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Each week during the 2016 college football season, I will offer up my selections and scores for the weekends biggest games and a handful of other key matchups.Last year, my selections went 104-33 (76 percent) picking straight-up (SU) winners during the regular season and 74-61-2 (55 percent) against the spread (ATS). This year the straight-up record is 67-32 (68 percent), but the ATS record is just 42-54-2 (44 percent).Here are this weeks selections.Note: Lines from Westgate SuperBook as of Wednesday morning.No. 15?Florida Gators at No. 14?Florida State Seminoles (-6.5)Saturday, 8 p.m. ET, ABCThe Gators have the SEC championship on deck and just won the game that clinched them that spot, beating LSU in Death Valley. It may be hard to fathom, but rival Florida State is actually a sandwich game for them. The Gators are banged up and figure to aim for having as many hands on deck as they can next week. Florida State is in its home and season finale, and can grab its second win of the year against an SEC team. . He says so-called TRT is only one problem and he wants to go even further than the ban. "Its about time," St-Pierre told reporters at a promotional event in Montreal on Friday. "I think its a good thing. . Thousands of fans at Mosaic Stadium will be cozying up to each other in an effort to stay warm in chilly temperatures and block the Prairie wind that locals say can knock your socks off. . This should be celebrated because it will not always be this way. With the amount of money given to players by their clubs these days, it is a wonder that so many of those teams allow the sport to continue to take away many of their assets so they can play for a different team in the middle of their season. . -- Edmontons Val Sweeting is two wins away from a trip to Winnipeg to play in Canadas Road of the Rings in December. . Now, with Game 6 set for Fenway Park and an 8:07 p.m. ET first pitch, the Detroit Tigers face the unenviable task of having to beat the Boston Red Sox twice, on the road, to advance to the World Series. CEDAR CITY, Utah -- Matt OLeary scored 20 points and Darell Combs added 16 as IUPUI routed Southern Utah 101-81 on Saturday night.OLeary was 8 of 9 from the field and made four 3-pointers. Combs finished 5-of-9 shooting. Ron Patterson added 15 points with three 3s for IUPUI (5-7), which shot 60 percent from the floor and made 13 of 28 3-pointers. Evan Hall and T.J. Henderson added 11 points apiece.Randy Onwuasor scored 20 points and James McGee had 116 to lead Southern Utah (2-9), which has lost five straight.ddddddddddddIUPUI had a double-digit lead with 6:46 remaining in the first half, and stretched it to 35 points with 12 minutes left.The Jaguars (5-7) have scored 100-plus points in consecutive games, and have won all five of its games this season by double digits. ' ' '
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