With another week of college football and the NFL, it’s time for Allen and Uncle Rob — the shrewdest Vegas man Allen knows — to unleash some more potentially bankrolling knowledge.

Here are the picks (With audio):

UNCLE ROB

College
Utah at San Diego State (+3)
Tennessee (-9) at Vanderbilt
Wisconsin (-4 1/2) at Michigan
Northern Illinois (-14 1/2) at Ball State
Troy (+22) at South Carolina — Sun Belt Special!!!

NFL
Baltimore (-10 1/2) at Carolina
Green Bay (-3) at Minnesota
Arizona at Kansas City (-8)

ALLEN

College
North Carolina State (+3) at North Carolina
Missouri at Iowa State (+11)
Colorado State at Wyoming (-3)

NFL
Buffalo (+6) at Cincinnati
Oakland (+7 1/2) at Pittsburgh
Washington at Tennessee (-7)

Last week:

Overall: 10-4
College: 5-2
NFL: 5-2

Entire season

Overall: 68-62-6
College: 41-39-5
NFL: 27-23-1

With another week of college football and the NFL, it’s time for Allen and Uncle Rob — the shrewdest Vegas man Allen knows — to unleash some more potentially bankrolling knowledge, and don’t forget to listen to Uncle Rob’s segment on The High Road, below.

Here are the picks:

UNCLE ROB

College
Arkansas State (-2 1/2) at North Texas — Sun Belt Special!!
3-team teaser: Alabama (-1) at South Carolina, Pitt at Notre Dame (pick) and LSU at Florida (- 1/2)
E. Michigan at Vanderbilt (-26)
Illinois at Penn State (-8)
Boston College at NC State (-9 1/2)

NFL
St. Louis Rams (+3) at Detroit
NY Giant at Houston (-3)
Kansas City (+8) at Indianapolis

ALLEN

College
Oregon (-37) at Washington State
Alabama at South Carolina (+7 1/2)
Baylor at Texas Tech (pick)

NFL
Chicago at Carolina (-1 1/2)
Atlanta at Cleveland (+3)
Jacksonville at Buffalo (pick)

Last week:

Overall: 5-7
College: 3-5
NFL: 2-2

Entire season

Overall: 31-24-2
College: 20-18
NFL: 11-6-2

Another winning week in the books for the Spring Vegas crew.

Allen and Uncle Rob convincingly navigated their way through Las Vegas’ trickery and chose 9 of 15 games correctly against the spread. It’s not perfect, but it’s winning.

With another week of college football and the NFL, it’s time for Allen and Uncle Rob — the shrewdest Vegas man Allen knows — to unleash some more potentially bankrolling knowledge.

Here are the picks:

UNCLE ROB

College
Temple at Army (+6)
Kansas (+9 1/2) at Baylor
Florida State at Virginia (+7)
Navy (+10) at Air Force
UL-Monroe (+35) at Auburn — Sun Belt Special!!

NFL
Teaser: Arizona at San Diego (-1 1/2) and Indianapolis (-1) at Jacksonville

ALLEN

College
Penn State at Iowa (-7)
Texas Tech at Iowa State (+7)
Florida (+8) at Alabama

NFL
Seattle at St. Louis (+1 1/2)
Chicago (+4) at NY Giants
Arizona at San Diego (-8 1/2)

Last week:

Overall: 9-6
College: 5-4
NFL: 4-2

Entire season

Overall: 26-17-2
College: 17-13
NFL: 9-4-2

Picking football games correctly is the ultimate display of sports knowledge (or at least can be spun that way). And with football season upon us, Allen tapped Uncle Rob, the shrewdest Vegas man he knows, to break down some college football games on the opening weekend.

Welcome back to Spring Vegas.

See, picking winners is fun, but picking against the spread of the toughest test. And that’s what Allen and Uncle Rob are doing, trying to sharpen their skills for that next trip to Las Vegas.

We have listed our picks below, and also recorded our usual weekly podcast, which you can stream or download.

Allen’s picks
Missouri (-12) vs. Illinois
Va. Tech (+2) vs. Boise State
Oregon State (+12) at TCU

Uncle Rob’s picks
Tulsa (-8) at East Carolina
Western Kentucky at Nebraska (-37 1/2)
Washington (+2) at BYU

If you’re not familiar with Spring Vegas and the corresponding podcast, this is it in a nutshell: Picking football games correctly is one of the sweetest things in the world. And picking against the spread is the toughest challenge of them all. That’s why during football season I enlisted Uncle Rob, the shrewdest Vegas man I know, to discuss football lines and how we would pick them, if we were in Las Vegas.

