All Things in Moderation

Busy morning here, so I’m going to miss the first kickoffs, but here’s what’s up:

Early games: On Thursday Oklahoma lost to Baylor 12 – 41 (ouch, okie!) and Stanford managed to crush the Ducks 26 – 20 (the closeness of the score reflects a fabulous fourth quarter by Oregon, rather than a close game), while LA-Lafayette beat Troy 41 – 36.

Today’s games:

Penn State is at UMinn in Big Ten action (line: UM, spread 1.5)(Noon EST/ESPN2) UPDATE: UMinn wins 24 – 10.

Syracuse is playing at UMaryland, so we’re going to get to see the worst uniforms on the east coast again (seriously, who designed UMd’s uniforms?) (line: UMd, spread 3.5). UPDATE: Syracuse wins 20 – 3.

Nebraska is in the Big House (line: UM, spread 6.5)(3:30 pm EST/ABC) so Paul and I can duke it out. Go, Blue! I can feel magnanimous after last week. UPDATE: Nebraska beats the odds and the Wolverines 17 – 13.

Boston College is playing at New Mexico State (line: BC, spread 24 [!!]). Go, Eagles! UPDATE: BC wins 48 – 34.

BYU is traveling to Wisconsin (line: UW, spread 7)(3:30 pm EST/ESPN) Trounce ’em, Badgers! UPDATE: Wisconsin wins handily 27 – 17.

ASU is playing Utah (line: ASU, spread 7), where hopefully the Utes will freeze their tuchesses off. UPDATE: Utah blows a 12-point lead in the fourth quarter and loses 20 – 19.

Texas is playing a late game at West Virginia (line: UT, spread 8)(7:00 pm EST/FOX). Hook ’em, ‘Horns! UPDATE: Texas wins in overtime, 47 – 40.

Notre Dame is at Pitt (line: ND, spread 3.5)(8:00 pm EST/ABC). Go, Mrs NoVA’s alma mater! UPDATE: Pitt avenges last year’s triple OT loss by beating The Irish 28 – 21.

UCLA travels to visit Arizona (line: UCLA, spread 2.5)(8:00 pm EST/ESPN). Go, Wildcats! This could be a really good game. UPDATE: Arizona looked like they were going to come back, but UCLA wins 31 – 26.

Georgia Tech, USF and MSU have the weekend off.

What else?

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