Had to be hard to keep hating yourself when these people are so well-behaved

Welcome to Sports Friday and our first installment of -seth's "Hey, it's your money" picks of the week.

I don't gamble on college football, but not because i don't want to. it's more of a inability to justify putting it higher on the disposable income priority list. that sort of thing happens when you leave school owing more than $30,000 on school loans and car note.

But i do enjoy looking at the lines and seeing what i'd do (and subsequently informing others who I'd bet on). remember, it's your money, but here are

Games I like this week
actually, there aren't any jumping out at me as sure things. so here are the one's i like best (it's just a coincidence that i'm taking the favorite in all of them).

Georgia -3.5 over South Carolina
Texas Tech -7.5 over UTEP
Oklahoma -17 over Washington
Auburn -21 over Miss. State
Rutgers -10.5 over Illinois
Iowa -19.5 over Syracuse

No, sir, I don't like it
Games I wouldn't touch:

Louisville -40.5 over Temple
LSU -16 over Arizona
Texas -3 over Ohio State

If you held a gun to my head and forced me to pick a dog to cover this week I'd go with Ohio State (or maybe Utah State +29 against Arkansas), but i really have no clue how that game's going go. I really think Louisville can cover against Temple, but that is a HUGE number. it's just too big for me to go anywhere near it (if i actually bet). And, if i bet, i would never bet on an LSU game. that whole head v. heart thing. but i don't like this line anyway. If the line was a couple points lower, i would consider playing LSU but the line would have to get significantly higher for me to put anything on Zona.

So, if i bet, this week i wouldn't go much bigger than a three team parlay; probably Georgia, Oklahoma and Rutgers.

*****

Well, LSU kicked off the season with an easy win over ULL last Saturday. I thought the game went about as well as could be expected.

there were really only a couple of things that worried me, but i wouldn't even say I'm that concerned about it.

1. Jacob Hester: Good football player. Contributes every time he gets on the field. The type of guy you want playing for your team. But i would like to see him touch the ball 2 or 3 fewer times a game. LSU has a lot of big play potential. Keep Hester involved in the offense, but he shouldn't be higher than fourth of fifth on the team for the number of touches he gets in a game.

2. Play calling: Put LSU's top four receivers against any secondary in the country and somebody will be open. I worry that Miles will be so hell bent on running the ball this year that we don't take advantage of LSU's strength at wideout. My friend Michael pointed out that the outcome was never in question against ULL so it provided an opportunity to work on running the ball.

That thought lessened my worries, since it's stupid to think that Tigers receivers would have much success against teams who drop 8 men into coverage every play. so list play calling as a low-end doubt for now, but it's something to keep an eye on as the season progresses.