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08-29-2024 , 12:54 AM
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THURSDAY
North Carolina A&T 2024-08-29 19:00:00 35
Wake Forest 2024-08-29 19:00:00 -35

Arkansas-Pine Bluff 2024-08-29 19:30:00 48.5
Arkansas 2024-08-29 19:30:00 -48.5

Murray State 2024-08-29 20:00:00 48
Missouri 2024-08-29 20:00:00 -48

Coastal Carolina 2024-08-29 20:00:00 2.5
Jacksonville State 2024-08-29 20:00:00 -2.5

JVS was one of the luckiest teams in the country last year, while CC looks to rebuild after the Grayson McCall era (he's still in CFB, he just plays for NC State now)

North Carolina 2024-08-29 20:00:00 -1.5
Minnesota 2024-08-29 20:00:00 1.5

ACC and B1G don't play many games this year, so these weird, level-setting games between middling teams end up being somewhat important. Honestly couldn't tell you three things about either team

North Dakota State +10
Colorado -10

Love him or hate him, I guarantee you'll be watching. Prime Year 2 starts off with a tricky one, perennial FCS power NDST who lost in the semis last year (and also lost their coach). Can't wait to see the NARRATIVES the media runs with on this one.

Southern Utah 2024-08-29 21:00:00 38
Utah 2024-08-29 21:00:00 -38


FRIDAY
Florida Atlantic 2024-08-30 19:00:00 14
Michigan State 2024-08-30 19:00:00 -14

Gambling hilarity is already upon us, as Aidan Chiles told people to "bet the over" ... and then they did! The Jonathan Smith era starts at MSU, seems like a great fit on paper based on what he was able to build at a similar "blue collar" program.

Temple 2024-08-30 19:00:00 43
Oklahoma 2024-08-30 19:00:00 -42.5

Elon 2024-08-30 19:30:00 23.5
Duke 2024-08-30 19:30:00 -23.5

Western Michigan 2024-08-30 21:00:00 24.5
Wisconsin 2024-08-30 21:00:00 -24

TCU 2024-08-30 22:30:00 -9
Stanford 2024-08-30 22:30:00 9.5

Stanford was horrible last year, but returns almost their entire team. It's year 2 for coach Taylor, and I suspect they're somewhat underrated (not GOOD, mind you, just not 3.5 wins bad).


SATURDAY
Clemson 2024-08-31 12:00:00 13.5
Georgia 2024-08-31 12:00:00 -13.5

You guys know what's up here. UGA is stacked as usual, furious that they were denied the chance to 3peat. Clemson took no transfers once again, and Dabo is out to prove that his ways still work. with FSU losing in the opener, Clemson has the inside track in the ACC now, but has three tough OOC games - Georgia, South Carolina and App State.

Virginia Tech 2024-08-31 12:00:00 -13.5
Vanderbilt 2024-08-31 12:00:00 13.5

One of a dozen or so ACC/SEC clashes, this one will count in the scoreboard but not for much else. VT is a popular dark horse pick, came on late last year and returned almost their entire team.

Penn State 2024-08-31 12:00:00 -8.5
West Virginia 2024-08-31 12:00:00 8.5

Arguably the Big-12's only realistic chance of scoring a marquee OOC victory, a ton is riding on this game. Garrett Greene is long on moxie, and WV isn't bursting with NFL level talent but has lots of solid, good college players. Drew Allar has yet to live up to the hype at Penn State, but they still have the two studs in the backfield and a spectacular defense. Atmosphere in Morgantown should be electric.

