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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Thursday, September 4, 2008

College picks

By Ralph D. Russo
Associated Press

TODAY

No. 24 S. Carolina at Vanderbilt: Second game for Gamecocks ... SOUTH CAROLINA 21-13.

SATURDAY

Central Michigan (plus 23 1/2) at No. 2 Georgia: Bulldogs too much ... GEORGIA 50-21.

Ohio (plus 34) at No. 3 Ohio State: No Beanie required for Buckeyes ... OHIO STATE 47-7.

Cincinnati (plus 21 1/2) at No. 4 Oklahoma: Sooners too strong for Bearcats ... OKLAHOMA 42-17.

Miami (plus 21 1/2) at No. 5 Florida: Gators expect WR Percy Harvin to play ... FLORIDA 45-20.

SE Missouri (no line) at No. 6 Missouri: Tigers WR Jeremy Maclin should get time off ... MISSOURI 55-10.

No. 8 West Virginia (minus 8) at East Carolina: Mountaineers look solid ... WEST VIRGINIA 35-21.

Southern Miss (plus 17 1/2) at No. 9 Auburn: Tigers hope to have kinks out of offense ... AUBURN 28-14.

No. 10 Texas (minus 26) at UTEP: Last meeting was 1933 ... TEXAS 49-14.

No. 11 Wisconsin (minus 20 1/2) vs. Marshall: P.J. Hill has big game ... WISCONSIN 38-14.

No. 12 Texas Tech (minus 10 1/2) at Nevada: The Wolf Pack can score ... TEXAS TECH 48-30.

Tulane (plus 30) at No. 13 Alabama: Green Wave fled Gustav ... ALABAMA 40-3.

Louisiana Tech (plus 20 1/2) at No. 14 Kansas: Bulldogs face tough foe ... KANSAS 45-14.

Stanford (plus 14) at No. 15 Arizona State: RB Toby Gerhart gives Cardinal offense punch ... ARIZONA STATE 31-21.

No. 15 BYU (plus 9 1/2) at Washington: Huskies had trouble vs. Oregon ... BYU 35-28.

No. 17 South Florida (minus 14) at UCF: Florida battle ... USF 24-7.

Utah State at No. 18 Oregon: Ducks expect QB Justin Roper to be ready ... OREGON 55-10.

Oregon St. (plus 16 1/2) at No. 19 Penn St: Beavers trying to avoid 0-2 start ... PENN STATE 27-20.

Mississippi (plus 8) at No. 20 Wake Forest: Another ACC loss to SEC? ... MISSISSIPPI 27-24.

UNLV (plus 21 1/2) at No. 22 Utah: Utes on roll ... UTAH 38-13.

Eastern Illinois (no line) at No. 24 Illinois: Illini QB Juice Williams could have big day ... ILLINOIS 48-10.

Last week: 19-3 (straight); 9-3 (vs. points).