WVU is better at home, just beat OU, beat Baylor, played closer than the final vs TCU. Can they do it?
I like Duke. Pitt didn't have to work very hard last week as they jumped out 14-0 on two pick-sixes :16 into the game, their D did smother UVA's O. But look at Pitt's other recent games...19-9 vs Cuse, lost at UNC 24-42 (bad 2H), lost at LV 10-24. Duke is pretty solid. Gave UNC a great game a while back. Crushed Miami, failed to cover vs BC, but I thought they controlled the game, smothered VT last week (427-281 yardage edge). Duke for sure can win.
I could be interested in Illinois if Chase Brown can play. Michigan D will make it hard on Illini O for sure...but think the opposite is true as well. I don't see Michigan scoring a bunch here. Outside of the Penn State game I have not been overly impressed with Michigan.
I am surprised Army is laying DD vs UConn. UConn run D hasn't been the greatest, I don't think I ML UConn
I might like Georgia State vs JMU
Wish UAB was more their typical standard, but they can still make it interesting at LSU considering everything that is going on around LSU. Arkansas-A&M sandwich (both rival games), SEC Championship game on horizon. Looking back however, UAB has had good teams for several years now, but they do not do well vs ACC and SEC types, actually usually lose them big whether they are early in the year or late in the year.
I don't think Washington State should be a road fav at Zona. We know Zona can pull an upset (they've done it 3x this year). de Laura vs old team
Fairly high road chalk line for Oregon State as well. Beavers are pretty strong team and ASU got down big last week, 0-28 but did fight back when they could've easily just quit (only were outgained by 20 yards). Devils have had some occasional good games.
Colorado State would be a big one. They really haven't played that bad in 5 of their last 6 games. Played good enough to beat Wyoming, they led at HT and outgained San Jose by a buch.
San Jose probably should not be a road fav at this point. They trailed at HT to both Nevada and CSU. Just let San Diego St go on a 41-6 run on them. San Jose's last cover was October 8th.
Stanford has issues, but I'm not sure Cal is much better off actually. Huge rivalry game. Cal dominated last year.
Might the Ok St comeback with Sanders propel them in Bedlam? I don't know, ISU did outgain them by nearly 100y and ISU was -5 TOs
Troy is not playing their best ball. Troy has been shut out in the 1H the last two games vs ULL and Army. Trailed ULL 0-17 and trailed Army 0-9. Cameback to win both though. Troy doesn't really score much either. Vs eight G5 teams Troy is averaging just 20.6 ppg and have been held under 24 pts in five. ULM has pulled a couple uspets including last week and have been close in a couple others.
FAU played their best game of the year vs the team they always pound. But FAU has also been upset 3x while MTSU has pulled 3 upsets.
Is UTEP good enough to lay DD?
Texas State as a favorite, it's rare and Tx State has lost 4 straight including losses to the likes of Southern Miss, ULM. Arkansas State has been fading towards the end of the season, but did get a much needed win last week. Either team winning this game would be no shock.
I was really surprised how poorly Georgia Southern played last week at ULL as they were having a pretty decent year and had pulled 3 upsets. Will Marshall have a let down post the '75 Game'? I have no data on how they perform the week after that game. Marshall seems to have righted their ship, but they are still an hard team to understand, like only scoring 12 on ODU, and only 13 on Coastal in their two previous games before last Saturday.
Line seems high for Boise, but Boise does usually do well in this series and Wyoming's QB could be out. Cowboys won ugly last week, but are on a 4 game winning streak and this game at 7220 will decide the MWC Mtn division so high stakes in a key game for a big home dog. Boise blows out bad teams like UNR and CSU (combined score 90-13), but their last two vs good teams in Air Force and BYU they are 1-1 SU with a 19-14 win at AF and a 28-31 home loss to BYU. Wyoming has a good history of upsets and have pulled two already at home this year (Tulsa and AF).