Winners, winners, chicken dinners!

Wow.

Another Saturday is already here. It's football time.

It's redemption time.

I've got five winners for you on Saturday. It's been a rough week and I'm tired, so, believe me, the homework's been done, but the writeups may be brief.

For entertainment purposes only, here are your chicken dinners for Saturday, Sept. 13.

Ball State (-7) at Akron: The Akron Zips win this one straight up. Take 'em and the points!

SMU at Texas Tech (-36.5): That's a huge number, but I think Texas Tech and Oklahoma are the class of the Big 12 this year. June Jones at SMU has a plan and he'll win some ballgames soon, but his guys ARE NOT ready for Graham Harrell and the Red Raiders. Lay the huge number and take Texas Tech!

Iowa State at Iowa (-13.5): Some guys are great assistant coaches but are either bad as head coaches or take the wrong jobs and find it difficult to succeed as a head man because of that. I'm not sure Gene Chizik wouldn't succeed at a better program, but things are getting rough for him at Iowa State. They'll get rougher when he loses big to in-state rival Iowa on Saturday. Take the Hawkeyes and lay the 13.5.

Virginia at Connecticut (-10.5): It's a sad commentary on the ACC that Connecticut is a favorite over Virginia. It'll be an even sadder commentary when the Huskies cover easily. Take UConn and lay the 10.5!

Middle Tennessee at Kentucky (-16.5): Sure, Kentucky lost Andre Woodson and Rafael Little. But Rich Brooks is still there and he's one of the most underrated coaches in college football. Rick Stockstill won't stand a chance in this battle of head-coaching wits. Take Kentucky and lay 'em.

Good luck on ya!