Hawaii -7 @ Utah St.:
Hawaii has a record of 4-4 this year. Their losses have come to Florida, Oregon St. Boise St. and San Jose St. All very respectable teams. They have beaten Nevada and Fresno St. this year. Utah St. is not a respectable team. They are 1-7 with their one win coming against Idaho (A team that many Div. II schools would beat). Of their 7 losses only one has come by less than 7 points and that was a 2 point loss to Fresno St. last weekend. Fresno St. is a team that enjoys playing really tight games this year so that's not surprising.
Notre Dame -4.5 @ Pittsburgh:
For starters Notre Dame is 4-0 at home this year with their smallest margin of victory being 7 points (against a good stanford team and they were up much more until late in the fourth). This is a good team they people are still uncertain of because of last year. Their defense is solid, and their offense is improving week in and week out. Pittsburghs defense has struggled lately, and they gave up 54 points at home to a rough Rutgers team last week. This Notre Dame team is probably the toughest team theyve played all year (including an overrated South Florida team), and their starting quarterback is questionable with a concussion. get on this line now as it is the play even if their starting QB plays, and if it is announced that he is out the line is gonna jump.
Air Force -8.5 @ Army:
Army has put together a few wins lately, but dont let that fool you, it has been against Eastern Mich, Tulane, and Louisiana Tech all very bad football teams. They are still a bad team (they lost to new hampshire at home this year by 18 and Akron by 19). Air Force is the best team they have faced up to this point. Air Force has 2 losses this year. A hard back and forth battle with Navy, and a 7 point loss to Utah. Expect this one to get ugly quickly.
Kentucky +3 @ Mississippi St.:
Kentucky is a solid team that people are starting to write off becaus of recent struggles. They were embarrassed last week granted, but their recent struggles have come against Alabama, South Carolina, and Florida...three very tough teams. They will right this ship this week and get back on the winning track. I love when a team I'm almost sure will win is getting points. Mississippi St. is a bad football team. They beat an overrated vanderbilt team and thats about it. Mississippi St. got blown out by Tennessee 34-3...anyone that knows CFB this year knows that tennessee cannot score so when they put up 34 you know the team is bad, Tennessee only scored 13 at home against Northern Illinois for god sakes and NIU put up at least 9 points with their 3rd string QB. What's all that mean? There is a chance this could be ugly for both teams. However Mississippi is gonna have a hard time scoring and they are gonna give up some points, so Kentucky getting points is the easy pick here.
San Jose St. -16.5 @ Idaho:
This line is puzzling to me. San Jose St. has proven to be a decent team this year. And when you put a decent team against Idaho that team should be at least a 3 touchdown favorite....Idaho has two wins this year against Idaho St, and New Mexico St...Two piss poor teams. Their 7 losses come at an average of 32.28 points per. Only one loss was by less that 17 and that was a 13 point loss to that same Fresno St team mentioned above that likes playing close games to bad teams. This team lost to Utah st by 25 and San Diego St. by 28 and both of those teams are just horrible. San Jose St. is the easy play here.
and last but not least....
TCU -14 @ UNLV:
TCU is for real. They have one of the best defenses in the nation and an offense that has found it's groove. They have a scoring margin of +25.3 and thats including their 25 point loss to Oklahoma. If you take that game out they have won all their games by an average of 31.6 games. They have only played one game where they won by less than 14 and that was a 6 point victory at CSU in which they only allowed 7 points and for whatever reason only scored 13. UNLV does not have the offense or the defense to cover this spread.
Hawaii has a record of 4-4 this year. Their losses have come to Florida, Oregon St. Boise St. and San Jose St. All very respectable teams. They have beaten Nevada and Fresno St. this year. Utah St. is not a respectable team. They are 1-7 with their one win coming against Idaho (A team that many Div. II schools would beat). Of their 7 losses only one has come by less than 7 points and that was a 2 point loss to Fresno St. last weekend. Fresno St. is a team that enjoys playing really tight games this year so that's not surprising.
Notre Dame -4.5 @ Pittsburgh:
For starters Notre Dame is 4-0 at home this year with their smallest margin of victory being 7 points (against a good stanford team and they were up much more until late in the fourth). This is a good team they people are still uncertain of because of last year. Their defense is solid, and their offense is improving week in and week out. Pittsburghs defense has struggled lately, and they gave up 54 points at home to a rough Rutgers team last week. This Notre Dame team is probably the toughest team theyve played all year (including an overrated South Florida team), and their starting quarterback is questionable with a concussion. get on this line now as it is the play even if their starting QB plays, and if it is announced that he is out the line is gonna jump.
Air Force -8.5 @ Army:
Army has put together a few wins lately, but dont let that fool you, it has been against Eastern Mich, Tulane, and Louisiana Tech all very bad football teams. They are still a bad team (they lost to new hampshire at home this year by 18 and Akron by 19). Air Force is the best team they have faced up to this point. Air Force has 2 losses this year. A hard back and forth battle with Navy, and a 7 point loss to Utah. Expect this one to get ugly quickly.
Kentucky +3 @ Mississippi St.:
Kentucky is a solid team that people are starting to write off becaus of recent struggles. They were embarrassed last week granted, but their recent struggles have come against Alabama, South Carolina, and Florida...three very tough teams. They will right this ship this week and get back on the winning track. I love when a team I'm almost sure will win is getting points. Mississippi St. is a bad football team. They beat an overrated vanderbilt team and thats about it. Mississippi St. got blown out by Tennessee 34-3...anyone that knows CFB this year knows that tennessee cannot score so when they put up 34 you know the team is bad, Tennessee only scored 13 at home against Northern Illinois for god sakes and NIU put up at least 9 points with their 3rd string QB. What's all that mean? There is a chance this could be ugly for both teams. However Mississippi is gonna have a hard time scoring and they are gonna give up some points, so Kentucky getting points is the easy pick here.
San Jose St. -16.5 @ Idaho:
This line is puzzling to me. San Jose St. has proven to be a decent team this year. And when you put a decent team against Idaho that team should be at least a 3 touchdown favorite....Idaho has two wins this year against Idaho St, and New Mexico St...Two piss poor teams. Their 7 losses come at an average of 32.28 points per. Only one loss was by less that 17 and that was a 13 point loss to that same Fresno St team mentioned above that likes playing close games to bad teams. This team lost to Utah st by 25 and San Diego St. by 28 and both of those teams are just horrible. San Jose St. is the easy play here.
and last but not least....
TCU -14 @ UNLV:
TCU is for real. They have one of the best defenses in the nation and an offense that has found it's groove. They have a scoring margin of +25.3 and thats including their 25 point loss to Oklahoma. If you take that game out they have won all their games by an average of 31.6 games. They have only played one game where they won by less than 14 and that was a 6 point victory at CSU in which they only allowed 7 points and for whatever reason only scored 13. UNLV does not have the offense or the defense to cover this spread.
