WEEK 12 PICKS

It's the BIG GAME this week: Cal at Stanford. And I'm picking 50 contests, so let's get to it. (As usual, winners will be in ALL CAPS.)

Friday Games

*OKLAHOMA STATE @ Iowa State
*TOLEDO @ Central Michigan

Saturday Games

*FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL @ Louisiana-Monroe
*Maryland @ WAKE FOREST
*Citadel @ SOUTH CAROLINA
*Akron @ BUFFALO
*Indiana @ MICHIGAN STATE
*Army @ TEMPLE
*NAVY @ San Jose State (Went back and forth on this one so we'll see.)
*Nebraska @ MICHIGAN (Switched on this one and that's always troubling.)
*WISCONSIN @ Illinois
*LOUISVILLE @ Connecticut
*Kansas @ TEXAS A&M
*IOWA @ Purdue (Hate to pick against the Boilermakers.)
*Kentucky @ GEORGIA
*GEORGIA TECH @ Duke
*TULSA @ University of Texas-El Paso
*Sanford @ AUBURN
*Furman @ FLORIDA
*EASTERN MICHIGAN @ Kent State
*Georgia Southern @ ALABAMA
*New Mexico @ WYOMING
*Mississippi State @ ARKANSAS
*CLEMSON @ North Carolina State
*UTAH STATE @ Idaho
*University of Central Florida @ EAST CAROLINA
*KANSAS STATE @ Texas
*Arizona @ ARIZONA STATE
*California @ STANFORD (Come on, The Cardinal. You got this. And Cal, they need it more.)
*New Mexico State @ BYU
*Fresno State @ HAWAI'I (Another possibly close one.)
*Southern Methodist University @ HOUSTON
*Colorado State @ TCU (Poor, poor Rams.)
*Penn State @ OHIO STATE (Not much more than a guess here.)
*MIAMI @ South Florida
*TEXAS TECH @ Missouri
*WASHINGTON @ Oregon State
*Boston College @ NOTRE DAME
*CINCINNATI @ Rutgers
*Minnesota @ NORTHWESTERN
*Louisiana Tech @ NEVADA
*Utah @ WASHINGTON STATE
*University of Nevada-Las Vegas @ AIR FORCE
*LSU @ Mississippi
*VANDERBILT @ Tennessee (Gotta have one upset, even if it isn't exactly a long-shot.)
*Virginia @ FLORIDA STATE
*Colorado @ UCLA (I think Rick has the more confident team--sorry Buffs!)
*University of Southern California @ OREGON
*OKLAHOMA @ Baylor (Could be an upset, but I'm not predicting one.)
*BOISE STATE @ San Diego State

Enjoy the games and may the best teams win!