Saturday Football Open Thread, Week 13

Posted on November 23, 2013 by Michigoose

None of the early games were terribly interesting (Rice beat UAB in OT 37 – 34, UCF trounced Rutgers 41 – 17, and UNLV crushed Air Force 41 – 21 on Thursday, then Navy beat San Jose State 58 – 52 on Friday). Today’s action:

MSU is at Northwestern (line: MSU, spread 7)(Noon EST/ESPN). This should be a rout–go, State! UPDATE: MSU wins handily, 30 – 6.

Michigan is playing Iowa (line: Iowa, spread 3.5) and that will probably be a closer game, especially since they’re playing in Iowa City. BTN at noon EST, if you’ve got it. UPDATE: Iowa wins 24 – 21. It was a much better game.

Oklahoma is at Kansas State (line: KSU, spread 3)(Noon EST/FOX Sports 1). Boomer, Sooner! UPDATE: Boomer, Sooner indeed! Oklahoma 41 – 31.

Pittsburgh is at Syracuse (line: Pitt, spread 1.5)(12:30 EST/ESPN3) in ACC action. Go Orange! UPDATE: Pitt squeaks out a win, 17 – 16.

Alabama A&M is playing Georgia Tech (line: GT, spread 51 [!!!])(1:30 EST/ESPN3). Sting ’em, Jackets! UPDATE: Georgia Tech wins 66 – 7. Damn!

Oregon is at Arizona (line: Ducks, spread 17.5)(3:30 EST/ABC)–go, Wildcats! UPDATE: “Carl’s” ‘Cats pull off a stunner and beat Oregon 42 – 16.

BYU visits Notre Dame (line: ND, spread 1)(3:30 EST/NBC). I’ll leave it to your imagination which team I’m rooting for in this game. UPDATE: Notre Dame wins 23 – 13.

BC is risking their eyesight today here in Maryland (line: BC, spread 1). Go, Eagles! Try to not be blinded by those uniforms. . . UPDATE: BC comes from behind to win 29 – 26.

Wisconsin is playing Minnesota (line: UW, spread 14.5)(3:30 EST/ESPN) and Indiana is at osu (line: osu, spread 31.5)(3:30 EST/ABC). C’mon Hoosiers–osu has to lose sooner or later! UPDATE: Wisconsin cruises past UMinn 20 – 7 and osu (dang it!) beats the Hoosiers 42 – 14.

Nebraska is in Happy Valley (line: PSU, spread 2.5). UPDATE: Nebraska pulls it out in OT 23 – 20.

Utah travels north to Washington State (line: WSU, spread 7). UPDATE: WSU wins 49 – 37.

SMU plays a late game at USF (line: SMU, spread 5.5). UPDATE: SMU wins 16 – 6.

Texas is resting up for Texas Tech on Thanksgiving.

Housekeeping note: I’ll be on the road between Michigan and home next Saturday, so there won’t be a football thread next week unless someone else wants to throw one up.

What else?

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