College football 2018 Week 8 thread

[Steak Snabler]

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

 

[Michael_ Gee]

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

 

[BitterYoungMatador2]

Ohio State at Purdue is the night game? Yeesh.

 

[Cosmo]

Virginia's GETTING eight at Duke?

 

[playthrough]

NC State can give Clemson a game. Wake Forest can win at FSU. And Virginia ... might have to load up on the ACC dogs.

Nebraska as a favorite, even at home to Minny, seems shaky.

My mediocre Hoosiers folded badly last week at home to Iowa and now get Penn State. Lay the 14.

 

[rtse11]

Ohio State at Purdue is the night game? Yeesh.

Boiler Up!

 

[Steak Snabler]

Virginia's GETTING eight at Duke?

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

 

[Steak Snabler]

Ohio State at Purdue is the night game? Yeesh.

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.

 

[Big Circus]

Virginia's GETTING eight at Duke?

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

 

[BitterYoungMatador2]

or Michigan-Michigan State given the rivalry.

 

[Cosmo]

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

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.

 

[Big Circus]

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.

 

[Steak Snabler]

or Michigan-Michigan State given the rivalry.

I don’t think Fox was giving that one up. They want the lead-in for the NLCS.

 

[TigerVols]

Really disappointed this thread's not entitled, "The Third Saturday in October".

You a little worried, @Steak Snabler ?

 

[HappyCurmudgeon]

Mississippi State feels like a trap game for LSU at home. Nick Fitzgerald still needs that defining game to appeal to the NFL scouts.

I think Clemson is going to mollywop N.C. State.

This has to be the week for Nebraska right?

 

[Cosmo]

Really disappointed this thread's not entitled, "The Third Saturday in October".

You a little worried, @Steak Snabler ?

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

 

[Chef2]

I don’t think Fox was giving that one up. They want the lead-in for the NLCS.

NLCS if game gonna be on FS1, which if I live to be 2,000 years old, will never EVER make any sense to me.

 

[ChrisLong]

USC OLB Porter Gustin fractured right ankle and it out for the season. Requires a 3- to 4-month recovery. He is a senior whose college career is done. He had more sacks than the rest of the team combined and was the major reason the Trojans had 16 tackles for loss against Colorado. The fracture occurred on the second to last defensive play of the game on Saturday.

In last season's game against Texas, he didn't start because he suffered a broken toe the week before. He had two pins inserted in the toe. He came in just before halftime when Texas had good field position for a 2-minute drill. Gustin had two sacks and a tackle for loss in the next three plays. They went into the locker room and found that the pins his toe had come loose. He also suffered a torn biceps on the last of those three plays.

 

[Steak Snabler]

Saban just said Tua’s playing, so the Alabama-Tennessee line has been updated.

 

[TigerVols]

Saban just said Tua’s playing, so the Alabama-Tennessee line has been updated.

Hmmm, I sense you are avoiding my question.