Thus, Spring Vegas. (If you missed the Spring Vegas intro column, click here)

So, with football season in the rear view mirror, I summoned Uncle Rob to discuss the Super Bowl, as well as go through some prop bets, a few of which actually have some value and others which are hilarious to think about and insane to gamble on.

You can either stream the podcast with the player below, or save it to your desktop and sync to your mp3 player.

Either way, it’s great stuff.

It goes right along with the rest of our Super Bowl coverage from earlier in the week:

• If you haven’t heard about our Super Bowl party, come on down to Boomers on Sunday, starting at 3 p.m. We’ll be there watching the game and giving away tons of cool stuff.
• What type of useless merchandise can you buy to support your Super Bowl team? A bunch, it looks like.
• We also took a peek at last-second Super Bowl ticket prices. You’re going to need to donate more than plasma to go. Posssibly, even a few organs.

Picking against your favorite team is one thing. But going to the game while wearing their apparel and (not so) secretly rooting against them to lose? It’s a bad situation, all the way around.

Yep, last weekend my family took a mini vacation to the Edward Jones Dome to watch the New Orleans Saints play the St. Louis Rams, my favorite NFL team since they moved from LA to STL. And, as usual, Uncle Rob joined me here for the Spring Vegas podcast and we vehemently picked against the Rams, who were a 14-point underdog. We even agreed that Vegas should move the line to 21 points. And what happened?

Saints 28, Rams 23

Instead of rolling over, the Rams tried to actually win the game. Ugh.

So, I’ve learned my lesson. When I get in the car and head to Lincoln, Neb. this weekend, I’m not going to go for or against Nebraska. I’m just going to enjoy the game.

But even with the Rams spoiling our unanimous pick, we still finished 8-6 this past week, pushing us to to 56-45-1 on the season.

To check our picks, click the link below. To listen or download the podcast, click here: Spring Vegas podcast with Uncle Rob

College football
Allen
LSU at Mississippi (-4)
Mississippi State at Arkansas (-10) *
California at Stanford (-7) *
(* Uncle Rob approved)

Uncle Rob
Parlay — Oregon (-6) at Arizona and Over 60
Two-team teaser — Baylor at Texas A&M (-1 1/2) and Kansas State (+23) at Nebraska
TCU at Wyoming (+31 1/2)
Arkansas State at Middle Tennessee State (-11) — SUNBELT SPECIAL!

NFL
Allen
Miami at Carolina (-3)
NY Jets at New England (-9 1/2)
Arizona (-9) at St. Louis

Uncle Rob
Colts (-1) at Baltimore
Parlay — Cincinnati (-9 1/2) at Oakland and Under 36 1/2
Parlay — Cleveland at Detroit (-3 1/2) and Under 38

Last week
Overall: 8-6
College: 5-3
NFL: 3-3

Overall: 56-45-1
College: 34-29
NFL: 22-16-1

There’s a lot to be learned in losing. While coaches at all levels hate to admit it publicly, many believe a regular-season loss can be the most effective lesson for down-the-road success.

And right on cue, The Spring Vegas football game-picking machine went 3-12 last week.

So in true coachspeak, Allen and Uncle Rob are letting the “past be the past,” taking “one game at a time” and “tipping our cap” to Las Vegas. (Screw you, LV. We’ll get you this time.)

Overall, Allen and Uncle Rob are 48-39-1 with last week included. Should you listen to us? Yes you should.

Click the link below to listen or download the latest Spring Vegas podcast and continue on to see our weekly picks.

Spring Vegas podcast with Uncle Rob

College football
Allen
Iowa (+17) at Ohio State *
Stanford (+11) at USC *
Alabama at Mississppi State (+12)
(* denotes Uncle Rob approved)

Two-team teaser
Notre Dame at Pittsburgh (- 1/2)
Michigan at Wisconsin (-2 1/2)

Uncle Rob
Notre Dame at Pittsburgh (-6 1/2)
Clemson (-8) at NC State
Texas Tech at Oklahoma State (-4)
Tulane (+3) at Rice

Three-team Sun Belt Conference Special Teaser!!!!!!
UL-Lafayette (+18 1/2) at Middle Tennessee State
Western Kentuck at UL-Monroe (-15 1/2)
North Texas at Florida International (+3 1/2)

NFL
Allen
New Orleans (-14) at St. Louis *
Buffalo at Tennessee (-7)
Dallas (-3) at Green Bay
(* denotes Uncle Rob approved)

Uncle Rob
New England (+3) at Indianapolis
Chicago at San Francisco (-3)
Atlanta (-2) at Carolina

Last week
Overall: 3-12
College: 1-8
NFL: 2-4

Overall: 48-39-1 (55.1 percent)
College: 29-26 (52.7)
NFL: 19-13-1 (59.3)