Our Picks Went 3-2-1 as No. 1 Miami, No. 6 Kentucky and Ohio State All Went Down

No. 1 Miami lost. No. 6 Kentucky got run out of Neyland. Ohio State lost at home to Oregon. And through all of it, the Five and a Fade went 3-2-1. I’ll take a winning week on a Saturday like that.

The picks

✅ Tennessee -6.5 vs. Kentucky: Tennessee 34, Kentucky 6. The Kentucky Hat Guarantee cashed, and the Vols didn’t turn it over once. How it happened.
❌ Ohio State -7.5 vs. Oregon: Oregon 41, Ohio State 28. I laid a touchdown and a half and the Ducks won outright in Columbus. That one hurt.
✅ Utah -5.5 vs. BYU: Utah 28, BYU 20. Devon Dampier’s 3-yard touchdown run early in the fourth quarter made it an eight-point game, and BYU threw four interceptions.
➖ Miami +7 at Notre Dame: Notre Dame 31, Miami 24. A push, right on the number. CJ Carr threw for 319 yards and three touchdowns, and Miami’s last score with 9:53 left made it a seven-point game that never moved again.
❌ Ole Miss +3.5 vs. Georgia: Georgia 42, Ole Miss 7. I said I wasn’t sure Georgia wins by four in Oxford. Georgia won by 35. Gunner Stockton threw four touchdown passes on 15 attempts, and Talyn Taylor caught three of them. Somebody please take my phone away.
✅ The Fade: Oklahoma +6.5 at Florida: Oklahoma 23, Florida 7. Seventy-five percent of the bets were on the Gators. The Sooners didn’t need the points. Fade the crowd.

The rest of Saturday

Alabama 31, LSU 13. LSU led 13-10 late in the third quarter in Baton Rouge. Then Keelon Russell threw three touchdown passes and Alabama scored the last 21 points. Glad I stayed away from that one.
Texas 34, Missouri 20. Tied at 20 in the fourth, Arch Manning hit Raleek Brown for a 23-yard touchdown with 5:03 left, and Brown added an 8-yard run to put it away. Manning threw for 297 yards and three scores.
Michigan State 15, Michigan 6. The 3-6 Spartans went into Ann Arbor and held Michigan without a touchdown until the final two minutes. Rivalry week came early.

Tuesday night the CFP committee has to figure out what to do with Miami, Kentucky and Ohio State. I can’t wait to hear it.

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Jeremy Durham is a sports columnist for TriStar Daily and the founder of Five and a Fade.

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