College Football Week 11 thread

[Steak Snabler]

The most interesting games and lines for Week 11. As always, all point spreads from ESPN.com’s odds page and all times Eastern:

Saturday

Baylor (+4.5) at Oklahoma, noon, Fox Sports 1

Georgia (-10.5) at Kentucky, noon, ESPN

Iowa (-2.5) at Minnesota, noon, ESPN2

Duke (-3.5) at Syracuse, 12:30 p.m., ACC Network

Texas A&M (+21.5) at Auburn, 3:30 p.m., CBS

Notre Dame (+1.5) at Arizona State, 3:30 p.m., ABC

West Virginia (-4) at Texas, 3:30 p.m., Fox Sports 1

Michigan (+1) at Northwestern, 3:30 p.m., ESPN2

Virginia (+20) at Florida State, 6:30 p.m., ESPN

UCLA (-4.5) at Washington, 7 p.m., Fox Sports 1

Louisville (-3) at Boston College, 7:15 p.m., ESPN2

Kansas State (+4.5) at TCU, 7:30 p.m., Fox

Alabama (-6) at LSU, 8 p.m., CBS

Ohio State (+3.5) at Michigan State, 8 p.m., ABC

Oregon (-9.5) at Utah, 10 p.m., ESPN

 

[amraeder]

Take Auburn.

Also, MACtion is back, starting Tuesday, which means all is good in the world again.

 

[JackReacher]

Baylor is getting 4.5, huh? Hmmmm....

Also like WVU, even the dreaded "short favorite on the road" thing is in play.

Agree on Auburn, too, although I'd buy it down to 21.

 

[Steak Snabler]

Baylor is getting 4.5, huh? Hmmmm....

Baylor is not BAYLOR on the road.

They scored 28 points at Texas, and 27 at West Virginia.

They average 59 ppg at home.

 

[JackReacher]

Yup. Definitely a little jarring to see them as nearly 5-point dogs, though. Gonna be hard to resist.

 

[Songbird]

Not sure Oklahoma's secondary can keep up with Baylor's fleet of receivers.

 

[Layman]

Even as a professed Buckeye fanboi looser.....can't imagine Sparty not covering that 3.5. Ohio State's WAY too young & has puckered up badly in both of their "under the spotlight" night games (Va. Tech & PSU) this season.

 

[JackReacher]

So wait. Xan is on Baylor and the points? I'll take Oklahoma.

 

[Songbird]

Don't know about the points but I'll take the over.

 

[Songbird]

As an aside, Alexi Lalas trolled Twellman about the Terps when it was 16-7 Nitts.

@AlexiLalas Hey @TaylorTwellman what's up with your Maryland football team?

Lalas didn't tweet an update at game's end.

 

[Machine Head]

 

[HappyCurmudgeon]

Kentucky with 10.5 at home is interesting. The 'Cats have been much better at home and Georgia might be in IGAF mode after having their junk pushed in by one of the worst Florida teams I've seen in 35 years on Saturday.

 

[JackReacher]

You're right. Kentucky minus 10.5 at home would be interesting.

 

[HappyCurmudgeon]

You're right. Kentucky minus 10.5 at home would be interesting.

Oops +10.5

 

[Chef2]

Don't know about the points but I'll take the over.

Said Chef, never again.

 

[TigerVols]

Georgia -10 is a slam dunk, IMO.

 

[HappyCurmudgeon]

Georgia -10 is a slam dunk, IMO.

Could they cover? Sure. Georgia can put it together from time to time. But they still have Mason at QB, still don't have Gurley at RB and gave up around 1,000 rushing yards to a Florida team that has **** the bed on offense for much of the last two years. Slam dunk might be taking it too far.

Kentucky has played very well at home.

 

[Songbird]

Saturday

Baylor (+4.5) at Oklahoma, noon, Fox Sports 1 -- 56-55 final
Georgia (-10.5) at Kentucky, noon, ESPN -- Kentucky to cover
Iowa (-2.5) at Minnesota, noon, ESPN2 -- Gophers punch 'em in the mouth
Duke (-3.5) at Syracuse, 12:30 p.m., ACC Network -- How do you miss a 26-yarder? I mean, Cuse to win.
Texas A&M (+21.5) at Auburn, 3:30 p.m., CBS -- Auburn 56 to something, maybe even 66 to something.
Notre Dame (+1.5) at Arizona State, 3:30 p.m., ABC -- Notre Dame
West Virginia (-4) at Texas, 3:30 p.m., Fox Sports 1 -- Texas to win.
Michigan (+1) at Northwestern, 3:30 p.m., ESPN2 -- Blah.
Virginia (+20) at Florida State, 6:30 p.m., ESPN -- Florida State by shutout.
UCLA (-4.5) at Washington, 7 p.m., Fox Sports 1 -- Washington to win.
Louisville (-3) at Boston College, 7:15 p.m., ESPN2 -- I don't know.
Kansas State (+4.5) at TCU, 7:30 p.m., Fox -- Bill Snyder endorses TCU to cover.
Alabama (-6) at LSU, 8 p.m., CBS -- Alabama
Ohio State (+3.5) at Michigan State, 8 p.m., ABC -- Sparty
Oregon (-9.5) at Utah, 10 p.m., ESPN -- Good game.

 

[Steak Snabler]

As addressed above, Baylor scoring that many points on the road is highly, highly unlikely.

 

[Songbird]

Possibly right but it was 42-34 in Norman 2 years ago.