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Colorado vs. West Virginia College Football Picks: The Colorado Buffaloes have been getting plenty of attention in the early goings of the 2009 college football season for all the wrong reasons. Expected to be competetive in the BIG 12 North this season, the team hasn't shown that spirit as the season enters its fifth week. Colorado finally got its first win, a 24-0 blanking of Wyoming, in week four after going 0-2 to open the season against non-BCS opponents Colorado State (MWC) and Toledo (MAC). While going 2-0 in the early going, Wyoming hasn't set the world on fire going 2-1 through four weeks with wins against FCS Liberty and non-BCS C-USA member East Carolina. Against BCS competition, the Mountaineers lost at Auburn 30-41. Thursday night, West Virginia will host Colorado in an intersectional BIG EAST / BIG 12 match-up at Mountaineer Field in Morgantown, WV.

College football picks oddsmakers at SPORTSBETTING.com list West Virginia as 17-chalk favorites over Colorado with a 54 1/2 total. Moneyline odds are currently OFF the SPORTSBETTING board.

Gamblers looking for the right play on this game need to look a the reality of the situation. Colorado got off to a bad start but they have some veteran players, including red-shirt junior quarterback Cody Hawkins. In the pre-season some pundits thought the Buffaloes had what it would take to compete in the BIG 12 North Division. Colorado hasn't lived up to those expectations but seemed to have their game in order against Wyoming last week.

Neither West Virginia or Colorado can afford to lose Thursday's game with the conference season for both schools looming. West Virginia, while going 2-1, isn't any more proven than Colorado is. The Mountaineers struggled in their opener versus FCS Liberty, if that is any indication.

College football picks - Colorado is a gift to gamblers getting +17 point. We know that each game takes on its own personality but we love the odds that Colorado scores enough points to hang close with West Virginia.

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