TCU -7 @Baylor

Great game, I think it will be close.

Kickoff: 9/3/06 4:30 pm
Pick: TCU
vs. Line: Baylor

@Kansas St. -24.5 Illinois St.

Kickoff: 9/2/06 6:10 pm
Pick: Kansas St.
vs. Line: Kansas St.

@Kansas -22 Northwestern St.

Kickoff: 9/2/06 6 pm
Pick: Kansas
vs. Line: Northwestern St.

@Missouri -36.5 Murray St.

Kickoff: 9/2/06 6 pm
Pick: Missouri
vs. Line: Murray St.

@Oklahoma St. -26.5 Missouri St.

Kickoff: 9/2/06 6 pm
Pick: Oklahoma St.
vs. Line: Oklahoma St.

@Texas A&M -34.5 Citadel

I'll be attending this one. Go Ags!!

Kickoff: 9/2/06 6 pm
Pick: Texas A&M
vs. Line: Texas A&M

@Oklahoma -22 UAB

Kickoff: 9/2/06 6 pm
Pick: Oklahoma
vs. Line: UAB

@Texas Tech -25.5 SMU

Kickoff: 9/2/06 6 pm
Pick: Texas Tech
vs. Line: Texas Tech

@Colorado -23 Montana St.

Note: Vegas doesn't post lines when Division IA plays Division IAA, but I DO! I'll denote those game with green picks.

Kickoff: 9/2/06 2:30 pm
Pick: Colorado
vs. Line: Colorado

@Nebraska -23.5 Louisiana Tech

Kickoff: 9/2/06 2:30 pm
Pick: Nebraska
vs. Line: Nebraska

@Texas -42 North Texas

Texas should walk all over them. I'm thinking...shutout.

Kickoff: 9/2/06 11am
Pick: Texas
vs. Line: Texas

12th Man TV

12th Man TV: The old A&M scoreboard was torn down and replaced by "12th Man TV", which is a 54-by-74-foot video board. It ranks as the second-largest screen in college athletics and one of the 10 largest in the world. The new addition also includes a sound system and ribbon boards.

Bill Byrne:

Our video appears in high definition.

We haven't talked much about the new sound system in place as well. Without going into engineering details, it is concert-quality and is adjusted to laser-like specifications to every section of the stadium so it delivers high quality and near-simultaneous audio wherever you are sitting.

We looked around the U.S. at the best facilities, and we settled on Turner Field where the Atlanta Braves play as the model for the best fit at Kyle Field. Please understand this: we looked at oversized combinations of replay and advertising boards, and determined that they did not fit well for the aura of Kyle Field.

If having the largest screen was all we wanted, we could have done that easily. We decided it was important to be attentive to programming. As a result, our big-screen content – while second-largest in all of college sports – will be better than on any screen in the country, guaranteed.

Chris Simms is Gay

Chris Simms and Kyle Shanahan became such good friends at the University of Texas that they have their initials tattooed on each other's lower leg.

@Iowa St. -8 Toledo 56.5

Holy Toledo I think this game will be close. Iowa St. is not great, Toledo should keep it close and might even pull off a big upset.

Kickoff: 8/31/06 7 pm
Pick: Iowa St.
vs. Line: Toledo

Last Year

I finished

67-19 (78%) Straight Up

46-39-1 (54%) Vs. the Line

So What's Going to Happen This Season?

Unless all the Texas starters get drunk and fall down and hurt themselves or get arrested on marijuana-related charges, they should cakewalk through the Big 12. Everyone is expecting big things out of Nebraska in the North, but I don't believe the hype. Sure, they'll win the North, but that's not saying much. So there you have it, Texas over Nebraska in the Big XII Championship, no need to even watch the season.