College Football Week 3 thread

Week 3 is here. The most interesting games (All times Eastern and lines from ESPN.com’s college football odds page):

Thursday

Houston (+18.5) at BYU, 9 p.m., ESPN

Friday

Toledo (+11) at Cincinnati, 7 p.m., ESPNU

Baylor (-31) at Buffalo, 8 p.m., ESPN

Saturday

East Carolina (+10) at Virginia Tech, noon, ESPN

UCF (+9.5) at Missouri, noon, SEC Network

Georgia Southern (+21) at Georgia Tech, noon, FSN

UMass (+17) at Vanderbilt, noon, FSN

Louisville (-6.5) at Virginia, 12:30 p.m., ACC Network

Wyoming (+43) at Oregon, 2 p.m., Pac-12 Network

Arkansas (+2) at Texas Tech, 3:30 p.m., ABC

Georgia (-6) at South Carolina, 3:30 p.m., CBS

Southern Miss (+47) at Alabama, 6 p.m., ESPN2

Penn State (-3.5) at Rutgers, 8 p.m., Big Ten Network

Tennessee (+20.5) at Oklahoma, 8 p.m., ABC

Texas (+7.5) vs. UCLA (at Arlington), 8 p.m., Fox

USC (-20) at Boston College, 8 p.m., ESPN

Rice (+32) at Texas A&M, 9 p.m., ESPN2

Nebraska (-10) at Fresno State, 10:30 p.m., CBS Sports Network

 

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Why is Baylor traveling to Buffalo? They couldn't have been forced into a home and home agreement. What do they get out of it? Recruiting in Ontario?

 

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I'll be in Blacksburg this weekend. I was worried about possibly missing some good games later Saturday afternoon and evening. After seeing the schedule, I'm no longer worried.

 

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Two-for-one deal, I guess. They played at Baylor in 2010 and 2013.

Probably something that was set up when Turner Gill was still at Buffalo.

 

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Yeah, it's Georgia-South Carolina and a lot of crap.

 

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Nebraska losing to Fresno would be great. At that point the chance of a Big Ten team in the playoff drop to zero percent.

 

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Thursday
Houston (+18.5) at BYU, 9 p.m., ESPN -- BYU in a rout

Friday
Toledo (+11) at Cincinnati, 7 p.m., ESPNU -- Toledo and the over
Baylor (-31) at Buffalo, 8 p.m., ESPN -- Baylor 66-0

Saturday
East Carolina (+10) at Virginia Tech, noon, ESPN -- how inflated will Hokies heads be?
UCF (+9.5) at Missouri, noon, SEC Network -- Missouri by 3-4 touchdowns, maybe 5
Georgia Southern (+21) at Georgia Tech, noon, FSN -- Georgia
UMass (+17) at Vanderbilt, noon, FSN - UMass outright
Louisville (-6.5) at Virginia, 12:30 p.m., ACC Network -- Louisville
Wyoming (+43) at Oregon, 2 p.m., Pac-12 Network -- Oregon 70-7
Arkansas (+2) at Texas Tech, 3:30 p.m., ABC -- who cares
Georgia (-6) at South Carolina, 3:30 p.m., CBS -- South Carolina
Southern Miss (+47) at Alabama, 6 p.m., ESPN2 -- Alabama 56-0
Penn State (-3.5) at Rutgers, 8 p.m., Big Ten Network -- Rutgers
Tennessee (+20.5) at Oklahoma, 8 p.m., ABC -- Tennessee
Texas (+7.5) vs. UCLA (at Arlington), 8 p.m., Fox -- UCLA 56-14
USC (-20) at Boston College, 8 p.m., ESPN -- USC 56-7
Rice (+32) at Texas A&M, 9 p.m., ESPN2 -- TAMU
Nebraska (-10) at Fresno State, 10:30 p.m., CBS Sports Network -- Nebraska 55-21

 

Have fun in Blacksburg. Stop by Hokie House

 

UMass is +575 on the moneyline. Vandy is bad, but not bad enough to lose at home to possibly the worst college football team in America.

 

I know what you're saying, but Vandy has already lost 37-7 at home to Temple.

And UMass can at least score points against bad teams.

 

UMass took Colorado to the wire last week. I can't imagine Vandy is much better than Colorado.

 

Yeah. Hell. It just might be worth a small bet at +575, just in case. Excellent value if you think UMass has a shot.