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Tuesday, September 4, 2018

2018 College Football Season: Week 2 Primer - PANIC!!!!


Only games Friday and Saturday, and there are some spicy match-ups.

The Friday game (TCU-SMU) will tell us a lot about TCU’s ability to compete for the Big XII title.

In the early slate, USF-GT and NW-Duke will give us more clarity on the middle of the ACC, Hou-Ariz will tell us more about the AAC contender and just how far Sumlin and Arizona have to build up from.
The afternoon group of games bring us a Big XII rivalry renewed (NU-CU), a big SEC East tussle (UGA-USC), our first look at my favorite MAC offense (Buffalo-Temple), a telling AAC West tussle (Navy-Mem) and finally, EL ASSSSSSSSICO (Iowa-IA St).

In the evening, A&M-Clemson is a big time matchup, if in name only, Mizzou gets a big test for their offense against a very good Wyoming squad, a middling ACC-B1G matchup (Indiana-UVA), the most lopsided “rivalry” in the SEC (UF-UK), a renewal of Pitt-PSU, and a preview of the Pac-12 championship game (Stan-USC), maybe.

For your late night/degenerate perusal. BYU-CAL is suddenly interesting off a surprising week 1 BYU victory over Arizona, Arizona State brings a stiffer test than expected for Michigan State, and Hawaii-Rice should be fun if only for late night Hawaii reasons (Rice has scored an average 28 and 27 so far so at least a bit of a test).

So there we are week 2 doesn’t have a huge slate of hyped games, but does have quite a bit of quality as far as week 2 goes.

