Clemson Football: The picks are in! Staff picks for Week 11

Each week this season the RubbingtheRock.com staff will pick the score of the Clemson football game against the spread and we’ll also pick a wild card game in a “friendly” competition.

The staff stunk last week, going a putrid 2-6 record against the spread, and only 1-3 on the Clemson – Notre Dame game.

The points race looks like this:

Chancey 21.37
Houston (-63.63)

Marty (-172.72)

Beef (-363.63)

Three of us are underwater, with three weeks to go.

We’re using a spread of Clemson -7.

Without further ado, here are the picks for week 11.

John Chancey (10-8, 9-8 ATS)

After a loss like the one at Notre Dame, you expect a team that just had a bad night to bounce back. I hope it was just a bad night. Based strictly on math, I’m going to predict a Clemson cover by a hair.

Chancey’s wild card pick is Ole Miss +12.

Houston Burnett (9-8-1, 8-8-1)

Aight. So last week stunk. But that’s what it is: LAST week. I’m not going to sit here and say that I expect Clemson to magically come alive and score 50, but I expect a better effort all around.

Houston’s wild card pick is Purdue +6.5.

Marty Coleman (9-9, 8-9 ATS)

Most of the projections I’ve seen have Clemson scoring 30 or more, but I can’t see that with this offense at the moment.  I also expect a heavy dose of Will Shipley and expect D.J. to also be a factor on the ground. More rushes, more clock and we know Dabo just cares about winning the game.

Marty’s wild card pick is TCU +7.

Casey “The Beef” Cregan (8-10, 7-10 ATS)

I don’t have a good feeling about this weekend, especially with how hot Louisville has gotten the last four weeks.  Malik Cunningham gives me nightmares.  However, I think the Clemson running game will prevail.

Casey’s wild card pick is Virginia Tech +9.5