{"id":1078,"date":"2026-09-05T02:50:41","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T02:50:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greenshedguys.com\/?p=1078"},"modified":"2026-09-05T02:50:41","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T02:50:41","slug":"fdc-week-1-picks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greenshedguys.com\/?p=1078","title":{"rendered":"FDC: Week 1 Picks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The introductions are over, ShedHeads. <strong>Now the picks have to do the talking.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Year 6 of the Front Door Cup officially kicks off this weekend, and there is nowhere to hide. The offseason research has been completed. The win totals have been studied. The podcasts have been consumed. The group chats have been argued in. Every Guy currently believes he knows more about college football than the other two.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Saturday night, at least one of them will already be questioning everything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Week 1 brings us a loaded slate, and we&#8217;re wasting no time putting the Guys to the test. Three games are <strong>mandatory selections<\/strong> this week: <strong>Baylor vs. Auburn, Clemson vs. LSU, and Louisville vs. Ole Miss.<\/strong> After that, each Guy gets two selections of his own choosing to complete his five-game card.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Five picks each. Fifteen picks on the board. The first opportunity to establish dominance in the race for the <strong>Year 6 Front Door Cup.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Let&#8217;s get to it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">GUY #1 \u2014 THE STEADY HAND<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Baylor +7.5<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Clemson +10<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Louisville +6.5<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Missouri State v. Texas A&amp;M o53.5<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Oklahoma State -13.5<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">GUY #2 \u2014 THE GUNSLINGER<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Wisconsin v. Notre Dame u47<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Clemson v. LSU u50.5<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ole Miss -7<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Oklahoma State -13.5<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tulsa v. Oklahoma State o58<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">GUY #3 \u2014 THE LAWMAN<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Baylor +7.5<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Clemson v. LSU u50.5<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Louisville +7<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Texas 1h -17.5<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Notre Dame -20<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Year 6 starts now.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Let&#8217;s ride.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The introductions are over, ShedHeads. Now the picks have to do the talking. Year 6 of the Front Door Cup officially kicks off this weekend, and there is nowhere to hide. The offseason research has been completed. The win totals [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/greenshedguys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/greenshedguys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/greenshedguys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greenshedguys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greenshedguys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1078"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/greenshedguys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1078\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1089,"href":"https:\/\/greenshedguys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1078\/revisions\/1089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/greenshedguys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greenshedguys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greenshedguys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}