College football predictions and picks: Pittsburgh, Purdue Thursday night

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College football predictions and picks: Pittsburgh, Purdue Thursday night

The first week of the 2022 college football season starts on Thursday and carries through the weekend. There are two games to start the week that are worth betting on.

College football predictions and picks: Pittsburgh, Purdue Thursday night.

Pittsburgh is a 7.5-point favorite over West Virginia. It's been 11 years since the Backyard Brawl was last played. Kedon Slovis and JT Daniels competed for the starting job at USC three years ago. Slov is the favorite again.

Purdue is coming off their best season in nearly two decades. They are coming up against Penn State, who went 2-4 last season away from home.