Armadillo: Sunday's six-pack
Six most popular picks for Week 9 in the Westgate Super Contest:
6) Seattle Seahawks -7 (627)
5) Atlanta Falcons +1 (715)
4) Denver Broncos +8.5 (766)
3) Dallas Cowboys +1 (824)
2) Los Angeles Rams -3.5 (944)
1) Indianapolis Colts +13 (1,675)- bad spread because of Watson injury
Season record of top 6 picks: 18-30
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Armadillo: Sunday's List of 13: Wrapping up a college football Saturday
13) Northwestern 31, Nebraska 24 OT? Wildcats are first I-A team EVER to win three consecutive games in overtime. Someday they?re going to put a statue of Pat Fitzgerald outside the stadium in Evanston. As for Nebraska, they?ll be looking for a new coach soon.
12) Oklahoma 62, Oklahoma State 52? Do the kids in Oklahoma?s band ever get sick of playing Boomer Sooner? They must hear it in their sleep. Baker Mayfield threw for 598 yards in an Arena Football game played outdoors. Neither one of these teams plays much defense.
11) Iowa 55, Ohio State 24? This score isn?t a misprint; this doesn?t happen much, but when you?re -4 in turnovers, you lose. Buckeyes beat Penn State 39-38 LW, so they?ve allowed 93 points in their last two games- no bueno.
10) Wyoming 16, Colorado State 13? It poured rain in second quarter of this game, then it snowed most of the second half. Must be great fun living in Wyoming.
I think Wyoming QB Josh Allen will be the best NFL QB of guys playing in college right now; he doesn?t have lot of NFL talent around him, like the USC or Ohio State QB?s do.
9) Miami 28, Virginia Tech 10? Unbeaten Hurricanes were a home underdog early in week, but by Saturday, they were a small favorite. Lot of times, ?hot teams? like that get hammered and sportsbooks clean up, but not this week. Miami-Notre Dame is a big game next week.
8) Bad Beat of the Decade Nominee: Florida Atlantic (-6.5) 30, Marshall 25? If you bet FAU -6.5 Friday night, skip to the next item. Owls led 30-23, had the ball on their own 43-yard line with 2:30 left and Marshall was out of timeouts. After taking a knee with losses of 5-9-5 yards, on 4th down from their own 24-yard line with 0:15 left, FAU took a safety, and didn?t cover the spread. The punter ran 11 yards back into the end zone for the safety.
To make matters worse, FAU coach Lane Kiffin made a snarky joke about it after the game. There has been lot of debate on Twitter on whether this was sound strategy or not- FAU won, so Kiffin did his job, but to me, punting the ball out of bounds would?ve been just as safe a play.
7) Ole Miss 37, Kentucky 34? Receiver on Ole Miss made a great catch in back left corner of the end zone with 0:05 left for the game-winning TD, after a replay reversal on a possible Ole Miss fumble kept the drive alive.
6) Michigan State 27, Penn State 24? Nittany Lions were headed to the national playoff, then lost the last two weeks, by a combined total of four points. The game started at noon and ended a little after 7? there was a 3.5-hour weather delay. Cruddy day in the midwest Saturday.
Michigan State is 11-4 in its last 15 games that were decided by 5 or less points.
5) Virginia 40, Georgia Tech 36? Tech is now 4-4; all four of their wins are by 14+ points- three of their four losses are by a total of six points. Yellow Jackets completed only 6-22 passes, which isn?t acceptable.
4) Army 21, Air Force 0? Then there is Army, which won this game without throwing one pass. Zero. Bupkus. But no incompletions, compared to 16 empty plays for Ga Tech. Imagine Army playing East Carolina? ECU threw 74 passes Saturday.
3) Upsets of the Week:
Iowa 55 (+17.5), Ohio State 24
Virginia (+9.5) 40, Georgia Tech 36
UL-Monroe (+9.5) 52, Appalachian State 45
Michigan State (+9) 27, Penn State 24
Temple (+8) 34, Navy 26
Army (+6.5) 21, Air Force 0
2) Notre Dame 48, Wake Forest 37? Total yardage was 710-587; Demon Deacons covered via the back door with 0:51 left. Notre Dame plays lot of ACC teams as the price for their basketball team being allowed to play in the ACC. Fighting Irish visit Miami next week; big game.
1) Arkansas 39, Coastal Carolina 38? Chanticleers are 1-8 in their first year of I-A football; they led this game 38-25 with 11:00 left to play. No way the natives in Arkansas are happy with this result, even though the home team won. Hogs need to win 2 of 3 to finish season to make a bowl at 6-6- they play LSU, Miss State, Missouri. Bret Bielema?s job could depend on it.
