BellagiOlin: Week 8 picks against the spread

TexAgs has given a mythical $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.

Last week: 4-6-0
Season overall record: 24-45-1
Money lost last week: $500
Bankroll: $9,050 (-$950)

The ego and the bank account are a bit bruised at the midway point of the college football season.

All week recollections of the wisdom of dad — the late, great BellagiOlin, Sr.