College Football Picks – Big 12 Features

Vinny Caraturo is a senior college football analyst for Wannamakeabet.com

(7)TCU At West Virginia

TCU is suddenly ranked 7th and rolling. They have handled the top Big 12 teams the last 4 weeks led by Mx Duggan who has 19TD’s and only 1 Int. They have been able to outscore teams with a high powered offense and have even come back from deficits. They have played there “A” Game every week. West Virginia has been up and down and got trounced at Texas Tech last week. They turned the ball over 4 times and JT Daniels had his worst game with the Mountaineers. This week they are home for TCU where they’ve beaten TCU the last 4 times and covered the last 6.

Prediction:

TCU has had an incredible year under Sonny Dykes. West Virginia is back home and has been good against the run this year. 7 points on the road is a lot and West Virginia can thrown on TCU defense. West Virginia covers the +7

Oklahoma at Iowa State

Another Big 12 matchup that in years past would have been a battle for first. Both teams have struggled this year. Oklahoma is 4-3 led by Dillon Gabriel who has 13 TD’s and 1 pick. They run just as well. Iowa State is 3-4 and they have a top 20 defense as usual but have trouble scoring. Hunter Dekkers at QB will need to have a solid game this week and this is the defense to do it against. Oklahoma’s defense is ranked near the bottom of the FBS.

Prediction:

Oklahoma’s high powered offense led by Gabriel and RB Gray is going to score.

The biggest discrepancy in this game is the defense. Iowa State’s defense is far better than the Sooners and Iowa State will be able to score and run against this porous D. Iowa State at home in October is a different team. Turnovers will be a key to the game and Iowa State will force mistakes. Iowa State money line is play