{"id":7673,"date":"2023-10-06T09:00:01","date_gmt":"2023-10-06T13:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/?p=7673"},"modified":"2023-10-12T14:11:45","modified_gmt":"2023-10-12T18:11:45","slug":"college-football-pick-em-staff-week-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/?p=7673","title":{"rendered":"Spartan Shadows staff Week 6 college football picks against the spread"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Week 6 of the college football season is upon us and that means it&#8217;s time for the Spartan Shadows&#8217; weekly staff pick &#8217;em.<\/h2>\n<p>Well, Week 5 is in the books. <a href=\"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/spartans-shadows-college-football-pick-em-week-5\/\">College football<\/a> season is flying by. As we get into the month of October, the marquee of conference play is among us. Things are getting tight in the rankings and with our pick \u2018em game as well. A good October in both real football and our picks will set you up in a position to make a serious run.<\/p>\n<p>There were some great games last week and some awesome ones on the docket for this week as well.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s check out Week 5\u2019s results before we get into the new games.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Week 5 results<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>No. 10 Utah at No. 19 Oregon State &#8212; <\/strong><em>Line: <\/em>Oregon State -3.5;<em>\u00a0Result:<\/em> Oregon State cover<\/li>\n<li><strong>No. 8 USC at Colorado &#8212;<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Line<\/em>: USC -21.5; <em>Result<\/em>: Colorado cover<\/li>\n<li><strong>No. 22 Florida at Kentucky &#8212;<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Line<\/em>: Kentucky -1.5; <em>Result<\/em>: Kentucky cover<\/li>\n<li><strong>No.1 Georgia at Auburn &#8212;<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Line<\/em>: Georgia -14.5; <em>Result<\/em>: Auburn cover<\/li>\n<li><strong>No. 2 Michigan at Nebraska &#8212;<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Line<\/em>: Michigan -17.5; <em>Result<\/em>: Michigan cover<\/li>\n<li><strong>No. 24 Kansas at No. 3 Texas &#8212;<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Line<\/em>: Texas -16.5; <em>Result<\/em>: Texas cover<\/li>\n<li><strong>No. 13 LSU at No. 20 Ole Miss &#8212;<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Line<\/em>: LSU -2.5; <em>Result<\/em>: Ole Miss cover<\/li>\n<li><strong>No. 11 Notre Dame at No. 17 Duke &#8212;<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Line<\/em>: Notre Dame -5.5; <em>Result<\/em>: Notre Dame cover<\/li>\n<li><strong>South Carolina at No. 21 Tennessee &#8212;<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Line<\/em>: Tennessee -12.5; <em>Result<\/em>: Tennessee cover<\/li>\n<li><strong>Michigan State at Iowa &#8212;<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Line<\/em>: Iowa -12.5; <em>Result<\/em>: MSU cover<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For the staff picks recap: Well there were no pushes this week. That\u2019s a plus. Thankfully <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fanduel.com\/\">FanDuel<\/a> kept all the spreads on half points so yay for that. I went against my cardinal rule in the LSU\/Ole Miss game and I didn\u2019t take the home underdog. It cost me a game here. MSU found another heartbreaking way to lose for us fans. Speaking of MSU, our old QB1 now turned Auburn running back, I mean quarterback, Payton Thorne kept things close with Georgia before an untimely pick sealed his fate. Notre Dame and Duke played a great game. Duke\u2019s starting quarterback Riley Leonard was injured on the game-ending play. Will be interesting to see how future MSU head coach Mike Elko can rally his troops if their leader is out long term.<\/p>\n<p>As for our picks, it seemed to be a week of \u201cmid\u201d performances as the kids would say. Connor, Daily, and Joey were tops this week at 6-4. Shout out to Joey for a good bounce back after last week. After that we had Emmett and Max coming in at 4-6. In a bad run of form, Hop, Anthony, MSU Recruits, and I all went 3-7 this week. Too many rookie mistakes are what did me in again. Hopefully a strong week is in the cards for us soon.<\/p>\n<p>While everyone was within a few college football games again this week, the standings remain very tight.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Updated standings after Week 5<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>(Tie) Connor and Daily MSU: 28-20-2<\/li>\n<li>Emmett: 27-21-2<\/li>\n<li>Max: 26-22-2<\/li>\n<li>(Tie) Chris and Hop: 24-24-2<\/li>\n<li>MSU Recruits: 23-25-2<\/li>\n<li>(Tie) Anthony and Joey: 21-27-2<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><em>Side Competition updates<\/em>:<\/p>\n<p>Daily\u2019s ascent to the top of our leaderboard over Weeks 4 and 5 has put him four games clear of Hop-man in their tough battle. Look for Hop to get back to the drawing board and re-create that early season success this week.