Alright boys, it's time to get geared up for the weekend. We're over the hump and Saturday is in sight so below are the 5 games we'll be picking both straight up and against the spread, along with a couple of others of interest. For those of you unfamiliar with the nomenclature, the favorite will be marked by a negative number, indicating that if you pick them, they must win by more than that many points. If you take the dog, your team can lose the game, but just not by more than the number indicated. Your straight up win pick obviously doesn't have to match your spread pick. Lines are taken from an online sports book. Home team is listed second.

Onto the lines:

1) Penn State
Ohio State -17

2) Alabama
Arkansas -1.5

3) Arizona State
California -7.5

4) Notre Dame -3
Michigan State

5) Boston College -7
NC State

2 SEC bonus games that count for nothing, but I want your input on:

Kentucky
Florida -24

Colorado
Georgia -27

Feel free to throw in any other games that look interesting to you, but only the 5 numbered above will count. The rest are just for gloating.

I want to get started with Thursday night's game,

Virginia
Georgia Tech -17

Who you got, how much you got em by, and why. Consider this one a warm up.

All picks should be posted by midnight Thursday, except, obviously, the Thursday night pick. Just do that whenever.

The Jeezy's got the strong intuition, the Virus has the knowledge, and The Caned one, well, let's just see what he's got.