Introducing BellagiOlin: Week 1 picks against the spread

TexAgs has given a $10,000 bankroll to BellagiOlin — the alter ego of columnist Olin Buchanan — to wager on college football this season. His bets, success and failures will be chronicled each week.

The first week of the college football season is the hardest to pick. You think you know the strengths and weaknesses of each team, but a few games are needed to get an accurate gauge.

But who wants to wait a few weeks? There is a mythical 10 grand burning mythical holes in mythical pockets.