<\/p>\n<p>In the battle for the Cane\u2019s Box; I am leading still Anthony by 3 games. I appreciate Anthony for taking it easy on me when I had a rough week this past week and wanting to stay even. While I have a small lead, I will refuse to coast. This week, I need a good bounce back before Anthony strikes and leaps me in the standings.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Week 6 games<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><em>Disclaimer: All lines are as of 3 p.m. ET on Tuesday, Oct. 3, from FanDuel. All times listed are Eastern Standard Time.<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>No. 12 Oklahoma vs. No. 3 Texas &#8212; Saturday at 12 p.m. on ABC (Line: Texas -6.5)<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Connor: Texas<br \/>\nDaily: Texas<br \/>\nEmmett: Texas<br \/>\nMax: Oklahoma (Horns down forever)<br \/>\nChris: Texas<br \/>\nHop: Texas<br \/>\nMSU Recruits: Texas<br \/>\nAnthony: Texas<br \/>\nJoey: Texas<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>No. 23 LSU at No. 21 Missouri &#8212; Saturday at 12 p.m. on ESPN (Line: LSU -6.5)<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Connor: LSU<br \/>\nDaily: LSU<br \/>\nEmmett: Mizzou<br \/>\nMax: Mizzou<br \/>\nChris: Mizzou<br \/>\nHop: LSU<br \/>\nMSU Recruits: LSU<br \/>\nAnthony: LSU<br \/>\nJoey: Mizzou<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>Rutgers at Wisconsin &#8212; Saturday at 12 p.m. on Peacock (Line: Wisconsin -14)<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Connor: Wisconsin<br \/>\nDaily: Rutgers<br \/>\nEmmett: Wisconsin<br \/>\nMax: Wisconsin<br \/>\nChris: Rutgers<br \/>\nHop: Rutgers<br \/>\nMSU Recruits: Wisconsin<br \/>\nAnthony: Rutgers<br \/>\nJoey: Rutgers<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>No. 13 Washington State at UCLA &#8212; Saturday at 3 p.m. on Pac-12 Network (Line: UCLA -3.5)<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Connor: Washington State<br \/>\nDaily: Washington State<br \/>\nEmmett: Washington State<br \/>\nMax: Washington State<br \/>\nChris: Washington State<br \/>\nHop: Washington State<br \/>\nMSU Recruits: Washington State<br \/>\nAnthony: Washington State<br \/>\nJoey: UCLA<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>Purdue at Iowa &#8212; Saturday at 3:30 p.m. on Peacock (Line: Iowa -1.5)<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Connor: Iowa<br \/>\nDaily: Purdue<br \/>\nEmmett: Iowa<br \/>\nMax: Purdue<br \/>\nChris: Iowa<br \/>\nHop: Iowa<br \/>\nMSU Recruits: Iowa<br \/>\nAnthony: Iowa<br \/>\nJoey: Iowa<strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>No. 11 Alabama at Texas A&amp;M &#8212; Saturday at 3:30 p.m. on CBS (Line: Alabama -2.5)<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Connor: Alabama<br \/>\nDaily: Alabama<br \/>\nEmmett: Alabama<br \/>\nMax: Alabama<br \/>\nChris: Alabama<br \/>\nHop: Alabama<br \/>\nMSU Recruits: Alabama<br \/>\nAnthony: Alabama<br \/>\nJoey: Alabama<strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>Colorado at Arizona State &#8212; Saturday at 6:30 p.m. on Pac-12 Network (Line: Colorado -4.5)\u00a0 \u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Connor: Colorado<br \/>\nDaily: Colorado<br \/>\nEmmett: Colorado<br \/>\nMax: Colorado<br \/>\nChris: Colorado<br \/>\nHop: Colorado<br \/>\nMSU Recruits: Colorado<br \/>\nAnthony: Colorado<br \/>\nJoey: Arizona State<strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>No. 20 Kentucky at No. 1 Georgia &#8212; Saturday at 7 p.m. on ESPN (Line: UGA -14.5)<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Connor: Georgia<br \/>\nDaily: Georgia<br \/>\nEmmett: Georgia<br \/>\nMax: Georgia<br \/>\nChris: Kentucky<br \/>\nHop: Georgia<br \/>\nMSU Recruits: Georgia<br \/>\nAnthony: Kentucky<br \/>\nJoey: Kentucky<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>No. 10 Notre Dame at No. 25 Louisville &#8212; Saturday at 7:30 p.m. ET on ABC (Line: ND -6.5)<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Connor: Notre Dame<br \/>\nDaily: Notre Dame<br \/>\nEmmett: Notre Dame<br \/>\nMax: Notre Dame<br \/>\nChris: Notre Dame<br \/>\nHop: Notre Dame<br \/>\nMSU Recruits: Notre Dame<br \/>\nAnthony: Notre Dame<br \/>\nJoey: Notre Dame<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>No. 2 Michigan at Minnesota &#8212; Saturday at 7:30 p.m. on NBC (Line: Michigan -19.5)<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Connor: Minnesota<br \/>\nDaily: Michigan<br \/>\nEmmett: Michigan<br \/>\nMax: Michigan<br \/>\nChris: Michigan<br \/>\nHop: Michigan<br \/>\nMSU Recruits: Minnesota<br \/>\nAnthony: Michigan<br \/>\nJoey: Michigan<\/p>\n<p>That should wrap up this week&#8217;s installment of the college football picks. No Michigan State game to pick this week as they are on a much-needed bye week. And 100 percent of us are picking Notre Dame and Alabama. That can\u2019t go wrong, can it?<\/p>\n<p>Happy football watching to all those partaking. If you are not since MSU is not, have a safe and fun weekend, and thanks as always for tuning in. 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