GC COLLEGE PICK’EM WEEK FOURTEEN

The Florida Gators finish out the schedule this week against the SOW. The Gator Country staff is back again this week to give you the staff’s picks for this weekend’s full slate of college games.

After week thirteen AS has pulled into second place behind Seth.

Games

Nick

PD

AS

DK

Seth

Richard

David

OLE MISS VS MISSISSIPPI STATE

MSU

OM

MSU

OM

OM

OM

MSU

NORTHERN ILLINOIS VS WESTERN MICH

N. Illinois

NIU

NI

NIU

UNI

N ILL

NWI

ARKANSAS VS LSU

LSU

LSU

LSU

LSU

LSU

LSU

LSU

FRESNO STATE VS SAN JOSE STATE

Fresno

FSU

FSU

FSU

FRES

FRES

FSU

OREGON STATE VS OREGON

Oregon

Ore

OU

OU

ORE

ORE

ORE

SOUTH FLORIDA VS UCF

UCF

UCF

UCF

UCF

UCF

UCF

UCF

FLORIDA STATE VS FLORIDA

FSU

FSU

FSU

FSU

FSU

FSU

FSU

OHIO STATE VS MICHIGAN

Ohio State

OSU

OSU

OSU

OSU

OSU

OSU

MINNESOTA VS MICHIGAN STATE

MSU

MSU

MSU

MSU

MSU

MICH ST

MSU

ALABAMA VS AUBURN

BAMA

Bama

ALA

Alabama

ALA

BAMA

ALA

DUKE VS NORTH CAROLINA

UNC

Duke

DUKE

Duke

DUKE

DUKE

DUKE

BAYLOR VS TCU

Baylor

Bay

BAY

Baylor

BAY

BAY

BAY

PENN STATE VS WISCONSIN

Wisco

WI

WIS

PSU

WIS

WISC

WISC

NOTRE DAME VS STANFORD

Stanford

Stan

STAN

Stanford

STAN

STAN

STAN

CLEMSON VS SOUTH CAROLINA

USCe

SC

CLEM

Clemson

USC

CLEM

SC

TEXAS A&M VS MISSOURI

A&M

A&M

A&M

TAMU

MIZZ

MIZZ

TAM

UCLA VS USC

USC

USC

USC

USC

UCLA

USC

USC

ARIZONA VS ARIZONA STATE

Arizona St

AZ

ASU

ASU

ASU

ASU

AZS

WAKE FOREST VS VANDERBILT

Vandy

Van

VANDY

Vandy

VANDY

VANDY

VAN

GEORGIA VS GEORGIA TECH

UGA

UGA

GT

Georgia

UGA

UGA

GATEC

TOTALS AFTER WEEK ELEVEN:

228-39

226-41

229-38

221-46

231-36

 226-41

221-46

David “PD” Parker

OSU over Michigan: I keep waiting for a team in the Big 10(ish) to stop being worthless so they can compete with OSU, but Michigan is going the opposite direction. Maybe Sparty can climb off the door mat and challenge them in the conference title game next week.

Bama over Auburn: I have to root for Bama hard here because they are the only thing standing between an FSU-OSU national title game. That would be unbearable.

Stanford over ND: Where were you last year when we needed you, Stanford?!

A&M over Missouri: The Tigers’ great run comes to an end.

FSU over UF: They will be jacked up, but I just don’t see how the Gators can score more than twice against an FBS team with the woodchippered offense they are working with right now. And the defense can’t hold for 60 minutes against anyone.

Andrew Spivey

I’ve to gain two games on Mr. Seth this week to tie him, so I’m going with a few upsets on the card this weekend.

Daniel “DK” Thompson

Last game of the season, can’t hold anything back. I didn’t.

Seth Puglio

A couple tough picks this final week. I’ll take Bama to shutdown the flashy Auburn offense. USC continues their dominance over Clemson. Missouri impresses with an impressive win over Johnny Football.

Richard Johnson

Matchup I’m most looking forward to? A sneaky good USC-UCLA game. Don’t look now but Coach O has the Trojans back in the top-25 and on the cusp of 10 wins and he’s reeled off five straight through such innovative coaching techniques as: letting the players eat junk food, and allowing someone to wear No. 1 on their jerseys. Both of those were banned by Lane Kiffin, Ed Orgeron has reinstituted them. You remember Lane? He coached USC in like 2005 I think, or so it seems. Kiffin was the coach of the Trojans two months ago, and since the debacle at Arizona State that led to his firing, USC has only lost once. They’re 14th in the nation in total defense and 22nd in yards per play allowed. They’re 17th in scoring defense and 24th in turnover margin. That goes against a UCLA team that’s middle of the pack in their own conference offensively, seventh and sixth in total offense and yards per play gained respectively. Quarterback Brett Hundley is very good, but the Bruins aren’t quite ready for prime time yet. The Trojans aren’t a great team, but they’re very much above average with the talent to be great on both sides of the ball and the impact of Coach O has led to some pretty good football over the last 60 days. Fight on.

Seth Puglio
Seth Puglio joined GatorCountry while he was finishing his sports management degree at the University of Florida. Originally from Vero Beach, Florida, Seth has been a huge sports fan his whole life and always knew he would want to get into the sports industry anyway he could. He has spent time working for several athletic administrative departments for the Gators and joined Gator Country as an intern in October of 2012. He is now viewing the sports industry from a new angle as Gator Country’s editor. In his free time Seth enjoys fishing, grilling out, watching too much sports and afternoon naps on the hammock. He is a fan of the Gators, Miami Dolphins, Orlando Magic, Tampa Bay Rays and Tampa Bay Lightning. Follow Seth on twitter @spuglio