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I ran across some early lines for the 1st weekend of college  football and thought I would pass them along. These are from the Golden Nugget in Vegas and I’m going to give you my picks. You don’t have to leave work today and fly to Vegas with my picks because you still have a couple of weekends left.

Sept 3  — Oregon @ Boise St. -4 -  I like Oregon +4 in this game because it looks like Boise St. D’s  front 7 is young(5 soph’s likely to start) and should give Oregon the advantage with the running game.

Sept. 5–Va. Tech vs. Alabama -4 –in Atlanta — I like Va. Tech +4 because of defense and exp. at QB

Sept. 5–BYU vs. Oklahoma -21– in Arlington Tx.–I like Okla. -21 because they will want to make a statement to start the year because of Texas being favored in the Big 12.

Sept. 5–Nevada @ Notre Dame -17 — Nevada has an Exp. team and explosive offense and I look for this to be a lot closer than people think.

I have more games I’ll post later in the week.

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