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Thursday, September 1
-- UConn outscored Buffalo 91-10 in last three series meetings, outgaining Bulls 477-96 last year, as Bulls completed four of 21 passes. Buffalo covered three of last 12 as road underdog. Huskies are 6-3-1 as home favorite. Both sides are breaking in new QB's.
-- Oregon covered 11 of last 12 games on grass, six of last eight as road favorite. Houston just 4-9 as underdog under Briles, 6-9 as home dog since '99. Both sides have lot of starters back, experienced QB's. Houston has four starters back on OL.
-- Eastern Michigan covered three of last 23 non-MAC games; they're 6-10 as road dog since '02. Cincinnati has new QB, but covered five of last six home openers. Lot of chaos in Cincinnati athletics last ten days; coach says the basketball mess won't distract his football players. EMU has senior QB, three OL starters back.
-- Wake Forest is 3-10-1 in last 14 tries as home fave, 4-7-1 in non-conference games; they visit Nebraska next week, but better not look past Vanderbilt squad with first-team SEC QB (34 starts) that had five losses last year, by combined total of just 15 points. 'dores just 1-6-1 vs spread in last eight non-SEC games.
-- Spurrier Era starts in Columbia, where South Carolina faces Central Florida squad they drilled last year, 34-3 (total yardage 530-191), as Knights limped in with 0-11 mark. UCF is 2-8 last ten tries as road dog, but has 16 starters back for Coach O'Leary.
Gamecocks have Georgia next, new starter at QB, and 25 less scholarship players than most SEC teams have. Carolina 4-8-1 vs spread in last 13 non-SEC games.
-- Temple covered 11 of last 15 tries as road dog; they have QB with 26 career starts. Arizona State is 14-9 as home fave since '00, and covered nine of last 12 non-Pac 10 home games, but they go to Baton Rouge next, so could looking ahead to LSU. Sun Devils covered nine of last twelve non-league home games.
-- Idaho, Washington State only eight miles apart, but Coogs won last four series meetings by a combined score of 159-29 (40-7 avg.). Wazoo 4-11 as favorite last two years, 3-8 at home; they outgained Vandals 509-276 last year, running ball for 286 yards. Idaho coach is old USC aide, so you know Wazoo will stick it to him, if they can.
-- Tulsa is 6-1 as home dog under Kragthorpe; this is first visit by Big 11 squad to Tulsa in nine years, so big deal for hosts. Minnesota routed Tulsa 49-10 two years ago; they're 9-4 as road fave since '99, 15-9 overall as favorite since '01, 6-2 vs spread in last eight non-league games.
-- UConn outscored Buffalo 91-10 in last three series meetings, outgaining Bulls 477-96 last year, as Bulls completed four of 21 passes. Buffalo covered three of last 12 as road underdog. Huskies are 6-3-1 as home favorite. Both sides are breaking in new QB's.
-- Oregon covered 11 of last 12 games on grass, six of last eight as road favorite. Houston just 4-9 as underdog under Briles, 6-9 as home dog since '99. Both sides have lot of starters back, experienced QB's. Houston has four starters back on OL.
-- Eastern Michigan covered three of last 23 non-MAC games; they're 6-10 as road dog since '02. Cincinnati has new QB, but covered five of last six home openers. Lot of chaos in Cincinnati athletics last ten days; coach says the basketball mess won't distract his football players. EMU has senior QB, three OL starters back.
-- Wake Forest is 3-10-1 in last 14 tries as home fave, 4-7-1 in non-conference games; they visit Nebraska next week, but better not look past Vanderbilt squad with first-team SEC QB (34 starts) that had five losses last year, by combined total of just 15 points. 'dores just 1-6-1 vs spread in last eight non-SEC games.
-- Spurrier Era starts in Columbia, where South Carolina faces Central Florida squad they drilled last year, 34-3 (total yardage 530-191), as Knights limped in with 0-11 mark. UCF is 2-8 last ten tries as road dog, but has 16 starters back for Coach O'Leary.
Gamecocks have Georgia next, new starter at QB, and 25 less scholarship players than most SEC teams have. Carolina 4-8-1 vs spread in last 13 non-SEC games.
-- Temple covered 11 of last 15 tries as road dog; they have QB with 26 career starts. Arizona State is 14-9 as home fave since '00, and covered nine of last 12 non-Pac 10 home games, but they go to Baton Rouge next, so could looking ahead to LSU. Sun Devils covered nine of last twelve non-league home games.
-- Idaho, Washington State only eight miles apart, but Coogs won last four series meetings by a combined score of 159-29 (40-7 avg.). Wazoo 4-11 as favorite last two years, 3-8 at home; they outgained Vandals 509-276 last year, running ball for 286 yards. Idaho coach is old USC aide, so you know Wazoo will stick it to him, if they can.
-- Tulsa is 6-1 as home dog under Kragthorpe; this is first visit by Big 11 squad to Tulsa in nine years, so big deal for hosts. Minnesota routed Tulsa 49-10 two years ago; they're 9-4 as road fave since '99, 15-9 overall as favorite since '01, 6-2 vs spread in last eight non-league games.
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