* Play Oledon's Stupid Underdog Picks, Week One, 2017 Edition *

[Darrell KSR]

Reminder--this is very early, and several/many of the games do not currently have a line. If you don't like what you see, check back later in the week and we may have found lines to include and edited the choices.

The game rules are pinned above, but it's simple--pick ONE underdog. They must WIN THE GAME, not just beat the spread. If they do, you get the points by which they were the underdog. Highest point total wins at the end of the season.

Good luck!

THURSDAY, AUGUST 31
ARIZONA STATE -24.00 New Mexico State
ARKANSAS NL Florida A&M, at Little Rock (FCS)
MINNESOTA -25.50 Buffalo
CENTRAL FLORIDA -17.00 Florida International
CENTRAL MICHIGAN NL Rhode Island (FCS)
CINCINNATI NL Austin Peay (FCS)
CONNECTICUT NL Holy Cross (FCS)
GEORGIA STATE NL Tennessee State (FCS)
IDAHO NL Sacramento State (FCS)
OHIO STATE -21.00 Indiana
MEMPHIS -27.00 Louisiana-Monroe
OKLAHOMA STATE -18.00 Tulsa
TOLEDO NL Elon (FCS)
UTAH NL North Dakota (FCS)
WAKE FOREST NL Presbyterian (FCS)

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1
ARMY NL Fordham (FCS)
Boston College -3.00 NORTHERN ILLINOIS
EASTERN MICHIGAN -14.00 Charlotte
Colorado -6.50 Colorado State, at Denver
Navy -11.00 FLORIDA ATLANTIC
NEW MEXICO NL Abilene Christian (FCS)
Washington -30.50 RUTGERS
SYRACUSE NL Central Connecticut St. (FCS)
WISCONSIN -28.00 Utah State

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2
AIR FORCE NL Vmi (FCS)
PENN STATE -33.00 Akron
Ala.-Birmingham NL Alabama A&M (FCS)
Alabama -7.50 Florida State, at Atlanta
GEORGIA -13.50 Appalachian State
ARIZONA NL Northern Arizona (FCS)
NEBRASKA -16.50 Arkansas State
AUBURN -35.00 Georgia Southern
ILLINOIS -7.50 Ball State
BAYLOR NL Liberty (FCS)
BOISE STATE -11.00 Troy
MICHIGAN STATE -18.50 Bowling Green
Louisiana State -13.00 Brigham Young, at Houston
NORTH CAROLINA -11.50 California
CLEMSON -39.50 Kent State
Massachusetts NL COASTAL CAROLINA
DUKE NL N.C. Central (FCS)
EAST CAROLINA NL James Madison (FCS)
Michigan -4.00 Florida, at Arlington
FRESNO STATE NL Incarnate Word (FCS)
HAWAII NL Western Carolina (FCS)
Houston -11.00 UTSA
IOWA -12.50 Wyoming
IOWA STATE NL Northern Iowa (FCS)
KANSAS NL SE Missouri St. (FCS)
KANSAS STATE NL Central Arkansas (FCS)
Kentucky -10.50 SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI
LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE NL SE Louisiana (FCS)
LOUISIANA TECH NL NW State, La. (FCS)
Louisville -26.50 Purdue, at Indianapolis
MARSHALL -1.00 Miami (O)
TEXAS -17.00 Maryland
MIAMI (FLA) NL Bethune-Cookman (FCS)
Vanderbilt -4.50 MIDDLE TENNESSEE
MISSISSIPPI -24.00 South Alabama
MISSISSIPPI STATE NL Charleston Southern (FCS)
MISSOURI NL Missouri State (FCS)
NORTHWESTERN -24.00 Nevada
Nevada-Las Vegas NL Howard (FCS)
North Carolina State -6.00 South Carolina, at Charlotte
NORTH TEXAS NL Lamar (FCS)
NOTRE DAME -17.50 Temple
OHIO NL Hampton (FCS)
OKLAHOMA -44.50 Texas-El Paso
OLD DOMINION NL Albany (FCS)
OREGON NL Southern Utah (FCS)
OREGON STATE NL Portland State (FCS)
PITTSBURGH NL Youngstown St. (FCS)
SAN DIEGO STATE NL UC Davis (FCS)
SAN JOSE STATE NL Cal Poly (FCS)
SOUTH FLORIDA NL Stony Brook (FCS)
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA -27.50 Western Michigan
SOUTHERN METHODIST NL Stephen F. Austin (FCS)
TEXAS CHRISTIAN NL Jackson St. (FCS)
TEXAS STATE NL Houston Baptist (FCS)
TEXAS TECH NL Eastern Washington (FCS)
TULANE NL Grambling St. (FCS)
Virginia NL William & Mary (FCS)
WASHINGTON STATE NL Montana State (FCS)
WESTERN KENTUCKY NL Eastern Kentucky (FCS)

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
UCLA -4.00 Texas A&M
Virginia Tech -4.50 West Virginia, at Landover

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 4
Tennessee -4.00 Georgia Tech, at Atlanta

EDIT: 1:45PM 8/29/2017 -- OK TO PLAY LSU v BYU with original line. Game has been moved to the Superdome, but line remains the same.

[Darrell KSR]

See the note about the LSU v BYU game. Scheduled in Houston, likely won't be played there. Probably will have the same line, but don't play it yet until we know for sure where it's being played.

[Catfan73]

Dang it that was probably going to be my pick before Harvey.

[Darrell KSR]

Will probably have the game, so stay tuned.

[Yeager49]

Florida State

[Doc]

FL ATLANTIC

[MickintheHam]

There are about 4 or 5 intriging possibilities, but I will wait to see the line on Incarnate Word before selecting.

[Darrell KSR]

South Carolina

[BigBluePappy]

South Alabama, what the heck.

[Catfan73]

The LSU-Brigham Young game has been moved to the Superdome in New Orleans. Might have to give it some more thought.

[Catfan73]

Wyoming.

[blueboss]

Ball St


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[Thedonnie123]

Florida.

[Darrell KSR]

You are ok to play LSU v BYU game now if you'd like. Game has been moved to the Superdome, but line remains -13.

[Darrell KSR]

The LSU-Brigham Young game has been moved to the Superdome in New Orleans. Might have to give it some more thought.

Game is available to play if anyone is interested. Fair game.

[Darrell KSR]

I'm not getting any new lines, so we'll go with what we have here. If somebody really has a hankering for a game without a line, let me know, and we'll create a line for it.

[MickintheHam]

When was the last time Looeyville was a 27 pt. Favorite? Oh, I remember!

[MickintheHam]

USCLite over NCSU

[UKFlounder]

Middle Tennessee

[MTcatfan]

Wyoming

[CatQuick]

Troy! Boom!!

[Catfan73]

Thought about Troy but couldn't pull the trigger with Boise's elevation.

[kingcat]

FLORIDA ATLANTIC

[snoopcat]

Wyoming

[truecatsfan]

Florida St.

[stinger11723]

Florida St.

[Darrell KSR]

Looks like we had similar minds for opening weekend, and did well with our picks!

Two winners in Oledon's Opening Weekend. Nice 6 point start to the season for these two.


South Carolina


USCLite over NCSU

[MickintheHam]

I think it took me 10 weeks to get a winner last year.

[Darrell KSR]

I think I was just the opposite--last year I started fast and finished quickly. Ricky P. would have been proud of me.