Hey everyone, welcome back to the pick \u2018em. Week 7 is in the books<\/a> and we are heading into rivalry week here in the state of Michigan. Unfortunately, so far the college football<\/a> season hasn\u2019t quite gone to plan for the Spartans but as we know in this game, anything can happen.<\/p>\n Week 7 saw some interesting games take place as Washington vs. Oregon lived up to its hype with Washington delivering a 3-point win. A couple of upsets with Missouri upsetting Kentucky and then Pittsburgh upsetting Louisville. The No. 1 team in the country, Georgia, also lost arguably its best player in Brock Bowers for the rest of the regular season due to injury.<\/p>\n What surprises does Week 8 have in store? How did we do in the picks last week? Let’s check out the results and get into the college football games for the week.<\/p>\n First off, shout out to Joey for being the only one to correctly pick Pitt to cover (and beat) Louisville. In the reverse of that, Daily was the only picker to take Indiana to cover against Michigan. I understand the thought process with it being a lot of points and both teams playing slower at times this year. Unfortunately for Daily, Michigan is firing on all cylinders and Indiana is, well, not firing on most cylinders. Also, shout out to the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame for making a nice comeback statement after last week thoroughly trouncing Caleb Williams and USC.<\/p>\n As for the MSU game<\/a>, well, I think we should let that one go without saying anything. I will give kudos to Katin Houser for coming in and making a pretty great effort in his first start at quarterback.<\/p>\n For our picks on the week: Big weeks for Connor, Joey, and Myself with us coming in at 7-3. That performance not only makes Connor our fearless leader at Spartan Shadows, but now he\u2019s our fearless leader in the picks. His big week moves him ahead of Daily by a game. Next on the week was a solid performance from Hop at 6-4. After that we have Daily, Emmett, Max, and MSU Recruits coming in with solid efforts at 5-5. Bringing up the rear this week was Anthony at 4-6. I can\u2019t blame him too much as he was on vacation while making his picks so we gotta give him a pass there.<\/p>\n One last shoutout needs to go to Joey. A blistering couple of weeks has got him back to .500 on the season.<\/p>\n Side competition updates<\/em>:<\/p>\n Daily\u2019s ascent to the top of the leaderboard has been derailed for a week after Connor\u2019s performance. He also lost another game in his battle with HopMan. This competition is fierce and Hop now only sits 2 games back. Can that deficit be overcome this week?<\/p>\n In the battle for the Cane\u2019s Box; Anthony\u2019s vacation and my newfound pick success were not a good combo for Anthony. I have increased my lead for Canes\/beer to five games currently but there are still a lot of games left to pick this year. I have a feeling Anthony will be back closing in on me soon.<\/p>\n Now let\u2019s get to what you\u2019ve all been waiting for. Time to bring on this week’s college football games. Happy Hate Week, everyone.<\/p>\n Disclaimer: All lines are as of 3 p.m. ET on Wednesday, Oct. 18, from FanDuel. All times listed are Eastern Standard Time.<\/em><\/p>\n Connor: Ohio State Connor: Rutgers Connor: Alabama Connor: Oregon Connor: Iowa Connor: Missouri Connor: Duke Connor: USC Connor: Clemson Connor: Good guys That will do it, folks. As you can see we have a lot of consensus picks. All of us together on Rutgers is concerning a bit. Should be an interesting week of college football games.<\/p>\n Everyone available this weekend should show out to support our boys in the Green and White (or probably Black and Green) as they battle to bring Paul home. Regardless of how the season goes, this game is always a big one and our guys need our support. For our seniors, this is their last shot at the school down the road and they deserve to have our full support. Also, let\u2019s remember one thing.<\/p>\n Pride Comes Before The Fall<\/p>\n Beat Michigan pic.twitter.com\/KIPtb30h0b<\/a><\/p>\n — Barstool Spartans (@BarstoolMSU) October 16, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\nWeek 7 results<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Updated standings after Week 7<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Week 8 picks<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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\nDaily: Ohio State
\nEmmett: Ohio State
\nHop: Ohio State
\nMax: Penn State
\nChris: Ohio State
\nJoey: Ohio State
\nMSU Recruits: Ohio State
\nAnthony: Ohio State<\/p>\n\n
\nDaily: Rutgers
\nEmmett: Rutgers
\nHop: Rutgers
\nMax: Rutgers
\nChris: Rutgers
\nJoey: Rutgers
\nMSU Recruits: Rutgers
\nAnthony: Rutgers<\/p>\n\n
\nDaily: Alabama
\nEmmett: Alabama
\nHop: Tennessee
\nMax: Alabama
\nChris: Tennessee
\nJoey: Alabama
\nMSU Recruits: Alabama
\nAnthony: Tennessee\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n
\nDaily: Oregon
\nEmmett: Oregon
\nHop: Oregon
\nMax: Washington State
\nChris: Oregon
\nJoey: Oregon
\nMSU Recruits: Oregon
\nAnthony: Oregon<\/p>\n\n
\nDaily: Iowa
\nEmmett: Iowa
\nHop: Minnesota
\nMax: Iowa
\nChris: Iowa
\nJoey: Minnesota
\nMSU Recruits: Iowa
\nAnthony: Iowa<\/p>\n\n
\nDaily: Missouri
\nEmmett: Missouri
\nHop: Missouri
\nMax: Missouri
\nChris: South Carolina
\nJoey: Missouri
\nMSU Recruits: Missouri
\nAnthony: Missouri<\/p>\n\n
\nDaily: Duke
\nEmmett: Florida State
\nHop: Duke
\nMax: Florida State
\nChris: Florida State
\nJoey: Duke
\nMSU Recruits: Duke
\nAnthony: Duke\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n
\nDaily: USC
\nEmmett: Utah
\nHop: Utah
\nMax: Utah
\nChris: Utah
\nJoey: USC
\nMSU Recruits: USC
\nAnthony: USC\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n
\nDaily: Clemson
\nEmmett: Miami
\nHop: Clemson
\nMax: Clemson
\nChris: Clemson
\nJoey: Miami
\nMSU Recruits: Clemson
\nAnthony: Clemson<\/p>\n\n
\nDaily: Bad guys
\nEmmett: Bad guys
\nHop: Good guys
\nMax: Good guys
\nChris: Bad guys
\nJoey: Good guys
\nMSU Recruits: Good guys
\nAnthony: Good guys<\/p>\n\n