Kent 2024-08-31 12:00:00 24
Pittsburgh 2024-08-31 12:00:00 -23.5

Austin Peay 2024-08-31 12:00:00 36.5
Louisville 2024-08-31 12:00:00 -36.5

Illinois State 2024-08-31 12:00:00 22.5
Iowa 2024-08-31 12:00:00 -22.5

UConn 2024-08-31 12:00:00 20.5
Maryland 2024-08-31 12:00:00 -20.5

Indiana State 2024-08-31 12:00:00 32.5
Purdue 2024-08-31 12:00:00 -32.5

UT-Chattanooga 2024-08-31 12:45:00 38.5
Tennessee 2024-08-31 12:45:00 -38.5

South Dakota State 2024-08-31 14:00:00 10
Oklahoma State 2024-08-31 14:00:00 -10

The FCS champion Jackrabbits take on headline-friendly Gundy and the dark horse Cowboys. Why on earth you would schedule this game, I have no idea.

Portland State 2024-08-31 15:00:00 30.5
Washington State 2024-08-31 15:00:00 -30.5

Kennesaw State 2024-08-31 15:30:00 24.5
UTSA 2024-08-31 15:30:00 -24.5

Colorado State 2024-08-31 15:30:00 32.5
Texas 2024-08-31 15:30:00 -32.5

Miami 2024-08-31 15:30:00 -2.5
Florida 2024-08-31 15:30:00 2.5

Florida kicks off the toughest schedule in history against new ACC-co favorite Miami. Cam Ward and a bunch of transfers will try to overcome Mario Cristobal's boneheaded decisionmaking

Akron 2024-08-31 15:30:00 50.5
Ohio State 2024-08-31 15:30:00 -50.5
Will Akron score? I don't think so.

Eastern Michigan 2024-08-31 15:30:00 1.5
Massachusetts 2024-08-31 15:30:00 -1.5

Miami (OH) 2024-08-31 15:30:00 2.5
Northwestern 2024-08-31 15:30:00 -2.5

Miami OH won the MAC last year on the backs of a stout defense, and they return Gabbert for his 83rd year. Miami OH plays NW and Cincinnati (and also ND) and is a fringe playoff candidate. If they can post two P4 wins, be competitive at ND and then win the MAC, they've got a shot

Ohio 2024-08-31 15:30:00 17.5
Syracuse 2024-08-31 15:30:00 -17.5

Florida International 2024-08-31 15:30:00 21
Indiana 2024-08-31 15:30:00 -21

UTEP 2024-08-31 15:30:00 27.5
Nebraska 2024-08-31 15:30:00 -27.5

Boise State 2024-08-31 16:00:00 -12.5
Georgia Southern 2024-08-31 16:00:00 13

Boise is the slight favorite for the mid major playoff bid, they start off with a game they should win, but tricky stuff happens in week 1 on the road

Old Dominion 2024-08-31 16:15:00 21
South Carolina 2024-08-31 16:15:00 -20.5

North Texas 2024-08-31 17:00:00 5.5
South Alabama 2024-08-31 17:00:00 -5

Eastern Kentucky 2024-08-31 18:00:00 26.5
Mississippi State 2024-08-31 18:00:00 -26.5

Richmond 2024-08-31 18:00:00 18.5
Virginia 2024-08-31 18:00:00 -18.5

Campbell 2024-08-31 18:00:00 34.5
Liberty 2024-08-31 18:00:00 -34.5

Idaho State 2024-08-31 18:30:00 28.5
Oregon State 2024-08-31 18:30:00 -28.5

Sam Houston 2024-08-31 19:00:00 10
Rice 2024-08-31 19:00:00 -10

Nevada 2024-08-31 19:00:00 9.5
Troy 2024-08-31 19:00:00 -9.5

UNLV 2024-08-31 19:00:00 1.5
Houston 2024-08-31 19:00:00 -1

Western Kentucky 2024-08-31 19:00:00 31.5
Alabama 2024-08-31 19:00:00 -31.5

Furman 2024-08-31 19:00:00 42
Mississippi 2024-08-31 19:00:00 -42

Central Arkansas 2024-08-31 19:00:00 9
Arkansas State 2024-08-31 19:00:00 -9

Fresno State 2024-08-31 19:30:00 21.5
Michigan 2024-08-31 19:30:00 -21.5

Younger readers may not remember the "anybody, anywhere, any time" era of Fresno State football, but the boys from the valley might be feistier than expected against a reloading Michigan team

