{"id":6936,"date":"2023-09-14T14:21:47","date_gmt":"2023-09-14T18:21:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/?p=6936"},"modified":"2023-09-14T14:21:47","modified_gmt":"2023-09-14T18:21:47","slug":"spartan-shadows-staff-week-3-college-football-picks-ats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/?p=6936","title":{"rendered":"Spartan Shadows staff Week 3 college football picks against the spread"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>It&#8217;s Week 3 in college football and that means it&#8217;s time for the weekly Spartan Shadows staff pick &#8217;em. Who are we picking?<\/h2>\n<p>Well, Week 2 certainly provided us with some interesting events. On the field, there was not the best selection of <a href=\"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/spartan-shadows-staff-week-2-college-football-picks-against-the-spread\/\">college football<\/a> games to pick from but Michigan State took care of business against Richmond soundly. <a href=\"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/noah-kim-named-big-ten-offensive-player-of-the-week\/\">Noah Kim earned himself a Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week<\/a> nod as well.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s check out the results of the games.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Week 2 results<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Here\u2019s how the picks went last week:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Illinois at Kansas &#8212; <\/strong><em>Line: <\/em><em>Kansas -3; Result:<\/em> Kansas cover<\/li>\n<li><strong>Nebraska at No. 22 Colorado &#8212;<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Line<\/em>: Colorado -3.5; <em>Result<\/em>: Colorado cover<\/li>\n<li><strong>Purdue at Virginia Tech:<\/strong> <strong><em>Line &#8212;<\/em><\/strong> <em>Line: <\/em>Virginia Tech -3; <em>Result<\/em>: Purdue cover<\/li>\n<li><strong>UNLV at No. 2 Michigan &#8212;<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Line<\/em>: Michigan -36; <em>Result<\/em>: UNLV cover<\/li>\n<li><strong>No. 20 Ole Miss at No. 24 Tulane &#8212;<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Line<\/em>: Miss -7.5; <em>Result<\/em>: Ole Miss cover<\/li>\n<li><strong>Iowa at Iowa State &#8212;<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Line<\/em>: Iowa -4; <em>Result<\/em>: Iowa cover<\/li>\n<li><strong>UTEP at Northwestern &#8212;<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Line<\/em>: UTEP -1.5; <em>Result<\/em>: Northwestern cover<\/li>\n<li><strong>No. 23 Texas AM at Miami &#8212;<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Line<\/em>: Texas AM -4.5; <em>Result<\/em>: Miami cover<\/li>\n<li><strong>No. 11 Texas at No. 3 Alabama &#8212; <\/strong><em>Line<\/em>: Bama-7; <em>Result<\/em>: Texas cover (and win)<\/li>\n<li><strong>BONUS: Lions at Chiefs &#8212;<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Line<\/em>: Chiefs -6.5; <em>Result<\/em>: Lions cover (and win (!!))<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As far as the staff goes, Joey and Emmett dominated Week 2. Both got hot and had great performances. Coming up on the end of the train was DailyMSU and myself. I will be getting back to the lab and running the numbers in order to get better.<\/p>\n<p>In true Spartan fashion, I will put the extra work in. I can\u2019t stay down long.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Updated standings after Week 2<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Max: 14-6<\/li>\n<li>Emmett: 13-7<\/li>\n<li>HopMan: 12-8<\/li>\n<li>(Tie) Chris, Anthony, Joey, MSURecruits, Connor: 10-10<\/li>\n<li>Daily: 9-11<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3><strong>Week 3 college football games<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong><em><u>Disclaimer<\/u><\/em><\/strong>: All lines are as of 10 a.m. on Sept. 12 from the ESPN app and Caesars Sportsbook (No this isn\u2019t a sponsorship. Unless you want it to be, ESPN or Caesars *cough cough*).