Six most popular picks for Week 9 in the Westgate Super Contest:
6) Seattle Seahawks -7 (627)
5) Atlanta Falcons +1 (715)
4) Denver Broncos +8.5 (766)
3) Dallas Cowboys +1 (824)
2) Los Angeles Rams -3.5 (944)
1) Indianapolis Colts +13 (1,675)- bad spread because of Watson injury
Season record of top 6 picks: 18-30
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Armadillo: Sunday's List of 13: Wrapping up a college football Saturday
13) Northwestern 31, Nebraska 24 OT? Wildcats are first I-A team EVER to win three consecutive games in overtime. Someday they?re going to put a statue of Pat Fitzgerald outside the stadium in Evanston. As for Nebraska, they?ll be looking for a new coach soon.
12) Oklahoma 62, Oklahoma State 52? Do the kids in Oklahoma?s band ever get sick of playing Boomer Sooner? They must hear it in their sleep. Baker Mayfield threw for 598 yards in an Arena Football game played outdoors. Neither one of these teams plays much defense.
11) Iowa 55, Ohio State 24? This score isn?t a misprint; this doesn?t happen much, but when you?re -4 in turnovers, you lose. Buckeyes beat Penn State 39-38 LW, so they?ve allowed 93 points in their last two games- no bueno.
10) Wyoming 16, Colorado State 13? It poured rain in second quarter of this game, then it snowed most of the second half. Must be great fun living in Wyoming.
I think Wyoming QB Josh Allen will be the best NFL QB of guys playing in college right now; he doesn?t have lot of NFL talent around him, like the USC or Ohio State QB?s do.
9) Miami 28, Virginia Tech 10? Unbeaten Hurricanes were a home underdog early in week, but by Saturday, they were a small favorite. Lot of times, ?hot teams? like that get hammered and sportsbooks clean up, but not this week. Miami-Notre Dame is a big game next week.
8) Bad Beat of the Decade Nominee: Florida Atlantic (-6.5) 30, Marshall 25? If you bet FAU -6.5 Friday night, skip to the next item. Owls led 30-23, had the ball on their own 43-yard line with 2:30 left and Marshall was out of timeouts. After taking a knee with losses of 5-9-5 yards, on 4th down from their own 24-yard line with 0:15 left, FAU took a safety, and didn?t cover the spread. The punter ran 11 yards back into the end zone for the safety.
To make matters worse, FAU coach Lane Kiffin made a snarky joke about it after the game. There has been lot of debate on Twitter on whether this was sound strategy or not- FAU won, so Kiffin did his job, but to me, punting the ball out of bounds would?ve been just as safe a play.
7) Ole Miss 37, Kentucky 34? Receiver on Ole Miss made a great catch in back left corner of the end zone with 0:05 left for the game-winning TD, after a replay reversal on a possible Ole Miss fumble kept the drive alive.
6) Michigan State 27, Penn State 24? Nittany Lions were headed to the national playoff, then lost the last two weeks, by a combined total of four points. The game started at noon and ended a little after 7? there was a 3.5-hour weather delay. Cruddy day in the midwest Saturday.
Michigan State is 11-4 in its last 15 games that were decided by 5 or less points.
5) Virginia 40, Georgia Tech 36? Tech is now 4-4; all four of their wins are by 14+ points- three of their four losses are by a total of six points. Yellow Jackets completed only 6-22 passes, which isn?t acceptable.
4) Army 21, Air Force 0? Then there is Army, which won this game without throwing one pass. Zero. Bupkus. But no incompletions, compared to 16 empty plays for Ga Tech. Imagine Army playing East Carolina? ECU threw 74 passes Saturday.
3) Upsets of the Week:
Iowa 55 (+17.5), Ohio State 24
Virginia (+9.5) 40, Georgia Tech 36
UL-Monroe (+9.5) 52, Appalachian State 45
Michigan State (+9) 27, Penn State 24
Temple (+8) 34, Navy 26
Army (+6.5) 21, Air Force 0
2) Notre Dame 48, Wake Forest 37? Total yardage was 710-587; Demon Deacons covered via the back door with 0:51 left. Notre Dame plays lot of ACC teams as the price for their basketball team being allowed to play in the ACC. Fighting Irish visit Miami next week; big game.
1) Arkansas 39, Coastal Carolina 38? Chanticleers are 1-8 in their first year of I-A football; they led this game 38-25 with 11:00 left to play. No way the natives in Arkansas are happy with this result, even though the home team won. Hogs need to win 2 of 3 to finish season to make a bowl at 6-6- they play LSU, Miss State, Missouri. Bret Bielema?s job could depend on it.