UCLA 2024-08-31 19:30:00 -14
Hawaii 2024-08-31 19:30:00 14

Notre Dame 2024-08-31 19:30:00 3
Texas A&M 2024-08-31 19:30:00 -2.5

Also known as the "I SWEAR this is our year" bowl

Idaho 2024-08-31 19:30:00 43.5
Oregon 2024-08-31 19:30:00 -43.5

Southern Miss 2024-08-31 19:45:00 28
Kentucky 2024-08-31 19:45:00 -27.5

James Madison 2024-08-31 20:00:00 -6.5
UNC Charlotte 2024-08-31 20:00:00 6.5

Georgia State 2024-08-31 20:00:00 22
Georgia Tech 2024-08-31 20:00:00 -21.5

Houston Christian 2024-08-31 20:00:00 43.5
SMU 2024-08-31 20:00:00 -43.5

New Mexico 2024-08-31 22:30:00 31.5
Arizona 2024-08-31 22:30:00 -30.5

Wyoming 2024-08-31 22:30:00 6.5
Arizona State 2024-08-31 22:30:00 -6.5

Weber State 2024-08-31 23:00:00 27
Washington 2024-08-31 23:00:00 -27

USC 2024-09-01 19:30:00 4.5
LSU 2024-09-01 19:30:00 -4.5

Something about USC and LSU in Las Vegas just feels right. I suspect USC is going to be a lot better than people think this year. Caleb was amazing, but the offense is always going to be great, and they brought in so many 4* transfers and a new DC, it's almost impossible for the defense to be as bad as it was last year.

Boston College 2024-09-02 19:30:00 17
Florida State 2024-09-02 19:30:00 -17

FSU is now 30-28 in ACC play since suing because they thought they were too good for the conference. BC has a chance to do the most hilarious thing ever.

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Originally Posted by GoldenBears
Rutgers conference schedule is pretty sweet too

They duck Ohio State, Oregon, Penn State and Michigan
My SIL is a Rutgers alum and is convinced “they actually can do well this year” is just me trying to go all Lucy-with-the-football on her again. I’m like, “but seriously, you don’t even play Iowa who can inexplicably score against you!”

I suspect there’s some marketing intern in the b1g office who asked if not getting their asses handed to them 3x per year like clockwork by the same teams (4 in Iowa years) might possibly help build up a little viewership in the NY metropolitan area, but that’s just a theory. It could have been some other type of employee.
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08-29-2024 , 11:37 AM
What are we betting on tonight? I think I am going Arkansas 1H over 28.5. Don't like that .5 but UAPB is awful. It was 45-0 at half last time they played.

Give me a reason to bet on the UNC game or anything else tonight.
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08-29-2024 , 11:45 AM
You know I'm hungry when I'm researching Nicholls St (19 returning starters!)

Tonight should be fun

main sweat for me is UNC playoff futures, kept piling on there.

We have lots of future lines on them (-1.5 @ Minnesota, -3.5 @ Duke, +3.5 or +4 vs NC State) so we can triangulate their rating pretty accurately as at worst +6.9

With their soft schedule, 40-1 to playoff is just insane value

I wonder if they will leave the lines up during the game... if they look like they are obviously going to beat Minnesota, winning that coin flip game (plus improving their rating) will make it an insane live bet
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08-29-2024 , 01:52 PM


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Originally Posted by GoldenBears
Boston College 2024-09-02 19:30:00 17
Florida State 2024-09-02 19:30:00 -17

FSU is now 30-28 in ACC play since suing because they thought they were too good for the conference. BC has a chance to do the most hilarious thing ever.
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08-29-2024 , 05:03 PM
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Originally Posted by razorbacker
What are we betting on tonight? I think I am going Arkansas 1H over 28.5. Don't like that .5 but UAPB is awful. It was 45-0 at half last time they played.

