#6 USC (-10.0) 34 #25 NOTRE DAME 20 Over/Under Total: 49.5 12:30 PM Pacific Time Saturday, Oct-17 Notre Dame actually has a good team this year because their offense is so good, but that attack will have to win the battle against USC’s great defense if they’re going to stay close in this game, as I don’t see the Trojans having any trouble moving the ball and scoring against a worse than average Irish defense. Notre Dame has allowed 6.0 yards per play...
#21 Nebraska (-3.5) 28 #24 MISSOURI 26 Over/Under Total: 52.5 06:00 PM Pacific Time Thursday, Oct-08 Missouri certainly entered this season underrated and the Tigers are a good team, but they may be overrated a bit right now. Missouri’s offense has averaged a healthy 6.6 yards per play in their 4 games when starting quarterback Blaine Gabbert has been in the game, but they’ve faced 4 sub-par defensive teams that would combine to allow 5.8 yppl to an average offensive team, so the...
#7 USC (-4.5) 27 #24 CALIFORNIA 21 Over/Under Total: 47.5 05:00 PM Pacific Time Saturday, Oct-03 Cal was throttled last week in Oregon, losing to the Ducks 3-42 despite being a 5 1/2 point favorite. I’m sure the Bears would love to turn the tide today and they are certainly in a good situation to do so, applying to a 101-47-2 ATS blowout bounce-back situation, but I just don’t think my Bears are likely to win this game against a USC team that...
WAKE FOREST (-2.5) 28 No Carolina St. 23 Over/Under Total: 48.0 12:30 PM Pacific Time Saturday, Oct-03 NC State has rebounded from their ugly 3-7 opening night loss to South Carolina (just 133 total yards of offense at 2.4 yards per play) and mistake free quarterback Russell Wilson had a great game last week in the Wolfpack’s 38-31 win over a good Pitt team. Wilson has broken the record for most consecutive pass attempts without throwing an interception and he’s thrown just 1...
Ohio St. (-17.5) 32 INDIANA 10 Over/Under Total: 47.0 04:00 PM Pacific Time Saturday, Oct-03 Indiana put a scare into an overrated Michigan team last week but ultimately lost 33-36 as the Wolverines scored the final touchdown with a couple minutes remaining in the game. That loss has got to be a heart breaker for an Indiana team that would have been 4-0 had they won and teams that lose close games as big dogs tend to be emotionally...
Missouri (-7.0) 34 NEVADA 27 Over/Under Total: 61.0 09:00 PM (EST) Time Friday, Sep-25 Nevada is 0-2 now after losing 0-35 on opening day at Notre Dame and then 20-35 last week at Colorado State, but the Wolf Pack are a better team than what they’ve shown. The offense in particular is better than the 10 points per game that they’ve averaged so far, as they’ve averaged a solid 5.9 yards per play in those two games against two solid defensive teams. The...
Dr. Bob dissects the VaTech v. Nebraska game: #13 VIRGINIA TECH (-5.0) 29 #19 Nebraska 24 3:30 PM (EST) Saturday, Sep-19 VIRGINIA TECH (-5) 29 Nebraska 24 I wasn’t a big fan of Virginia Tech heading into the season, as their offense was worse than average last season and appeared to be worse than average heading into this season. My beliefs were confirmed in the Hokies’ game against Alabama, as Tech managed just 157 total yards on 3.1 yards per...
Fresno State is capable of ending Boise State’s BCS Bowl dreams, but the Bulldogs don’t appear to be good enough defensively to keep Broncos’ quarterback Kellen Moore from ultimately guiding his team to victory once it’s established that Fresno can stop the run. Boise has averaged just 3.7 yards per rushing play in their first two games, including a modest 4.8 yprp in their 48-0 win last week over lowly Miami-Ohio and the Bulldogs are decent in run defense....
