He was 10 seconds away from a 3-1 Saturday in college football last weekend but instead he had to settle for a mediocre 2-2 day.<\/p>\n
With just over two minutes remaining, the UCLA Bruins drove the field for a 23-20 comeback win over the Stanford Cardinal. The comeback thwarted Cras\u2019 chances of the winning weekend he needed to turn around his college season. At 12-17-1, there\u2019s still time to turn the college season into a profitable one and with a few lucky bounces in past games, he\u2019d already be in the profits.<\/p>\n
Nonetheless, here\u2019s how he likes this Saturday\u2019s games.<\/p>\n
The Tar Heels are putting together a surprisingly solid season but it\u2019s wise to remember that their five wins have come against McNeese State, Rutgers, Miami, Connecticut and Notre Dame. The last time North Carolina was on the field, they lost to Virginia with their previous loss coming at the hands of a Virginia Tech team that Boston College beat last weekend.<\/p>\n
The Eagles possess possibly the best defense that the Tar Heels have faced this season. Boston College ranks 4th in the country in total defense as they give up just 251.7 yards per game and their 13.3 points allowed per game has them tied for 10th in the nation.<\/p>\n
Pick: Boston College +2<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n The Commodores have found their way into Quick Hits a lot this season and that\u2019s because they are a profitable 7-1 against the spread in their eight games this season. Like the Wake Forest team last year, the Commodores continue to get attractive lines because the public doesn\u2019t pound this team like they should.<\/p>\n Vanderbilt looks like a great bet again this week, coming off a 10-point loss to a highly-ranked Georgia team to face a Duke team they\u2019ve had a lot of success against. The Commodores have covered seven of the last 10 meetings in this matchup and have won the last four games against Duke by an average of almost 17 points.<\/p>\n Pick: Vanderbilt -10.5<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n The Big East is struggling to provide the big matchups that the other conferences are providing but that doesn\u2019t mean you can\u2019t look there for profits. The Bulls travel to Kentucky looking to back up last year\u2019s impressive 55-17 dismantling of Louisville with another dominating performance.<\/p>\n South Florida, 6-1 straight up but just 2-4 against the spread, has failed to cover because they have taken opponents lightly throughout the season but they may finally have realized that they need big victories to impress the pollsters. Backing up a 45-13 win over Syracuse with another big win over a conference foe is a move in the right direction.<\/p>\n Pick: South Florida -3.5<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Everyone had questions about the Missouri Tigers defense and those were answered over the last two weeks as Oklahoma State and Texas combined to put up 94 points to hand the Tigers a pair of Big 12 losses. Now they must rebound against the Buffaloes but is the spread too big as 24 \u00bd-point favorites?<\/p>\n Sportsbook.com members obviously don\u2019t think it\u2019s too big as 83% of the early bettors are backing Missouri, moving the line from its opening 21-point number.\u00a0 While winning by more than three touchdowns isn\u2019t out of the realm of possibility for Missouri, I like Colorado to score enough to stay within the number.<\/p>\n Pick: Colorado +24.5<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The ninth week of the college football season brings you a huge slate of amazing matchups and weekend rivalries, and some of the biggest conference games to date. Sportsbook.com brings you some Week 9 CFB free picks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[284,285,287,325,331,332,471,632,764,773,778,782,783,911,1123,1168,1178,1187,1232,3679,3897,1356],"class_list":["post-3291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sportsbooks","tag-cfb-lines","tag-cfb-odds","tag-cfb-picks","tag-college-football-picks","tag-college-picks","tag-college-tips","tag-free-picks","tag-lines","tag-ncaa-football-free-picks","tag-ncaa-football-tips","tag-ncaaf","tag-ncaaf-lines","tag-ncaaf-odds","tag-odds","tag-selections","tag-sportsbook","tag-sportsbookcom","tag-spreads","tag-tips","tag-week-9","tag-week-9-picks","tag-winners"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3291"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3291\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":105333,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3291\/revisions\/105333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Duke Blue Devils @ Vanderbilt Commodores<\/strong><\/h3>\n
South Florida Bulls @ Louisville Cardinals<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Colorado Buffaloes @ Missouri Tigers<\/strong><\/h3>\n