>\nChris: Lions (Honolulu Blue Kool-Aid for ALL)<br \/>\nAnthony: Chiefs<br \/>\nEmmett: Chiefs<br \/>\nConnor: Chiefs<br \/>\nDaily: Lions<br \/>\nMSU Recruits: Lions<br \/>\nJoey: Lions (moneyline)<\/p>\n<p>There you have it folks. Week 2 college football picks are completed. Now let\u2019s go get a W against Richmond (and in Kansas City, too #OnePride).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Week 2, who ya got?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":6603,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[173],"tags":[191,189],"class_list":["post-6595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","tag-michigan-state-football","tag-michigan-state-spartans"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6595"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6595\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}