Stanford Steve and The Bear: Week 6 college football picks, bets and nuggets
"Stanford Steve" Coughlin and Chris "The Bear" Fallica preview Week 6 of the 2022 college football season as only they can, offering their top bets, nuggets and totals worth wagering on.
Odds and lines are from Caesars Sportsbook unless otherwise noted.
Records:
The Bear (Last week: 4-2. Season: 21-8-1)
Stanford Steve (Last week: 3-1. Season: 7-9-1)
The plays
Houston at Memphis (-3, 57.5)
7:30 p.m. ET on ESPN2, Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium, Memphis,
The Bear: I've faded the Cougars twice and have been on the right side both times. However this is a spot I like Houston. Memphis may be 4-1, but wins over Navy, Arkansas State, North Texas and Temple hardly get the juices flowing. If the Cougars haven't thrown in the towel on the season, they should win this game.
Pick: Houston +3
Purdue at Maryland (-3, 58.5)
12 p.m. ET, SECU Stadium, College Park, Maryland
Stanford Steve: When I watch these two teams play, the capability of each offense is ample simply due to the play making ability of each team's quarterbacks.
Aiden O'Connell (Purdue) and
Taulia Tagovailoa (Maryland) have combined to throw for 16 touchdowns and I think they both add to that total with multiple TDs each. Plenty has been made of the improvement of the Boilers' defense and it surely has, but I think the Terps do some damage thru the air, as do the Boilers. I'll take the over.
Pick: Over 58.5 (Maryland 35 Purdue 34)
No. 17 TCU (-6.5, 68.5) at No. 19 Kansas
12 p.m. ET, David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium, Lawrence
Stanford Steve: Kansas wanted College GameDay and now they have College GameDay coming to town. One thing needs to happen for the Jayhawks is they need to play better than they did last week. And, I think they will.
Jalon Daniels had his worst offensive game to date last week with 93 yards passing and nine yards rushing. He will be better this week, that is for sure. But, on the other side, you have an offense that comes in playing maybe the best in the country. Led by QB
Max Duggan, who is coming off a start where he had 418 yards of total offense and accounted for four TDs, TCU has averaged the second-most points per game in the country (48.5). I think they score more than Kansas and cover the number. We'll take the road favorite.
Pick: TCU -6.5 (TCU 51 Kansas 40)
No. 21 Washington (-14, 56.5) at Arizona State
Stanford Steve: Last week, Washington went to Pasadena and suffered their first loss of the season. What I saw in that game was UCLA taking advantage of a Huskies secondary that might not be that good and was propped up from playing against teams like Michigan State, Stanford and others. I fully expect coach Kalen DeBoer to have his team ready and focused for a trip to Tempe, for a very rare day game at Sun Devil Stadium. I think the Huskies get back on track with the offense scoring a bunch of points and I think the Sun Devils score some also. We'll take the over.
Pick: Over 56.5 (Washington 41 Arizona State 24)
No. 12 Oregon (-13, 70.5) at Arizona
9 p.m. ET, Arizona Stadium, Tucson, Arizona
The Bear: Strange things happen when Oregon visits the state of Arizona. This could be another instance as Oregon is coming off a thumping of Stanford and a comeback at Washington State. Its a long trip and an opponent which will test the Ducks secondary. Arizona may not win, but 13 seems like its too many.
Pick: Arizona +13
Oregon Last 4 Games in Arizona as favorite