Picks panel Week 1: Not everybody foresees a Bama blowout

MORGANTOWN, W.Va.Whew! The MetroNews panel sure is thankful Thursday night’s Texas A&M-South Carolina game kicked off too early to make the picks list. Outside of Kevin “One-Trick Pony” Sumlin, who saw that coming?

Perhaps more surprises are in store Saturday, when the Mountaineers face a mountainous point spread against No. 2 Alabama. Though the panelists aren’t buying into an upset, neither are they projecting the Crimson Tide to cover:

Week 1
Brad
Howe

Randy
Gyorko

Kyle
Wiggs
Garrett
Cullen
Alabama (-26)
vs. West Virginia
Alabama
35-10
Alabama
31-17
Alabama
31-14
Alabama
31-17
Marshall (-24)
at Miami, Ohio
Marshall
42-20
Marshall
34-27
Marshall
34-14
Marshall
42-24
Florida State (-17.5)
vs. Oklahoma State
Florida St.
42-20
Florida St.
42-20
Florida St.
31-10
Florida St.
44-24
Wisconsin
vs. LSU (-5)
LSU
24-21
Wisconsin
24-22
Wisconsin
20-14
LSU
21-17
Clemson
at Georgia (-7.5)
Georgia
35-27
Georgia
27-21
Georgia
27-14
Clemson
24-23
Penn State vs.
Central Florida (-2)
Penn State
24-20
Penn State
28-24
UCF
27-24
Penn State
3-nil
Ohio State (-16)
at Navy
Ohio State
35-17
Ohio State
34-17
Ohio State
26-20
Ohio State
31-23
UCLA (-21)
at Virginia
UCLA
31-17
UCLA
33-10
UCLA
31-7
UCLA
30-17
Utah State at
Tennessee (-6)
Tennessee
28-21
Tennessee
44-34
Tennessee
24-21
Tennessee
24-14
Miami at
Louisville (-3.5)
Louisville
27-24
Louisville
30-24
Louisville
32-28
Miami
31-21
Last week:
Season total:
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
Week 1
Hoppy
Kercheval

Allan
Taylor

Greg
Hunter

Travis
Jones
Alabama (-26)
vs. West Virginia
Alabama
34-17
Alabama
38-16
Alabama
35-24
Alabama
37-14
Marshall (-24)
at Miami, Ohio
Marshall
42-21
Marshall
44-31
Marshall
42-14
Marshall
35-17
Florida State (-17.5)
vs. Oklahoma State
Florida St.
48-24
Florida St.
27-17
Florida St.
38-21
Florida St.
42-21
Wisconsin
vs. LSU (-5)
LSU
21-17
LSU
24-21
Wisconsin
21-17
LSU
28-24
Clemson at
Georgia (-7.5)
Georgia
31-21
Georgia
31-24
Georgia
28-24
Georgia
27-20
Penn State vs.
Central Florida (-2)
UCF
28-27
UCF
23-21
Penn State
24-23
Penn State
31-28
Ohio State (-16)
at Navy
Ohio State
31-17
Ohio State
27-17
Ohio State
21-20
Ohio State
28-24
UCLA (-21)
at Virginia
UCLA
41-14
UCLA
30-13
UCLA
42-21
UCLA
41-20
Utah State at
Tennessee (-6)
Tennessee
31-20
Tennessee
33-31
Utah State
27-22
Tennessee
31-10
Miami at
Louisville (-3.5)
Louisville
34-24
Miami
23-21
Louisville
10-9
Louisville
30-24
Last week
Season total
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0






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