Give me a reason to bet on the UNC game or anything else tonight.
Because the Gamecocks vs the Chanticleers is practically a cock fight.

Last year RichRod’s staff outcoached just about everyone they played but had much worse players. This year they have *slightly* better players.
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08-29-2024 , 07:04 PM
Just kept it simple and went with the home team p5 dog tonight in Minnesota ML.
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08-29-2024 , 07:30 PM
Watching Rutgers football on Thursday evening in August is like skipping all the gateway drugs and going directly to shooting heroin.
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08-29-2024 , 07:42 PM
If you took Iowa football, kept all the bad parts and got rid of the good parts, that's what Rutgers feels like.
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08-29-2024 , 07:50 PM
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Originally Posted by ligastar
interesting cutoff for the stat 'cause adding backwards 30 wins lands somewhere in the middle of the 2017 season
they probably stopped counting after an efficent seminal win against duke the weak before a cardinal loss to lovevil

not to be selfish or infintile
but seems dumb those years don't wind all the way back to the beginning of 2015
same time is when some oversized crab legs go missing and a jumbo fisherman humping free willy goes publix

pretty apparent taggart got harpooned after the tail end of jimbo's circus career

2015 Jimbo 6-2
2016 Jimbo 5-3
2017 Jimbo 3-5
2018 Taggart 3-5
2019 Taggart 6-7
2020 Norvell 2-6
2021 Norvell 4-4
2022 Norvell 5-3
2023 Norvell 8-0
2024 Norvell 0-1
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08-29-2024 , 08:02 PM
Western Carolina up early on NC State
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08-29-2024 , 08:05 PM
furiously googling North Carolina A&T
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08-29-2024 , 08:05 PM
lol these guys were 1-10 last year in FCS? wow
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08-29-2024 , 08:08 PM
Is the ACC ok?
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08-29-2024 , 08:16 PM
lol ACC is such trash

we are gonna fit right in with these jokers
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08-29-2024 , 08:17 PM
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Originally Posted by GoldenBears
lol ACC is such trash

we are gonna fit right in with these jokers

You coming to auburn for the cal game?
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08-29-2024 , 08:18 PM
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Originally Posted by GoldenBears
lol ACC is such trash

we are gonna fit right in with these jokers
Def time to load up on Cal to the playoff
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08-29-2024 , 08:25 PM
Colorado - NDSU delivering
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08-29-2024 , 08:27 PM
NC State running the double reverse flea flicker for a TD versus Western Carolina lol embarrassing
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08-29-2024 , 08:31 PM
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Originally Posted by AUGUY55
You coming to auburn for the cal game?
Alas, no. Have a wedding. Haven't been to a football game in years anyway, I actually prefer watching them on TV anyway which I know is crazy
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08-29-2024 , 08:38 PM
another season of the BUFFS not being able to cover anyone. so much for addressing that problem in the offseason. It's ridiculous how terrible their secondary is. you'd think a HC who was one of the best defensive cover backs of all time could do better.

anyways, fortunately, I don't have to endure much more of this tonight. Off to deal with family stuff the next few days. No CFB for me enjoy the games u filthy animals
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08-29-2024 , 08:56 PM
Lolorado is going to get blown out multiple times this year. That defense is awful again.
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08-29-2024 , 08:57 PM
Coastal +3.5 lookin good

rough start for the fightin' richrods
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08-29-2024 , 08:57 PM
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Originally Posted by NotReddBoiler
Lolorado is going to get blown out multiple times this year. That defense is awful again.

Hunter getting burned by junior college WRs lmao
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08-29-2024 , 08:59 PM
leggo GOATphers
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08-29-2024 , 08:59 PM
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Originally Posted by NotReddBoiler
Lolorado is going to get blown out multiple times this year. That defense is awful again.
run defense has looked great, but pass defense is getting absolutely shredded
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