College Football Picks Week 4: Best Bets, Dogs & Steam Moves

Saturday, 12 p.m. Eastern, ABC, number one, Texas, minus five and a half.

At number 14, Tennessee, total 55 and a half.

That is a lot of fives.

Boys and girls, and ultimately, I only care about number one.

Is Texas really the number one team in the country? If you guys remember just a few short weeks ago, Texas trailed Ohio State 23-3, entering the fourth quarter, and somehow escaped with a 24-23 win at home, thanks to Ryan Day.

Whether we want to argue that that was an epic comeback by the horns, or just conservative, keep your foot on the brake, Ryan Day, remains to be seen however the other two victories Texas State they just pummeled them and then last week 36 30 to 6 over UTSA no cover and now the Longhorns just walk into Neyland Stadium laying only five and a half points call me skeptical and the main reason for that skepticism is a kid named Arch Manning if you take off that Texas State game he's 40 of 70 359 yards 5.1 yards per game I don't think that he is going to become the quarterback we want him to become.

Last season, he rushed for 10 touchdowns.

This year, he has none.

What are we doing to a mobile quarterback by keeping him in the pocket? Well, that's a question for Steve Sarkeesian.

Tennessee, however, sits at 3-0, and its defense has surrendered just three offensive touchdowns all season.

Luckily, Georgia Tech got that punt, blocked punt, to give them one versus the Vols, or they wouldn't have had any either.

Faison Brandon, 64 passes, no interceptions.

And that is what I like to see when I'm betting on underdogs.

552 yards, six touchdowns, and of course, he's got a rushing touchdown.

Again, that Volunteers team really... made me take note.

After they went to Atlanta versus Georgia Tech, they hung 45 points.

And that tells me that this team is ready to hang and go toe-to-toe with another good offense.

I grabbed the Tennessee plus five and a half.

I've grabbed Tennessee on the money line.

Marco D'Angelo is up next.