College Football Week 14 2008 Early Lines, Point Spreads, And Odds (Preview)
It was another week of picking winner after winner against the spread all over the site and we’re ready for more of the same this week.
I went 13-5 against the spread on Saturday including 7-2 in games I gave a confidence rating of 7 or higher to. Jordan turned in another winning week, which has become just a matter of course for him, and the free newsletter picks were a perfect 3 out of 3 against the spread.
In the free picking contest it was a smashing week with the best performances overall of the year and the highest scores across the board. This week’s winner was Mayday who went a crushing 12-3 against the spread and racked up a record 105 confidence points. Many were close to that record but Mayday just was dialed in on what games he thought were the easiest to pick. We’ll get in touch with him shortly and we hope he has more to add as to how he got it done.
Personally I can say I got it done using the same methods I used all season and have been using for years, a ton of number crunching and research. I also used all of the resources available including the forums and chat room where I have found the most knowledgeable group of college football fans. What has happened in our community is we have fans from all over and each has a specialty and it has really narrowed things down and made life much easier, this is going to really be something to see in years to come.
While the future looks exciting, so do this week’s games. Before I go on much further and the lines start to move, here are the opening lines for week 14 of college football.
The week starts with a double header on Tuesday with Western Michigan +10 1/2 at Ball State and Navy +3 at Northern Illinois. Both of these games are on TV and we have seen plenty of all of these teams this season.
On Thanksgiving night, Texas A&M is +33 1/2 at Texas. These are just two teams in two different places.
As we move into Friday, we have a whole day full of action.
West Virginia is -3 at Pittsburgh for The Backyard Brawl. Last year Pitt won outright as 29 point underdogs.
Ohio is +1 at Miami (OH). Both of these teams would love to win this one for their fans.
Mississippi State is +13 at Mississippi in the Egg Bowl. The trophy won’t come easy this year.
Akron is +3 at Temple. Temple has been great against the spread while it hasn’t meant outright wins.
UTEP is +5 at East Carolina. UTEP is closing well while ECU started well.
Central Michigan is -10 1/2 at Eastern Michigan. This looks very low but they usually are in rivalries.
Kent is +10 at Buffalo. Buffalo won in a major comeback on the road last week.
LSU is -4 at Arkansas. While neither of these teams are contending for a title, they both play hard.
Bowling Green is -3 at Toledo. Yet another game with a road favorite.
Colorado is +15 at Nebraska. This game traditionally has one team scoring a bunch.
Fresno State is +19 at Boise. Boise needs this one to clinch a perfect regular season.
UCLA is +10 at Arizona State. Both of these teams are having season they’ll want to forget soon.
As we move into Saturday, Miami is -1 1/2 at NC State. Miami looks to rebound while NC State looks to ride the momentum.
Vanderbilt is +3 1/2 at Wake Forest. Both of these teams wish they could only finish the season like they started it.
Maryland is +7 at Boston College. If BC wins they go to the ACC Championship game, again.
Virginia is +8 at Virginia Tech. Virginia isn’t having the finish they needed, if VT wins they go to the ACC Title Game.
North Carolina is -9 at Duke. These two teams will be playing some heated hoops games in a few months.
Syracuse is +21 1/2 at Cincinnati. Syracuse got a nice season highlight win in South Bend, the Bearcats go the Big East Title.
Baylor is +20 at Texas Tech. Another chance to see Robert Griffin before the offseason.
Tulane is +13 at Memphis. The Green Wave looked so promising 2 months ago.
Nevada is -3 1/2 at La. Tech. Nevada came up just short against Boise.
Houston is -3 at Rice. This should be a high scoring affair.
New Mexico State is +5 1/2 at Utah State. Not two of the better teams.
Southern Mississippi is -13 1/2 at SMU. June Jones went from BCS Bowl to no bowl in 1 season.
Kansas is +13 at Missouri. No one has been talking the Tigers up recently.
Oklahoma is -7 1/2 at Oklahoma in the Bedlam series. Has there been a week in the Big 12 without a big game?
Georgia Tech is +9 at Georgia in Clean, Old Fashioned Hate. Georgia Tech may also be playing for an ACC division title.
Tulsa is -14 at Marshall. Tulsa got back on track this past week and were scoring at will.
Auburn is +14 1/2 at Alabama in the Iron Bowl. This game has lost a lot of luster if that’s possible.
Florida is -15 at Florida State. A monster game for both teams with huge implications going both ways.
Kentucky is +5 1/2 at Tennessee. Phil Fulmer says goodbye to Good ol’ Rocky Top.
UAB is +9 at Central Florida. The Golden Knights should be solid by next year.
Oregon is +3 at Oregon State for The Civil War. These two teams do not like each other.
South Carolina is Pick Against Clemson. It’s a coin toss to which teams of these two we’ll see.
Notre Dame is +28 1/2 at USC. A season of hope is ending badly in South Bend.
Washington State is +28 at Hawaii. No love for the Cougars after their second win of the season last week.
Arkansas State is -20 at North Texas. North Texas is in a serious need of a turnaround next season.
Florida International is +5 1/2 at Florida Atlantic. These match up gets more competitive each year.
Last week many games came in right around the number and we’ll do our best to be on the right side of them for yet another week.
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Comments
…called the Florida State/Florida spread
and is that a misprint on Eastern Michigan/Central Michigan? Wow! Seriously, pick of the year…Central wins by 30+
rice houston over they mite combine for 200
I have made a killing this year on Boise St., who thinks they will cover this week? I am kind of skeptical after watching the Nevada game.
I would take it into the forum, probably a lot of opinions. I haven’t even looked inside any of the games yet.
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