Saturday's College Football Free Pick (1-Dime)

[Pick Bot]

Take Kentucky -14.5 1-Dime Play (1-5scale)
Why Kentucky on such a large spread of more than 2TD's. Well I'll tell you why I really like this team to surprise some this year they have 3 studs on defense back this year and their best in CB Trevard Lindley is a shut down corner. What I most like about this team is how they have opened in the last two years with 27-2 win over Louisville last year and a 50-10 win over Western Kentucky the year before. Rich Brooks is an excellent coach and without him the Kentucky program was garbage. This is a team that stayed right with Alabama last year losing by three points. They also were playing right with Georgia in a 4 point loss. They play out of the nations top conference in the SEC and have 14 straight non-conference wins just showing you how powerful the SEC really is. They have 3 returning starters on the O-line and 4 seniors as well as their best OL in sophmore guard Stuart Hines. Give any QB time and he'll find his play makers. Kentucky has speed all over the field including Randall Cobb who can play everywhere. They'll face a rebuilding Miami Ohio team out of the MAC. Miami brought in new coach Mike Haywood from Notre Dame, but I just see this as more of a scrimmage than anything year. This was a team most picked to win the MAC and they finished 2-10. They ranked 12th in rushing and total offense while their defense was 9th in the MAC. They were 108th in the nation in sacks and 97th in tackles for loss. I really do not see them being able to get pressure on Hartline allowing him to throw to whoever he wants.