College football 2018 Week 8 thread

Here are the most interesting games and lines for Week 8. All times Eastern and all point spreads from Vegas Insider:

Thursday

Stanford (-2) at Arizona State, 9 p.m., ESPN

Saturday

Oklahoma (-7.5) at TCU, noon, ABC

Michigan (-7) at Michigan State, noon, Fox

Auburn (-3.5) at Ole Miss, noon, ESPN

Cincinnati (+3.5) at Temple, noon, ESPNU

Virginia (+8) at Duke, 12:30 p.m., Fox Sports Net

Penn State (-14) at Indiana, 3:30 p.m., ABC

Alabama (-28.5) at Tennessee, 3:30 p.m., CBS

Colorado (+16) at Washington, 3:30 p.m., Fox

North Carolina State (+17) at Clemson, 3:30 p.m., ESPN

Wake Forest (+10) at Florida State, 3:30 p.m., ESPN2

Minnesota (+4) at Nebraska, 3:30 p.m., Big Ten Network

Houston (-13) at Navy, 3:30 p.m., CBS Sports Network

Memphis (+9.5) at Missouri, 4 p.m., SEC Network

Mississippi State (+6.5) at LSU, 7 p.m., ESPN

Ohio State (-13.5) at Purdue, 7:30 p.m., ABC

Oregon (-1.5) at Washington State, 7:30 p.m., Fox

USC (+7) at Utah, 8 p.m., Pac-12 Network

Arizona (-1) at UCLA, 10:30 p.m., ESPN2

 

I like Mich. St. this week. Also think that's a lot of points for Washington to give, home game or not.

 

Ohio State at Purdue is the night game? Yeesh.

 

Virginia's GETTING eight at Duke?

 

Boiler Up!

 

I have been known to mix up plus/minus on these in the past, but that one is correct.

Sports Betting News and Vegas Odds

 

I guess they figure Ohio State gets ratings regardless and they couldn't wrest Michigan-Michigan State away from Fox.

Not sure why they didn't go with NC State-Clemson, given that it's the only battle of unbeatens this week.

 

Duke is probably good and UVA almost certainly isn't, and the game is at Duke. Makes sense to me.

 

or Michigan-Michigan State given the rivalry.

 

UVa beat Miami
Virginia Tech accepted a ridiculous gift from UNC that was a win
Virginia Tech beat Duke handily
Virginia Tech lost to ODU
ODU would probably lose to half the high school teams in the 757

Virginia should not be an eight-point dog.

 

I mean, it's high, but talent-wise, UVA is the worst team in the Coastal, and it's not especially close. Moving forward, they'll be favored against Liberty and maybe UNC if their season continues down the toilet, but that's it. Duke laid an egg at home against the Hokies, but they're a good team.

That's why the Miami game was so huge for UVA's season. Pitt will run the ball down their throat. UNC has much better talent, although they need a whole office full of therapists to help them deal with their problems. GT is mediocre, but they're tough at home, and that offense is a terrible matchup for UVA's nonexistent depth in the front seven. VT is VT - no chance there. If UVA had lost the other night, they would have had to throw a lot of aces to bowl this year.