<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>No. 14 LSU at Mississippi State &#8212; Saturday at 12 p.m. ET on ESPN (Line: LSU -9.5)<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Max: LSU<br \/>\nEmmett: Mississippi State<br \/>\nHopMan: Mississippi State<br \/>\nChris: LSU<br \/>\nAnthony: Mississippi State<br \/>\nJoey: Mississippi State<br \/>\nMSU Recruits: Mississippi State<br \/>\nConnor: LSU<br \/>\nDaily: LSU<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>No. 15 Kansas State at Missouri &#8212; Saturday at 12 p.m. ET on SEC Network (Line: KSU -5)<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Max: K-State<br \/>\nEmmett: K-State<br \/>\nHopMan: K- State<br \/>\nChris: K-State<br \/>\nAnthony: K-State<br \/>\nJoey: Mizzou<br \/>\nMSU Recruits: K-State<br \/>\nConnor: K-State<br \/>\nDaily: Mizzou<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>Minnesota at No. 20 North Carolina &#8212; Saturday at 3:30 p.m. ET on ESPN (Line: UNC -7.5)<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Max: Minnesota<br \/>\nEmmett: UNC<br \/>\nHopMan: UNC<br \/>\nChris: UNC<br \/>\nAnthony: UNC<br \/>\nJoey: Minnesota<br \/>\nMSU Recruits: UNC<br \/>\nConnor: UNC<br \/>\nDaily: UNC<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>Virginia Tech at Rutgers &#8212; Saturday at 3:30 p.m. ET on BTN (Line: Rutgers -6.5)<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Max: Virginia Tech<br \/>\nEmmett: Rutgers<br \/>\nHopMan: Rutgers<br \/>\nChris: Rutgers<br \/>\nAnthony: Rutgers<br \/>\nJoey: Virginia Tech<br \/>\nMSU Recruits: Rutgers<br \/>\nConnor: Rutgers<br \/>\nDaily: Rutgers<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>South Carolina at No. 1 Georgia &#8212; Saturday at 3:30 p.m. ET on CBS (Line: Georgia -27.5)<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Max: Georgia<br \/>\nEmmett: Georgia<br \/>\nHopMan: South Carolina<br \/>\nChris: Georgia<br \/>\nAnthony: Georgia<br \/>\nJoey: Georgia<br \/>\nMSU Recruits: Georgia<br \/>\nConnor: South Carolina<br \/>\nDaily: Georgia<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>No. 11 Tennessee at Florida &#8212; Saturday at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN (Line: Tennessee -6.5)<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Max: Tennessee<br \/>\nEmmett: Tennessee<br \/>\nHopMan: Florida<br \/>\nChris: Tennessee<br \/>\nAnthony: Tennessee<br \/>\nJoey: Florida<br \/>\nMSU Recruits: Florida<br \/>\nConnor: Florida<br \/>\nDaily: Tennessee<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>Bowling Green at No. 2 Michigan &#8212; Saturday at 7:30 p.m. ET on BTN (Line: Michigan -40.5)<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Max: Michigan<br \/>\nEmmett: Bowling Green<br \/>\nHopMan: Bowling Green<br \/>\nChris: Bowling Green<br \/>\nAnthony: Bowling Green<br \/>\nJoey: Michigan<br \/>\nMSU Recruits: Bowling Green<br \/>\nConnor: Bowling Green<br \/>\nDaily: Bowling Green<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>Syracuse at Purdue &#8212; Saturday at 7:30 p.m. ET on NBC (Line: Syracuse -2.5)<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Max: Syracuse<br \/>\nEmmett: Syracuse<br \/>\nHopMan: Purdue<br \/>\nChris: Purdue<br \/>\nAnthony: Purdue<br \/>\nJoey: Purdue<br \/>\nMSU Recruits: Syracuse<br \/>\nConnor: Purdue<br \/>\nDaily: Purdue<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>Pittsburgh at West Virginia &#8212; Saturday at 7:30 p.m. ET on ABC (Line: Pitt -1)<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Max: Pittsburgh<br \/>\nEmmett: Pittsburgh<br \/>\nHopMan: West Virginia<br \/>\nChris: West Virginia<br \/>\nAnthony: Pittsburgh<br \/>\nJoey: West Virginia<br \/>\nMSU Recruits: West Virginia<br \/>\nConnor: West Virginia<br \/>\nDaily: Pittsburgh<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>No. 8 Washington at Michigan State &#8212; Saturday at 5 p.m. ET on Peacock (Line: Washington -16)<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Max: MSU<br \/>\nEmmett: MSU<br \/>\nHopMan: MSU<br \/>\nChris: MSU<br \/>\nAnthony: MSU<br \/>\nJoey: MSU<br \/>\nMSU Recruits: MSU<br \/>\nConnor: MSU<br \/>\nDaily: MSU<\/p>\n<p>(There\u2019s no homer-ism in the MSU picks as you can clearly see)<\/p>\n<p>That will wrap up the Week 3 college football picks. Place your bets accordingly. Hopefully everyone has a fun-filled weekend. Those who can should come to Spartan Stadium or campus to support our guys against Washington. With everything going on this past week, our players need our support behind them more than ever.<\/p>\n<p>Go Green.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who ya got?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":6949,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[173],"tags":[59,191,189,504],"class_list":["post-6936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","tag-featured","tag-michigan-state-football","tag-michigan-state-spartans","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6936","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=6936"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6936\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}