High School Football

Gold & Blue Lunch: Esteemed panel shares its final-score picks

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — It’s FCS week at Milan Puskar Stadium, where if things go according to Hoyle, nearly 70 players could see action for West Virginia.

The Lunch Report always shares the Friday table with its MetroNews colleagues for the purpose of scientifically forecasting final scores. See some of those picks below with other games addressed in the video above. (About that video: There’s also a memorable Hall of Fame highlight from linebacker Grant Wiley.)

West Virginia vs. Youngstown State:

Garrett Cullen: West Virginia 48-13

Randy Gyorko: West Virginia 34-13

Brad Howe: West Virginia 35-14

Travis Jones: West Virginia 38-10

Greg Hunter: West Virginia 43-21

Allan Taylor: West Virginia 38-16

West Virginia (-10) vs. Missouri last week:

Garrett Cullen: West Virginia 23-10

Randy Gyorko: West Virginia 24-17

Brad Howe: West Virginia 28-10

Travis Jones: West Virginia 31-21

Greg Hunter: West Virginia 28-17

Allan Taylor: West Virginia 26-17

The panel was 6-0 straight up and 3-2-1 against the spread.

 

This week’s stone-cold locks:

Garrett Cullen: Baylor (-31.5) over SMU 52-17

Randy Gyorko: Oregon (-24.5) over Virginia

Brad Howe: Mississippi State (-7) over South Carolina 31-21

Travis Jones: USC (-16.5) over Utah State 42-21

Greg Hunter: Baylor (-31.5) over SMU 58-14

Allan Taylor: South Alabama (+13.5) falls to Georgia Southern 28-24

 

Last week’s stone-cold travesties:

Garrett Cullen: LSU (-10) over Wisconsin 28-14

Randy Gyorko: LSU (-10) over Wisconsin 31-14

Brad Howe: Tulsa (-5.5) over San Jose 42-30

Travis Jones: Georgia Tech (-3) over Boston College 28-14

Greg Hunter: Florida (-36) over UMass 62-10

Allan Taylor: Clemson (-7) over Auburn 34-24

For those scoring at home, the panel’s locks finished 1-4-1 ATS, with Cullen and Gyorko’s failing to even win straight-up.





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