-- Penn State covered three of its last nine as a home favorite; can they get some balance in their offense, because it looks like they can run it a little.
-- Duke is 17-6 vs spread after a loss; they covered nine of last 12 ACC games. - Mississippi State covered two of its last twelve road games, seven of its last 24 SEC tilts.
-- San Jose State is 7-16 as road underdog since '01. Illinois is 18-10 vs spread after a win.
-- Purdue is 28-13 as home favorite under Tiller, 11-5 vs spread in September home games.
-- Central Michigan had two players arrested this week, for manslaughter or something bad like that; stay away from the Chippewas.
-- Syracuse covered 13 of its last 15 non-league home games. Buffalo is 6-13 vs spread on turf.
-- Georgia is 8-10 as a double digit favorite with Richt. South Carolina had Dawgs 16-0 last year, fumbled game away, 20-16. Only one of last five in series was decided by more than 11 points. Spurrier was 13-8-1 vs spread, adding his first years at Duke and Florida.
-- Florida has Tennessee next week; they're 7-11 as home favorite. Louisiana Tech failed to cover last five tries as double digit dog.
-- New Mexico played Monday, travels on very short week. Missouri is 7-3 as double digit home favorite, 12-7 vs spread in last 19 home games.
-- Arkansas visits USC next week; they're 4-8 as double digit favorite. Vandy covered their SEC opener 11 of last fifteen yrs.
-- Underdog covered nine of last 12 San Diego State-Air Force games, with Aztecs winning last three years, by 37-31/24-3/38-34 scores.
-- Western Michigan is 8-19 as dog last four years. Toledo is 18-7 in last 25 as home fave, but won last two home games vs Western by 41-35/34-17 scores.
-- Bowling Green won its last four games vs Ball State by 41-15 average.
-- Utah covered 14 of last 18 games after a win. Utah State is 9-23 as road dog.
-- Rice covered six of its last eight as double digit dog. Will UCLA look ahead to Oklahoma?
-- UNLV also plays on short week; they're 2-9 in last eleven tries as home favorite.
-- UL-Monroe blew 23-0 halftime lead in losing their opener. Wyoming is 10-5 vs spread after a loss.
-- North Texas has won its last 25 Sun Belt Conference games, including four in row over Middle Tennessee; favorites covered 17 of their last 23 games.
-- Eastern Michigan is 0-2 as favorite since '02, 2-7-1 in last ten tries as home fave. UL-Lafayette is 4-1-1 vs spread after a loss.
-- UAB had ball on Tennessee 10-yard line with chance to tie in last 4:00 last week. Troy State is 16-9 vs spread as an underdog. -- Texas Tech is 10-1-1 vs spread in last dozen home openers, 21-12 in last 33 tries as favorite |