Home
Away
Home
Rating
Away
Rating
My
Spread
Fav.
Win%
Date
Time
TV
SMU
TCU
2.952
11.048
-6.182
56.9%
9/7
19:00
ESPN2
USF
Georgia Tech
0.517
3.766
-1.425
51.9%
9/8
11:00
ABC/
ESPN2
Northwestern
Duke
19.249
5.173
16.686
68.0%
9/8
11:00
ESPNU
Michigan
Western Michigan
19.577
-7.840
33.280
85.7%
9/8
11:00
FS1
Kansas State
Mississippi State
3.601
17.883
-10.154
61.1%
9/8
11:00
ESPN
Vanderbilt
Nevada
0.230
-10.382
13.295
64.4%
9/8
11:00
SECN
Houston
Arizona
1.281
2.445
1.867
52.4%
9/8
11:00
ABC/
ESPN2
Army
Liberty
4.349
5.088
2.071
52.6%
9/8
11:00
CBSSN
Purdue
Eastern Michigan
5.051
-6.763
14.747
66.0%
9/8
11:00
BTN
Wisconsin
New Mexico
26.424
-12.389
43.583
97.0%
9/8
11:00
BTN
Wake Forest
Towson
10.194
-22.636
35.697
-
9/8
11:00
ACCN
NC State
Georgia State
10.389
-12.528
27.061
79.1%
9/8
11:30
ACCN
Boston College
Holy Cross
16.001
-22.636
41.336
-
9/8
12:00
ACCN
Oklahoma
UCLA
24.005
3.718
25.395
77.3%
9/8
12:00
FOX
FAU
Air Force
7.895
-9.247
18.496
69.9%
9/8
13:00
-
Oregon
Portland State
9.302
-22.636
36.169
-
9/8
13:00
P12N
Virginia Tech
William & Mary
13.109
-22.636
39.929
-
9/8
13:00
ACCN
Central Michigan
Kansas
-10.014
-12.744
3.838
54.5%
9/8
14:00
ESPN+
Ohio State
Rutgers
22.330
-3.783
31.857
84.2%
9/8
14:30
BTN
Nebraska
Colorado
0.093
-0.897
6.289
57.0%
9/8
14:30
ABC
South Carolina
Georgia
12.932
22.827
-5.170
55.9%
9/8
14:30
CBS
Alabama
Arkansas State
26.228
-0.889
32.620
85.0%
9/8
14:30
ESPN2
East Carolina
North Carolina
-25.413
-3.647
-18.802
70.3%
9/8
14:30
ESPNU
Syracuse
Wagner
1.948
-22.636
26.973
-
9/8
14:30
ACCN
Notre Dame
Ball State
25.522
-12.248
42.600
95.9%
9/8
14:30
NBC
Temple
Buffalo
-9.265
-2.750
-4.958
55.6%
9/8
14:30
ESPN3
Navy
Memphis
-4.423
9.408
-10.389
61.4%
9/8
14:30
CBSSN
Kent State
Howard
-15.550
-22.636
8.120
-
9/8
14:30
ESPN+
Akron
Morgan State
-6.391
-22.636
17.674
-
9/8
14:30
ESPN+
Texas Tech
Lamar
-0.044
-22.636
26.498
-
9/8
15:00
-
Mississippi
Southern Illinois
5.880
-22.636
32.648
-
9/8
15:00
SECN
Tennessee
E. Tennessee St
-7.572
-22.636
20.332
-
9/8
15:00
SECN
Iowa
Iowa State
11.585
4.598
11.285
62.3%
9/8
16:00
FOX
Washington
North Dakota
20.193
-22.636
47.113
-
9/8
16:00
P12N
UCF
South Carolina St
18.458
-22.636
43.908
-
9/8
17:00
ESPN3
Charlotte
Appalachian State
-14.410
-4.604
-7.532
58.3%
9/8
17:00
ESPN+
Bowling Green
Maryland
-16.379
5.818
-20.400
72.0%
9/8
17:00
ESPN+
West Virginia
Youngstown State
3.677
-22.636
30.244
-
9/8
17:00
-
Georgia Southern
UMASS
-7.802
-9.788
3.921
54.5%
9/8
17:00
ESPN+
Miami (FL)
Savannah State
15.817
-22.636
42.231
-
9/8
17:00
ACCN
Marshall
Eastern Kentucky
4.559
-22.636
29.013
-
9/8
17:30
ESPN+
Louisiana Tech
Southern
4.056
-22.636
28.706
-
9/8
18:00
ESPN+
Middle Tennessee
UT Martin
-7.908
-22.636
16.016
-
9/8
18:00
ESPN
Southern Miss
ULM
-7.624
-4.965
-0.566
51.0%
9/8
18:00
ESPN3
UTSA
Baylor
-15.839
-8.007
-6.746
57.5%
9/8
18:00
-
Coastal Carolina
UAB
-19.824
-3.217
-13.897
65.1%
9/8
18:00
ESPN+
Louisville
Indiana State
0.044
-22.636
26.203
-
9/8
18:00
ACCN
Texas A&M
Clemson
12.912
27.195
-9.076
60.0%
9/8
18:00
ESPN
LSU
SE Louisiana
11.725
-22.636
39.739
-
9/8
18:00
ESPN2
Missouri
Wyoming
6.786
0.877
9.203
60.1%
9/8
18:00
ESPNU
Texas State
Texas Southern
-21.302
-22.636
2.892
-
9/8
18:00
ESPN3
Troy
Florida A&M
-2.115
-22.636
22.871
-
9/8
18:00
ESPN+
Florida State
Samford
6.152
-22.636
33.168
-
9/8
18:20
ACCN
WKU
Maine
-12.108
-22.636
12.596
-
9/8
18:30
ESPN+
Old Dominion
FIU
-7.253
-10.504
6.320
57.1%
9/8
18:30
-
North Texas
Incarnate Word
7.358
-22.636
31.901
-
9/8
18:30
ESPN+
Illinois
Western Illinois
-9.390
-22.636
15.927
-
9/8
18:30
BTN
Indiana
Virginia
2.472
-0.851
6.525
57.3%
9/8
18:30
BTN
Colorado State
Arkansas
-18.790
3.131
-19.015
70.5%
9/8
18:30
CBSSN
Auburn
Alabama State
26.066
-22.636
53.737
-
9/8
18:30
SECN
Florida
Kentucky
10.535
8.050
7.533
58.3%
9/8
18:30
SECN
Northern Illinois
Utah
-0.842
4.420
-4.542
55.2%
9/8
18:30
ESPNN
Minnesota
Fresno State
1.644
8.382
-3.373
54.0%
9/8
18:30
FS1
Utah State
New Mexico State
-4.853
-14.509
12.066
63.1%
9/8
19:00
-
Oklahoma State
South Alabama
9.122
-14.793
27.837
79.9%
9/8
19:00
-
Pittsburgh
Penn State
-0.945
18.819
-17.338
68.7%
9/8
19:00
ABC
Texas
Tulsa
5.244
-6.601
16.939
68.3%
9/8
19:00
LHN
Tulane
Nicholls
-8.333
-22.636
16.096
-
9/8
19:00
ESPN3
Miami (OH)
Cincinnati
-8.332
-5.272
-1.239
51.7%
9/8
19:00
ESPN3
Oregon State
Southern Utah
-13.119
-22.636
12.319
-
9/8
19:00
P12N
Stanford
USC
25.875
22.406
7.127
57.9%
9/8
19:30
FOX
UNLV
UTEP
-10.946
-30.004
20.294
71.8%
9/8
20:00
-
San Diego State
Sacramento State
6.472
-22.636
31.218
-
9/8
20:00
-
BYU
California
1.278
8.588
-3.460
54.1%
9/8
21:15
ESPN2
Boise State
Connecticut
20.372
-19.466
42.836
96.1%
9/8
21:15
ESPNU
Arizona State
Michigan State
9.078
24.811
-12.190
63.3%
9/8
21:45
ESPN
Washington State
San Jose State
14.772
-29.149
47.088
100.0%
9/8
22:00
P12N
Hawaii
Rice
-17.850
-20.085
3.704
54.3%
9/8
22:59
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